Comments | kalimyre: Am still alive

kalimyre

Am still alive

Nov 20, 2005 16:33

Well, technically, anyway. Sims 2 has eaten my brain. There's this Legacy Challenge thing over on thesims2 and I thought hey, I'll give that a try. And then several hours later I surfaced for air and human contact and found I was hopelessly hooked. Much like livejournal, really. And fandom ( Read more... )

kids, lj, sims

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bluestarmuse November 20 2005, 21:14:43 UTC

You know, I was just thinking of you yesterday. +smiles+ I figured that since I know you're stateside that maybe your still unpacking and all of that stuff that one does when they move so far.

...But oh no, you've been a hermit because you lost your soul to Sims 2. Tsk, tsk. +grins+ If it weren't for the fact that I've recently went hermit to plow through Firefly fanfic, I'd probably lecture. Heh.

Anyways, about online names for the kids...you could just go with Kidlet 1 and Kidlet 2. Or, oooh! Kidlet the Older and Kidlet the Younger? KtO and KtY for short, it'd confuse the hell out of people! +snickers+

kalimyre November 21 2005, 09:31:42 UTC

Ah, the lure of internet code--baffle your friends, frustrate your readers. *g* And yes, alas, Sims 2 has eaten me. Shockingly, it's actually more fun without the cheats, which are banned by the rules of the challenge.

And Firefly fic, you say? It's always fun to be sucked into a new fandom and wander through the archives, finding the gems. When you're really in the fandom honeymoon, even the badfic seems good. Enjoy! ^_^

delurker November 20 2005, 21:30:28 UTC

Happy Birthday to your kid! Maybe you could call her kidling?
(Actually, that sounds rather weird. Huh.)

kalimyre November 21 2005, 09:34:35 UTC

Thanks! And I suppose I could possibly still get away with calling her baby. She woke up twice last night and required patting and drinks and attention to get back to sleep. That qualifies her as a baby, I think. *g*

(Of course, under that criteria, they're both still babies.)

lt_kitty November 20 2005, 21:45:52 UTC

You could go for kidlet and the toddler. Later on, you can call them kid and kidlet. Or just call them kidlet 1 and kidlet 2.

And you *could* use their first names. There are millions of girls that share the same name, and the chances of internet stalkers finding you by that information alone is pretty miniscule.

-Kristine (though most everyone calls me Kitty IRL, too)

kalimyre November 21 2005, 09:37:47 UTC

Yeh, I probably could use their actual names. Hell, when I was first into fandom and wrote for Whose Line, I used my real name, first and last. Perhaps I feel silly that my internet name is based on the baby's name--she's Kali Marie.

gjaneo November 21 2005, 03:28:11 UTC

No, no, no! The great thing about being the baby is that you will always be the baby. Being the baby rocks because you're the one who always gets spoiled. Yes, this is the voice of experience. My mother always told me I'd be her baby till she died, and I was. It's a unique bond that continues throughout life. So don't think twice about calling the youngest your baby.

kalimyre November 21 2005, 09:44:51 UTC

Oh, this is true. I was an only child, and so didn't do the baby or oldest thing. But won't calling the little one the baby indefinitely make the older one jealous? I suppose a certain amount of rivalry is bound to happen, though, no matter what.

gjaneo November 21 2005, 14:20:56 UTC

Well, I guess it's different according to the people involved. I was the youngest of six. It was my eldest sister who did the jealousy thing. It was always, "We never got to do this," or "We never got to go there." But that was more when I was younger. As we got older, it eventually became better. What she didn't get was that since I was so much younger (having been a whoops! IUD baby), things were different when I came along. Heck, my eldest niece was born six days before my fifth birthday, closer to my age than any of my brothers or sisters. My other sister, ten years older than me, always considered me her "baby." So it's really just the personality of all involved I guess. Whew! I'm rambling. Sorry!

kalimyre November 21 2005, 21:46:21 UTC

Ahhh yes, with a gap that big, you really would be the baby of the family. My girls are just three years apart, and tend to play together more as equals. Plus, I'm not planning on having any more (although plans can change and I'm only 25, so there's still time, I suppose) so I'm hoping the girls continue to get along reasonably well. I do think if I ever have another, it'll be with a big enough gap that my girls will consider the new one their baby as well. *g*

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