SimValley is where we lay our scene, a quaint town that is quite unlike any other Sim towns we have. Why? Because weirdos are abundant and you get to be a big part of all the weirdness! Or, well, me in this case, but I’m taking you along for the ride!

I grew up playing The Sims 2 the most but secondary to the base PC game (and the Playstation 2 version, but we’ll open that can of worms another time) was the collection of Gameboy Advance Sims games. Minus Pets, I could never get behind that one. Anyways, one of my favorites among those was Bustin’ Out and it opened me to a different playstyle for the Sims altogether that I ended up enjoying a lot more than I thought I would – and with it, it opened a storyline/plot that had its quintessential wackiness of The Sims™ with an added flair.

Listen, I won’t be detailing the game in itself, okay? But if I have a hand in convincing you to play it, then allow me to just say that I think this game is an experience that as a Sims fan you should at least have – regardless if you know about it, know nothing or something. It’s devoid of the classic characters we tend to associate with The Sims (particularly 2) but it introduces a charming roster in a small, charming town and – get this – when you talk to them you actually GET TO READ DIALOGUE!! Making the character interactions far more insightful, interesting and funny. It’s so neat!

Wait, but what is this blog? I am so glad you ask, because I know no one does. This blog is just me writing down my thoughts, my jokes, my bits, my progress and whatever I want about my experience of Bustin’ Out. I will be writing my adventures through this fictional town as my character, and the character will have its own personality traits and random shit. Neat, isn’t it?

Anyways, let me visualize SimValley for you.



This is the town of SimValley as a whole (as far as I am aware) and I will only be mentioning places and only detailing the essentials part of it – for the bit – so if you want to somehow keep this in handy for the sake of visualizing then you can. Or not, I’m not your mother.

So, if you wish to tag along let me welcome you to SimValley!!

An odd choice, isn't it? Well, it's super silly but I like this scene even if it bears no real weight to the entire game.

It's a beautiful afternoon on the hill, the kids are waiting for a fabled train and in comes Seifer -- their supposed rival and one of my favorite character in gaming-- to seemingly just pester then. And pester he does, enough for Roxas to stand up and face him, to which Seifer responds:

"Why does looking at you always piss me off?"

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No literally, that is the question. And no, I'm not talking about The Weeknd's embarrassing softcore porn fantasy of a show, I'm talking about the concept of idols in general.

Y'remember back when people in the early internetdom used to mock politicians and celebrities equally? When we had our own little club? I will admit that some of these attacks were founded in deep hatred for anythin' popular, girly, kid-like or just a disdain for female pop artists and that kinda fuckin' sucked, but we used to put Bush through perils and openly mock politicians! But then there was a moment in time where we seemingly shifted from having a detached or balanced relationship with our idols, to worshipping 'natural idols' and right into listenin' to every bullshit claim outta their moufs. Now it feels like you can't really say the soberin' statement that a lot of politics and politicians, some celebrities and influencers are a total fuckin' farse and they should be mocked -- mostly 'cause you will piss off a bunch of people on either direction accusin' you of anything they think you are.

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I've been bringing in and settin' up some orphaned and homeless writing pieces I had lying around on my google doc for months and years, just scoopin' out what could be entertaining for you all to witness and read, get to know me and all of that. Among the ideas I have I also considered havin' a little collection of my favorite letterboxd and backloggd reviews, but that is yet to be decided. In the meantime you can go and stalk both of my profiles, linked on the journal --- if you can find it with my ever changing journal styles LOL.

Aside from that, I've been roundin' up the suggested RPGs I got recommended, lookin' to start playing one of these soon, but I think I first want to finish getting up all those orphaned posts up before I sit down and begin to write anything. I know the RPG journey will be a long Leona's Gaming Journal post, so I want to be prepared and ready for that.

That aside, I've been settlin' in okay with this journal. Turns out, color me fuckin' surprised, if you interact with communities and people you will actually find interesting journals to subscribe to! Golly, I didn't think of that! My anxious ass didn't anticipate such a move but I'm glad I peaked my head out there. Makes a journal feel like home, doesn't it?

Yo, gamers!

Check it, I'm not an RPG player by any means. Most I played in terms of RPG is The Legend of Dragoon & Persona 4. Very briefly I tried my hand with Final Fantasy 8, however I feel like the only one that sunk its fang proper was Legend of Dragoon, and Persona 4's social aspect was far more compelling to me than the actual combat -- even though I had my fun with it.

So, I'm looking to experience more RPG titles and see which one sticks to me. My preferred type of games should be anything below the PS2 era. If it's a classic, even better. Something that is beginner friendly, to get me started in the funky fantastical but foreign world of RPGs.

Feel free to comment any suggestions, I'll look into 'em.

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If there's any new eyes peeping what's inside this enigmatic, cherry-flavored journal... first of all, my condolences. I'm constantly changing styles, changing my goddamn mind, and hell even the icons are a constant work in progress. FUCK I FORGOT TO CREDIT THE USER FUCK FUCK FUCK.

That aside, I cover so much, I talk so much --- but I'm kinda glad that the Danni Ashe post is the first thing y'all see canonically everytime you walk into this place. It truly does exemplify everything. You're welcome to stay, sub, read up or what have you! Just know I'm still sprucing up the place.

Dudes, I saw something rather hilarious that I must show you all. But first, let me give you the skinny. Danni Ashe was a pin-up girl, nude model and once-stripper that was pretty popular in the 80s and 90s. I didn't know about this chick for quite some time until just recently I was searching through tumblr and found a picture of her. I must admit, her bazoonkadonkas pulled me in like how the hell do you have such huge tits and not have them sag like that? Purely a scientific inquiry! (Not).

Anyways, I found this video on youtube about Danni. An 90s interview after she opened up her website, Danni's hard drive, which is pretty fucking neat.

 

It's a very interesting combination of her two jobs -- or at least two interests. Apparently she went to computer programming school and after viewing her husband's company website she had the idea to put those two things together and create what became Danni's Hardrive. Not only featured herself but other models as well, whose names I can barely make out in the atrocious quality that video is in. Seriously, dude. It says 360p but I think this looks more like a bleary eyed drunkie squinting at a 240p video to begin with -- and I think this is the only possible archive of this.

All in all, interesting stuff. But I wanna leave you guys with this amazing piece of text I found that made me laugh so much. Hereby, we bestow Danni Ashe with the ULTIMATE title.