Patron saints and presents

[dicreasy2]

First of all happy St George's Day everyone. :D

But today isn't just the day of England's patron saint, it is my legaversary. Two years ago today I plonked Gabe Legacy down on a blank lot in a subhood of Pleasantview. I've come a long way since then, and Regalton has been rebuilt as it's own neighbourhood, but I am still as committed to playing the family in as authentic a way as possible.

I really have no idea when the next chapter will be ready, but I do have a few small gifts for you today.

First I have some picspam from A&A's house.




Squeeeee. (I much prefer this to the bouncer).



SQUEEEEEE.

There were two birthdays while I was there. (Actually the birthdays were the reason I played the house).



David really, really looks like Anthony, but that is the Legacy Brow starting to make its presence known.




Sarah-Jane is a real mix of her parents. That is Anthony's nose and Alexandra's mouth, I think she also has the Legacy Brow.

Most of what I have shot in the main house is spoilery for the next chapter, but have a few snaps from the holiday anyway:



Squee Victorian tourists!









I also sent William and Beth on a very quick trip to Takemizu to get back the memories they lost due to the rebuild. This will not make it into the legacy.







I love my Geisha.

Adorableness in the newly decorated music room:




For all you Stanley fan girls, I have a gratuitous picture to share.



(This is my new S2 skintone.  I've basically tweaked a few things so that it is more polished than the original.  I've also compressorised it so it is now 7MB in size, as opposed to 31MB.  If things carry on all four new files will be less than the size of one of the old ones).

These pictures are just to whet your appetite though, my main gift to you is a music video. You see the lyrics to Mean Bone by Slash's Snakepit really resonate with me and where I took Eddie and Marielle's story. One morning on my way to work whilst I was writing chapter 19, the song came on my CD player, making my brain come up with a video that made me laugh so much, I nearly crashed.

Here is my attempt to recreate it. It is the first time I've made a video, so it is a bit rough and ready. I'm also not happy with the quality of the upload, even though the original file is really good.

Anyway, it's here:

Comments

[dicreasy.livejournal.com]

I thought it was Shakespeare's birthday too, and nearly put it in the post, but didn't want to look like a prat if I'd got it wrong.

Well it's just a thank you to all my fans for all the support you have given me. :D

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

Well, *technically* we don't know when Shakespeare was born; he was baptized on the 26th, so it could have been on the 23rd, 24th, or 25th. But he died on the 23rd of April, and it IS St. George's Day, and he's kind of England's permanent Poet Laureate, so nearly everybody says "screw it, let's celebrate his birthday on the 23rd."

I know. TMI.