Category Archives: Fangirlism and Snark

I either fangirl the heck out of it or I snark the heck out of it

I Met Calvin Jones Again and He Remembered Me!

I don't know why it's taken me this long to post this. The show was in February. I've been lazy and neglecting my blog. Anyway, here it is. My homie Calvin Jones! Don't forget, HE asked for MY autograph!

I have to offer tribute whenever I go. So this time, I made some Park Tool themed desserts!

park tool blue iced doughnuts made from air dy clay

Apparently, I seem to have left an impression on people. They recognised me and my boss at reception. They asked if we were there yesterday. We said no, they must be remembering us from last year.

I was surprised that Truman Purdy was here this year!

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Almost Done — Raindrops is Almost Finished

It's done! It's finally done! After many, many weeks, I have finally written Jasmine's last chapter! Twenty years later, Jasmine finally gets an ending to her story!

It's only a first draft, so it'll need a lot of polishing. And there's still a load of missing screenshots for the previous chapters to do, as well as the final chapter's, plus the epilogue. But the end is in sight!

Not spoilery picture for you!

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Reworking Cloud Magna

Following on from the last post, since I've got TS2 (mostly) working, I thought I may as well make the most of this short burst of energy while I have it. My intention is to finish Jasmine's story by the end of the year. It's literally the last chapter! I can do this!

So Sims 2 works, but whenever I open the Deco > Misc menu and scroll to page 2, the game crashes and closes, so I'm doing the whole clear out downloads and binary sort method. The only problem with that is the actual game takes ages to load. I don't mean the way it takes ages ON the loading screen to load up all the CC. I mean I'll double click, it's there in Task Manager, but it's five minutes before anything comes up on screen. Okay, even with the downloads folder removed, it's still crashing when I open that menu, but it works fine on my old Win7 netbook. But from browsing via Room > Decor I think it might be an outdoor object? Maybe I should restore the disc version of the exe and see if it's just a no-cd crack issue. Guess I'm just screwed, it's not easy to keep the removable DVD drive attached to the tower.

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I Got The Sims 2 to Run on Windows 10

I started the install process back in December 2023. I kept hitting a wall when trying to install Uni, but there is a fix for it. You need to do a manual update (directions here). Once you've sorted that, you're good to go.

I got all my EPs installed (UNI, NL, OFB, SNS). I copied my old no-cd crack from my netbook (I'm still paranoid about Securom haha. Also I don't have an onboard optical drive on here either). But then my screen went like this.

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I Bought a Moriah Mystery Figure

moriah figurines in asda £4
They were only £4 in Asda.

I actually bought two. I originally bought one for my niece. She really wanted Lemon, so I spent ages in Asda Living feeling up the packages to see which one was Lemon.

thinking i found the lemon figurine
Uh oh.

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I’ve Been Binge-Reading Jacqueline Wilson’s Books and They’re Bizarre

I loved Jacqueline Wilson's books as a kid. The first one I ever read was The Mum Minder, followed by The Suitcase Kid, and I was hooked.

I wish the Stevie Day books were still in print, they were great. I read How to Survive Summer Camp before she partnered with Nick Sharratt.

the good old days

As an aside, when I was a kid, I loved Sharratt's illustrations and imitated his style as best I could for many years, but I'm so tired of his one-trick-pony style. I know I'm not the target demographic, and the fact that I found his style so appealing as a kid shows he got it right, but man, it gets tiring very quickly. Especially how for instance Tracy Beaker and Ellie Allard are supposed to be the ones illustrating their own stories, but they have the exact same art style and handwriting. I'm sure there was even a book where two characters had the same handwriting in the one book.

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The Dodgers Haven’t Lost a Game Since Will Smith Came Off the Injured List

My boy!

I can't find the footage of him getting hit by three foul balls during the second Giants game. They didn't show it at all in the highlights, so I was confused why he wasn't appearing for game after game. Dodgers went on a losing streak. Defence was atrocious in some games. Then ma boy comes back and we're back to winning. Yay! Yesterday's game looked like our streak was coming to an end; the new pitcher was showing his inexperience, but Muncy, whoa! His defence is meh this season, but he's made up for it with his homers!

Will Smith leads the Dodgers' batting average this season at .301. Go it, Will! That's ma boy!

In other news, a chat on CAI brought up this memory @ 20.57.

The Chipmunk is now a Mika Häkkinen fan.

We’re Doing So Badly in the World Baseball Classic

After losing 8-2 and 8-1 in our exhibition games, I was expecting an 8-0 loss to Team USA.

It was a 6-2 loss, which was actually not as bad as I thought. And also 6+2=8. Trayce Thompson, ma Dodger, got us off to a good start in the first inning with a solo home run, and our defence held up for a while.

hrh trayce thompson

Then it kinda went to pot, but we got this from D'Shawn Knowles.

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World Baseball Classic Has Started!

Watch highlights on the official World Baseball Classic channel.

I wish I could watch the full games, but at least we're getting highlights. Team GB is playing exhibition games today and tomorrow in the US, but I don't see the highlights anywhere 🙁 and it seems a certain 11x6 site isn't even showing them. Sucks.

Full 2023 schedule here. We're in the same pool as Team USA, we're done for. It's a shame there's barely any homegrown talent in Team GB. Most of our players are from the USA or the Bahamas. I don't mind too much if we get beaten by the yanks though; Will Smith, Mookie Betts and Trea Turner are playing for them, so I'll still be rooting for those players, if not the actual team. Anyway, if Team GB wins even one game, I'll be happy. We got one of ma Dodgers, Trayce Thompson, yay! ✨ And I'm hoping to see the London Mets live for at least one game this season.