Collect-o-Mania!

Had a VERY nice Sims 4 session with Geeker McTest this afternoon! After a rather ordinary day with him at work most of the time (he's still low-level in his career, which means long hours), I got him energized with a Brisk Shower, which resulted in a late-night trip to the gym. Which resulted in a bit of a downwards need spiral that wasn't entirely fixed by the time he woke up and was getting ready for work. I found him in a spot where his fun need wasn't in a good place, and he was feeling tense and wanting to go on vacation. I waffled for a minute, then figured "Why not? He has four days set aside, and as long as I can find a cheap campground. . .and I've been meaning to explore what the game pack has to offer." So I used his phone to book a two-day minication at the campground. At first, I wasn't entirely sure what to do with him, besides throw horseshoes to get his fun up. . .

And then I saw the ladybeetles crawling all over the ground in one spot.

CUE THE COLLECTING! The rest of the trip was basically all about him finding bugs, wild fruit, unidentified plants and berries, and frogs around the site, along with going fishing and stealing produce from the campground's garden. XD I had him buy a starter packet of seeds for a future garden of his own to make up for that, don't worry. :P In between he socialized, ate lots of s'mores, and leveled up a fair few skills, including cooking and fishing. Also discovered that Sims REALLY hate bear mascots. Must be ancestral memory regarding how annoying the Cows and Llamas were back in Sims 2 University, but it was kind of annoying how his mood immediately switched to "Tense" every time the damn bear was near. On the plus side, he loves collecting as much as I do -- he gets a special "Confident" moodlet for it. And he met a nice girl named Leslie he stargazed with all on his own, which I find cute. I might have them get a little romantic with each other. Friendships take a while to build, though, so don't expect anything on that front anytime soon.

So, in honor of Geeker's very successful minication, I have my very first Sims 4 screenshot! Which can actually be saved as a memory of the Sim, which is cool. Here it is:
( Cut For Bigness )

So yeah, lot of fun with the game today. Felt good to just sit down and PLAY for a while, you know? I'm thinking tomorrow I might do some house building, just to get more of a grip on that. :)

Other things that have happened today:
-->Wrote another page on "Remembering You," though I struggled a bit in the beginning with what stuff Victor should and should not know. Thinking of adding a scene somewhere where Alice has to re-tell him she's an orphan and he feels horrible for not remembering. On the plus side, I had him pop a pillow by punching it XD

-->Watched the ROMtrospective from Linkara -- Pollo has a new voice, and it is -- well, it's kind of weird after we've gotten to know his old voice so well, but I think I can dig it. And it's nice to see Linkara enthusing over something good for a change. :) And being sometimes snarky at it too, but it's a comic series based on a rather silly toy, so. . .

-->Watched one of Helloween's The Evil Within videos -- he managed to complete a shockingly short chapter in one 20-minute set. That's WITH dying at one point and having to redo a portion. Game continues to be more goofy than scary, and Helloween's bitching about it is in fine form.

-->Did the RP catch-up thing, at least on tumblr and with one DW thread. . .and I'm getting somewhat sporadic e-mails about replies now? It's not always a sure thing, but they're popping up. Hmm. I guess we're closer to a solution about the whole "Hotmail/Yahoo thinks DW is a spammer" business.

-->Have been taking a very relaxed attitude toward the end of the Gathering of Roses event. Can't be arsed if there's no hope of the last prize. I'll get my food and that'll be that. Kind of nice not to feel like I have to check on it every fifteen seconds.

And now, I should get back to keeping an eye on replies -- g'night all!