Lurk no more...

[strangetomato]

Did you know that today is Delurking Day out there in the blogosphere?

 

That's right. So, let this be an invitation to anyone who'd like to introduce themselves and say hi. You know I'd love to hear from you. No pressure, of course, but you may as well delurk on Delurking Day, right? Come one, come all. Get a conversation started. I'm all ears.

This was a great day for me. I made some real progress on the next update, and there was RL good news all over the place. I was asked to interview for a job that had over 50 applicants and was pleasantly surprised to be offered another job that will stretch my experience significantly. I was also asked to be a bridesmaid in my "brother"s wedding this summer (actually a cousin, but we grew up together like siblings). I'd fully expect to win the lottery too, but I don't actually ever buy tickets.

Now, I should go out there and delurk too, shouldn't I?

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That new icon is very similar to the "You have a probe?" face.

See?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hi. ^_^ It's a good excuse to be friendly (not that you're much of a lurker, either).

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I was just checking out some crafting blogs and I saw someone had posted about it. I thought it was a cool idea to break the ice like that.

Heheh. I'd still be nervous about the whole MATY and PMBD crew. They're the cool ~bad~ kids of the sim community; the kids in your highschool who got up to the most trouble and still got the best grades too.

Thanks. :) Things just seem to be working out for the best today.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

Since it's delurking day, then I guess I'll comment. Hi! I'm almost always checking for updates. Your story has to be my favorite one in the Sims fandom.

I'll try and comment in the future, if I can manage to stop lurking around like a creeper. >_>;

[lizziero.livejournal.com]

Yay, de-lurking. ♥
I like, love your story. It's kind of completely amazing. It's definitely my favourite TS2 story.
Uhm, ever.

[(Anonymous)]

I discovered this place about two weeks ago. It's the first sim story I follow. I kept lurking without comenting because I don't have a lj account. I feel in love with your version of the characters, and I was never even interested in playing strangetown before. Now you've made me try and play strangetown, but it doesn't work, as I keep repeating what i've read before here. Anyway, I think you know you're doing an awesome job with this and I can't wait for the next episode.

[eiou123.livejournal.com]

I commented a few times but recently I've been lurking so....Hi!

Sims 3 is coming out next month (according to Gamespot), So I have to ask... will we see "Strangetown, here we come." In Sims 3?

[simplode.livejournal.com]

But I like lurking! Oh well. I'm glad you had a great day and hope it's a continuing trend.

As for me, I'm trying to avoid a cold with less luck than I'd like. There's a nasty bug that's going around work and I keep taking massive amounts of Vitamin C but...meh. I think it's going to catch me at some point.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I've always loved the first day of classes. I miss it. It's only been a couple of years since I've stopped attending them at all, and I'm sure I'll be back there eventually in one way or another.

But the real reason I jumped down here was to tell you what to draw. I want to see you draw a sim character that you've never drawn before. Like Nervous Subject, maybe? Or Frances. We need more Frances. (Or, you know, more JRO drawings. I'm always up for those. :P)

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

I like how you basically do nothing at all, but I HATE icebreaker activities. It's always awkward and full of weird small talk with people you don't know and ick.

I did try a Nervous a bit ago (never scanned it, because it was sucky), but I should try again. Franny too. And YES to more JRO - that's a given.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I just went over to GOS and delurked, so I feel like my major delurking duties are done now. I was lurking them something fierce, and I really should say thank you when I download things (I always do it when there's a button to press).

Thank you. :) I'm glad you think so. Thanks for reading.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you, Jess. :) Thank you for reading my story.

Sorry to hit you so hard with General Buzz there. It was sad to see him go for me too, but it was something that just had to be done. We'll revisit Buzz at a later date, when the boys discover the truth about his disappearance.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not a bad thing. ;)

I'm actually pretty good at it, despite being so verbose. I have a pretty short attention span.

[pleonasm]

I think I've commented once or twice. But not frequently. Here I am again. I haven't played sims in months, but I still enjoy reading your story. So keep at it~

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oh GOD, I hate icebreakers. If I'm ever in the position to put others through that, I'm going to come up with something a little better than just going around the room and telling something about yourself. Once I has to state my favourite book and I could NOT do it. *snicker* I felt like a weirdo.

Nervous strikes me as hard to draw. I'd have a hard time with him. I'll bet my SO could do something interesting with him, if he could get past his instant dislike for his looks (he's frequently made a point to say how ugly he is, over my shoulder, and the mohawk probably doesn't help).

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hi, Sophie! Nice to meet you. :) No need to apologize at all. Not everyone has something to say. It's great to know that you've been reading it, though. Thank you.

Bottom is a lot of fun. I like the idea of her completely reworking her whole look when she moved away from Veronaville. I'm going to get around to doing an update with Vidcund going there to visit for the flowers eventually too, so you'll see more of the Summerdreams.

[bookunfinished.livejournal.com]

i think this is one of my first sims related comments that i've ever made; i'm an enormous lj-sims-community lurker. yours is one of the few sims stories i follow, and it is amazing. i read it all over the summer to pass the time at my super boring job. i absolutely love it. keep up the good work :D

I did it!

[onlycreated4st.livejournal.com]

lol! As you can see, this account was only created for this day. Oh, and my clock says it's Monday, January 12..eleven thirty-seven p.m soo...I think this still works, right? Even though it's using "UTC" time or something? Anyway, I commented on Bella Goth's milk carton ad and a name for "Girl Sekrit" :) I just wanted to say once again, that I love your stories, and even though you think I'm some creep now for making an account just for this, that's fine :P I've officially delurked! Gosh it feels good.. Maybe I'll be tempted to comment more... I've been kinda bottled up, reading every single thing you've written--which explains why this post is somewhat long..lol. Anyway! Thanks for being my favourite live journal writer!

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

I'm taking a rather low level Psych and for the ice breaker we had to introduce a partner and say something that they valued and how we know and it was just odd. I wasn't really sure how we were really suppose to find out what someone valued from talking to them for two minutes. Bleh.

Nervous is tough to draw, he's sad, but very sharply cut? It's difficult making him look strong and sad at the same time. Also timid. :\

[simiotics.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm delurking (still Jan 12 for me too)! I've followed SHWC for a while now, maybe a couple of months, and I think it's amazing. (When Jill and Buck got together? Eee! They're so adorable.) I've always enjoyed playing the premades the most, and I love seeing what other people do with them, but the way you explore character and create depth from their wants and back-stories is really lovely. Hopefully this doesn't sound too weird, but SHWC has actually inspired me to start my own story - that's why I made this account. It's going to have to wait until I get my new computer, though. Anyways, I just wanted to take the opportunity of Delurking Day (what better time?) to say how much I love your work! -waves-

[dragancaor.livejournal.com]

Don't know if I count as a lurker, though I do often totally fail at commenting.
How about a "Hi!" though? [grins]

[van (from livejournal.com)]

I guess today's as good a day as any to delurk :)

I discovered Strangetown HWC... maybe a month or two ago? Anyway, it's awesome! I love the way you write all the Strangetown families and individuals, taking the Maxis default storylines and adding your own unique twists to it, making it a much more developed meta-story. I'm especially partial to that wonderful love triangle. I'm so torn on that, by the way, but I think just as long as none of them die, I'll be happy.

[nanobynight.livejournal.com]

I'll delurk :) I've been reading for a while, though I'm still catching up on SHWC (somewhere in chapter 23 at the moment). I love the energy and complexity you bring out of the characters and it has prompted me to think about how many vastly different directions they could be taken in.

Delurking

[emisj.livejournal.com]

I'm de-lurking, ok. Here goes...

Hi. I love SHWC, it's possibly the best sim story I've read. Don't ever quit, k thanks. ^^

[dgjamie.livejournal.com]

Well if we're delurking and all. Hi, I've been working on catching up on Strangetown here we come for a little bit now, when I have free time, which I severely lack these days which would be why I haven't quite caught up yet, but definitely enjoying it so far, you make me want to go and play my own strangetown again which has actually been untouched since my last reinstall, and I just want to say keep up the good work.