Soooo my boyfriend just finished Resident Evil 1.

This is a game that had terrified him since he was little and it scared him so badly that every time he tried to play it--even though he was now 28 he couldn't get farther than a few seconds into the first hallway or so before he would have to put the controller down and not play for weeks on end. This reminded me of how I can't play code veronica because of the moth hallway. I have a crippling fear of larvae and in the hallway giant moths leave eggs on your back and when the giant larvae hatch they crawl all over you, bite and poison you--and the blue herb that can cure you of poison is in the hallway with the moths. So you just end up having to go in, get egg'd, leave, they bite--over and over. I got so afraid at the larvae that I literally turned the game off and never played it again--and this was years ago!

This made me curious, what games have you guys put down forever because it scared the pants off of you? I can't be the only one who was super duper scared from a game to the point you had to give it away to your cousin!

Thank you so much!!!

Oh man some of these actually sound tasty! Thank you so much! Now I can be free from mustard hell!

A few weeks ago, my friends had shared a hotel room with my beloved and I. My darling, the goober that he is, bought a hot dog with all the fix-ins and set it down on the white bed sheets of my friends' hotel bed. He then sat down on our friend's bed. On top of his hot dog. He promptly got up and discovered that he had smeared mustard over our friend's bed.

Fast forward to about a week later. My beloved had come home to discover that our lovely friends had decorated our bed. With mustard. On my darling's side, tucked neatly under the blankets were bottles of mustard. Everyone had a good laugh, and that seemed that.

Until our friends went home.

Now I have a massive amount of mustard. Dijon, Honey, and lots of yellow. I have an absurd amount of mustard.

I have looked online, trying to find a recipe that can relieve me of my mustard woes in decent time. All the recipes I can find usually end up with of one or two tablespoons of the stuff. I need to get rid of this stuff!

Does anyone have any links or know any recipes that use a lot of mustard (especially yellow mustard)? I'll take anything you have!

After being here for over a year I have finally given myself a profile image. I think that I actually did try to make a profile image but the thing never let me know that none of my images were uploading. A preview page or an error message would have been nice but ¯_ȌᴥȌ_/¯

Eirinn : Oh I got that too. At least the character you play as is cute!

NeppyLeet : This reminds me of something I read about. Apparently if you happen to marry Nami in Wonderful Life, your son will have a crush on Lumina. Who you could have dated before he was born. My mind is so awful that I kinda imagine it like:
"Dad, I like Lumina!"
"Eh, she wasn't a very good kisser."
*cue Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkle*
Also, how the heck did you manage to avoid getting the hotpants for Girl-type Ranma? Blue eyes, Red hair... >3
ghostfishy : Looking back, I kind of think that Harvest Moon AWL is kind of like trying to find love in a tiny town where you don't have much options. Everybody knows each other and grew up together so they may end up with each other just because they are all there is.
Also, Romana and Sebastian are adorable! <3 I like how they always seem to work as a team. I never saw the picture scene though. That sounds sweet!
And Tim and Ruby Seem so nice! How did they end up with a kid who refuses to work?
Eirinn : Holy COW! Jeff is Karen's dad?! That's really different! Well, I mean not for like everyone, but for me it is! I'm so used to him being the sweet baker guy. Where the heck did Karen get her attitude from?
Lillia is such a cutie! She and Emma from a new beginning need to have a cute moms that you can't date's club.

Eirin : You can totally do that. It's a total life saver because the guys in DS cute are UUUUUUUGGGGLLLLYYYY. Plus, it's better than when you connect it to DS because when you marry the girls from FoMT the game ends but if you marry a guy you can continue with your happy little life. Ask NeppyLeet about it, she knows more than I do. I've never actually had a DS that has the ability to play game boy advance games.

Oh! Oh! I have one!

If you connect your Harvest moon: A wonderful life character to Friends of mineral town and then connect it to harvest moon DS, in the game you can get a special tomb stone for your character in a wonderful life! You have to have max stars or something, but I am fairly sure that on your birthday the character you married in AWL will ask you to join her as she visits your grave!

Also the fact that you can connect DS cute to friends of mineral town makes the choice of who to marry a lot easier! The guys not very cute at all...

ghostfishy : Oh dang I forgot about that. He is sliiiiightly too old for her at like what fifty? Ew... YEAH! You ship your pairing! It's so fun to match people together. Have you ever been able to find art for the two of them? I had to commission someone to get my only Jack x Rick picture. Plus, the Lumina likes flowers anyway so Gustafa and her have more than just music in common! They'd get along great!

NeppyLeet : Every day, more harvest moon games to play on my WiiU. Every day, no money in my bank account. *sigh*

I am surprised at how popular Mary and Gray are. I guess I'm really missing out on something cute by marrying the librarian every time. XD

Eirinn : I keep forgetting that Rick is related to all the pink haired flower crew. I'm so used to him being related to the guys with orange hair (Ann, Doug, Gray). When you said "He's protective of his sister" my first thought was  "Wait, Ann isn't his sister she's his cousi--OOOH WAIT."

But I will say, the "Hour special sale price!" Cutscene is pretty dang cute. When you go up to Rick and try to get something and he just goes "Oh the hour sale is over." I just died.

ghostfishy : I had never thought of Gustafa and Lumina together before! That actually is super cute! Like, part of me kinda thinks that he's a little old for her, but then, you are too and you can marry her. I guess they just kinda drew him older looking. You probably are the same age! It's so cute though.

Mark and Chelsea is super cute too! It reminds me of Neppy! When she played tale of two towns she fell for Ash cuz he was all about farming, and raising animals, and raising a family with his sister and mom. Mark and Chelsea work so well together cuz of the exact same thing! Plus it's not like they have a rivalry like Jaimie from Magical Melody, they just want to have a successful farm!

I need to play the Wii games. I wonder if you can play them on the WiiU?

Eirinn : Oh hey there! It's been a while! I have actually never seen Mary and Gray together... since I always marry her. XD





In Rick's defense, he is much nicer when he's in Harvest Moon 64. (Don't tell NeppyLeet that I totally agree with you on Karen though!)

yoshirulez! :
Aw that kind of reminds me of how you can date the harvest goddess in some games, but you as a human will grow old and die and she'll stay young forever...

that is super sweet!

For those who do not know, I am a huge fan of the harvest moon series. However, as fun as the whole Growing the ultimate cabbage field' thing is, the main key element for me is the relationship aspect of the game. The wallpaper of my laptop has been a drawing I commissioned of my favorite pairing: Jack x Rick. Maria from HM64 will always be my first girl and the first girl who broke my heart.

That being said, I have continued to follow the Harvest moon/Story of seasons world, and discovered something I found a little disappointing. One of the really fun challenges was not only making your town and farm the alpaca paradise it was truly meant to be, but making sure your town mates also were able to find happiness. But as of late, I have seen less and less of the fun side adventure of giving people tea and making them marry (because that's how life works). When you choose who you are gonna have animated babies with, everyone else stays single--even the ones who were very interested in dating people before you chose your significant other!

So my question is this: What's your favorite pairing of Harvest Moon NPCs? It can be canon, like Mary x Gray or even one that is a little more random (like my fave)! And why do you think they go well together? I'd really like to know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H7owHyy4Uk

I don't mean to be following the 'trend' with the undertale remixes but it's got such a great soundtrack! Dogstep is currently my all time favorite but that is mostly because the annoying dog's song is my favorite! As far as song remixes that last through time, this song was my favorite remix way back when I was in high school... however I had no idea at the time that it was from a video game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16KpquGsIc

My birthday was yesterday and my amazing friends took me to see the ocean! I sprayed myself down, but after a day of making a giant sand castle I was reminded that my swimsuit was a tankini. Right over my backside I have a giant swelling stripe and it's so painful that I can barely sleep on my back! I was given something called desitin but it doesn't seem to do much but numb it some.

Is there any way I can get it to heal it quickly with the budget of a poor college kid?

You are a very nice person for offering to help. I am not 100 percent sure as to if any advice would help, but I can't help but take up the opportunity to share, now that someone is willing to listen. Warning though: I haven't had anyone to talk to in a long time, so I have a lot to say.

A few years ago, I met the man of my dreams and fell in love. He is one of the sweetest, kindest, bravest people I have ever met. His family, on the other hand, are some the saddest, cruelest people I have ever met. A little over a year ago, my darling told me that his mother was breaking up with her husband because he was mad at how she would constantly cheat on him. (And brag about it) Since the house they lived in was "too painful for her to stay in", (memories I guess?) they were moving into a new house across the street. Then, she can't afford a new place so then they got back together but they already had someone buying the old place and the new place they had chosen got too expensive so they had to move far away to an apartment. Of these two's four children, one was caught using meth in the house and as such was thrown out to the streets. My darling love, who has never done anything, was told that he would receive the same treatment if he did not pay a rather large sum of money monthly to help pay for the apartment's rent. He had no way of paying and was terrified. So I chose to move in with him. I loved him enough that he was not going to have to face this struggle on his own. It was tough leaving my friends and everything I had known behind to a place where I had never even visited before, and it was even harder when I had a difficult time finding work. But I did it! I found a job that was close by, I worked hard, and together we earned enough to pay the rent to his family.

A few months in I discovered something important: His parents hated me. I often would try to talk to them and they would flat out ignore me. Anything I did, no matter how small would cause them to yell at my darling to make sure I changed what I did--an action that would have been so much easier if they had just talked to me! What was even more bizarre to me though was that they didn't seem to keen about my darling either. He would do whatever they asked, and still they would do nothing but yell at him. For the tiniest things, too. Instead of asking him to say, set up the wireless they would yell at him because he didn't set up the wireless after so long (because he was at work when they first bought the router). They treated their meth using son (who never stopped, mind you) better than him, having a huge celebration with steak and crab and shrimp because he got a job at big lots (Also, they let him live rent-free with them so guess what he got to use his money on?) while my darling got a promotion at his job and was doing something that he actually enjoyed for the first time in years and their response was "Well since you're being paid more, you can pay for a higher rent right?"

These people are one twirly mustache away from being cartoonishly evil. But wait, it gets better.

So somewhere around six months pass, and we can't afford the new lease. The lady says that we are going to have to move, but she keeps looking at places during times when we tell her we have to work. We let them all know that my darling and I want to see the places too, but she lets us know that she wouldn't pick a crappy place. She was charging us more anyway, so it obviously must be good because we are being charged more! Moving day comes around, the place is tiny. We can barely fit all our stuff in the closet--but lucky for me I manage to find a free cupboard on the side of the road that we can fit all our clothes into. The family refers to all our stuff as "Basura" as we move. I later learn that this means garbage. She also forgot to tell us that the place is infested with roaches. You cannot go to the bathroom, or grab some food or relax in your own bed without finding a few guests--and she knew full well that they were here before we moved in! It takes almost a week to get her to change her mind to let us pay our previous rent.

Months pass. Almost every week the parents have an argument, to the point where sleeping sometimes is nearly impossible without white noise websites like rainymood. The dad is back on meth and losing weight by the day. The mom is going to clubs and shopping for more women to "have fun" with. The younger son is smoking cannabis almost every day to the point that we are almost evicted (TWICE!) . And the most frustrating of all, they still treat their eldest son (my beloved) like he was the one ruining their lives. They  I have warmed up to them enough that they will talk to me, but they will still tell anything important to my darling instead of telling me (even it's as simple as 'we are paying the rent this week'). I feel that they see my place in this home is the nagging little devil on my sweetheart's shoulder that plants seeds of trouble just to make others squirm and should be ignored and shamed. They insult me on my weight and my clothing when I am as far as the next room. Everything that is ever a mess is our fault. Who cares that we weren't even in the house that day, we made the mess and had to clean it up. And every time I tried to speak my mind I am yelled at and shut up. (Yelling has a very bad effect on me. Childhood. You know the spiel.)

So we get the news that my darling's mother is losing her job. She is getting laid off. She decided to buy a house while she still had a high paying job and she wanted to break the lease we were on early. We didn't want to do it. We weren't prepared to leave in March, we were prepared to leave in June. But she was willing to take us in, and even though this place was going to be really far from where we work, it'll be cheaper than what the bay area would give us. So we were forced to pay a thousand dollars to break the lease. The people who owned the apartment said that we are forced to stay until someone took the place up. Even after we paid the thousand dollars for some reason. I was worried for a little bit, especially after she suddenly went "Never mind, we're staying to the full lease" and then "Never mind, I'm moving and only taking (youngest sister) and you are on your own" but my darling was loyal to his family saying that they had never abandoned him, always fed him, and gave him a home so I shouldn't worry.

Upon the day that it was announced that they had found a place and were going to be getting it, my darling's mother wanted to know if we were going to finally make a decision and move in with her in the new house, because if we didn't give her an answer then she wouldn't have the time to put an ad out to rent the room. I (through my boyfriend who was telling me this because she still doesn't talk to me about important things) said that I would like to see the room before we made a decision of where we were going to live. He passed the message along and returned with the message of "We are not allowed to look at the place. The girls (younger sisters and her) all found the place to be great and we have nothing to worry about" to which my darling asked "Wait, we aren't allowed to look at the place but you and the girls are?" And her reply was "Well we don't have to please (me) anyway."

I felt like nothing. Never before had I realized just how worthless I was in their eyes. I wanted to run, but it was like midnight and my darling wouldn't let me go outside at such a late hour because we have a less than ideal neighborhood , so I just curled up and cried. I cried for about ten minutes before calming down. My sweet love who had been holding me the whole time told me that his mother had looked at his tax information and laughed in his face at the mere idea of him and I living on his own. And then he said, "want to prove her wrong?"

We ran downstairs and chased her to her car (she was heading out to a bar) and told her that we did not want to live in the house with her. That we were going to find a place on our own. She said "Great! I'll go make an ad for the spare room then."

Feeling good, we went to sleep smiling.

The next day, my darling texts me to let me know that his mother has been leaving him voice mails and texts all day about how furious she is with us. That we dropped her at the last minute and that we abandoned her, breaking our promises to help her pay for this house.

We never said that we were going to move with her.

We didn't want to break the lease early.

We only paid the fee because we had no other choice.

She treats the both of us coldly for the next few weeks. She snaps at us, anything we do wrong is suddenly a huge deal. A ride home from work that she offered is us taking advantage of her kindness. But I don't let it get me down. My mama and her man said that they were going to be giving us their tax returns since they don't need it, and since they are going to be selling the family farm (literally. It is a farm.) they were going to give us money so rent in the bay area will not be an issue.

Last night, she told us that she heard that we were looking for a "bachelor" which I guess means a studio or one bedroom place. She asked how much we were looking for, and I said "about 900 a month". She tells us then that we are not allowed to look for a place anymore. It is two weeks until we have to start paying the rent on the place and two weeks until she starts her mortgage payments. We are going to 'have the whole place to ourselves' and also be sharing the house with the youngest son who is now also taking up meth. (like his dad) The reasoning is that if we were to move into a place that we want then she would have to pay for the apartment herself and she cannot do that and pay for the mortgage.

We explain this is not fair. We can't pay so high a fee and that if I did get help from my family we would no longer be able to afford to save up for the first deposit and rent for a new place. Her response was "You have no choice." and she laughed at us. Literally. Right in our faces. She said that if we didn't pay, not only would she not pay the bill but also since my darling is listed on the contract (she put him on there) his credit was going to be awful because he had zero credit until this point. There was no reasoning with her.

I cried again. This time, my crying was loud. And angry. I cried for two hours. This whole thing was her fault! We didn't want to move! We didn't want to go to her stupid house! It's not our fault that you took a gamble assuming that someone would take up the place and no one had! It's not our fault that she picked a place for us to move into that was so shabby looking that when people drive up to look at the place as soon as they see the neighborhood they leave! We pay our rent on time, and we paid the stupid 1000 dollars to cover the breaking of the contract! There is no reason for her to trap us like this!

My crying was so loud and so long that the moment that I finally calmed down enough that my beloved could walk to the bathroom she was waiting by the door and as soon as he came out he pulled him into her room for a talk that I when I knocked was not allowed to join in on. When he left the room after an hour he had been convinced to live out the rest of the lease peacefully. We are still stuck with the kid who loves drugs, and his sister (who smokes pot constantly) might be joining us too. He managed to bring the price down to our rent but we are still not allowed to find a place for ourselves until after the lease is up OR someone who walks in (which will be happening at any time, day or night) loves the place and chooses to take it. That is, unless we want to pay rent for two apartments for four months. But don't worry! She said that we will be given the first month free so we can find a place for ourselves when we move into the house that we aren't allowed to look at after the lease is up.

The biggest thing is that it's not the threat of bad credit that is hard for my sweet love. He just loves his mom too much to force her to pay for a mortgage and the rent on a place that isn't even being used. Even if it is her own fault.

Tomorrow is my birthday, and I haven't had a decent night's sleep in ages. I can't rest. I am afraid of the future when I will come home and throw up every night at the smell of drugs. Home is supposed to be the place you go to escape the crazies of the world. A sanctuary. What hurts the most is that we almost had a home. A real sanctuary. And now, we don't. Is there an iced version of sleepy time tea? It's too warm this time of year for the regular kind.

I work at an ice cream shop.

I love my job! It's so nice and the customers are always happy to see me and the bosses are some of the nicest people I have ever met.

I also despise my job.

I have to work with high school kids who refuse to listen to me. I will tell them a direct order like: "You must wear your full uniform every day, yes the whole thing. Even the hat. The boss will get upset at you if you do not." And still no one cares. A few do, but they see the ones that do not and are slowly starting to slip up and see just how far they can get until they get in trouble. I find it so difficult especially because the one who is leading these girls to do this kind of thing is a girl who get a lot of hours--simply because she is the only one who can work those hours.

It's so frustrating!

Good gravy this sure is a fun thread to read! It's so amazing how clearly that everyone remembers all their first kisses! It made me realize that no one had ever asked me of how I got my first kiss... So I shall share!



Her name was Clarissa. (Oh, um I'm pansexual. Sorry if that's strange.) When I was in late junior high/early high school I always did this 'game' that was pretty much LARPing but I had never heard of LARPing where if I were to be hit on the head that I would act as best as I could as different characters from  anime and tv shows. So one day I was pretending to be black Haru from the anime Fruits Basket (very good show if you like slice of life drama. The comic's the most depressing thing I ever read though.) and we were playing truth or dare, because I was too timid to play it as myself. I was annoyed that Clarissa was taking all the attention and making sure everyone focused on her so I dared her to kiss me. I moved in and kissed her, and she just stuck her face in a static grin the whole time so I really just kinda kissed her front teeth. I called her on it and she said that I said to kiss her, her to kiss me... or some stupid stuff like that. I just felt happy that I embarrassed her. My trick would never work a second time though, cuz less than a week later I saw pictures of the next sleepover (yes, we did them weekly) which I had missed and she was full on making out with the other girls as if they were posing for some kinda poster. (If you've ever seen scott pilgrim vs the world, kinda like Scott's poster.) Not anything gross, but I was clearly outclassed. *sigh*



The only time I ever had a first kiss that was magical was my first kiss with my current boyfriend. (My third first kiss?) For our second and a half date I took my darling to my secret base. It's got a big tree with a low branch, a little brook that runs through it, and a small little beach with soft white sand. We set up a little picnic and were talking about stuff that I can't remember anymore. For some reason, I starting to sing to him one of my favorite songs "Dare I say" by Alexander Rybak. He was so starstruck and amazed at the song (He thought I had written it) that he gave me a kiss.

Hello friends!

As you may know, the site of Vizzed has some of the most delightful games this side of the planet! However, the one game that drew my attention so closely that it pushed me to finally make an account was the discovery of this game:

https://www.vizzed.com/play/tetris-with-card-captor-sakuraeternal-heart--psx-online--35835-game

This my friends is Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal heart or as I like to call it: THE BEST GAME TO EVER EXIST (so far). I played this game once in the last convention I went to and was delighted to find that not only was it simple, but the gimmick is so pleasant that when you enjoy the game you have an added bonus of having your favorite characters get flustered upon losing or enjoy a triumphant apple upon victory. (I often played as Yukito). Now I may be biased because I love Tetris on an unhealthy level and anime on a far more unhealthy level but this game, despite it being in a language that I can never understand is a delightful blend that I will eternally keep in my heart. (That was a joke. Get it?)

HERE IS THE PART I NEED HELP WITH: Whenever I attempt to play this delightful game on this site, I find myself unable to navigate through the labyrinth that is this site to play the game. I assumed that it was because I was not a member. Then when I joined I assumed that it was because I was a newbie. When I got upgraded and was still unable to find the PLAY THIS GAME option I found myself confused.

Was it because I did not purchase the PlayStation in the items menu? Was it because I am not a trusted+ member yet? Was it that I made my bloodstone ritual sacrifice with a butterball instead of fresh poultry? If anyone has the answer, I would be so grateful!

Hello friends!

As you may know, the site of Vizzed has some of the most delightful games this side of the planet! However, the one game that drew my attention so closely that it pushed me to finally make an account was the discovery of this game:

https://www.vizzed.com/play/tetris-with-card-captor-sakuraeternal-heart--psx-online--35835-game

This my friends is Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal heart or as I like to call it: THE BEST GAME TO EVER EXIST (so far). I played this game once in the last convention I went to and was delighted to find that not only was it simple, but the gimmick is so pleasant that when you enjoy the game you have an added bonus of having your favorite characters get flustered upon losing or enjoy a triumphant apple upon victory. (I often played as Yukito). Now I may be biased because I love Tetris on an unhealthy level and anime on a far more unhealthy level but this game, despite it being in a language that I can never understand is a delightful blend that I will eternally keep in my heart. (That was a joke. Get it?)

HERE IS THE PART I NEED HELP WITH: Whenever I attempt to play this delightful game on this site, I find myself unable to navigate through the labyrinth that is this site to play the game. I assumed that it was because I was not a member. Then when I joined I assumed that it was because I was a newbie. When I got upgraded and was still unable to find the PLAY THIS GAME option I found myself confused.

Was it because I did not purchase the PlayStation in the items menu? Was it because I am not a trusted+ member yet? Was it that I made my bloodstone ritual sacrifice with a butterball instead of fresh poultry? If anyone has the answer, I would be so grateful!