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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Do the Hussle! (Or, Video of the Week #16)
This caught my eye, and while it's not normally the type of VotW I normally post, it's worth a gander if you've ever been a Survivor fan.
Hahaha!
Hahaha!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Wanna be my Facebook friend?
After reading this article, it got me to thinking about how seriously people take Facebook. Sure, Facebook has become so ridiculously popular that a movie has been made about it. And yeah, I bet the few people out there who don't have it feel left out. We all know people who swore off Facebook in the beginning, who refused to sign up but eventually caved (and in some cases, ironically became obsessive Facebook users later on). Okay, so everybody and their mother uses Facebook - but what's the big deal?
In the first link I posted, there's a story about a 16-year-old boy who wants to delete his Facebook account when school starts to "avoid distractions" (which is a pretty mature decision for a 16-year-old boy!). While the article is mainly about the hassles of quitting Facebook, I wondered why people go to these extremes.
I have a friend, C, who is one of those people who constantly deletes and re-activates their accounts. He'll be on it and add 50 people, then wittle it down to 16, then delete it entirely, then show up again six months later - only to repeat the process. Another friend, A, is infamous for deleting and re-activating his account every other month.
I asked C why he was doing this, and his response was "it's all just too much." Um...what? Not to be rude, but it's just Facebook. It's not the be-all, end-all to our existence; it's just for fun! I know that people take it way too seriously - some of us get offended when someone else deletes us as a friend, or ignores our friend request. Some of us don't truly our new relationship official until we make it "Facebook official." Some of our relationships consist entirely of Facebook interaction. The list goes on, but you get the idea. Some people just put way too much stock into Facebook. Yes, it's a social network, but when you really boil it down, it's not real life, and I think a lot of people forget this.
The kid in the article ended up cutting down his friends list to just the important people, which is a fine solution. There are alternatives; you don't necessarily have to go from one extreme (keeping up with your active Facebook account) to the other (deleting it permanently). Getting rid of a bunch of people you never talk to is a good idea (probably one all of us should consider; do we really need our friend's friend that we've never talked to on our list?). However, there is another possibility: spend less time on Facebook. Pretty simple, huh? It does require this thing called "self-control" that we, as a society, seem to be forgetting about more and more. But it's do-able!
And just for fun, check out this list of the 12 most annoying type of Facebookers. If you're like me, you can name at least one friend for each type. Also take a look at Failbook.org for some of the biggest and most hilarious Facebook blunders. Enjoy, and if you liked this post, don't forget to link my blog to your Facebook page!
Just kidding.
In the first link I posted, there's a story about a 16-year-old boy who wants to delete his Facebook account when school starts to "avoid distractions" (which is a pretty mature decision for a 16-year-old boy!). While the article is mainly about the hassles of quitting Facebook, I wondered why people go to these extremes.
I have a friend, C, who is one of those people who constantly deletes and re-activates their accounts. He'll be on it and add 50 people, then wittle it down to 16, then delete it entirely, then show up again six months later - only to repeat the process. Another friend, A, is infamous for deleting and re-activating his account every other month.
I asked C why he was doing this, and his response was "it's all just too much." Um...what? Not to be rude, but it's just Facebook. It's not the be-all, end-all to our existence; it's just for fun! I know that people take it way too seriously - some of us get offended when someone else deletes us as a friend, or ignores our friend request. Some of us don't truly our new relationship official until we make it "Facebook official." Some of our relationships consist entirely of Facebook interaction. The list goes on, but you get the idea. Some people just put way too much stock into Facebook. Yes, it's a social network, but when you really boil it down, it's not real life, and I think a lot of people forget this.
The kid in the article ended up cutting down his friends list to just the important people, which is a fine solution. There are alternatives; you don't necessarily have to go from one extreme (keeping up with your active Facebook account) to the other (deleting it permanently). Getting rid of a bunch of people you never talk to is a good idea (probably one all of us should consider; do we really need our friend's friend that we've never talked to on our list?). However, there is another possibility: spend less time on Facebook. Pretty simple, huh? It does require this thing called "self-control" that we, as a society, seem to be forgetting about more and more. But it's do-able!
And just for fun, check out this list of the 12 most annoying type of Facebookers. If you're like me, you can name at least one friend for each type. Also take a look at Failbook.org for some of the biggest and most hilarious Facebook blunders. Enjoy, and if you liked this post, don't forget to link my blog to your Facebook page!
Just kidding.
Friday, August 20, 2010
It really wakes you up! (Or, Video of the Week #15)
It's been way too long since my last VotW, so I thought I'd post a good one for ya. I'm on another BSB kick, having seen them in concert last Saturday (they were AMAZING btw). This video just cracked me right up. They're silly, silly boys.
El oh el. They're such goofballs, and that's why I love them so much. Who wouldn't want to hang out with these guys?
El oh el. They're such goofballs, and that's why I love them so much. Who wouldn't want to hang out with these guys?
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sloane City - Generation Four Has Arrived!
You're simply trembling with anticipation, I know. 
Viv is evil, a daredevil, athletic, a snob and clumsy (now there's an interesting combo - especially the clumsy, athletic daredevil). I was SO HAPPY when she popped into toddlerhood, because she finally, finally brought some new genes into the game. Georgina, the founder, was dark-haired, as was Jon Lessen, her husband. Which meant Lea and Kylie, their children, had dark brown hair. Kylie married Asa, who naturally had black hair, but I changed it to blonde after they got married to add some new genes. When Rosie and Morgan were born, I was disappointed - and confused - to discover they, too, were dark haired. Finally, Rosie married the red-headed Austin, and had...the blonde Vivienne. Yeah, I don't quite get how genetics work in this game. Did Rosie and Morgan's black hair come from Asa himself, and the game didn't recognize the hair colour change until later? Or was it from Asa's family, who were all black haired? I really don't know. For her blonde hair and bright green eyes (courtesy of Austin), Vivienne was chosen heir.
In need of an Annabelle in your game? Why, clicky here!
So that's it, my fourth generation of Sloanes! It's pretty crazy, actually, when you think about it. I usually lose interest by generation three at the latest. When I played my Shiz family back on Sims 2, I halted at gen 3 because I didn't like any of them. Gen 1 was cool, gen 2 was amazing, but everyone in gen 3 was a douche. Maybe I got lucky this time around and had a fantastic gen 3, with Rosie and Morgan. Gen 4 has been great, especially because all of the kids really like each other, and everyone was close to all of the adults, except for Austin (so Jon, Kylie and Rosie). In fact, the entire family gets on really well, almost too well. There's hardly any drama. If the first born baby of gen 5 is any indication, it's gonna be a good one.
Side bar: I have a shot of Jon holding the newborn gen 5 baby. How cool is that? Yeah he's a ghost, but gen 1 still with gen 5? Pretty awesome. Jon's going to up and die on me, again, at any day now, and I'll be heartbroken. Once they die as ghosts, which Jon is right now, they don't come back. Once that happens, I'm very tempted to bring back Georgina and have her around for a while. I might do that later, say around gen 8 or 9, so she can be there when the last generation, gen 10, is born. I also have plans to name the first born gen 10 baby George or Georgia in honour of GeeGee, who started it all. But that's still a way's away.
Next up, a brand-new family tree, and a link to download Lea, the very first baby of gen 2. I'm trying to find a screenshot, but I might have to go into the game and take her picture from CAS, since I have over 2600 screenshots in my folder. Ugh. I reallly hope I saved Lee and Darcy, because Darcy died the last time I played (i.e., tonight). I don't think I saved them to upload, but I remember doing something with them, so I'll have a look around CAS. I'd like to upload every single Sloane from gen 2 on, if I can. Fingers crossed!
Yes, folks, I'm back with another semi-update - a Sloane update! I made my way through gen 4, picked my heir, and now have the first baby of gen 5. In other words, I'm half-way there! Woo!
First, let's take a look at our first-born of generation four: Vivienne!
First, let's take a look at our first-born of generation four: Vivienne!
Viv is evil, a daredevil, athletic, a snob and clumsy (now there's an interesting combo - especially the clumsy, athletic daredevil). I was SO HAPPY when she popped into toddlerhood, because she finally, finally brought some new genes into the game. Georgina, the founder, was dark-haired, as was Jon Lessen, her husband. Which meant Lea and Kylie, their children, had dark brown hair. Kylie married Asa, who naturally had black hair, but I changed it to blonde after they got married to add some new genes. When Rosie and Morgan were born, I was disappointed - and confused - to discover they, too, were dark haired. Finally, Rosie married the red-headed Austin, and had...the blonde Vivienne. Yeah, I don't quite get how genetics work in this game. Did Rosie and Morgan's black hair come from Asa himself, and the game didn't recognize the hair colour change until later? Or was it from Asa's family, who were all black haired? I really don't know. For her blonde hair and bright green eyes (courtesy of Austin), Vivienne was chosen heir.
Want your very own Viv? Clicky right here!
Next on the docket, we have Mr. Logan Sloane!
I really wish I changed his hairdo before uploading him, especially because he's on the exchange with the others. He's got one download to Vivienne's 12 at this moment, oops. Sorry, Logan.
Logan is good, never nude, a daredevil, a loner and a natural cook. He, too, has a rockin' personality, in a different way from Vivienne. He was a lot of fun to play as a child. Because he's a loner, I built him his very own basement bedroom. I even gave him a toilet, sink, play oven and dining area, so he could enjoy some alone time. With a family like the Sloanes - big, invasive (hello, there are four toilets! No need to all use the same one at the same time, people!) and obsessed with throwing parties, I felt that Logan would probably feel suffocated at home. Surprisingly, we only had one incident of a family member coming down to use his personal toilet while he was hanging out. Considering there are 7 people in the house at any given moment, that's a small miracle. I almost picked him to be heir because I've had, like, 3 males born to the family, but Viv won me over with her genetic lotto win (blonde hair! green eyes!). Logan has a strange, almost green quality to his brown hair (arrgh) and he inherited Asa's golden eyes. Yeah they're nice and all, but so far, Viv is the only child of gens 3 and 4 to escape the golden eye curse. Frig. I'm still pissed Geegee's eyes died out with Kylie. Especially when you consider I've been playing Kylie's descendants. But alas - gen 5 has just begun. I'm sad to report that the first baby of gen 5 has Asa's eyes too, but it's a young generation. There's always hope.
Show Logan some love! Clicky right here for Logan!
And our final contestant...Annabelle Sloane, come on down!
Annabelle was not quite an oops baby. More of a panic baby. I was worried that, despite her fresh genes, Viv wasn't going to be quite...heirish enough for the Sloanes. So, I made Rosie and Austin have baby number three, even though I was really sick of babies by this point in the game. And I'm so glad I did, because Annabelle is gorgeous! I think she's the prettiest Sim I've had in my game - definitely the prettiest that's been born to one of my own Sims. It was really hard not to pick her at the last moment to be the heir, because I think she will make some pretty-looking babies! But alas, with her dark brown hair (sigh) and Asa's golden eyes (sigh), she got cut. I suppose I could have changed her hair colour, but I prefer keeping my Sims as natural as possible. I didn't even streak her hair funky colours for her teenage years like I did with Morgan because I was scared I wouldn't be able to get back to her natural colour later on - I don't think this shade comes as a default. I think I'll start calling it Sloane Brown. Anyway, for those interested, Annabelle's stats: neurotic, genius, insane (hoo boy!), unflirty and a kleptomaniac. Naturally, she's a ton of fun to play - I'm pretty sure she lives happily in her own little world.
In need of an Annabelle in your game? Why, clicky here!
So that's it, my fourth generation of Sloanes! It's pretty crazy, actually, when you think about it. I usually lose interest by generation three at the latest. When I played my Shiz family back on Sims 2, I halted at gen 3 because I didn't like any of them. Gen 1 was cool, gen 2 was amazing, but everyone in gen 3 was a douche. Maybe I got lucky this time around and had a fantastic gen 3, with Rosie and Morgan. Gen 4 has been great, especially because all of the kids really like each other, and everyone was close to all of the adults, except for Austin (so Jon, Kylie and Rosie). In fact, the entire family gets on really well, almost too well. There's hardly any drama. If the first born baby of gen 5 is any indication, it's gonna be a good one.
Side bar: I have a shot of Jon holding the newborn gen 5 baby. How cool is that? Yeah he's a ghost, but gen 1 still with gen 5? Pretty awesome. Jon's going to up and die on me, again, at any day now, and I'll be heartbroken. Once they die as ghosts, which Jon is right now, they don't come back. Once that happens, I'm very tempted to bring back Georgina and have her around for a while. I might do that later, say around gen 8 or 9, so she can be there when the last generation, gen 10, is born. I also have plans to name the first born gen 10 baby George or Georgia in honour of GeeGee, who started it all. But that's still a way's away.
Next up, a brand-new family tree, and a link to download Lea, the very first baby of gen 2. I'm trying to find a screenshot, but I might have to go into the game and take her picture from CAS, since I have over 2600 screenshots in my folder. Ugh. I reallly hope I saved Lee and Darcy, because Darcy died the last time I played (i.e., tonight). I don't think I saved them to upload, but I remember doing something with them, so I'll have a look around CAS. I'd like to upload every single Sloane from gen 2 on, if I can. Fingers crossed!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Sloane City - Download a Sloane!
Hey all. I fail at life, I know. And this isn't quite a real update, more like a way for myself to keep track of one of my favourite Sims ever, Rosie Sloane. I've been doing my own version of the Sims 3 legacy (the difference is that I cheat like there's no tomorrow). I'm currently on my fourth generation (woo, go me!) out of ten. Gen 3's heir, Rosie, has been one of my favouritest Sims ever, she's so adorable and I love her muchly. She's about to age up, so I went into the game to save a copy of her, so I can play her again even after she dies.
Here she is!
Cute, no? If you want to download Rosie for yourself, go here:
Clicky to download Rosie!
Updated: Now you can get Morgan Sloane, Rosie's younger sister. It was a tough call, picking my Gen 3 heir. At first it was going to be Rosie, since she was the best toddler, ever. She cried maybe twice. Morgan, on the other hand, wasn't so easy to please. But she does have an awesome personality, and she grew up to be quite gorgeous. It was a very tough call, indeed. But in the end I chose Rosie, because Morgan looked a little bit too much like Kylie, their mother. Rosie does too, but Morgan and Kylie are almost deadringers, and I wanted a bit more variety. It was tough sa
ying goodbye to Morgan, so I always make sure she stops by to visit.
She's a looker! She's a lot of fun to play, so if you download her, enjoy!
Clicky for a Morgan Sloane download!
Also for your downloading pleasure, I've uploaded Kylie, the girls' mother (see picture below my babble). Comparing the three of them, you'll notice how much Rosie and Morgan look like their mom. I considered uploading their father, Asa, as well, but he's actually a Maxis-made Sim, so there's no point. The remainder of the Sloanes - Georgina the founder and Jon Lessen - aren't my creations, either. You can find Jon Lessen in Riverview, and you can download this Sim to get your very own Georgina. (I tweaked her appearance slightly - I think I changed her eyes to bright blue and her hair is more of a reddish-brown than the original, but everything else is the same)
I'm a little sad that this isn't the best picture of her. Trust me, she's freaking adorable. And as you can tell, she makes very pretty babies! (Though I'm sad neither of the girls got her eyes - the trademark Sloane eyes have thus far died out in Gen 2, which is a little depressing).
Clicky for a Kylie to call your own - link temporarily unavailable! But I'm working on it!!
I'm going to upload the less fortunate-looking Gen 2 spares, Lea, Darcy and Lee (yeah, you can tell I wasn't thinking when I named these children). And if you care, Kylie was born after Lea. She and Lea are the only two "real" Gen 2 kids, since Darcy and Lee were born to different fathers (each, lol). I'll probably upload Vivienne, Rosie's daughter, once she gets older. She seems to be taking after her mother, which is a good thing, but she's got different hair and eye colour (YAY! For two generations I had six Sims with pretty much the exact same hair colour, since Georgina and Jon have similar hair, and Hal Breckenridge, Darcy's father, also has the same hair colour as GeeGee and Jon. Rosie and Morgan's black hair was a nice change, although I don't really know where it came from. Once you see Viv, it'll make even less sense).
The spares, who have their own post, are now available for download!
Here she is!
Cute, no? If you want to download Rosie for yourself, go here:
Clicky to download Rosie!
Updated: Now you can get Morgan Sloane, Rosie's younger sister. It was a tough call, picking my Gen 3 heir. At first it was going to be Rosie, since she was the best toddler, ever. She cried maybe twice. Morgan, on the other hand, wasn't so easy to please. But she does have an awesome personality, and she grew up to be quite gorgeous. It was a very tough call, indeed. But in the end I chose Rosie, because Morgan looked a little bit too much like Kylie, their mother. Rosie does too, but Morgan and Kylie are almost deadringers, and I wanted a bit more variety. It was tough sa
ying goodbye to Morgan, so I always make sure she stops by to visit.She's a looker! She's a lot of fun to play, so if you download her, enjoy!
Clicky for a Morgan Sloane download!
Also for your downloading pleasure, I've uploaded Kylie, the girls' mother (see picture below my babble). Comparing the three of them, you'll notice how much Rosie and Morgan look like their mom. I considered uploading their father, Asa, as well, but he's actually a Maxis-made Sim, so there's no point. The remainder of the Sloanes - Georgina the founder and Jon Lessen - aren't my creations, either. You can find Jon Lessen in Riverview, and you can download this Sim to get your very own Georgina. (I tweaked her appearance slightly - I think I changed her eyes to bright blue and her hair is more of a reddish-brown than the original, but everything else is the same)
I'm a little sad that this isn't the best picture of her. Trust me, she's freaking adorable. And as you can tell, she makes very pretty babies! (Though I'm sad neither of the girls got her eyes - the trademark Sloane eyes have thus far died out in Gen 2, which is a little depressing).
Clicky for a Kylie to call your own - link temporarily unavailable! But I'm working on it!!
I'm going to upload the less fortunate-looking Gen 2 spares, Lea, Darcy and Lee (yeah, you can tell I wasn't thinking when I named these children). And if you care, Kylie was born after Lea. She and Lea are the only two "real" Gen 2 kids, since Darcy and Lee were born to different fathers (each, lol). I'll probably upload Vivienne, Rosie's daughter, once she gets older. She seems to be taking after her mother, which is a good thing, but she's got different hair and eye colour (YAY! For two generations I had six Sims with pretty much the exact same hair colour, since Georgina and Jon have similar hair, and Hal Breckenridge, Darcy's father, also has the same hair colour as GeeGee and Jon. Rosie and Morgan's black hair was a nice change, although I don't really know where it came from. Once you see Viv, it'll make even less sense).
The spares, who have their own post, are now available for download!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
My Predictions
The season six Grey's finale is just around the corner, so I want to make my predictions now. Afterwards, I'll compare my predictions to the real deal - let's see how I do!
Sorry this is spaced so weirdly but blogger can be a piece of...well, you know. It's sort of either huge spaces between paragraphs or no space at all. Because, yeah. That's makes sense. There's no point of a happy medium, right??
Anyway...
Sorry this is spaced so weirdly but blogger can be a piece of...well, you know. It's sort of either huge spaces between paragraphs or no space at all. Because, yeah. That's makes sense. There's no point of a happy medium, right??
Anyway...
- The shooter in the episode will be the guy whose wife died, and he tried to sue Derek recently. Why else would they keep bringing it up?
- Derek will be the one to "go down" or whatever the ad said. Not only did they show Meredith screaming and crying and freaking out, but it gives the opportunity for the writers to wrap up Derek being chief.
- No, Derek won't die. Duh. I hope Shonda's not so delusional to believe the show would shrivel up and die if he left. No, Derek's going to get shot and stuff, but he'll live. This will make him have to step down as chief to recover, but he'll want to go back to surgery anyway after this incident.
- Owen and Cristina will break-up. There's no way they won't.
- Lexie will turn down Mark's proposal at first out of guilt for Alex, but they'll get engaged (barf, I hate them together. Also, last week Callie said that because Sloane left with the baby, Mark and Lexie's problems are over. Except for the part where...Mark still wants to start a family and I don't think Lexie is ready for that). OR
- Lexie will say no. Depressed, Mark and Callie decide to have a baby together though not as a couple, just as friends (a la Will & Grace). Then Lexie will change her mind, ruhroh!
- If anyone dies, I'm putting my money on Bailey's boy. He's going to be on a Shona show next year (that isn't Grey's) so he might be leaving the show.
Let's see how I do!
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