Pass the happy 💙 When you get this, reply with 5 things that make you happy and send it to the last 10 people in your notifications! (Feel free to ignore if you’ve already done this/don’t feel like it!)

and @twofee sent me one too! so I’m going to list 10 things that make me happy! ❤

winter/cold weather
cozy socks
snuggly blankets
Christmas time (and Christmas music! ❤)
that fact that I’m finally succeeding in my resolution to drink more water
binge-watching naruto (or binge-watching anything really)
a nice cold beer
genmaicha
my throwback playlist of emo songs
snow! which we’re supposed to be getting thursday!

my list is pretty season-specific lol but this is my favorite time of year! who doesn’t love being cozy on the couch with blankets and a cup of tea and a binge-worthy show??

about me tag~

Tagged by @kairisu and @biffysims!

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Nickname(s): Chris (family & older friends), Fi (college friends)
Gender: female
Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5′3″
Time: 1:30 pm
Birthday: December 20th
Favourite Bands: Radiohead, Sigur Ros, New Order, The Cure, Kraftwerk
Favourite Solo Artists: Dion, Bob Dylan, Panda Bear, Dick Dale, Jerry Vale
Song stuck in my head: Senses Working Overtime – XTC
Last movie I watched: uhhh probably The Room, bf and I went to a showing recently and met Tommy Wiseau lmao
Last show I watched: Will & Grace, I’ve been binge-watching the original run and I’m up to season 6 already
When did I create this blog: 2012 I believe?
What do I post: not enough sims-related stuff lately lmao, but when I do it’s mostly Sycamore Cove gameplay, half-finished Maxis makeovers, or garbage text posts
What did I last google: bus tickets from NYC to Philly
Other blogs: @simper-finds, @fi-hearts, and @wretched-hive, my long-neglected personal blog that is mostly stormpilot trash ❤
Do I get asks: yes, although tumblr is bad at notifying me of them and I’m REALLY bad at answering them lmao
Why did I choose this URL: just a play on my nickname/something sims-related
Following: 428
Followers: (˵ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°˵) (stole your answer, @kairisu! :3)
Average hours of sleep: 5-6 on a work night, 8-10 on a day off lol
Lucky number: don’t have one?
Instrument: I have no musical inclinations WHATSOEVER
What am I wearing: pj pants (aka what I wear 100% of the time I’m at home), t-shirt, sleep cardigan (aka a robe that’s just REALLY SOFT), fuzzy slippers :3
Dream job: anything that’s not my current job, tbh LMAO I always thought I would end up doing something creative (writing, art, design, etc.) since those are things I was passionate about as a child/teenager, but life has a funny way of throwing you curveballs, eh?
Favourite Food: SO MANY THINGS omg well for starters, I cannot live without pizza (although I give it up every year for Lent T__T), but I also love pasta puttanesca, juicy cheeseburgers, anything with mushrooms or caramelized onions, truffle fries, MAC & CHEESE, potatoes of any kind, and damn it now I’m hungry
3 favorite fandoms: star wars (always & forever <3), daredevil (well, marvel in general), aaaand ts2 I guess? I’ve also been into naruto lately but idk if I’d say I’m in the fandom lmao

tagging anyone who wants to do this! I think this has been floating around for awhile already and I’m not sure who’s been tagged or not :3 go for it!!

5 things meme

Tagged by @deedee-sims! Waiting for my game to load~

5 things you’ll find in my bag:

Trick question! I don’t really bother carrying a bag around during the winter because almost everything fits in my coat pockets! That being said…

1. wallet/metrocard
2. keys
3. chapstick
4. hair ties
5. countless receipts for coffee and beer

5 things you’ll find in my room:

1. Christmas lights
2. pop figures of Tormund and Kakashi-sensei (although Kakashi’s head falls off if you move him)
3. stack of comic books my sister lent me that I still haven’t read
4. framed photograph of bf & I in Disney World
5. Rubik’s cube (bf likes to solve them)

5 things that make me happy:

1. Christmas decorations & music
2. cozy pjs & blankets
3. having my own apartment
4. binge-watching shows on netflix/hulu
5. baseball season (96 more daaays)

5 things I’m currently into:

1. STAR WARS
2. Will & Grace
3. STAR WARS
4. watching hilariously bad movies w/ bf (The Room, Troll 2, Birdemic, etc)
5. STAR WAAAARs

5 things on my to-do list:

1. finish wrapping presents
2. clean bathroom
3. sweep/vacuum/mop kitchen floor
4. go grocery shopping
5. watch It’s A Wonderful Life and Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol!!

Tagging @lilithpleasant, @dirk-dreamer, @scottishly, @holesoulsims, @biffysims, @yakumtsaki, @twofee aaaand idk anyone else who wants to do this?? I’m sure you’ve all been tagged already but I haven’t been paying attention lmao no pressure guys! I’m bored and trying to generate actual sims-related content on this blog I swear

10 Questions Meme

I’ve been tagged in several meme things over the past couple of weeks (during my bouts of inactivity) – so I’m sorry for not doing them! I do love participating in memes and seeing what other people come up with, but I haven’t been on my computer lately and tumblr on mobile is a nightmare. So thank you to anyone who’s tagged me in something recently (or not-so-recently) – I appreciate being thought of, and maybe I’ll go back and participate in them! …eventually. 😀

I happened to be at my computer reading @didilysims BaCC from the very beginning (which I’ve been meaning to do for awhile now <3) when @deedee-sims tagged me in a meme, so here goes! 🙂

(under a cut because god forbid I give a succinct answer for ANYTHING)

Rules: Answer ten questions, come up with ten questions, tag ten people!

1. Which Sims game was the very first you played?

TS1! TS1 forever, baby. I remember visiting my cousins in Virginia one summer when I was around ten or eleven years old. My cousins were all slightly older than I was, and wanted to do “cool” teenage things that I wasn’t interested in (probably going to the mall or something), so they let me hang out at home playing around on the computer. One of them introduced me to The Sims, and I remember building a MASSIVE box house with nowhere near enough windows to illuminate the interior, and I made 8 Sims named after the Weasleys and moved them in. 😛 It didn’t take long for me to become obsessed, and I remember asking my parents to get me the game as soon as we got back. I guess you could say the rest is history? 🙂

I continued to play TS1 for a few years after TS2 came out (because I had a shitty old computer that couldn’t handle TS2). I don’t think I got TS2 until late 2006, so yeah, the TS1 is strong with this one. 😛

2. What other games you play besides the Sims?

Not many. My last big game obsession was Stardew Valley (which I’ve been itching to get back to, truth be told). Otherwise I tend to play casual games on my Nintendo 3DS, like Animal Crossing or Pokemon. Just something that’s easy to pick up once in awhile when I don’t have the time or energy to sit at the computer. 🙂 I try to get at least one version from every Pokemon generation ~~although I couldn’t tell you the last time I finished one~~. I get sidetracked with training and breeding, etc. 😛

3. Who is your favorite premade Sim?

I’m going to defer this question since I haven’t played with premades in so long I really can’t choose. 😛 Reading other people’s stories (looking at you @yakumtsaki) and BaCCs (I love what @didilysims has done by taking several premade uni students and starting a new neighborhood with them) has made me want to play with them more, though!

4. Custom objects or custom CAS stuff?

Both! Well, I go through phases. (Although I have more than enough of each, so I should definitely cut back…) Lately I’ve been more about CAS stuff, mainly because I’m still in the middle of defaulting things, so I’m always on the hunt for clothes I like enough to default. 🙂 I’ve been on a hair retexturing kick too, so I’ve been raiding the hair database.

5. One thing that you miss from the game, and hope it’ll be modded into it sooner or later?

It’s not possible, but I wish TS2 had custom body sliders. (~~Although we’ve said “it’s not possible” about a lot of things in the past, and look what our modding community has done. 😛~~) And I think someone else mentioned this already, but separate shoes in CAS/Bodyshop!

Gameplay-wise, hmmm. I’m pretty content with what we have in TS2 so far (and what our modders have been able to fix). It’d be nice to have some sort of fix (if that’s even the right word?) for playing high-rise buildings/apartments, though. We have the light-up buildings and street deco, the only thing I need to create my urban paradise is the ability to play a swanky penthouse apartment without the in-game camera driving me crazy!

6. Have you ever killed a sim on purpose?

Yes, although I haven’t done it “for fun” since my TS1 days. (Ahhh, the nostalgia of building a small room with no doors and letting my Sim set off fireworks inside.) The most recent time I did it was a few years ago, before I learned how to create a truly clean custom neighborhood. There was a mysterious mass-murder of all the premade townies on an empty lot with a lone Sim living on it, who became the town pariah and never interacted with any other residents, just had the memories of all the townies perishing… D: Oops!

A cc making skill you would like to learn?

So many! I’d love to figure out 3t2/4t2 conversions, but my more immediate goal is to learn how to shoeswap. 🙂 Also, I know how to make default replacements and do them for outfits all the time, but I’ve never successfully done it with hair (so. many. groups.), so I’d like to revisit that eventually too. 🙂

8. Do you like playing businesses?

I actually haven’t played them all that much, but I’m starting to get the hang of it! They are a lot of fun, and I like the idea of a Sim running their business, and the player is able to “go to work” with them and have a hand in helping them become successful. Sometimes it feels cheaty to have them work through the regular in-game career paths, even though it’s not really. 😛

9. Have you ever played a challenge?

Attempted? Yes. Completed? No. 😛 I’ve had quite a few legacies that I abandoned after a solitary generation. Sycamore Cove is the closest thing I have to a BaCC, although I don’t play by any rules. I guess it’s a challenge in that I’m still playing it after several years without getting bored, so yay!

10. How are you?

Doing well today, thank you! Can’t ask for anything more than a quiet day off to play TS2 and watch Netflix. 😀

I’m going to take the SUPER LAZY way out and keep DeeDee’s questions instead of coming up with my own (I really liked them and the fact that they’re Sims-related!). Tagging @biffysims, @yakumtsaki, @knightsims, @terabots, @ofgodsandllamas, @lilithpleasant, @dirk-dreamer, @holesoulsims, @keoni-chan, @julessims, and anyone else who wants to do it! No pressure, sorry if you’ve been tagged already, etc. ❤

Mood song challenge!

Tagged by @yakumtsaki! ❤

My current mood song is – GASP! not Radiohead or Sigur Rós – but Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective. This song has always been one of my favorite AC songs for many reasons – I love the imagery in the lyrics, which perfectly encapsulates summer nights in NYC (appropriate since temps hit 85 here the last two days), also for the nostalgia factor (this is one of the songs my bf introduced me to maaany years ago when we first started dating, and now we’re moving in together so things are coming full circle!). Also it’s catchy as hell, so pls listen and enjoy! ❤

Let’s leave the sound of the heat for the sound of the rain
It’s easy to sleep when it wets my brain
It covers my rest with a saccharine sheen
Kissing the wind through my window screen
The restlessness calls us, that I cannot hide
So much on my mind that it spills outside
Do you want to go stroll down the financial street?
Our clothes might get soaked, but the buildings sleep
And there’s no one pushing for a place
As we end up at an easy pace
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
I want to walk around with you
Just you, just you, just you…

Tagging @twofee, @biffysims, @holesoulsims, @shastakiss, @keoni-chan, @deedee-sims, aaaaand anyone else who wants to do this! (Sorry, I’m behind on my tumblr meme things and I don’t know who’s been tagged or not!)

If you feel like it, please respond with five things that make you happy when you get this. Then, send to the last ten people in your notifications anonymously. You never know who might benefit from spreading positivity.

Hiya! 😀 Hmmm, five things that make me happy:

my boyfriend (I know, I picked the obvious cop-out answer :3)
traveling
a good beer (especially sours, saisons, and wits <3)
blankets! I can never have enough blankets and I love to snuggle under ALL OF THEM
not having work

Thanks, anon! ❤

blackswan-sims:

dinuriel:

katzengirl:

illuminosity:

reblog with your mbti, enneagram, temperament, hogwarts house, and moral alignment?

INTP, The Reformer/The Artist/The Skeptic, Melancholic, Ravenclaw, True Neutral

INTP, Type 8/Type 5, Choleric, Ravenclaw/Slytherin, Chaotic Good

INFP, Type 2/Type 9, Melancholic, Hufflepuff, Neutral Good

ENFP, The Helper/The Skeptic/The Generalist, Sanguine, Hufflepuff/Gryffindor, Lawful Good

20 questions meme

Tagged by @soo-bee-well, @raptorsims, and @ofgodsandllamas ♥

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Rules: Answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better.

Name: Christine

Nicknames: Chris (although only my family/childhood friends call me this), Fi

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5’3"

Orientation: straight

Ethnicity: Caucasian (Italian, Irish, German)

Favorite fruit: I LOVE fruit, my dudes. Apples (but green/semi-sweet ones that are good for baking, I find most red ones too mealy), pears (BOSC PEARS ALL THE WAY, especially when they’re not ripe at all, don’t give me soft pears), peaches, plums, strawberries, bananas, cherries… I’m not one for citrus, but I LOVE me some grapefruit.

Favorite season: Summer or fall. I used to hate winter (just because I’m always cold and I hate being cold), but after my trip to Iceland I have a new appreciation for cold weather and stark winter beauty. Plus, it’s cuddle weather, so, bonus. 🙂

Favorite book series: Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

Favorite flower: I looooove flowers. (My last name means flower, so I think I have to? :P) Tulips are my favorite, but I also love sunflowers, freesia, dahlias, and hydrangeas.

Favorite scent: I’m a scent addict – seriously, I have a ridiculous collection of soaps and lotions and candles. I like bergamot, vanilla, sandalwood, patchouli, coconut, floral scents, amber, and musk.

On a more edible note, I love the smell of truffle oil. And bacon. And that first cup of coffee brewing in the morning. Or the smell of pizza wafting from the pizzeria when I walk down the avenue. ♥__♥ (I always have this debate with people – if you lived in an apartment above a pizzeria, would you ever grow tired of the smell? The only answer is no.)

Favorite color: Navy blue.

Favorite animal: I feel like I don’t have one anymore? 😦 This sounds sad, like I hate animals or something lol I DON’T. I have a lot of friends who have, like, an animal they’re obsessed with though. My one friend has owls on everything. And my other friend is obsessed with cats, another with birds, etc. I guess I don’t have an affinity for any animal in particular. When I was little, though, I LOVED horses. Always wanted one, loved reading about them, loved drawing them, etc. Seeing them everywhere in Iceland was a DREAM COME TRUE for my 7-year-old (and 26-year-old) self.

Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: All three, but coffee the most BY FAR. I can’t live without it. :X

Average sleep hours: 4-5 on a work night, anywhere from 7-14 on a night off lmao.

Cat or dog person? Either. :3 I’ve never owned a pet like that before (I’ve only had birds, hamsters, or fish) so I’d like either one!

Favorite fictional characters: OH MAN SO MANY FANDOMS. It depends on the day, really lmao. Right now I’m catching up on all the DC shows so I’m like BARRY ALLEN IS THE MOST PRECIOUS CINNAMON ROLL IN THE WORLD. (But everyone knows my superhero heart belongs to Daredevil.) Star Wars was my first fandom growing up (I lost my first tooth watching Return of the Jedi at age 7) and it occupies a massive space in my heart to this day. ♥ Old school faves are Leia and Luke, obvs, new school fave is Poe Dameron (hugely underrated, thank God he got his own comic book series because good Poe merch is hard to come by). Lord of the Rings was honestly my entire life in high school, to the point where I went to school with my hair braided like an Elf (I was not popular LMAO). Fave characters are Faramir, Boromir, Arwen, and the entire Fellowship, tbh. And of course, Harry Potter (my entire childhood, my entire adolescence. Star Wars may have come first, but I think it was Harry Potter that had the biggest influence on my growing up). Sirius Black and Remus Lupin are the forever faves. Aaaaand last but not least, let’s throw in someone from Game of Thrones/ASoIaF – SER DAVOS! (Also hugely underrated, he’s great.) WAIT NO, I lied, I wasn’t finished. Can’t overlook Lady Mary Crawley of Downton Abbey (and of course, sassy Cousin Violet the Dowager).

WHEW, that’s definitely not everyone lmao (because lord knows I can’t just casually like something, I have to make my entire existence revolve around it) but that’s enough for one day lmao.

Number of blankets you sleep with: NOT. ENOUGH. I cannot emphasize to you enough how much I am always cold (also the insulation in my room is v. poor and my bed is right next to a drafty window). Right now I have flannel sheets, a fleece blanket, a sherpa blanket, a wool blanket, and a comforter. I I also usually sleep with a fleece or a robe on. And if my window is really drafty, I wrap a sweater around my head lmao.

Dream trip: Going back to Iceland (preferably with a one-way ticket

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Blog created: Is there a place to look this up? lmao I’m pretty sure I created this blog sometime in 2012 (late summer/early fall?)

Number of followers: WAY more than I ever thought I’d get lmao ;_;

♥. Seriously, every day I’m both shocked and grateful for the number of people who follow and appreciate my silly gameplay posts. Thank you!

uhhhhhh idk who to tag since I think a lot of people either did this already or have already been tagged, so feel free to do it if you want! Say I tagged you so I can read your answers 😀 😀

Music Meme

Ahhhhh, my favorite meme! Mostly because it’s fun to watch Spotify IGNORE my complete Radiohead discography and pick the most random songs from the most random albums I have. 😀

Tagged by @yakumtsaki and @ajaysims, thank you loves ❤

The rules: put your iPod/iTunes/Spotify/whatever on shuffle and write the first ten songs that come up.

1. Air War (David Wolf Remix) – Crystal Castles
Not my favorite Crystal Castles song, but I seem to remember shuffle being fond of CC in general, so here we go.

2. Lion in a Coma – Animal Collective
One of my favorite AC songs from one of my favorite AC albums! I actually ordered a drink at the bar I went to on my birthday because it was called Lion in a Coma. 😛 (~~I was grossly hungover at work the next day but that’s neither here nor there.~~)

3. The Model – Kraftwerk
YEEEESSS KRAFTWERK. 😀 My favorite Kraftwerk album (although my favorite song from it is “Spacelab”). Bf and I got tickets to see Kraftwerk in D.C. last summer and it was amazing, 10/10, would go again for sure.

4. Dollars & Cents – Radiohead
Whoa, Radiohead finally made an appearance on shuffle?!? Okay, so the song I linked to isn’t the exact recording that came up (you can thank my boyfriend for collecting literally every live recording of Radiohead known to man), but it’ll do. 🙂 Speaking of traveling to see bands, we just got tickets to see Radiohead in Atlanta! I’ve never been to Atlanta (or Georgia in general), but it’ll be fun to make a weekend out of it. Also, RADIOHEAD.

5. The Canals of Our City – Beirut
God, I love Beirut. So many beautiful layers of instrumentation and vocals. I got really into Balkan/Romani folk music for awhile because of Beirut. And they put on a splendid live show, too. Zach ❤

6. Here’s Everything I’ve Always Meant to Say – JamisonParker
LMFAO THROWING IT BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. No joke, I’ve quite a few of these nostalgic albums saved on my Spotify. 😀 Anyone need lyrics for an AIM profile/away message? I GOTCHU.

7. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths
The Smiths. Enough said. Moz ❤ ❤ ❤ (This is actually the first time I’m watching this video, the flowery branch in the back pocket is an… interesting look. :D)

8. Lucky – Radiohead
TWO Radiohead songs?! All right, Spotify shuffle, I see you!

9. It’s Not a Fashion Statement, It’s a Fucking Deathwish – My Chemical Romance
See notes for number 6. ;D Seriously, though, MCR always has a special place in my heart. Fun story: I had tickets to see them do a one-night-only show at MSG with Taking Back Sunday (my other favorite band at the time!). It was the night before my chemistry final AND I was sick with strep throat and a stomach bug, but HELL IF I WAS GOING TO MISS THAT. So I went anyway. D: (I spent the entire next day sick in bed and throwing up constantly, but I passed my chem final.)

10. Krafty (Live at Bestival 2012) – New Order
Finally, my 80s music makes an appearance! Another band I love and had the privilege of seeing live this past year. 😀 I could listen to New Order all day (and I have).

STILL AN EGREGIOUS LACK OF DION HERE. And Sigur Rós, which is disappointing because I literally listened to nothing but Sigur Rós for like two months. 😡

Tagging @deedee-sims @biffysims @ofgodsandllamas @vimpse @holesoulsims @holleyberry @twofee @shastakiss @jellybeanery aaaaaand anyone else who wants to! SORRY IF YOU DID IT ALREADY or don’t want to ack no worries! ❤

Tagged by @thesimtraveler, @didilysims, and @eulaliasims!

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The Rules: Post your fave OC’s screenshots from 2016.

I tried to include as many of my Sims as possible in here, but I have blatant favorites who made it into two photos (hi Jasper!). I’m so happy I was able to find that picture of Sheila and Alfred because 2016 wasn’t a good year for their relationship, tbh. 😦 But they’re both near and dear to my heart so they had to be included!

The adorable Zynlos is not my OC – he’s the lovely brainchild of @deedee-sims. This just happens to be one of my favorite pictures of their little family, and where would Chase be without Zynlos, anyway? 😀

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I know a lot of people have done this already (I’m late, as with everything in life), but if you haven’t and you would like to, consider yourself tagged! Tag me in your post so I can see your screenshots too. 😀