#did you know that there is not a clean screenshot of the stardew valley one.

[patchdotexe]

BEHOLD: i remade a sprite comic i made a few years ago! now featuring: special effects, redone Rocket sprites, the ability to walk into the background and never return, T1 has pants now

in which KG decides to demo their brand-new self to... less fanfare than they hoped for.

[badcowboy69]

Taking out the trash...

Ok, I get it.  The Fallout fandom is seriously dying and I’m apparently one of the few rats that haven’t abandoned ship.  However, with the start of the new year, chances are I will be doing that in the way of cutting things down on whom and what I follow.

Firstly, no, I am NOT leaving this site.  I have one super important reason to be here and honestly they’re the ONLY reason I have to be here.  I’m sure people may or may not have noticed my submissions have dwindled by means of screenshots and the like.  Why?  All the so called mutuals and watchers, that’s why.  Frankly, most of them stink.  I get no likes and I get next to no reblogs of my works.  I get no comments about my writings. Worst of all NO ONE ever sends me asks even though I can beg and cry asking for them.  I mean come on, would it hurt to send one thing saying you’re thinking of me when I post i’m having a difficult time?

I have no clue what Travis ever did to make people hate him when he’s so fun, kind, generous, and his back story is so well defined and detailed.  Is it because he’s gay? Is it because he’s hooked up with another OC (even though that OC is a sole survivor for crying out loud.)  Is it because he’s not hooked up with an npc?  Is it because I can’t draw?  Whatever the reason, it’s pathetic and I’m done getting my feelings hurt over it. Yes, you read that right.  Each one of my so called watchers (and worse yet mutuals) never give any love my way.  Sure, there’s maybe a few here and there, but those are people that have been in my life for three or more years.  Everyone else....why...WHY do you follow me if you aren’t going to like anything I do or try and be part of my circle?  Why can’t I get support from you in anything?  I don’t know what me or Travis has to do to win affection, but neither of us are attention whores so meh....

That all being said, I’ll be cleaning out sites that I watch during the week.  Like I’ve always said, if I can’t get support why should I give it back?  I’m tired of seeing so many others reblogging and fawning over other couriers, but kick mine to the curb endlessly.  Like I said, what did he ever do to you to earn your hate?  

For those that ARE the good fans and friends, you have nothing to fear and I thank you for your love, support, and encouragement in the time I’ve been on here.  Everyone else, y’all make no sense.  Shame on you for making me feel abandoned and shame on you for making Travis feel like crap.  I thought this would have been a great place to talk to people about their OC and have them talk to me about mine, but it’s one-sided.  Now I’m at the point to where why should I keep giving when everyone keeps taking?  To all of them...thanks for nothing.  Maybe this year will be different.  Maybe this year things will change, but I’m not going to hold my breath.

As a side note, this only pertains to Fallout watchers.  Everyone else is fine I know I post fun things like Overwatch, Stardew Valley, Sims 4, and animal pictures.  Those non Fallout sites, please disregard this note and know i love you all and am glad you’re watching me.

[dreamer-indisguise]

Day 1: Let’s go.

January 11, 2020

Now that you know a little bit about me, let’s go into my current thoughts and feelings about this day. I’m going to try and recount my day as closely as I can, starting with how I’m currently feeling. 

Tonight hasn’t been great for me, mentally. It’s currently 3am on Monday, January 11, 2021. I have to be up in 4 hours to go to work. I’ve basically resigned myself to staying up all night to try and reset my sleep schedule. My brain is going crazy with thoughts of my family and the recent terrorist attacks on the Capitol. Yes, they are somewhat related... but we’ll leave that there for now.

Starting in on the morning of Sunday, January 10th...

I stayed up too late playing video games. Shocker. So I didn’t wake up until close to noon. I felt like a zombie when I woke up. I had gotten like 10 hours of sleep, so it’s not that I was tired... I just didn’t feel “good”. My sister had her boyfriend over last night. He’s not my favorite person, so I stayed in my office for most of the day before, just to avoid him. 

I laid in before for a little bit after I woke up. Watched some TikToks and caught up on notifications. I wish I could be one of those people who doesn’t look at their phone first thing in the morning. Although I’m sure I’d miss something important if I ever tried. Just last week, my coworker called out because his wife had been taken to the ER and luckily I woke up early enough to see the e-mail and make it to work before 8am. (I was supposed to be working from home last week.) But I digress.

While scrolling, I saw a post on Facebook that was the most “American” picture ever. A family friend had a baby shower yesterday and one of the gifts that she received was a “My First Rifle”. Like... what in the white conservative hell? Obviously, I had to send a screenshot to my friend who lives in England.

After a little while, I got up and made some coffee. Making coffee at home is something relatively new to me. Back in one of my previous apartments, I used to make coffee occasionally... but more often than not, I would forget about it and leave wet grounds in the coffee maker for weeks. It got all moldy and then that’s all I could picture whenever I thought about making coffee. I cleaned it thoroughly, but still couldn’t get my mind around the thought that I was still ingesting mold spores. This is a regular occurrence and something that I really don’t like about myself.

I’ve been playing a lot of Stardew Valley recently. It’s just such a chill game that I can waste hours and hours on. A few days ago, I had sent a text to Peter and said: “I think the reason that I like Stardew so much is because it’s a productivity simulator.” For anyone who doesn’t know, Stardew Valley is basically Farmville meets Animal Crossing meets Harvest Moon. You run a farm with crops, animals, and fish. There are overall objectives, but essentially you do whatever you want. Every day in-game starts with watering your crops, selling grown crops, feeding/milking your animals. Then you do whatever you want to do that day. It’s raining, so why not go down in the mines and look for some diamonds? Bring the town’s residents some gifts and try to max out their friendship level. Then once it’s night, you go to bed to do it all over again. It’s the repetitive-ness that draws me in. I don’t feel that I have a handle on my real life... but Stardew allows me to simulate what a healthy routine would feel like.

I probably played Stardew for about 10 hours yesterday. Writing that was a little scary. I know it isn’t healthy... but it’s my escape.

At some point, my sister and her boyfriend left and went to his apartment. While saying goodbye, Amanda let me know that she’d be back some time on Wednesday so, you know... yay being alone. Before I moved in with her back in October, I was living with my grandparents. It was initially just supposed to be for a few months after a job change messed with my financials and I couldn’t afford to pay rent. But my financial situation didn’t get any better, so I ended up living there for 2 years. It was only thanks to the 2020 quarantine that I was able to start saving money to find my own space. The plan at the beginning of the year was to find a place with Peter, but that didn’t end up working out. My sister had just graduated high school and was ready to leave the toxic environment that is my father’s house, so we decided that we should live together.

Early in the afternoon, Peter asked if I’d bring him home from his friend’s house later that night. Peter doesn’t have his license, and I don’t mind taxiing him around if it means I get to spend time with him.

Now is probably as good a time as any to let you know that I enjoy recreational marijuana. Mostly edibles, because I can’t smoke in the apartment.

After I got that text from Peter, I figured that I had just enough time to eat some edible gummies and they should be worn off by the time I had to pick him up. I was, unfortunately, mistaken. Around 8pm, after playing a few hours of stoned Stardew, I left to go get him and realized that I was still pretty high. Driving ever so carefully, I managed to bring him home safely.

Guess what I did when I got back home! Did you say “play more Stardew”? Wow, how’d you know?!

A few hours of Stardew later and it was getting late... but I wasn’t tired. So I did what I do every night: crawl in bed with my cat and scroll through TikTok or watch some YouTube videos. I went to watch a BrandiTV video because her videos are hilarious. She takes way too much edibles and then does crazy makeup tutorials. Highly recommend. (See what I did there?) Before her video was an ad for “Jour”, which is a guided journaling app. They ask you questions about your feelings and then you write responses based on the prompts. It was pretty cool, but for $60/year... no thank you. 

When answering their questions, all I could think was: “I don’t want to write short responses. I want to be able to chronicle my days.” I consider myself to be an okay writer, but I hadn’t ever really sat down and written anything (other than for school). So I cancelled the free trial and opened up my second Tumblr. 

That brings us to now. It’s 3:48am and I should be sleeping. My UK friend just messaged me as he’s getting ready for work and was surprised that I’m awake. Guess I should go try and get a few hours of sleep.

Thank you for your time.

[didilysims]

Part 1, because I had this in my drafts already. Regarding Stardew Valley, disappearing lots, and Pine Lake, this edition features @littleblondesim @tamtam-go92 @eulaliasims @dirk-dreamer @katatty @holleyberry and @immerso-sims. 

littleblondesim replied to your photoset “Obsessed? Who are you calling obsessed? *cough* ”

omg i love it

tamtam-go92 replied to your photoset “Obsessed? Who are you calling obsessed? *cough* ”

Those are adorable! I want xD

eulaliasims replied to your photoset “Obsessed? Who are you calling obsessed? *cough* ”

These are EXCELLENT. <3

Thanks all! They were super fun to build, though it’s definitely a puzzle fitting those big interiors inside the completely differently shaped exteriors... But it’s a fun challenge. :) I’ve kept them CC-free, so I would like to share them once finished. I’ll probably wait until a few more are built though. 

By the way, have any other Simmers released any SDV-related content for TS2 that you know of? I’ve seen only Deedee’s Sims of the singles, but I haven’t exactly gone looking hard for anything else. (Her Sims are great, by the way, but oh what I would do for a Gus Sim! He’s the one I really want to marry... :P) 

dirk-dreamer replied to your post “Has anyone ever had a lot simply disappear from their neighbourhood? I...”

I have, where I moved a house in the neighborhod and my game crashed and my house and the family were simply gone. I was able to find the house in simpe and restore it, but the family was totally gone.

dirk-dreamer replied to your post “Has anyone ever had a lot simply disappear from their neighbourhood? I...”

this is what i used to get the lot back  http://thesims2.livejournal.com/6049797.html  and mine was a resident lot too, for the record

It worked! Thank you so much! Wow, I thought it was gone for good, but this is excellent news. Fortunately I don’t have any Sims in this neighbourhood yet, but that’s so weird that yours vanished. I hope your ‘hood is okay. :o Could the teleporter cat locate them at all? Or SimPE? 

eulaliasims replied to your photo “Time for some drama! Previously at the Ruben 2 household:  - After the...”

I'm excited to see where the household goes this round, especially with the addition of alien!bby. :D *Settles in with popcorn*

I hope the popcorn lasts... That’s all I’m saying. :D

katatty-main replied to your photo “Time for some drama! Previously at the Ruben 2 household:  - After the...”

my favourite household! :D

Yay! I love when people have favourites. :)

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Freyja: That was so great! I can’t believe I never knew what a great...”

Perhaps your brother and Freyah have a point Charlie.

I’m guessing that’s a typo and you meant mother? :) Maybe one day Charlie will figure out that her family and friends are smarter than she gives them credit for. Hopefully soon. Her know-it-all schtick is getting old. 

tamtam-go92 replied to your photoset “Off to finals, where Charlie is finally shoved into a major.  Charlie:...”

I think every one that hasn't decided on a mayor gets into philosophy or is it just me?

Nope, not just you. That’s the default if no other major is picked, which I find pretty hilarious...especially when the game’s reason is that the students like thinking too much to ever come to a decision. I knew plenty of philosophy students in university--it’s accurate. :P 

eulaliasims replied to your photoset “@eulaliasims asked for pictures of my Stardew Valley farm before I...”

And you can hide the UI by pressing F4 if you're playing on PC (no idea about consoles). Fancy SDV screenshots seem to mostly be about cropping the pretty bits. :P

Thanks for the tips! I don’t know if I’ll take many screenshots (maybe if my farm grows enough to actually be impressive) but it’s good to know there are options. I did look at a few pictures of others’ farms (including yours!) and wow, now I’m both inspired and intimidated, ha ha! So far I’ve been just trying to make money to upgrade everything, and trying to get everyone to like me too! But now that I feel more settled and familiar with the game (and most of the villagers are my friends) I’d like to clean up the farm and make grandpa proud. :) 

eulaliasims replied to your photoset “@eulaliasims asked for pictures of my Stardew Valley farm before I...”

It's so cute! I actually love the way the mix of plants looks. :D I just started a playthrough for the Joja route, and my farm looks a lot like that, haha. I'm kind of hooked by mining on this one too. On my first playthrough, it felt really tedious, but it's fun on this one!

Hoo boy, I know there are definitely multiple saves in my future. I want to try every possibility! I think what hooked me on mining was the goal of getting to the bottom. It seemed more reachable than building up the farm at the time! Also the dust mites or whatever they’re called in the icy region are so cute. I want to start a farm of them! 

immerso-sims replied to your post “I have returned! I did not get eaten by bears or freeze to death, so...”

Thank you for the link, will definitely download! I love dogs :3

Nearly all of my custom strays (90% or more) came from MTS. It’s very convenient to have a bunch in one place, and there are some really great looking pets there! Just wait until you find the adorably lumpy pets by Munchies. :D