-M: 9:30, and she hasn't gotten ice cream-
Aug. 1st, 2006 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chick-VD: Are you feeling okay?-
I'm fine -- I just had a huge cabinet after work today. Chocolate brownie.
-D: *blink* You -- you had a chocolate piece of kitchen furniture?-
"Cabinet" is the RI word for "milkshake." Before you ask, no, I don't understand it either.
-VD2: Cabinet.-
Like I said, I don't understand it either. Anyway, it was good and chocolately, but it was HUGE. So I'm not really hungry. I might have a little ice cream later on, though.
-VD: I see. Well, more time for writing, I suppose. What are you working on?-
Finishing up the scoring for the Mad Scientist Legacy. I'm mostly using the scoring from the regular and Royal Kingdom Legacies -- gonna have to make up some of my own points for Open for Business, though. The Legacy Challenge creator hasn't updated his/her site with the rules for that. *grumble*
-M: Wait, don't they have an LJ community for it? Maybe the rules for OfB are there.-
Oooh, good thinking. I'll check after I'm done here.
-TD: Don't forget to do regular writing as well.-
I just started typing up more "Boy Genius," don't worry. And you're due for another update too, so I'll start looking over Chapter Seven again.
-TD: Great!-
Yeah, I've decided I should try and see if I can update "Boy Genius" at least once a month.
-DW: Good plan, considering how long the chapters are. By the way, what's coming after "Boy Genius?" I haven't seen any specific plot bunnies.-
-OD: Not even "The Gift and the Curse?"-
-DW: Well yes, that one, but that's coming after "Past Amnesia."-
Not sure yet -- I'd like to shoot for another NonTrilogy, honestly. I've got the most stories set up for that universe, but the least written. Lesse, what comes after "Past Amnesia" (I'm trying to write them roughly in order nowadays) -- aha, "Time Mix-Up."
-MF: "Time Mix-Up?"-
Okay, so it needs a better title -- it's a short story about how Marty McFly Junior ends up being called Douglas McFly in the NonTrilogy universe.
-M2: *chuckle* I think I can guess what happens.-
I believe you guess correctly. Don't worry, it's not a repeat of BTTF Part I, though there is one minor close call with Jennifer.
-J: Ew.-
Relax, it's VERY minor. And it's better than what I just saw in my Sims game.
-D: Oh, what now?-
-OD: *sigh* Who's lusting over me?-
Actually, this is Marty-related.
-M: Huh? I'm not a neighborhood slut.-
No, but -- look. The game doesn't register step-parents as a kid's family.
-VuM: This applies to us how?-
I created Strangetown Marty as George's son.
-VuM: Um, yeah--
No. GEORGE'S son.
*horrified silence*
-Martys: I'M HOT FOR MY MOTHER?!-
One lighting bolt.
-VDM: If I didn't know that I'd die for it, I'd kill your Sims game.-
-M: EWWWWWW!-
-J: Gross! What the hell!-
I know! Talk about something Maxis should have done something about! Yuck. . . .
But other than that little revelation, Marty and Jennifer had a fairly good day at college. Let's start off on a good note -- happy early birthday,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bttfbabe ;)
-M: I swear, the game simply exists to torture us.-
-D: I agree.-
There were many phone calls made this day -- Jennifer kicked things off with a call to Lorraine.
-J: Face still all scruchy.-
Give me til the end of the semester, then I'll cheat and fix it. While Jennifer chatted, Marty painted -- he has a want to sell a Masterpiece, so the art easel is his special thing for now.
Marty then went to class, leaving Jennifer to lounge around and read romance novels. They need their grants desperately, they have very few options for fun at the moment. First thing I do, I'll buy them a nice instrument.
Marty returned, and I had them play my favorite Sim game, Red Hands. The master of fun and social, that game.
Time for a neat graphical glitch -- Jennifer answered a ringing phone, and her arm did a bit of twisting in the process (not to mention she first answered it with her face in the phone).
-J2: O.o-
Don't worry, it rotated neatly back around, no problem. Marty finished up his term paper while Jennifer made herself filet mignon. He then finished off her filet mignon while she started her term paper.
Hey, look, Fred Weasley! The term paper can wait, this is Marty's in. Jennifer greets him and happily shares a joke.
Then, once Marty gets off the phone with his Mom--
-VM: Hear that game? MOM-
--He and Fred start chatting. Marty got up past the 20 Daily mark, which is good. Now he has an in on that Greek House.
As Fred left the lot, the hated coach came wandering by to yell at Marty and Jennifer. I got a good pic of the idiot yelling at nothing -- Marty escaped into the bathroom before he could get at him.
The coach wandered away, leaving Marty to unclog the toilet and Jennifer to call up her buddy Allison on her cell.
Then Jennifer went off to her class, leaving Marty to eat his steak dinner in the dark.
He painted the hours away, stopping briefly to call his own friend Barbara.
Jennifer returned, prompting more red hands and a brief romantic interlude.
Then bedtime. I didn't want to get off just yet, though, so I visited Twin Oaks Park to place the lot where Marty and Jennifer McFly will eventually live.
Almost right across the street from Doc's place. :) I also got some new neighborhood shots, but I'll use those in therevison_doc update tomorrow -- I'll pair them up with some shots of Lone Pine Falls, Academie Le Tour, and Downtown.
Okay, time to get back to work -- I want the scoring to be essentially complete when I post the challenge on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
thesims2 tomorrow. I'll be asking for suggestions, but I want it to be a fairly well-formed challenge.
-TD: It certainly looks interesting enough.-
-DW: Still having thoughts of doing it yourself?-
Yeah -- I had the weak urge to create the "Eureka" neighborhood where Emma Heterobach would live. I of course would be doing the "college starter" version of the Legacy. I'm one of the few who likes college, after all.
-OD: *notices sketchpad* What's this? I thought you were doing the beach pic.-
I was, but I have a quick sketch that I need to have done by tomorrow afternoon. I gotta admit, it looks pretty good for something I drew and inked in an afternoon.
-OD: *tentacles clack smugly* We knew you didn't need all that time to draw things.-
Oh hush. I gotta write some stuff before I finish the inking.
-VD: "V.D." edits I hope.-
I'll really try to get to a few tonight.
I'm fine -- I just had a huge cabinet after work today. Chocolate brownie.
-D: *blink* You -- you had a chocolate piece of kitchen furniture?-
"Cabinet" is the RI word for "milkshake." Before you ask, no, I don't understand it either.
-VD2: Cabinet.-
Like I said, I don't understand it either. Anyway, it was good and chocolately, but it was HUGE. So I'm not really hungry. I might have a little ice cream later on, though.
-VD: I see. Well, more time for writing, I suppose. What are you working on?-
Finishing up the scoring for the Mad Scientist Legacy. I'm mostly using the scoring from the regular and Royal Kingdom Legacies -- gonna have to make up some of my own points for Open for Business, though. The Legacy Challenge creator hasn't updated his/her site with the rules for that. *grumble*
-M: Wait, don't they have an LJ community for it? Maybe the rules for OfB are there.-
Oooh, good thinking. I'll check after I'm done here.
-TD: Don't forget to do regular writing as well.-
I just started typing up more "Boy Genius," don't worry. And you're due for another update too, so I'll start looking over Chapter Seven again.
-TD: Great!-
Yeah, I've decided I should try and see if I can update "Boy Genius" at least once a month.
-DW: Good plan, considering how long the chapters are. By the way, what's coming after "Boy Genius?" I haven't seen any specific plot bunnies.-
-OD: Not even "The Gift and the Curse?"-
-DW: Well yes, that one, but that's coming after "Past Amnesia."-
Not sure yet -- I'd like to shoot for another NonTrilogy, honestly. I've got the most stories set up for that universe, but the least written. Lesse, what comes after "Past Amnesia" (I'm trying to write them roughly in order nowadays) -- aha, "Time Mix-Up."
-MF: "Time Mix-Up?"-
Okay, so it needs a better title -- it's a short story about how Marty McFly Junior ends up being called Douglas McFly in the NonTrilogy universe.
-M2: *chuckle* I think I can guess what happens.-
I believe you guess correctly. Don't worry, it's not a repeat of BTTF Part I, though there is one minor close call with Jennifer.
-J: Ew.-
Relax, it's VERY minor. And it's better than what I just saw in my Sims game.
-D: Oh, what now?-
-OD: *sigh* Who's lusting over me?-
Actually, this is Marty-related.
-M: Huh? I'm not a neighborhood slut.-
No, but -- look. The game doesn't register step-parents as a kid's family.
-VuM: This applies to us how?-
I created Strangetown Marty as George's son.
-VuM: Um, yeah--
No. GEORGE'S son.
*horrified silence*
-Martys: I'M HOT FOR MY MOTHER?!-
One lighting bolt.
-VDM: If I didn't know that I'd die for it, I'd kill your Sims game.-
-M: EWWWWWW!-
-J: Gross! What the hell!-
I know! Talk about something Maxis should have done something about! Yuck. . . .
But other than that little revelation, Marty and Jennifer had a fairly good day at college. Let's start off on a good note -- happy early birthday,
bttfbabe ;)
-M: I swear, the game simply exists to torture us.-
-D: I agree.-
There were many phone calls made this day -- Jennifer kicked things off with a call to Lorraine.
-J: Face still all scruchy.-
Give me til the end of the semester, then I'll cheat and fix it. While Jennifer chatted, Marty painted -- he has a want to sell a Masterpiece, so the art easel is his special thing for now.
Marty then went to class, leaving Jennifer to lounge around and read romance novels. They need their grants desperately, they have very few options for fun at the moment. First thing I do, I'll buy them a nice instrument.
Marty returned, and I had them play my favorite Sim game, Red Hands. The master of fun and social, that game.
Time for a neat graphical glitch -- Jennifer answered a ringing phone, and her arm did a bit of twisting in the process (not to mention she first answered it with her face in the phone).
-J2: O.o-
Don't worry, it rotated neatly back around, no problem. Marty finished up his term paper while Jennifer made herself filet mignon. He then finished off her filet mignon while she started her term paper.
Hey, look, Fred Weasley! The term paper can wait, this is Marty's in. Jennifer greets him and happily shares a joke.
Then, once Marty gets off the phone with his Mom--
-VM: Hear that game? MOM-
--He and Fred start chatting. Marty got up past the 20 Daily mark, which is good. Now he has an in on that Greek House.
As Fred left the lot, the hated coach came wandering by to yell at Marty and Jennifer. I got a good pic of the idiot yelling at nothing -- Marty escaped into the bathroom before he could get at him.
The coach wandered away, leaving Marty to unclog the toilet and Jennifer to call up her buddy Allison on her cell.
Then Jennifer went off to her class, leaving Marty to eat his steak dinner in the dark.
He painted the hours away, stopping briefly to call his own friend Barbara.
Jennifer returned, prompting more red hands and a brief romantic interlude.
Then bedtime. I didn't want to get off just yet, though, so I visited Twin Oaks Park to place the lot where Marty and Jennifer McFly will eventually live.
Almost right across the street from Doc's place. :) I also got some new neighborhood shots, but I'll use those in the
revison_doc update tomorrow -- I'll pair them up with some shots of Lone Pine Falls, Academie Le Tour, and Downtown.Okay, time to get back to work -- I want the scoring to be essentially complete when I post the challenge on
thesims2 tomorrow. I'll be asking for suggestions, but I want it to be a fairly well-formed challenge.-TD: It certainly looks interesting enough.-
-DW: Still having thoughts of doing it yourself?-
Yeah -- I had the weak urge to create the "Eureka" neighborhood where Emma Heterobach would live. I of course would be doing the "college starter" version of the Legacy. I'm one of the few who likes college, after all.
-OD: *notices sketchpad* What's this? I thought you were doing the beach pic.-
I was, but I have a quick sketch that I need to have done by tomorrow afternoon. I gotta admit, it looks pretty good for something I drew and inked in an afternoon.
-OD: *tentacles clack smugly* We knew you didn't need all that time to draw things.-
Oh hush. I gotta write some stuff before I finish the inking.
-VD: "V.D." edits I hope.-
I'll really try to get to a few tonight.
