UC's Negligent Mommy

Oh my fucking god. I have had the most ridiculous time trying to log on to the Sims 3 community site.

( Sims 3 is srs business. Cut for people who don't care. Maybe I should post this on bad_service... )

I turned 29 today. My adventuring life is over now, y/n?

The case I ordered came in yesterday, but we were playing TOA (a Tri-stat game) so I put off on building my new computer. I'm pretty excited about it, but it's going to be enormous and probably hilariously heavy.

Now I get to puzzle through rebate junk, too.

This is for ladyvoldything. If there are more and I get more then I'll edit this to keep it all in one place.

1. Reply to this post with 'Icons!', and I will pick five (or more, damnit) of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

( WTF is up with me posting so much? )

Make-your-own Converse has so many options! I got a pair this weekend just for spring/summer sneakers, but they only had sizes 4 and 5 and apparently I'm a size 4.5. The ones I got are 4s and are too tight when walking around.

But damn! I can't make up my mind on what color combos to get off the website, not to mention that they cost twice as much and will take 4 weeks to get here. So tempting, though. They're so cute!

( shoes I did get under the cut )

( Cut because I tend to ramble )

Friendocalpse on sf_drama means I have a whole bunch of new friends on this page. I'll do an intro-post later, I think.

My personal laptop imploded on Sunday evening, which is awesome. I also get to go back to the dentist this afternoon because I'm in pain whenever I try to chew things with the teeth that got fillings yesterday morning. Awesome.

So how about something nerdy? If you're a role-player and you're up for it, write me a comment about your favorite character. Like, full out describing why they're awesome, or their tragic backstory, or why you love playing them, etc. I'll probably edit later with mine.

ETA: My teeth are probably ok. The dentist said the fillings were high and had pulled at the ligaments linked to my gums, thus giving me essentially a "sprain" with the teeth. I'm to chew on the other side for the next week to give it time to rest.

So I'm building a figurine as mentioned in a previous locked post (and I'm not going into the details publicly here until the figurine is done and the event it's for is over, just in case).

It's actually a lot of fun to make these things, so I'm thinking about opening an Etsy shop for commissions and maybe just to sell the little things I make. This means I need a name... so I made a poll! With ticky boxes!

Poll #1371758 Etsy shop name (assuming they're not taken, which the good ones probably are)
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What should I name my Etsy shop?

Other suggestions from the peanut gallery

Current Mood: creative

I have a gerbil named Bart. I'm studding him out. I'm a gerbil pimp. Ok, actually, it's that the breeder I got him from matched me up with another lovely gerbil owner who had a delightful little girl gerbil named Omigosh (best. name. ever.) and since we both wanted more gerbils, they're having a litter or two. The current litter is 11 days old (born March 1st) and to keep everyone involved updated, I started an LJ for them.

It's bartomigoshpups if you're interested--I'll be putting up pictures, observations, and maybe some videos of the newborn pups. It's my little pet project. ;)

Anybody out there draw and can explain to me how foreshortening on human figures actually, y'know, works? Because I'm 28 and have been drawing since I could hold a pencil and I still haven't figured it out. It's very frustrating. I get perspective. It's when it applies to people that I fail.

Current Location: home

There was an epic post on sf_drama yesterday. I friended firecracker_sj because of all the pictures of Ben Barnes she posted. I'm assuming "she" is the right pronoun--if I'm wrong please correct me.

So, the high-level 3rd Ed game that Zahnnie runs is getting some visuals. She's already posted to the wiki saying that Demon Lord Pazuzu (who we met in the last run, to our detriment) looks like Ares from Xena. Here's the wiki page if you're interested. So, of course, the itch to draw has started in my fingers. I saw some those pictures of Binbons (lol phonetic abbreviations) and it clicked. I've already sketched him as a red head (and will need to borrow chadius's scanner for this). If anyone asks, it's not because I'm obsessed with my character and her (ex-)bf and their history (and future) together. It's because I want extra xp.

Also, Jackson Rathbone (who has a wicked awesome name) will probably be used as a model for the adorable half-black dragon rogue Vin, based on this pic. And chadius, when asked how old his disguised lich Ezel looks, responded with "How old is Morgan Freeman?" ... so that settles that.

I still have to find a good model for my actual character, Sil. She's an elven/half-dragon monk woman. This basically means nothing, though, since she could look like anything, just add pointy ears. I'm finding that using a model for the face is a lot easier than drawing realistically straight from my brain. I can do that, too... it's just hard and I'm always afraid that my faces all look the same.

Current Location: home
Current Mood: artistic

I have Darkness and Starlight, which has a rock opera version of the Opera from FFVI. Also, their choice of vocalists is totally hilarious. Guess they couldn't find a soprano for Maria. I'm dying!

Current Mood: excited

Some of you may know that I'm a big fan of the show Avatar: The Last Airbender. I have a large plush Appa at work and a poseable Momo at home. I've been collecting the DVDs and watched it religiously when it was on the air--just ask my roommates.

There's a live-action movie planned/in production/etc. for the series, called "The Last Airbender" (the name "Avatar" is taken.) Info for it's on imdb. Recently, they put out a press release about who's been cast for the 4 main characters: Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko. I know some people on my friends list have already posted about this, but the cast so far is pretty much all white, for a distinctly Asian world. Ugh.

Apparently, there's a letter writing campaign in effect. You can find the details at aang_aint_white. I'll be sending something in when I get home. I just figured I'd pass the word around.

A coworker just referred to the "Daily Fails" in a completely valid way, in context. I'm just overhearing the conversation and it made me giggle, a lot.

I am cold.

I am sick.

It is nearly 4 in the morning and I can't go to sleep because the "gotta pee" part of my brain has been flipped to "on". I've been downing cranjuice and water in the hopes of appeasing this demon, but now I'm getting on towards the loopy bit.

Also, the replacement heaters (switched from oil to gas) are not coming on yet. I know it isn't that cold in New England just yet, but when I can't snuggle into the many layer of blankets that make up my extremely comfortable bed, I feel it. Also, the bathroom floor is freezing.

It's going to be a long night. I should go turn off my alarm clock. Also, I should email work now, because there's no way I'm going to be coherent enough to go in tomorrow. I should just do my tasks now--I have the technology!

Current Mood: cold

I wasn't really sure why I kept reading Ctrl-Alt-Del, but today's comic pretty much killed it for me:

( WTF? )

( Cut for discussion of feminine hygiene products. Sorry, chadius. )

I have determined that it will take 2.5 pairs of jeans to make 1 denim skirt in the style I want. That means 2 for 5. Luckily, I have a box full of old jeans that no longer fit and 2 pairs that I want to work as the main part of each skirt. We'll see how it goes.

Also, The Sims 2: Apartment Life is full of failure. SecuRom keeps it from playing, and it'll probably be another day or so before EA tech support gets back to me. It's very obnoxious.

I skipped sf_d's OTT yesterday in favor of building a DeathStar.

My fingers hurt now, but I managed to get it done in a day. Take that, Rome!

Edit: Holy crap, the TIE Interceptor is $449 on Amazon? Seriously? ... I need to go double check my lego collection now. Who knew?

Edit2: This is sitting our in our living room. And costs $400 on Amazon... please someone tell me that the price is only for the unopened box, or Amazon is stupidly inflating the cost of these things.

Shit. They're actually worth money. When did that happen?

Edit3: Hah. No they're not. I just wasn't the one that bought (got them all as gifts) and didn't realize that they were about that price to begin with.

I'm playing The Sims 2 again. So much for having time...

Yesterday I decided I needed to find an appropriate skin on EA's sims2 site for my half-dragon D&D character. I failed, though I found some wings for the half-celestial.

So sometime between then and this morning I got the brilliant idea that I'd just make one. Never made any custom content for this game before, but I've seen all the tutorials online, etc.

Step 1: Read through tutorials. Got bored with ones I'm supposed to be reading, wikiwalk to other ones, waste some time.

Step 2: Got and installed GIMP. Was a little worried when the tutorials waved their hands and said "GIMP is ~scaaaary~ and strange and different from other paint programs." Turns out it's very much like photoshop. Whee.

Step 3: Took the advice of the website saying "Don't start with skins! Start with clothes." Started on some clothing tutorials.

Step 4: About 5 minutes later get bored of clothing tutorials and jump into making custom skins. How hard can it be?

Step 5: (5 hours later) Swear, a lot, when GIMP crashes hard and the files with layers correct skintone and alpha masks and scales and other hilarity are all GONE.

Step 6: Watch some DVR'd Project Runway in the hopes that the crash was not really a crash. 1.5 hours pass--nope, it's still crashed.

Step 7: Redo work. Discover that work for adult female transfers nicely to adult male skin. Rejoice.

Step 8: Realize that it's after 11, GIMP's crashing again, and there are still 5 different ages to go over. Give up, post, go to sleep.

Current Mood: accomplished