Worst break ever...

[strangetomato]

So, despite being completely unfocused on writing lately, I've found some renewed interest in my sims. I had some time to play the game today (as all of my silly posts attest) and now I'm very excited to move forward with the story, especially where Frances is concerned.

Sorry to spoil so much here, but I'm just so excited for him.

This is, indeed, a romantic moment for Frances (and double spoiler on the new hairdo, but you surely saw that coming). The cafeteria worker is a peeping tom. *snort* How many times will I crack up at that framing hands animation? Surely, a billion times.



I'm still a little out of it where writing is concerned, but I'm thinking that I might be able to get an update moving sometime near the end of the week. I know I must seem a bit crazy lately, but thanks for putting up with me. I really appreciate all of you being there for me, even if it's just the impersonal internet. I feel lucky to have this right now.

Comments

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

YAY! More strangetown soon???

I know how it is to need a break from something, but I don't relish my Strangetown withdrawal!

Can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve for Frances and the Trio as well

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope so. :) I just need to get my act together for a couple of parts of it. It feels like "busy work" (like sweeping your studio floor instead of painting, you know...). I have to do some stuff to move the story forward, and I'll get it together, but I just want to move ahead to the good stuff, as always. Having that there should be motivation enough. I've just been going through a bit of an emotional time, so I'm all over the map, really.

I have some good things planned, I tell ya! ;) I'm super pumped to cover the Frances stuff, so that will help me along, I'm sure.

Thanks for the encouragement. :) It helps to know that you look forward to it.

I LOVE your icon! Nervous is so cute there! *squees with joy*

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

Oh God, those idle art hands come up at the silliest times, don't they? Glad to see you're getting back to your story. Haha, worst break ever indeed! I can't wait to see what's in store for Frances. :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes they do. :P I just love it. (Seriously, that cafeteria guy was standing there staring during the whole interaction, and then started doing art hands at them. It was super creepy.)

I know. I suck at this break thing. Even though I'm a bit unfocused right now, it's hard to stop thinking about the story for very long. I'm really absorbed with it. It's probably unhealthy. :P

Oh, I think you'll like where Frances is heading. He's really coming into himself. To say I'm excited about it is an understatement. *loves Frances*

[franwi.livejournal.com]

Oh man. :P I actually toiled over whether to read this post or not because I am dying for more Frances, yet I didn't want to get spoiled. I think you're making me want to be doubly good to him. He's going to get so much action in my legacy now, lol. Well, probably not really, because I do love to see him slightly tortured. But the dorm cook? That's a different sort of torture. It cracks me up to see the cook doing art-hands. And out the window at a strolling, unaware Frances? Plus the old guy has a rather mean look in his eyes.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Frances just begs to be slightly tortured, doesn't he? It's the mournful eyes, I think. He's been through a lot with Tank (and Ripp) in my story, so he's due for an upswing. It's going to be GOOD.

That cook is creepy as hell. He was staring out the window for hours. I took some lovely pics, but had to careful crop or block the caf guy out of every one. LOL

He's a Remington Harris clone. XD

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

"He's going to get so much action in my legacy now, lol."
FRANCES AND FORT! XD (Sorry, hehe)

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Aw Francis! Good for him.

At first I thought you meant the cafeteria guy was his romantic interest! :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a really sweet relationship, too, if I do say so myself.

Dear god no! The caf worker is not the love interest. He's just a pervy voyeur (not that there is anything wrong with that :P).

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Yay! Strangetown! I hope you get out of this Sims funk, I know how it can be. :)

Good Luck writing and playing!

I wonder who Frances is sexing up though...

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, Frances isn't sexing it up just yet. This was his first kiss with someone... mostly autonomous too. *swoons*

I've been in a bit of a funk, period, but I feel like I might be able to get out of it now, and that's a good thing. :)

[cambritariatale.livejournal.com]

Yay for Frances! It's about time the poor boy got some true lovin'.
*chuckle* I have a silly idea as to who the other could be, but I'm probably wrong.

Haha, that previous statement in regards to Johnny and Ripp being in angel and devil outfits is presenting a mental image that's just begging to be drawn. XD

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I wonder if you're right. I have already left a bit of a foreshadowing hint in my wake. ;) (Obvious storyteller is obvious. :P)

Do it. Make the drawing. :D

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

WOO! Frances is finally going to get some! You do your thing, Frances, you and your cool, new hairstyle.

Haha, I laughed at the Cafeteria worker being a peeping tom. Oh, those pervy cafeteria workers.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Man, I'm so excited... I want to just spilled the beans right now, but I'll have to wait. You'll see it coming a mile away, though, I'm sure. :P

Frances rules with his new 'do. He seems so much more confident (and a lot more like Rufus Wainwright, but that's only natural. ;D I plan to push the resemblance.)

Seriously, check this out:

http://www.showbizspy.com/story/images/rufus-wainwright-web.jpg

Very Worthingtonesque, don't you think? He plays the piano too. ;) Very beautifully, I might add. *loves Rufus Wainwright too*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmbQEQltOwM

*also loves Leonard Cohen*

Never trust those cafeteria workers. They're mega creepy.

[simfulacts.livejournal.com]

Darn! Now my hopes are climbing!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Heheh. Well, I'll try not to let you down. I just might be able to put something together by the weekend...

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

I'm also wondering who Frances is with, but I'm sure we'll find out. All in good time and no hurry. :)

I love the art hands, too. And also the gaming wrist-stretch. The sims do those things at the oddest times, like standing up for their wedding. :D Or that time you had Ripp woohoo in the hammock and the girl stood up from that and started stretching her wrist. That made me giggle... it's like "What were you doing with that hand?"

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes, all in good time. :) As we know, Frances is not the type to rush into anything, but he's starting to take a bit of a new outlook on life, so he's going to approach things a little differently from now on. He's not going to be quite as reserved about things as he was with Tank, and maybe he'll even get involved with someone who's a little bolder, and might help him along. ;)

Those animations are an excellent source of comedy. I'm sure we'll get tired of laughing at them eventually, but that wrist thing has so much potential. :P The cheerleader was working the wrist action on Ripp, for sure.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Frances is going to sock it to the old geeze cafeteria worker! *snort* Just messing. (though it seems the cafeteria worker might be into it) That would freak out his family even more, if he shacked up with not just an OLD guy, but an underemployed OLD guy.

Glad to here your funk is lifting. Sometimes you just need to goof off a bit, huh?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That cafeteria worker is a perv, I tell you. He was watching for HOURS out that window, while Frances was getting a goodnight kiss or two. *snicker* Frances could easily get some geeze love if he was up for it. Oh, how the tables have turned... first he has no love life, and then he has people throwing themselves at him, right, left, and centre.

Yeah, that would be a big three strikes for his family - old, male, and underemployed. Massive fail.

Goofing off does seem to be working like a charm. Just playing the game for a change has been very helpful. I'm thinking of trying out a couple of those new drabbles this week, and try to make them work towards my next chapter. That will help me along too.

Speaking of goofing off, I have some comments to catch up on, don't I? I'm really goofing off on that.

[abbycat900.livejournal.com]

Well, its nice to know that you're feeling a bit better about writing! I'm feeling a bit that way myself, though I blaim my game for that (crashing every five minutes certainly does not make me want to move on in the story). Frances's picture has the most awesome profile! That cafeteria worker is my favorite dude. He's just awesome. I'll be happy to see a new Strangetown update, whenever that may be <3

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

A crashing game is no fun. Do you know what the problem might be?

Frances has a great profile. His nose is like a perfect M shape... like a small stepladder. :P

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

Yay Frances!!! :D

Also, don't worry about us having to "put up with you", it's insanely easy to do so when you post such amazing stuff even while taking a break :D :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) I've just been so erratic lately that I'm even annoying myself, so I figured everyone else would be too.

Yes, Yay for Frances. You have no idea how excited I am for him. I love Frances, and since I've just put him through such a heartbreaking situation, I'm happy to turn the tide for him.

Frances

[half-pace.livejournal.com]

He seems to have a bit of a weird thing going on with his forehead there.

Re: Frances

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Nope. That's just his "normal" brow. Heheh. The expression exaggerates it, but he has a big brow anyway.

Is it just the angle?

[half-pace.livejournal.com]

Or is it a bit lumpy?