I come with explanations, pictures, and a poll... be prepared!!!

May 03, 2011 23:01

Hi guys!!!

First off I'd like to say: For all you Finn fans (hah), he has made a guest-star appearance in the latest simtopi  chapter. He's so stinkin' cute as a teen, charming the little teen girls... haha!! Thanks simtopi  for letting him (/me) be a part of your wonderful story!! :)

Okay...so I am clearly having issues with this next chapter of SL. (No, not even McT's...I'm still stuck on chapter 6 of SL. Dammit.) I would like to assure you that I am working on it, and I am close to done with the writing, which is a plus. The thing that seems to be slowing me down the most is really just the building.

Oh...did I forget to mention before I started this that I'm a little OCD when it comes to the building? Damn straight.

You see, back when I posted this post right here, detailing my little downtown network, it became clear to me that the map for my downtown was teh suck, so with some advise from a very good friend, I downloaded a flatter (and with much more beach-lot available land) most awesome map with lots of places for bridges, which was perfect for what I was looking for. (In my mind, Covena and Edanomella are just a huge network of islands and bridges. It's a mess, really.) So, yay, right? But I never started the haul over there until a short time ago (my bad...) and so I've had to do some major decoration detailing of this new neighborhood. It has been both fun, and also my downfall... because I get way too involved in where things should go and how they will fit.

NEEDLESS TO SAY. The apartment building I had moved Christiana into originally had to be remade. (This picture right here is, in fact, the remake. Just empty inside.) The lot I had her in was bugged anyway. Soooo of course I had to decorate her apartment ALL over again. Which was tedious. Especially when I was using reference pictures and scanning my catalog going WHERE THE EVER FUCK DID I FIND THIS RANDOM THING THAT I REALLY DO NOT NEED BUT IT WAS SO PERFECT?!!?!

Ahem. I did tell you I was OCD with it.. yes? Anyway, I finally finished her house. (It's awesome, by the dubs). THENN I of course had to move Carlos (+fam) into the new neighborhood to set him up for his little escapade into Covena that we will be seeing in SL chapter 6. Which meant I had to decorate that one, too. And while I was at it, looking out their windows gave me a big clear shot of pristine Maxis blue sky with NOTHING else... so I of course had to fix up the entire STREET.... and then that was the ONLY street made and it stretched into the ever oblivion...

Do you see where this is going? DO YOU SEE?!

:sigh: So, I've been trying to make it all beautiful for the maybe two shots we'll ever see of the surrounding outdoors. Yeah. For real. :smack forehead:

Some pics of the Ferry Dock1 that I built (lol... like the name?) located on Harbour St.







The ferry for loading your car is on the other side of the bridge (to the left) which is just a hop skip and jump across the road from this one here. This is the "people loading" dock... lol.

Also, thank GOD for whatever hack I inadvertently downloaded that enables neighborhood decor to be placed on lots, without which I would not be posting this picture. (Makes me think of: "And, last but not least, I'd like to thank the wonderful crew from McDonalds, who spend hours making those egg McMuffins without which I might never be tardy.")

Moving on... Across the street I have recycled the lot I made for the ice cream parlor ( seen here)


Annnd looking down the road towards the book store and beach swim area:



I will most likely be placing cars in the streets, just so you know. XP

Like I said... been distracted.

BUT this also brings me to my next agenda;

It has been an ever-going struggle for me to try and incorporate a flash-back or memory of the night with Carlos and Christiana into Spanish Lullaby. I know, I know... we already saw it all happen with Christiana in Mistake, but what I meant was incorporating it from Carlos' point of view, since SL is mainly in his head anyway. But every time I try to incorporate it, it seriously lengthens out the chapter like it's been blown out the water, and I end up cutting it.

So here's my thing. I'm probably going to write it anyway, just because it won't leave me alone. His side of the story is a little more intense, less drunk, and more mechanical than Christiana's side was. I was contemplating posting it separate from Spanish Lullaby, maybe as a vignette, if you will. It would not include pictures. Buuuuttt, then again... we already know what happened, and that he's hung up on her... thereby deeming this venture basically pointless. So here's where you come in! POLL!!!

Poll Vignette:

!behindthescenes, !poll, !nonpost, !picspam, !random

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