today i will cause problems on purpose

I like the idea of toddler beds because all my toddlers basically raise themselves, but I kept running into a few issues. The "sleep" interaction isn't cancellable-- if your toddlers put themselves to bed, there's no waking them up until their energy bar is full, even if they were barely tired and you really want them to eat/bathe/potty first instead. Also, in my game at least, I kept getting errors whenever adult sims went to let them out (which they don't need to, but my sims aren't the brightest crayons in the box apparently)

Meanwhile, AL introduced the ability for toddlers to sleep in pet beds I think it was supposed to be in there from the start since I found the anims in the pets files too...EAxis whyyy. And it's adorable! But something about making all your tots sleep in pet beds felt...er...questionable. All my sim-kids are raised mostly feral, but I at least try to keep up appearances, y'know.

SO. Here are 3 toddler beds from Beautifulnerdkitty (HERE and HERE), but cloned from the pet bed instead. Toddlers won't change into their pajamas anymore, and they'll float a bit getting out and clip a bit getting in, but it otherwise looks pretty good. Pets can still use the beds, but not autonomously. I was originally going to ban pets altogether, but c'mon...look at this

Being non-autonomous means that pets won't hog your toddler beds all day, but if you have the controlpets cheat on, then you can still direct them to sleep there. I figured that was a good compromise.

DOWNLOAD HERE.

It's '91, a war is on, I watch in black, white and green My mother dances around like there ain't no rip in the seam While she waltzes with ghosts, I can feel what went wrong And she's here but she's not, just like her I'm not home

Yep, I decided to split this chapter into two parts. Which means y'all get a new chapter a bit sooner!

...Hopefully that's a good thing.

Not much else to say, here at least. I still don't have a consistent format/style for the cover pics, but I'm narrowing it down. Also, credit to Obsidian Dawn for the fireworks brushes I used. Two minutes fiddling around in GIMP trying to make my own, and I'd already decided I did Not have the patience for that. Other than that...please enjoy, and let me know your feedback.

The converted Pet Stories vending machine originally functions as an electronics kiosk, which matches the animations, but not...well, anything else about it. I've never played Pet Stories, so maybe they explain it. Or maybe, it's just that PS came out way before AL, and they didn't have vending machines yet.

Or, maybe, it's because the AL vending machine is kind of a pain in the plumbbob to edit. That too. Which is why this took me so long, even though I had the idea ages ago.

But here it is! The animations don't quite match up (but they're not too bad), and there might be a little bit of clipping around the edges since it's juuuust barely too big to be a one-tile object. Maybe I'll come back to it later and work on that, but for now, it's not overly egregious. Also, it only vends sodas- for some reason, even when you clone the snack vending machine, it still ends up only stocking soda. I don't know why.

Everything else, though, works pretty well! Got the thumbnail to show up properly, even. Let me know if there's anything I didn't catch, though.

Something else I finished ages ago and never shared- repositoried versions of Rentedspace's Blazerscarf, Coat Wool Scarf, and Boho Shawlarf. Making repo'd stuff is kind of relaxing, turns out. Maybe I should find some more. TM through EM, all ages linked to AM. The files have the same names as the originals (mostly, at least- I seem to remember changing a few names for consistency's sake, since some colors had different names for different ages? But, once again, it's been a while) so if you have those, they'll be replaced. Everything enabled for outerwear. Meshes included.

Download Blazer Scarf

Download Coat Wool Scarf

I know, this is barely even a Simblr anymore. Sorry about that. I've been really Going Through It this year, so basically...all the plans I had, nope, scratched. But I'm trying to get back in it a bit, and I had a bunch of mostly-finished defaults I just needed to take previews for, so...here ya go!

AFbodyshortruffledress replaced with Rentedspace's 4t2 Flutter Dress. Download HERE

AFtopkasa replaced with MDP's 4t2 Blouse Knot. I know Ellosims already did this, but I wanted colors that better matched the originals. Download HERE

AFhairmidwavemature replaced with Wings ER408, Simgaroop'd by Rascalcurious Download HERE

PUbodyhoodedsweater, replaced with 4t2 Hoodie/Jeans Cuffed by MegaMassikaLove. Enabled for outerwear. Download HERE

UFhairlowbun replaced with 3t2 Delilah, Pooklet'd by Keoni. Love this one! Download HERE

Umhairshortcombed replaced with Nightcrawler Nightlife, New Hair System'd by y2sims. This one is higher poly (14k) than it really ought to be, IMO, but I like it too much. Download HERE

BG Craftmeister Bed replaced with 3t2 Traditional SIngle Bed by Decat. Download HERE

I thought I'd never make it out of here alive or not insane It turns out that this is all I need

Hey, it's actually done! For those of you who don't know what's going on, first of all, neither do I, second of all, this is the very belated next chapter of my tankjohnny fic, Something Beautiful. You can read it HERE at Ao3. It's...an event, let me tell you. Tank has to talk about his feelings for the first time ever, and he hates every minute of it. Buzz manages to be a complete cockblock, even though he's not even there. I give everyone ages and a semi-concrete timeline, even though I know I'll regret it. And, to top it off I dig a little too deep into the weird implications of the TS2 aliens.