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2010-12-18 10:00 pm

Behind the scenes and picspam for chapter 32

Well, I may not have my simmies back yet, but I finally got my butt in gear and decided I'd do some BTS and picspam for chapter 32. After all, I do have the pictures and there's stuff I've been wanting to talk about for a while (and there's stuff I can't talk about yet, too, but let's not talk about that :) ). So...

(A rather big) BTS and picspam this way, SPOILERY for chapter 32 )

Alright, I think that's about all I can show you without giving away too much. I'm still waiting to get my disks back, I've reminded my sister to pack those with her for X-mas, so it shouldn't be too long until I get to do the installation dance. Yay! Until then, I hope you enjoy the picspam. :)
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2010-11-17 10:11 pm
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Take that, Gadwin!

Alright, so can I do happy post now? Yes? Yay!

So, undefeated by Gadwin, I went back to my most recent backup - and luckily, with me fearing computer explosion, it was from just before the playsession that didn't go on tape. And I re-played it to where I was. Now with pictures!

Mini-spam this way )
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2010-10-25 07:06 pm
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2010-08-10 02:07 pm

More college picspam - part 2

Last time when I posted, it was quite late in the evening, so I decided to split my picspam into two, in order not to stay up all night. So, this is the second part of the picspam, covering two more houses.

Pics pics pics )

So, that's it for my picspam this time around. I think that now makes the first three things on my recent todo, so next up is the quickie rotation and maybe some photoshooting in various hoods.
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2010-08-05 10:56 pm

More college picspam, finally!

Hi all, I'm back! Or in fact, have been a couple of days, doing mostly nothing, resting and reading. My trip was very enjoyable and relaxing, and now I'm happy to be back home. Finally, I got myself to look into my picture folders and post a bunch of college picspam. I'll skip the main household, as most of those pictures will most likely be in the next update anyway. But, with the rest of the college hood, here goes!

Picspam, part one of two, this way please! )

Okay, I think that's enough for one post, otherwise it'll be way long and take me all night to type. So, there's more picspam to come later, from the Custer-Patch household, and the Custer-Patch-Fairchild household. But that'll be a task for another day. Now, good night!
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2010-06-13 11:50 pm

Photoshoot and non-Bookacy picspam!

There hasn't been terribly much progress lately on the Bookacy front. After putting out the latest chapter, I've managed to play Cyrus and Bobby through graduation, but both are still on campus, Cyrus because he's needed for plot, and Bobby because he's not going anywhere before Cyrus is. But I've still got the rest of the college rotation in in front of me.

So, that's why I thought I'd show off some of my trials in the photoshoot hood (the name of which, incidentally, is Photoshoot Hood), as well as some (gasp!) non-Bookacy picspam.

Photoshooting and non-Bookacy pictures this way! )

So that's it for the picspam this time. I'll try to post some Bookacy picspam when I've gotten myself to play more of the rotation.
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2010-03-28 11:07 pm

Post 29 picspam and other stuff

Lots has been happening lately. First of all, I found out what was wrong with my pictures in my updates, and that would have been my reading comprehension. When Doc said "lossless compression" she must have meant lossless compression. In other words, I found out that I had a jpg compression on when making my pdfs in Impress, and once I turned that off and reuploaded, the result looked much better. This means I've been re-making pdfs and re-uploading them to Dreamwidth. Luckily that wasn't as big of a project as converting the chapters in the first place. So now I have nicer looking chapters, yay!

Second of all, I finished my main hood mini-rotation, and sent the final three teens of the generation, Connor, Cliff and Christa, to college. Hooray! I've given them makeovers and updated the cast list. That should be the final version, at this point I'd be very, very surprised if someone threw me a pregnancy. The gen. Bs should be too old for that at this point I believe.

Third of all, I thought that now that the chapter's done with, we could use some picspam too. So here you go, have a rather random picspam!

Mini-rotation random picspam, plus slight spoilers for chapter 29! )

So, that's all for my picspam this time. Next up for the Bookacies is another college rotation, starting with the Greek House. If I'm not mistaken, Cyrus will be graduating this rotation, as will Bobby. Yay! But before that, I need to do some plotting and planning...
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2010-01-31 11:09 pm
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The first engagement of the generation!

... or technically, one of the last engagements of last generation. But anyway, the first one in this college round, yay!

Meet the future mr. and mrs. ... )

So this is what I've been up to. I'm still working on uploading the rest of my chapters to Dreamwidth. The process is kinda slow, that's what you get for being a perfectionist and fixing things by hand. It's been also pretty draining, especially seeing how discouragingly bad the earlier chapters are... There are many in the later ones I'm not happy with in retrospect, but what's done is done I guess. At least it shows I've (hopefully) learned something.

So anyway, that's what I've been doing in the simming side of things. Today I needed a break from the chapter converting, so this is why we have engagements.
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2009-12-16 11:45 pm

College picspam time

Now that I'm finished with the college rotation, I thought it's about time to share some college picspam. I'll try not to share too much from the main house, to keep from spoiling plottiness or anything. Let's just say that plot bunnies are running in my head and yes, they breed like mad. I don't know what I'm going to do yet, but some sims have given me food for thought...

Luckily there's been stuff going on in the extended family too, and that's what the picspam will mostly be about. So, let's dive right in shall we?

College picspam - including demented purple hearts and such )
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2009-11-17 11:04 pm

Summer picspam, part 2

So it was some time ago that I posted the first part of my summer picspam. The summer rotation has now been done with for a while, so I suppose it's about time I posted MOAR picspam. I've lately been playing college, and it has been a blast, but that's again something for another time.

Without further ado, time for some main hood picspam! )

Phew. I think that's about it for the rest of the rotation. Fun has been had again, and college means even more fun. I'll need to share pics some other time, promise. =)
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2009-11-10 11:33 pm

New sims on campus!

The summer rotation in the main hood of Alphabetia is over (picspam of that some other time), and tonight it was time to add the new YAs on campus and give them their college makeovers. I've now edited the campus crew post and added there my ten new young adults.

Something cute and funny happened, too )
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2009-11-07 12:09 pm
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Summer picspam, anyone?

Alright, so this time I decided not to post a full rotation of picspam at once. I learn from my mistakes. So, now you get a couple of houses worth, up to where I've played. Not all houses are even included in this rotation, since the kids are in college and the nest is empty. But first, before that, let's...

... start with some slightly spoilery Sal stuff! )

So that's what's up in Alphabetia recently. Maybe I should post some college picspam too, but that'll have to wait for another time, I'm not up for that right now. Anyway, things are progressing, little by little. Next in line to be played are Bill and Sandy, I suppose I'll get to them today. More picspam after I've played more!
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2009-10-13 10:42 pm
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The college crew of generation C!

Well, I promised some college stuff, so college stuff it is. This here is my current college crew of generation C. Currently there are 20 young adults on my campus. Here come the whole crew! (Edited for the latest on March 28th, 2010.)

May I present: the college crew of generation C! )
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2009-10-11 05:04 pm

Spring in Alphabetia - picspam!

Alright, long time no post. So it's about time I showed some picspam - especially now that I'm done with the spring rotation, yay! Next I got to figure out what to do with the college rotation system, before I start either playing Cyrus and Bobby more, or adding new students to houses. And I suppose I should also slowly start putting the beginning of the next chapter together.

But anyway, here's some picspam from the past spring rotation. There's been some sadness when the elders have passed on, and there's been some main house stuff, and those I'm mainly skipping.

Spring picspam, lots of it! (Pixellated nekkidness inside, plus questionable behaviour) )

Phew. I think that's about it for what's going on in Alphabetia currently. So yeah, I've been playing some. :) Note to self: next time post picspam earlier to avoid a typing marathon... Anyway, next time I think it's time for some college makeovers!
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2009-09-19 01:55 pm

The party of the year

I've been playing some lately, and I'm actually halfway through spring rotation in the main hood. Things are good, several teens have left for college and are now waiting for me to arrange them into dorms in the end of the main hood rotation. On the sad side, I've lost Adrian, Arthur and Meadow (in addition to Nicole, who went in the winter already). I was maybe a little bit sad for that, but when I was playing the Bruenigs yesterday, I certainly got cheered up!

Party picspam ahead! )

It seems it was a tough party, and the Bruenigs don't even have a juice keg! =D
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2009-09-08 08:34 pm

Behind the scenes, anyone?

I've been meaning to post some behind the scenes material and other picspam for a while, but haven't felt up for it. Now, rather than start up my game, I felt like I could type up some behind the scenes. I finally get to talk about some of these things. (In the end find some regular picspam, too.) So here we go, be forewarned, this picspam is going to be huge!

Let's start with the spoilery stuff - if you haven't read 25 and 26, spoiler alarms will sound! )

So, I think that's about it for today's behind the scenes & picspam. I'm sorry if the order of things was a little confusing, my train of thought seems to be difficult to follow right now, even for me. =D Must be the tiredness.
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2009-08-19 09:56 pm

Picspam in between chapters

I've been meaning to post some picspam for a while, but you know, real life. It gets in the way sometimes. As does laziness. Today I've finally been able to achieve a goal: Cyrus, the eldest of generation C, jumped on a cab just this evening and drove off to college, yay! A lot of other stuff has been happening lately, too, but the problem is, I can't show most of it yet! Spoilery, you see. But anyway, let's see...

...what I can show you (includes some pixellated nekkidness) )
So that's it for my picspam today. That's just about all I can show whithout giving anything away... Now I think I'll need to head to bed, so nighty night!
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2009-07-11 07:21 pm
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MOAR babies!

I've been shooting some plottiness lately, but that's not what I'll show you today - no spoilers. =) I've also played a little bit of rotation here and there when I've felt more like just playing. The plottiness has kinda messed up my rotation order a bit.

The last family I've played are the Patches. And well, I would have thought two popularity sims would be perfectly happy with one child.

It seems I was wrong )

So that's what's up with that line of the family. Only a mini-picspam this time. As said, I'm working on the next chapter, but it's not very close yet. Anyway, every now and then I just need to play. =)
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2009-07-06 10:17 am

Post update and other picspam

So, I thought it would be about time for some picspam. I've been playing a lot these past few days, as I'm having some time off from work and all. So I've been able to finish the autumn rotation and start the winter one. So I've got some stuff from the various Bookacies to show. But first...

Let's have a small behind the scenes for chapter 24 (maybe minor spoilage if you haven't read ch. 24) )
Miscellaneous picspam (including a few ackward situations and pixellated nekkidness) )

That's it for the picspam for now. The kids are closing in on college, or most of them anyway, and I'm having a blast playing.
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2009-06-11 11:10 pm

A little this and that

Just thought I'd type up a little entry on what's up.

Well, as I wrote on Boolprop, I finished the rotation, or just about. I've got a couple of days left here and there, to be able to shoot plottiness. I've written I think 16 slides of the next update. So slowly but surely. I'd need to get better underway with that before I can start shooting the plottiness for real.

I've had the upcoming plot in my head somewhat formed for ages and ages. It should be the biggest piece of plottiness ever since the story of Rebecca. So I'm pretty excited. I've been on a downloading spree for a few days, discovering lots and lots of cool stuff on MTS, mostly clothes. And because of the plottiness, I downloaded these poseboxes, freezer clocks and whatnot. Today I wrote a little bit, and when I got bored of that, decided to try out the new stuff a little, and shoot some better photos of some of my gen B's. I knew I needed to do that anyway, for the who's who entry. It was quite fun. I especially love the freezer clock. Of course, in shooting photos of single sims it's not as useful as it would be for group scenes. But it keeps the others out of the way - plus the stopping of time is a very, very nice thing indeed.

So anyway. No promises, but I'm hoping to get the who's who posted soonish. (Dammit, Laura, did you have to get yourself pregnant just now? Only after you did start showing have I noticed that I don't have very good pics of you. Oh well. I suppose I'll settle for some old ones and maybe try to get a good facial shot with you pregnant then.)

So anyway, after this rambling, have some pretty random...

Teen picspam, including minor *headdesk* )

So that's it for my ramblings and minor picspam for today. Now I think I should be off to bed. G'night!