This WEATHER
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crossover_chickToday started out with a major thunderstorm, got okayish for a while (Mom and I got in our walk, anyway), then there was another thunderstorm this evening. Which means we're still better off than Massachusetts, which got TORNADOES. Seriously, Springfield up there is WRECKED. We were under a tornado watch ourselves until 11.
-D: Great Scott!-
I know! This is freaky. It's calm outside now -- Dad even says it's kinda warm. But man, to hear that tornadoes came anywhere near RI. . . . I bet Florida and the like get HAMMERED when the hurricanes start up. It seems to be that sort of year. :(
To try and take everyone's mind off weather-related shenanigans, I offer updates. First, an![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ink_sec_sims update from the Liddells. There's not much there, though -- I only ended up taking 14 pictures. I gotta get these Sims out into community lots again.
-RPD: To be fair, shorter updates probably mean quicker ones. And with your other games coming up. . . .-
This is a point, yes. We'll see how it all works out, since I'm pretty sure my Lucy Sim is due a birthday.
And for ficcing, I'll go ahead and share a 25 Foods:
5. Grape(s)
“You know, I think some people would claim we’re in the wrong positions.”
“Begging your pardon?”
“I believe the classic image is that of a man being pampered and fed grapes by a woman.”
“Well, I don’t mind if you have some for yourself. They’re good grapes. We were lucky to get them at the market.”
“Let me try one. . . . Oh, that is good. You’re right, we were lucky to find these.”
“I’m always right. You should know that by now.”
“You sound like Cheshire when you say things like that. You look like him too, with that grin.”
“I probably have picked up a few bad habits from that mangy old feline. But at the present moment, I can’t bring myself to care.”
“Neither can I. I love you, Alice Liddell Van Dort, bad habits and all.”
“I’m glad. Otherwise you wouldn’t be letting me lounge on your lap and feeding me grapes.”
“Oh, is that all I’m good for to you?”
“Oh, no. You’re good for many, many other things. And I love you for all of them, Victor Van Dort.”
“Hmm. . .perhaps the rest of the grapes will keep for a bit. . . .”
“I would say so. . . .”
-TTV: *resigned* Do all of these prompts refer to bedroom activities?-
No, no, just the funny ones. You're lucky I skipped the one I was THINKING of posting.
Anyway, I believe I mentioned this one gave me trouble before. I just could NOT think of a decent story involving a Victorian couple and grapes. I tried looking up recipes, and found one for a jelly that had grapes in it. I wrote a story about that, but it really ended up being more about the jelly than the food item in the prompt, so I deleted it and started afresh. Somehow, the image of Victor feeding Alice grapes popped into my mind, and this resulted. I think it works pretty well.
-M: *laugh* You've always got him pampering her.-
-TTV: Oh, I'm sure he likes it.-
-M: Who wouldn't?-
She does nice stuff for him too, I assure you. I need to write a fic where she gives him a backrub or something now. Anyway, not much to say beyond that. This is a sort of generic Victor/Alice pairing, so it could fit into SW-verse, Secundus-verse, even Traveler-verse. Take your pick. I just wanted to do something kinda sweet and silly.
-VD2: And of course just a little saucy.-
-HD: And other words beginning with s.-
LOL, yes. Like I said, though, you should have seen the other one I was considering putting up.
So that's the update for today. Well, unless any of you want to hear me go on about how tough it is to make a good Victor/Alice snuggling picture.
-TD: Tried to do a new take on that icon you made?-
I was aiming for a cleaner cut -- but then I got hung up on a)trying to cover Victoria properly and b)resizing Alice. I thought three-quarter's size might be too big, but half-size looked too small, and. . . You know what, skip all the other biographical stuff -- what I want from "Madness Returns" is a definite answer to how TALL Alice is! Or at least an answer to where a 5-foot-5 girl would come up to on a 6-foot-3 boy. Ugh, if there was only two pictures where they were BOTH roughly in proportion to each other!
-OD: I think the main problem is, all your Alice pictures are larger than your Victor screenshots.-
I know. *sigh* Ah well. I think I'll go ahead and upload the one I made, just to have it. If I get a better one in the future, I'll replace it. Now, off to do other stuff.
-D: Great Scott!-
I know! This is freaky. It's calm outside now -- Dad even says it's kinda warm. But man, to hear that tornadoes came anywhere near RI. . . . I bet Florida and the like get HAMMERED when the hurricanes start up. It seems to be that sort of year. :(
To try and take everyone's mind off weather-related shenanigans, I offer updates. First, an
ink_sec_sims update from the Liddells. There's not much there, though -- I only ended up taking 14 pictures. I gotta get these Sims out into community lots again.-RPD: To be fair, shorter updates probably mean quicker ones. And with your other games coming up. . . .-
This is a point, yes. We'll see how it all works out, since I'm pretty sure my Lucy Sim is due a birthday.
And for ficcing, I'll go ahead and share a 25 Foods:
5. Grape(s)
“You know, I think some people would claim we’re in the wrong positions.”
“Begging your pardon?”
“I believe the classic image is that of a man being pampered and fed grapes by a woman.”
“Well, I don’t mind if you have some for yourself. They’re good grapes. We were lucky to get them at the market.”
“Let me try one. . . . Oh, that is good. You’re right, we were lucky to find these.”
“I’m always right. You should know that by now.”
“You sound like Cheshire when you say things like that. You look like him too, with that grin.”
“I probably have picked up a few bad habits from that mangy old feline. But at the present moment, I can’t bring myself to care.”
“Neither can I. I love you, Alice Liddell Van Dort, bad habits and all.”
“I’m glad. Otherwise you wouldn’t be letting me lounge on your lap and feeding me grapes.”
“Oh, is that all I’m good for to you?”
“Oh, no. You’re good for many, many other things. And I love you for all of them, Victor Van Dort.”
“Hmm. . .perhaps the rest of the grapes will keep for a bit. . . .”
“I would say so. . . .”
-TTV: *resigned* Do all of these prompts refer to bedroom activities?-
No, no, just the funny ones. You're lucky I skipped the one I was THINKING of posting.
Anyway, I believe I mentioned this one gave me trouble before. I just could NOT think of a decent story involving a Victorian couple and grapes. I tried looking up recipes, and found one for a jelly that had grapes in it. I wrote a story about that, but it really ended up being more about the jelly than the food item in the prompt, so I deleted it and started afresh. Somehow, the image of Victor feeding Alice grapes popped into my mind, and this resulted. I think it works pretty well.
-M: *laugh* You've always got him pampering her.-
-TTV: Oh, I'm sure he likes it.-
-M: Who wouldn't?-
She does nice stuff for him too, I assure you. I need to write a fic where she gives him a backrub or something now. Anyway, not much to say beyond that. This is a sort of generic Victor/Alice pairing, so it could fit into SW-verse, Secundus-verse, even Traveler-verse. Take your pick. I just wanted to do something kinda sweet and silly.
-VD2: And of course just a little saucy.-
-HD: And other words beginning with s.-
LOL, yes. Like I said, though, you should have seen the other one I was considering putting up.
So that's the update for today. Well, unless any of you want to hear me go on about how tough it is to make a good Victor/Alice snuggling picture.
-TD: Tried to do a new take on that icon you made?-
I was aiming for a cleaner cut -- but then I got hung up on a)trying to cover Victoria properly and b)resizing Alice. I thought three-quarter's size might be too big, but half-size looked too small, and. . . You know what, skip all the other biographical stuff -- what I want from "Madness Returns" is a definite answer to how TALL Alice is! Or at least an answer to where a 5-foot-5 girl would come up to on a 6-foot-3 boy. Ugh, if there was only two pictures where they were BOTH roughly in proportion to each other!
-OD: I think the main problem is, all your Alice pictures are larger than your Victor screenshots.-
I know. *sigh* Ah well. I think I'll go ahead and upload the one I made, just to have it. If I get a better one in the future, I'll replace it. Now, off to do other stuff.
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Date: 2011-06-02 10:32 am (UTC)That's me (with the Milwaukee sweatshirt) with the ex (the tall one...duh) and a friend of ours. He's leaning down slightly. Maybe this one's better:
The kids are our friend's sisters.
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Date: 2011-06-02 05:29 pm (UTC)But actually this does help -- Alice is a little taller and Victor a little shorter, so if you come up to just under his shoulders, Alice would probably come up to about Victor's chin or suchlike, methinks. Thanks!
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Date: 2011-06-03 02:52 am (UTC)Ed is 5'10" and I come to just under his chin.
Glad to help.
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Date: 2011-06-03 04:01 am (UTC)*files away info* :)