Saturday 16 October 2004

Pic of the day: Unlike my Sims, I could only dream about making lunch today. Then again, unlike my Sims, I could play Sims2, while my Sims can't play Real Life. I hope.

A host of dreams

Even though I was sick yesterday, I had not quite given up my newfound habit of planning for November. And then some, in this case. You see, I asked on the NaNoWriMo.org message board if anyone could recommend a web host, as I wanted to share my novel with the world and my current web site is running over (I have to delete the pictures of an old month to get room for a new, and then some, since I also write some text).

Because of glowing recommendation, I chose to sign a 2-year prepaid deal with DreamHost, whose name was also vaguely familiar to me because some other diarist had a site there. This deal included registration of my very own domain! There is no point in giving you that name since it is not operating now. But I now have some idea of how to technically move my stuff there.

I would hate to have to go through 2000 files and change all the references to earlier years. I need to find some way to automate this, if I shall do it at all.

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Speaking of dream stuff, I had a very comfortable morning as I could sleep in. There I dreamed that I was hiking in the wilderness with Tsaiko. We were sitting on the cliffs watching the sunset, and I enjoyed finally having some time together with her. That's pretty funny since we live on different continents, and I have never even seen her except for a few pictures.

Despite Tsaiko being a shapely woman, the dream was not an erotic one. As is good and proper, since I don't even really know whether she is straight ... she tends to write smut about boys who fall in love with boys. What that makes HER, is anybody's guess! (Actually it makes her a Scary Yaoi FanGirl, SYFG, but that's just a description of the above.) Anyway, I really enjoy reading her journals and comments, not to mention that she is my eternal NaNoWriMo rival for two years in a row. ^^

There are many types of dreams, but this one was pure wish fulfillment. It is way too long since I've spent time with a friend who is my equal (and then some). And it may well be even longer till next time, if ever. So I take what I can get, even the fading memory of a dream.

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For daydreams, however, I go with Sims2. I've played various singles with different ambitions, and found that generally Romance and Knowledge are the hardest, Popularity and Family the easiest. But playing singles is simply not as interesting as playing families. Perhaps this is just me. So I've returned to my Sim families lately.

Perhaps someone who wades in family all day would love to relax with a single household. Of course, people who have a family are not likely to be able to play undisturbed for more than a few minutes. And when they are away from the computer, spouse and kids (or worse, parents) will play their Sims and wreak havoc on their relationships. This, dear reader, is why we have User Accounts with passwords in WinXP. Use them ruthlessly. Your Sims' happiness comes first!

I certainly try to make sure my Sims feel better than I have today. The sickiness lingers, and all the good food I bought for the weekend ages gracefully in my fridge. I can only dream about a real lunch, much less dinner. But I don't. When I get so starved that I start to dream about food, I know I have a problem. Right now, I have plenty of other dreams. Too many, perhaps. But this is enough for today.