Happy Late BTTF Day!
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crossover_chickMe: [working on Sims Challenges, looks over at clock] Oh, damn it, 10:06? I just missed 10:04! >( Hmph. . .and I certainly can't get the actual time featured today in the movie, 4:29, now. . .is there another time in the movies I can try to get?
BTTF Wiki, Timeline Section: Well, Marty does canonically wake up at 10:28 AM on October 26th in the second timeline at the end of the first movie?
Me: Close enough!
Yeah, little annoyed by that. . .but on the other hand, I was thinking in terms of this being VTMB day instead most of the week, since according to that Wiki 10/21/2004 is when the game starts. That's why I wanted to have the first chapter of "Londerland Bloodlines" up last night, so I could do a post about it on tumblr today. I did wear the Marty halves of my BTTF character socks today! (The Doc halves I shall wear tomorrow, for what I assume will be obvious reasons if you've followed me for a while. XD)
Anyway! Let's have a look-see at the old to-do list, shall we?
Work – Very quiet – nothing really except one expiration date call and some obits and whatnot. Even my coworkers were out of the office for a good chunk of the day – fine by me, I’ll take it.
Beanbags – Yes again thanks to the nice weather, and I had another very good day – W-W-2, with tens to secure my victory in the first two games! Dad hit the ten in the third and got 2-3-W, while Mom unfortunately had a bit of an off day and ended up with 3-2-3. Ah well – there’s always tomorrow!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another thirty on the bike, and with L.A. By Night, “Instruments of Darkness!” Annabelle did not exactly “blow up,” but she did remind everyone that she did this shit (i.e., telling Eleanor she’s a vampire and Mark – well, that she’s got SOMETHING up with her) because she didn’t know any better, so good for her. She also made it clear that Mark knows, but she didn’t actually use the “v word,” and he almost certainly thinks she’s a little nuts, so that’s something they can work with. Didn’t stop Victor from threatening her with centuries of torture if anything happens to Mark, which – Annabelle said she’d deserve, so. . . *sigh* We’ll see how that works out.
Meanwhile, in the actual “looking into the abandoned factory” portion of the game – Jasper encountered a swarm of surprisingly intelligent and unafraid rats (and drank one thanks to a messy critical), got into the building without issue – but then failed at climbing a very unsafe-looking staircase up to the office level, causing a crash that attracted the others, Victor busting down the door and basically announcing their presence to the world. Annabelle spotted two red eyes watching them from above, so Jasper tried to leap to the catwalk in two bounds (first went well, second – sent him barreling through a window on the top level) while Victor tried to intimidate whoever it was – they were gone by the time Jasper got up there, though. And then Eve texted the crew that another car (a sports car, no less) had arrived, so Victor, Annabelle, and Nelli exited the building through the front door while Jasper, a little beat up, looked for a fire escape he could descend. We will see what happens with the car tomorrow!
2. Work on my Sims 4 Challenge Doc, “The Worst Lot In The World”: Check, though I first took a moment to correct some of the weird spacing issues in the first upload of “Londerland Bloodlines: Santa Monica’s Vale of Tears” Chapter 1 by running the document through FF.net’s Document Manger before pasting in the Rich Text. (See, that site’s still good for something!) But I did decide on a few more rules for removing challenges, and did a quick draft of the “James’s Rules” alternate ruleset for those who might want an experience closer to what James is actually playing in his LP (mine’s more of a “Super Sim Lite” in that you have to complete certain aspirations and challenges to remove lot challenges and traits). It’s coming along! I’m just trying to decide what aspirations and whatnot fit what challenges, which is easier with some than others. . . (Look, after the stress of getting LB:SMVoT posted last night, I wanted something easier!)
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – kept it simple with just the two in, two out –
A) Started with James Turner and his latest video – “I built our real house in The Sims 4!” Turns out one of the reasons his schedule’s been a bit erratic lately is because he and Deli (his girlfriend) are moving! The actual moving process hasn’t happened yet (that’s the end of next week, I believe), but they’re in full prep mode – and building their new house in Sims to boot! Deli apparently already did this video on her channel with a “dream furnishings” build, so James decided to do a slightly more realistic take that also moved his office to the room he wanted it to be in. XD It’s a nice little house, though very thin and long with a VERY cramped kitchen (though James said that’s at least partially down to not being able to properly tweak the scale in Sims 4 – apparently being able to build on half-tiles would fix a lot of it). I like his ideas for the layout, though I’m not sold on the idea of his preferred office location being bigger than the guest bedroom – they seem about the same size, honestly. XD Deli liked his take, though, and asked him to do a “dream furnishings” reno – I said I’d happily watch that myself in my comment, so we’ll see if it pops up in the near future!
B) Then it was over to Call Me Kevin and Resident Evil 4 – in VR! Yes, Oculus has remade RE4 to work as a VR game, and Kevin was sponsored to flail around in the first few levels. It’s honestly pretty cool – certain actions, like kicks, happen in cutscenes so you don’t hurt yourself, but most of the place has been rejiggered so you can actually pick up the little treasures, fiddle with certain puzzle solutions, and generally just get super up-close and personal with all these infected villagers. Kevin got really good at kneecapping everyone to kill them up-close with the knife, and even pulled off a few awesome dodges and trick shots (like shooting bombs while they were still in someone’s hand). And he had a ton of fun making silly names for his save files on the typewriter (Like “I am a boomr” or “I am in Dan” (he meant “I am in DANGER” XD)). He was clearly having a blast, and it made the whole video a really great ride. :) Rather hoping he does more!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – all set on Victor Luvs Alice, and Valice Multiverse had nothing going on, so I just reblogged some fun Alice and CB fandom stuff. Nothing special!
Still need to answer one comment here, but yeah, much less stressed tonight than I was last night, yay. And now we've got Doc's birthday tomorrow, followed by "Bombs Drop Day" on Saturday (yes, apparently that's what the Fallout fandom actually calls October 23rd. Good to know?). We'll see how those go! Right now, gotta get to bed so I can get through my one last day of work this week -- night all!
BTTF Wiki, Timeline Section: Well, Marty does canonically wake up at 10:28 AM on October 26th in the second timeline at the end of the first movie?
Me: Close enough!
Yeah, little annoyed by that. . .but on the other hand, I was thinking in terms of this being VTMB day instead most of the week, since according to that Wiki 10/21/2004 is when the game starts. That's why I wanted to have the first chapter of "Londerland Bloodlines" up last night, so I could do a post about it on tumblr today. I did wear the Marty halves of my BTTF character socks today! (The Doc halves I shall wear tomorrow, for what I assume will be obvious reasons if you've followed me for a while. XD)
Anyway! Let's have a look-see at the old to-do list, shall we?
Work – Very quiet – nothing really except one expiration date call and some obits and whatnot. Even my coworkers were out of the office for a good chunk of the day – fine by me, I’ll take it.
Beanbags – Yes again thanks to the nice weather, and I had another very good day – W-W-2, with tens to secure my victory in the first two games! Dad hit the ten in the third and got 2-3-W, while Mom unfortunately had a bit of an off day and ended up with 3-2-3. Ah well – there’s always tomorrow!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another thirty on the bike, and with L.A. By Night, “Instruments of Darkness!” Annabelle did not exactly “blow up,” but she did remind everyone that she did this shit (i.e., telling Eleanor she’s a vampire and Mark – well, that she’s got SOMETHING up with her) because she didn’t know any better, so good for her. She also made it clear that Mark knows, but she didn’t actually use the “v word,” and he almost certainly thinks she’s a little nuts, so that’s something they can work with. Didn’t stop Victor from threatening her with centuries of torture if anything happens to Mark, which – Annabelle said she’d deserve, so. . . *sigh* We’ll see how that works out.
Meanwhile, in the actual “looking into the abandoned factory” portion of the game – Jasper encountered a swarm of surprisingly intelligent and unafraid rats (and drank one thanks to a messy critical), got into the building without issue – but then failed at climbing a very unsafe-looking staircase up to the office level, causing a crash that attracted the others, Victor busting down the door and basically announcing their presence to the world. Annabelle spotted two red eyes watching them from above, so Jasper tried to leap to the catwalk in two bounds (first went well, second – sent him barreling through a window on the top level) while Victor tried to intimidate whoever it was – they were gone by the time Jasper got up there, though. And then Eve texted the crew that another car (a sports car, no less) had arrived, so Victor, Annabelle, and Nelli exited the building through the front door while Jasper, a little beat up, looked for a fire escape he could descend. We will see what happens with the car tomorrow!
2. Work on my Sims 4 Challenge Doc, “The Worst Lot In The World”: Check, though I first took a moment to correct some of the weird spacing issues in the first upload of “Londerland Bloodlines: Santa Monica’s Vale of Tears” Chapter 1 by running the document through FF.net’s Document Manger before pasting in the Rich Text. (See, that site’s still good for something!) But I did decide on a few more rules for removing challenges, and did a quick draft of the “James’s Rules” alternate ruleset for those who might want an experience closer to what James is actually playing in his LP (mine’s more of a “Super Sim Lite” in that you have to complete certain aspirations and challenges to remove lot challenges and traits). It’s coming along! I’m just trying to decide what aspirations and whatnot fit what challenges, which is easier with some than others. . . (Look, after the stress of getting LB:SMVoT posted last night, I wanted something easier!)
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – kept it simple with just the two in, two out –
A) Started with James Turner and his latest video – “I built our real house in The Sims 4!” Turns out one of the reasons his schedule’s been a bit erratic lately is because he and Deli (his girlfriend) are moving! The actual moving process hasn’t happened yet (that’s the end of next week, I believe), but they’re in full prep mode – and building their new house in Sims to boot! Deli apparently already did this video on her channel with a “dream furnishings” build, so James decided to do a slightly more realistic take that also moved his office to the room he wanted it to be in. XD It’s a nice little house, though very thin and long with a VERY cramped kitchen (though James said that’s at least partially down to not being able to properly tweak the scale in Sims 4 – apparently being able to build on half-tiles would fix a lot of it). I like his ideas for the layout, though I’m not sold on the idea of his preferred office location being bigger than the guest bedroom – they seem about the same size, honestly. XD Deli liked his take, though, and asked him to do a “dream furnishings” reno – I said I’d happily watch that myself in my comment, so we’ll see if it pops up in the near future!
B) Then it was over to Call Me Kevin and Resident Evil 4 – in VR! Yes, Oculus has remade RE4 to work as a VR game, and Kevin was sponsored to flail around in the first few levels. It’s honestly pretty cool – certain actions, like kicks, happen in cutscenes so you don’t hurt yourself, but most of the place has been rejiggered so you can actually pick up the little treasures, fiddle with certain puzzle solutions, and generally just get super up-close and personal with all these infected villagers. Kevin got really good at kneecapping everyone to kill them up-close with the knife, and even pulled off a few awesome dodges and trick shots (like shooting bombs while they were still in someone’s hand). And he had a ton of fun making silly names for his save files on the typewriter (Like “I am a boomr” or “I am in Dan” (he meant “I am in DANGER” XD)). He was clearly having a blast, and it made the whole video a really great ride. :) Rather hoping he does more!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – all set on Victor Luvs Alice, and Valice Multiverse had nothing going on, so I just reblogged some fun Alice and CB fandom stuff. Nothing special!
Still need to answer one comment here, but yeah, much less stressed tonight than I was last night, yay. And now we've got Doc's birthday tomorrow, followed by "Bombs Drop Day" on Saturday (yes, apparently that's what the Fallout fandom actually calls October 23rd. Good to know?). We'll see how those go! Right now, gotta get to bed so I can get through my one last day of work this week -- night all!
