Mules

Doctor Whooves Custom Plush

Time for a random update! To be honest, I think it’s helping me out some as I’m starting to get a lot more productive with the site again – in terms of updating the various sites pages. Anyhow, back to the randomness.

Earlier in the fall I got hooked onto watching My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.  Can’t remember how, I think it was my friends that introduced me to it but I loved it.  Sure, it’s originally a cartoon aimed at little girls, but it seemed to have gotten a huge following of male viewers – bronies (brony) is the correct term.  The animation reminded me of the old cartoons I used to watch – Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls…it was only after researching that I found the same people animated all of those shows (I believe a majority is from Lauren Faust and/or her husband).  Anyhow, it’s a very entertaining show, and I find it much more enjoyable than the random stuff from Spongebob.

I’m not going to go into deep discussion on the show, rather I’d like to show off the work of one of my friends.  One of my favorite background ponies is Doctor Whooves.  So, knowing that my friend is trying to get her craft business off the ground, I had commissioned this guy:

Technically, he’s no longer a pony, but a mule.  Wanted to make him a little different from the others because…well, he’s a time-lord after all!  It came out far superb – way better than what Hasbro has to offer.  I have plans to help her business out by also commissioning Derpy, the mane 6, Luna, Big Mac, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. :D

Here’s a bunch of pics that I took when it arrived:

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Brought to life in The Sims 3 Pets, my mule Luke Duke

Well, you can officially say I am happy now :D  Took a few hours but finally got the ropes of how to work the Create-A-Pet tool that was released earlier today.  Well, on the equines, that is.  Haven’t played around with cats or dogs.  Got two more mules to make, then onto…well, I suppose random mules and maybe my mom’s old appaloosa horse.

Anyways, here’s my mule – Luke Duke, named after one of the Duke boys from the tv show The Dukes of Hazzard.  I uploaded a number of screens to flickr, and he’s up on the official Sims 3 Exchange.  Please leave a comment/rating :D m

Thank you Sims Team for allowing me (well, us) the ability to create Mules :D

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We’ll be able to create mules in ‘The Sims 3 Pets’ after all!

I missed most of the awesome news from yesterday, but thanks to the awesome staff we have, they were able to bring to you the updates on everything Sims related!  While I was checking back to see what all was new, I saw the following pics that came from the Live Chat yesterday.  I can’t seem to get livestream to load the video, so I’m not sure what they had to say, but I’m extremely excited nonetheless.

Ear length sliders!  Yes, so it looks like I’ll be able to bring my three mischievous mules into the game to cause havoc after all!  They’re pleased to hear…

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Stuff your ass full of tacos with TimeDonkey!

There aren’t too many games that feature donkeys (except for those Shrek games, but those are awful), so I was thrilled when I discovered a new game by Blurst, TimeDonkey.  TimeDonkey tells the story of a donkey who works at a fast food restraunt serving tacos.  Heading to the freezer to grab some ingredients, he discovers a mysterious light shining from a door.  Investigating, the donkey steps into the room and onto a pad which transport him to an unknown location.  Confused, he finds himself with a stopwatch and the ability to experience the same 30 seconds over…again and again and again – against his own will.  Can he make it out of this crazy mess?  Only you can decide!

Play the game (the freebie, not the full version – although I’m buying it :D )

Have a safe Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Hope everyone plans to have a safe and enjoyable Halloween.  I’ll be taking my nephew out trick-or-treating.  Can never be too old for free candy!  And no, I won’t be dressing up as a Sim :P

What did you do this weekend?

Well, how was your weekend?  I made a jackass out of myself.  This past saturday was the 2008 Mule Day event up in Columbia, Tennesee.  It’s the biggest Mule event for the east coast and it was jammed packed.

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Talk about crazy…Mules were everywhere.  They even had “Sam the Mule” at Walmart.  Being the huge nerd that I am, I had to have a picture made.

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My Mule, Luke Duke

I have to admit, I’d never thought I would someday own a mule. My family has had horses in the past, but that changed when my mom got a mule. I cannot stand horses so I never really cared for them. I’d figure that I’d end up not caring for the mule either. But the way the mule acts is a lot different from the way a horse acts. They seem to be a lot more… comical – like a big dog actually.

Luke Duke, 6 months old, bought on Dec. 2, 2005

Crazy enough, mule craziness started to spread. I ended up getting my own mule and named him after a character on the Dukes of Hazzard, Luke Duke. Mules seem to have their own personality unlike horses which I think is interesting.

More pictures after the jump…

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