Get out there and vote!
Sep. 30th, 2008 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
strangetomatoI'm involved in the Round Robin Legacy, which is the brainchild of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
laridian. We're currently on generation 3, and the most recent update, Generation 3: Interview with the Vampire of the Damned, was just recently posted by music_simbol. Previous posts were by madame_ugly and laridian, and are listed on the main page (link above).
There's a heir poll for the next round and it's still open, so feel free to weigh in. As it is with any voting process, it's my job to just bring you to the polls, not to influence your vote. I'll do that next round, when I'm the one who'll be saddled with the heir... then the campaigning will start. *snicker* I'd like to mention that Claudia and Armand have the most alien genetics, though, so choose wisely. (Read: I want those alien genetics.)
All this polling has gotten me into a poll-making mood. I've never made a livejournal poll before, so I've decided to try one.
Chapter 28 will feature updates on all the college kids, covering the same period of time, but I'm going to do them by individual (or group). I've decided that I'm going to let you decide the order of these parts.
[Poll #1269683]
There'll also be a section with Vidcund traveling to Veronaville, but I'm going to leave that one for the very end, I think, so it's not an option. This is going to be a long chapter, but since it all takes place in the same period of time, it makes more sense that way. Each will show events from that final year of college, but from different points of view (with some overlap).
If only the federal election were this much fun. My options are limited to an evil robot (Harper), a flakey nerd (Dion), or throwing my vote away (everything else). *sigh* Fun times. Looks like I'll be voting defensively yet again, since nobody really wants to be ruled over by an evil robot.
In other news, I have exceeded my bandwidth for this month with Photobucket. While this is sort of exciting (and no doubt the result of mysimtorytellers interview and that awesome Tank/Frances secret at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
simsecret), I feel lost without my banner there. Since it's just one day, I'm going to hold out, but if it happens next month, I'm going to consider an upgrade.
ETA: I obviously fail at making polls, since you shouldn't be able to pick more than one answer, but oh well... you can pick more than one if you like. The results should still make sense.
laridian. We're currently on generation 3, and the most recent update, Generation 3: Interview with the Vampire of the Damned, was just recently posted by music_simbol. Previous posts were by madame_ugly and laridian, and are listed on the main page (link above).There's a heir poll for the next round and it's still open, so feel free to weigh in. As it is with any voting process, it's my job to just bring you to the polls, not to influence your vote. I'll do that next round, when I'm the one who'll be saddled with the heir... then the campaigning will start. *snicker* I'd like to mention that Claudia and Armand have the most alien genetics, though, so choose wisely. (Read: I want those alien genetics.)
All this polling has gotten me into a poll-making mood. I've never made a livejournal poll before, so I've decided to try one.
Chapter 28 will feature updates on all the college kids, covering the same period of time, but I'm going to do them by individual (or group). I've decided that I'm going to let you decide the order of these parts.
[Poll #1269683]
There'll also be a section with Vidcund traveling to Veronaville, but I'm going to leave that one for the very end, I think, so it's not an option. This is going to be a long chapter, but since it all takes place in the same period of time, it makes more sense that way. Each will show events from that final year of college, but from different points of view (with some overlap).
If only the federal election were this much fun. My options are limited to an evil robot (Harper), a flakey nerd (Dion), or throwing my vote away (everything else). *sigh* Fun times. Looks like I'll be voting defensively yet again, since nobody really wants to be ruled over by an evil robot.
In other news, I have exceeded my bandwidth for this month with Photobucket. While this is sort of exciting (and no doubt the result of my
simtorytellers interview and that awesome Tank/Frances secret at simsecret), I feel lost without my banner there. Since it's just one day, I'm going to hold out, but if it happens next month, I'm going to consider an upgrade.ETA: I obviously fail at making polls, since you shouldn't be able to pick more than one answer, but oh well... you can pick more than one if you like. The results should still make sense.
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:20 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:36 pm (UTC)Reading Strangetown has compounded that feeling for me. There's so much more to him than just Ripp's bully of an elder brother. He's got such a sadness about him.
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Date: 2008-09-30 02:51 pm (UTC)I feel the same way about Tank. I love how conflicted he is about a lot of things, and he's essentially a good guy at heart, but he has all those issues to deal with. He's sad, like all the Grunts are underneath it all, and he's lonely too. Even when he's with other people, I get the feeling that Tank feels very alone.
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:43 pm (UTC)I really would love to see the college kids teaming up sometime. Tank, Frances, Jill, Buck, Johnny, Ripp and Phi. And there should be Johnny and Tank working together and gaining some sort of respect for one another. Also, Ripp keeps initiating group hugs and high fives and make-outs with Phi. And Buck goes to designing group t-shirts and Frances helps with the process, while Jill just shakes her head and smiles. I NEED THESE THINGS.
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Date: 2008-09-30 04:21 pm (UTC)I love your version of things. It's so much fluffier than mine. :D Like the group tee shirts... that would be too cute.
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Date: 2008-09-30 07:11 pm (UTC)Because Tank is both repelled and drawn to Ripp's little group. Plus Buck is there too and Frances, so there's more connection.
I love your version of things too! Like, I know things aren't really like that and probably my silly little scenarios are unlikely/impossible, but my favorite scenes are the happy ones. And I like it when separate groups get united at one point or another. And then you get strange pair ups happening and when everything ends and everyone separates again, there's still that connection.
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Date: 2008-10-02 12:52 pm (UTC)Tank does want in with that group on some level, while another side of him would rather shoot Johnny than look at him. I think a lot of it is jealousy about Ripp, really. As much as Tank doesn't want to deal with Ripp most of the time, he hates the idea that someone else has filled that role. Someone who's Better Than Him In Every Way.
Yeah, it's interesting to think about how characters that don't normally cross paths would interact. I get to do that a little in the upcoming Frances chapter.
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:39 pm (UTC)And of course I just HAD to vote for Frances too. But then again, you've started with him in a lot of recent chapters, right?
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:51 pm (UTC)Frances has gotten a lot of play lately. *nods*
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:43 pm (UTC)(and I agree with you on federal elections--here in the state it's a stinking pile of crap to sift through--all I know is the McCain/Palin ticket terrifies me in ways I've never been terrified before--did you know that Palin, while still in whatever position in Alaska, voted for a budget that would NOT fund rape kits--YES, she wanted rape victims to pay for their own rape kits! *steps down off soap box*)
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-30 01:55 pm (UTC)Palin's the fundie poster girl. Abstinence only sex ed in schools (hmm, is that how your teen daughter ended up preggo and having a shotgun wedding??) is a big negative for me, too.
Palin just really hates women. (you know she's bad if my fundie mother can't even stand her--the rape kit thing really set my mother OFF)
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Date: 2008-09-30 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-30 05:28 pm (UTC)And I hope the fair citizens of Russia are giving her the one finger salute.
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Date: 2008-09-30 02:03 pm (UTC)(Yeah, that's real nice. *shudder* As for our election, I have no doubt that Harper will get in again, but I really hope it isn't a majority.)
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Date: 2008-09-30 02:52 pm (UTC)NO MORE COLLEGE!!!!! *snicker* Jeez oh man.
And it's not throwing away my vote. Since I still participated, that means I get to *whine* about the outcome (that's really why I vote in real elections, too--secure my right to BITCH later).
You say they're in chapter 29, hmm? *shifty look* Better be more than just a passing glance. *snort* I can't even maintain my uppitiness today, my general apathy is too powerful.
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:10 pm (UTC)If you don't like it, don't read it. ;)
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-30 03:49 pm (UTC)*snicker*
Sorry, that always comes to my mind right away.
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:55 pm (UTC)*think of the pretty flowers* (the King of the Hill take on the theme)
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Date: 2008-09-30 04:02 pm (UTC)I know I just love having a big image of the queen in my mind while I lie there and take it. *snort* So sexy...
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:59 pm (UTC)On a side note, I can still see your banner and the pics in your Rhiannon post. Maybe they're still stored in my temp files or something...?
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Date: 2008-09-30 02:29 pm (UTC)Yeah, it must be cached or something. You'll probably still be able to see everything until you clear your temporary files, so you should be good until the pics come back up.
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Date: 2008-09-30 02:43 pm (UTC)(You're down as Frances now, by the way.)
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:39 pm (UTC)And the trio of course! But I can wait for them. Honestly, the order doesn't really matter all that much to me, as long as they all get in there.
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Date: 2008-09-30 04:17 pm (UTC)That chapter could work with any number of orders, but I like what I'm seeing so far. Frances going first would be a good thing, since he has the least to do with the plottier side of what's going to happen. He's off doing his own thing, more or less.
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Date: 2008-09-30 07:14 pm (UTC)Also, I'm on my toes for more Buck/Jill stuff. I MISS them. I didn't even realize it until lately that I really adore them. I've got some sketches of Jill, but I still have to scan them in and kind of make 'em nicer. So hopefully I'll be able to give you more of that soon.
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Date: 2008-10-02 12:56 pm (UTC)Ooh, that sounds good. I can't wait to see them. :) There'll be some scenes in the Fine Arts building in the Frances section of chapter 28, so some new Jill paintings would be good for that.
I'm working on a portrait of Beau posing as St. Sebastian for that scene too. It should be fun to do. Sure, it's referencing something that maybe doesn't exist in the sim world, but I couldn't resist. I did a project with Saints like that while I was in art school.
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Date: 2008-10-02 12:57 pm (UTC)Bandwidth
Date: 2008-09-30 04:14 pm (UTC)Love your stories by the way man!
Re: Bandwidth
Date: 2008-09-30 04:19 pm (UTC)Thanks! :)
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Date: 2008-09-30 05:17 pm (UTC)That was such a hard choice, I wouldn't be able to just choose one. Your polls are hard! I'll be excited to see either one updated, though.
Haha, poor Jaxy has only one vote.
Also~ Since you have a paid account, you can use LJ hosting (with a client, like semagic). I've never had bandwidth problems ever since I've switched.
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Date: 2008-10-01 01:21 am (UTC)Johnny!
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