Decent Monday I Suppose
Aug. 16th, 2021 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickWhile the humidity remains reasonably comfortable, it seemed to have gotten hotter than they said it would -- and again, I've got the AC on for sleeping purposes because it was still 75 around nine-thirty or so and -- yeah. I gotta have it cooler than that to sleep. Meh. And they're already saying increasing humidity and rain by midweek. . .August for you!
Okay, with the weather report out of the way, here's the day's news:
Work – Fairly quiet day, though we had a couple of big write-offs, so that was fun. Also a few people calling in with credit card updates, and a few obits. Pretty much business as usual, frankly. Oh, and someone I’ve been trying to get a hold of for TWO MONTHS finally called me back. *shrug* I’ve had much worse Mondays!
Also, because I feel like this counts at work, made a fresh batch of chocolate chip muffins tonight. Need to keep on top of my breakfast options!
Beanbags – Yup, another halfway decent day means another day with our usual game! I got 3-W-3 (thanks to some lucky sevens in the second game); Dad W-2-W, and Mom 2-3-2 (she managed to beat me in the third game after one really bad set of throws on my part). Not ideal, but at least I got one, right?
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike today, with Jon’s Original FO4 Playthrough! After securing a nice solid payment for getting a bloatfly gland on her “field trip,” Miss Jon left Diamond City to explore the wider world! First stop was to find her way to Hardware Town, the hardware store where Abbott mentioned she could find some green paint. Hilariously, due to Past!Jon not initially seeing the lady who springs the raider ambush on you thanks to being in an awkward position, then being much more intent on looting packs of duct tape and office fans than following her, Miss Jon managed to avoid the initial ambush and pick off curious raiders looking for her at her leisure. XD She eventually made her way into the back room, where she mixed up some green paint, found a copy of the “Picket Fences” magazine (allowing her to build a new high-tec light), and discovered the pile of bodies of the raiders’ previous victims, which should stop you feeling too sorry for them. Neither Miss Jon nor Past!Jon lost any sleep over killing them, that’s for sure!
After that, it was over to the Boston Police Rationing Site, as apparently there’s a guaranteed bloatfly spawn near there to get the gland you need for the Science! Center’s quest. Past!Jon being Jon, he instead ended up helping a panicking brahmin (Spot; forget which trader she’s assigned to) with some raiders, then obsessed over getting into the actual building to do some looting. Which led to going into the cellars and killing a bunch of radroaches and some ghouls as he investigated a former smuggling operation. Which led to him going deeper into the tunnels and stumbling across a few raider camps. Which led to him stumbling into underground turnpike, finding more raiders, and eventually coming out by the Dartmouth Professional Building. It was here that Past!Jon realized he’d gone WAY off target and zapped Miss Jon back to Sanctuary (this is pre-Survival, so this Jon was happy to use fast travel) to kill a few bloatflies hanging around there for the necessary gland. XD
With gland and paint in hand, it was then back to Diamond City to turn in the quests! Abbot was quite happy with his paint, and Dr. Duff quite happy with her gland – though not enough to allow Past!Jon to take the microscopes he wanted for crafting. So he just waited for the good doctor and her companion to wander off and carefully stole them and her camera before rushing back off to Sanctuary to craft some more guns. XD You know, how he usually ends his episodes!
And that indeed ended episode 12 – I just started episode 13, which has Miss Jon (I keep wanting to write “Finalley,” damn you YOLO) going over to Walden Pond to check out the exciting 10mm that’s apparently hidden there. I left off with her having discovered Gorski’s cabin, killed the feral ghouls (including Gorski himself), and picked up the most useless magazine in the game – Wasteland Survival Guide #5, which just puts Diamond City on your map. You’re almost guaranteed to either have it already marked or have already BEEN there by the time you get this, so – yeah. As you might imagine, I have a mod for this too that makes it mark a few more locations. Sheesh, Bethesda. . .
2. Edit some more on “Londerland Bloodlines”: Check! Alice has made it into the Ocean House Hotel, prompted the dropping of the chandelier, and started exploring. And has already had a couple of things thrown at her, poor girl. I left it off with her first look at good old Eddie, as if you go down one of the corridors, his wife will let you know he’s near – and if you turn around, he’ll be right behind you for a split second before vanishing. It’s honestly a pretty effective jump scare – I’m impressed! . . .I still say Grout’s mansion is ten times creepier, though.
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – again, James didn’t upload, so I found a different source of Sims content to keep me entertained –
A) Started with the latest Plumbella upload – the entire history of “Adventureland,” a weird world from The Sims 3 that just showed up in certain people’s games after installing a certain patch one day. It’s apparently a copy of Sunset Valley, only without any of the regular townies and only two residents, Jack and Sally. Theories abounded as to if this was a world created by hacking, or custom content, or dark supernatural forces. . .but it seems the most likely cause for this weird world popping up suddenly is that it was some sort of “testing world” for the World Adventures pack (the two townies ARE dressed in those clothes), and something about how the patch downloaded for certain people made it accessible. Plumbella has decided Jack and Sally are in fact serial killers who killed the whole town in her head, and have Grim on their side, as apparently at least ONE person got a creepy “would you like to go on an adventure?” prompt from him before the game crashed playing it. Weird. . .though sounds like usual EA quality control these days, not gonna lie. *sigh*
B) Then it was over to the Subs with Call Me Kevin and Lawnmowing Simulator! Yes, really. “Random household chores simulator” seems to be an official genre now. *shrug* Worked for Laundry Day in Sims 4! Kevin started the “Weed Smokers” lawn-cutting business and, naturally, did not do an awful lot of actual grass cutting. Instead, “Man” did things like drive into people’s cars, destroy their flowers (and in one case, a whole shrub), hit their sheds, and ride around like he was playing bumper cars. And when he did cut the grass, it was often to the wrong height and at weird, swoopy angles. Despite this, he was able to get a nine million pound loan for a giant headquarters and a top-of-the-line lawnmower! Which Kevin managed to tip over after getting it stuck on a wall backing up. XD I think the commenters are right in staying that the reason these games stay in business is people like Kevin. XD
C) And then we had GrayStillPlays and more Happy Wheels! Started out with a bottle flip made just for Gray (with “Gray Will Find A Way,” “Gray Still Plays,” “Gray +,” AND “Gray Still Plays God” areas – Gray was very happy to get the latter), then we went onto levels like “Ball Throw Neon” (in which Gray died to harpoon a LOOOT); an impossible spike fall (which abruptly became a BALL fall at the end – Gray somehow managed to do this in just two or so goes, though); a troll rope swing where you had to grab a rope after being fired out of a cannon, and swing into the winning area past a pair of harpoons (Gray had to try this one out a few times); a combination triangle spike fall, jet fall, and fan ride (again, took a while, though Gray found out how to fly over most of the board, so. . .); another, slightly more traditional rope swing with Discount Indiana Jones (where the tricky bit was making sure your head didn’t get exploded by the canon); a triangle spike fall followed by a jet fall (took Gray a few tries but he did manage it); and a fall from Heaven after getting fired from the place (with mined clouds, a wrecking ball, and a fun assortment of harpoons and crossbows – but Gray made it back to earth regardless!). As usual, gloriously colorful chaos to end the night’s YouTubery. :p
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – got the text done for tomorrow’s Newcrest Adventures posts – just two, and they were pretty simple (Emmett at work, tormenting his coworkers with mind control because the game said so). I’m in a good spot to slap up some posts starting tomorrow afternoon!
*nods* Not too shabby -- glad I was able to fit in that last, honestly. As you can see by the fact I'm updating a bit late. Making muffins always takes like an hour, soooo. . . At least now it's done for another twelve working days! *nods* And now it's time to wrap up with comments and tags and head to bed. Night all!
Okay, with the weather report out of the way, here's the day's news:
Work – Fairly quiet day, though we had a couple of big write-offs, so that was fun. Also a few people calling in with credit card updates, and a few obits. Pretty much business as usual, frankly. Oh, and someone I’ve been trying to get a hold of for TWO MONTHS finally called me back. *shrug* I’ve had much worse Mondays!
Also, because I feel like this counts at work, made a fresh batch of chocolate chip muffins tonight. Need to keep on top of my breakfast options!
Beanbags – Yup, another halfway decent day means another day with our usual game! I got 3-W-3 (thanks to some lucky sevens in the second game); Dad W-2-W, and Mom 2-3-2 (she managed to beat me in the third game after one really bad set of throws on my part). Not ideal, but at least I got one, right?
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike today, with Jon’s Original FO4 Playthrough! After securing a nice solid payment for getting a bloatfly gland on her “field trip,” Miss Jon left Diamond City to explore the wider world! First stop was to find her way to Hardware Town, the hardware store where Abbott mentioned she could find some green paint. Hilariously, due to Past!Jon not initially seeing the lady who springs the raider ambush on you thanks to being in an awkward position, then being much more intent on looting packs of duct tape and office fans than following her, Miss Jon managed to avoid the initial ambush and pick off curious raiders looking for her at her leisure. XD She eventually made her way into the back room, where she mixed up some green paint, found a copy of the “Picket Fences” magazine (allowing her to build a new high-tec light), and discovered the pile of bodies of the raiders’ previous victims, which should stop you feeling too sorry for them. Neither Miss Jon nor Past!Jon lost any sleep over killing them, that’s for sure!
After that, it was over to the Boston Police Rationing Site, as apparently there’s a guaranteed bloatfly spawn near there to get the gland you need for the Science! Center’s quest. Past!Jon being Jon, he instead ended up helping a panicking brahmin (Spot; forget which trader she’s assigned to) with some raiders, then obsessed over getting into the actual building to do some looting. Which led to going into the cellars and killing a bunch of radroaches and some ghouls as he investigated a former smuggling operation. Which led to him going deeper into the tunnels and stumbling across a few raider camps. Which led to him stumbling into underground turnpike, finding more raiders, and eventually coming out by the Dartmouth Professional Building. It was here that Past!Jon realized he’d gone WAY off target and zapped Miss Jon back to Sanctuary (this is pre-Survival, so this Jon was happy to use fast travel) to kill a few bloatflies hanging around there for the necessary gland. XD
With gland and paint in hand, it was then back to Diamond City to turn in the quests! Abbot was quite happy with his paint, and Dr. Duff quite happy with her gland – though not enough to allow Past!Jon to take the microscopes he wanted for crafting. So he just waited for the good doctor and her companion to wander off and carefully stole them and her camera before rushing back off to Sanctuary to craft some more guns. XD You know, how he usually ends his episodes!
And that indeed ended episode 12 – I just started episode 13, which has Miss Jon (I keep wanting to write “Finalley,” damn you YOLO) going over to Walden Pond to check out the exciting 10mm that’s apparently hidden there. I left off with her having discovered Gorski’s cabin, killed the feral ghouls (including Gorski himself), and picked up the most useless magazine in the game – Wasteland Survival Guide #5, which just puts Diamond City on your map. You’re almost guaranteed to either have it already marked or have already BEEN there by the time you get this, so – yeah. As you might imagine, I have a mod for this too that makes it mark a few more locations. Sheesh, Bethesda. . .
2. Edit some more on “Londerland Bloodlines”: Check! Alice has made it into the Ocean House Hotel, prompted the dropping of the chandelier, and started exploring. And has already had a couple of things thrown at her, poor girl. I left it off with her first look at good old Eddie, as if you go down one of the corridors, his wife will let you know he’s near – and if you turn around, he’ll be right behind you for a split second before vanishing. It’s honestly a pretty effective jump scare – I’m impressed! . . .I still say Grout’s mansion is ten times creepier, though.
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – again, James didn’t upload, so I found a different source of Sims content to keep me entertained –
A) Started with the latest Plumbella upload – the entire history of “Adventureland,” a weird world from The Sims 3 that just showed up in certain people’s games after installing a certain patch one day. It’s apparently a copy of Sunset Valley, only without any of the regular townies and only two residents, Jack and Sally. Theories abounded as to if this was a world created by hacking, or custom content, or dark supernatural forces. . .but it seems the most likely cause for this weird world popping up suddenly is that it was some sort of “testing world” for the World Adventures pack (the two townies ARE dressed in those clothes), and something about how the patch downloaded for certain people made it accessible. Plumbella has decided Jack and Sally are in fact serial killers who killed the whole town in her head, and have Grim on their side, as apparently at least ONE person got a creepy “would you like to go on an adventure?” prompt from him before the game crashed playing it. Weird. . .though sounds like usual EA quality control these days, not gonna lie. *sigh*
B) Then it was over to the Subs with Call Me Kevin and Lawnmowing Simulator! Yes, really. “Random household chores simulator” seems to be an official genre now. *shrug* Worked for Laundry Day in Sims 4! Kevin started the “Weed Smokers” lawn-cutting business and, naturally, did not do an awful lot of actual grass cutting. Instead, “Man” did things like drive into people’s cars, destroy their flowers (and in one case, a whole shrub), hit their sheds, and ride around like he was playing bumper cars. And when he did cut the grass, it was often to the wrong height and at weird, swoopy angles. Despite this, he was able to get a nine million pound loan for a giant headquarters and a top-of-the-line lawnmower! Which Kevin managed to tip over after getting it stuck on a wall backing up. XD I think the commenters are right in staying that the reason these games stay in business is people like Kevin. XD
C) And then we had GrayStillPlays and more Happy Wheels! Started out with a bottle flip made just for Gray (with “Gray Will Find A Way,” “Gray Still Plays,” “Gray +,” AND “Gray Still Plays God” areas – Gray was very happy to get the latter), then we went onto levels like “Ball Throw Neon” (in which Gray died to harpoon a LOOOT); an impossible spike fall (which abruptly became a BALL fall at the end – Gray somehow managed to do this in just two or so goes, though); a troll rope swing where you had to grab a rope after being fired out of a cannon, and swing into the winning area past a pair of harpoons (Gray had to try this one out a few times); a combination triangle spike fall, jet fall, and fan ride (again, took a while, though Gray found out how to fly over most of the board, so. . .); another, slightly more traditional rope swing with Discount Indiana Jones (where the tricky bit was making sure your head didn’t get exploded by the canon); a triangle spike fall followed by a jet fall (took Gray a few tries but he did manage it); and a fall from Heaven after getting fired from the place (with mined clouds, a wrecking ball, and a fun assortment of harpoons and crossbows – but Gray made it back to earth regardless!). As usual, gloriously colorful chaos to end the night’s YouTubery. :p
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – got the text done for tomorrow’s Newcrest Adventures posts – just two, and they were pretty simple (Emmett at work, tormenting his coworkers with mind control because the game said so). I’m in a good spot to slap up some posts starting tomorrow afternoon!
*nods* Not too shabby -- glad I was able to fit in that last, honestly. As you can see by the fact I'm updating a bit late. Making muffins always takes like an hour, soooo. . . At least now it's done for another twelve working days! *nods* And now it's time to wrap up with comments and tags and head to bed. Night all!
