I'm online again + some extras

[strangetomato]

Oh internet! How I have missed you. *rubs it all over body*

We finally managed to get our connection all fixed up today, when they sent someone over to replace the modem. Now it's as good as new. It was frustrating to be cut off from the net at home, and not just for livejournal and sim stuff, but it was also a nice break in a way. I must admit that I was dying to download cc the whole time, though. Am I really such an addict? (Oooh, there are new OMSPs in more subtle height increments. Awesome.)

Thanks to everyone who read and commented on my latest update. I will try my best to reply to your comments, though it might take a while to catch up, since I'll be out of town for the long weekend.

I did a little work on the next update while I was offline, but mostly I've been playing random households in various Maxis neighbourhoods. I've been having lots of fun with Alex O'Mackey (one of my favourite sims in the newer hoods). When I was younger, I created a character named Alex who was a female pirate (she didn't take no crap from nobody), so I guess it makes sense that I'd like her.

I spent quite a bit of time in Belladonna Cove, and I've noticed a couple of trends there. Almost every female toddler and child is wearing makeup, almost every personality is 4/10/6/4/3 (or close to it), there are a lot of really odd facial designs, a large number of Johnny Smith needle-noses, and the character bios are WAY longer than the older ones and a whole lot less interesting. Where are all the little details like clipping coupons and having an "unnatural fondness" for African violets?






I'm liking this Tara DeBateau character.

She's the adopted child of Armand DeBateau, a big-time CEO who lights his ornate fireplaces with $100 simolean bills. He decided to be a single father after he broke up with his girlfriend, Jessica, who was cheating on him. Tara is cute as a button (in that Face One sort of way, but with a more upturned nose), and she's a knowledge sim. She reminds me of one of the friends I grew up with.




Here she is setting Justin Cleveland straight after he tries to put the moves on her. Nice try, Justin, but she's just not that into you.




I'm planning to clone her and send her to university in Veronaville (it suits her wealthy upbringing), and I really hope she hits it off with Tybalt Capp.

Then again, does anyone ever really hit it off with Tybalt?








Only the most persistent. ;)





 

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I haven't read her bio yet. Is Alex's leaving really a trauma for her? I've actually imagined them being on good terms, but I'll obviously have to look into it. The fact that she hates her father's girlfriend would support my theory, but I'll check into it.

But yeah, Jules sounds just about as hate-filled as Tybalt. I'll have to bring them both to V'ville and see what happens.

[ownsimscorner.livejournal.com]

There`s a pic of her as a kid crying as Alexandra leaves to be a pirate - it`s on the family album. They do seem to be more or less in good terms now. Maybe she still wishes her parents were back together. Well, of course she does.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they seem to be on good terms now, so I see it as more of a mature and amicable split (Maxis jealousy/romance laws don't exactly allow for that, explaining the hatred between Gabe and Alex, but I'll choose to ignore that, since I don't play by their rules).

Jules would have cried anyway, since she was just a child. I cried when my mother went back to work, so of course you'd cry if she ran off to become a priate.