I know I’m supposed to be working on St Claire (I would have it out by now if CAW was fixed, trust me!) but since I can’t properly export the world I am working on a world I started quite a while ago, that I stopped working on to make something else and update St Claire. After Lucky Palms came out I really wanted to make my own desert world, and so I’ve been chipping away at this off and on for a while.

There’s still soooo much to do, it really is in its infancy - no buildings at all yet - but I am really, REALLY looking forward to building some Mexico-ish type lots, there’s gonna be a run down area, a super swish resort area, some small ranchy type areas (where the fairies & witches hang out) plus a nice lush lake area for farmers. 

I’m doing a ton of terrain painting on it currently, and this afternoon I played around with some of the atmospherics - I was in the mood to make some sunrises :P 

Thought I’d share a couple pics with y’all :)

And please, don’t send me any more messages asking me when St Claire will be ready, because I honestly have no idea. But believe me when I say you will be the first to know when it is updated!

jalicianicole:

Well, I have really struggled with this for a while now, and honestly this may change your opinion of me, or come across as begging. If you think that might happen, please don’t read below. I could use many different kinds of help, not just the following kind, including awesome friendship-py messages, and I would really love those too. <3 This involves the kitties I have rescued over time and is VERY LONG.

Def will not fault you for passing it over, and I will so appreciate anyone who has taken the time to read even this far,

Sincerely,

Jalicia Nicole

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If you can, please give!

Lol, I just WISH I had the lady balls to feel this way about charging for cc. You don’t charge people for your hobby, for the way you choose to spend your free time, its sposed to be fun times, not a freakin job.
As much as I don’t like adfly I feel less malice for people who use it, you’re not restricting access, just making it a little more annoying to access, but of that’s what you wanna do then fine. I sorta just think that of creating and hosting cc is too expensive for you to manage, then perhaps find another option or don’t share it. Pretty simple.
Heh, I did a donation drive once and I felt sooo guilty about it, I mean, I don’t get many donations at all, and at the time I didn’t think I would actually be able to pay my hosting bill (after the earthquake my work dried up for a long time) so it was either ask for donations or pull the site, but yeah, it still wigged me out haha.
I feel weird that there are some in our community that feel they are owed something by the people who download their stuff. Aren’t you just doing it for the fun of it? Phew, rant over…

Lol, I just WISH I had the lady balls to feel this way about charging for cc. You don’t charge people for your hobby, for the way you choose to spend your free time, its sposed to be fun times, not a freakin job.

As much as I don’t like adfly I feel less malice for people who use it, you’re not restricting access, just making it a little more annoying to access, but of that’s what you wanna do then fine. I sorta just think that of creating and hosting cc is too expensive for you to manage, then perhaps find another option or don’t share it. Pretty simple.

Heh, I did a donation drive once and I felt sooo guilty about it, I mean, I don’t get many donations at all, and at the time I didn’t think I would actually be able to pay my hosting bill (after the earthquake my work dried up for a long time) so it was either ask for donations or pull the site, but yeah, it still wigged me out haha.

I feel weird that there are some in our community that feel they are owed something by the people who download their stuff. Aren’t you just doing it for the fun of it? Phew, rant over…

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Facts about me. Terribly interesting I’m sure :P

1. I am an in house graphic designer for a furniture/interior design company. I recently all but quit my freelance “job” for a 9 - 5, which is pretty much the opposite of what most people wanna do right? go figure.

2. I live with my boyfriend of 12 years in a concrete box of an apartment in Christchurch, New Zealand, which due to its solid concrete box-ness has suffered no damage in any of our cities 10,000 earthquakes since September 2011.

3. I taught myself to model in 3DS Max with absolutely no experience, just a lot of determination and a desire to master it. I’m not quite there yet, but I feel like in some small way I may be proof that hard work will get you what you want.

4. I have no pets, but am adamant that one day I will become that crazy cat lady from the Simpsons. 

5. in February 2014 my boyfriend and I will be quitting our jobs and traveling the world for (at least) 6 months. Scary!

6. World building is my favourite part of the Sims 3, particularly the initial sculpting/painting. I think it’s the almost unlimited creativity you can express. My least favourite part of world building is building and furnishing the houses in a way that is both playable and attractive.

7. I secretly (or not that secretly really) want to become an interior designer or decorator, and if I didn’t get the job that I did get, I was gonna go back to school to study it.

8. I’m having fish and chips for tea tonight, yum!

9. I have a brother who lives up in the North Island with his girlfriend

10. I have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of songs. I have a little joke with my bf that “I know all songs”. I mean I know it’s not exactly true, but any time anyone asks “what’s that song…?” or asks what the words are to any song I always seem to know :P

11. I watch a *lot* of movies. We’re talking like usually one a night, sometimes two on a weekend night, and maybe a couple on a Friday during the day :P The movies sometimes take a back seat if there’s a tv series we’re watching. At the moment it’s “Six Feet Under” and we’re almost done with season 2.

12. My favourite season is winter, I love it when it snows, even endless rainy days don’t bother me. Boyfriend absolutely hates it :P

13. Sometimes, even when it’s really cold, I love the feeling of getting into a cold bed at night. It’s so bracing! Love it. Yes I am aware that is really odd. Don’t get me wrong I love a nice warm bed too, but I dunno… there’s something about it.

14. I have green eyes. I would probably consider them my best feature.

15. I was born on December 3rd, 1981, and on Monday it’s my 31st birthday!

Phew.. 15 facts is enough, right?

I have that… itch… to start a brand new world. I’m resisting very hard though, its tough because the beginning of worlds is my favourite part!

I didn’t get as much done today as I would have liked, but I have now got a festival lot that I’m relatively happy with! It needs playtesting, but that’ll have to wait til tomorrow because tonight we’re going to see Skyfall! 

It&#8217;s finally Friday, so I have the day off work. Lots of podcasts to catch up on, lots of work to do on St Claire! Anyone know if CAW is working properly yet?

It’s finally Friday, so I have the day off work. Lots of podcasts to catch up on, lots of work to do on St Claire! Anyone know if CAW is working properly yet?

Brrrr&#8230;

Brrrr…

They build &#8216;em tough down south, and no stinkin&#8217; blizzard is gonna stop these kids from hitting the books! (also, lol, one of those bloody idiot kids is wearing shorts and a t-shirt&#8230;not the brightest spark in town I suppose&#8230;)

They build ‘em tough down south, and no stinkin’ blizzard is gonna stop these kids from hitting the books! (also, lol, one of those bloody idiot kids is wearing shorts and a t-shirt…not the brightest spark in town I suppose…)

Pounawea can be a bit spooky at the best of times, but it’s *really* spooky when there’s a full moon and the fog is rolling in…