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Soon after my previous build, I got to work on another build idea that had been rattling in my brain for a few years by now. A classical mansion full of colonnades and mezzanines and esplanades and spaghetti alla puttanesca and whatever other excessively fancy terms you can think of, but paired with a modernist plate glass addition as a contrast between the two build styles. And after three separate build sessions spanning half a year, I think I have finally completed it.

The entryway is a grand hall dominated by the central staircase and expensive artwork from floor to roof. To your left as you enter is the main entertainment room built to satisfy guests and the expansive master bathroom against the back of the house. Following through either of these rooms or a small hallway at the very front of the house leads to the lower floor of the modern expansion housing the master bedroom and a private den. Crossing over to the other side of the main hall is a kitchen, large dining room, and small half-bathroom meant for the "kitchen staff" (if The Sims 1 had such a feature), all enveloped by another long hallway looping around that half of the house. The front yard features a pond and some gardens while the backyard contains a large (if narrow, cursed TS1 lot sizes!) swimming pool and additional outdoor group entertainment.

The second floor features a similar main hall, which this time includes a tiny book nook against the back balcony for the resident wishing for a quiet retreat. The left half of the mansion is dominated by a private spa, with a gigantic bathroom in the "classical" portion while the actual spa room is contained within the "modern" section. On the other side of the room is an additional private bedroom designed with the romantic encounter in mind, featuring sexier colors and lighting and a small parlor with a fireplace to really set the mood. Unlike the interior hallways surrounding the first floor, the second floor is wrapped in outdoor balconies.

And lastly, roof. Not much to say about it although it does offer a splendid angle of the exterior of the house. Also, the finance page to show how much it cost, just under $550,000. Reminder that this is 2000sbucks we're talking here, so with inflation that figure is probably at least $10,000,000. I don't know, I'm not a finance guy. I also know where the save file is if anyone wants it for a self-guided tour in detail....if I could figure out how to upload it.

I'm trying the Soni Circuit road race festival event and our favorite drivatar bowie knife99 completely runs away like a rocket in the straights with his super Porsche and still keeps perfect speed and grip in the straights. It took me like 7 attempts racing clean and it was simply impossible for me to keep up with him. So, when you can't beat them playing Forza...you gotta switch to Flatout.

I don't really care that much for these fleet pictures, but Amur has such a difficult reputation and it was such a grueling undertaking that I felt compelled to share my Amur fleet in honor of finally 100%ing the region this afternoon! Next weekend, onwards to Don. Amur was an awesome place but I am so excited to see some new scenery after months of the cold arctic.

At least the daily challenge has an appropriate title.

I know car meets are kinda pointless in Forza Horizon but if they're going to be in the game, why not put them in the best locations for them? I was at the Hokuba Circuit clearing out some unexplored roads and collectibles and saw this unmarked paved driveway right next to the entrance to the circuit and existing car meet. I decided to follow it out of curiosity, thinking it might lead to a barn find that I didn't have unlocked yet. Instead, it leads up to this additional parking lot and my very first thought was "Why is the Hokuba Car Meet down there when it could be up here?" This parking lot is easily twice the size of the lot used for the actual car meet and its elevated position means you can actually see the circuit below and a better view of the bay to the southeast. It's also closer to the wooded hillside, so the festival infrastructure (some of which is already present) could be pushed over to that side of the parking lot instead of obscuring the view of the circuit like in the existing meet. A much better location for the car meet is literally 20 feet from the existing one, so it's a bit puzzling why the developers didn't just place it here instead.

Encountered this weird bug when I was playing Free Run earlier and the advice about imagining your audience in their underwear during presentations was the first thing that popped into my head. Most games might've had maybe one person with the "underwear glitch," but this one had at least two or three! I included multiple pictures of them because the poor lighting of Free Run and all the movement and HUD makes it kinda hard to see the underwear sometimes.

And now for the moment we've all been waiting for, it is finally time to present the finale of Tonight on Clarkson's Farm! This is the last episode of Clarkson's Farm so far, and although a Season 5 is in the works, I have no intention to continue this meme series with it. I had fun making these memes and sharing them with this community, but it's time to hang up my hat. I hope you all enjoyed these memes I shared with you over many weeks and months. Maybe it will inspire some of you to make similar memes with Clarkson's Farm material or other shows hosted by Clarkson, Hammond, or May.

All memes made using TextStudio website.

Good morning everybody! Time for the penultimate episode of Season 4, and thus the penultimate post of the entire show! I nearly forgot about this yesterday, but I remembered early so I'm here on this Saturday morning to bring the memes. In my defense, I had a terrible evening yesterday. I think I had a bout of food poisoning or something, it was miserable. Hopefully the weekend will be better though. I used a vacation day for Monday and my parents are out of the house all weekend celebrating their wedding anniversary. It's just me and my dog hanging out and having fun by ourselves all weekend.

All memes made using TextStudio website.