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Back home and watching the stars from the covered front porch. In the rain. 🫤 Well, it's what they both wished for, and they seem happy enough.

Tomorrow, though, they're both going to therapy for these midlife crises. I'm over it.

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After David completed his quest and Ruby grew tired of hanging around the town square, they met for dinner at Base Camp, where Ruby prepared spaghetti with veggie sauce.

Ruby had something on her mind, something she wanted to discuss with her husband, but she wasn't sure how to bring it up. She wasn't sure whether to bring it up at all.

Luckily, David brought it up himself.

"This spaghetti is delicious," he said between bites. "It reminds me of home. Hey! If we were at home, we could watch the stars and maybe go skinny-dipping after dinner."

"I would love that," said Ruby. "In fact... David, would you mind if we cut this vacation short?"

"You mean, go home early?"

Ruby nodded. "I know this trip cost a lot of money--"

"Aw, that's all right. I don't want to stay here either, Ruby."

"You don't?"

"No. I want to go home! I don't like frogs' legs, I don't like damp smelly tombs, and I don't like reaching my arm into holes and pulling it out full of bugs. And sleeping in a tent sucks. My back's hurt all day."

"I know what you mean," Ruby said sympathetically. "'I'm sure sleeping in a tent is worse than sleeping in a bed--" ("It is," said David) "--but the Base Camp beds aren't good, either. I miss our nice fluffy bed at home."

"Then let's go."

Startled, Ruby said, "Now?"

"Sure," said David. "Why not? Why spend another night in a lumpy bed?"

"Oh honey, I love you. I was afraid you'd be mad at me!"

"I'm never mad at you, Ruby. Do you want to call the travel service or should I do it?"

"You do it? I take longer to pack than you do."

"Okay. I'm pretty hyped about this!" David said as he took out his phone. "It'll be so great to get home."

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David was looking a little disgusted when he met up with Edith Morel that evening, I think because he couldn't believe he had done all that tomb exploration (and loot collecting, David, let's not forget) just to retrieve an old baseball.

So when one of my cats needed attention, I didn't bother pausing the game, nor worry about being away from it for a few seconds. I was back at the computer mere moments after getting up from the chair.

"Moments" is still too long a period of time to look away from a fast worker like David.

Nerrrrrp! No no, no no no.

😖

Because it never rains but it pours, the Midlife Crisis wish to Divorce Ruby promptly appeared.

Again, no. Absolutely not! Ruby is the best thing that ever happened to this guy, and that would be true even if she hadn't won the lottery. Or given birth to three of David's children.

Besides, Edith's taken, David. We are not doing this. I banish thee to Base Camp! You can get flirty with Ruby there.

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David traded in his bicycle for a Kenspa.

And it's adorable.

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While David explored The Forgotten Burial Mound, Ruby visited the nectary and chatted awhile with... um... oh come on... all right, I tried to find the name of Ruby's new friend in a TS3 Wiki and came up empty, so I have no idea who this is.

Let's just say Ruby socialized with others in the nectary, like a normal adult. I should ask her what that's like sometime.

David finally reached the final room of the burial mound he was exploring, and retrieved the missing item that Edith Morel had asked him to find for her.

After harvesting some grapes from the Nectary grounds, Ruby was hungry enough to warrant a trip to the cafe off the town square. She then needed some fun, so she took a chance on one of her more recent purchases, Flo and her Kenspa, until she was interrupted by some goofy kid.

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NO! I don't want to. Why do you keep making me stick my hands in these things?!

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🎵 a beautiful sight we're happy tonight the kids are off to boarding school at last 🎶

David and Ruby chose to celebrate this milestone by immediately jetting off to Champs Les Sims.

I know, but I can explain!

I mean, yes, it's true that

the Vaneaults are not swimming in cash after paying all the boarding school tuition

David didn't exactly bring home the bacon with that Cheetah McGee nonsense

he's only made it to level 2 of the Journalism career, so that's not raking in the Simoleans, either

this will only drag out achieving his Jack of All Trades LTW, which he should earn once he hits level 4 in Journalism

It's true that there are numerous arguments against sending David and Ruby to Champs Les Sims right now.

On the other hand, this is the fun save.

These two never got a proper honeymoon and they could use some time (and scenic surroundings) to reconnect, what with them both suffering midlife crises.

Because I'm trying to indulge them in those crises, it's perhaps worth noting also that David rolled both a regular wish to visit Champs Les Sims, particularly, and an MLC wish to travel abroad, generally.

Besides, with a little strategic foraging, they could actually make a profit on this expedition, even if right now they're down to their last §800. 😬

And even if, just as in University, David is often easily distracted by some of the scenery.

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This reblog isn't for you, it's for me. Because I honestly did not remember (1) sending them to Champs Les Sims or (2) why I did so.

Apparently, I felt like indulging their midlife crisis wishes or some sappy shit like that. Some sappy nonsense behavior that quite clearly indicates a massive level of overinvestment in these lines of code masquerading as imaginary pals. Can't help feeling like maybe I should just go back to talking to stuffed animals, like I did when I was four.

Anyway, this is where I last left David and Ruby.

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Of course.

Play first, post later, or forever be 😳

Edit: and they're in Champs Les Sims so now it's like, will they ever get home? CAN they ever get home? Oy.

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--oh RIGHT, I was having trouble with Tierney's eco-village lot. Hmm. I don't remember whether I got around to building her something else? If I didn't, I don't know whether I want to fall straight into a builder's frenzy just now. Pretty sure I don't.

So I think... I think I will restart posting with Dah-VEED, patron saint of pixelated himbos. Yes, that's the ticket.

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Viridia: 'A LADY DOES THIS', 'A LADY DOES THAT'. DOES A LADY EVER SHUT THE FUCK UP?!

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I don't CARE that this post is from a month ago, I'm in awe. I love this post, I love Viridia, and that's all there is to it.

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Pls don’t let anyone tell you it’s weird to reblog posts, esp your own posts, that’s literally what the ppl at tumblr HQ built this site for.

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Reblogging for @papermint-airplane's killer tag

#i go by 2010s tumblr rules

SAME.

I am also reblogging to yell, old-lady-shaking-fist-at-sky style, at the social media climbers playing Game the Algorithm--that is, posting ragebaiting opinions that generate the most engagement (I am aware of the irony), in order to boost their presence and follower counts so that they can someday monetize their toxic basicity. To those twits I say:

You are on the wrong platform, sugarbears. Tumblr is as tolerable as it is only because its owners have more or less given up trying to make it profitable. That means that to the wider internet, it kind of doesn't exist. It isn't going to drive traffic to your other sites. If Tumblr comes up on other sites, it is discussed strictly in the past tense. This isn't where you go to grow your followers with your garbage takes.

You are doing yourself a disservice by trying to follow this rancid ragebait formula which, fyi, will soon quit working anyway, because AIs and bots will oversaturate it to the point it has no effect anymore. Sooner rather than later, actual humans whose money and adulation you're after will no longer interact with your dumb shit*--hooray!--but the bots will, and they don't have a dime amongst themselves. They also don't mind stealing your shit. Meanwhile, you will have lost, FOREVER, all those hours in which you could have been building a better you, or at least enjoying what remains of Outside; all because you wanted to be the next lilsimsie or Tati or whoever. Don't fuck yourself out of a life like this, kids. Make better choices.

*there is also a movement towards what's called local-first software that will, heavens willing and the creek don't rise, drive traffic away from cloud-based, corporate-owned social media and return users to more offline, local, and peer-to-peer activity.

But even if there weren't, as a general rule, don't hop on bandwagons--by the time everyone's doing a thing, it's within minutes of being over.

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Me realizing that I haven't logged into Tumblr in two months and will likely never catch up on all I have missed.

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Miss you! Hope youre doing well. 😚

🥰 Aw, thank you. Life continues!

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Tag 9 People You Want to Know Better!

Ooh, yes, an excuse to post without having to wrassle my game into submission first lmao. (I do at last have it working again, but meanwhile I renewed my affections towards yarn and have been crocheting up a storm.) ANYWAY. I was tagged by @oasislandingresident, @papermint-airplane, and @petrolstationflowers (note to @hazely-sims--that was indeed an excellent recommendation), so here goes.

Last song: Every time someone asks about music I start this internal chant:

pleasedontbeshit pleasedontbeshit pleasedontbeshit

Anyway, I opened my phone and found that my prayer had (again) gone unanswered: the last song I played was "Do It Again" by Steely Dan. 😖 I really resent that I am old enough to be in my "maybe Steely Dan weren't that bad" years.

We certainly don't need to link to this garbage, so I won't.

Last show: I am not a television person unless I am crocheting, but as mentioned above, I've been doing lots of that, so the last thing I watched was an episode of "The Fabric of the Cosmos." Now Brian Greene, the host, gets on my nerves, but some of those MIT guys could get it. Love astrophysics nerds.

Currently reading: Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar, David Graeber. I am on a mission to read everything Graeber ever wrote and I have to admit, this one's been a little slow going, but I keep plugging away a few pages a night, and it is interesting--just not in a flashy/showy sort of way, you know?

Current obsession:

Crocheting market bags! None of these is from my own pattern--I raid Rich Textures Crochet for 'em. They're very reliable patterns. I usually tweak them a bit and work the bags in different colors, but they're her designs, not mine.

I think I'm late enough to this that most of you have already done it, so no tags, except a great big blanket one for anyone who wants to participate.

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Just a heads up for anyone else running the 64-bit version on macOS: I upgraded to Ventura 13.4 last night and it broke the heck out of Origin. That may not be your experience and I'm not trying to universalize mine, but forewarned is forearmed.

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An update: I got Origin working again by uninstalling & reinstalling. But meanwhile it did that thing it likes to do where it wipes out 75% or more of my custom content.

I've normally had no trouble downloading from the store again and reinstalling things--things like worlds. Worlds like Hidden Springs, where my current planetary legacy is set, and worlds like Lucky Palms, where David's save lives.

But now nothing will download without errors and even restoring InstalledWorlds, Downloads, and WorldCaches from backup hasn't fixed it.

So right now... look, my actual boyfriend described EA as my abusive boyfriend, and right now, I like my actual, thankfully ex-, abusive boyfriend better than I like EA. All that guy did was break my nose. EA broke hundreds of dollars worth of shit and won't let me replace it. I think we know where the real evil lies.

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Just a heads up for anyone else running the 64-bit version on macOS: I upgraded to Ventura 13.4 last night and it broke the heck out of Origin. That may not be your experience and I'm not trying to universalize mine, but forewarned is forearmed.