1.2: My Game Hates Me

  ....And...back to Josephine!

  Last time, she had no luck in the romance department, especially with the added headache of traits....

  I did have a stroke of genius though--SP reminded me of one Mr. Thornton Wolff, who usually doesn't stay married very long because he hates kids and Morgana wants kids---so BINGO!!!  Opposite traits---Josie is nurturing and wants 5 kids---and Thornton totally hates that idea.  It's a match made in Heaven...?

  First she must meet the sim, so we waits patiently (kind of) for him to be home.

  His wife is home too, not too worried about that bit.  It'll take Josie forever to make friends with him. XD  He should be split up from Morgana by then--besides--he is the first sim out of many, many, many sims to even fit the criteria for Josie's partner--so at this point--Morgana is dispensable!

 Go say hi Josie, cause some how some way, that is the sim you are going to have simkids with.

 J: *knocks on door*

 T: *opens door*  What do you want??

 

 

J: Hi?

  I forgot how grumpy he is!

 

  Oh dear---this is not going well at all.  She can't say anything to him without him reacting poorly!  At this rate they're going to be enemies!

 

  Maybe you should take a breather...

  *waits 45 sim minutes for foot in mouth syndrome to expire*

  Meanwhile, Thornton makes food, which is good, because Josie is hungry too---and she can't put her foot in her mouth if there is food in there....right???

 

 *insert frustrating game mechanics here as it takes me 10 real life minutes--that I can never get back again!!--for the both of them to be in a spot where she can ask him what his sign is!!!*

  Turns out Thornton is a Scorpio--makes sense--he's a hard sim to get along with.  No wonder Morgana kicks him out on his as...behind.

  No compatible signs then--but what is their attractive rating???

  They both find each other attractive.  How odd that it didn't say so when they first met??  But hey--I'll take it--if it helps Josie befriend him!

  Or not. :/
 

  Trait InCompatibility.  Perfect.  I think. XD

 

 After 1 step forward, and 2 steps backwards, I decide he is going to be one of those sims that she can't befriend directly.  We shall have to make use of the phone, texting, and chatting, to get that relationship score up higher.

  This is the hardest I've had to work on a sim relationship in a long while...

  On her way home--I amuse myself and do a makeover on an EA role sim.  He was pudding before, at least he looks slightly different now.

 

  *insert non-stop texting/chatting to Thorn for several sim days*

  FIRE!!!!!

 

  Was that random?  Why yes, I do believe so, I rather thought it was random that the game camera forced me to see the fire--no idea why.  I do a quick look around for other potential partners for Josie, but, uh, yeah, no.  They are all rejects, except Morty, and he is too young. XD

  I did remember to have her buy a washer/dryer combo though--so now we are rules compliant!!

 

  *more chatting*

  We're slowly getting there, they are finally out of the redzone and almost "friends".

 

  Suddenly, Josie can't call or text Thornton.  I think he blocked her number!!  O.o  Only the NRaas option shows up.  Which means I have to hunt the pesky sim down, and see what is wrong with him.

 

  This is where I discover, my game hates me. Really hates me.  XD

 

He's a freaking celebrity now--and she has to somehow impress him!!  Ha!  Josie???  She can't even talk normal to him, let alone impress him!!!

 

 
  Lots of trial and error, as I, er, Josie tries to figure out just what will impress Thornton.  Talking about money does not impress him. lol 

  FINALLY!!!

 

T:  *imperiously*  You may now speak to me.

J: Gee, thanks.  Wanna group up? 

  The Grouping option works great--makes it harder for Thornton to run away...

 I half expected him to drive a better car though--cheapo--

 

  To truly impress him, Josie offers to buy him dinner, and not just any dinner either.  A fancy dinner.  Also, while dining in a rabbithole, she is less likely to keep inserting her foot into her mouth...

 

Dude, what's the rush??

T: I'm starving!!!

  Josie in her fancy clothes.

 

  Ever the gentleman, Thornton does wait for her...eventually...

 

  Josie---your posture is terrible.  Stand up girl!!  And why is no one looking at anyone??  Bunch of snobs...

 

  Movie after dinner, her posture is still terrible.  Good grief!  Straighten up Josie!!

  J: *trips*  Whoops!

  Clumsy trait, she trips all over herself.  They indulge in some backstage make out sessions, which really helps out the ole' relationship scores...

 

....hearts!!!....

  ....Thornton is nearly in my...I mean, Josie's grasp....

  Well, that went well.

  Uh oh--where'd he come from???

  *flash* *flash* *flash*

 

T: @#$%^!%?*

  Busted.  They make the front news, cavorting in public.  Humiliation galore--puts a damper on an other wise successful night!

 

 

...maybe too much cavorting???...

  Alrighty then--time to get good ole' Thornton to move in...

 

 Ack!  He is the most agitating sim!!!

 

 Nothing makes him happy.  *grumbles*  It would help if Josie would stop putting her foot in her mouth!!

J: *puts foot in mouth for upteenth time*

  I swear this game hates me.  I no longer feel sorry for Thornton, once he becomes part of this household, I am going to gleefully torture him!!  Darn irritating sim...

48 sim hours later....

 

T: A present for me?  You shouldn't have!

J: I didn't, I was forced to.

  Shut up Josie, keep that foot away from your mouth!  We almost have him!  Good thing too, Josie's baby bump is really showing.

 Thornton has commitment issues. XD  He rejects her offers (yes, plural) to move in.  I really want to smite him right now.  So tempting!!!  If there was another sim around who had the right traits, I would smite him.

  *resists urge to smite Thornton*

*spams pillow fighting interactions*  Who knew that Thornton loves to pillow fight??

 

 Their relationship is finally high enough, that he accepts her offer to move in.  Muahahahahahahahaa!!!!! *gleefully rubs hands*  I've got you now sucker!!!!

  Since he has commitment issues, he gets to do all the asking, I'll just fix her last name afterwards...

 

  Eureka!!!  *hits save*  That was a pain in the petusky!


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Notes: It was so hard to resist the urge to cheat!!!  lol  But I was good, I swear!  Now they need to work on those 5 kids, we'll see how those genetics work out. =)

  Thanks for reading!

1.1: The Titans

    Here is my foundress--I like that word, even if spell check doesn't.

  Her name is Josephine Titan--Josie for short, cause I like nicknames.  She has an interesting set of traits---I hit the random button, so that I wouldn't be tempted to use the traits I favor.  She ended up with socially awkward, bookworm, clumsy, nurturing, and easily impressed.  Whelp--this should be fun--especially since she rolled Opposites Attract/Perfect Match for the Misc. fun.  I've never had that one before--now I actually have to pay attention to traits...

 

  I'm playing in a revamped Sunset Valley---it has added areas for more homes---but unfortunately that means some of the legacy lots are not there---this was the closest I could find--a 40 x 50.  It cost $4000, which left her enough money for me to build this.  Not bad--considering I haven't built anything in a long while.  The house has plenty of foundation to grow into, lol

 

  Basics, but slightly upgraded basics.  I did forget the washer/dryer---whoops!  It'll be her next purchase.  She got a job in Education--so it might be a while, ha!

  She rolled 5 kids--poor girl--so I gave her the LTW of raising 5 kids to teen.  Now the fun part---finding a father for said kids!

  Josie heads off to the park, already dreaming about her future family.

 

  Cornelia takes off running in the opposite direction as soon as Josie shows up.  I'm sure it's to warn Morty that I'm back in game, lol  Lucky for Morty, he's really not on the radar yet---he's way too young.

  I spy with my little eye--one Xander Clavell.  I've used him before, his genetics are okay, and if I remember correctly he's single.  Go say hi Josie.

  J:  Hi.

  X:  I like fishing, how about you?

  J: *scrunches nose*  Eww!  Fish are smelly, and slimy and disgusting and...

  X: ??!!  Did you just insult my favorite hobby??

  J: Errr, maybe?

  Conversation quickly goes south--she can't even chat with him.  Oh yes--now I remember why I don't use the socially awkward trait very often--it's annoying!  Okay--so forget Xander, he has no fashion sense anyway.  Let's see who else is hanging out in the park.

  Look Josie--there's another one--go say hi!

  J: Hi.

 

  Aidan Jones.  Hmm.  He must be from another EA town, because I don't remember him being a part of Sunset Valley.

  They are immediately attracted to each other.

 A:  Well, hellooo there gorgeous! *wink wink*

  Dude is flirty, that could be a good thing?

J: Hey hot stuff--what's your sign?

  Compatible signs--no foot in the mouth syndrome--maybe he could be the one??  Well, he's not the ugliest sim I've seen--maybe with some tweaking...oh..hang on a moment...what the heck??

 

A: *laughs nervously*  Oh, hello honey!  This is, what did you say your name was?

J: Josie.

A:  Josie.  She's new to town, and I'm just making sure she's settling in okay...

  Aiden has a MRS.  Well dang, scratch that one.  S'okay, he didn't have much fashion sense either.  Looking, looking, looking---hey---another dude.  Go say hi Josie.

  J: Again?

  Yes--now go--I command thee...

J: Hi.

 Jebidiah Wilson.  Another transplant from the creator of this world I think.  No attraction scores, but she gets the attractive sim moodlet around him.  What the heck?  What kind of magic is this guy using anyway??

Josie wants to know his sign anyway--so first a little chat up---

  I spy with my little eye--MORTY!!!  He is still my favorite EA made sim.  I just love him for some reason.

  This is an industrious version of Morty---look at him---setting up his own lemonade business stand!! XD

 

 And, uh oh, she must have inserted her foot into her mouth as I was distracted with Morty.  What did you say now Josie??

J: Nothing! I swear!  He's just a stick in the mud...

 

 SO yeah--that's not going so well either.  Moving on.  Except there's really no one around--except Morty.  Might as well support the kid---

 

  One cupcake demolished.

  And...look!  It's Gunther, Morty's father.  I'm a bit partial to him now, ever since I used him in my Kahekili Legacy with Julia.  So many plans with that story--must get back to it--someday...

 Compatible signs!  Except he's about a step away from the grave, plus married, plus how could I use Morty for Gen2 if I used his father for Gen1??  That would just be...bad!!!

 Say goodbye to the Goths---for now.

  No one else is around, but there are several wildflowers, and garden plants to harvest.  I confess, I set her to that task, and went off to do something else.  It's so boring watching them just...skill.  Usually there are other sims in the household to occupy me--but not in this save--not yet anyway.

  I come back a while later...to this.

 

  Whoops!!  I totally forgot I set the Sim Autonomy Level to off, because I was taking posed pics for another Sims3 Random Legacy story I started: A Rose By Any Other Name   I actually have 2 chapters written in it, but it's slow going, because it is so pose reliant heavy.  Then I decided I needed another one to do alongside it, as a just for fun type, to get a break from the other.  The other didn't start off that way though--so why must I complicate things????

  Eh hem, at any rate.  Sorry about that Josie, my bad---here, have a shower and some ice cream---

 

 

  So ends the first day.  Let's be honest.  It was a bust!!  lol  Better luck the next day...I hope...

  Josie still moving and getting up while sleeping--that's how I start my days too, ha!

  Time for her to get ready for work.  Did I mention she rolled idle careers??  Yeah, she's not going to get very far, very fast!

 

   S'okay, I think it's going to take some time to find the right partner anyway.  Darn traits.

  I choose hang out with co-workers, so she can meet some more people.  Christopher Steel, her boss,  finds her pretty darn attractive.  I've never done much with him---but I think he's kind of single.  He always seemed to be a serial dater in my previous games.

  Really--that was the most exciting thing to happen to her on the second day.  She came back from work exhausted---so would I if I were a school teacher!  She slept.  She ate.  She slept some more. *yawn*

  I was happy to read that Gobias Kofi and Molly French broke up, they would have made some ugly babies.  Poor sims.

  Third day--Josie makes waffles.  I wish to learn the ways of the sims and how they cook food--it seems so much nicer than the way I have to cook food!!

  Apparently Josie doesn't find it very fun to mingle with her co-workers.  Her fun keeps getting lower and lower and lower...

 

 By the time work is over, she is in critical need of fun.  So--what could be more fun than the Festival???

  Doesn't she look like she's having a tot of fun??

 
   J: Can I go home now?

  No--you have to go have fun.  Side note--this is almost the exact same conversation I had with my mother the other day, ha!  I was ready to go home before I even left home.  Birthday parties are not my thing--even my mother's!  LOL  I'm a terrible daughter, but I regress...

  Fun.  The fun must be had...let's see...oh...Josie already has an idea.

Josie is really competitive, she even changes into her athletic wear to compete in the Hot Dog eating contest.

 J:  They're going down!!!

  Last minute contestant.  I think his name is Dennis Racket?  Maybe?

  On your mark, get set, and EAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

  And Josie loses.  The Hot Dog eating contest was newsworthy, since the local Paparazzi lady stopped by to take pictures of it.  Mid way through, she got interrupted by a phone call---

  I think the Paparazzi lady is evil--that's quite a cackle!  O.o  Not sure what she found out about Hannah--maybe that her husband is a cheater??

  Roller skating with the smooth operator---Aiden Jones.

 

  Still trying to find out his traits.  I forgot what a pain it can be--trying to figure out traits---without cheating, lol  Most times I don't really care...

  Skating isn't going so well for Josie...

 

I'll give Aiden an A for effort though--her multiple fallings didn't deter him in the least.

 

  His wife shows up again though---and off he goes.  I think Hannah could do better than him, really.

  And a quick hi to Parker on the way home---

 

  It seems to me he ages up soon (ish)--they have compatible signs.  No idea what his traits are though.  He's in the maybe category.

  It's been about a simweek---and so far no luck on the ole partner hunt!!!

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Notes:  I'm writing this in this weird style to help keep me away from complicated stories.  We'll see if it works or not, lol  It'll probably vary--the way I write it depending on how I feel at the time--so if you're looking for cohesiveness---you won't find it here!  Haha! XD 

  Rolls as revealed so far:

  Marital Status: Unknown
  # of children: 5
 Career: Education
 Gen Goal: Idle careers
 Misc. Fun: Opposites Attract/Perfect Match

  The misc fun is more challenging than I thought it would be--especially since her traits were randomly rolled.

  Pics are completely un-edited. I'm not even caring about walls being up or down, skill bar showing, none of it.  That is how lame I am, lol  If I keep it super simple though--maybe I'll be able to update it fairly often.  My life is a crazy train right now---so the simpler the better.

  Thanks for reading! =)