My First Real Post: Go Me!

Well since I finally managed to start a blog (despite my various limitations) I guess the proper thing to do is start blogging, eh? Of course now I need to come up with something to say beyond "Is this thing on", which is proving to be harder than I expected!

So, where to begin? How about the beginning...or at least, someplace close to it.

Hmmm. Okay, well as stated in my profile, I'm something of a strange wolf with a serious addiction to a computer game you have likely heard of called Sims 2. Yes, I said "2" not "3" & no, that's not a mistake or another case of my usual dyslexia. I am very much aware (painfully aware, in fact) that Sims 3 is the most recent offering in the Sims game series & no, that is not the game I am interested in. If I had meant 3 I would have said 3 now, wouldn't I? I didn't mean 3, I meant 2 & that's that.

If you detect a bit of hostility on my part toward Sims 3 then congratulations: your brain cells are, in fact connect properly! As far as I am currently concerned, Sims 3 (aka "Rod Humble's watered down & imagination devoid piece of crap")  is such a travesty & a blasphemy of everything Wil Wright (the original creator of the series) ever envisioned that if it suddenly exploded, caught on fire, tripped & fell into a giant, smelly void to oblivion I would dance around my room singing "Ding dong, Sims 3 is dead! I hope Rod Humble's seeing red! With luck it smashed his @#$% head! Now I must get back to bed!" as I cackled with unparalleled glee. (For some reason I always envision this occurring in the middle of the night, either because that's the most likely time for crappy computer games to spontaneously combust, fall into smelly holes to oblivion & hit their money-hungry creators on the noggin or because I needed another word that rhymed with "dead", I'm not sure which.)

In other words, I would be a very happy She-Wolf!

Speaking of wolves (how's that for a quick change of subjects) you may have noticed my wolfish avatar & been wondering who she is & where I found her. Well her name is Lady Zirconia. She's a high priestess & a sorceress. She's a fierce protector of the innocent & a vengeful hunter of the wicked. She's an unequaled ally or a relentless enemy. She could be your dream come true or your worst nightmare. She is my personal alter ego & her stunningly amazing picture was a commissioned piece done by Christy Grandjean (aka "Goldie") the owner of the Goldenwolfen art site. While my avatar is only a closeup of her head, you can see a picture of the entire piece here:

In truth, even the full-body JPG doesn't do her proper justice (for instance those grey tribal markings have an icy blue aurora iridescence on the actual drawing) but she's still gorgeous! I chose the closeup for my avatar as it shows her stunning "I could kiss you or tear your throat out" expression, which I simply adore!

I should also take this moment to note that - as beautiful an avatar that she makes - she is NOT for use by anyone except me. She is mine, not yours. I paid for her, you didn't. She was personally created for me, not you. If you love anthropomorphs & admire Christy's work as much as I do, then either go to her site & pay her for your own commissioned piece (3 figures for one like Lady Zirconia) or use one of the non-commissioned pictures there for your avatar, character icon, desktop wallpaper, website graphic or whatever. (Christy is fine with that, so long as you follow her rules about adding her name/copyright to the picture & don't claim it as your own.)

In other words, don't steal her for your own use! If you do you are not only committing art theft (which is a punishable offense btw, no matter what you may have been told elsewhere) you will also earn the full wrath of not only me but Lady Zirconia herself. For you see, in addition to being a sorceress & such, Lady Zirconia is also the all powerful goddess of my Sims 2 universe & is more than capable of dealing with a 12 year old who thinks rules don't apply to them. (All trolls, art thieves, spammers, flamers & other such a-holes are assumed to be 12 by Lady Zirconia as she knows that intelligent beings don't do such things & therefore are not 12 years old.)

So before you do something stupid you might want to ask yourself if it's worth angering a wolf-goddess with such unparalleled powers of vengeance at her disposal. After all, if she can do what she does to some of the less desirable Sims in my game, a mere 12 will an attitude problem be vaporized without even blinking her sultry eyes.

If you don't believe me, then you can ask Goopy GilsCarbo what she did to him...assuming you can get him to stop screaming long enough to tell you.

And with that Sims 2 reference, I have finally managed to bring this post full circle & will sign off for now.