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This weekend I made an impulsive choice, albeit a free one: to try making my own CC furniture on the Sims 4. This all started because I grew tired of the lack of decor that I liked--and to a very large degree--the decor items I liked being either paywalled by some creators--which is understandable, everyone's trying to get by, I can't be too mad because it does take time and effort to make something as complex as a 3d model. But I get kinda peeved when I see a CC I like and I see it's only available on sketchy-looking site, or require yet ANOTHER pack for me to buy. I decided that that was enough! I downloaded Blender (again, I've tried using it in the past, but without a proper tutorial you might as well be looking at a NASA interface or something.) And got to work.

I'm gonna tell you right now, this was NOT the first table I made--I've made like 5 or 6 tables because I kept messing up T.T, I originally wanted a table with a drapey cloth over it, sorta like the able from Whisper of the Heart

I adored that table! I'm not sure if it's normal for tables to not have a tablecloth and plastic over them but when I see one in the game without one I just think it looks gross or grimey for some reason. Idk that's just me.

Definitely the most difficult, BORING part is the UV Mapping, having to meticulously pick and drag each face or whatever (It's been two days gimme a break) and organize em? GUH! Boring! But it's whatever, I'm having fun for now, idk when I'll inevitably get bored of it, but here's to hoping it doesn't this time :)

When I first saw a post way back when Margot Robbie announce the possibility of a Sims 4 movie, the news of it left me...confused. For one, what would a Sims 4 movie even be about? It's a life-sim--the player makes their own story if they so choose. Though there are some bits of lore and mysteries that are movie material, like the dissapearance of Bella Goth, or all of Strangetown for that matter. I'm gonna be cynical about this and guess that it'll be one of those 'This sim living their regular life discoveres they're being controlled by this eldritch 'god' and their whole world falls apart-- but by the end they appreciate their life and whatever free- will they gain. This is somehow an encaptulation of the human experience.'.

Either way, it got me thinking--in the spirit of making video games into movies and tv...(Uncharted, Minecraft, Sonic, Pokemon, The Last of Us, Mortal Kombat, Mario Bros, ect. ect.) I say we add Bloodborne on that list! With Guillermo del Toro as director obviously.

I'm by no means an expert in how movies are made or who gets hired to direct--but I believe that del Toro and Bloodborne are a perfect match! No one else is worthy of undertaking such a feat.

I can see it now: the beautiful gothic set design--with the ground wet from both the rain and the blood spilled from the slain Yharnamites. The sprawling, labyrinth-like city design with the towers stretching up to the red sky. Old Yharnam, Eileen the Crow's storyline. THE CLOCK TOWER??? And oh my gosh, the themes in Bloodborne are right up his alley. Man someone's gotta tell Guillermo del Toro ASAP, I don't care if he's working on a movie right now--this is more important.

Today was an important, albeit average day. A while back my brother brought me an injured pigeon that was hanging outside an O'Rileys, their wing was busted but not so bad that it wasn't able to heal anymore.

I took it in and named it Big Mac--because they were so chunky you could hold them like a burger. Big Mac had trouble settling in but got used to being indoors, they perched and took a liking to pigeon feed. For a while he could barely flap his wings and had to walk and hop to move around.

Throughout the months, his wing slowly healed--and he would show this by flapping his wings repeatedly, stirring up dust and making my room a little chilly for a while. And today I felt it was ready to let them go--so they could set out and fly again. But it was freezing cold outside by the time he healed--so it left us with a longer waiting period.

Until today that is. I felt it was ready for him to get on outta here. The weather was perfectly nice and sunny with a light breeze, the sun started to set around the time we set him free but still it felt nice. He stood atop the roof of a garage, just looking around and then it took off. I tried to race after him to see him before he left for good. But by the time I got to the front yard he was gone.

I'm gonna miss Big Mac, even if he was a pain to clean after and hated people. It was nice to see that they recovered well. And to be honest-- I was ready to not have to clean after him anymore!

So goodbye, Big Mac :') like chilling at a parking lot or a park or something idk where that guy lives.