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I went to the symphony this weekend with a friend and he wanted to get me a drink before it started because it's my birthday this week. I'm not super into cocktails but I tried to pick something out. Neither he (nor the bartender) knew what I was talking about so I had what he was having instead. It just dawned on me that I was trying to order a Dim & Gusty.

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Simblreen Time...

Hey y'all. Dez and I are working on some things for our favorite yearly event. I've planned some cool fantasy/semi-historical CAS treats, but being that we usually give out cc-free builds, I feel weird not offering one.

So:

I'll try not to reblog this like a thousand times, but if you want to reblog it to help get more opinions, that'd help. :3 Thanks folks!

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I just needed a little something nice.

Poses are by andromeda-sims, katverse, marshmallow-sims, simmireen, akuiyumi, somethingwickedsims, and natalia_auditore. Thank you!!

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Femboy Friday. Cyberpunk Amari

Thanks to all the cc creators!

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Making big promises with that cover image! 😂 Don’t get too excited. And all the words, words, words in this one! But there are things that need to be said for the flashback and for current day to know what they’re dealing with.

Some context: Elena was the family’s maid when Noe was a child. Old man Landgraab is probably Nancy’s father; Axl goes to school with Malcolm so Nancy and Geoffrey would be contemporaries of Noe and Antonia. Noe’s family was well off but they didn’t have Landgraab money. About the alien stories, we saw in the last flashback, Noe was abducted as a child but he doesn’t remember it. At some point, I’m going to have to address the whole alien question, the kids being who they are, so I think I’m just going to leave those questions here.

Poses are by Siimplysims, Simsxen, Sakura.simz, herecirmsims, simmerberlin, simmereen, ninawhims, katverse, and Simmerianne93 – not necessarily in that order! And Fen’s fun socks are from herecirmsims! Thank you to the creators who allow us to do this crazy thing! You are amazing!

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They're just going through a lot.

Poses are by SamsSims, Siimplysims and Simsxen. Thank you so much!

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I’ve had a mini, unplanned hiatus! Argh, real life *scoffs*

But I’ve also been angsting over this stupid story and its direction, especially at this point. We’re on our way to getting past that here.

Poses are by herecirm.sims and SamsSims. Thank you so much!

And here's a link to the sewing machine, which is just awesome! It functions as a computer so your sim will sit down and interact with it.

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as much as we criticize the "big" cc-creators for creative bancruptcy and the way they try to profit as much as possible with the least amount of effort, we really need to concentrate the same energy into uplifiting the creators who are always free and/or bring new, creative and amazing ideas to the table btw!

people like @saruin @gloomiegalaxie @aniraklova @vyxated @surely-sims @thatonegreenleaf @ssspringroll and many many more! i can't possibly list them all here bc there are actually a lot and that's a good problem to have BUT they need more recognition.

@alwaysfreecc is a good place to find creators who really deserve the support! <3

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That's a minor breakthrough, eh?

Poses are by herecirmsims, akuiyumi, rebouks, and cazmari. Thank you so much!

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Just lots of sighing.

Poses are by katverse, simmerberlin, akuiyumi, ratboysims, libetsims, natalia_auditore, herecirmsims, and siimplysims. Thank you!

Oh! The sewing stuff is from simdertalia and aroundthesims. Thank you!!

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We keep torturing Noe because he makes the cutest faces.

Poses are by SamsSims, katverse, akuiyumi, simmerberlin, and atashi77. Thank you!

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Most of this gorgeous neon is gone but you still get a vibe looking down this street. I love this city.

Movie Matinée

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Antonia getting her Disney Princess on. 😂 And a bit of a rapprochement. Noe’s trying, okay?

Just in case you need a character refresher: Fergus made an appearance in the first flashback. He’s a fox. Honestly, this whole story came out of my desire to sing with the foxes in Henford so . . . . Augie is Antonia’s aunt from whom she inherited the house. Antonia spent a lot of time with her when she was younger.

And just about that last slide, it’s probably nothing anyone’s ever noticed but I’ve always maintained (in my own head) that there’s storage space under the stairs that’s accessed through a little hatch on the patio. At some point, I added a pet door just as an indicator and the fam sometimes references getting things out of storage. This is where they mean and I finally built it! But what is Antonia looking for? (I actually keep pose teleporters under the stairs so I had to move them out of the way to make room for Antonia's junk.)

Poses are by starrysimsie – thank you!

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I made this sim for @butteredfrogs create-a-frog challenge! I got the Argentine horned frog and I rolled blue skin, but I decided to apply it to the frog instead of the sim LOL Rana comes from old money so she doesn't give a shit! I went for a classic casual look and chose colors that matched her namesake frog. I had to make her a glutton because her frog is a voracious eater. They're aggressive too so I gave her the ambitious trait. And finally, Loves the Outdoors because frog! This was a lot of fun!

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The Birmingham News, Alabama, June 24, 1922

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More stuff happenin'. Poses are by quiddity-jones, simmireen, and starrysimsie. Thank you!