My zebra finch is dying.
He miscalculated his flight and hit a doorframe. At first I hoped he was just stunned and then I hoped that he had a little concussion but now, after almost six hours since he fell I'm starting to believe he will die before morning. Dying alone is the worst thing someone can do - and though he is "just" a bird, he is my family and though he has a bad wing and missed a toe from the day one, he's my bird.. I'm going to hold him in my hand until he takes his last breath.
I'm still hoping for a change, but every hour that goes by just makes me hope he is not in pain and will go soon.
I don't believe in angels nor god, but I hope that there is a heaven for birds.
Monday
The Dream Guy
I met the man in my dreams again, the one I've seen since I was a child. Now, I might have mentioned that he takes different faces but I always know it's him. This time was much different though, I was searching for him, going to visit him in the prison he was in. I was trying to get to him, not the other way around as usual. That prison was a good place to be in, with good food, plenty of pretty girls for him and everything. and I was talking with him and he was flirting with me and I wanted to give him my phone number. He gave me a note book and turned a new page, but I had a glimpse of the other pages that were full of phone numbers already. I wanted him to choose me, so I took him to the ladies room, unbuttoned his jeans and wrote my phone number to his lower belly. Then I realized it's not him that I want, but his brother.
Now comes the creepy part: the dream guy looked just like Dean Winchester in the temptation scene of ep15 of Supernatural, wearing the same clothes. Even the colors of the dream were the same.. I saw the episode today for the first time - and had the dream three nights ago.
I have always been a sucker for the heartthrobs, but in real life, I've always end up with a pal of his, whom I didn't notice at first, but then I realize he's much cuter and might have a brain. Has happened to me three times already... So I guess this dream really had a message in it: In real life, if I was near Jensen Ackles, I'd have the hots for him, but after having a chat with him I might notice that Jared Padalecki might actually be more interesting and charming. Not that I ever will find out if they are really pals in real life. Nor ever see them in real life anyway.
And I'm not a fan of the show nor the guys. Actually, I find Supernatural being a cheap-set show that has had two good episodes, one decent and many crappy. Jensen isn't that good looking either. He's only drop dead gorgeous, and I know he knows it and has let his good looks get the best of his good charateristics, which are there, I'm sure. Padalecki might actually be my prefferred choice in real life, though he might be a real asshole. You just can't know. Once people hit the "celebrity" status they never show their real me to anyone else than the ones they have known before they "made it". That just sucks. I just wish people would leave their idols alone or if they see their idol, wouldn't go screaming to them. Well, some celebs are so full of theirselves they might enjoy it, but most of them would like people to
How do I know this? Well, I have experience of only two celebs, but they might agree with me.
I hate it when the famous people can't even go shopping without having an unwanted entourage of people wanting autographs, pictures or just a few words. I can't understand why people need to know everything about a guy who plays a creepy guy in a tv show or has the leading role in the new hit movie. They are just human beings and would deserve their own peace. All the celebs marry and date other celebs mainly because they can't go to the "normal people places" because they can never tell if it's a golddigger or a true person there talking with them. It sucks that people with celeb status only date people who are somehow connected to the media business. I'm sure a lot of celebs would be happier if they dated people who wouldn't give a shit what they are, just who they are. I know this sounds a bit naive, but not everyone who watches TV or the movies think that the actor or actress doesn't ever go take a dump or fart or have bad hair days. And yes, GIRLS FART TOO!
The first "celeb" I met was sitting next to me in a pub. He was having lunch with his assistant, I think.. I asked him if he was who I thought he was and he was just, like, yup. I figured he wanted to have his lunch (btw, he had wine) in peace and he acted very cold to his assistant too, so I said "Cool," and finished my lunch. I have told some of my friends about the day I sat next to a star in a pub, but I must confess I got more excited than I let my friends know.
The second was in a pub, chatting with a guy for a very long time, we had fun and he offered me a drink. I didn't know who he was, though I thought he was really cute and nice. I asked him what he did for a living and he got a bit upset because he thought I was faking, that "everyone knows him". I really didn't understand it was him and that I've seen him in television and in the movies as well. He asked me that how could I not recognize him. I said: you look different in real life and I've only seen the characters he's played, not him. Then I said where I'm from and that we don't have that much celeb magazines in my country - and the few mags we have, I don't read. Then I had to go. I never asked for his autograph, his phone number nor anything, just thanked for the drink and left. I hope he remembers me as the girl who never reads celeb mags and doesn't drink beer. But I must confess I sometimes think what would have happened and where I'd be if I really would have tried to hit on him and ask him out, or even ask for his phone number :) I have told this to none of my friends before (except the ones in Canada who were there too) so some of you will know about it now. I will never tell his name or give you hints of who he is because I heard that a woman who dated the Finnish prime minister for a while wrote a book about their relationship and all the idiots buy that book. Now that's pathetic.
Now comes the creepy part: the dream guy looked just like Dean Winchester in the temptation scene of ep15 of Supernatural, wearing the same clothes. Even the colors of the dream were the same.. I saw the episode today for the first time - and had the dream three nights ago.I have always been a sucker for the heartthrobs, but in real life, I've always end up with a pal of his, whom I didn't notice at first, but then I realize he's much cuter and might have a brain. Has happened to me three times already... So I guess this dream really had a message in it: In real life, if I was near Jensen Ackles, I'd have the hots for him, but after having a chat with him I might notice that Jared Padalecki might actually be more interesting and charming. Not that I ever will find out if they are really pals in real life. Nor ever see them in real life anyway.
And I'm not a fan of the show nor the guys. Actually, I find Supernatural being a cheap-set show that has had two good episodes, one decent and many crappy. Jensen isn't that good looking either. He's only drop dead gorgeous, and I know he knows it and has let his good looks get the best of his good charateristics, which are there, I'm sure. Padalecki might actually be my prefferred choice in real life, though he might be a real asshole. You just can't know. Once people hit the "celebrity" status they never show their real me to anyone else than the ones they have known before they "made it". That just sucks. I just wish people would leave their idols alone or if they see their idol, wouldn't go screaming to them. Well, some celebs are so full of theirselves they might enjoy it, but most of them would like people to
How do I know this? Well, I have experience of only two celebs, but they might agree with me.
I hate it when the famous people can't even go shopping without having an unwanted entourage of people wanting autographs, pictures or just a few words. I can't understand why people need to know everything about a guy who plays a creepy guy in a tv show or has the leading role in the new hit movie. They are just human beings and would deserve their own peace. All the celebs marry and date other celebs mainly because they can't go to the "normal people places" because they can never tell if it's a golddigger or a true person there talking with them. It sucks that people with celeb status only date people who are somehow connected to the media business. I'm sure a lot of celebs would be happier if they dated people who wouldn't give a shit what they are, just who they are. I know this sounds a bit naive, but not everyone who watches TV or the movies think that the actor or actress doesn't ever go take a dump or fart or have bad hair days. And yes, GIRLS FART TOO!
The first "celeb" I met was sitting next to me in a pub. He was having lunch with his assistant, I think.. I asked him if he was who I thought he was and he was just, like, yup. I figured he wanted to have his lunch (btw, he had wine) in peace and he acted very cold to his assistant too, so I said "Cool," and finished my lunch. I have told some of my friends about the day I sat next to a star in a pub, but I must confess I got more excited than I let my friends know.
The second was in a pub, chatting with a guy for a very long time, we had fun and he offered me a drink. I didn't know who he was, though I thought he was really cute and nice. I asked him what he did for a living and he got a bit upset because he thought I was faking, that "everyone knows him". I really didn't understand it was him and that I've seen him in television and in the movies as well. He asked me that how could I not recognize him. I said: you look different in real life and I've only seen the characters he's played, not him. Then I said where I'm from and that we don't have that much celeb magazines in my country - and the few mags we have, I don't read. Then I had to go. I never asked for his autograph, his phone number nor anything, just thanked for the drink and left. I hope he remembers me as the girl who never reads celeb mags and doesn't drink beer. But I must confess I sometimes think what would have happened and where I'd be if I really would have tried to hit on him and ask him out, or even ask for his phone number :) I have told this to none of my friends before (except the ones in Canada who were there too) so some of you will know about it now. I will never tell his name or give you hints of who he is because I heard that a woman who dated the Finnish prime minister for a while wrote a book about their relationship and all the idiots buy that book. Now that's pathetic.
My Little Sims Life Stories Review
There are two stories to play: Riley's and Vincent's. I started with Riley's story beacuse it unlocks Vincent's and I didn't feel like free gameplay. I played Riley's story through in little less than four hours. There were a few nice twists and turns, but for a person who's played the Sims since it was first launched in Europe (and Sims 2 after that), it was too easy and too short. Someone less familiar with the Sims legacy might find some more challenge there. Vincents' story took me about three hours, a bit less - maybe. Not to spoil the surprise, but I really liked the sort of funny ending in Vincent's story!
The thing that annoyed me most was the definite storyline. I had no influence on what was going on and that - to be honest - sucks. You knew what was about the happen.
The items were mostly ripped from the Sims 2 too. The good thing - however - is the fact that they went through the trouble of making new wallpapers and stuff. The objects that are received as gifts were nice and being rewarded all through the story was good.
I also find it weird-ish that Sims Life Stories seems to run on Sims 2 "lite" engine. They only have removed some stuff (like the gardener and decaying flowers) and left most of the bugs there. The idiotisms still excist: the things-to-do queue got flushed away when something happened (needs a hack, someone!), the guests went straight to the refrigerator even though the buffet table was stocked and many, many others .
They should have added a couple more stories to play to keep the "I-got-ripped-again" - boogeyman out of our minds..
...Or was this just another scheme to fool us poor addicts to spend our last dollars to buy yet another buggy EA-money-making game..
The test-settings:
CPU: P4 3,4GHz HT +Zalman CNPS9500 LED
PSU: 400W Be Quiet Straightpower
Memory: PC3200 1,5GB
Motherboard: ASUS P4V800D-X
Hard Drive(s): 1x300GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200rps
Video Card: MSI RX1950PRO, 256MB
Display: 1152x864 100Hz
My PC isn't the worst of them all, but still: the same issues caused terrible lags. All the settings full it took a lot of memory (over 250000kb), but I noticed a slight decrease in the CPU usage compared to Sims 2 (and all the expansions and stuff sets I have). But one must remember this game is MEANT to run on mobility CPU's, so their game experience might be a bit better than mine..
So, Sims Life Stories offers you a good way to spend a few hours but that's about it.
Do not buy it if you already own the Sims 2 and you own a computer that can handle the very "heavy" game. Sims Life Stories is NOT worth the price, so you better save the money from SLS and buy the new upcoming expansion, Seasons.. However, If you own a laptop and you're not as addicted as myself, go and buy SLS. Please take a note that the minimun requirements are a joke, it needs at least 1gig memory, 2,8 mobility CPU and a laptop with no internet connection, firewall and antivirus.
NOTE: I found out that The Sims 2 compatible objects (non-expansion - that is) can be imported to the game the same way as with the Sims 2 objects are imported. These objects need to be unique meshes with their own unique ID's and their recolors. Maxian recolors don't seem to work. I haven't tested the objects in the storymode yet. The cheats are not accessible in the storymode, but the freeplay mode is okay with the old ctrl-shit-c help -all -thingy.
The thing that annoyed me most was the definite storyline. I had no influence on what was going on and that - to be honest - sucks. You knew what was about the happen.
The items were mostly ripped from the Sims 2 too. The good thing - however - is the fact that they went through the trouble of making new wallpapers and stuff. The objects that are received as gifts were nice and being rewarded all through the story was good.
I also find it weird-ish that Sims Life Stories seems to run on Sims 2 "lite" engine. They only have removed some stuff (like the gardener and decaying flowers) and left most of the bugs there. The idiotisms still excist: the things-to-do queue got flushed away when something happened (needs a hack, someone!), the guests went straight to the refrigerator even though the buffet table was stocked and many, many others .
They should have added a couple more stories to play to keep the "I-got-ripped-again" - boogeyman out of our minds..
...Or was this just another scheme to fool us poor addicts to spend our last dollars to buy yet another buggy EA-money-making game..
The test-settings:
CPU: P4 3,4GHz HT +Zalman CNPS9500 LED
PSU: 400W Be Quiet Straightpower
Memory: PC3200 1,5GB
Motherboard: ASUS P4V800D-X
Hard Drive(s): 1x300GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200rps
Video Card: MSI RX1950PRO, 256MB
Display: 1152x864 100Hz
My PC isn't the worst of them all, but still: the same issues caused terrible lags. All the settings full it took a lot of memory (over 250000kb), but I noticed a slight decrease in the CPU usage compared to Sims 2 (and all the expansions and stuff sets I have). But one must remember this game is MEANT to run on mobility CPU's, so their game experience might be a bit better than mine..
So, Sims Life Stories offers you a good way to spend a few hours but that's about it.
Do not buy it if you already own the Sims 2 and you own a computer that can handle the very "heavy" game. Sims Life Stories is NOT worth the price, so you better save the money from SLS and buy the new upcoming expansion, Seasons.. However, If you own a laptop and you're not as addicted as myself, go and buy SLS. Please take a note that the minimun requirements are a joke, it needs at least 1gig memory, 2,8 mobility CPU and a laptop with no internet connection, firewall and antivirus.
NOTE: I found out that The Sims 2 compatible objects (non-expansion - that is) can be imported to the game the same way as with the Sims 2 objects are imported. These objects need to be unique meshes with their own unique ID's and their recolors. Maxian recolors don't seem to work. I haven't tested the objects in the storymode yet. The cheats are not accessible in the storymode, but the freeplay mode is okay with the old ctrl-shit-c help -all -thingy.
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