My Life In A Nutshell

      I took a little break from gaming to see if the computers would be fine, and now that I'm gaming again everything seems to be working. I did experience a black screen several times and some mouse trouble, but nothing even my simple mind couldn't solve.
      I even bought The Sims 4, as well as its Toddler Stuff and Holiday Pack. It took awhile, but my Sims Heidi and Steve finally maxed their relationships and had a kid. I was hoping for a girl. There are cheats, but they do not work. Not for me. Anyway, they are fucking compli-cated! Underscores, letters, brackets, colons. So I've just been letting what happens, happen.
      So far I've got mixed reviews, though more bad than good. It saves within five seconds, and the glass roofs were an amazing sight; but the roofs also cannot be seen in Live Mode, and babies cannot be selected. The neighborhood may as well not exist, since the only way to visit them or a communal building is to travel to a new town. During a discussion the Sims rarely face each other unless they become intimate, and I don't like how they will migrate from one couch to another while chatting. I guess my biggest peeve is that the Sims always become automatically involved in another interaction.
      I can't play for very long. It's too weird, in all honesty; it doesn't feel like an addition to The Sims. But I am expecting my Internet connection to be disbanded long-term, maybe permanently; for fin-ancial, personal and computer protection. So it may not matter. And they shouldn't anyway, right? I shouldn't be on the computer as much, right? An inspired point, but I'm still owned by technology. That break I took nearly drove me to insanity, and it wasn't even a week long. If I could never, ever talk to my friends or play my games or watch YouTube videos or do any kind of research without going to the library, ever again, I would lose it.
      And that just sucks. I don't want to be a lamebrain, relying on computers every day. If I had a career, it would at least be to make the world better; and not just my life, sixty pathetic seconds at a time.

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      It seems I'm faced with the possibility of having to get totally rid of all of my games. Except maybe Scrabble. I'm talking about per-manently getting rid of all the games that have kept me going. Namely, the Sims games.
      I'm counting at least twelve, one of which I never even got to play. But they, and an online game, have contributed to one very long day without technology and at least 14,000 viruses, malware, spy-ware, et cetera that infected three electronic devices. 14,000! There were more viruses on my computer than years I've been alive; in fact, I would have had to be 39 years old to make up for it. Can you believe that?
      Not even 10,000 days ago, I didn't exist. It seems so small. I can't imagine not being here. On the plus side, if I can sell them for two dollars each, I'll have at least fourteen dollars. To me that's big money; we'll be taking a financial loss pretty soon. Every cent will count.
      My GameCube is also dying. Or maybe it's not. Maybe it's just that old, where a little violence will make it work again. My DVD player is fairly new, and it's been getting louder and freezing during movies that never froze before. Honestly, I knew life had to change; I was just hoping for the better. I certainly didn't think everything I take comfort in would go away all at once.
      With money getting even tighter...there's no way I can afford a new DVD player. I'd have to sell my movies just to start saving. I really have no idea how things will turn out. It was always so pre-dictable. If we have to get rid of the Internet, too, I'm really screwed.
      Well, I guess long as I can still charge my MP3, I'll be alright. It might even be the lifestyle change I need to go walking more. I will admit, my belongings own me. I haven't gone outside to play...in years.

I'm In Shock! (Update)

      Unfortunately the Daryl Dixon cup I won in the contest cannot be delivered. I knew that would happen.

Think I'm Sick

      If this is healthy, it sucks. Ugh, I feel like utter shit. I feel like I need to violently throw up. I can't think and my stomach is in Celtic knots. Everything is moving too fast, shining too bright and blaring too loud. I feel like I could pass out and I just want to curl up with a puke pail in a totally black, totally quiet room.

I'm In Shock! (Update)

      I WON 2ND PLACE IN THE CONTEST! I'm so excited. I've never won anything before! I will be getting a mug with Daryl Dixon on it. I've never had a mug before either!

I'm In Shock!

      Wow. Something pretty cool just happened to me! Recently I came across a post to rewrite one of three specified Christmas songs about The Walking Dead. Because it was all I could come up with, and because I was not actually going for the prize, I rewrote a Christmas song that did not qualify. And they liked my entry so much that they are bending the rules and voting! On me!

Fun, Finally

      I'm finally playing Sims 3: Island Paradise. I don't know how, since I still haven't received my ordered copy. But when I realized my game should have arrived two months ago I contacted the seller, and he sent me the code. Somehow it worked; even though you normally need the disk in the drive to play the game. I'm hoping I can down-load it again should my computer need a complete re-installation.
      Finally, even if virtually, I can live on an island. Of course I started a new game in Isla Paradiso and bought a houseboat. Moved my girl way out into the ocean. It was seriously lagging last night, but today I finally got it where I wanted it. And it's perfect, because she can sit in her lounge chair and look right at the sunset! So suffice it to say, I'm jealous of my Sim, not for the first time.