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Hmmm...around $250. Took my husband out to dinner at the restaurant that catered out wedding and had them recreate the menu for us for our anniversary. Did that a couple of years in a row actually. Didn't do it this year...they were taken out by the hurricane and still haven't been able to rebuild. My family stole our wedding leftovers, so having her recreate the menu every year was amazing.

Well, haven't gamed today...spent a good portion of my day sleeping, but two days ago I started a new Sim in Strangerville (always wanted to play Strangerville but wasn't inspired enough initially to leave my farm behind) and put her in the military career. I made her very Cherokee looking and redesigned the trailer on Lot....42?(really, it needed a redesign). My plan is to make her a MIB agent Anyways, I planted a bizarre fruit, then after reading the blurb on it (which says you probably shouldn't eat it) I thought, 'what the heck? How bad could it be?'. Well...I got possessed for around 4 hours from it (which was disturbing and hilarious at the same time...wish I had thought to take screenshots of her face LOL), but at least it maxed out my Sim's needs while being possessed lol. The plan is to play out the Strangerville aspiration (always wanted to, but never had a Sim live there) and spy on the neighbors (with bugs) and just play a completely different playstyle from usual. It's actually a lot of fun, and I've not even gotten that far into chasing my aspiration! @EnviousEnvy A good "kid's room" set up can sometimes be a "Junk room" filled with old boxes and laundry baskets and just junk that gets repurposed and cleaned up for a nursery later. Every home I've lived in had a junk room (until I bought my house. I throw out my junk and nag my husband till he cleans up too.). Even my parents had an unfinished room they stored junk in for about a decade. They only finished it at my persistent urging (it was an unfinished bathroom/spare bedroom/mother-in-law suite with attached living room) and now it's become their spot for relaxation. I tend to build basements once I've got the shell of the house the way I want them. The shape of a basement doesn't matter as much (and the "natural lighting" lot trait will make your Sims real happy even without windows). Did you see the Island Living reveal today? And the mention of the Magic Realm pack for later release? I know I said City Living ould by my next, but I can't pass up the Island Living one. I already live at the beach and went diving yesterday (my sunburn from using a sunscreen lacking in power has made me very tired today), and I'm really interested in how it will play. Hmm, does being an actor make you fairly rich from the gigs? I just realized you might be able to get through the Mansion Baron's aspiration (I never have lol).

Kenshi Masaki - Tenchi Muyo War on Geminar

@EnviousEnvy Ooh, that looks modern! I really suck at "Modern" style builds. I think if I lived on the west coast and saw more of them every day, it would be easier for me to work with lol. I really like it actually. Still, I think you are missing a driveway with a flashy sportscar/expensive Hummer/Jeep. Every celebrity has a flashy ride, right? What "kind" of celebrity is your Sim? Internet celebrity, actor, musician? I actually don't have the "Get Famous" pack. I'm thinking the next one I'll probably do is City Living and Spa Day (making my Sim do Yoga would be pretty cool actually...wish they had a martial arts pack. That'd be awesome!), but the Get Famous would be after that. I jumped on the Sims4 bandwagon real late. The Sims is probably the only game I actually enjoy from EA games these days. I really need to upgrade my computer before Sims5 comes out, but I'm aiming for a Celestron Nexstar 8SE first so, the new computer is going on the backburner for now.

@Wedgy not bad at all. That one definitely was not in my knowledge base. I would have to track down a VHS copy and pull out the old vcr to see that one now. Definitely Korean.

@jacob1981 are you sure it was an Anime and not a Cartoon? What year (or range of years) do you think you saw it, and from where? (USA, Europe..?)

I feel like you may have misremembered some things (but 30 years is a long time to blur memories). I'm almost certain you are talking about Ulysses 31. Was the princess blue-skinned? I'd have to run upstairs and take a hard look at my collection to think of any other. The Pink Floyd thing is throwing me...but then I don't listen to Pink Floyd so I probably wouldn't have recognized the song if it were in an anime. [mal type=anime id=2331]

@Seshi....is this not what fanfiction is? Lol... Well, I would rewrite many. A few being... Tenchi Muyo Universe.... Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Ouran

@EnviousEnvy you can still plant. If you level up your foraging skill, you'll eventually get the winter seeds recipe and you can use it to grow winter foragables on your farm in winter. It's the only winter crop you can have. Most people fish, spelunk, upgrade tools, and befriend villagers during winter. If you fix the Greenhouse you can use that as well.

@Seshi Are you able to live without electricity and air conditioning for long periods of time? Honestly, my Sim loves it but suffers from lack of fun (when it storms and she's stuck inside is especially bad. If I weren't grinded up the ladder at work all the time I imagine it wouldn't be a problem). She needs to read more lol... @EnviousEnvy Haha, farming is really my dream so I live it out through my Sims it seems. My first Sims on Sim4 were a writer and painter roommates and the writer planted a huge garden. Then I got the Seasons and Laundry packs and decided that living the farming dream off grid wasn't out of reach anymore. I ended up starting a new save game world and built myself a typical for NC old farming shack (and when I say old, I mean like the starter house my Grandparents started out in and what it would look like these days, not the grand big ones most think of in the country). Ended up having about ~2.5k after making it left for my Sim with room for a workbench and a flower arrangement table in the attached outside room. I ended up putting in curtains after a week or so in the game and a campfire and several more things... This is the way the house was when I first started out. It's slightly bigger now, with the workstations being under a terrace behind the house and the farm being to the left and back of the house (the rocketship being in the very back of the lot (which strangely acts as the front of the lot in the Gallery pictures). Had to change my workstation room into a kid's room =/ Someday he'll age up and move out. Still, whenever I find a new plant to harvest, I plant 3 of them and sell the rest. I've maxed out my gardening skill, got two bee houses (which auto-fertilize for me), and even though the changing seasons means most of my plants aren't active, I've got plenty for flower arranging and plenty to sell (and the super sell function once you hit level 7 or 8 of the gardening skill is awesome...sell everything in one go instead of individually harvesting them. The job I'm keeping (as a gardner lol, now botanist), I'm keeping because I've never done that career line before. I'm really loving it and I'm looking forward to my imminent retirement once I've hit the last step in my career and burned through my vacation days so I can sit back on my chair on my front porch and watch my garden grow. And now... (forgot to turn off the grid lol)

@Illusion of Terra I have seen season 1 of the series and the synopsis seems like season one altogether crammed into a movie (a retelling). Could be good and might be different. I had always planned on slowly collecting the whole series and all the movies. Since I have watched season one, I'll have a unique perspective to discuss it from. Haven't watched the Madoka movies but I heard they did a similar thing with the movies.

I'm in on this one. It's a reverse harem series though really focuses mostly on the shinsengumi and the series is beautifully tragic...

Hehe, Seb was my first but Shane is my favorite I've been playing my Sims4 run and building my first rocketship on my farm. Realized I could basically boost my aspiration points by cycling through the list every so often so I might have a money tree in my near future...not that I need it. My sim makes 2.5-3k a day from her farm and I haven't collected half of the plants I wanted.going to quit my job once I hit level 10...might start job hopping actually lol.

@Seshi, did you try to title it via an indemnity bond? Should work in NC and is probably faster than anything else considering your situation. Worst case scenario you might need the bank to file a quitclaim to the title of the car to get it fixed...quitclaims fix nearly all clouds on a title.

We go to the movies, the arcade, or putt putting. Going to the winery now too. I'd love to do bowling but my neck can't handle the weight and manipulation of a bowling ball so pinball and other arcade games it is for me.

I'd actually say Earth Maiden Arjuna and Captain Planet (although the latter is not an anime in my opinion). The "educational" nature of the show, the obsession with nature crying out in pain from all the horrible things that people do (if not exaggerated to the fullest in the show), even the infomercial post show clips where it tries to actively and blatantly advocate for the things in the show scream to me as the Japanese version of Captain Planet. Good show, but certainly just as preachy as Captain Planet ever was.

I have the movie and watched it several times when it first came out. @Ohiotaku I believe you are right on the mark and have always felt that. Rant alert coming up...

@Seshi the fastest test is how they refer to a glass of caffeinated, carbonated glory. Do they say, coke, soda, pop, drink, or cola? It's a fast way to figure out a person's region the America. Me, I used to have an "American" accent (that is the news anchor accent or lack of accent rather and what is thought of as American across the world). No one believed that I grew up here in the South. These days, my Southern accent comes out a lot more. Each Southern state has a different accent based on the people who settled there (NC has the British nobility's accent...slow down a British accent and it is nearly identical-hence the reason British actors can play Southern American roles so well , GA has an accent similar to British commoners (they were a penal colony), and LO has an accent heavily influenced by french). I say a lot of ain't and bless their hearts and all.

I have a definition of my own that is more what is not anime than what is.... For example, if the characters are yellow skinned or have 3 hair lines on their head to signify hair loss...think Simpsons and Futurama....that's a cartoon. If it comes from a company that historically makes cartoons...think Warner Bros or Looney Toons....that's a toon. If there's any chance I might see the character if I visted the toon world from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? today....that's a toon. For me most anime will come from Japan (not all, seen some American and French stuff I consider anime), most will have drama and be character focused, and most will have a beach scene thrown in (not all but the sheer number of them is staggering lol). If it comes from Sentai, Funimation, Viz Media, or another major publisher of anime then I'd likely see it as anime. Then there are special cases which require a lot of consideration. Haven't had one of those in a while. Avatar was the last one. I think of Avatar as a toon, very polished, and kind of like a half sister to anime. I see it as a good introduction to anime for fans of cartoons so it's a good middle ground.

Ooh, I hadn't heard any of those. I'm so far out of the loop these days. I might have to upgrade my tv for the next PS console. It's 8-9 years old and probably not up to specs for that level of graphics. I've just grown so attached to that TV. It was the first tv I bought with my own money (before that I had an old box tv from my high school years. Still do have it in the spare bedroom). I spent a week picking it out, then when I bought it, I found out it didn't fit in my car. Life lesson learned Back on topic, played Sims4 today. I recently got the Seasons pack and Bowling Night stuff and I love the seasons and the fun of bowling. I built a secluded farm that runs essentially off grid (I've painstakingly even avoided lights that need electricity) and I'm having fun with it. Just started to snow today, and the challenge of running a farm with the seasons changing is refreshing and challenging. I think once Winter is coming close to a close, I might spend some time rearranging my farm for an easier harvest.

Congratulations @Humbby, @TsuchiMaika, and @XII360! Those are some great drawings!

I agree with all those opinions. The resolution is very limited, and even the darkest it gets you can see the lines in the cloth backdrop. I think it was more of a "field test" product. I think that they really kept it low end because they didn't want to invest the time and money to make a better high-end model without actually knowing what their customer base for the product would look like (let's face it, it was way different from their usual set up and it does require quite a bit of extra space...not exactly something that a lot of Japanese households can devote for gaming...hence their ridiculously short controller charging cables (my biggest pet peeve of the Sony console lines)). By now they should have a good idea of the size of the market and how much people are willing to spend on it so I think with the PS4's life-cycle being on the latter half of the cycle, if they found it worthwhile to really pursue, it will be a major feature of the PS5 (PS4 released in 2013, so I imagine we'll start hearing about the PS5 come 2021 or 2022, just a couple more years). If the numbers come up that investing in it wouldn't pull enough profit, then I can see them not even bothering to have the option with the PS5. I honestly feel that the PS5 is a lot closer to being announced than the usual 10 year cycle...the PS3 had a short life-cycle too so that too might be part of it. A lot of the games that I see right now for the PS4 are remakes (Quantum Dream Heavy Rain/Beyond Two Souls/etc, Tales of Vesperia remake, Uncharted remakes, and so on...) which tend to be late life-cycle games for most consoles. I've seen enough come and go by now to recognize the signs... If the developers are pulling back from new IPs, they're probably saving up for a new console. Still, it's fun swinging your own mace, drawing back your own bow and all. And it's a very different experience. During my "execution" in Skyrim, before they pushed me down on the chopping block, I spent a lot of time turning around, just looking at my surroundings. I don't think you can do that in the regular game.

@efaardvark if you know anyone with a Sony VR, try it on at their place first. I have a bad disc in my neck so 20-30 minutes in sends me into nauseating pain. It is too heavy, even sitting down. Just the part that sits on your head is too much for me. I'll be watching anime today. I have to work tomorrow so I'm not going to aggravate my neck by playing Skyrim VR. I tried some spellcraft in Skyrim too but either I messed up aiming or I just did it wrong. It'll be Wednesday before I jump back in.

@efaardvark Ok, so far I'm a bit mixed on Skyrim VR. Mostly because of the VR gear. I'm actually enjoying it and it is definitely interesting. I wish it were crisper, but that may be my offbrand hdmi cable's effect on things. There were two kinds of movement. A teleportation movement (absolutely not for me. Very disconcerting and slow for me to use) and a point and run movement (which I was already accustomed to from playing Loading Human). You swing your sword/mace with the wands and draw back and aim your own bows so loving that. If I hadn't had a slower game to introduce me to using the wands this would be a lot more difficult for me. The problem came not from being motion sick (if that was an issue I'd never survive riding on boats), but the VR gear is still too heavy for me to wear for extended times, even with the longer cables reducing some of the weight. Still loving the game, and being in Skyrim is pretty awesome. I imagine it will take days for me to really get good at the controls. I need to play around at a few things and run a few quests before I really decide. I think I could still use the regular controller if I wanted to and just play with the vr gear on....might try that out too eventually.

It's pretty much as @efaardvark said, though I'm pretty sure most everyone these days start by sticking thier phone up to the telescope lens trying to get a shot on thier phone for facebook. most bright sights, like lunar or large planet views can be captured on your phone that way, but for high quality photos, you need a way to mount your camera to your scope, an automated tracking mount for the scope, and a little bit of technical knowhow and patience. Still, most people I know started with a quick shot on their phone and got hooked