Sim Self & A New Bio

See her? That's me, well not exactly me, but my "sim self." OF COURSE.... I took some liberties here because I could, I guess. No I'm not that thin, my hair does NOT always look that neat--but in a nutshell that's me. I wasn't going to make one at first, but as time has gone on I felt like I should to kind of give myself a face even though its not actually my face...ya know? But anyway here she is.

I've been fighting off a wicked sinus infection so I've been home the past few days which has given me time to pursue my favorite addiction...custom content. I've downloaded quite a bit and I'm still looking for more. Mind you I haven't used about 80% of the CC that I already had so... I have at least been a bit productive in working on the first scene to my next update (there will only be three; one of which is literally going to be one picuture or so). Hoping to have it done by Monday at the latest.

Finally, I've gotten around to posting a bio for Sloane (a.k.a Queen Bitch) you can see it here


Now back to the dreaded booty site :@ *gasps in horror*

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Falling Off The Cliff ?? (New Episode Update)

When I first introduced Nico he was sitting in his car spying on Isabella. At the end of the last episode he was sitting in his car headed to see Isabella. Here he is again....sitting his car.....at Isabella's house. I think he is becoming a bit of a stalker ;)

I left a bit of a cliff hanger at the end of the last episode and I vowed to follow up on it in a timely fashion. So here is Episode# 5 - Fanning The Flames.

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Learning Curves...Finally Another Update :)

The more I do this the better at it I get (I think, anyway). But there has been a steep learning curve as I get more creative with The Sims 2. Even with all the hacks, poseboxes, etc. there is no substitute for proper planning.

To that end I just want to know who the hell it was that decided Blake Bolthouse should own a club? Who told him to have a huge ass opening and invite the whole town? Who's idea was it to have 20 plus controlable sims on one lot at the same time, all of whom were hell bent on doing the exact opposite of what I wanted them to do? Who also decided to summon them all there at the same time rather than in small groups? Who wrote a series of long ass scenes that all centered around being at this club with all of these damn sims in the first? ...........that would be me :)

Thankfully, after several game crashes and a few attempts to jump out of a window, everything turned out well and I am happy to present Episode # 4 - Keeping Up Appearences.

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The Art of Procrastination

I've been trying to work out this last scene in my next episode, but I just can't seem to get it the way that I want. It either sounds silly, contrived, boring, or a host of other unsatisfactory adjectives could apply. So in the meantime I've decided to feed into my procrastination and creativity at the same time.

I've finally gotten something up on my Resident Directory site - Las Vistas Cribs. It might sound strange but I always find myself wondering about my favorite characters and what they are doing when they are not "having stories told about them"; like when they are in their "regular lives." Not sure if this will make sense but it's what I do, so I decided to showcase that part of my characters "private lives." My first attempt at this is with the Gutierrez family (Eden, Cyrus, and little Zoe).

Gutierrez Residence

Oh, and yes I have changed the look of this blog as well (I just couldn't take the old one anymore).

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Life, Love, & Lies Update

This is my favorite shot from this episode. It just captures everything beautiful about Isabella and Nico when they were young and in love. I've been trying my hand at actually enhancing my shots instead of just throwing them out there only slightly photoshopped. This shot wouldn't have been possible without the great tutorial by Mao. Though it is still too long to me, this episode is shorter than the previous two...so enjoy.

Episode #3 - Exposure

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A New Approach & New Bios

I'm in the middle of working on my next update and am making a strong effort to cut it much shorter than the first two. Baby steps though... so we'll see what happens. I already have six scences, two of which are long as hell; lots of editing to do.

In the mean time I have posted three new bios for the members of the Carlyle family (Thad, Sienna, & A.J. ). I really wanted to do these bios as characters are introduced, but right now there is no way I can post all of the hundred or so that I introduced in the last update :). This will certainly be an ongoing project that I will try to get to as I can.

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Finding My Way

After more time than I ever wanted, I've posted my next episode of Life, Love, & Lies. I swear anything that could go wrong did, from issues with Flickr to my Photoshop acting crazy, to some crazy glitch with the new Explorer not letting me paste anything into blogger. If it stood in my way of getting this out...it happened. The whole thing is making rethink my process of putting episodes together. It's taking way too long for my liking so, something has to change; I just don't know what yet.

Anyway, this episode is loooooong (to me), but I couldn't see anyway to break it up into two sooooo...... here it is.

Episode #2: The Best Laid Plans

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