Happy legaversary to me

[katrisims]

Yes, it's September 2nd again. Five years ago today, Author Bookacy walked out of CAS and started her alphabetacy. Can you believe it's been five years? I sure can't. I just calculated the other day that if I keep going at my current pace (about a generation per year on average, or actually a little less), I'll be close to retirement age by the time I finish this challenge. Umm... Well maybe I can then pick up a new hobby when I retire or something?

I was hoping I'd have something for you today, but alas, it turned out I wouldn't. I guess I could have posted the brief interlude, but since it's kind of tightly bound to the spinoff, I want to be absolutely sure I won't be miserably failing with it at least right away before I post that. And I can't be absolutely sure yet. So instead of an update, you get ramblings. Yay?

All in all, I suppose it's going okay on the sims front. I've been working on the side project (you never realize how much work something is before you actually start doing it, do you?) and playing the rotation forward in Alphabetia. I've got about 60 slides written and about 100 arranged for the prologue, so that's something. But there's a long way to go still, and I'm not terribly happy with what I've written so far, it needs work. As for Alphabetia, I've got five more houses to go before I'm done with the spring. In the summer, I'll get to my first teenings of gen. D, which makes me pretty excited. So, not bad progress, actually. Maybe I should post picspam or something, but I haven't felt up for it yet; I'm definitely not posting as many pictures as I have in the rotational picspam, it'd drive us all nuts.

As for real life, well, that's been okay too. Work's work, thankfully that hasn't been utterly crazy lately. And what I'm quite happy about is I've been able to stick to my excercise still. Actually, I took part in a sports event last weekend, a mini-triathlon (about half of the sprint distance competition distances, so nicely fit for a newbie), and didn't die, faint or throw up. So I quite think I deserved a medal - and in fact, I got one. Very nice thinking from the organizers on that one, you wouldn't think receiving a medal for crossing the finish line makes a difference for an adult person, but apparently it does. I was pretty pleased. Me and my sister are already pondering which similar event we'll partake next year, since this one was definitely a success. It was both fun and managed to keep us both motivated and make us stick to practising.

So such is going on here. Slow and steady.

Oh, before I forget: has anyone been having trouble with Boolprop lately? My antivirus has been blocking the site as "harmful" for the past week or so, and I haven't dared to go there despite the warning since I don't know what's up. Just wondering if anyone knows anything.

Comments

[docnerd.livejournal.com]

Congrats on 5 years! And on finishing the mini-triathlon!

I haven't had any problems with Boolprop. I'm using Firefox with Adblock Plus and AVG antivirus.

[katrisims.livejournal.com]

Thanks! On the one hand, I'm a bit freaked out that it's been five years already, but on the other hand, hey, I've sticked to it for this long. :) And thanks, hopefully I can stick to also working out so I can do one of these events again.

Ok, good to know, thanks! That's what I suspected, my antivirus is probably just a bit paranoid for some reason. I might try to notify the developers on that.

[esmeiolanthe.livejournal.com]

Happy Legaversary! *hands Katri elaborately decorated and completely delicious cake to celebrate* I'm looking forward to the Sekrit Side Project whenever it happens, and I'm enjoying the Bookacies no matter how long it's taking you.

Congratulations on finishing a mini-triatholon! I admire people who can do that, and I'm very good at cheering them on. :)

PS: I've not been having problems with Boolprop, although 1) my Norton never blocks any sites and 2) I haven't been on there so much lately. I understand they had a problem with that a couple years ago, caused by an image in somebody's signature or something...

[katrisims.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *shovels cake happily* I'm currently pretty excited about both the Bookacies and the Sekrit Project, and anxious to get onward and to get to share stuff. But, these things tend to take time, usually more than any estimates would say. I'm glad you'll still be following for time to come. :)

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with that, it's a nice start and I hope I can stick to my excercise so I can take part in something similar again. :)

Ok, that's good to know, thanks! It seems my antivirus is a bit paranoid there for some reason. I'll see if I can notify the developers or something.

[biglenny.livejournal.com]

Happy legaversary, Katri! And definitely congrats for finishing a mini-triathlon! That definitely sounds like a true achievement to me.

I haven't experienced issues with Boolprop so far, even when my recently expired antivirus was still running.

[katrisims.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and thanks! I'm pretty pleased about the triathlon thing, the training was definitely worth it.

Ok, thanks! That seems to be the consensus. I'm not sure what I did today when I was playing with it to see if I should notify the antivirus people or something, but now it seems to be unblocked. Go figure.