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Quick Notes: I have gotten rid of the red pause lines in the next update. Also, this time I am doing my best not to cheat and speed up the Uni experience. I don't know if I'll continue with that.

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( There may not be any crazy parties, but you know it's college when... )

Next Time:
Moar College (OMG!)
Charlotte has a boyfriend??
More Ronan.
I believe we found out the one guys name!
Possibly MOAR hate since I haven't played too much beyond this.

Considering TEH hate I guess Ariel won't be trying for the Secret Society. Maybe another Gen.

So I, not so recently, discovered singer/songwriter Ben Jelen (pronounced Yellin). I was finally able to purchase some of his songs. I went on a buying spree on iTunes and bought all of them but five. I'm really glad I did it. I don't have all of them on my iPod yet, but the next time I have to recharge the battery they will be on there.

I just got contacted by my grade school/middle school/high school best friend. We hadn't spoken in about 10 years or so, probably more actually. Apparently she lives not too far from my brother and sister-in-law so they gave her my number.

I'm still a little amazed. I saved her contact info so hopefully we won't lose touch again. If I can make it to my hometown in October then we might get a chance to meet up.

For those not following my twitter I have applied for another job at the college. It's full time at the student center so I'm actually excited about it. I tried something a little different with the cover letter this time so we shall see.

I don't want to go overboard and apply for too many jobs, but two at a time should be manageable. Hopefully by sheer persistence I'll end up with something.

Peacock should NOT remind of Aya! *dies*

Well I just applied for another position at the college.

It's not at the library, and only part time, but right now I need away from McDonald's and this would definitely be less stress, even if there is less pay. I don't think there would be though, but I won't know for sure for a bit.

Okay, I think I have my opinion on Teenage Dream.

I really like it actually, there are a couple of songs I'm pretty meh about but I really enjoy Last Friday Night (TGIF). I might have a fanfic in mind for it if I don't talk myself out of it. I love Pearl, Who Am I Living For, Firework and Circle the Drain (which reminds of something Pink would do or Alanis...hmmmmm).

Special mention: OMFG Peacock! OMFG! *dies*

Oh, I read a review for it I could swear on my F-list so if you wrote one let me know 'cause yeah I wanted to track it down again and I can't remember.

This isn't really what I intended to post about today, though I might do the other post later. We'll see...

Okay, this will probably get long-winded so yeah.

( Endlessly glowing white )

I had something else I was going to say, but I've forgotten it. Maybe that's for the best and I'll remember it if is important.

I hope this was at least somewhat coherent and eloquent because for some reason I guess I just needed to write it down.

The anti-hater meme started by fireflyboys.

There are far more things worthy of praise. Let's give them some screentime, too.

( MEME )

I know there should be more on here so if you know I've played a game/watched a show/seen a movie/read a book and it isn't on here feel free to ask me who was my fav from it.

As you've noticed I'm trying to get things back on track. I'll be continuing the job search in early September, but for now I'm just going to try to get caught up on things.

Fanfiction wise I am coming to the end of "Tears of Truth" so I'll have to decide if I'm continuing it or not. Either way, I won't be working on anything else until I finish it. I think you can expect the last chapter before the middle of September and then I might put up a post to see if anyone is interested in it going on, and maybe get some ideas where it should go.

As far as RP goes, god how I miss it by the way, I am actually considering apping L somewhere again. I've even gotten him a paid account again. I don't want to get overwhelmed with too many pups though so I'm trying to stay organized and really only focus on those I'm serious about. So far in serious contention are Yoji, L, Anna and Vincent Valentine. I'm going to figure out who I'll be working on first then maybe use dear_mun in order to get more practice in, and look around for different games just in case. I'm pretty sure where I'm going though, but I'll need a bit more time before I'm ready to apply. I want to be in a better state of mind just in case I get a rejection.

EDIT: I hate when that happens. Yeah, I hit the enter button before I was ready.

I also am going to be working on one of my novel ideas. I don't know know where to send it to yet, but I'm finally getting to the point where I'm ready to write again so we'll see how that goes.

Warnings and Notes: I forgot to do this the last time since I know there are a few people who read my journal who may not know much about Sims. First, I use several hacks and mods: Inteenimater (allows adult/teen interactions such as moving out, getting married, same sex couples to give birth, etc.), ACR (autonomous casual romance. This mod allows your sims to do more romantic interactions on their own as well as lowering the relationship scores needed to get romantic options to open), I have a few vampire mods/hacks that might become important later...the biggest thing is that it allows vampires to have a 'killing bite', higher odds for alien abductions, triplets and quads, lot full of sims, I have something that removes the censor blur but for the life of me I can't remember what it is called now, or what it is a part of, do homework (as long as the kids are in a decent mood they will do homework on their own at the same time of day - 7), no friends needed for careers. I have a couple of other things, but they are more like fixes than anything else (stuff with do with heat and cold for seasons, for example).

Second, I have a lot of custom content that I've added to my game. I haven't made a real resource post yet, but I plan to. It'll take a bit since I don't remember where I got some of my older stuff and I'm still weeding out things that I don't use (mostly hair and makeup).

Thirdly, I have a new screen capture program so pictures will be clearer once I start using it. It'll probably take this update and one more before I do.

Finally, I now have all Expansion Packs (University, Night Life, Pets, Bon Voyage, Seasons, Open for Business, Free Time, and Apartment Life) and I have one of the Stuff packs (Teen Life).

I think that should be it so onto the pics!



( Here )

And that's it for this update:
The next update will probably contain:
Moar Birthdays
House rebuilding
Teen antics

Well unless a miracle takes place it looks like I didn't get the library job.

It's sad that I am so bored, and yet have no motivation to do all of the things I'd really like to. Work is draining me so quickly as usual so when I get home I don't have any energy *pout*. On a good note the library position hopefully will be calling me for an interview this week, or early next *crosses fingers*. I was afraid they'd already made their decision, but I talked to someone last week and she said they were still getting ready so there is hope.

Since I am so bored and obviously am having trouble doing anything, please help:

Ask me anything, personal or fandom (I'm including Sims 2 as a fandom), and I will answer. I'm pretty okay with answering just about any question, although if it does hit a nerve or something I will let you know and give you a chance to ask something else.

Well, there is a bit to report on the Marissa front.

I've been pretty sick the past couple of weeks, which is most of the reason for my absence from LJ. It was an upper respiratory infection so basically I've just taken lots of medicine and am feeling a little better now.

I still haven't heard anything from the library. I will be calling them tomorrow and hopefully interviews will be happening soon so I should know within the next two weeks whether I will be getting one or not.

I did something a little impetuous, but honestly I've been thinking about it for a while. I am renting to own a PS3 and a 47 inch TV. I know renting to own is more expensive than buying outright, and there are many fees, and my roommie probably thinks I'm nuts for doing it, but I was tired of not having a TV, and I'm not ready to put out as much money as it would take to buy another TV, especially when it is still possible to get my smaller fixed if we can just make it to Lexington before the summer is over. I really feel like I needed to do something for myself while I was so uncertain about everything else, and when I know I'll need to destress if I need to start the job search over again if the library thing doesn't go well, so I think this was good for me, plus this will allow me to have a bigger TV than I would have been able to buy outright for a while. I already know what I have to do, and have planned for the worst case scenario, at least I think. I still hope to get the other one fixed as a back-up just in case, or if I should move out I will have both to have one for my room and everything.

I am dying to RP so hopefully I'll be working on that soon in some form, I'm not sure what yet. I've been not doing much with the sickness and distraction so I'm still at square one, but at least I'm slowly getting my energy back so I can do something.

Oh, I have played my new legacy family for Sims 2 so that will be coming soon. I just need to upload pics and do the first post. I'm not playing anymore until I get that ready and I'm really excited to share so I might do that tomorrow all depending.

Well I did it. All of my neighborhoods in my Sims are back to game new. I have everything backed up in case I change my mind, but I actually like going back to this, at least for the moment. I might start on something new today or tomorrow, Friday at the latest. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do. I don't know if I'll try a specific challenge or not and I still haven't decided the whole video thing, because really sometimes I just want to play and not worry about taking pictures. Although, if I do the video thing I'll either have to use the in game capture or remember to turn on a program before I start playing. So yeah still some sorting out to do.

At least all this deciding, and doing some work to get all the neighborhoods clean, has kept me distracted. After today I could be called in for an interview so I'm trying to get ready and just focus on other things to keep the stress level down. I got my hair cut and highlighted the other day, and replaced some old makeup, to get ready just in case. I'm trying not to get my hopes too high, but at least I'll now soon so that is helping a little bit.