The Sims 3

So yes, this game is freaking awesome, but I do have some qualms...

1. The game is so good and chocked full of stuff that it can't fast-forward and it makes my computer super slow with it. I figured out how to rectify the first one; basically, you have to change the screen resolution to the lowest possible and it fast forwards a little faster.

As for making my computer run slower, that is a serious problem and I am probably going to have to take it off my computer when school starts.

2. I still cannot figure out how to get sims to marry each other. I can get them to have babies and love each other and co-habitate and everything, but I cannot get a "married" option to come up. What is that about? It kinda hurts my feelings. lol. Illegitamate children and everything. LOL.

3. Also, there is a lot more hidden things in this game which could be seen as a negative and a plus, which ever way you want to look at it. It took me forver to find out how to catch a deathfish...forever, but I guess somepeople like finding the puzzles...me, not so much.

There are a lot of good things though. First, you can have extremely different looking Sims. In previous versions, they kinda all looked the same. I also like the seamlessness of it.

Apparently, the goods outweigh the bads because I still play it every day. lol.

- So when I get tired of the people, then I am going to figure out the architecture and stuff. Yeah!

Site Addiction

People say it all the time and it is so true. People who blog in one way or another are attention whores. Seriously people. And I realized this about myself a couple of days ago when I signed up with Google Analytics. Some people want outward attention, others just want a sense of validation. The later is me to some extent. I just want to know that other people are reading what I write. I write it for me... but then again, I write it for other people or else I wouldn't have made this public for everyone to see. Back to Google Analytics.

I just wanted to see WHERE people where people lived who were coming to my blog. But now, it is kinda becoming an obsession. OH! Let's see who read my blog today. WHAT? My reader count today is down 20... that is not hot! Why do I get 75 percent newcomers and only 25 percent repeat visitors? Why if so many people visit my blog does no one comment.
I was at work thinking about these questions. Having such a cool way to see how your blog is doing and having nothing to do at work is not a good combination at all.

Secondly... I feel like I need to admit something. A couple of summers ago, I was addicted to two website. Here it comes... The Knot and The Nest. No, I was not planning a wedding or planning family life, I was just on the message boards for the DRAMA. I didn't have a username thus, I couldn't comment, but everyday after track practice I would go on both these sites and read through the posts. It was so interesting to me to see how other people saw life and how other people lived. It had been over a year since I had been on either of these websites and just for the heck of it, I went on both of them yesterday, just to see if they'd changed. The Knot's website looked the same, and the message board was updated a bit. The Nest was completly redone message board wise and was kinda overwhelming at first. But one thing that stayed the same... the people. First of all, there were still some of the same people on there that were on there over a year ago. It's like dang... I know the constant bickering is funny for a while, but doesn't it get old at say... year 3? And the same kind of people were on there too. I

Weffriddles

Ok, so anyone who likes riddles and who is fairly computer literate will LOVE weffriddles. It is kind of like an online treasure hunt/riddle thing. Well whatever it is, it is very fun and quite addictive. I've been on it for 2 days and am only on level 30 of 50. It really makes you think outside of the box... and since I have now become a freaking logic games genius... I like thinking outside of the box and deductivly... searching for clues and the like. It utilizes all aspects of computer use such as cut and paste... highlight function... jpeg, html, folders, naming... and other things that are not computer related. Anyway, it is cool.