Okay, so I think my blog is doing something weird since I accidentally published that one post on Thanksgiving. I'm pretty positive I republished it yesterday, but that's not what this site is telling me... Hmm, oh well, nothing to be done about it now, I guess.
Anyways, I was going to describe the four test-takers' personalities, right? Okay, here goes, in the order they were introduced in the book.
Reynard "Reynie" Muldoon. He is described as extremely average-looking - average hair, average face, average height, average clothes, average everything. But I can assure you he is definitely anything but average on the inside. He's got more patience than the average kid, for one thing. And his mind is incredible; he can think his way out of almost every situation. If there's a riddle to be solved, or a seemingly impossible set of directions to be followed, you can bet Reynie can and will solve and follow. And for those of you who care to know a bit of background, Reynie is an orphan.
George "Sticky" Washington. He has a photographic memory and is a faster-than-lightning reader. Although he far surpasses Reynie in this, they balance out by virtue of the fact that Sticky can't always process the information to explain it to others (he can generally only repeat it word-for-word; amazing, right?). He's also "notoriously fidgety," a fact that he and his team take advantage of later in the book. He also happens to be completely bald, because he purposely made all his hair fall out so the parents he ran away from wouldn't recognize him.
Oh, dear. I'm reaching my average posting size already, and I'm only halfway through. o_O Okay, so I guess I'll save the girls for tomorrow.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! You know, I typed up an entire blog post about something else entirely before I remembered it was Thanksgiving - published it, too. n_n; So if you were here before I unpublished it, you may see a "repeated" post tomorrow; sorry about that.
Anyways, what are your plans for today? Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and all that traditional stuff? I think that's pretty much what my family's doing. We might be doing a couple other things today too, who knows. For one thing, I have a lot of homework to work on over break.
However, we're here today to be thankful! So yep, it looks like you're going to have to put up with me being just like everybody else today: listing the things I'm grateful for. ;D
First and foremost, I'm thankful for my Lord Jesus Christ and His gift of salvation. I'm thankful for the family He's placed me in and the home He's given me. I'm thankful for the school He pulled a few strings to get me into, and I'm thankful for the trials He has helped me overcome there.
I'm thankful for days like yesterday, wherein I did nothing but relax. I'm thankful for books, some of my best friends. I'm thankful for games, where I get to control to a degree what happens. I'm thankful for nonograms, which have provided me with many distracting hours of fun and problem-solving and counting, leaving me in the end with a wonderful picture for my troubles.
I'm thankful for songs, to cheer me up or relieve stress or simply express when I'm too happy for anything else. Hey, that kind of rhymed, didn't it? I'm grateful for happy accidental moments, too!
I'm grateful for my hamsters, especially Hamtaro #1, who is lying right beside my laptop at this moment. I'm grateful for Disney. I'm grateful for chocolate. Oh, and I'm thankful for the laptop upon which I'm typing this.
And while I'm at it, I'm most definitely grateful for you! I'm not sure how many of you are regulars at my blog, but I love you all! Even though none of you say anything, it's nice just knowing you're there. ♥
Anyways, what are your plans for today? Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and all that traditional stuff? I think that's pretty much what my family's doing. We might be doing a couple other things today too, who knows. For one thing, I have a lot of homework to work on over break.
However, we're here today to be thankful! So yep, it looks like you're going to have to put up with me being just like everybody else today: listing the things I'm grateful for. ;D
First and foremost, I'm thankful for my Lord Jesus Christ and His gift of salvation. I'm thankful for the family He's placed me in and the home He's given me. I'm thankful for the school He pulled a few strings to get me into, and I'm thankful for the trials He has helped me overcome there.
I'm thankful for days like yesterday, wherein I did nothing but relax. I'm thankful for books, some of my best friends. I'm thankful for games, where I get to control to a degree what happens. I'm thankful for nonograms, which have provided me with many distracting hours of fun and problem-solving and counting, leaving me in the end with a wonderful picture for my troubles.
I'm thankful for songs, to cheer me up or relieve stress or simply express when I'm too happy for anything else. Hey, that kind of rhymed, didn't it? I'm grateful for happy accidental moments, too!
I'm grateful for my hamsters, especially Hamtaro #1, who is lying right beside my laptop at this moment. I'm grateful for Disney. I'm grateful for chocolate. Oh, and I'm thankful for the laptop upon which I'm typing this.
And while I'm at it, I'm most definitely grateful for you! I'm not sure how many of you are regulars at my blog, but I love you all! Even though none of you say anything, it's nice just knowing you're there. ♥
Mysterious Bendict Society
"Rules and schools are tools for fools - I don't give two mules for rules."
Courtesy of the fictional two-year-old Constance Contraire, we get that wonderful line to hurl (figuratively, of course; and it may not be smart to do even that in many cases) at teachers who give us students limitations of some kind. The line comes from the first book in The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart; I believe I mentioned this series' prequel a while ago: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict. Although nothing can compare with the epicness of the prequel, the original trilogy itself is still pretty awesome.
This series, as you might guess, is centered around the group that calls themselves The Mysterious Benedict Society. It consists of two boys, both eleven in the first book, and two girls, one two and one twelve in the first book. They're brought together by a series of tests that Mr. Benedict has devised in his search for a team of gifted children.
The tests themselves are pretty cool, and they're only the beginning of the story. It starts off with one mostly normal test with a few oddball questions. However, very, very few children pass it, so there must be more to it than appears.
The next text is much more complex. The students are tested on kindness, integrity, and ability to follow directions. However, Reynie is the only one to completely follow through on the last one, so clearly there's some leeway in these tests. Mr. Benedict knows there's more than one way to be gifted, after all.
Two more tests follow, both wonderful to watch as well, and both solved differently based on the individual's unique talents. Maybe tomorrow I'll give you a rundown of each child's personality and/or how they responded to each test.
Courtesy of the fictional two-year-old Constance Contraire, we get that wonderful line to hurl (figuratively, of course; and it may not be smart to do even that in many cases) at teachers who give us students limitations of some kind. The line comes from the first book in The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart; I believe I mentioned this series' prequel a while ago: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict. Although nothing can compare with the epicness of the prequel, the original trilogy itself is still pretty awesome.
This series, as you might guess, is centered around the group that calls themselves The Mysterious Benedict Society. It consists of two boys, both eleven in the first book, and two girls, one two and one twelve in the first book. They're brought together by a series of tests that Mr. Benedict has devised in his search for a team of gifted children.
The tests themselves are pretty cool, and they're only the beginning of the story. It starts off with one mostly normal test with a few oddball questions. However, very, very few children pass it, so there must be more to it than appears.
The next text is much more complex. The students are tested on kindness, integrity, and ability to follow directions. However, Reynie is the only one to completely follow through on the last one, so clearly there's some leeway in these tests. Mr. Benedict knows there's more than one way to be gifted, after all.
Two more tests follow, both wonderful to watch as well, and both solved differently based on the individual's unique talents. Maybe tomorrow I'll give you a rundown of each child's personality and/or how they responded to each test.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Story Time
So I know yesterday I said I'd let you know about the plant music experiments, and I will. But I'm not going to retype them all here. Instead, here's the direct link to the site page that talks about it:
http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/plant_experiments.asp
Today, I actually have a story about yesterday I'd like to share with you. I have a professor for a certain class who likes to have fun while teaching and get laughs from his students. But yesterday when he walked in, he was so serious he may have even been scowling. When a classmate asked him how he was, he growled, "I'm in a bad mood."
As dead silence reigned from the students, the professor ordered us to get out a piece of paper. We began to comply, but two seconds later he asked us if we were done yet. I could tell a couple of my classmates were getting upset at his lack of common sense plus patience.
I'll be honest. The only thought going through my head at the time was, "Lord, please don't let me laugh, just in case he's serious."
When we finally all had our piece of paper out, our teacher pulled out a box of crayons, grinned, and said, "Now let's all make hand turkeys."
You can imagine the reaction he got. Lots of highly relieved laughter and good-natured complaints about how he scared us all half to death. And we worked on hand turkeys while he talked about our next assignment.
http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/plant_experiments.asp
Today, I actually have a story about yesterday I'd like to share with you. I have a professor for a certain class who likes to have fun while teaching and get laughs from his students. But yesterday when he walked in, he was so serious he may have even been scowling. When a classmate asked him how he was, he growled, "I'm in a bad mood."
As dead silence reigned from the students, the professor ordered us to get out a piece of paper. We began to comply, but two seconds later he asked us if we were done yet. I could tell a couple of my classmates were getting upset at his lack of common sense plus patience.
I'll be honest. The only thought going through my head at the time was, "Lord, please don't let me laugh, just in case he's serious."
When we finally all had our piece of paper out, our teacher pulled out a box of crayons, grinned, and said, "Now let's all make hand turkeys."
You can imagine the reaction he got. Lots of highly relieved laughter and good-natured complaints about how he scared us all half to death. And we worked on hand turkeys while he talked about our next assignment.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Music Pt. 2
Okay, so remember in a previous post I said something about how different music has different effects, but I didn't know how to go into any detail? Well, I did some research for my biology project, so how about I share some of the info with you!
There's an online article called "Music & How It Affects Your Brain, Emotions." It talks about the part of our brains that processes music. Apparently, music is super effective, because the part of the brain that understands it is the part that also deals with motivation, emotion, and reward.
The article even said that our brains automatically put a pattern to the music we hear! I guess that means we can kind of guess what note is coming next even in a song we haven't heard before?
And you know those goose bumps you sometimes get when listening to music? According to this article, that's the composer taking advantage of what he knows we'll expect and purposely changing it. Incredible, right?
Oh, and I found a website called Dove Song that talks about the differences between positive and negative music. According to this source, here's positive music: "has beneficial qualities and is emotionally and spiritually uplifting, perhaps even healing; can be relaxing, calming, and mentally invigorating." And negative music "stimulates the negative emotions: anger, frustration, depression, hatred and fear."
Whoops, running out of room to continue in this post. But tomorrow, maybe I'll tell you about one or more of the experiments I found. If you don't want to wait that long, all of them are also on that Dove Song website. =)
There's an online article called "Music & How It Affects Your Brain, Emotions." It talks about the part of our brains that processes music. Apparently, music is super effective, because the part of the brain that understands it is the part that also deals with motivation, emotion, and reward.
The article even said that our brains automatically put a pattern to the music we hear! I guess that means we can kind of guess what note is coming next even in a song we haven't heard before?
And you know those goose bumps you sometimes get when listening to music? According to this article, that's the composer taking advantage of what he knows we'll expect and purposely changing it. Incredible, right?
Oh, and I found a website called Dove Song that talks about the differences between positive and negative music. According to this source, here's positive music: "has beneficial qualities and is emotionally and spiritually uplifting, perhaps even healing; can be relaxing, calming, and mentally invigorating." And negative music "stimulates the negative emotions: anger, frustration, depression, hatred and fear."
Whoops, running out of room to continue in this post. But tomorrow, maybe I'll tell you about one or more of the experiments I found. If you don't want to wait that long, all of them are also on that Dove Song website. =)
Monday, November 25, 2013
Let Your Word Be Born
How many of you are familiar with the song "Let Your Word Be Born"? I've heard the chorus for years, but only yesterday in the song service in church did I realize the lyrics of the first verse.
"It was a tiny, simple stable,
"All beaten and worn.
"Hardly a place
"For a King to be born.
"He didn't choose someplace special
"To reveal His Majesty,
"So I know if I'll give Him control,
"He'll be born in me."
How humbling, and how true. We're so unworthy of Jesus Christ as it is; had He chosen a palace or something, He might have had more followers because that was what the world was expecting, but we wouldn't have a chance at salvation.
I love it. So wonderful! x3
Anyways, that was on my heart today. A rather short post, but here it is. Have a great day! ♥
"It was a tiny, simple stable,
"All beaten and worn.
"Hardly a place
"For a King to be born.
"He didn't choose someplace special
"To reveal His Majesty,
"So I know if I'll give Him control,
"He'll be born in me."
How humbling, and how true. We're so unworthy of Jesus Christ as it is; had He chosen a palace or something, He might have had more followers because that was what the world was expecting, but we wouldn't have a chance at salvation.
I love it. So wonderful! x3
Anyways, that was on my heart today. A rather short post, but here it is. Have a great day! ♥
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 9
Okay, so I think I've covered a lot if not most of the stuff in Harvest Moon: (More) Friends of Mineral Town and Harvest Moon DS, right? The only other Harvest Moon games I've played have been Sunshine Islands and Tale of Two Towns, and I only played them briefly.
Around the time I played Sunshine Islands, my brother got some thingamajig that enabled cheating. Idiot that I was, I borrowed it to help my game go smoother. Well, not only did it skyrocket my progress to where I couldn't even keep up, but it added bugs to my game. Sadly, I didn't play Sunshine Islands too much because of that.
As for Tale of Two Towns, my brother got that game for his 3DS, so the only way I could play it was by borrowing both his game and his 3DS. And that game had bugs in it just naturally, unfortunately. I maybe wouldn't have been as bothered by it if I could save my progress randomly throughout the day, but I think that game only allows you to save after you go to sleep, right?
So you can imagine my frustration when the game froze on me for the fifth time several hours into my day, forcing me to replay for goodness knows how long to get back to where I'd left off. And unlike the other two Harvest Moon games I talked about before, this game actually seemed to have some decent guys. But I never got to know any of them well enough to choose one before I gave up on starting, restarting, and restarting all over again. Pity. =/
So because I only played these two games very briefly, I suppose this post will probably mark the end of the Harvest Moon posting series I've had. It's been fun, though! And I wonder what I'll come up with to talk about next...
Around the time I played Sunshine Islands, my brother got some thingamajig that enabled cheating. Idiot that I was, I borrowed it to help my game go smoother. Well, not only did it skyrocket my progress to where I couldn't even keep up, but it added bugs to my game. Sadly, I didn't play Sunshine Islands too much because of that.
As for Tale of Two Towns, my brother got that game for his 3DS, so the only way I could play it was by borrowing both his game and his 3DS. And that game had bugs in it just naturally, unfortunately. I maybe wouldn't have been as bothered by it if I could save my progress randomly throughout the day, but I think that game only allows you to save after you go to sleep, right?
So you can imagine my frustration when the game froze on me for the fifth time several hours into my day, forcing me to replay for goodness knows how long to get back to where I'd left off. And unlike the other two Harvest Moon games I talked about before, this game actually seemed to have some decent guys. But I never got to know any of them well enough to choose one before I gave up on starting, restarting, and restarting all over again. Pity. =/
So because I only played these two games very briefly, I suppose this post will probably mark the end of the Harvest Moon posting series I've had. It's been fun, though! And I wonder what I'll come up with to talk about next...
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 8
So, I think I promised to talk about Friends of Mineral Town bachelorettes today, right? Okay, let's again kick things off with my favorite.
Popuri. Pink hair, which is totally awesome in and of itself. But as daughter of the owner of the chicken farm, she loves chickens and her family, even if she complains about how protective that evil monster of a brother that she has is. She also has that certain quality that I never liked in Gray: childishness. Your rival for her heart is the only semi-decent guy in the entire town: Kai.
Karen. Very pretty, daughter of the owner of the local supermarket. No one can outdrink her, and there's only one person stupid enough to try. You even get to witness and referee this event one night at the inn. Your competition for her heart is that no-good, horrid, awful, lying, bossy Rick. (For those of you who actually like Rick, I'm so sorry for you.)
Ann. Gotta love these tomboys, and red hair is a bonus. She's the daughter of the innkeeper, super awesome and, if I remember correctly, sort of thrown into being mature beyond her years since her mother died. The object of her affections, if you don't get to her fast enough, is Cliff. However, if you're slow to woo Ann but you don't want Cliff getting ahead of you, all you have to do is be mean enough to not invite Cliff to the winery for a job; he'll run out of money and have to leave.
Mary. The sweet, shy, but tougher-than-she-looks bookworm. Daughter of a man who can't get enough of plants, she works in the library and is even writing her own book! Should you choose not to try to win her over, she'll end up marrying the blacksmith apprentice Gray.
Elli. Doctor's assistant and love interest, should you delay winning her heart yourself. She's pretty nice, and she has that pesky younger brother we all know and can't help but love. Also granddaughter of the woman who can no longer walk.
And there you go, the five girls from Mineral Town that you can marry in either Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town or Harvest Moon DS. Which girl out of all these mentioned in this post or previous ones is your favorite? Or, if you're less picky about your man than me, which boy is your favorite?
Popuri. Pink hair, which is totally awesome in and of itself. But as daughter of the owner of the chicken farm, she loves chickens and her family, even if she complains about how protective that evil monster of a brother that she has is. She also has that certain quality that I never liked in Gray: childishness. Your rival for her heart is the only semi-decent guy in the entire town: Kai.
Karen. Very pretty, daughter of the owner of the local supermarket. No one can outdrink her, and there's only one person stupid enough to try. You even get to witness and referee this event one night at the inn. Your competition for her heart is that no-good, horrid, awful, lying, bossy Rick. (For those of you who actually like Rick, I'm so sorry for you.)
Ann. Gotta love these tomboys, and red hair is a bonus. She's the daughter of the innkeeper, super awesome and, if I remember correctly, sort of thrown into being mature beyond her years since her mother died. The object of her affections, if you don't get to her fast enough, is Cliff. However, if you're slow to woo Ann but you don't want Cliff getting ahead of you, all you have to do is be mean enough to not invite Cliff to the winery for a job; he'll run out of money and have to leave.
Mary. The sweet, shy, but tougher-than-she-looks bookworm. Daughter of a man who can't get enough of plants, she works in the library and is even writing her own book! Should you choose not to try to win her over, she'll end up marrying the blacksmith apprentice Gray.
Elli. Doctor's assistant and love interest, should you delay winning her heart yourself. She's pretty nice, and she has that pesky younger brother we all know and can't help but love. Also granddaughter of the woman who can no longer walk.
And there you go, the five girls from Mineral Town that you can marry in either Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town or Harvest Moon DS. Which girl out of all these mentioned in this post or previous ones is your favorite? Or, if you're less picky about your man than me, which boy is your favorite?
Friday, November 22, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 7
Okay, yesterday I didn't even finish half of the available bachelorettes in Harvest Moon DS. So here's the continuation. All the normal girls I think were covered yesterday, so I'll start again with the special girls.
Leia. She's a mermaid who lives in Daryll's (the mad scientist's) basement. He found her hurt and washed up on the beach after a bad storm, so he brought her back to his house. You won't be able to find her until you've befriended Daryll, so Leia doesn't appreciate it if you suspect him of experimenting on her. She's very kind, but unlike other mermaids I've heard of, Leia seriously has no qualms about eating fish.
The Harvest Goddess. Those of you who have played Harvest Moon before probably know there are so many requirements to marry the HG that it is no laughing matter. She's nice, though, and if you have the determination and patience and non-glitched game, go for it. =)
The Witch Princess. Basically the opposite of the Harvest Goddess, I guess. I think there's a minimum wait of five years before you can marry the WP, since you have to make everyone sick at five of the Harvest Festivals. But I have heard of a glitch that won't let you marry her, either.
Keira. She looks like an American Indian princess, and she makes her home on the 255th floor of the third mine. She sleeps constantly, and apparently can't speak; but if you marry her, that first one will change, I believe.
And I still haven't finished all of the girls available in HMDS! But that's okay, because the only remaining girls are visitors from HM:(M)FoMT if you insert the GBA game into your DS, and you can't truly marry them in the DS game because I think your character moves to Mineral Town with her, so your game ends. But maybe I should talk about these girls in the context of HM:FoMT, considering I just sort of glossed over them in order to complain about the men. See you tomorrow, then!
Leia. She's a mermaid who lives in Daryll's (the mad scientist's) basement. He found her hurt and washed up on the beach after a bad storm, so he brought her back to his house. You won't be able to find her until you've befriended Daryll, so Leia doesn't appreciate it if you suspect him of experimenting on her. She's very kind, but unlike other mermaids I've heard of, Leia seriously has no qualms about eating fish.
The Harvest Goddess. Those of you who have played Harvest Moon before probably know there are so many requirements to marry the HG that it is no laughing matter. She's nice, though, and if you have the determination and patience and non-glitched game, go for it. =)
The Witch Princess. Basically the opposite of the Harvest Goddess, I guess. I think there's a minimum wait of five years before you can marry the WP, since you have to make everyone sick at five of the Harvest Festivals. But I have heard of a glitch that won't let you marry her, either.
Keira. She looks like an American Indian princess, and she makes her home on the 255th floor of the third mine. She sleeps constantly, and apparently can't speak; but if you marry her, that first one will change, I believe.
And I still haven't finished all of the girls available in HMDS! But that's okay, because the only remaining girls are visitors from HM:(M)FoMT if you insert the GBA game into your DS, and you can't truly marry them in the DS game because I think your character moves to Mineral Town with her, so your game ends. But maybe I should talk about these girls in the context of HM:FoMT, considering I just sort of glossed over them in order to complain about the men. See you tomorrow, then!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 6
Okay, so last post I promised we'd talk about the Harvest Moon DS bachelorettes, right? Oh, wow, there are so so many in this game.
I'll start things off with my favorite, Celia. She has dark brown hair held back by an orange bandana and wears a green dress. She lives with Vesta and your rival for her heart Marlin, and she works with them on the other farm here in the Valley, trusting to the fresh Valley air to help cure her of some sort of illness she has had since childhood. She's very kind, perhaps even a bit naïve.
Lumina. The light-brown-haired granddaughter of the rich old lady Romana, Lumina can play the piano and is very interested in technology. She's nice enough, although a bit spoiled and uppity, and pretty naïve as well. Despite not agreeing with her grandmother in many things, the two are very close. Your rival for her heart is the playboy Rock.
Flora. She assists Carter in the excavation site all day, so it's only natural that he would also be your rival for Flora, even if he looks like he should be too old for her. Flora's kind of hard for me to put a finger on personality-wise. She blond but definitely seems pretty tough; make the wrong move in her black heart event, and she'll beat you up. She has an interesting style when it comes to cooking; Gourmet can't tell if it's good or bad.
Muffy. This blonde works in the Blue Bar with her love interest (if you don't get her first) Griffin, who also seems like he should be a bit too old for her. She's very cheerful, and she makes absolutely no secret of her affections for you. As soon as she knows how she feels, she goes for it.
Nami. It's a little hard to pinpoint her personality too. I guess she's sort of an introvert? She's a free spirit too, I guess. Get her talking, and you could be in for a very nice conversation. True to her red hair, her first heart event includes a quick, fiery temper that you can easily deflate with the right response. Your rival this time is the hippie Gustafa.
Wow, I haven't even covered half of the girls you can win over in this game! To be continued, then.
I'll start things off with my favorite, Celia. She has dark brown hair held back by an orange bandana and wears a green dress. She lives with Vesta and your rival for her heart Marlin, and she works with them on the other farm here in the Valley, trusting to the fresh Valley air to help cure her of some sort of illness she has had since childhood. She's very kind, perhaps even a bit naïve.
Lumina. The light-brown-haired granddaughter of the rich old lady Romana, Lumina can play the piano and is very interested in technology. She's nice enough, although a bit spoiled and uppity, and pretty naïve as well. Despite not agreeing with her grandmother in many things, the two are very close. Your rival for her heart is the playboy Rock.
Flora. She assists Carter in the excavation site all day, so it's only natural that he would also be your rival for Flora, even if he looks like he should be too old for her. Flora's kind of hard for me to put a finger on personality-wise. She blond but definitely seems pretty tough; make the wrong move in her black heart event, and she'll beat you up. She has an interesting style when it comes to cooking; Gourmet can't tell if it's good or bad.
Muffy. This blonde works in the Blue Bar with her love interest (if you don't get her first) Griffin, who also seems like he should be a bit too old for her. She's very cheerful, and she makes absolutely no secret of her affections for you. As soon as she knows how she feels, she goes for it.
Nami. It's a little hard to pinpoint her personality too. I guess she's sort of an introvert? She's a free spirit too, I guess. Get her talking, and you could be in for a very nice conversation. True to her red hair, her first heart event includes a quick, fiery temper that you can easily deflate with the right response. Your rival this time is the hippie Gustafa.
Wow, I haven't even covered half of the girls you can win over in this game! To be continued, then.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 5
Now that I've finished the beginning storyline of Harvest Moon DS, maybe this post should contain some of the goals of the game.
Well, obviously, you want to rescue all 101 harvest sprites plus the Harvest Goddess. The Goddess appears after you've rescued sixty sprites, and I do believe that ends up being her black heart event. But more on marriage later.
This is a Harvest Moon game, so of course you want to grow crops and raise animals. At the beginning of this game, your farm has no building whatsoever aside from your house, your doghouse, your dad's friend's house, and a stable. No woodshed, bird shed, animal shed, nada. You have to call Gotz before you can buy any animals at all. But you can begin planting crops immediately, since you start the game off with all your tools plus two bags of seeds. This game, unlike HM:FoMT but like some other HM games I think, has levels for crops! Planting more than one bags of seeds in a single 9x9 square means you may increase the level by one. Harvest and repeat to get the next level. So awesome!
You can also search for and bless all the cursed tools and accessories. Once you've dug them up from the mine, just call the church and dole out the cash to receive a blessed item. (That sounds so wrong, but there it is.)
And speaking of mines, there's not a single one available at the start of the game. You have to have help from a guy named Carter (no, not the same one from HM:FoMT) and your trusty hammer, unlocking one mine at a time.
I guess marriage could be the next thing I talk about, but there are so many bachelorettes that that will probably take up an entire post itself. So, until tomorrow!
Well, obviously, you want to rescue all 101 harvest sprites plus the Harvest Goddess. The Goddess appears after you've rescued sixty sprites, and I do believe that ends up being her black heart event. But more on marriage later.
This is a Harvest Moon game, so of course you want to grow crops and raise animals. At the beginning of this game, your farm has no building whatsoever aside from your house, your doghouse, your dad's friend's house, and a stable. No woodshed, bird shed, animal shed, nada. You have to call Gotz before you can buy any animals at all. But you can begin planting crops immediately, since you start the game off with all your tools plus two bags of seeds. This game, unlike HM:FoMT but like some other HM games I think, has levels for crops! Planting more than one bags of seeds in a single 9x9 square means you may increase the level by one. Harvest and repeat to get the next level. So awesome!
You can also search for and bless all the cursed tools and accessories. Once you've dug them up from the mine, just call the church and dole out the cash to receive a blessed item. (That sounds so wrong, but there it is.)
And speaking of mines, there's not a single one available at the start of the game. You have to have help from a guy named Carter (no, not the same one from HM:FoMT) and your trusty hammer, unlocking one mine at a time.
I guess marriage could be the next thing I talk about, but there are so many bachelorettes that that will probably take up an entire post itself. So, until tomorrow!
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 4
The other Harvest Moon game I've played for an extended period of time has been Harvest Moon DS. The plotline this time is a little different than just taking over a run-down farm; this time, you're inheriting your dad's farm probably not too long after he's died, so it's not really in horrible shape or anything.
The main goal of this game that I've never been able to completely accomplish has been rescuing all 101 harvest sprites from the other world that the Witch Princess sent them to... Okay, let me back up. The Witch Princess and the Harvest Goddess have this rivalry. The Witch Princess finally got fed up and cast a spell to try and mute the Harvest Goddess, but she cast the wrong spell and ended up petrifying (turning to stone) the Harvest Goddess.
Admitting her mistake, the Witch Princess attempts to undo her spell, but she does it wrong again, and the Harvest Goddess statue vanishes. Horrified, the harvest sprites demand she be returned. The Witch Princess decides that the only way to get the Harvest Goddess back is for someone to follow the Harvest Goddess into the other world and use magic to send her back. Since she cannot go to the other world herself (because she said so! that's why! and don't question again! ;P), she casts a spell to send all 101 harvest sprites into the other world to use their own magic for the Harvest Goddess.
This time the spell works the way it's supposed to, and the harvest sprites vanish. The Witch Princess finds out our main character was spying on her this whole time, but she seems delighted rather than angry. Apparently she's decided that only we can rescue the sprites and Goddess by doing things around the Valley and getting a girlfriend and whatnot. If we don't, "the game won't move ahead!" How she knows she's in a game and that we're the main character is beyond me, but she pushes the main character into finding the first few sprites before leaving him to his own devices.
And then the game begins. Wow, long post describing the beginning of the game. I'll continue tomorrow. n_n
The main goal of this game that I've never been able to completely accomplish has been rescuing all 101 harvest sprites from the other world that the Witch Princess sent them to... Okay, let me back up. The Witch Princess and the Harvest Goddess have this rivalry. The Witch Princess finally got fed up and cast a spell to try and mute the Harvest Goddess, but she cast the wrong spell and ended up petrifying (turning to stone) the Harvest Goddess.
Admitting her mistake, the Witch Princess attempts to undo her spell, but she does it wrong again, and the Harvest Goddess statue vanishes. Horrified, the harvest sprites demand she be returned. The Witch Princess decides that the only way to get the Harvest Goddess back is for someone to follow the Harvest Goddess into the other world and use magic to send her back. Since she cannot go to the other world herself (because she said so! that's why! and don't question again! ;P), she casts a spell to send all 101 harvest sprites into the other world to use their own magic for the Harvest Goddess.
This time the spell works the way it's supposed to, and the harvest sprites vanish. The Witch Princess finds out our main character was spying on her this whole time, but she seems delighted rather than angry. Apparently she's decided that only we can rescue the sprites and Goddess by doing things around the Valley and getting a girlfriend and whatnot. If we don't, "the game won't move ahead!" How she knows she's in a game and that we're the main character is beyond me, but she pushes the main character into finding the first few sprites before leaving him to his own devices.
And then the game begins. Wow, long post describing the beginning of the game. I'll continue tomorrow. n_n
Monday, November 18, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 3
You know what? I maybe might have possibly decided I perhaps know what's so addicting about Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town... maybe.
Of course, courtship and then marriage is always great. It's a goal, an objective you can set for yourself.
But HM:FoMT does have other goals too. Power Berries, for one thing. You have to run around the entire town, farm, and mountain in order to find and/or earn all nine, plus the blue one Kappa gives you.
Cursed tools, also. A lot more difficult in this game than in the DS game to get them blessed, because you have to work the curse off yourself, rather than just dole out the cash to have the church get rid of each of them.
Another thing I really liked was befriending the villagers and running into random events with them. There are cooking lessons at one lady's house on a few Saturdays. There are plenty of events at the inn, I think often concerning the telephone or wine. The clinic, Karen's place, and the beach (plus its buildings, and especially in the summer) I think are also good places when you just want to watch some action. Oh, but let's not forget the Harvest Sprites Hut. Befriend them all and they invite you to parties in the spring!
And of course. I could never leave out the animals and crops. They may not be as much 'goals' as they are just an obvious part of the game, but they are certainly where a great chunk of your income originates, plus they stock your fridge when you can finally get one.
I guess I'll leave it at that for today. Until next time, then, I guess. =3
Of course, courtship and then marriage is always great. It's a goal, an objective you can set for yourself.
But HM:FoMT does have other goals too. Power Berries, for one thing. You have to run around the entire town, farm, and mountain in order to find and/or earn all nine, plus the blue one Kappa gives you.
Cursed tools, also. A lot more difficult in this game than in the DS game to get them blessed, because you have to work the curse off yourself, rather than just dole out the cash to have the church get rid of each of them.
Another thing I really liked was befriending the villagers and running into random events with them. There are cooking lessons at one lady's house on a few Saturdays. There are plenty of events at the inn, I think often concerning the telephone or wine. The clinic, Karen's place, and the beach (plus its buildings, and especially in the summer) I think are also good places when you just want to watch some action. Oh, but let's not forget the Harvest Sprites Hut. Befriend them all and they invite you to parties in the spring!
And of course. I could never leave out the animals and crops. They may not be as much 'goals' as they are just an obvious part of the game, but they are certainly where a great chunk of your income originates, plus they stock your fridge when you can finally get one.
I guess I'll leave it at that for today. Until next time, then, I guess. =3
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Harvest Moon Pt. 2
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town holds a special place in my heart simply because it was the first I'd ever played. I love the background music, the graphics, and even the fact that we had more than just six letters total we could put into names. It made it so much sweeter when the spouse asked if we wanted to be called by a nickname.
I love that the dog was first a puppy, and that when he was grown we could teach him to catch a Frisbee and chase away wild dogs.
I don't love the rucksack sizes. Way. Too. Small. Especially in the summertime, and also in the fall.
Popuri was my favorite bachelorette, so when I had the male version, it was a no-brainer to have him marry her. When I got my very own copy of the game, my dad accidentally got me the girl version - More Friends of Mineral Town. Oh well, I figured. Popuri had an unmarried brother, after all. I could have my character marry him!
Worst. Mistake. Of. My. Gaming. Life. Her brother's name is Rick, defined as rat, and he certainly was a rat, most definitely!
I replayed the game a few times and tried other characters for marriage, but I found problems with each of them. Doctor worried too much. Cliff made promises he didn't keep. Won was a challenge that, when won over, got boring. Gray seemed so childish I never did even try to marry him. Kai ended up being my favorite; but considering my absolute lack of love for any of the others, that wasn't really saying much.
There are two other bachelors, I guess. Gourmet, for one thing. But seriously? How long would that take, considering we only saw him at cooking contests? And I think he requires that you've won at least five, right? And it's not like he's handsome by any means, either. There's always Kappa, but I think his gazillion requirements before marriage kind of daunted me.
Anyways, this post is getting kind of long. I'll end it here, and hopefully tomorrow I won't rant so much about the lack of good available men in Harvest Moon games. ;)
I love that the dog was first a puppy, and that when he was grown we could teach him to catch a Frisbee and chase away wild dogs.
I don't love the rucksack sizes. Way. Too. Small. Especially in the summertime, and also in the fall.
Popuri was my favorite bachelorette, so when I had the male version, it was a no-brainer to have him marry her. When I got my very own copy of the game, my dad accidentally got me the girl version - More Friends of Mineral Town. Oh well, I figured. Popuri had an unmarried brother, after all. I could have my character marry him!
Worst. Mistake. Of. My. Gaming. Life. Her brother's name is Rick, defined as rat, and he certainly was a rat, most definitely!
I replayed the game a few times and tried other characters for marriage, but I found problems with each of them. Doctor worried too much. Cliff made promises he didn't keep. Won was a challenge that, when won over, got boring. Gray seemed so childish I never did even try to marry him. Kai ended up being my favorite; but considering my absolute lack of love for any of the others, that wasn't really saying much.
There are two other bachelors, I guess. Gourmet, for one thing. But seriously? How long would that take, considering we only saw him at cooking contests? And I think he requires that you've won at least five, right? And it's not like he's handsome by any means, either. There's always Kappa, but I think his gazillion requirements before marriage kind of daunted me.
Anyways, this post is getting kind of long. I'll end it here, and hopefully tomorrow I won't rant so much about the lack of good available men in Harvest Moon games. ;)
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Harvest Moon
You want to know something I was wondering about yesterday? Why are Harvest Moon games so addicting?
I was first introduced to it by a friend who couldn't figure out how to make money in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. So I borrowed it for a couple of hours and figured out the whole shipping box thing - with her character, since starting a new thing when I was unsure about the rules in that regard seemed unsafe.
When I gave her my answer to her question, she wanted her game back. Of course I gave it back, but I most definitely did not want to. Why? What was the appeal?
I'm still not sure, and that was at least five years ago. Since then, I've played Friends of Mineral Town, More Friends of Mineral Town, DS, Tale of Two Towns, and a bit of Sunshine Islands; and I've loved every second of it.
You start the game off with a farm that's either run-down or just not very upgraded. You raise crops and/or animals to make money. You can also gather and sell wild plants in certain places. You use that money to attain tool or building upgrades, or to buy gifts or cooking ingredients.
You generally have at least five bachelors/bachelorettes to choose from to marry, depending on if your playable character is a boy or a girl. Personally, until Tale of Two Towns, I've preferred my main character to be a boy, because it's much easier to choose a favorite from amongst the girls. I didn't really like any of the guys in Mineral Town or Forget-Me-Not Valley, and Popuri and Celia were just so obviously the best out of the girls. Maybe it's just because I'm so in love already with a different fictional boy, so none of the others can ever compare...
Oh wow, I still haven't explained much about Harvest Moon, and I still haven't a clue why it's so addicting. Maybe I'll make another series of posts and go into a little more depth about the games I've played. Until tomorrow, then!
I was first introduced to it by a friend who couldn't figure out how to make money in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. So I borrowed it for a couple of hours and figured out the whole shipping box thing - with her character, since starting a new thing when I was unsure about the rules in that regard seemed unsafe.
When I gave her my answer to her question, she wanted her game back. Of course I gave it back, but I most definitely did not want to. Why? What was the appeal?
I'm still not sure, and that was at least five years ago. Since then, I've played Friends of Mineral Town, More Friends of Mineral Town, DS, Tale of Two Towns, and a bit of Sunshine Islands; and I've loved every second of it.
You start the game off with a farm that's either run-down or just not very upgraded. You raise crops and/or animals to make money. You can also gather and sell wild plants in certain places. You use that money to attain tool or building upgrades, or to buy gifts or cooking ingredients.
You generally have at least five bachelors/bachelorettes to choose from to marry, depending on if your playable character is a boy or a girl. Personally, until Tale of Two Towns, I've preferred my main character to be a boy, because it's much easier to choose a favorite from amongst the girls. I didn't really like any of the guys in Mineral Town or Forget-Me-Not Valley, and Popuri and Celia were just so obviously the best out of the girls. Maybe it's just because I'm so in love already with a different fictional boy, so none of the others can ever compare...
Oh wow, I still haven't explained much about Harvest Moon, and I still haven't a clue why it's so addicting. Maybe I'll make another series of posts and go into a little more depth about the games I've played. Until tomorrow, then!
Friday, November 15, 2013
Don't Brake for Squirrels
Okay, so I know yesterday I said something about describing my own speech if I made it back to you today, but my speech completely pales in comparison to another one that was given. So I'mma talk to you about that one.
Don't Brake for Squirrels. That was pretty much her speech's title, or maybe it was the policy she was advocating. At any rate, she was magnificent.
She described how animals (squirrels especially, but also others such as moose that have become drunk off of fertilized apples or something) are out to get us humans because we have been invading their homes. To assist in proving her point, she used this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40kPEjZpM8M
Another source she used was a comedian, so you can probably guess how her speech overall went with us audience members. But one of the best parts about her speech was the straight face she managed to keep throughout the entire thing. Can you say incredible?
I probably shouldn't end this post without telling you the final point she made. She suggested that in order to keep this situation from escalating, and hopefully to help it to die down even, we stop buying up and building on the few areas of nature left. It doesn't cost anything to do nothing, after all.
All in all, epicness. See you tomorrow!
Don't Brake for Squirrels. That was pretty much her speech's title, or maybe it was the policy she was advocating. At any rate, she was magnificent.
She described how animals (squirrels especially, but also others such as moose that have become drunk off of fertilized apples or something) are out to get us humans because we have been invading their homes. To assist in proving her point, she used this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40kPEjZpM8M
Another source she used was a comedian, so you can probably guess how her speech overall went with us audience members. But one of the best parts about her speech was the straight face she managed to keep throughout the entire thing. Can you say incredible?
I probably shouldn't end this post without telling you the final point she made. She suggested that in order to keep this situation from escalating, and hopefully to help it to die down even, we stop buying up and building on the few areas of nature left. It doesn't cost anything to do nothing, after all.
All in all, epicness. See you tomorrow!
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Recordings
As I'm typing this, I'm listening to a recording of myself practice a speech I have to give in a couple of hours. Thanks to my suddenly extra busy schedule this week, I am grossly unprepared for this. The recording, however, I think is really helping. I get to hear myself give my speech multiple times without giving myself a sore throat.
On the other hand, hearing isn't the same as hearing and saying. Especially when you're multitasking like I'm pathetically trying to do right now.
But once I've finished typing and posting this, I'm going to divert my full attention to the speech. Completely undivided attention. And hopefully these couple of hours before class will be enough to finish preparing. I did spend all yesterday afternoon and evening practicing this, after all.
Recordings are wonderful inventions. I'm so grateful for them. Back in high school, I used to use a lesser-quality recorder thing for memorizing poems or the Preamble or something. It really helped, although I did use it more than twenty-four hours in advance, unlike this instance. I really wish I could've started earlier, but oh well, I suppose. Live and learn.
Are you curious as to what my speech is about? Maybe I'll describe it tomorrow, if all goes well today and I make it back to you alive. Giving speeches is terrifying; who knows if I'll die of fright, even though the last two speeches were gracious enough to allow me to survive.
Adieu, mes amis.
On the other hand, hearing isn't the same as hearing and saying. Especially when you're multitasking like I'm pathetically trying to do right now.
But once I've finished typing and posting this, I'm going to divert my full attention to the speech. Completely undivided attention. And hopefully these couple of hours before class will be enough to finish preparing. I did spend all yesterday afternoon and evening practicing this, after all.
Recordings are wonderful inventions. I'm so grateful for them. Back in high school, I used to use a lesser-quality recorder thing for memorizing poems or the Preamble or something. It really helped, although I did use it more than twenty-four hours in advance, unlike this instance. I really wish I could've started earlier, but oh well, I suppose. Live and learn.
Are you curious as to what my speech is about? Maybe I'll describe it tomorrow, if all goes well today and I make it back to you alive. Giving speeches is terrifying; who knows if I'll die of fright, even though the last two speeches were gracious enough to allow me to survive.
Adieu, mes amis.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
French
Bonjour, mes copains! J'ai un interrogation a mon classe de francais au'jourdhui... Amusant... =/
To repeat in English, hello, my friends! I have a quiz at my French class today... Fun... =/
Yep, I'm learning more and more and more! I can't promise that I used correct grammar here, but hopefully close enough for anyone who speaks it to catch my drift. Oh, and please note: the sarcastic 'fun' was for the quiz, not the language. I'm still enjoying the language itself, even if I'm not enjoying some other aspects of the class.
It's great to get to know some of these words. Within the past year or so, I've read a couple of books that have integrated French into them, and I've heard of a couple of others. If I can find the time to go back and read them now, maybe I'll be able to understand bits of it better. Yay!
Oh, and have any of you ever read/seen the book/movie Ella Enchanted? The prince is called Char throughout a majority of either one, but his full name is Charmont. I recently found out that the author probably based that on the French word for charming: charmant!
I love it. I really do. But I think I'll end this post here so I can review for the quiz this morning, and then the test I'mma have this afternoon. o_O A demain! Until tomorrow!
To repeat in English, hello, my friends! I have a quiz at my French class today... Fun... =/
Yep, I'm learning more and more and more! I can't promise that I used correct grammar here, but hopefully close enough for anyone who speaks it to catch my drift. Oh, and please note: the sarcastic 'fun' was for the quiz, not the language. I'm still enjoying the language itself, even if I'm not enjoying some other aspects of the class.
It's great to get to know some of these words. Within the past year or so, I've read a couple of books that have integrated French into them, and I've heard of a couple of others. If I can find the time to go back and read them now, maybe I'll be able to understand bits of it better. Yay!
Oh, and have any of you ever read/seen the book/movie Ella Enchanted? The prince is called Char throughout a majority of either one, but his full name is Charmont. I recently found out that the author probably based that on the French word for charming: charmant!
I love it. I really do. But I think I'll end this post here so I can review for the quiz this morning, and then the test I'mma have this afternoon. o_O A demain! Until tomorrow!
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Ron Stoppable and Ramblings
Here I am again, lost once more. Was that redundant?
Speaking of, Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible makes a nice little redundant line/pun/whatever. "My latest death ray is killer!"
And then Ron, as he mentions the redundancy, gets ferociously pulled out of the way of a more ferocious and unforgiving death ray by his ferocious best friend Kim Possible.
Lots of ferociousness going on. But what can I say, Dr. D is a super villain. Kim is a teen super hero (though without super powers; "you can be super without them!" (Syndrome)). Ron is a teen super sidekick who bungles a lot of super stuff to a super degree; but in the end, Kim couldn't do any of her super heroic stuff without his super mistakes and "mad running away skills" (Ron).
Yes, I'm attempting at parenthetical documentation in this post. Why? I recently found out I'm okay as far as mentioning my sources, but my parenthetical documentation is sorely lacking. And I'm getting off-topic here.
To get back to Ron's skills, he secretly made a super mistake and got himself on the football team. However, once he was found out, he turned out to be a pretty good football player in his own right, thanks to the aforementioned skills.
This is a very ramble-y post. I apologize. Maybe tomorrow I should look at some of the books I've read and type up some form of review for them for you or something. Randomness is only appreciated for so long before it gets old.
Speaking of, Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible makes a nice little redundant line/pun/whatever. "My latest death ray is killer!"
And then Ron, as he mentions the redundancy, gets ferociously pulled out of the way of a more ferocious and unforgiving death ray by his ferocious best friend Kim Possible.
Lots of ferociousness going on. But what can I say, Dr. D is a super villain. Kim is a teen super hero (though without super powers; "you can be super without them!" (Syndrome)). Ron is a teen super sidekick who bungles a lot of super stuff to a super degree; but in the end, Kim couldn't do any of her super heroic stuff without his super mistakes and "mad running away skills" (Ron).
Yes, I'm attempting at parenthetical documentation in this post. Why? I recently found out I'm okay as far as mentioning my sources, but my parenthetical documentation is sorely lacking. And I'm getting off-topic here.
To get back to Ron's skills, he secretly made a super mistake and got himself on the football team. However, once he was found out, he turned out to be a pretty good football player in his own right, thanks to the aforementioned skills.
This is a very ramble-y post. I apologize. Maybe tomorrow I should look at some of the books I've read and type up some form of review for them for you or something. Randomness is only appreciated for so long before it gets old.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Nothing
Hmm, I'm really drawing a blank here as to what to write... But I'm just going to keep typing, because something generally comes to me as I blather on about nothing. Although maybe my topic today should be nothing.
See? It came to me. Usually at this point, I'd erase the part that says I don't know what to do, or at least part of it. However, I think this time that should be part of the post. It kind of explains why at this point I'm still sort of going on about nothing.
Nothing isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's a lack of something. Depending on the something that isn't, 'nothing' can change to a more specific word.
One of my classmates wrote a paper recently on silence, the lack of noise. It can certainly be a good thing. You can reflect on some different things, or you can concentrate better on other stuff.
A lack of light is darkness. I must confess I don't really care in general for this nothing, except when I'm trying to sleep. Otherwise I'm a fan of light.
I really don't want to get too deep into something like this topic, though. I get the feeling it could lead to be taken as something like yin and yang, which I don't agree with.
So instead, let's end it here. This post can still be taken as something shallow and time-filling, which maybe I shouldn't be proud of, but I am relieved about. Maybe tomorrow I'll have something else to discuss. You know, dear readers, it really would help if I got suggestions - hint, hint. ;)
See? It came to me. Usually at this point, I'd erase the part that says I don't know what to do, or at least part of it. However, I think this time that should be part of the post. It kind of explains why at this point I'm still sort of going on about nothing.
Nothing isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's a lack of something. Depending on the something that isn't, 'nothing' can change to a more specific word.
One of my classmates wrote a paper recently on silence, the lack of noise. It can certainly be a good thing. You can reflect on some different things, or you can concentrate better on other stuff.
A lack of light is darkness. I must confess I don't really care in general for this nothing, except when I'm trying to sleep. Otherwise I'm a fan of light.
I really don't want to get too deep into something like this topic, though. I get the feeling it could lead to be taken as something like yin and yang, which I don't agree with.
So instead, let's end it here. This post can still be taken as something shallow and time-filling, which maybe I shouldn't be proud of, but I am relieved about. Maybe tomorrow I'll have something else to discuss. You know, dear readers, it really would help if I got suggestions - hint, hint. ;)
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Music
I love music. It's so wonderful!
Too bad that can't be an all-encompassing statement, though. It definitely hinges on what kind of music.
When someone asks me what kind of music I like, I think my answer is somewhat weird, although it's true. My mom plays a lot of Southern Gospel music, and I really like a lot of the songs that are played, especially the older ones. Really, it's the only kind of music I'm generally exposed to, aside from Disney.
Oh, don't get me wrong. At restaurants they have all kinds of music blaring in the background. But I don't listen to it if I can help it. Rock, rap, country (lyrics, mostly), et cetera. I know what kind of music I don't like. But for some reason, I still sort of hesitate when it comes to what I do like.
I'm so weird.
Have you seen anything about the way different musics have different effects? On people, animals, and plants? I haven't. But I'm thinking I should soon. Doing some sort of project on that was tentatively offered as an extra credit thing for biology, and I need all the help I can get.
Well, if I find out anything, especially any unusual details, maybe I'll share them in another post some day. =) Until then, have a great day!
Too bad that can't be an all-encompassing statement, though. It definitely hinges on what kind of music.
When someone asks me what kind of music I like, I think my answer is somewhat weird, although it's true. My mom plays a lot of Southern Gospel music, and I really like a lot of the songs that are played, especially the older ones. Really, it's the only kind of music I'm generally exposed to, aside from Disney.
Oh, don't get me wrong. At restaurants they have all kinds of music blaring in the background. But I don't listen to it if I can help it. Rock, rap, country (lyrics, mostly), et cetera. I know what kind of music I don't like. But for some reason, I still sort of hesitate when it comes to what I do like.
I'm so weird.
Have you seen anything about the way different musics have different effects? On people, animals, and plants? I haven't. But I'm thinking I should soon. Doing some sort of project on that was tentatively offered as an extra credit thing for biology, and I need all the help I can get.
Well, if I find out anything, especially any unusual details, maybe I'll share them in another post some day. =) Until then, have a great day!
Saturday, November 9, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 8
Greetings, Earthlings! I believe yesterday I mentioned talking about my own characters in The Sims 2. Maybe I'll do that briefly. Do it because I love them. Briefly because you probably don't care as much.
I created a neighborhood whose name I will not mention because I lack creativity in this regard. But as many expansion packs as I have, those are how many special Sims I have in this neighborhood, with the exception of one that I am still currently in the process of getting.
The base game contains aliens. My neighborhood contains two aliens. One is currently an elder with three children, four grandchildren (one of whom is adopted), and a fifth grandchild on the way. One of her grandchildren, brother to the one adopted, is an alien as well, currently a teenager. His father, my original alien's son, was abducted.
Nightlife contains vampires. Mine is a woman with a Romance Aspiration. She is engaged to the Count but has so far avoided marriage to him. She has raised their daughter to a teenager, and she also has another child who is a toddler (I forgot whose son this one is).
Pets contains werewolves. This one was pretty difficult, but I eventually got one of my characters to befriend the glowing-eyed wolf and it bit her. Then I had her go out into downtown and convert at least four other down/townies to werewolfism.
Seasons contains plant Sims. That's the one I have yet to obtain in my own neighborhood. Of course Riverblossom Hill already has them, and one of the premade characters there I turned into a plant Sim without meaning to.
But aside from all these unusual Sims, I do have a few normal families. My elder alien's two younger children, for instance, both are leading normal lives. Although I do have a story to tell about her younger son. He is a family Sim, married to a family Sim, they have two children, and they want more. But unfortunately, they can't. The wife had difficulties getting pregnant the first time, and the second time she got really sick (pregnant sick, not a cold or pneumonia or anything). So it's too risky to have another child; the next one may kill her. No, don't even try to protest that the game makes that impossible; I'm building a storyline here. ;) Oooh, only just now had a thought that should've been obvious - adoption! xD
You are a terrific, idea-generating, patient audience! Thank you for this past week-and-a-day of Sims 2 talk. I'm probably going to end it here and start on something else tomorrow. Who knows yet what that will be; but it'll be, eventually. Ciao!
I created a neighborhood whose name I will not mention because I lack creativity in this regard. But as many expansion packs as I have, those are how many special Sims I have in this neighborhood, with the exception of one that I am still currently in the process of getting.
The base game contains aliens. My neighborhood contains two aliens. One is currently an elder with three children, four grandchildren (one of whom is adopted), and a fifth grandchild on the way. One of her grandchildren, brother to the one adopted, is an alien as well, currently a teenager. His father, my original alien's son, was abducted.
Nightlife contains vampires. Mine is a woman with a Romance Aspiration. She is engaged to the Count but has so far avoided marriage to him. She has raised their daughter to a teenager, and she also has another child who is a toddler (I forgot whose son this one is).
Pets contains werewolves. This one was pretty difficult, but I eventually got one of my characters to befriend the glowing-eyed wolf and it bit her. Then I had her go out into downtown and convert at least four other down/townies to werewolfism.
Seasons contains plant Sims. That's the one I have yet to obtain in my own neighborhood. Of course Riverblossom Hill already has them, and one of the premade characters there I turned into a plant Sim without meaning to.
But aside from all these unusual Sims, I do have a few normal families. My elder alien's two younger children, for instance, both are leading normal lives. Although I do have a story to tell about her younger son. He is a family Sim, married to a family Sim, they have two children, and they want more. But unfortunately, they can't. The wife had difficulties getting pregnant the first time, and the second time she got really sick (pregnant sick, not a cold or pneumonia or anything). So it's too risky to have another child; the next one may kill her. No, don't even try to protest that the game makes that impossible; I'm building a storyline here. ;) Oooh, only just now had a thought that should've been obvious - adoption! xD
You are a terrific, idea-generating, patient audience! Thank you for this past week-and-a-day of Sims 2 talk. I'm probably going to end it here and start on something else tomorrow. Who knows yet what that will be; but it'll be, eventually. Ciao!
Friday, November 8, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 7
You know what? Now that I'm done describing the characters in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, I'm at a loss again. I mean, sure, there are two other neighborhoods in the base game, plus the one that came with Seasons, as well as any I made myself. However, I didn't spend as much time in any of those.
Strangetown. Way out in the desert, complete with aliens and mad scientists. I played a couple of the families, but not enough to get a grasp on the characters and fix anything that needed it.
Veronaville. Basically Romeo and Juliet. In fact, that's even the main teenagers' names. There are two feuding families and one (maybe a couple more) neutral family. I played Juliet's family for a while, but it's sort of discouraging when everyone in the family comes down with a cold at the same time - then recovers and catches it again. But while I was playing it, I worked to try patching things up between the two families.
Riverblossom Hills. The neighborhood that came with Seasons. I played it to get a handle on how the seasons and gardening worked, so I played a couple families for a while, but nothing major. What I did do while experimenting with weather and gardens was work out the romance somewhat. I found a girlfriend for Leod McGreggor. I reunited Gabe O'Mackey with his wife Alexandra. And I was in the process of finding boyfriends for Patricia Wan (considering Gabe is now taken) and Cleo Shikibu.
And that's all of the premade neighborhoods in The Sims 2. I have made a neighborhood of my own, populating it with just about everything under the sun - and moon. Would you be interested in hearing about that? Or would something non-canon be uninteresting to people other than its creator?
Strangetown. Way out in the desert, complete with aliens and mad scientists. I played a couple of the families, but not enough to get a grasp on the characters and fix anything that needed it.
Veronaville. Basically Romeo and Juliet. In fact, that's even the main teenagers' names. There are two feuding families and one (maybe a couple more) neutral family. I played Juliet's family for a while, but it's sort of discouraging when everyone in the family comes down with a cold at the same time - then recovers and catches it again. But while I was playing it, I worked to try patching things up between the two families.
Riverblossom Hills. The neighborhood that came with Seasons. I played it to get a handle on how the seasons and gardening worked, so I played a couple families for a while, but nothing major. What I did do while experimenting with weather and gardens was work out the romance somewhat. I found a girlfriend for Leod McGreggor. I reunited Gabe O'Mackey with his wife Alexandra. And I was in the process of finding boyfriends for Patricia Wan (considering Gabe is now taken) and Cleo Shikibu.
And that's all of the premade neighborhoods in The Sims 2. I have made a neighborhood of my own, populating it with just about everything under the sun - and moon. Would you be interested in hearing about that? Or would something non-canon be uninteresting to people other than its creator?
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 6
Not only is today my fiftieth post in fifty days (who ever thought I would make it this far?), but it's also the fifth post in a row of actually knowing what I'm going to make my post about! Let's hear it for progress!
Back in the Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, let's kick things off with the Caliente twins mentioned in the last post. Dina Caliente. How else can I describe her but as a gold digger? She dates Mortimer Goth, driven by her want to marry a rich Sim. So I did have her propose to him, but I held off on the wedding. Again, this is because I was a newbie who didn't know if pre-wedding arrangements were necessary.
Moving on to her sister Nina Caliente, the only thing of significance I can remember is that I got her want of a job in the Slacker career field fulfilled. As I said in the last post, she went on a date with Don Lothario, but that was as I was playing him, not her. Oh, here's a funny story I just remembered. When Don was found out to be cheating on Cassandra, I tried to have him make up with her. But of course since Nina was in vicinity (you really would've thought this would be obvious, but it wasn't to me) she got upset that he was cheating on her.
Now on to the Pleasant family! ...Yeah, the one that's not really very pleasant. Daniel Pleasant, I decided, was going to avoid his fear of getting caught cheating by simply not cheating. I tried patching up his relationship with his wife and his daughters.
Mary-Sue Pleasant was very focused on her job and gaining skill points and the like. I worked on that, but also made her available for time with her husband.
Angela Pleasant, the one who's dating Dustin. Why is she the one dating the bad boy, and her twin rebel sister Lilith Pleasant dating the guy who actually seems to want to work for his more honest living? Oh well, the world may never know. I think with these two girls, I worked on skills and relationships with each other and their parents.
Well, I believe that is all of the premade families in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview. Hope you enjoyed! Bye!
Back in the Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, let's kick things off with the Caliente twins mentioned in the last post. Dina Caliente. How else can I describe her but as a gold digger? She dates Mortimer Goth, driven by her want to marry a rich Sim. So I did have her propose to him, but I held off on the wedding. Again, this is because I was a newbie who didn't know if pre-wedding arrangements were necessary.
Moving on to her sister Nina Caliente, the only thing of significance I can remember is that I got her want of a job in the Slacker career field fulfilled. As I said in the last post, she went on a date with Don Lothario, but that was as I was playing him, not her. Oh, here's a funny story I just remembered. When Don was found out to be cheating on Cassandra, I tried to have him make up with her. But of course since Nina was in vicinity (you really would've thought this would be obvious, but it wasn't to me) she got upset that he was cheating on her.
Now on to the Pleasant family! ...Yeah, the one that's not really very pleasant. Daniel Pleasant, I decided, was going to avoid his fear of getting caught cheating by simply not cheating. I tried patching up his relationship with his wife and his daughters.
Mary-Sue Pleasant was very focused on her job and gaining skill points and the like. I worked on that, but also made her available for time with her husband.
Angela Pleasant, the one who's dating Dustin. Why is she the one dating the bad boy, and her twin rebel sister Lilith Pleasant dating the guy who actually seems to want to work for his more honest living? Oh well, the world may never know. I think with these two girls, I worked on skills and relationships with each other and their parents.
Well, I believe that is all of the premade families in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview. Hope you enjoyed! Bye!
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt 5
Today will make the fifth post about The Sims 2. I suppose you're waiting to find out what else I did for the drama-filled lives of the other families? Unfortunately, I didn't play those other families very much, so I didn't have much time to correct anything. I mostly just tried to fulfill wants.
Mortimer Goth wanted to go on a date with one of the Caliente girls. So I made the random decision to call over Dina Caliente, and eventually the two became engaged.
Cassandra Goth wanted to marry her fiancé Don Lothario right there at that first visit I made to the Goth home. Unfortunately, since I had no experience with Sims 2 weddings as of then, I was a bit hesitant to "Propose Marriage" because I wasn't sure if any wedding arrangements needed to be made first. Besides, I knew Don was bad for her. However, I wasn't sure if I wanted to break up an official couple.
Alexander Goth was a child who just wanted attention from his sister and father. These were easy enough to fulfill.
Don Lothario wanted dates. Lots of them, with lots of different people. As a Romance Sim, he definitely craved having affairs. And me being the rookie I was, had him take Nina Caliente on a date to a public place where Cassandra Goth found them. Serves Don right, actually.
Calientes and Pleasants to follow tomorrow. Have a great day!
Mortimer Goth wanted to go on a date with one of the Caliente girls. So I made the random decision to call over Dina Caliente, and eventually the two became engaged.
Cassandra Goth wanted to marry her fiancé Don Lothario right there at that first visit I made to the Goth home. Unfortunately, since I had no experience with Sims 2 weddings as of then, I was a bit hesitant to "Propose Marriage" because I wasn't sure if any wedding arrangements needed to be made first. Besides, I knew Don was bad for her. However, I wasn't sure if I wanted to break up an official couple.
Alexander Goth was a child who just wanted attention from his sister and father. These were easy enough to fulfill.
Don Lothario wanted dates. Lots of them, with lots of different people. As a Romance Sim, he definitely craved having affairs. And me being the rookie I was, had him take Nina Caliente on a date to a public place where Cassandra Goth found them. Serves Don right, actually.
Calientes and Pleasants to follow tomorrow. Have a great day!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 4
Still in The Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview, let's move on to the Broke family. This family also consists of a single parent, as Brandi's husband Skip died very recently. She is left to raise her sons teenage rebel Dustin and toddler Beau on her own, not to mention we soon find out she's pregnant.
I remember the first time I played this family. I couldn't understand why Brandi's needs dropped so quickly. She was fine one moment, then suddenly she needed everything at once! When her stomach began to expand, I actually just thought she was gaining weight in general. And when she waddled, I remember thinking that she weirdly was acting like she was pregnant. (Please keep in mind this is back when I first began this computer game, and I had as yet not played any expecting mothers. Besides, I had not had her try for a baby with anyone.) Finally when she had her new son and went back to normal, I understood. I must admit, I did not try to tackle the nightmare of getting her stats back to normal while simultaneously raising a newborn and a toddler; I worked on solving this problem another way that I will tell you later.
But in the meantime, while I'm being confused about Brandi's big belly, I'm also trying to help out Dustin and Beau. Beau, to be honest, I just took care of as a side project, unfortunately. He was the least messed-up member of the family, so I simply put him in and out of his crib when necessary and kept him occupied with his musical toy. Anytime I thought Brandi and/or Dustin had time and energy to spare, I had them teach him the toddler skills he needed.
Moving on to Dustin, I worked to change him to a responsible man of the house. You may consider the method I used cheating, but I used the Reno-Yu-Senso Orb, or whatever it's called, to change his aspiration to family so that his lifetime want would no longer be to enter the criminal field. He started doing his homework, with Brandi's help the first time, and got a job. He rejected Angela's offer to sneak out, which I later found out that he would have been caught by the police had he gone. But I did try to keep his relationship with his girlfriend up. Dustin did pretty great for a while, but a teenager's income really wasn't enough.
So moving on to my blanket solution. I stopped playing the Broke family, and I created another family: a single father with his teenage daughter. Once the father was prosperous enough, I built a large new house and had the two move in. He and Brandi, fortunately, had good chemistry with one another, so it was relatively simple to have them fall in love. He proposed, Brandi and her family moved in, her stats were normal, and Dustin had the huge weight of sole responsibility removed. Now I had two teens and two adults to take care of Brandi's two young'uns and the new baby I decided she would have with her new husband. Everybody's happy, yay!
Wow, long post. But now I'm done ranting about this family, so I'll end it here. Until tomorrow, everyone!
I remember the first time I played this family. I couldn't understand why Brandi's needs dropped so quickly. She was fine one moment, then suddenly she needed everything at once! When her stomach began to expand, I actually just thought she was gaining weight in general. And when she waddled, I remember thinking that she weirdly was acting like she was pregnant. (Please keep in mind this is back when I first began this computer game, and I had as yet not played any expecting mothers. Besides, I had not had her try for a baby with anyone.) Finally when she had her new son and went back to normal, I understood. I must admit, I did not try to tackle the nightmare of getting her stats back to normal while simultaneously raising a newborn and a toddler; I worked on solving this problem another way that I will tell you later.
But in the meantime, while I'm being confused about Brandi's big belly, I'm also trying to help out Dustin and Beau. Beau, to be honest, I just took care of as a side project, unfortunately. He was the least messed-up member of the family, so I simply put him in and out of his crib when necessary and kept him occupied with his musical toy. Anytime I thought Brandi and/or Dustin had time and energy to spare, I had them teach him the toddler skills he needed.
Moving on to Dustin, I worked to change him to a responsible man of the house. You may consider the method I used cheating, but I used the Reno-Yu-Senso Orb, or whatever it's called, to change his aspiration to family so that his lifetime want would no longer be to enter the criminal field. He started doing his homework, with Brandi's help the first time, and got a job. He rejected Angela's offer to sneak out, which I later found out that he would have been caught by the police had he gone. But I did try to keep his relationship with his girlfriend up. Dustin did pretty great for a while, but a teenager's income really wasn't enough.
So moving on to my blanket solution. I stopped playing the Broke family, and I created another family: a single father with his teenage daughter. Once the father was prosperous enough, I built a large new house and had the two move in. He and Brandi, fortunately, had good chemistry with one another, so it was relatively simple to have them fall in love. He proposed, Brandi and her family moved in, her stats were normal, and Dustin had the huge weight of sole responsibility removed. Now I had two teens and two adults to take care of Brandi's two young'uns and the new baby I decided she would have with her new husband. Everybody's happy, yay!
Wow, long post. But now I'm done ranting about this family, so I'll end it here. Until tomorrow, everyone!
Monday, November 4, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 3
Alright, so do you want to know some of the stuff I did to unravel the drama in the Sims 2 neighborhood Pleasantview? Let's take a look. Please note that since I played these premade Sims back while I was still getting used to the game, I turned the aging off to give myself unlimited problem-solving time.
As I said yesterday, the Dreamer household (with Darren and Dirk) was the one I played most often. It was more or less my testing grounds for a lot of basics like homeworking, skill building, job ladder climbing, private school enrolling, romancing, etc.
Yes, I did say homeworking. And the reason I said it was because Dirk would put his homework on a desk and be unable to get it back to work on it. It was an absolute nightmare before I figured out I had to fill that empty desk space so he would put his homework on the floor to be able to work on it. But once I had that figured out, it was more or less just instinct to have him ask Darren to help him with it. Dirk learned to study, yay! His grades went up, yay!
But the real nightmare with Dirk came in trying to enroll him in the private school. I must've gone through about four or five disasters before even just figuring out how to serve the headmaster a meal... One memorable evening, the shower was even broken and flooding the bathroom, and Darren had burned the food I tried to have him prepare! I did eventually (barely) pass, and Dirk completed that want of his to go to private school. Yay!
Now Darren. His big thing was his crush on Cassandra, right? But she was engaged to another man. Solution: have Darren fall in love with another woman, this time someone available. So I had him check out some girls, and eventually settled on one. I never did get to the point in their relationship to have them marry, though. Maybe I should go back to this household and correct this sad, sad issue.
Anyways, those are the major things I remember working on with them. I'm realizing now that there were probably more things I could have done. Dirk has a bad relationship with his girlfriend's dad, right? I could've tried straightening that out. And what about a job for Darren? Should I have kept him at home, even though he had some wants to enter a career in the science or medicine field? He is an artist, after all.
Well, I think that should be it for this post. Tomorrow, I suppose you have the Broke family to look forward to! Yay!
As I said yesterday, the Dreamer household (with Darren and Dirk) was the one I played most often. It was more or less my testing grounds for a lot of basics like homeworking, skill building, job ladder climbing, private school enrolling, romancing, etc.
Yes, I did say homeworking. And the reason I said it was because Dirk would put his homework on a desk and be unable to get it back to work on it. It was an absolute nightmare before I figured out I had to fill that empty desk space so he would put his homework on the floor to be able to work on it. But once I had that figured out, it was more or less just instinct to have him ask Darren to help him with it. Dirk learned to study, yay! His grades went up, yay!
But the real nightmare with Dirk came in trying to enroll him in the private school. I must've gone through about four or five disasters before even just figuring out how to serve the headmaster a meal... One memorable evening, the shower was even broken and flooding the bathroom, and Darren had burned the food I tried to have him prepare! I did eventually (barely) pass, and Dirk completed that want of his to go to private school. Yay!
Now Darren. His big thing was his crush on Cassandra, right? But she was engaged to another man. Solution: have Darren fall in love with another woman, this time someone available. So I had him check out some girls, and eventually settled on one. I never did get to the point in their relationship to have them marry, though. Maybe I should go back to this household and correct this sad, sad issue.
Anyways, those are the major things I remember working on with them. I'm realizing now that there were probably more things I could have done. Dirk has a bad relationship with his girlfriend's dad, right? I could've tried straightening that out. And what about a job for Darren? Should I have kept him at home, even though he had some wants to enter a career in the science or medicine field? He is an artist, after all.
Well, I think that should be it for this post. Tomorrow, I suppose you have the Broke family to look forward to! Yay!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
The Sims 2 Pt. 2
Maybe I'll talk a little more about The Sims 2 today. Who knows how long this topic can stretch on, but I may as well take advantage of it while I can.
Pleasantview. That's the name of the first neighborhood I played. Those of you who have played the first Sims are probably more familiar with it than I am; I get the sense this neighborhood has a lot of history to it that's known by fans.
The Goth family, for instance. Mortimer's wife Bella is missing, and now he lives as a single parent with his adult daughter and child son. His daughter, Cassandra, is engaged to the man who is rumored to have been the last to see Bella Goth. But another man has his eye on Cassandra, a man who has a teenaged son of his own. Can you say drama?
But wait, there's more! Mortimer has his own eye on one of the two sisters that recently moved into town, and I believe I saw something about Cassandra's fiancé Don having an affair with the other sister. What is this all about!?
Moving back to the man who wishes he were Cassandra's fiancé, Darren is having some issues with his son Dirk. Dirk strikes me as a rebellious teen, and he's dating a girl who is also rebellious. I have to admit, this is the household I played most often, with aging turned off. Their problems were eventually straightened out - yay! But I never did try to mess up Dirk's romance with Lilith Pleasant.
The Pleasant family. Lilith is dating Dirk. Her parents seem to be on the brink of a divorce, thanks to the mother Mary-Sue's constant working and the father Daniel's having an affair. Lilith is the black sheep in her family, not getting along with either of her parents, and certainly not with her twin sister Angela. The two girls may have similar genetics, but they look at life completely differently. Lilith chooses the Gothic look, and Angela wears a very light-colored sun dress.
Angela is dating a boy named Dustin Broke. The Broke family is, unfortunately, well-named. They not only have no money, but they seem to be a broken family as well. Dustin wants to enter the career world as a criminal. His mother, Brandi, was recently widowed. On her own, without any job, she must find a way to provide for Dustin, her toddler son Beau, and her as-yet unborn baby.
Whew, I think I may have just barely managed to cover all the premade families in this neighborhood. Drama left and right, that's for sure. Maybe tomorrow I'll talk about some of my personal experiences in this neighborhood and some of the things I've tried in order to make some of these families happier.
Pleasantview. That's the name of the first neighborhood I played. Those of you who have played the first Sims are probably more familiar with it than I am; I get the sense this neighborhood has a lot of history to it that's known by fans.
The Goth family, for instance. Mortimer's wife Bella is missing, and now he lives as a single parent with his adult daughter and child son. His daughter, Cassandra, is engaged to the man who is rumored to have been the last to see Bella Goth. But another man has his eye on Cassandra, a man who has a teenaged son of his own. Can you say drama?
But wait, there's more! Mortimer has his own eye on one of the two sisters that recently moved into town, and I believe I saw something about Cassandra's fiancé Don having an affair with the other sister. What is this all about!?
Moving back to the man who wishes he were Cassandra's fiancé, Darren is having some issues with his son Dirk. Dirk strikes me as a rebellious teen, and he's dating a girl who is also rebellious. I have to admit, this is the household I played most often, with aging turned off. Their problems were eventually straightened out - yay! But I never did try to mess up Dirk's romance with Lilith Pleasant.
The Pleasant family. Lilith is dating Dirk. Her parents seem to be on the brink of a divorce, thanks to the mother Mary-Sue's constant working and the father Daniel's having an affair. Lilith is the black sheep in her family, not getting along with either of her parents, and certainly not with her twin sister Angela. The two girls may have similar genetics, but they look at life completely differently. Lilith chooses the Gothic look, and Angela wears a very light-colored sun dress.
Angela is dating a boy named Dustin Broke. The Broke family is, unfortunately, well-named. They not only have no money, but they seem to be a broken family as well. Dustin wants to enter the career world as a criminal. His mother, Brandi, was recently widowed. On her own, without any job, she must find a way to provide for Dustin, her toddler son Beau, and her as-yet unborn baby.
Whew, I think I may have just barely managed to cover all the premade families in this neighborhood. Drama left and right, that's for sure. Maybe tomorrow I'll talk about some of my personal experiences in this neighborhood and some of the things I've tried in order to make some of these families happier.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
The Sims 2
Because I'm having a difficult time coming up with a topic, I'm grabbing the first idea that could actually stretch out into a post rather than a sentence. So how about Sims? More specifically, Sims 2, because that's all I've ever really played.
I've played a couple of Sims 2 games for the GBA, like Pets and... One other one... Maybe it was just the Sims 2 for my GBA. The one where your character is an actor/actress moving into town to be in a sort of reality TV or something? Honestly, the plotline always confused me as a kid; all I knew was I liked the game.
As for Sims 2 Pets (for GBA), I understood that one a lot better. You're moving into a town that's centered around their pets. You can get jobs walking pets, putting yours on for show, playing doctor on other pets, or something with reading pets' minds. Or you could do it the easy way out: buy an art easel and paint for a living. My characters could sell paintings for a lot of Simoleans, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who took advantage of it. It was also fun training pets and stuff, and following all the mini plot points throughout.
Relatively more recently, I got the game Sims 2 for my computer. I currently have the expansion packs Nightlife, Pets, and Seasons, plus the stuff pack Celebration. This thing. Is so fun. And addicting. And time monopolizing. I have to leave it at home while I'm at college so I don't distract myself too badly. As it is, just my computer itself is distracting enough.
Maybe I'll get into the specifics of this game in another post. I've got tons of information to share here. =D Until tomorrow, then, people!
I've played a couple of Sims 2 games for the GBA, like Pets and... One other one... Maybe it was just the Sims 2 for my GBA. The one where your character is an actor/actress moving into town to be in a sort of reality TV or something? Honestly, the plotline always confused me as a kid; all I knew was I liked the game.
As for Sims 2 Pets (for GBA), I understood that one a lot better. You're moving into a town that's centered around their pets. You can get jobs walking pets, putting yours on for show, playing doctor on other pets, or something with reading pets' minds. Or you could do it the easy way out: buy an art easel and paint for a living. My characters could sell paintings for a lot of Simoleans, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who took advantage of it. It was also fun training pets and stuff, and following all the mini plot points throughout.
Relatively more recently, I got the game Sims 2 for my computer. I currently have the expansion packs Nightlife, Pets, and Seasons, plus the stuff pack Celebration. This thing. Is so fun. And addicting. And time monopolizing. I have to leave it at home while I'm at college so I don't distract myself too badly. As it is, just my computer itself is distracting enough.
Maybe I'll get into the specifics of this game in another post. I've got tons of information to share here. =D Until tomorrow, then, people!
Friday, November 1, 2013
November
Aaaaand it's an all-new month! Happy November, everybody!
Did you have a great Halloween? I spent the evening at a friend's house, passing out candy to whoever came by.
But that's October. That's in the past. Halloween got its post yesterday.
Today it's all about November! The month that has the holiday Thanksgiving!
This month might even be better than October for me. For one thing, the holiday is three days long instead of just two. Whoo-hoo! For another thing, there are no midterms during November! Yay!
Although, maybe I have no right to complain about midterms currently. I did have tests that week, true. But I don't think I actually had any "midterms," necessarily. So for now, all I had in October were tests. And that's just about as likely in November, too. So I'll save any complaints about misterms for when I actually get them.
But still. Thanksgiving break! And then when I return, it's only a couple more weeks until the semester is over!
I can't even tell you how anxious I am to be rid of my biology class. Maybe I'll attempt it in a rant post tomorrow or something. Or maybe I'll save that biology post for sometime in December and turn it into a celebration that it's over.
Well, regardless, have a happy, happy November! =D
Did you have a great Halloween? I spent the evening at a friend's house, passing out candy to whoever came by.
But that's October. That's in the past. Halloween got its post yesterday.
Today it's all about November! The month that has the holiday Thanksgiving!
This month might even be better than October for me. For one thing, the holiday is three days long instead of just two. Whoo-hoo! For another thing, there are no midterms during November! Yay!
Although, maybe I have no right to complain about midterms currently. I did have tests that week, true. But I don't think I actually had any "midterms," necessarily. So for now, all I had in October were tests. And that's just about as likely in November, too. So I'll save any complaints about misterms for when I actually get them.
But still. Thanksgiving break! And then when I return, it's only a couple more weeks until the semester is over!
I can't even tell you how anxious I am to be rid of my biology class. Maybe I'll attempt it in a rant post tomorrow or something. Or maybe I'll save that biology post for sometime in December and turn it into a celebration that it's over.
Well, regardless, have a happy, happy November! =D
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