Persistence of Memory

I have come to the conclusion that there are a whole lot of story-telling methods out there that make it impossible for me to get past the first chapter. But that's okay, right? Right?

But really, the whole reason I bothered to post anything today was to say, I wish more people would link up using the handy &hideFramework=true option. Let's face it, girls and boys, the official site is a blight to the eyes. (And frames are usually evil.)

That is all.

No, no updates. I fail at life as usual. I haven't even been toying with my unseen WIPs lately.

More reading... sim stories again. (And there are three screenshots somewhere under the cut.)

» What is this fascination with tarting up toddlers and children with makeup? Is there an actual point to slapping blush on little Tiffany Legacy? Lashes that would make most divas swoon in jealousy?

( Has someone... )

( Firefox, Sims 2, and Firewalls )

First, let it be said that I've been horrifically distracted lately. I've been reading actual books, if you can believe it, for one thing. Among those number are the first four books in the Betsy the Vampire Queen series by MaryJanice Davidson. Rather funny, actually. Also, Stork Naked by Piers Anthony, and by Mercedes Lackey was Fortune's Fool and The Wizard of London. I dunno, but, I'm thinking Mercedes is losing her touch of late. Everything seems so horribly convenient and so many people are vying for roles as a Mary Sue... or so it seems to me.

Shockingly, a number of minor cosmetic details have been attended to for the entire site (Grazhir). Sadly, I could not find the damn font I used for the favicon (pixies must have stolen it), so I used Parseltongue instead. You'll see what I mean if you go look.

Also, a new section of sorts has been added to the site. I've been motivated (heaven knows why) to start an Apocalypse Challenge, and didn't really want to dump the pics into a journal entry (it's such a pain having to use LJ's weird twist on "img src" what with that extra space and slash. Why on earth it's necessary....

Anyway, currently up are 1.1, 1.2, and 2.1. You can find them:



( And now, for today's seasonal inbox, with 12 pics. )

Been playing up a storm (no pun intended), but that's to be expected after not having access to the game for months on end, right?

In today's episode we have eighteen pictures (one of which features Bats again) during a trip Justus made to the pet shop to buy some cats (and, incidentally, meet his first vampire).

Heading Downeast for Thanksgiving tomorrow, so I won't be back until... the 28th?

( Warning!! Sim nudity involved! )

And we're back!

Yes, folks, that means that Rick figured out that my video card was causing the problem (it fried along with the CPU and motherboard), and since we had his old one (exactly the same card as mine)...

So let's take a look at some pictures taken from Bon Voyage, shall we?

( The Return of Bats! )

As of 11 December 2007, this is approximately what's in my game for modifications and similar stuff (not including the usual objects, recolours, hair, as that's an entirely different kettle of fish):

• More Awesome Than You (MATY)
  
  
  
  • The Director's Cut - pick your poison (I use BV because that's my highest EP)
    
    
    
    • See also the Objects and Test folders (some test items may already be in the DC)
    
    
    • The caveat to the MATY Director's Cut is I don't use some of them, such as the notownieregen or nodormieregen (I keep them disabled unless I need them), Harder Jobs, Zombie Apocalypse....
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Life Stories Conversions
  
  
  • Pet Stories Conversions
  
  
  • Peasantry - miscellaneous things, like empty templates, clothing hiders, etc.
  
  
  • Taster's Choice - miscellaneous things, like recolours
  
  
  
  


• TwoJeffs
  
  
  
  • Autonomous Casual Romance (ACR)
  
  
  • Preg for All Genders (also Same Sex Marriage, Have/Adopt Child Fix, and Have Child Not Adopt)
  
  
  • Visitor Controller (this BV version requires registration to download, otherwise go here)
  
  
  • And various other stuff if you want them
  
  
  
  


• Crammyboy
  
  
  
  • Cock (first and second post contain attachments)
    
    
    
    • Skaarj at InSIM Adult is making an updated version (requires registration) but I haven't tried it yet
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Dance Sphere Skilling
  
  
  • Technically also found in there is Better Bowling, Craftable Restock Fix, Outside Bath Fix, Robots Break Less, and the Fish Pillow (to replace the normal pillows in pillow fights).
  
  
  
  


• Dizzy
  
  
  • Auto Lateral Calls (found in the Brain Dump)
  
  
  • Bath Shower For Visitors (found in the Brain Dump)
  
  
  • Elevator Dorm Pets Fix
  
  
  • Pizza Hack (found in the Brain Dump)
  
  
  
  


• DJS Sims (jfade)
  
  
  
  • Hacks
    
    
    
    • Always Allow Holiday Roast
    
    
    • Juicer Tweaks
    
    
    • Pet Enabled GLS Objects
    
    
    • Sleep On Community Lots
    
    
    • Some Chance of Plantsim
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Simlogical (Inge)
  
  
  
  • No Autonomy Fridges (global)
  
  
  
  


• Jordi
  
  
  • Garage Door Fix
  
  
  • Live (replaces the names for random townie name selection)
  
  
  • Memory Mod
  
  
  • Teleporter Shrub Plus (for all I know, Dizzy's is better)
  
  
  
  


• Marhis
  
  
  • Outdoor Lamps On Until Dawn
  
  
  
  


• Monique
  
  
  • Craftable Items Supplier
  
  
  • No Autonomous Play Water Balloon Fight
  
  
  • No Autonomous Water Balloon (same thread)
  
  
  • Vampire Indoors Decay Hack
  
  
  • Vampire Nighttime Decay Hack
  
  
  
  


• Quaxi
  
  
  
  • Censor Blur Remover (marked as Pets, but it works upward)
  
  
  
  


• Simsbaby (found in miscellaneous Peasantry Threads)
  
  
  
  • Mainly outerwear fixes, Elder clothing from GLS, and FatherTime Beard Fix
  
  
  
  


• Squinge (at the Sims 2 Graveyard)
  
  
  
  • Bottomless Food Dish (not even sure this is working)
  
  
  • Flirts Enabled (no idea where this can be found unless it's in a package with a different name)
  
  
  • Move Away From Fridge
  
  
  
  


• Syberspunk
  
  
  • Apologize Fix
  
  
  • Dance Fitness and Body Skilling
  
  
  • No Crib Death by Pet
  
  
  
  


• Other Stuff
  
  
  
  • CEP v7
  
  
  • Paladin's Hack Scan (under Sims 2, Programs)
  
  
  • Clean Installer
  
  
  • Scriptorium
  
  
  • .NET v2 (necessary for SimPE I believe)
  
  
  • Theo's Colour Binning Tool (for SimPE)
  
  
  • SimPE (I have the beta version for BV... found via MATY, I think)
  
  
  • DJS Sims Programs
    
    
    • Sims 2 Pets Custom Content Updater
    
    
    • Sims 2 WTF Editor
    
    
    • Sims 2 Collection Creator
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Default Replacements
    
    
    
    • Lin's Edition of Louis's Self Makeup #7
    
    
    • Various geneticized Enayla skintones
    
    
    • Default eyes by Schuldig Seiben
    
    
    • Replacements made for PT#9 facial structure, alien skintone, zombie skin tone, plantsims, vampire overlay, brows, etc.
    
    
    • Various geneticized Enayla eyes (not sure now who did them, might be the same as the skins)
    
    
    • Sexy Feet by BlooM (and a BV addition)
    
    
    • All Eaxis archetypes have been replaced by me (not always to great effect)