The Liebster Award - Maisie's questions

Please read Tuesday's post for a brief explanation of the Liebster award to see my list of nominees and questions and my responses to Shannon's questions and Wednesday's post for my response to Emma's questions.

1. What is your favorite part of your sims & your neighborhood?

Well, my goal with Sullivan was to create a cohesive hood, where the families were close like a lot of real families (I can't tell you how often family relationships would drop to zero in my old hoods - cannot imagine playing that way now!). So I think that's my favourite thing about my hood. Looking at my sims and being able to think "oh, that's so-and-so's cousin and that's what's-his-face's grandmother" and have those relationships actually mean something. That is really fun to me.

2. What are you really good at, be in regards to the game, real life, work, anything?

In the game: decorating and posing pictures are my strengths, I think.

Real life: making people laugh.

Work: developing a rapport with kids. When I've done substitute teaching, teachers have told me that their kids have requested for me to come back, even when I've had them once for just a couple of hours. I love my job, so I'm happy if my presence can make school a slightly more pleasant experience for kids.

3. How do you relax or unwind after a trying day?

I lie down on my bed and zone out watching YouTube videos. They generally require even less brain power than a TV show, so they're perfect for relaxation. I have a lot of gamers who I follow on YouTube.

4. Favorite vacation or vacation you’d love to take?

I would love to go back to New York, because American Airlines kind of ruined my first trip there by not letting us get there until 15 hours after we'd planned to! Then I was sick the first day and had to waste time looking for a new suitcase after the airline basically destroyed it, so we didn't get as much time there as we wanted. 

In terms of places I've never been, I would really love to visit Paris one day.

5. What projects do you have planned or hope to accomplish for your game?

Well, my high school is my current big project. I'm focusing on that at the moment. After that, I'll do a primary school.

6. How large is your sims CC folder?

Bang on 3GB. Not nearly as large as it used to be, in Sullivan 1.0. I miss all my old CC but I've promised I will add things back slowly and I'm sticking to that.

7. What is your blogging and playing process? (Write first, plan, play first…)

I write notes first, then I expand those into actual sentences and paragraphs. The update is generally written before I even start to play. But if I play and things aren't going the way I'd assumed they would (which is often), I change what I've written. I just need that structure though or I cannot even get started. It's weird, because it's the complete opposite of how I was when I first started blogging.

8. What is your favorite family tradition ether now, or from childhood?

Birthday dinners! It's a newer tradition, only since my sister and I have become adults, really. We didn't make a habit of going out to dinner when we were younger. Birthday person gets to pick the restaurant and everybody else pays. Mine was just this weekend and it was amazing. :D

9. Where do you find your inspiration for buildings (community/residential) that you build/decorate?

Real life, sometimes. I'll often go to a place and try to remember it in my mind to sim out later. And from other simmers too. It's nice to be inspired by other simmers, because you don't get that frustration that sometimes happens when you're trying to replicate a room with a feature that doesn't exist in the game. I also browse through Houzz.com pretty frequently. I even have the app on my phone, so I can browse at the bus stop!

10. Favorite pizza toppings?

It would be easier to say what pizza toppings I will not abide, because I'll take pretty much any of the standard ones. I love pizza and would eat it every day if I could! But keep artichoke, pineapple, any kind of seafood and actually, any kind of fruit at all (except tomato) off my damn pizza!

11. What’s your favorite season in real life and in the sims game?

Autumn in real life. It would have been nice to have one this year. It was summery weather right up until late April, then the leaves started to change and a week later, it was cold. Yay? 

In game...I don't think I really have a preference in game! I don't have to live in it, so I don't care much. ;) I do like the thunderstorms, though I don't know if they're tied to any particular season. I think my sims have had them in all seasons.