Week 13

A/N: I've decided that 1 Uni Semester = 1 Eden Day

Day 85 - Monday (Winter)

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At Academie Le Tour:

Welcome to college life Cedar. That's an interesting combo you've got going there.
"Where's the dorm? Or an apartment? Or a house?"
Two seconds.

There you go. It's not much, but it's what you could afford. Hope you didn't want a car.

This is the pathetic interior of his home away from home. Cedar was really grateful that his family bought him a computer and fridge to put in his inventory before he left because that's about all he's got. There's also a small bathroom with the cheapest toilet and shower. Poor Cedar.
"Well, I guess now I know how Grandma Angelica must have felt when she first came to Eden."
I hate to burst your bubble, but Angelica was far more comfortable when she arrived in Eden, despite the fact that she had no computer, no shower, and only had access to the fridge once a day.

"Can I write my term paper?"

Nope, you need creativity, so get cracking on a novel. You'll probably need to do that a lot anyway since you have no money and no way to make money. Usually I'd have you dig the way Angelica did, but you can't sell what you did up, so it's kinda pointless.

So how was the first day of Art?
"Ok, my professors are old though, nothing like that hot Dr. Skully Grandpa talked about."

Cedar is taking Art because I still don't know what LTW Chrys will roll when she becomes a teen and I didn't want to take it away from her if she had one that I wanted. Since they never get the Artist LTW Cedar is going to work on lifting Art.

Really? She can't be as dumb as she looks then. Go for it Tiger.

For those who thought all my sims were good looking. Cedar's not ugly, but he's got a pretty horrid profile if you're not into the whole Roman thing.


One reason Alicia would be so perfect for him is that her face has practically the opposite defects which would hopefully result in more normal looking children. I forget, are cheerleaders students or are they adults?


All right, so it wasn't a great novel, but at least you now have enough to pay the bills that the mailman dropped off this morning.

Now it's time to write your term paper.
"But it's the middle of the night! And I'd rather play video games or chat online."
Too bad, you want top marks don't you?

"That maxed skill really makes me feel a lot better about this whole college thing."

At the LaFeuille House:


"I'm so glad that Daddy is suppressing Intelligence. My classmates stay a lot longer when they're not freezing."

"Grilled Cheese again?"

Your daughter is a fortune sim. Grilled cheese is the only thing keeping her from aspirational failure. Eat the grilled cheese and smile like a good father.

"Did you know that you can dust with a sock?!"

Yes I did, now hurry up, this is the last scholarship that you need, and Cedar could use your help at college.


At the Jung House:


Yet another useless skill maximized just because sims get stuck in a rut. Oh well, at least you'll be able to rebuild the next car we have to buy due to a thief much faster.


Luckily for this household, there's not a neat sim among them, therefore, everyone at the table finds belching and farting and spraying food hilarious as opposed to revolting. Hey, as long as everyone's happy right?

"Ugh, they were right, this is a horrible book."

"Cassia, my little angel, you've made my dream complete."

"Now I feel like I can protect Beryl and Cassia from any fires that may start."
What about Bay?
"Who?"
Bay, your sister-in-law-slash-babysitter?
"Oh yeah, her too."

Michelle, you're over here everyday that you can catch a lift with Bay, why is that?
"Because you forced me and the other simselves to move out of the mansion and into mini safehouses all by ourselves. Even Sushi technically lives by herself, it's just that there are two of her. I'm lonely, and I'm bored since you never visit the simselves' houses and therefore I live my life in stasis."


Day 86 - Tuesday (Winter)

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At Academie Le Tour:

"Can I buy a bookshelf?"
Sorry, I already spent most of your grant money on giving you a kitchen.

"Wow! I forgot how good spagetti was!"
So I'm forgiven for spending most of your money?
"Could we at least buy a cheap bookcase?"

You don't need one you know. The only skills you have left to build are Charisma and Creativity, neither of which can be learnt from a normal bookcase.

"Can I buy a birdcage then?"

No, no pets in college. I'm playing it safe and including caged pets in that. You don't want Maxi over here do you?

"Gulp, no...."

If you ever want wallpaper you'd best get back to work boyo!

Cedar worked all night and well into the morning on his novel and it still wasn't completed, but he had now maxed his sixth skill. He managed to completely tank his needs and barely had the energy to remove his thinking cap and go to the bathroom before collapsing on his bed.

Only to be disturbed two hours later by the harsh ringing of the phone.
"Sushi, I was sleeping. What do you want?"
"....."
"Because I was up all night writing a bestseller."
"...."
"Well I have to be sure it's a bestseller. If I don't think it is, who else will?"

Eventually the novel was finished and wallpaper was put up and construction of walls around the bed was started.

"Alicia baby, I'm in serious need of an aspiration boost, help me out?"
"Anything for you Tiger."

Poor Cedar. Practically a grown man, and yet this is his first kiss.

Cedar, why are you doing your homework outside in the snow?
"It helps me think."
Are you thinking about your homework at all, 'cause you've been using that eraser a lot.
"Actually I'm trying to come up with a plot for my next novel, but I'm a bit stuck."

Please don't fry yourself the way you fried the computer...

"I like Romanesque men..."
Yeah, but I'm not sure if I can put up with years of staring at someone who looks like they're in a coma.

At the LaFeuille House:


Bella you crazy old woman! That's your second snowman in a row, you'll turn into a simsicle if you keep it up.


Filling up an aspiration bar using only eat grilled cheese wants is painstakingly slow, but here's a little tip for those who haven't discovered it yet. Have the sim eat one bite, cancel the action, eat one bite, cancel the action, repeat ad naseum. Done this way each bite fulfills a "Eat Grilled Cheese" want. Takes a long time to eat the sandwich, a long time to get your sim above green, but it will work eventually.

Hot chocolate again Bella?
"I was building snowmen and I turned grey."

Bella seems determined to rebuild the Snowman Army all by herself. If she's not romancing Gordon, tucking the girls in, or trying to burn down the kitchen, she's outside freezing while she builds snowmen.


I love my girls. They bring people home with them from school and then proceed to ignore them in the interest of skill building instead.

Insert your own sparkle joke here. Seriously, I'm drawing a blank this time around.

Very nice Chrys! You even have the least amount of your father's nose. Interview time!
"Really? You want to know about me?"
Sure do sugarplum, so what's the news?

"Hmm, well I really like making friends and I'd like to become a media magnate. I like guys with blond hair or custom hair, and I can't stand a man who doesn't bath. Does that answer all your questions?"
Sure does hon! I hope you won't be crushed if you have to take a different job before becoming a media magnate?

Awww.... so cute! You'd never believe it was an arranged marriage.

See ya in college sweetheart!

At the Jung House:


Beryl? I'm pretty sure that Noodle is an elder. Are you going to be willing to command him to come down near the snowmen every day at ten and keep him there till eleven?

"But I want a pet, so does Bay."

"She didn't!"
She did. Just think of Noodle as easy aspiration boosts for Cassia.

"The things I learn to do for sims are ridiculous, but if that's what it takes to get a nice cushy bed for my old bones..."


Day 87 - Wednesday (Winter)

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At Academie Le Tour:

I am totally digging those threads Chalce!

As you can see construction of a second floor has started, but $500/day means that we can only build 7 wall panels before we have to stop. It may take awhile!

"I like her, she's nice enough to listen to me talk about the wonder that is Grilled Cheese."

Sorry for the poor photo Cedar, but I'm so proud of you! You not only maxed all your skills, you got the proper doodad for it!

"Is the upstairs finished yet?"
No, those stairs lead nowhere yet.
"But we have enough money."
I know, but the architecture restrictions say we can only spend $500 of it per day.

"Perfect, I can now make Grilled Cheese that is so perfect angels would weep."

At the LaFeuille House:


It was a very quiet day at the LaFeuille household, the only thing of interest that happened was that Chrys maximized her Logic.


At the Jung House:


I was wondering why Cassia was being so glitchy Tuesday and now I know. Seriously, her parents and Bay kept changing her diaper even though she wasn't dirty and then they'd put her down again only to go pick her up and change her diaper again a minute later. Oh well, Happy Birthday Cassia! Scorpio (9,7,9,3,1). She's the first mean sim in the family. Better keep her away from the super nice ones or she'll have them in tears all the time.


Beryl, I can't believe you. You finally have a child of your own and you don't have a single want to toddler skill her. To be perfectly honest that's not true. Beryl spun up a lot of marriage wants, but she never did ask me for a child, I just assumed she'd want one of her own, so I only have myself to blame.

"I talk and walk now!"
Yes, even though your mother couldn't care less, you do, don't you sweety?

"I wanted to teach her things and you ignored me."

Yes, because you had to go to work and you wanted that and a promotion too, or did you conveniently forget that?


Day 88 - Thursday (Winter)

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At Academie Le Tour:

"EEEEE!!!! He proposed!!!"
"Hurry up and say yes so I can go back to writing my term paper."

"What happened to the kitchen?"
"I think she finished building the second floor last night, maybe it's up there?"
"Does that mean no more sharing the bed?"

Nope, sorry guys. That happens when I finish the third floor. Usually kitchen would be this floor, but since I can't move the huge bed...

So, what do you think?
"It's more spacious."
That's it?

"What do you want me to say? You moved the kitchen upstairs, used ugly wallpaper and linoleum and bought a table. Whoopty-doo."


Well, that kind of goes well with the whole Grilled Cheese thing. It's a good thing that Gordon is suppressing Intelligence, because having a secondary aspiration is the only thing saving Chalce from constantly being in aspirational failure.


At the LaFeuille House:


Gordon has earned yet another hobby plaque to clutter our walls. If they keep this up I'm going to start giving the darn things away as gifts. I have to admit hobbies are starting to annoy me. First there was was uni spam, and then downtown spam, and now hobby spam. All day everyday, it's all about their latest hobby, and of course, except for the max hobby want all the wants are worth like 500 measly points. Hopefully Sims 3 will be less prone to small want spam.

"I'll make myself some more snowmen to keep me company, I just wish they could talk."

Poor Bella, the house echos all day long. For someone who grew up in a house that was always filled to maximum capacity being alone all day seems like torture.


"What I wouldn't give for a hamburger. If it's not my daughter with her Grilled Cheese, it's my wife with her Berry Pie. What's a man got to do for some meat around here?"
Cook for himself? That's what Cedar does.


I know, I know, but they're so sweet with each other that I can't resist taking pictures of them and their autonomous romance.


As usual, Chrys is chained to a book skilling. We're at the boring part in between career lifts and having a family.


At the Jung House:

"WAAAH!!! I wanna baff!"
I know sweetie, but it's only for a few days.

"No one told me there would be a toddler! Unhand me you fiend!"

"Hee hee! I managed to get old when you weren't looking!"
Oh wow! Bay I love your elder outfit, even if you are a sneak!

"I told you I could do better."
I never said you couldn't.

"Piece of cake, why does Beryl find this so annoying?"
Maybe because she already helped raise Bella's three kids?

Day 89 - Friday (Winter)

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At Academie Le Tour:

"Your Grilled Cheese is so good Chalce, that I wish I could become a Grilled Cheese addict too."

Yes, despite a tendency to pick on his sisters, Cedar is still taking care of them. One of his main jobs in college is to keep Chalce from aspirational failure by being one of the few sims that will listen to her babble about the wonders of Grilled Cheese.


Now back to the Simlympics, up next Chalcedony and Cedar LaFeuille in Synchronized Term Papers! I'd give them a 9 out 10.

Followed by Synchronized Blogging. 7 out of 10 since Cedar hasn't reached 'The Zone'.

The only thing that saved Chalce is that she also had an earn $3,000 in her want panel to counter balance the horrible novel.


The shell of the house is finally complete. Now we can start spending the architecture allowance on silly things like windows. The bed downstairs will be the Woohoo bed if anyone actually ever spins up a want to.


At the LaFeuille House:

"Yes! Snow Day! That means lots of skilling!"
Yes, because I'd like you to hurry up and get to college please.

Chrys managed to earn another scholarship today, but I have a feeling she won't be starting college till next week.


At the Jung House:

"If you go down to the woods today..."

"Daddy wrote this book just for you Cassia, see it even says 'For my Sweet Little Cassia' in the dedication."

"Enough is enough, I want a shower!"

Other than the nose you're cute, too bad you're so mean.

It's dangerous putting Beryl and a bird in the same house again since she's forever letting them out, but Cassia wants to work on her charisma some more.

"I got another promotion!"
So how come you don't want to skill build for the next promotion?
"What would be the point? You're about to leave anyway."

Smart alec sims.

Day 90 - Saturday (Winter)

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At Academie Le Tour:

The semester started with the Gypsy Lady dropping off another lamp the family can't use. Joy.

"I'm bored. Make my life interesting."

I tried, but all you ever want is to write novels, blog about writing novels, or talk about writing novels. I invite Alicia over for you and you don't spin up a single want about her.

"They said my new novel was delicious!"

Chalcedony earned a hobby plaque for Film & Literature. Normally I wouldn't care, but Grilled Cheese and novels are the only thing saving this girl from the loony bin. At least this should make writing novels a bit easier on her needs.

"I shouldn't have said I was bored, now I'm stuck doing Chalce's assignment too."

At the LaFeuille House:


"I can't wait to go to college Scarlett, I don't know why I have to study so hard now, isn't that what college is for?"
"KRAWK! Scholarships! KRAWK!"
"Yes, I know about the scholarships, but Cedar and Chalce already have lots of money and they don't need me to earn the extra scholarship money. They've got more than enough for all three of us."


"I don't like you Aunt Bella. Daddy says you're the reason that Mommy doesn't want to spend every single waking minute of the day catering to my desires."
Bella and I rather missed the old Tuesday gatherings. Now that there's no pressure to maintain friendships with them, they can just invite over some friends and family and I can see what they do when I'm not micromanaging their interactions.

"Hee hee hee, Daddy is so gullible!"
Evil evil little child. I'm so glad you're not one of the potential heir/heiresses.

Of course, it wouldn't be a Bella Gathering if the guests weren't served pie. Mmm, pie. Bella is starting to get to me, now I feel like running upstairs and making a pie, but my crusts are horrible. Maybe a crumble.... There goes what's left of my waistline!

"Shouldn't skill building be done while I'm sitting in a nice comfy chair?"

And miss out on yoga? For shame! I thought you'd be happy to be doing something other than reading.
"I might have been, but I think I'm stuck."

This is the last skill dear, just tough it out and soon you'll be in college. You know, there are lots of new people for you to meet there, and Cedar's even met one boy who has blue hair.

"Blue hair? Really? Can I meet him?"
As soon as you reach level 8 in body.

Sometimes this family is a little too close knit. You invite over a bunch of people and then leave the sims alone and what do they do? Ignore the non-family members. Look at poor Rowan, she's bored out of her mind.

"Did you have to invite Beryl? You know how I feel about her."
Yes I had to invite Beryl. I was hoping some of you would make friends with Cassia despite her personality.
"Cassia went home hours ago, shouldn't Beryl go keep an eye on her?"

That's Noodle's job, and no. Having her sisters here makes Bella happy. You want Bella to be happy don't you?

"I guess. As long as none of them stays the night."

"You don't remember me do you Spot? The last time you saw me I was a teenager....sigh, well I guess I've had a good life even if it has lacked supernatural spice."


At the Jung House:


Just a typical day at the house of Jung. Beryl and Bay really have nothing left to strive for, so for the most part I allow them to do as they please. Rodney is the only one who really has something to work towards.


Cassia meanwhile makes plans to destroy the world with her pet parrot. She won't even tell me his name. Says it's a secret and then giggles evilly.

"Lorin! Where have you been lately? Sushi practically stalks everyone, but we hardly see you."

Day 91 - Sunday (Winter)

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At Academie Le Tour:

"She is so hot when she does her little cheerleading thing!"
I'm glad one of us thinks so.

This is your blue-haired friend? He looks like a rabbit! No nose and a slash for a mouth. Can't you find anyone better? Maybe we should start interviewing blond men?

"I'd be happy to take the job, I've heard his other sister is just as hot as Chalcedony!"
So not going to happen Mitch, you're playable.

"Now this is more what I pictured college as! Hanging out and goofing off!"

"Mom's pie always seemed to win her lots of friends, maybe it'll work on Joel and Alicia too."

"Mmm, hamburger, I meal which requires neither cheese nor sugar."
What about cheeseburgers?
"It's NOT a cheeseburger."

This family is completely obsessed with what they put in their stomachs. It is unbelievable, if it's not hobby spam then it's about food. I swear it's not me. I'm not even dieting which means I have no reason to obsess about foods I can't eat.

"I caught you this time Chalce! I knew it wasn't Alicia breaking the computers all the time!"
"Just be a dear and fix it for me before I get back from class, alright?"

You are getting way to used to having Cedar do everything for you. Cedar eats her Grilled Cheese, listens to her talk about Grilled Cheese, does all the cleaning, does all the repairs, does at least half of her assignments, and Chalce never really does anything for him.

"He's so fuzzy!"
I suppose, but wouldn't you rather have someone who will listen to you talk about Grilled Cheese?
"But he's hot!"
How can you tell? The only part of him you can see are his hands.

At the LaFeuille House:

"Surprise! I got buff while you were gone!"

You couldn't have done this yesterday?
"I hadn't decided yet if the little demon spawn was worth befriending yesterday."
What in the world made you decide she is?
"She's family."

Every now and then Chrys remembers that she's actually a Popularity sim and spends some time calling friends. Gotta keep that friend count high you know.

"This kid really is a little monster, oh well, I'll just have to smile and be nice. She is family."

Off to college you go Chrys!

"Well I'm glad that's over with."

"Ignore her dear, she can't help it. Cedar will be home soon, and I'm sure his sisters won't be too far behind him. I'll make you some Crepes Suzette after she leaves, that'll make you feel better."

"I never thought I'd miss them this much. The house is just so empty now."

"Oh no! Gordon lit himself on fire instead of the Crepes Suzette! What do I do?"

Isn't this why you studied Fire Safety?

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

Next time you might want to be a little slower on the panic and quicker on the fire extinguisher.

I guess it could have been worse, at least the urn isn't blocking the door. The question is, do I now plan the plan for the generation three career lifts?


At the Jung House:

"Put me down woman, I am not a substitue for the children YOU decided you didn't want."

Yes it's true, recently Bay has begun to randomly spin up wants to woohoo or fall in love. I suppose I could find her a nice elderly gentleman to keep her company, but the second I did she'd loose all interest in the subject.


Poor Rodney, the aspirational pay-outs for novels are far apart. An apocalypse is so hard on the Fortune sims, all that moolah and nothing to spend it on.