Sideshow & Syrana

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Generation 3: Syrana and Summer

After Syrana confirmed that she was in fact pregnant, she became infected with a common pregnancy ailment: quest for knowledge.  She had an overwhelming desire to read everything she could get her hands on about what was happening inside her body.

After she made her way through all the books in town it was time to hit up the internet.  She became addicted to baby forums and blogs – obsessively reading and commenting on them.  Oftentimes she would alienate other members with her brash words, but she didn’t care.  She wanted knowledge.  She wanted stories.  She wanted feedback.  And she wanted them all to think she knew-it-all.

But the one thing she hadn’t done yet, was tell the father.  She posted about her dilemma, seeking advice.  She received a lot of backlash, but amidst all the negativity she received messages urging her to tell Sidney.  One evening she arranged to meet him at the park and told him that she was expecting.  He didn’t believe her at first, thinking it was a ploy to get him to leave his own family.  She assured him that wasn’t the case, but she wanted him to know… and that’d she’d need a little bit of help.  Once he realized she wasn’t lying to pull a con, the look of disgust on his face angered Syrana.  He bolted before she could say anything further and wouldn’t return her calls until… (continue reading…)

My sense of time passage has become very skewed.  The hours at work seem to drag on forever.  My evenings during the week are gone before I know it, as are my weekends.  In the back of my mind I think need to get a post up, been a few days.

And that’s where the problem is.  I keep thinking it’s only been a few days or a week.  When I sat down to write the Sims Saturday post yesterday, I was honestly surprised that I hadn’t posted anything for almost a month.  But, with my body running hotter than normal due to my 24/7 bun oven, it’s often difficult for me to spend much time in our computer room.

That means less gaming and less blog posting.  Yes, yes, we have a laptop, which is what I’m typing on right now.  But then I don’t have access to all of my screenies and such.  Plus, there was something about physically sitting in front of my computer desk that tied to my motivation and muse.

So, anywho, here’s a bit of an update.

I haven’t played very much WoW since I completed Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms.  I really want to finish Kalimdor before Cataclysm is released, so I keep hoping I’ll have enough time yet.  I even missed out on my favorite in game holiday, Midsummer Fire Festival.  My baby draenei priest alt got to complete the fires of Eastern Kingdoms thanks to Gertbee’s chopper and patience to drive me around.  I still had to split that up into 2 separate sessions… and I procrastinated until the last weekend of the holiday before finally going on.

I had planned to take several characters around to honor/piss on fires.

I’ve also been playing some Sims 3 Ambitions.  I like it and find the new professions fun: ghost hunter, tattoo artist, stylist, firefighter, architect, etc.  Again, haven’t been able to play as much as I’d like due to being hot (only so much the A/C and fans can do for that room, I’m afraid), but it’s been entertaining.

Then there’s Facebook “games” again.  After a 5 month hiatus from touching any of them, I started playing FrontierVille and Family Feud.  I was playing them daily.  Recently it’s slowed down again.  I haven’t touched Family Feud for a couple weeks and it’s been about a week for FrontierVille.  I must say though, FrontierVille is a huge step up from FarmVille and is moving in the direction of being more of a game than just clicketyclickclick.

At some point I’ll be able to spend more time in front of my desk again.  But for now, most of my internet connectivity is via my iPhone or the laptop… that way I can lounge on the couch, put my feet up, and have a fan blowing on me.  Ahhh, bliss.

(Sidenote: And of course, you are always welcome to find out what’s going on IRL with the spawn-on-the-way.  Although, I don’t write on that one nearly as often as I’d like to, but it’s more frequent than around here lately.)

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Generation 3: Syrana and Summer

Shortly after Syrana and Summer moved into their own house, they took a trip to the science lab.  Well, first they went to the cemetery… then they went to the science lab.  Summer saw an ad for bringing back loved ones and the girls decided to test it out on Grampa Brian.  It worked, so he moved in with them.  This wasn’t too bad of an arrangement since he was able to get his old job back too!  Only downside for Brian – his bed was in the garage next to the car.  Oh well, ghosts don’t need as much sleep and food as the living.

While Summer went about her goodly ways and got an entry position at the hospital, Syrana sought a life of crime.  One place where she could spew her conspiracy theories and be taken seriously was in dark alleys with other criminals. (continue reading…)

Generation 3: Syrana and Summer

Yep, it was time for the twins to finally move on.  They felt a little bad about leaving their mother behind, or at least Summer did.  Syrana could barely stand it on the compound anymore though.

The biggest sign for Syrana was the morning she went jogging and was casing houses for their silverware.

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Generation 2: Aerissa and Caleb

Death’s desire to party had not gone over well.  The entire family was in varied states of grief and panic, but they all thought it was in poor taste that Death had been blowing a party horn while the ghost of dear Darcy sulked away.

Aerissa came back after trying to chase down her mother’s ghost.  Syrana questioned Death’s behaviors, really giving him a piece of her mind.

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I know I can’t be the only one that has dreams that incorporate gaming elements or dreams about games.  The game I find sneaking into my subconscious the most is World of Warcraft.  I suppose it doesn’t help that I often listen to the soundtracks while falling asleep.  (The Eversong Woods music with the cellos and haunting voices is super relaxing.)

I previously shared a very whacked out dream that involved Samodean, Chris Metzen, and a live action zombie demo.  I had a LOT of details to share since I wrote it all down as soon as I could after waking up.

More commonly I remember snippets, if that.  What I’ve noticed more lately is that waking up is part of a quest chain.

I’ve had dreams where hitting the snooze button is a repeatable quest.

I’ve also had dreams that the “A” button was the snooze button.

Dreams are weird.  And yes, that’s a scientific term.

Ya know, I think this is why I love to slow time down when my Sims are sleeping.  Usually the game will auto-speed up time when the entire household is asleep.  I mean, they are sleeping, you don’t have anything to manage after all.  But, I like to slow it down just to watch the dream bubbles.

Hmm.

I never realized just how creepy that was before.

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Generation 2: Aerissa and Caleb

Shortly after things started to calm down on the family compound, tragedy struck again.  This segment of the family’s story will be best told through screenshots of the emotions and thoughts alone.  I’m not sure there is much I can add to the description other than… Death likes to party.  (Yes, this one will be a bit screenshot heavy.)

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Generation 2: Aerissa and Caleb

Aerissa had a lot to ponder after chatting with her father’s ghost.  Later that week, she spent some time painting.  She didn’t have anything in particular in mind as she picked up her brushes.

When she finished the painting, she stared at it; wondering what her mind was trying to tell her.  She took the scene to mean it was time for her to set sail again for new adventure.  So, the next day she went downtown to hang out and try to meet some new people.  Strike that.  To try and meet a new guy. (continue reading…)

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Generation 2: Aerissa and Caleb

The night quickly gave way to morning before Aerissa realized it.  She could hardly believe she spent the entire night talking with her father.

As she was saying good-bye, she noticed a few other ghosts were out to play during the last bit of darkness.  Unfortunately, they scared an early morning mourner, who promptly fainted in the middle of the cemetery.  Aerissa quietly snickered to herself, but was glad she had not met the same fate when her father snuck up on her last night. (continue reading…)

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Generation 2: Aerissa and Caleb

While Aerissa was letting out her emotions at her father’s grave, someone else crept into the cemetery.

The ghost of her father, Brian, played a classic trick on Aerissa by sneaking up behind her and scaring the crap out of her.  After Aerissa got over the initial shock, she was fascinated that she could see him…talk to him…and interact with him! (continue reading…)