Stuff In No Particular Order
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orikesThe Dark Knight
Attempting to be spoiler free, I'll say that the movie was as good as the hype has been. Heath Ledger was spectacularly frightening as the Joker (as another friend of mine posted, he made me afraid of pencils) and I'll be disappointed if they don't throw an Oscar nod that way. There were so many little subtleties woven into his rampant pscyhoticness, it would take several viewings to catch most of them.
I recommend it.
Work
Work has sucked this past week. Part of it is that we're closing in on the end of our fiscal year and shit rolls down hill. The suits are stressing about year-end numbers which means they're pressuring the folks below them to get stuff done, which means me and my co-workers are also getting pressured.
On top of that, one of my other duties had me trying to communicate a new idea to a couple of people who are very adverse to new ideas or anything that makes it seem like they have to do work of any sort. When you've got two people on one shift not able to handle the job that one person on the other shift handles with ease, there's a problem.
Dr. Horrible
I loved it. Ending and all.
I've heard some folks complain about the ending. Usually I would be right there with them, since I am not a fan of unhappy endings. I'm still pretty bitter about the ending of Serenity. It seems like Joss Whedon is incapable of giving a happy ending unless it's a flat out Phyrric victory. It's one reason I've held off on watching Buffy even though I've been borrowing the first season from a friend for the last year and a half.
That said, Dr. Horrible is a story about a villain. It's about someone who wants to be a bad guy and get into the Evil League of Evil. Sure, he was actually a sweet, shy guy who only wanted to create anarchy to bring about some change in the world, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a bad guy.
What we got to see was the creation of the back-story. About why Dr. Horrible became so.. horrible. The love of his life, mowed down by the ego of his arch nemesis and his own faulty equipment. Noooo!
So, in the end, he got everything he said he wanted except for the girl. Would the girl have accepted him if he'd succeeded in killing The Hammer? Probably not, even though she realized that The Hammer was really just a shallow prick.
All in all, it rocked. With music and songs!
Besides.. Bad Horse was a horse!
Sims Stuff
I've got the next part of the BC "almost" done. Part 3 is also queued up to be written with only some plotty scenes needing to be shot. Because of work, though, I've not really been in the mood to do much writing. I want to get the stories out so I can get back to playing my neighborhood, but I'm not really in the state of mind to actually write them.
To blow off some steam, I fired up Maxistonia, which is my combined neighborhood (created by HystericalParoxysm at MTS2). I rotated through the entire neighborhood and played everyone to Winter. Well, almost everyone. The Oldies I got bored with and used the weather device to make it winter.
On one hand, I feel a bit guilty for neglecting my legacy and related stuff (especially when other folks are being much more prolific than I am), but on the other, it's been a nice pressure release.
I started off with the Goth house. When I initially installed the neighborhood, I only played long enough to give Cass a make-over and have Don leave her at the altar. I had played the Dreamers a bit before and even though Darren had other choices, he still went after Cass. So, they got married.
This helped combine two houses. Dirk's a little out of sorts, but he and the newly teenified Alexander have been getting along (Alex rolled Fortune).
I've been having the most fun playing the teens. It always irritates me when simmers skip the teen years and immediatley ship them off to college. I suppose everyone has their own facet of the game they enjoy, but still.
The only neighborhood that wasn't represented at this particular party was Veronaville. This was Lucy Burb's weekend house party. There's Dustin Broke, Alexander Goth, Lillith Pleasant, Ophelia Nigmos (who hasn't gotten a makeover yet), Rick Contrary, and ... kid from Riverblossom whose name I can't remember. He lives with his dad and two pervy old ladies.
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While playing this mega-hood, I've also had two firsts. Above, you'll see Mercutio playing on the Broke's fridge. I'd seen pictures of this before, but never actually seen it in game. It about cracked me up.
So far, I've been all about intermingling the teens. If a teen walks by, I jump on them to introduce them to the kids in the house. Tybalt walked by the Oldies house, so I had them greet him, then invite over the Pleasant Twins so they could meet him. Lillith took more of a shine to Tybalt than Angela did, but at least they've now both got him as a contact.
Speaking of the Pleasant Twins, I finally got pissed at them and used Insim to fix their relationship. I tried doing it the non-cheaty way, but forcing them to play chess until their relationship was repaired, but Angela undid this the moment I let them out of the game.
The second thing I saw that I'd never seen before was a bag of poo. This is Dina Caliente. This is Don Lothario's house. I still don't understand what happened to their date.
Their relationship was in the positives with the crush and love symbols still in place. Don invited her on a date. When she showed up, he grabbed her for a make-out. She went along with it and did not reject the kiss, but the next thing I know, there's breaking heart sounds. No slapping, no bad memories, but they're suddenly out of love and their relationship dropped from 100/100 to 60/60. Before I could fix anything, the date ended and she went home.
I suppose it's all for the good, though. Don has never been good for Dina, even if she's obsessed with him. Right now, she's got a real relationship forming with General Buzz Grunt.
Don ended up with a stinky foot, but quickly moved on to the next babe. So far, he's had Dina and Nina, Chloe Singles, Florence Delarosa, Kalynn Langerak, and two townies. With the way Cass keeps stalking his house, I'm wondering if she's looking for an affair.
Attempting to be spoiler free, I'll say that the movie was as good as the hype has been. Heath Ledger was spectacularly frightening as the Joker (as another friend of mine posted, he made me afraid of pencils) and I'll be disappointed if they don't throw an Oscar nod that way. There were so many little subtleties woven into his rampant pscyhoticness, it would take several viewings to catch most of them.
I recommend it.
Work
Work has sucked this past week. Part of it is that we're closing in on the end of our fiscal year and shit rolls down hill. The suits are stressing about year-end numbers which means they're pressuring the folks below them to get stuff done, which means me and my co-workers are also getting pressured.
On top of that, one of my other duties had me trying to communicate a new idea to a couple of people who are very adverse to new ideas or anything that makes it seem like they have to do work of any sort. When you've got two people on one shift not able to handle the job that one person on the other shift handles with ease, there's a problem.
Dr. Horrible
I loved it. Ending and all.
I've heard some folks complain about the ending. Usually I would be right there with them, since I am not a fan of unhappy endings. I'm still pretty bitter about the ending of Serenity. It seems like Joss Whedon is incapable of giving a happy ending unless it's a flat out Phyrric victory. It's one reason I've held off on watching Buffy even though I've been borrowing the first season from a friend for the last year and a half.
That said, Dr. Horrible is a story about a villain. It's about someone who wants to be a bad guy and get into the Evil League of Evil. Sure, he was actually a sweet, shy guy who only wanted to create anarchy to bring about some change in the world, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a bad guy.
What we got to see was the creation of the back-story. About why Dr. Horrible became so.. horrible. The love of his life, mowed down by the ego of his arch nemesis and his own faulty equipment. Noooo!
So, in the end, he got everything he said he wanted except for the girl. Would the girl have accepted him if he'd succeeded in killing The Hammer? Probably not, even though she realized that The Hammer was really just a shallow prick.
All in all, it rocked. With music and songs!
Besides.. Bad Horse was a horse!
Sims Stuff
I've got the next part of the BC "almost" done. Part 3 is also queued up to be written with only some plotty scenes needing to be shot. Because of work, though, I've not really been in the mood to do much writing. I want to get the stories out so I can get back to playing my neighborhood, but I'm not really in the state of mind to actually write them.
To blow off some steam, I fired up Maxistonia, which is my combined neighborhood (created by HystericalParoxysm at MTS2). I rotated through the entire neighborhood and played everyone to Winter. Well, almost everyone. The Oldies I got bored with and used the weather device to make it winter.
On one hand, I feel a bit guilty for neglecting my legacy and related stuff (especially when other folks are being much more prolific than I am), but on the other, it's been a nice pressure release.
I started off with the Goth house. When I initially installed the neighborhood, I only played long enough to give Cass a make-over and have Don leave her at the altar. I had played the Dreamers a bit before and even though Darren had other choices, he still went after Cass. So, they got married.
This helped combine two houses. Dirk's a little out of sorts, but he and the newly teenified Alexander have been getting along (Alex rolled Fortune).
I've been having the most fun playing the teens. It always irritates me when simmers skip the teen years and immediatley ship them off to college. I suppose everyone has their own facet of the game they enjoy, but still.
The only neighborhood that wasn't represented at this particular party was Veronaville. This was Lucy Burb's weekend house party. There's Dustin Broke, Alexander Goth, Lillith Pleasant, Ophelia Nigmos (who hasn't gotten a makeover yet), Rick Contrary, and ... kid from Riverblossom whose name I can't remember. He lives with his dad and two pervy old ladies.
<
While playing this mega-hood, I've also had two firsts. Above, you'll see Mercutio playing on the Broke's fridge. I'd seen pictures of this before, but never actually seen it in game. It about cracked me up.
So far, I've been all about intermingling the teens. If a teen walks by, I jump on them to introduce them to the kids in the house. Tybalt walked by the Oldies house, so I had them greet him, then invite over the Pleasant Twins so they could meet him. Lillith took more of a shine to Tybalt than Angela did, but at least they've now both got him as a contact.
Speaking of the Pleasant Twins, I finally got pissed at them and used Insim to fix their relationship. I tried doing it the non-cheaty way, but forcing them to play chess until their relationship was repaired, but Angela undid this the moment I let them out of the game.
The second thing I saw that I'd never seen before was a bag of poo. This is Dina Caliente. This is Don Lothario's house. I still don't understand what happened to their date.
Their relationship was in the positives with the crush and love symbols still in place. Don invited her on a date. When she showed up, he grabbed her for a make-out. She went along with it and did not reject the kiss, but the next thing I know, there's breaking heart sounds. No slapping, no bad memories, but they're suddenly out of love and their relationship dropped from 100/100 to 60/60. Before I could fix anything, the date ended and she went home.
I suppose it's all for the good, though. Don has never been good for Dina, even if she's obsessed with him. Right now, she's got a real relationship forming with General Buzz Grunt.
Don ended up with a stinky foot, but quickly moved on to the next babe. So far, he's had Dina and Nina, Chloe Singles, Florence Delarosa, Kalynn Langerak, and two townies. With the way Cass keeps stalking his house, I'm wondering if she's looking for an affair.
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Date: 2008-07-21 05:10 am (UTC)