So, my brother, Shiny Shinx, is sick… so I made him a card in MSPaint.
Get well soon, SS!
Oh, and with finals coming up… I probably won’t be available as much. Finals start next Wednesday, but I have LOTS of assignments coming up, too. So, um, see you in two-ish weeks/and or the weekend?
In order to make things less confusing, I decided to change the blog URL to match the site’s name, so now, it’s http://www.talesfromatwin.blogspot.com. Please update it if you bookmarked the old link, or something. Thank you for your cooperation!
Side note, I also kind of changed the background, and added a self-sim profile picture.
Today, I was eating breakfast. I was thinking about the Sims. If you’re playing a legacy and you’re a couple generations into the family, and you stop buying stuff, where does the town generate money from? I’m sure it can’t just be from taxes. The other residents also don’t buy stuff, to my knowledge. And who DOES get the money when you buy furniture? The town you’re playing in? Or is it divided up?
And when I browse furniture websites for the Sims 3, like the Sims 3 Musketeers, why don’t I notice the patterns they use? And why do I always get the urge to give my Sims a home-makeover every time I watch HGTV?
So today, I was just going through my bookmarks on Mozilla Firefox, and I noticed a category I haven’t clicked since August, the latest. “Zoo Tycoon 2”. I remember that game. The fun, custom content my brother and I found. The interesting exhibits we made. The adorable animals. The accomplishment after winning a tough challenge. Screaming “Not again! We don’t have room for that budget!” when the game announced a Thomson's Gazelle or Koala would be pregnant for the umpteenth time. Then, I wondered why I don’t play anymore(Especially after paying for the Ultimate Collection Edition which cost a lot for not having a constant flow of income). I looked across the room, and noticed the Sims 3 box, staring at me. And I remembered, I moved on. I realized I’ve done this to other video games too- anything Mario related, the Pokémon series, Zoo Tycoon 2, and who knows what else. The Sims 3 might just be another phase for me. I feel bad for kind of cheating on the video games. It’s not their fault I grew up. I always promised myself I’d return to them. Then, I just started changing my mind, because of other people. “People hate Mario spinoffs.” “Pokémon isn’t for 14 year olds.” “Zoo Tycoon 2 has a dead fanbase.” And I’d just forget about them. Yeah, I only buy one or two video games a year, especially in this economy, but I play a lot. Or do I? It feels like I just go into addiction for a video game, then 3 months later, it’s just collecting dust, lying in a corner with every other video game that thought they were the one.
Maybe I’m looking too deep into things. But it’s hard to play more than one video game at a time, especially if they’re open ended. And in the end, only one will be on your monitor or screen, and taking up your time. All others would be mistakes, because “This video game is totally the one'”. …Yeah, I really need to get out more.
So, my question for you, viewers, is Do you ever feel like you’re cheating or neglecting a former hobby/video game/show/etc.? What do you do to prevent that feeling of “I miss that game :<"”? Would this just me growing up, or having commitment issues?
Yeah, Six Flags isn’t happening. :| Looks like I’m stuck home all day. *Hugs Sims 3 box case thing* Um, well, not exactly. I have homework. It’s just reading and everything else is optional. So, I don’t know what I’ll do today, so I’ll just follow whatever goes on. And I’ll probably watch Friends. I’m addicted to it now. :P
And in a desperate attempt to make this blog more Sims-ish…
We got the patch, but it took a while to work. And load. Seriously, I watched like half of a Friends episode(Which was around 15 to 20 minutes, but still). Then, there wasn’t even anything that new. Just new logos and queues and stuff. It looked to weirdly realistic. Like those random episodes of shows where it’s like a ‘perfect’ community, such as a private school, or a retirement/timeshare community, and so on. Basically, like this. I haven’t even seen any of the new, promised Ambitions features being in it. :|
And do you know what I find terribly addicting? Dating shows. No, not ones with actual contestants, but ones with people that only last for one episode. Seriously. Every time my cousin(Who’s the younger sister of the ‘youth group’ sisters) and my brother watch TV together, 4 out of 5 times it’s a ‘dating’ show, like Baggage(Who has the worst secrets?), The X Effect(Are these two exes a Ross and Rachel?), Parental Control(Who has the worst boy/girlfriend), Room Raiders(Invade people’s personal privacy) and so on. I don’t care if the relationships won’t last. I don’t care if it’s obviously fake. It makes me realize that no matter how bad of a mood I’m in, stupid people looking for ‘love’ is hilarious. The end.
No, I didn’t forget about the blog. I’ve just been really busy with schoolwork this week. And seeing as I told my parents about a math quiz…. yikes. I’m grounded. I’m not sure if this is just a weekday thing(Most of the time it is), or if they’re being serious. And I might be going to 6 flags Saturday with my cousins(Who I dislike spending time with but I guess I can make an exception :P Besides, it’s mutual), but because of this math quiz, I don’t think I’m going. :/ And it’s with their ‘youth group’ anyway(Yeah, five people gossiping in a church on a Friday night- real religious!), but I dislike going there because of their hypocrisy, so my parents are probably going to force me to go there anyway. Ugh. So expect posts less. For today, anyway. I need a lot of good grades to back it up(My Mom was like ‘IDC about your other classes I know your smart just do better in math D:<’), but I’m in 3 honors classes, and Spanish II, and I didn’t have studying time at all that weekend. And she’s acting like I’m failing. Um, yeah, no. A C~ish in an honors class isn’t that bad(We had a test today and the teacher is probably going to be very generous to save everybody’s averages), and colleges only look at your FINAL grades. I had 2 A-‘s, 1 B+, and I do'n’t know what for this marking period. They only need individual grades if they ask for it. And I plan on staying far, far away from math or science fields after high school, so I don’t think one bad grade will screw me up for good.
But keep your fingers crossed, please. Sorry for the giant block of text. I felt ranty. :P
And RIP Rue McClanahan, Simon Monjack, Dennis Hopper, and everyone else. :(
