Carrie Sims
Feb. 5th, 2022 11:07 pmCarrie Sims runs the children’s home (Get it? “carry sims”), where I throw in extra teens that I want to grow up with my regular sims.


Lainey was the first to move in, and was failing all of her classes. Carrie helped her out and gave her some pointers.


Will Lainey apply herself, and improve her grades? Only time will tell.


Lainey was the first to move in, and was failing all of her classes. Carrie helped her out and gave her some pointers.


Will Lainey apply herself, and improve her grades? Only time will tell.
Meet My Friend
Feb. 5th, 2022 05:38 pmJustin had a few friends over after school, in an attempt to get to know them a little better.

Justin, “Hey, Dad, I want you to meet my... friend. ”.
Rob shook Atlas’ hand, “Oh, you’re Ron and Alice's son.”
Justin thought to himself for a minute, “This might get awkward.”.

Upstairs Seamus and Candice get to know each other even better.
Justin walks in, and pretends not to notice.

Justin, “Hey, Dad, I want you to meet my... friend. ”.
Rob shook Atlas’ hand, “Oh, you’re Ron and Alice's son.”
Justin thought to himself for a minute, “This might get awkward.”.

Upstairs Seamus and Candice get to know each other even better.
Justin walks in, and pretends not to notice.
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Mar. 6th, 2020 12:58 am
Atlas rubbed his twin brother’s shoulders, everyone was feeling pretty sore from fishing and constructing shelters the previous day. “Looks like you and Lainey are getting pretty serious, eh?”.

“I was thinking of proposing to her.”, his brother confessed. “Yeah?”, Atlas nodded.

Whatever strife Atlas and Justin had prior to the plane crash, was all put aside as they embarked on their new journey and struggle for survival. Nothing else mattered now, not here on the island anyway.
Rise and Shine
Feb. 22nd, 2020 07:57 am
“Rise and shine, sleepyhead!”

Well rested and ready to face a new day; love was in the air. Rubbing the sand from his eyes, Atlas caught a glimpse of his brother and Lainey sharing a tender moment.

“I’ve gotta hand it to you, Lainey, I don’t know what you see in my brother, but you sure make each other happy. I just wanted to say, thank you.”. Lainey was taken aback, was he being sincere?
Castaway Redux - Seafood Dinner
Feb. 21st, 2020 08:03 pm
After foraging for food for days, and trying their hand at fishing, the gang eagerly cooks up a freshly caught seafood meal - cod, salmon, shrimp, it was truly a feast to behold.

On the verge of tears, Justin pauses to take in the aroma wafting from the palm wrap, “Oh, hell yeah, it doesn’t get any fresher than this.”.
*Just a quick catch up. It's canon with my story, but not an official update.
Still stranded after all these years...
Feb. 20th, 2020 01:39 am
Lainey isn’t impressed, “You’re seriously starting us over from the beginning?”.


Sul Sul! I recently got a new computer, and have been feverishly getting Castaway stories up and running again. The game is currently at medium settings until I can upgrade the computer, so the water looks a little wonky right now. After that, I'll get the main game going. It's just been nice to actually be able to play again!
Last night, I imported my Higgs characters into the game and played a little. This isn’t where I last left off, but I wanted to get them all squared away first with skills, relationship status, etc. Their clothing still looks new, because, well… they just got there. Ha!
Restored Images
Mar. 21st, 2018 08:48 pmI've fixed the remaining Photobucket links, so now all images have been restored. If anyone is interested in reading (some adult content), past entries can be found on the chapter index below, or under the tag "The Higgs".
Chapter Index:
Ch.1 | Ch.2 | Ch.3 | Ch.4 | Ch.5
Ch.6 | Ch.7 | Ch.8 | Ch.9 | Ch.10
Generation 2:
2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |2.9 | 2.10
Fixing Picture Links
Mar. 10th, 2018 07:32 amSpent the entire night re-uploading, and fixing the broken Photobucket links for my story chapters. So far, I have generation 2 completed, and will get to the first generation later this week. It’s now 7:30 AM, and I’m exhausted. Linked LJ entries can be found either on the chapter index on my profile page, or here on DW under "The Higgs" tag.
New Simblr
Feb. 26th, 2018 06:57 pm
This is a brand new Tumblr account for my sims stuff. I found it exceedingly hard to connect with other simmers with the limitations of a sub account (aka: babyblog); I only wish I had made the move sooner. Feel free to come join me!

WooHoo! I got Sims 4 for my birthday.
I worked feverishly on 'The Higgs' update before heading out to Oregon (Mt. Bachelor & Seaside) last month; I got my storyboard ready, images edited and re-sized. Basically, I wanted to be ready to write when I returned. Then… I got Sims 4 for my birthday, and have been playing it ever since. I feel like I’m cheating on my old TS2 sims now. *lol* And, as an extra birthday surprise, the addition of pools arrived on my first day of game play. Yay!
Sims 4 has been a lot of fun to play, much in the way that Sims 3 was for me, but it still lacks that personable feel of Sims 2. Now, I'm in no hurry to switch over to TS4, but the way that my computer has been huffing & puffing lately, I honestly don't know how much longer I'll have a working system to operate TS2 on. I also feel like TS4 would be easier than TS3 to continue my with aesthetically. Maybe a few EP's down the road. ;)
[ETA: I still forget to add curtains in my houses.]
Sims are everywhere!
Apr. 3rd, 2014 06:13 pmOne of the parks near my house put up a little free library case. The book Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs caught my eye, so I took it home. I giggled to myself when I saw the chapter Billy Sim, because anytime I hear, or read the word "sim", I automatically think of The Sims. As it turned out, this chapter really was about The Sims, and it was fascinating to read someone else's account of it, and see some familiar names. I won't say any more about it, because I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but I just had to share. The book is a fun, non-official memoir of the author, so each chapter is pretty self-contained; you won't be lost if you only want to read the part about the Sims, though I highly recommend reading the whole book.
Noooooooo...
Jan. 20th, 2014 05:47 pmWell, I managed to pull off two marathon gaming sessions this weekend, wrapping up a huge part of my story chapter. While sorting through the pictures, moving them in and out of folders... I inadvertently deleted the entire folder. I don't even know how that happened, but I was pretty tired, and my cat kept leaning on the keyboard. Now, I have to reshoot the whole scene again, and I had some shots I was quite pleased with too. Isn't that the way it always goes though?
It worked!
Nov. 7th, 2013 06:40 pm
The test run with the hospital was a success! However, it was a bit boring as a residential lot; I'm tellin' you, even my sims were bored. *lol* I'll rezone it tonight and test it further. If it's too much of a drain as a community lot, at least I know it's playable as a residential.
[ETA] I spoke too soon. I rezoned it, and now it's crashing just as badly as the original.
Now that my classes are over with for the quarter, I can get back to simming! I booted up the game last night and was all ready to send Alice & Hadron over to test out the hospital, and get some story shots done, when I realized I needed some staff to run the place. I quickly made up a doctor and nurse, then motherloded them to hell and back so they could buy the hospital; remember, I need to go into live mode to remove that object that's wedged into the tile. Just when I grabbed the "stuckobjectremover" thingy, my game minimized to the desktop due to a fricken' pop-up, and since I had already been playing for about 7 hours, it wouldn't load back up afterwards. So, as it stands, I still don't know if the new hospital is even playable... I'm going to be sooo pissed if it's not.
I’ve finished the hospital, packaged it up, and saved it on a flash drive. The buiding is ten stories tall, but I only furnished four of the floors, because I do want to be able to play this lot, and I don't need my sims running off to the roof.
With that out of the way, I can now get back to working on my story again. YAY!!!
With that out of the way, I can now get back to working on my story again. YAY!!!