Angst and drama!

more_sims @ 2009-06-05T23:03:00

2009-06-06T03:03:20Z

Since I am a failure at life and everything, and am an emotional wreck over the pooping habits of my dog (OH HAI THAR PMS), here's some Sims 3 to brighten up your Friday evening.

Alex and Rory are initiating my Sims-3-ness. Alex looks too much like David Cook, but whatever, THEY HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD NOW.

And what would a neighborhood be without neighbors? This one is SWARMING with neighbors and they are all AWESOME. I loved University and Nightlife because the joy of Sims is encountering all the crazy neighbors, and this whole game is based on the premise of encountering crazy neighbors and it sets you up to constantly do that. It is amazing. I thought it wouldn't suit me but in reality it is exactly geared towards my sort of Sims gameplay. You can just go somewhere, with no loading time, and meet loads of people! And play chess with them! IMAGINE IT.

And Alex and Rory moved into their house -

And made some mac and cheese -

And NEIGHBORS came over! Dorie and a girl whose name I forget, because she isn't married to a kleptomaniac. Dorie, on the other hand, is married to a kleptomaniac.

Despite Dorie's supposed marriage to Gus, the aforementioned kleptomaniac, she and blonde neighbor whose name I forget get to dancing together for a long time. A LONG time. I think there is more going on here than we know. Alex disapproves of these shenanigans.

But they make up quickly enough to have a delicious bowl of completely burned macaroni and cheese, YUM.

Everyone walks around the living room and thinks suspicious thoughts about everyone else.

O RLY?

Dorie changes out of her clashing sweatpants into a nice skirt and sweater set to do some jumping jacks. I LOVE THIS GAME. SO. MUCH.

BIKE RIDING. BIKE RIDING. Do you see it! BIKE RIDING.

Where to go?

To the weird neighbors? (No).

To flirt with a young Mrs. Crumplebottom? (No).

To a ridiculously beautiful beach? YES. That is okay.

It is the perfect place to debate politics.

Run! Run around the beach!

The beach is deserted except for one family. Introductions are made.

But it is late, and time to run run run back home.

more_sims @ 2008-11-11T22:52:00

2008-11-12T03:54:47Z

OMG WHY IS COMIC LIFE SO AWESOME.

OMG WHY ARE THESE OLD LADIES FLIRTING WITH CRANE.

more_sims @ 2008-11-10T23:56:00

2008-11-11T05:17:00Z

So I have played lots of Sims over the past... really long time and I'm sure they have been amusing but they haven't been recorded, sad.

That was before the EPIC DANCE PARTY OF NOVEMBER '08. Or... almost.

more_sims @ 2008-06-01T09:21:00

2008-06-01T14:02:58Z

Going from iBook to Macbook Pro means that Sims actually WORKS. Video works too, and although for some reason my widescreen causes Sims to overcompensate with aspect ratio and record video all squished up, it is still pretty cool. Plus after a few weeks of video I realized video generally isn't that funny, except perhaps to illustrate some points.

Going from iBook to MBP also means I lost my previous families. It was okay, I still had Alex and Rory saved as Sims, so all I needed to do was get them back together and have them procreate, but obviously that results in different kids. Right now they have one daughter and are being pretty boring.

So I thought, what is a good fandom that has legacy potential? IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME SORT OF FANDOM TO SPAN THE GENERATIONS.

So Indy and Marion are at college. Because college consistently brings the lulz. And when I start younger, they are just boring.

This is the best part. omg. Do you know why this is the best part? Because that is twenty bazillion people. Or at least five. And I didn't force them there. No. My community lots are a constant stream of assorted townies. They don't stop coming. They walk in and interact with my Sims and be stupid and funny and I don't make them do any of it! Apparenty, crowds are controlled by the memory and speed of your computer. Which explains why in the past, I had maybe one visitor every five hours.

BUT NO MORE.

Townies are my favorites.

Marion: I HATE FINALS. Why am I denied all forms of entertainment?!
Er, because that's finals. QUIT YOUR WHINING.

Here's your entertainment:

EVERYONE IS CHEATING ON EVERYBODY ELSE. Alien College Student Stella randomly walks up to Indy while he and Marion are in the midst of some late-night sea chanty singing in the front yard (it is seriously all they do, I should get a video of that) and autonomously and without any prompting kisses him. The "romantic" kiss option. Just... completely by herself. I didn't know she knew him. AND IT WORKS. He kisses her too. Apparently despite never having talked before their relationship is high enough to justify this impromptu makeout session. It was an epic moment for Sims. And so then Marion got (understandably) mad, and they got in a fight, and it was awesome. Everything about it was awesome.

CRIES.

It all evens out though, because despite the fact that their entire relationship is one kiss in the front yard that one time, Alien Girl FREAKS OUT that Indy is cheating on her.

I LOVE COLLEGE SIMS SO MUCH.

Indy is all, "I AM GOING TO DIG FOR TREASURE!" Congratulations, you found a water pipe.

Indy: Hey. Hey. I sure am glad we came to this pretty lame and poorly decorated college hot spot.

Indy: Because now I can practice looking COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
Marion: IGNORED!

Marion: Plus I have some ridiculous of my own. OH HAI THAR TOWNIES.

Speaking of townies.

ACTIVATE RIDICULOUS GRINS IMMEDIATELY.

Marion: YOUR HAIR. It is so beautiful.

Townie: I HATE YOU. How dare you compliment me by making a positive comment about my appearance. SUCH NERVE.

Unsavory Charlatan (best name EVER): Despite the fact that I am not in any way attracted to you, I am still going to skulk creepily around the building and continue to complain about it.

Marion: Ew, this guy is skulking around creepily.

Marion: YOU'RE HOT. CALL ME.
Indy: OF COURSE. THE FACT THAT WE CAME HERE TOGETHER IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT.

Indy: *plays drums*
Cheerleader: The music compels me to cheer.
Goth girl: THIS IS CRAP. I DEMAND MORE ANGST.

Indy just walked over where this guy was sitting and took his drink. And proceeded to drink it. And this guy didn't care at all. He was quite jovial about the whole thing.

Indy: Here Marion, have a box full of pseudo-canon!

Pseudo-canon is sparkly.

Squee.

Now that that's out of way.
Indy: Hey, congratulations at... being... in college. For nearly two semesters already.

Marion: Oh, thanks. Congratulations on being a hottie.

Marion is starved for affection despite the fact that she just got engaged. Marion/Mop = OTP.

It ends there, because it was one in the morning. Plus the townies at that lot just weren't as interesting. I need crazy townies.

If these guys had a band, I would buy all their albums.

more_sims @ 2008-03-09T23:03:00

2008-03-10T03:09:10Z

This is not a real post. Not...really...?

I just realized I didn't update as much as I played, so Alex and Rory have like twenty more kids and they've grown up and gone on vacation and moved around only to end up back in their old house.

So this is just an catch-up post. Of pictures.

They don't age, but their children do!

Clinton grew up beautiful and got married and got a house and a garden. He married the pizza girl. There are more pictures documenting this, but I'm holding on to them in hopes of maybe someday writing moderately witty commentary to go with them.

Next they had twins, who were really cute as children and are gorgeous as teenagers. I can't remember if I posted them as children at all.

Kennedy.

And Taylor.

And then they had Madison:

And Jackson:

AND THEN I made some kids based on the horrible daycare children to populate the town, haha.

And I got the magical message: "Jackson has brought a friend home from school."

OH JOY.

Here's Shelby - also known as the "WHATCHA DOOOOOOIN'" girl. Only slightly exaggerated. Really.

She's going to marry into their family and uglify the descendants. I have already decided.

So lovely. Also, I see Jay What's-His-Face's moderately creepy obsession with Alex continues after college. Ahh, continuity.

Shelby's just a delight, let me tell you.

more_sims @ 2007-12-16T11:19:00

2007-12-16T16:16:18Z

SHE WILL KILL YOU ALL.

Not really.

Alex and Rory and family moved into a new house, which I completely built and furnished and am quite proud of. It isn't really this color. It's really blue siding all the way around, and when I took this picture, that is what it showed. In fact, if I opened the original picture, it would be fine. So why is the coloring all messed up? I have no idea. Photoshop has been really weird (i.e., possessed) lately.

Rory gets in a fight with a bunch of nannies and is victorious. At least one of them is successful.

Let's all gather on the bathroom floor and have story time. That's a great idea. Actually, it's an improvement over Alex and Reagan's, "Hey, let's read a story!" moment where they both put on winter coats and went out to sit on the front porch in the snow.

Speaking of Reagan, she's extremely useful for cleaning purposes. They have a cat now.

Clinton grows up and is generally adorable. All kids should be made to wear stripey sweaters. Always.

Alex decides to make lobster, and fails twice. GOOD JOB. He burned it and somehow managed to leave it in the oven long enough to spoil and get infested with flies. That's awesome.

So the next logical thing to do would be to eat it. Instead of, you know, just throwing it away. Yum.

Looks delicious. I have to commend him, though. He eats the whole plate and doesn't complain at all, and doesn't get remotely sick.

Mallory and Reagan have a fascinating conversation. "OMG. YOU MADE OUT WITH WHO?"

This neighbor comes to visit (I don't know her name) and gets outraged that Alex is trying to sit down. At his own table. In his own house. She is outraged.

See, they got a kitty! Sleepy kitty.

Reagan is confused by the mysterious cake on the table. What could it mean. IT MEANS IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY. And you are supposed to be so smart.

What to wish for?

She apparently thinks of something.

Hooray. She's a teenager. Who needs a new hairstyle.

That's better. SO ADORABLE. She is possibly my favorite Sim child ever.

Those are some scary dolls.

Reagan falls asleep in inconvenient places. Sometimes the floor, sometimes the middle of the sidewalk... wherever.

Clinton isn't much better. Good job sleeping on a bench in the snow right outside your warm four-bedroom house.

It's raining! Time to frolic!

A lot of time passes without pictures, and Clinton grows up too. He turns out adorable as well. He didn't get a birthday party, though. It was more of a "you're boring, and Rory's pregnant again, grow up now" sort of thing.

Baby! Rory shoves it at Alex to hold, because...

...there's another one! Twin girls, Kennedy and Taylor. That brings them up to FOUR KIDS. Rory's lifetime want is to have ten. We're working on it. With their genetics, I'm willing to give in to that request.

Or... well... hmm. The twins are toddlers now, and this is Taylor. Not... bad. Not hideous as hideous Sims go. But if you compare her to her siblings, she's rather ugly. No toddler pictures of Kennedy, because she was basically a clone of Reagan.

The twins grow into children, and I realize I spoke way too soon. They are ADORABLE, Taylor especially. She might be my new favorite. They hug autonomously.

It's SUMMER. FINALLY. We've never had a summer yet.

Reagan congratulates her sisters on being born, albeit a bit late. They like her for this.

Alex reminds us all that he likes money. Just in case we forgot.

It's hailing! Time to go swimming!

Next time - watch as the house falls in complete disrepair! Alex and Rory almost die! And more!

more_sims @ 2007-11-23T18:28:00

2007-11-24T00:16:40Z

Alex Keaton and Rory Gilmore got married (Fanfiction.net only WISHES to be as convoluted as my Sims) and had some babies. Some other stuff happened, but I can never remember it. I have clever commentary at the time, and then a few days later I come back and it is like... wait... why did I take this picture? Why was it funny?

Anyway.

The wedding guest arrive! It's a mix of family, friends, and some neighbors that no one ever met before, for interest.

Wedding time.

This is Rory's "OMG I'M GETTING MARRIED!" expression.

They kiss.

Elyse is all, "HECK YES, that's my boy!", Jennifer would rather go home and watch Aladdin, and some people in the back row are trading prison stories. This is such a great wedding. From now on, every social gathering is going to involve random strangers.

Aww. Awww. Cuteness.

Jennifer is glad she and Alex are friends. Alex is glad Rory's mom is hot. WHAT THE HECK.

A toast to Alex! Such is the theme of the reception. They toasted Alex about five times. They never toasted Rory. That's pretty rude, guys. Almost as rude as thinking about another guy (in this case, Remus Lupin!) at your wedding.

Hey, let's have another toast! Yeah! That's a great idea. Who's the bride again? Meanwhile, Jay, who was Alex and Rory's college classmate, thinks Lorelai is hot.

Seriously? Seriously?!

Jennifer gives Alex a congratulatory hug. Rory has no time for such niceties, there is a cake to be cut.

Post cake, Rory acknowledges his mother. Poor Lorelai. Your profile is okay, but if I took a picture from the front your chin would be all wonky. Good thing you only play a minor role in this story.

Aww. Hug. There you go, Rory. Your mom loves you and cares that it's your wedding, too.

Really, that is quite the wedding by Sims standards.

SEE. This is the first party I have ever had that has not been a complete mess. I have no idea why. But it was quite a hit among the residents of River... something... whatever that town is called.

This is what Mallory does: drink champagne.
This is what else Mallory does: nothing else.
Honestly now.

Some old lady just walked into their house, and Rory is still crushing on Remus.

But she rejects his admiration, which is probably best, seeing as how she is married and all. Although, why must 'admire' be a romantic interaction? Who rejects admiration? Maybe he was saying, "My, Rory, your kitchen counters certainly are clean?" Seeing as how that's all you people do.

Dear Diary, today this weird old lady walked into our house to play chess. OMG WHAT IF SHE READS THIS! Maybe you should not be sitting right beside her when you write in your diary, Rory. Just a thought.

Alex and Rory have a daugher. Her hair changes a lot, because she is ADORABLE and I am completely enchanted by her. I think she is the first child that has not required major plastic surgery to make look normal. I approve. I won't kill her off.

Alex: "I like money."
Rory: "I like wearing this ridiculous camera around my neck at all times."

IT CAN BE HUG TIEMS NOW?

iMac!

Rory wanders outside in her pajamas and is oddly nauseous. I WONDER WHY. Could it be a baby?

Reagan has brought a friend home from school! How social. Here she explains to him that her parents are both at work and they are completely unsupervised, so they can commence with trying to set the house on fire.

How will we do that?

Sorry kids, you fail. All you get is this burned muffin.

Yum! Eat up!

Rory wakes up and is suddenly noticeably pregnant! Alex talks to her stomach.

Rory is all, "You're hot. CALL ME." Yes Rory, I think you've progressed past that point considering the fact that you're pregnant.

It is pretty exhausting.

Rory goes into labor with child the second.

Alex and Rory have a baby. They stare at it for a while. What will we do with it?

Grow it up and pat it on the head. Sit! Good baby.

It is a pretty cute baby. Rory names it Clinton. For those who haven't yet caught on, all of their children are going to be named after presidents. It could get pretty crazy. I hope they have a lot of kids. Clinton is a cute baby, except for the fact that he doesn't have any eyebrows. That's sort of weird.

HECK YES RUN FOR OFFICE.

Or not. What a terrible idea.

Maybe it had something to do with...

these mysterious love letters...

which are conveniently put away

the minute Rory gets home.

Next time:

Some stuff happens!

And some more stuff happens!

more_sims @ 2007-07-29T23:16:00

2007-07-30T03:19:52Z

So, Harry and Hermione, who were happy, normal, pretty teenagers, grew up into adults. This was a bad move. Hermione grew up to be ugly, wear too much makeup, and generally look like a trailer park reject...

Harry didn't do much better....

Hermione found this new version of Harry to be extremely attractive, naturally. What a couple they made...

To impress Harry, Hermione got a Photoshop makeover complete with growing-out fake blond hair, makeup, and a not-on-the-eyebrow eyebrow piercing.

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more_sims @ 2007-07-26T22:30:00

2007-07-27T02:33:36Z

I now have a HP family in Strangetown. Here they are at school.

And I made a Cheney Duvall town, starting them all as children, to see who grows up to marry who. Bain does not want a hug from Denise. Oh no.

Cheney and Dev lead a happier life.

Cheney and Richard on the couch.

Brynn tried to play xylophone. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

more_sims @ 2007-05-14T09:25:00

2007-05-14T13:27:24Z

Everyday life. Including guitars, babies, and falling asleep in grilled cheese.

more_sims @ 2007-05-12T10:06:00

2007-05-12T14:06:47Z

I upgraded my memory and the Sims actually WORKS NOW, which is so exciting. I realized that I can take video. Unfortunately I have yet to acquire any skill at all at putting it together, and I only discovered I could do it late last night, so this is a montage of a proposal*, kissing, and dancing which doesn’t fit with the music except in length of time, and the quality is awful because I am only just figuring this video business out.

Hurrah!

*Yes, they were already married. Until Peter had an affair with Gwen and MJ broke up with him. I didn’t intend to save it but for some reason it saved anyway, so they have to get married all over again.

more_sims @ 2007-04-01T21:10:00

2007-04-02T01:10:40Z

I am so exceedingly frustrated with the lack of Seasons for Mac. Not only the lack of Seasons, but the lack of ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER. Pets was released at the same time. What is up, Aspyr? I am tired of these shenanigans.

Speaking of shenanigans, here are some.

Due to an unfortunate accident involving werewolves, I have restarted my Zelda family. In order to make Link a teenager and have his own house, I had to make an adult and then kill the adult off. This plunges his aspiration score into the red, and he goes temporarily crazy.

The psychiatrist flies down from the sky and makes Link all better. He realizes he is all better.

He thanks the psychiatrist profusely, and the psychiatrist disappears back into the sky.

Feeling more sane, Link tackles a crossword puzzle.

Brandi Broke comes over to visit, and they chat for a while.

Lorelai comes to visit too, and tries to talk to Brandi. But Brandi doesn’t want to hear about how awesome Lorelai is. She will not tolerate such talk.

Still in an angry mood, Brandi rejects Link’s attempt at flirting. ANGER! So much anger.

He retaliates by throwing a cup of water in her face. She does not enjoy this.

Later, Bono and Lorelai go out for lunch at Luke’s, where they discuss the highlights of the movie Aladdin. For example, it is one of only a few Disney movies that never get old. (The other is Robin Hood, which is made of pure awesome).

Bono asks a random customer if she liked his latest CD. Lorelai just wants to eat lunch.

Back at Lorelai’s house, Bono coaches Lorelai on her speech-giving skills.

She is not very good. Lorelai cries and cries.

Rory practices crazy amounts of yoga.

Back at the Parkers’, Gwendolen and Cecily have turned into teenagers.

And Peter gets a haircut. I just can’t decide what to do with him.

Cecily wants to marry Link.

Link wants to marry MJ.

MJ does not agree.

Cecily “chills” on the swingset. It is an Outdoor sort of day at the Parker house.

Peter goes swimming.

Gwendolen goes swimming. The skunk wishes it could go swimming. (It isn’t their skunk. It is just a wandering skunk).

Link and Cecily have a fascinating conversation about shoes.

Link nearly jumps on Peter, and everyone stays in the pool for a really long time, intermittently running inside to get drinks. I am not sure why. I have never seen so many Sims get so many drinks in such a short period of time. I had a picture of Gwendolen pouring cups of water, which was a very cool picture, but I can’t find it, ALAS.

This is what happens when all they do is run and get drinks, all the time. At least he didn’t pee in the pool. I knew a girl who did that when I was younger. Ew.

And I guess I am ending on that note, because I realize I am all out of pictures for this round. I really just want Seasons.

more_sims @ 2007-02-24T22:34:00

2007-02-25T03:49:42Z

Peter and MJ are toilet training their cat. Because that is awesome.

The cat on the counter had KITTENS. ITTY BITTY SMALL LITTLE KITTENS.

They are huggable and tiny.

They are smaller than the food dish.

Zelda plays with the daddy cat, whose name is Ruby due to certain people (me) not remembering to take the cat's gender into account.

Cats on the couch!

LINK IS BECOMING A WEREWOLF ZOMG.

Small small kitten.

Playful kitten.

LOLZ FOOD POISONING. And visiting Gilmores!

The pets are destructive. Apathy ensues.

Wedding.

Link pretends to be a pirate in the bathtub. He enjoys this entirely too much.

Bono has a SMALL SMALL BEAGLE. And hee, yes, Bono.

It is playful and friendly and does not eat people. When it barks, its ears flop. It is amazing.

And very messy.

more_sims @ 2007-01-11T22:10:00

2007-01-12T03:10:58Z

Miscellaneous pictures. With kitties!

These two girls are a part of my Cedarville family. Here we have slutty!girl and fundamentalist!girl.

And here is 80s girl, looking just like herself. I can't remember if I have posted these before or not. If I have, sorry. Enjoy the bright colours.

A close up of 80s girl's makeup.

Teenage!Link and Malon are all makeyouty.

Apparently his attempts to woo her with fascinationg discussions of finances worked! Also, I changed ships midgame, which makes things mildly interesting. Or not. But it makes them different, at least. Not yet, though.

Things that are sad: I have had this game for nearly two years and have never yet had a birthday party. Until now.

Ah, the familiar question: Why is there a grave in the middle of the sidewalk? Really, who ISN'T plagued by that one?

Midway though I change ships (and hairstyles and ages) and ship Link/Zelda, who are all modern day and Sim-ified. OMG I SHOULD WRITE A FIC!!1! No. That is how bad things get started.

SLEEPY KITTY ON THE BED SLEEPY KITTY ON THE BED. *gleefully squishes*

Less than three!

WHAT IS FOR DINNER? NOT A YAM.

WHAT IS ON THE CHAIR? A CAT!

It is engagement time. Hurrah!

This could be joy, or it could be weeping. Hm.

Link will now persist in chopping all of his fingers off and whining about it.

WHAT IS FOR DINNER NOW?

CAT FOOD!

more_sims @ 2006-12-25T23:59:00

2006-12-26T04:59:57Z

more_sims @ 2006-11-15T16:39:00

2006-11-15T21:39:59Z

A random assortment of pictures.

It's so sad that the word "random" is so overused (and so lamely overused - "Teehee, guys, I'm RANDOM! That makes me FUNNY and QUIRKY!") by fourteen-year-olds with no wit whatsoever that I was hesitant to use it in its proper context here.

Cecily and Gwendolen have a lovely dollhouse.

Which Peter also enjoys.

They also have an amazing pool. Cecily is unsure.

Although she gets over her fear rather quickly.

They also have a very fun Sit'n'Spin type thing. I loved these when I was little. I also liked to stand on them, which is potentially dangerous and not recommended.

Gwendolen likes it as well.

TIME FOR CRAZY SPRINKLER FUN! HOORAY.

LOOK! MOVIE ONE! Sans Spiderman costume.

MJ ruined this person's hair, but I'm GLAD. She was such a jerk. She stood around the store forever, and could not be convinced to buy ANYTHING, even though she wanted shampoo. And attempts to sell it to her made her angry. She deserves ruined hair, and soon after she was shooed away from the store.

Squee.

Sleeeeeppppyyyy.

MJ meets MARY SUE PLEASANT!

ZOMG SPRINKLER!

Rory is taking a nap.

Rory will not be taking a nap for long.

Lorelai insists on jumping on the couch.

They play an intense game of Rock, Paper, Scissors before deciding to visit....

MJ's salon! ZOMG FANFIC CROSSOVER!

Rory thinks the stylist, Chandler, is totally hot.

Rory asks him what he wants, and he says he wants to go to college. HE IS PERFECT!

Checo (I think) tries to kiss MJ. She refuses (for now).

Chandler offers to give Lorelai a makeover.

It does not end well.

more_sims @ 2006-11-07T21:02:00

2006-11-08T02:02:27Z

To make a long story short: game kept crashing, RAAARRRR frustration!, uninstalled, reinstalled, lost everything, restarted family with just Peter and MJ, Peter and MJ had twin girls (Cecily and Gwendolen, hee), I took pictures of baby/toddlerhood, realized picture settings were wrong, deleted all pictures, started over with pictures today.

And so...

MJ owns a salon/spa type establishment, and she is trying to become a reputable business owner. She spends a great deal of time talking to people, trying to get them to pay to spend time at her salon/spa type establishment, and then pay more to get a makeover.

MJ likes her job very much.

She usually does a very good job.

And the customers are happy.

But sometimes, she does a very very bad job. Horrible, in fact. Atrocious.

Back at home, a zombie asks MJ out on a date. She says no. Not ever never will she date a zombie, at least not today.

I have never had a zombie and I've only just made this one, and I want to know what a zombie BABY looks like, so I have the zombie guy have a zombie baby! (Best. Game. EVER). The baby turns out STUPIDLY NORMAL. Hoping for ugliness to come, I name it after an annoying girl I went to high school with. Meet Zombie Baby Shasta.

Mortimer Goth is excited about the new arrival, and Peter is just intrigued by the idea of a zombie baby.

I have Zombie Baby Shasta grow up to see if she shows any signs of being a zombie. She doesn't, and I am disappointed, but she grows up with STUPID UGLY SHORT HAIR and into a PIRATE OUTFIT of all things, so I feel justified in continuing to hate her. Also, as I attempted to make her selectable, she somehow got abandoned at Peter and MJ's house. So she lives there, but she isn't really a member of the family. It is dumb, and I want her to go away, but at least this way, I have her around to make miserable.

There are lots of kids. Gwendolen and Cecily have both come home from school with friends, and then of course, Shasta.

Shasta has no personality at all and is generally horrid. She picks a fight with Gwendolen's friend, Melanie.

And shortly after, starts whining about how she has to go to the bathroom. I don't really want to hear it, stupid zombie baby. Peter is currently being useful and is cleaning the bathroom anyway. TOO BAD.

Melanie and Cecily gossip about Shasta (darn her), who has peed her pants in the corner. REJECT. I'm trying to have her die of starvation too, but alas, it has not yet happened.

It is time for dinner and everyone is hungry.

But Peter is not a very good cook.

He is a good dancer, though, and is just adorable with his daughters.

See. Shasta talks to herself about ghosts.

Cecily has a scary robot toy.

And they have the loveliest pool, which is wonderful to nap by.

Miscellaneous.

2006-10-27T20:16:08Z

I was looking through old pictures and I was actually getting weird and sad and nostalgic.

It was horrible.

Anyway.

Syncronized dancing is awesome in every possible way.

See.

With three people it is even better!

SO MUCH FUN.

MJ and Peter have a fulfilling college experience and randomly hang out with other people. Unlike some. Unlike me.

"I HATE OMELETTES," Harry sobs, "I HATE OMELETTES SO MUCH."

See, alien baby. ALIEN BABY ALIEN BABY. So ugly, alien baby.

And yet everyone loves you, alien baby.

Little alien baby, you are mostly weird.

Halloween means it is time for a SPOOKY HAUNTED HOUSE.

And costumes! Harry and Hermione, see.

And SCARYSCARY vampires.

FWOOOHAHAHA!

And scary noises. Quiet scary noises! Oh no!

MJ thinks it is very creepy.

The only way to solve that problem is to have a party.

Peter is mostly a jerk and MJ just cries.

And then she slaps him.

At least we have a beer keg! And t makes people light up. Hooray!

See kids, alcohol is bad. She looks like she might be going into labor, but she isn't, she's just sick.

Like so.

Also, if you drink you will fall over and be stuck in the wall of your house, and nobody really wants that.

Hooray couch! Hooray jumping on you, couch.

Peter, MJ, Gwen, and Harry eventually tired of the haunted house and moved into their own off-campus housing, where they can enjoy the wonders of an actual family room.

And then there was Open For Business and that was enough of college.

Aunt May always did want to see Peter follow his dream of... arranging... flowers.

Peter has been taking pictures and he can sell them for MONEY and set the prices and everything, and he walks around with a Very Official Clipboard and Is Respectable.

MJ is exhausted after checking out one customer. This store thing is TOO MUCH STRESS. CAN'T HANDLE IT.

CRAZY DANCE MOVES! Are these new with OFB? I have never seen such a thing before.

They are pretty awesome.

TOO AWESOME, in fact! MJ falls over.

more_sims @ 2006-09-30T20:58:00

2006-10-01T14:25:16Z

It is fall. And with fall come many things... school. And school. And some leaves and school, and my Sims game crashing whenever I try to load Veronaville. I don’t know what’s up with that. Still, I figured this was a good opportunity to ~~wonder why the same episode of Iron Chef is on twice in two days~~ send Peter and MJ to college.

But I don’t send them off alone. Oh no. It is awful to go off to college alone. I know this well. I send them off with friends. “Friends.” Quotes and all. Hooray!

Because Peter has crazyspiderpowers - or because there is a staircase - Peter and MJ can go hang out on the roof of their dorm. And they do.

They have a fascinating conversation about I don’t know what. I don’t know what that symbol means.

And they kiss, though they don’t need to go on the roof to do so, because... normal school! Still, the view is nice. If you like staring at school buildings. Which, of course, they do.

Lovelier still is singing on the roof. It is all very Moulin Rouge of Peter and MJ is quite taken with it.

It’s FALL! And that means LEAVES! MJ daydreams about Peter wearing a grill on his head. She has an interesting imagination...

But Peter isn’t putting a grill on his head, he’s just jumping in the leaves. Crazy kids.

What’s college without a crazy drunken party? ~~Cedarville~~. Time to break out the fruit punch! MJ is glad. It’s outside, which gives me an excuse to break out all the fall clothes. Pretty coat!

Peter and Gwen, in reverse order, hear rumors of the festivities and come to see. MJ decides to use a cup this time around.

Gwen’s all, “I have earmuffs!” and Peter’s all, “I’m so trendy, I can’t handle myself,” and MJ just wants more fruit punch. “Fruit Punch.” Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

And then Gwen’s all “ZOMGPETERISTEHHOTTNESS!”

Everything starts off fine, and everyone seems to get along okay. Either that or MJ is already too drunk to notice, which is possible, because she just keeps going back for more. Independantly. She drank at least five cups all by herself.

Gwen and Peter tell jokes about the price of oil, which is always a funny subject.

Gwen admires Peter - probably the AWESOME SCARF OUTFIT he has - and he is all sheepish about it, but clearly pleased. I can’t decide if I think this is sweet or not, though I’m definitely leaning that way.

MJ doesn’t notice, because she is too engrossed in the fruit punch.

“New best friend?” suggests Gwen, and MJ is still all about the fruit punch.

Peter is initially opposed to this whole dancing thing. Come on, guys. COME ON. As much as part of me doesn’t want to do this to MJ, a lot of me does, because they’ve gone a long time with nothing but happiness, and life just doesn’t work that way.

After not much more convincing, he agrees, and doesn’t seem too miserable.

But Gwen tries to kiss him, and Peter is angry about that.

And now MJ is mad, really mad, and growls at Gwen. GR!

And she throws her eight millionth cup of fruit punch in her face.

And she shoves her! I realize it looks like she is trying to choke her, but she isn’t, she’s shoving her, really. Interesting tidbit, or maybe not: Gwen is not the first person MJ shoves. In Spiderman 2, when she completely PWNZ Peter on the balcony at the party because he completely stood her up, she shoves him out of the way when she stomps back in side. Or so it appears. That’s all.

MJ is all, “Screw this, I’m going to go to bed early and cry” which is really a good plan at this point.

Meanwhile, outside, Peter and Gwen have lit a bonfire and are doing a BONFIRE DANCE. Seriously. A bonfire dance! This is ridiculous. And oh how they danced... the little children of Stonehenge.

But first, she decides to get online and talk to somebody named Madeleine (seriously, and not planned). Maybe Madeleine can help... probably not.

Harry comes by to... well, he was going to come by and comfort her, but instead he is mesmorized by the pennants on the wall. GO ALIENS. BEAT THE ANGRY STRIPEY FISH PEOPLE! YEAH!

And then Peter and Gwen come in, and Harry is all, “Hey Peter, how ABOUT those angry fish people” and Gwen is all “RAGE! You shoved me, even though I totally deserved it!”

They fight, and MJ wins, and Harry is impressed.

Gwen goes and hides in the bathroom and cries. Which is what MJ was going to do earlier, except for some reason she just wouldn’t.

And MJ, for some reason, wanders into Peter’s room, where Peter is thinking about that girl that came and played videogames with Aunt May that one time.

Harry congratulates MJ on winning the fight.

And he gives her a friendly!hug.

Harry leaves, and Peter attempts to apologize to MJ.

And MJ isn’t in the mood to tolerate this crap, and I don’t blame her.

He pleads with her.

And she begins to feel bad, sort of.

They actually hug, and things are not really better at all... but maybe a little bit.

Peter then tries to kiss her, and that doesn’t go over so well.

Not well at all.

Because she’s still furious at him.

And she leaves and goes to bed. I am all about her room decor. It’s so dorm-y.

So does Peter. He’d better get some sleep, because he’s going to be doing a lot of pleading and apologizing again tomorrow.

Harry wanders upstairs to try and find someone to talk to. Or flirt with. Or both. He finds Jill.

Jill meets Harry. Harry meets Jill. It seems to go well.

Meanwhile, on the first floor, nothing isn’t creepy. This random guy just walks right into Peter’s room while Peter is sleeping, and stares at him.

It’s SO STRANGE.

Peter wakes up, and is like WHAT THE CRAP.

He attempts to tell Peter he admires him, but it doesn’t go over very well. And I can’t say I’m surprised. This is just scary.

Peter angrily shoos him and tells him to GO AWAY.

Attempting to go back to sleep at this point is useless, so Peter wanders out to the common room to play poker with the creepy stalker guy. Which is, of course, what everyone would do in such a situation.

They are joined by Gwen, whose hair changes a lot and who has glasses sometimes because of the comic book I have, and when Harry sees them, he says “ME TOO! ME TOO!”

Harry says he wants to kiss Jill, the girl from upstairs.

And so it begins.

I have not yet caught the episode of whichever of the eight million poker shows that are on nowadays that had Tobey Maguire, but I DID see one with Lauren Graham, which was fun because she acted just like herself.

Jill’s interest in Harry doesn’t stop her from thinking Peter is teh hottness.

He knows he is. He’s so cool.

SO COOL!

And then it was very late, and I quit.

more_sims @ 2006-09-30T20:58:00

2006-10-01T00:50:33Z

Pictures that have been accumulating on my hard drive, so that later we can get to THE DRAMA.

Rory and Hermione come visit (it is like a really horrible crossover fanfic) and they both think Peter is TOTALLY HOT, because... heck, he IS.

With the kids at school, Aunt May amuses herself on the trampoline.

MJ gets home and stops right at the entrance - or exit, now - to the bus to open her report card.

Peter follows MJ’s example and proceeds to cheer his good report card right in front of the door to the bus. Wow guys, ever think that other people might want to get off? You’d think you all went to Cedarville or something, with this tendency to block entryways.

He runs inside to share the good news, and shouts to a sleeping Aunt May. I get excited about grades too, but come on, man, this is ridiculous. Let her sleep.

This announcement wakes Aunt May up. I feel sorry for her. How aggravating.

Fully awake now, Aunt May cheers for Peter in a fabulously delayed reaction. He’s completely over it now, and just wants to be able to see the TV.

They dance. Because it’s cute when they dance.

A TRAMPOLINE! That is like the most fun EVER.

Peter is a bit concerned about Aunt May’s enthusiasm regarding video games.

Peter and MJ dance in the living room, though neither of them are too certain of how to do so.

SO CONFUSING.

After a busy day of discovering the trampoline, Peter and MJ get to go on a date. They have to make sure they look SO GOOD.

Time to leave!

Peter’s car is so crappy, it’s awesome. The doors don’t shut properly and it sounds almost as bad as mine. It’s fantastic.

They arrive at the restaurant, which is like a Sim version of Steak’n’Shake. Peter seems worried.

He is all adorably nervous about the whole thing.

See?

But they had a good time (even though I have no pictures due to the fact that I shut it off in the middle and you can’t save from a community lot and blah blah blah etc. doesn’t really matter, does it?) and they come back home and kiss.

Peter’s shoes are SO AWESOME it’s not even funny. For that matter, so is this whole outfit.

Goodnight! Time to go to sleep and dream about trampolines.

more_sims @ 2006-09-30T00:27:00

2006-09-30T04:19:40Z

EVERYONE IS IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE

FSHIWHFPOWHBPIOHBPWHJP!!!!!1111!*(&$*!&$^)*(!$*U)!.

I have way too many pictures and am too sleepy to upload.

more_sims @ 2006-09-11T19:38:00

2006-09-11T23:38:43Z

I have a sad story to tell.

Last week or so, I went to play the Sims. Peter and MJ's house was for sale. They were nowhere to be found. This baffles the mind. These people have no free will. They are not autonomous. They can't function on their own, how are they going to sell their house and skip town without me knowing it? I restarted. They came back. But they had no memories. They knew nobody. They didn't know each other. They weren't married, in love, totally crushing, or even friends. MJ could only appreciate people. Anybody. No matter who, no options, just "appreciate." Peter couldn't do anything. You could select an action, but he wouldn't do it.

So I decided there was little to do except start over. And I realized it has been a long, long time since I had teenagers. And I have a lot of teenager clothes that I never get to use. And being teenagers comes with new and potentially exciting (though probably boring) storylines to be explored. And that is what I did.

Peter and MJ sit in the front yard and talk about flowers. Clearly, they lead such an exciting life... actually, who am I kidding, yes they do. It is more eventful than mine

.

MJ tells Peter a joke of some sort, or some gossip. Gossip would be interesting considering they don't know anybody yet.

They are amused, so evidently she has said something clever.

Peter goes inside to play an intense game of... something.

See. SO INTENSE.

Oh, but MJ is going to join him, and COMPETITION WILL ENSUE.

Moving the controller around TOTALLY HELPS. And don't you forget it.

It also helps to lean and yell "TURN, TUUUUUUURRRRRNNNNNNN" very loudly. Just so you know.

See? Exactly. OH THE AGONY OF DEFEAT.

And the thrill of victory. It's because she leaned to the right. It seriously is.

Poor Peter, he lost. But he's still totally hot. MJ thinks so. Look at her look at him, with her "PWNED! but you're still totally hot" face.

They sit on the couch and Peter is all "Scoot over HERE" and MJ is all "OKAY."

Aunt May is like, screw this, I'm leaving. This is all getting way too awkward.

Cuddlecuddlecuddle, and the little pink hearts float above their heads to tell us that they're totally crushing.

SO CUTE!

They go outside and Peter tries to flirt with MJ and he is all ADORABLE AND SHEEPISH ABOUT IT ZOMG. Squee!

And MJ is happy.

They hold hands and stare at each other and are happy together.

For quite a while.

Until FIRST KISS FIRST KISS FIRST KISS, which means the little pink hearts float all over and make for fun pictures.

SEE!

It is the best thing that has happened on the Sims in a long time.

Peter officially proposes... dating. MJ agrees (surprise, surprise).

And they hug.

And hug.

And kiss again.

And take pictures. Pictures are always fun.

more_sims @ 2006-07-10T21:03:00

2006-07-11T00:59:22Z

Guess what time it is.

Yes. It is time for Sims.

MJ has new hair and she is happy about it.

MJ has Peter and she is happier about this.

They go to the park and have a cookout. MJ decides to attempt to be subtle and discuss how much she likes jewelry.

But jewelry costs money and making out on the park bench doesn't, so guess which option wins. "What's this?" wonders Random Guy In Sunglasses. He seems perturbed that his bitter, angsty, lonely sulk in the park is being interrupted.

He cannot handle happiness, and he stomps away, to go sit in his dark lonely bitter angsty house, ALL ALONE, wearing all black and sunglasses. Oh, go write an emo song about it, Random Guy.

It seems MJ is not a very good cook. Peter looks rather sick, poor thing.

That's okay, they can still kiss.

It is time for the daily hula dance. This is always a fun part of the day. Everyone should try it.

OH NO. It seems that while hula dancing, Peter has gotten his arm stuck in the wall. Somehow I get the feeling that it is not the first time this has happened. MJ is exasperated.

THE MAIL IS HERE! Peter looks at the house. It is weird looking. But it was cheap, and it is smallish and manageable, unlike the last one.

All that came in the mail were bills. This would be disappointing, but MJ is so distracted by Peter that she could care less. SPEND ALL OUR MONEY, she thinks, AS LONG AS YOU LOOK THIS HOT WHILE DOING IT.

iPod listening time. With iPod listening face. When listening to iPods, one has to adopt an "I'm so cool" expression, like so. It is Necessary.

Peter is either rocking out, or showing off his mad Spiderman skillz. MJ is furious, which means this must be hardcore music. AND THE LEGEND OF THE RENT WAS WAY PAST DUUUUUUUUE. Or something. However that goes, because it is now in my head. I need to watch School of Rock again, because it makes my life better.

It makes Peter's life better, too, apparently. He's such a rockstar. MJ kind of has the look that people get when they accidently end up in other people's pictures at Disneyworld. Hey guys... what's up, how's the vacation?

You crazy kids and your heathen rock music.

Word on the street is that there will be SINGING (or at least lip-syncing!) in Spiderman Tres. This makes me squee with joy. Peter wants a turn to sing, too, and this makes MJ squee with joy.

Speaking of squeeing with joy, Peter and MJ share in my elation that Gilmore Girls is the Harvard application episode. Nothing says funny like Gilmore Girls season three, and they jump up and down on the couch to celebrate. So did I, my friends, so did I. Well, in my mind. I don't have a couch, because I am in my room. But if I could have, I would have.

Since they look so nice, it is a good time to go on a date. And so they agree to do so.

Outside the restaurant, there is a SCARY VAMPIRE, and Peter, with his superhero complex, decides it is his duty to defend the world against said vampire, and so he... throws a cup of water on him. It seems that someone has been watching the Wizard of Oz too much.

The restaurant that is full of plants and trees INSIDE so it looks like a forest... a decorating idea that for some reason always creeps me out. It feels like the tree island in Zelda, another place that always creeps me out. Something about forests inside reminds me of a frighteningly dreamy, eerie place that I'm sure I have experienced before. I wish I had words to explain the feeling, but I don't. It just freaks me out.

Anyway, they seem to be okay with it. And Peter is apparently the only one that cares about hydration.

MJ blows a kiss to Peter. Aw.

It is a good evening.

more_sims @ 2006-07-03T23:51:00

2006-07-04T03:47:48Z

It's been a long time. A LONG time. And there was going to be more to this, but for some reason, my dressers have stopped working. Meaning... no matter how many clothes we buy... there can be no switching outfits. I have no idea why. It's making me very angry. So here is a random collection of pictures, some from today, some from whenever.

Growl.

Peter decides that the faux hawk would be a good look for him. And let's face it, he's right. I don't know why there is macaroni and cheese on the bathroom counter. It doesn't make sense to me.

He is very exacting about it.

I LOOK SO GOOD.

KARAOKE HOORAY.

MJ wants to be a rock star and jumps off the speaker.

DUET TIME. This is what I want Spiderman 3 to be. An endless musical. I almost said "season three." That would be incorrect, as it is not a whole season. That would also be AWESOME. But alas, it is not to be. COME WHAT MAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

There was a time when I thought pillow fights were a fun feature, but after having all my Sims randomly start them, I find them more of an annoyance than anything else. Ha ha, pillow fight, you guys are so original.

But the slow dancing never gets old.

They actually RAN ACROSS THE STREET to continue a pillow fight. I didn't even know they could DO that.

Peter is beating the snot out of her. This is unfair and slightly cruel.

MJ greets the neighbors, Peter stares at the sky. I just like the angle of this. I've got nothing witty to say, sorry.

Precious.

FUN LIGHTER.

Sometimes on the Fourth of July, people have cookouts. Thankfully, those people aren't me... but in Sim land, these things are actually fun because no one REALLY has to attend them. So Peter and MJ have a cookout at the park, because their grill at home doesn't work. Much like their dresser.

MJ invites this guy, whose name I forget, to their cookout, but despite her enthusiasm, he never comes.

That's okay, because they seem perfectly happy by themselves.

MJ informs Peter that isolated thunderstorms are predicted.

He seems distressed at the news.

And so does she. OH NO CLOUDS. NOT CLOUDS.

Peter and MJ go to the store, and glare angrily along with me at the tornado warning that interrupted What Not To Wear. TELEVISION GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT!

The grocery store is confusing.

Is that seriously all you have. Seriously. This grocery store is not well stocked.

Oh well. Kiss!

You know the part in the trailer where Peter is dancing with the STUPID IDIOT BLOND GIRL and he has crazy!emo!hair? I tried to give him crazy!emo!hair but I think it's just a bit too crazy. Anyway, the both of them suddenly have insanely shiny hair. They are like a Pantene commercial. Peter looks disturbingly thoughtful.

And this...

... is the way that scene should have gone. I realize I am taking everything out of context. I enjoy that.

I NEED TO FIX THE DRESSERS.

Old neighbors! And other things.

2006-05-22T16:29:49Z

YO WHAT UP. Here we are again. Only this time, we're living in Pleasantview with new!neighbors, we have a new!ridiculouslyhuge!house, and we have downloaded!MJ and AtleastItried!Peter. They're happy because they bought this house, and they can make out in front of it. And I'm happy for them.

They also have a random street sign. This is possibly the coolest house ever. And they kiss.

Along with their house, they also bought a new car, so they can drive to the mall to buy clothes, because default clothes alone will NEVER do.

They kiss. Because they can.

MJ apparently hasn't found the little buttons that move the seat forward, so she drives to the mall in an extremely uncomfortable looking position. It's like the Millennium Force, where the bars to hold on to are exactly three miles ahead of you and reaching them is horrible and scary. Everything about that ride is horrible and scary. I LOVE IT. Anyway, off to the mall.

At the mall, they buy $25,500 of clothes. It's the best shopping trip ever.

Also, this is a fun machine. If you put in money...

...you get a cell phone!

Shopping is done, and now it's time to go play pool with a cowgirl. I guess. Because that always... follows... shopping...?

MAD POOL SKILLZ!

But this is more fun. The old lady in the background looks thoughtful. "Hmm," she thinks. I think she is probably the resident crazy dog lady. I want to be a crazy dog lady. Or maybe not want, but plan on it. Hooray! I'll get lots of dogs and be a hermit on an island somewhere. Sarah Amy can live next door if she wants. But unlike this woman, I won't venture out and stare longingly and thoughtfully at happier people ever. I know my place.

Crazy dog lady and MJ gossip about some girl I've never seen. The girl in blue tells Peter that she doesn't like air pollution.

CDL hates air pollution too.

MJ agrees, because she likes flowers.

Back home, Peter and MJ decide to pass time until the neighbors come visit (as they will inevitably do) by being adorable.

Peter suggests cuddling on the couch. MJ says no. No, she doesn't. She agrees. Of course she agrees.

They cuddle on the couch.

A lot.

New camera angle!

Then it's time for some crazy dance moves.

Whee.

NEIGHBORS!!! Mortimer is old, and looks like he is in pain. MJ is preoccupied.

HELLO MORTIIMER. WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OLD NEIGHBOR BEFORE.

Everyone gathers in the living room. The Caliente sisters, Dina and Nina (ha) came over to visit as well. Their last name means hot. I'm just waiting for Mary-Sue to come over.

Peter looks distressed.

Playing on the swingset should make him feel better.

Peter is in love with MJ because she has cleaning skill points. Hopefully she knows how to cook, too.