Frances J. is The Man, it would seem.

[strangetomato]

Thanks to everyone who voted in my poll for chapter 28. The results have given me a clear plan for how to approach it, and the order should work out perfectly, now that I've thought about it (with maybe one exception, but that should be okay too). Our dear little Frances won by a landslide. I guess when you end up in simsecrets and such, you're a big friggin' deal.







"And in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
(But then a strange fear gripped me and I
Just couldn't ask)"




"Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care"




"Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one, da, da, da ...
Oh, I haven't got one"




"And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-tonne truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine"




"Oh, There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out..."


...

Hmmm... we seem to have caught him at a bad time. Or at a good time, since it's not every day he gets the house to himself for a heartfelt post-shower ballad. You don't exactly do that sort of thing with Tank around. ;)

Just a sidenote... I actually spent time getting him back to the neutral body shape (I could have used a hack, sure, but it was more fun to watch him gorge himself on take out), because I just don't see Frances having a six pack.

We'll pick back up here when it's time for the update. (Yes, at this exact spot.)

Now, if only Photobucket would stop being an idiot and let me see my photos again, I'd be all set. I'm so used to using it... and changing is hard.



 

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't like to hear that you're down... *offers tea and some bickies*... but I'm glad it cheered you up.

Even Frances gets silly sometimes (though his song is still pretty Frances-ish, since it's not exactly Walking On Sunshine). :)

[a-gates.livejournal.com]

This is sweet!! Whoohooo!! Can't wait for the next update!

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

FRANCES, PLEASE, MARRY ME?!!?

:P

[showercapfrog.livejournal.com]

He is so cute. I just want to give him hugs.

Someone suggested running a Strangetown, Here We Come competition to see who would know the most trivia... I'm really tempted to write a bunch of trivia questions. Would you mind if I did that?

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

because I just don't see Frances having a six pack.

You know, that's what's missing from the game. Beer. Problem with the juice bar, is that the juices are either blue or red. Beer is neither. Need beer for game! Or maybe we just need beer. ;)

ETA: It's nice to see Frances look so happy.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Did you re-host the side pictures (on your journal) too? I could have sworn I saw them yesterday but now they're "Upgrade to Pro today!".

The banner is still good.

I don't envy you your task, that's for sure. *wipes sweat from brow* Thank god I'm not popular.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

No, I just rehosted the banner, but I should do those side images too.

So you saw it yesterday too? Someone else said that, but I haven't seen them back at all. I don't understand what's going on at all. Shouldn't the month reset at the beginning of the month? Or does Photobucket just go by it's own calendar? I'm starting to get irritable about it.

I don't think the lj scrapbook even has bandwidth restrictions (or does it...), so the banner should be good now.

*sigh* Yeah, what a funny turn of events. I want people to read this, but now I have to PAY for it? Well, you have to spend money to make money, right... Oh, wait. *snicker*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If I ever get the image issue worked out, I might be able to get the next update out soon. *wishful thinking*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It must be hard being Frances, with all these female suitors trying to get into his marital bed. :P Back off, gold digger!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I know. We could all corner him and huggle him, but I don't think he'd appreciate it much. :P

Really? That would be funny. So people would have to remember Frances' middle name and things like that? Sure, I have no problem with that. I remember doing something like that once before when I was younger for something that a couple of my friends and I were into. Trivia games are fun.

Heheh. One question could be to list all the commonly-liked things that Frances dislikes. *snicker* The list is long, because the boy's quite a snob.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

The juice keg at uni is supposed to seem something like beer, right? The colours all wrong, though. I agree. I'd like to see cans of beer or pint glasses at the bar too.

Oh, and they do have beer bottle behind the bar and in the fridge if you look closely at the textures. :P Someone slipped that in there.

I certainly wouldn't argue with a little more beer for everyone.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

No, I never saw the banner until you re-hosted it.

Make a sim secret about your pBucket hate!

(I just made three secrets. I hope I did it right.)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

But you saw other images? I'm confused. *hates Pbucket*

Really? Heheh. I need to toss together at least one now.

Now... what would be most amusing?

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I *thought* I saw your side images (when your banner came back up). But I could just be confused.

Two of my three secrets are funny. And all three are True Facts.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

So you're doing the true confessions type of secret? I'm not sure I'd have the guts to do one that wasn't sim related, even as a secret. All my actual secrets are secrets for a reason. I suppose I could just sort through it all find something that's funny, though.

I have a good idea for something silly, but I'm sure people will know it was me.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're not deep and dark. They're more like admissions than SECRETS (you don't tell SECRETS to anyone, ever, period).

I like the admission type secrets (like the pants pooing one). I like sim ones when they're NOT the snippy/gossipy ones (like the GOS ones and all the "stop picking on so and so" stuff *yawn* BORING), like that Bigfoot one (that's still one of the best--well done, creative and FUNNY).

Some of the "wtf" for cc are fun, too (like the butthole skin--I think that's still the all time best secret).

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I guess that's my problem. I don't have any issues with just saying the things that go into most admission-type things, or maybe I just don't have any really good ones. I'd probably confess a real secret to postsecret, but not simsecret.

Hmmm... I really should try to think of something... why am I so boring? *snicker*

I don't know the Bigfoot one. What was it?

But yeah, the dual-asshole one was pretty great.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I woulndn't even post a good admission to post secret (that shows you all the better my three sim secrets are). I've only done one of those "secret" things once before (on some random site). That admission was pretty good, though.

The bigfoot one? If memory serves, it was done to look like postcard and it was about how bigfoot gets the shaft (not having she-bigfoots and such).

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I don't really remember it.

I think Bigfoot gets a pretty good deal, really. He's pretty skilled, and he has a sweet vest to wear to work.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

And that bowler. Don't forget it.

But he can never know LOVE. *cues violin music* That's just so sad. *snicker*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Ah, but he'll never know what he's missing either.

(And there's always the Bigfoot romance mod.)

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

But he WILL. What if he moves in with a sim family?

See, its narrow minded comments like "he'll never know what he's missing" that kept Servos oppressed for SO LONG. *snicker*

(the romance mod is a step in the right direction)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Servos can get in on the sweet, sweet sim action, can't they? They're love machines. *snicker*

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Yes, Servo's can get their love on. But there are those out there who don't think they have the same feelings as other sims, who want to relegate them to second class citizens. . .mere hired help. . .appliances. *snicker*

I think I'm giddy (and have been soaking up to much political crap today, I'm in Servo Rights mode).

[treesahquiche.livejournal.com]

*fangirl flailysqueel*