Picspam and ramblings

[katrisims]

Yes, I'm still alive. It's been over a month, whoops. There are kind of several reasons.


One is that real life has been sort of acting up. Work has been pretty rough lately, or really, this whole winter has been... bad. There's a lot going on in my head regarding this, but maybe it's best not to try to explain the details, at this point anyway. Suffice it to say that that my job has beaten the stuffing out of me this winter, and I've been tired, mostly mentally. Lately I've been better, since the worst deadline season is over and I can breathe just about normally now.

Another reason is that I was in avoidance mode for a while. The Mendozas were next in rotation, and I knew that I'd be losing Joy this rotation, so I put off that moment for a longish while. But it was inevitable, and although sad, I managed. After that I've been more into playing than I was, so there's been rotation progress.

The third reason is actually that I've simply been quietly playing, and actually writing a little bit too. I'm apparently at 94 slides written at this point. It's sort of funny: even though I downplayed plot in order to move along with the legacy with less pressure, and yet I find that writing observational stuff is not that easy. I still don't want to abandon the style I've been using now and go back to the early days ways, although that might be easier. Also, I'm pretty lazy when it comes to writing. Oh well, we're moving along, although at a snail's pace.

So such has been going on. Now I guess you might like to see the picspam I promised in the title? Well, there's picspam on my Tumblr. Entry by entry:

Mendoza 1 2
Mendoza/GilsCarbo 1
Hamilton 1 2
Thayer/Fuchs 1

And that concludes the summer rotation; the next house to play in Alphabetia is the main house again. Hooray! Though I think I'll play the apocalypse a bit before I go there. The teen crew post is now up to date as well, we've got 15 teens in total after this rotation. Generation D currently consists of 32 sims: 21 boys and 11 girls, while gen C has four new members, two boys and two girls. So, more teenings next rotation, and for a while still. :)

So that's what's been up with me. I'm still here, still playing, still writing, albeit slowly. If all continues to go well, you may get an actual update at some point.

Comments

[mzyra.livejournal.com]

Doing the writing is weird. Observational is hard, and plot is hard. Actually, I find the staging the easiest part of my stories nowadays. Well, except for just playing without thinking, but then I have to find a way to narrate the pictures from it... >.<

And do you get Seasonal Affective Disorder or whatever that's called? I imagine it must be even worse of a problem further North as you are. Still kind of waiting for spring to arrive over here, it's staying pretty cold. But then as soon as it gets to spring I'll be dying of hayfever -.-'

Regardless: *HUGS* <3

[katrisims.livejournal.com]

I hear you, writing is hard. *nodnod* Sometimes it feels like the observational type is even harder than plotty writing: if I have an idea of what I need to have happen, and see my staged pictures, the words often come pretty naturally. But finding a way to narrate pictures from simple gameplay... *That* is way difficult. Of course, that's only until I get to the next plotty bit and start cursing about how hard it is. :P

That's a good question, I don't actually know. I don't think I have it to the point of actual depression or anything that severe, but the cold and the dark definitely don't help, either. At the moment the worst of that is gladly over, as it's light when I wake up and light when I get home from work; not the case in mid-winter. This winter I got one of those wake-up lights, that seems to have made the waking up a bit more pleasant in the worst time. I'm so looking forward to actual spring when it stops being freezing out. *glares at ice and snow outside, points at calendar* Of course, then there's the pollen to deal with...

*HUGS back*