Moonlight Falls (fog, haze and color correction added)

Happy Halloween

Life Lesson #393 Ghost Chili Peppers are FUCKING HOT!!!

Don't assume or you make an ass out of u and me.

You See, Boys and Girls...

This is why you don't piss off bees.

River Cheering on the Canucks.

Clown School Runaway. - Molly Makeover.

Looking like a reject from Clown School auditions was probably not the best way for Molly Makeover's life in Sunset Valley to begin. Unfortunately, it was Scary Clown school that Molly was running away from. For initiation rites, they had shaved Molly's head RIGHT down the middle. Poor Molly; she'd cried all the way from Bridgeport to Sunset Valley...and that was why her clown makeup was all runny. She decided that it was time to make a new start and hope for the best.

Poor Molly, she had landed in Sunset Valley with §16,500 to her name and nothing else other than the ugly looking clothes that she wore. She also managed to get herself a home which left her with about §3000 left after all was said and done. But she still looked like a clown albeit one who had lost a fight with a WeedEater. And with tear marks and runny makup...it wasn't surprising that she was practically laughed at all the way from the bus-stop to her new home. But now she stood in front of it, wondering if her life would ever change from the hard-luck life that she'd had for so long. Then a bright idea hit her right between the eyeballs. She needed to go get herself a make-over and come out looking like she owned herself instead of being "owned" by Spanky the Clown.

So, Molly took a cab...at least she could put up with the cabbie's hysterical laughter for the 5 minutes that it would take to drive her to the salon. People could be so cruel and judgemental. After all, everybody hated clowns until they wanted someone to make them laugh. But she was a clown no longer and didn't want to have any vestiges of that life left to tie her down.

By the short time it took to ride the cab over to the salon, the peals of laughter from the cabbie were ringing in her ears and she ran from the cab trying to escape his ever-increasing volume as he clutched his stomach and slapped the steering-wheel.

At least the stylist would understand; she'd understand why Molly needed a new start in life instead of being the hind-end of all jokes. That hazing ritual had traumatized Molly. And on top of that it was her parents that had enrolled her against her wishes at the "clown school" mainly because Molly hadn't toed the line with becoming a prestigious lawyer like her father or a nurse like her mother. Molly, after all, didn't like arguing, nor did she like the smell or sight of blood and frustrated, her parents hadn't bothered with her any longer. She'd always had a good sense of humor and that was unfortunately her downfall.

But from the start, it was well evident that Ms. Victoria Andrews was too busy chatting with her friends at the salon to pay Molly's desires any mind as to how she wanted her make-over to proceed, completely ignoring her hair and slapping her into a number that made her look like she was on a strip as a working-girl. That wasn't the look that she was going for. Molly tried to put a good face on the uninspiring makeover and figured that if something was to be done right, she'd have to do it herself.

First she did away with the outfit that Victoria had put her in; then went all out on the makeup, hair and clothing to give her an everyday look that she wanted to cultivate. She did think though that the skirt was salvageable for everyday use so long as there was a nice blouse to go with it, a color that luckily matched the green in the long skirt.

Then...she tackled the other clothing...that she wanted to utilize for formal, sleeping, athletic, swimming and outerwear. She liked subtle makeup, enhancing her features and accentuating her rounded features and blending in nicely with the rest of her skin-tones. She was satisfied with the work that she'd put in herself and walked out of the salon a happy woman.

The lyrics to the Temptations, "Get Ready" ran through her head as she strode out of the salon, filled with confidence into the mid-day sun. "Look out, Sunset Valley, 'cause here I come..."

I Am An Unabashed Canucks Fan.

NOTHING will make me switch allegiances of my hockey team. And neither will River or Haruo. And in light of HOCKEY SEASON.

GO CANUCKS GO!!!

River McIrish Chikamori's verdict on the Vancouver-Buffalo game last night.

My New Sims3 Forum Canucks Signature Image

Trials of Having to Kill Mayumi

Silly Shorts # 2

The Trials of Having to Kill Mayumi

~disgusted~ because I had to go and reset my game back to an earlier save due to the "travel & disappearing romantic interactions" problem I had, I now have to RE-KILL Mayumi. Well, I thought...hot-tub worked fine the last time. Nope...didn't work out well at all...


Yay...Mayumi got zapped, now let's see if I can get her to repair it again so she'll DIE!!!! >:)


Oops...


Something tells me this isn't going to end well...


Holy Jumpin' Jeepers, we gotta major inferno here.


Um...Ooops...#2...


Yeah...sorry 'bout that...Susan. You know the term "collateral damage"? Well, you're it...


Yeah...that was a major oops.

Guess we're gonna have to try again with that one...

Actually, when I think about it - the title of my "short" should have paraphrased that 1985 Susan Seidelman movie...
Should have called the short, "Accidentally Incinerating Susan".

The Progression of Meg Austin in Sims 3

Meg before CC and sliders

Meg after sliders and before CC

Meg after sliders and CC (loaded)

Still...working on trying to get her as close to the real thing - Tracey Needham (the actress who played Meg)

Someone Thought They Were Smart.

Goin' To The Chapel...and We're Gonna Get Married...

Second Forum Avatar in 7 Days

I just had to... River just looks so enamored and in love with Haruo.

Meet Bessie and Myrtle

Short-Tempered And Irritable

I use Adobe Photoshop Elements on my Sims 3 screencaps as well as my real-life photography...and I don't know how Adobe can advertise something that they know won't do the job as far as clearing up camera shake. If you've got completely blurry images, no amount of Shake Reduction plug-in will work on your image. The best thing to do for people who are learning photography is to learn to carry your tripod where-ever you go...and learn to use it.

Too often, the latest plug-in becomes a crutch: I don't want to carry around my tripod, it's too heavy, I got the shot, but oh, it's blurry, I'm gonna use Shake Reduction to salvage it...

SMARTEN THE FUCK UP!!!
USE A TRIPOD!!!

Will That Evil Bitch Mayumi Meet Her Maker?

After the troubles that Mayumi has given the rest of the family; one can only hope.

More River & Haruo Cuteness

You Dare To Taunt the Cowplant?

Sims 4 Devs Don't Like Us Bashing The GlitterTurd

Apologies to The Mare's Nest But I'm going to steal the term Glitterturd from her for a bit

ShuffleJ evidently was not satisfied with TS4; that glittering piece of shit that EA calls their current Sims game. He started the thread "Still the Superior Game" in TS3 Forums section and made several salient observations. Someone else I can't remember exactly who made some incredibly insightful comments regarding the fact that the programming on the game was mediocre at best and wasn't up to the standards that they had put into TS3. Evidently someone on the SimGuru's section took exception to it and moved the thread, because they couldn't just up and delete the thread for cause which none were broken:

So they did the following:

1. They wanted to get rid of the rightful insinuations that the game devs weren't doing their job, that they were cutting corners and making this a DLC/diarrhea shit-fest.

2. They didn't think that deleting the thread in the TS3 section wouldn't cause an uproar over unjustified deletion.

3. They wanted to have a legitimate excuse to kill the thread so they moved it into TS4 and caused a war.

4. Once they had manufactured enough probable cause from the outraged "TS4 "We're happy as fuck with whatever shit we're shovelled" zombies" they axed the thread (hid the thread).

Now we see what the situation is in this forum.

The SimGurus take TS4 originated threads that don't have anything nice to say about TS4 and shovel them into TS3 to let them die whereas any salient TS4 discussion thread in TS3 about the failures of the game get shoved into TS4 GD so that they will have probable cause to delete them or hide them as the case may be.

If they didn't want any criticism of the way that they have handled the whole redevelopment of this game, then perhaps they should have let the franchise die. Because that is the way that this franchise is headed if you decide to ignore the anger of half your fanbase who still plays TS3 for legitimate reasons.

I love Sims Logic

Sunset Valley Scenery (Simulated Photoshop ND Grads)