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Computer issues... again.

Alas, after battling with my computer and losing every time for the last year and a half I have had enough!!!

My father works as an IT specialist and for my birthday last year put together a computer for me that I was assured would run the Sims exceptionally well. And it did when I first got it and back when I was creating for the Sims 2. However, since then we have battled with blue-screens, crashes to desktop, freezes, unexplainable errors and every horror imaginable.

Originally we thought the problem was the game. I mean, it's quite well known that Sims 3 does not like to run on quad-core processors. We have replaced the hardrives, mother-board, graphics card... pretty much every component in the damn thing and it still crashes. Only now the problem has become so bad that I cannot even open my game. The machine will blue-screen before it even loads. It crashes form the desktop at least five times a day (quite often two or three times in quick succession). Itunes, mozilla firefox, messenger, and even microsoft word won't work most of the time, which is now interferring with my school-work. Basically, I can't do anything... which is driving me insane because I have a sketchbook full of ideas and I can't even open my game!!!

So hopefully *nudge nudge* santa will come early this year and bring a new computer with him! ;)

In the meantime though, I'm organising to"borrow" a family member's laptop so I can still create. So you can still expect to see the odd creation from me in the coming weeks and months, just not a frequently as I would like!

New Houses and Sims out soon!

I'm working on some more houses and sims. I'm also working on meshes! I can't wait until I can start meshing. My program just has to fix some bugs and then I can start. Basically the only reason I am making houses and sims is to entertain you until I start meshing! =]

Taking Time To Play

Just when you thought I was back to pumping out lots again I stop. LOL Sorry about that. I'm torn. Play or build. Play or build. I'm sure some of you understand. I've been exploring Barnacle Bay and tomb raiding with my adventure sim. And I couldn't stop. Cuz it was fun, and I made over his house as a log cabin, and we went to China and France, and then he found a woman, and then she moved in, and then they got engaged and went to France for a wedding at the nectary, and now the first kid is on the way... You know how it goes. OK, lame excuse. Maybe I'll start up my website again and post piccies. Then you can SEE what I get up to.

I find myself playing more with Sims 3 than Sims 1 and 2. I don't have to take care of the entire neighborhood myself now. The game does it for me. It isn't up to my high standards of rich, successful, and fulfilling lives and happy children but, eh, somethings gotta give. I do tire of seeding the hoods with my own sims to keep the fugly from running rampant. I tell ya, the kids my sims bring home from school will give you nightmares. Don't drink the water. It's got the ugly gene in it apparently, and the lousy trait gene. And the original starting sims the game puts there ain't nothing to get excited over. And I avoid all sims from the Maxis days. I never liked them in Sims 1, liked them less in Sims 2, and I'm down right sick of them in Sims 3. Barnacle Bay was sweet until the Caliente sisters reared their pig ugly faces in public. (oh, sorry, was that a... SPOILER?!) BAH! They just had to ruin it. OK, OK, I just really dislike other sims in my hoods. I like to make all my own so they're not mutants, don't breed mutants, and don't have lame, contrived little lives I don't want to be a part of. It's just SAD! Don Lothario is such a WEINER in Sims 3. He has a whiney voice, always gets fat but runs around in his workout clothes all the time. He marries the first sim that looks at him. Honestly, save the gene pool, don't put him in the game.

Fine, so I'm crabby. Deal with it. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I enjoyed making my own hoods in Sims 2 from scratch with everything built by me and all the sims by me. I had a website devoted to it. I actually just built in Sims 1. I loved it. I hated playing. After Mortimer Goth burned down the whole town by randomly visiting all the sims and destroying everything he touched I was done. What a loser. The child forever syndrome grated on my nerves. So my son played and I built. It was a fine existence. Then Sims 2 came to be. I was... elated. They age! They actually age! And move out! And... and... LEAVE. I really liked the genetics but Sims 3 has backslid on that. That or I really need to keep track of the mail delivery people better. Sheesh. I had a couple, both made by me, black hair, blue-gray eyes, fair skin, with brown hair, green eyes, and tan skin. Hrm... they had 6 kids. Yes, 6. I filled the house. What're you gonna do about it? Anyway, the third kid, a girl (boy and girl ahead of her), arrived with fair skin (OK), platinum blonde hair (um, no), and... PURPLE eyes. WTH? What? My sim got into some bad watermelon during her pregnancy? Ate too many grapes? What? The rest of the kids all resembled the parents quite a bit with a mix of the genes. Except THAT one. It looked like in the middle of their family they... picked up a stray? I never did look at the postal carrier. Huh. Beautiful family with a friggin albino.

OK, whatever. I'm just rambling. I feel like talking to myself. I'll get back to building. I promise. I have some more plans for small lots and then I'll most likely return to my normal size.

New Design!

Hiii :)))

I am glad to show you my new minisite design! I finally finished it! :D

I hope I managed to make it better than my old one. I hope you like it!

Update on Gran's and Nana's lots

I've put in screenshots of Grandmother Burrisoph's Bakery Lot (starring main character, Jonathan Browning), and Grandmother Burrisoph's Coffee Shop. The coffee shop shots were taken in build/buy mode so I could move around without so much Sim interference. Who do these Sims think they are anyway? I'm trying to take a picture and some Sim wanders through the shot!

I've gotten quite a lot done on Nana Johnsonoph's lot as well. I loaded some screenies of the boutique distant cousin Dina Johnsonoph is opening and alluded to a storyline between Dina and her architect friend, Archie Pennington. He may end up being related to Extreme Home Makeover's Ty Pennington, but I'll never tell (unless in a story).

My first creation was just published. His name is Butler Laurent, but in real life he is a butler. His clothes are hilarious! There was a freeby from the Sims store, a t-shirt with a rubber-duck floatie around the waist, and I put it on Butler with long shorts as his swimming apparel. It cracked me up at the time, and looks really funny when you view the character with all his different outfits on! What a hoot!

Gotta go; Simbots to train, lots to flip!

EDIT: More stories I had planned. I must find Dina, Archie and my beloved Butler Laurent!

Thank you!

I was very happy to see my screenshot featured and still more to see tons of lovely comments. I appreciate it so much! :) Thanks to everyone!!! 

Some music which is not suitable as background noise

Sometimes when I work from home I like to listen very loud to background music (after having made sure no-one else will be bothered by the noise, of course). Mostly I choose music that is simple in structure or so well-known to me it has no chance to distract me from my actual work. But this time I failed miserably. I heard the new CD by Ben Folds in which he made 11 short stories of Nick Hornby into 11 songs, but had to stop playing it, because I didn't get any work done while listening! Great stuff. My current favorites are "Picture Window" and "Levi Johnston's Blues", but "Your Dogs" has a very catchy tune, too. If you're into slightly off-beat music I can recommend to give his CD named "Lonely Avenue" a try.

More Creations (:

2 More Creations Coming Your Way,

They are uploaded from my previous accounts, hope you enjoy them!

they are volcom jeans and quicksilver boarder shorts! (:

Major Error Leads to Interesting Times

I started up my usual game this weekend and got a "critical error" message strongly suggesting i restart the game. I clicked "ok" thinking the game would restart itself, but it simply continued with my current Sims on holiday in China as if there was no problem. So I carried on. My Sims picked up some essential items, responded to some opportunities, and returned home.

It wasn't until they arrived home that I experienced the real issue... somehow my holiday Sims had returned to an alternate universe in which they had never gone away. Their alternate universe counterparts were snug in their beds and full of hopes and dreams of travel and lacking any sort of exploration experience or loot. I was deeply horrified and chose that moment to re-start the game, but out of habit saved it first - probably shouldn't have!

I discovered my double set of Sims were a permanent error. So what else can one do but have some fun with the photo and video opportunities, at least until the problem is fixed... The two girls just look like identical twins having breakfast together and discussing their alternate experiences. I had more fun with Bud Tester (my real estate agent), who happens to be a perfectionist and therefore a little harder on himself than most people would be...

So I took advantage of the situation, and then planned on how to resolve it - obviously I wanted to keep the pair that had returned from China. I had the other two change their outfits and move out. It all seemed like a logical conclusion - I could keep playing, and at the same time observe how they might carry on with my "help". Or so I thought...

Once the move had been arranged, I sent Bud to collect his partnership earnings at the bookstore. The streets were deserted. Where was everyone? Then I noticed Bud talking to himself. And thought bubbles dragging along the ground. And cars passing in the streets without drivers. And bicycles riding by with ghost riders. My Sims returned from China to a place between worlds. It will never be the same again.

Luckily my other neighbourhoods are fine. Whew!

Front Page

Today when I logged on to tsr I found out that I was on the front page. I was really happy since it was the first ever time I have been on the front page. And what made it more amazing was the fact my dress was next to creations from some amazing artists like Cleotopia, newsea, nia, haiduong and more, (but i'm too lazy to write all of them out =) So thanks to all the people who have downloaded from me and given advice to me.

Kisses from Tigergirl131