Nina Caliente has the cutest faces!

At first I was going to kill her off after my she had my Sim's first child (she seemed like such a b*tch), but then I reconsidered after putting in a little make-over.

Before:





After:





EDIT: Just realized, only four images allowed.


It was a pretty simple makeover. She looks a lot younger without all the eyeshadow and red lipstick (at least, to me.)

I don't think she is as much as a bitch as she is strong-willed. She doesn't put up with anybody's shit. In Middleground, her main job is to keep her philandering husband Ponsy in line. I haven't played Middleground in a long time, have I?



Gilbert Jacquet and Ellen Frost-Furley discuss the starter home the Furleys live in.

"Ah, my wife used to live here!"
"Did she?"
"Yes, she was a prostitute! She used this as her hub!"
"Oh...uh..."



Erin Curious sobbing after a miscarriage. I'm not sure what she was expecting. She's almost an elder, so her ability to keep a pregnancy is limited. Damn it, get your damn steak and go eat before you die of starvation!



Jason Larson holds his toddler son, Peter. They resemble each other a lot.



Mitch Indie scoots out of bed after sleeping with a college girl. Not the best way to fire up your campaign, there.

Circe can't resist taking peeks at the Curious Boys' eyrie with her own telescope once in awhile. Some poor college girl has been dating Vidcund, of all people - a redheaded college girl. It pleases her vanity to think that he's still pining after her.

But such does not, in fact, appear to be the case.

Gunnar no longer uses Tank's telescope at night, for reasons he won't discuss, but pointing it at the sorority during the day is still an option. Dude, who is the old guy getting it on with Monica? He had written her off as a cold fish, but maybe he needs to rethink that...

"How dare you spy on innocent young women, you pervert!"
"Have you met Jessie? C'mon, dude, I'm just enjoying the scenery. Chill."
"Voyeurism is illegal; furthermore, it is disrespectful; and furthermore my brother-in-law is a pollination technician and you can be sure I'll speak to him about you if I ever even think you're peeking at Miss Bratford and her friends again! Have I made myself clear?"
"(Gulp.) Yes, sir!"

Apparently, Buck Grunt is viewing that box of condoms I have on that side table. It just so happens that his girlfriend is bathing at the same time. The situations are totally not related.



Oh, deal with it. Better than your brother Tank and his six kids, right?

Because Vidcund is a big priss in my game, I ran his first date with Monica Bratford with considerable restraint, though I did get my first kiss video. As soon as the date timer ran down I found out what Monica thought of my restraint!

And then right as I was reaching for the mouse to send her back to the sorority, because of her energy bar, Vidcund starts spontaneously flirting and kissing her hand! Told you he was a priss. But it works for him. (Hint to guys: Women are suckers for hand kissing.)

You can tell he's serious about her, too - he thought babies were a suitable conversational topic for their second date. She agreed.

Yep, she can't complain about his intentions being less than honorable.

I finally got Custom Content to work in my game, but only have a few things in at the moment.



PT #9's makeover is more my mod that lets Elders wear adult clothes.



Jenny and Jill more have the Custom Content. I hate, hate those stupid Eaxis pigtails, so I'm trying Almighty Hat's Damsel hair on her, and CatofEvilGenius' kids cargo pants with a Eaxis shirt. I also changed Jenny's everyday but you can't see it because of the maternity wear. (Oi Vey Family Sims and their wants for a baby).

An alternate universe version of the Grunt brothers in New Amsterdam City:


From left to right: Lt. Harry Firefly, the humorless pre-Miranda Rights cop; Ralph Firefly, who wears his uniform off-duty to pick up women; and Buck Firefly, the sweet, soft-spoken elementary school teacher searching for Miss Right.

(Okay, Ralph's uniform isn't right- it's a British Victorian policeman's uniform, but it looked more like a 1930's New York uniform than the Maxis one.)

Buck got a make-over.



Rhea was invited over to the Grunt house, so she's just hanging around.

Mickey met this red-headed green chick, Chloe, at Gunnar's grad party. And apparently, she's never been on a date with him! Gunnar's a little preoccupied with moving out and getting his own place, so Mickey decides to strike while the iron is hot and play with the mouse while the lion's away. Or something. She hasn't dated Gunnar, but she has dated this cowboy dude. Who is pretty damn possessive. And abusive.

Well, if he thinks he can get away with slapping Mickey's date, he's got another think coming! He may not be a cowboy but he knows what's called for. (Since my Strangetown culture is based on the West Texas culture where I passed my adolescence, Caught Cheating events in which a man strikes a women will end in fisticuffs on the part of her date as often as I can arrange it.)

Unfortunately, fighting is yet another thing Mickey doesn't do very well.

Oh, but Chloe rewards him. "You're like, my knight in shiny armor or something." That's worth a little butt-kicking, right there.

Melody Tinker and Pan Gallo (a premade university dormie) invite Reinier Smith (a Bluewater Village townie)



What kind of conversation opener is that? You barely know her!



"Wait...what? You want to talk about...that?"
"Well, you have a son with a homosexual. It certainly makes for an interesting situation."
"We could of started this conversation with 'How's work' or 'How's the weather', but you decided that something as personal as that is a good topic?"
"I was just wondering."
"I don't have much of a...romantic...life, okay? Can we talk about something else? Like nuclear-nonproliferation? That's a good topic, yeah!"



After a bit of chess, Melody ran over to Pan to ask for his advice, which he responded "Let me handle it." He strolled over to Reinier.

"I think my roommate would benefit if you asked her out on a date."
"What? I can't do that!"
"Why not?"
"I'm married, you twit!"
"You mean to that senile bat, Jenny? She's going to kick the bucket soon."
"Do not talk about my wife that way!"
"Chill! I'm just asking you to cheer up Melody a little. She's had a rough life."
"...how rough?"
"Three alien abductions, a failed engagement, dead parents, and an illegitimate child that she can never make legitimate. Plus she keeps hitting on me, which is annoying, because women are gross."
"...fine. Just once."



"So, I do think you're kind of cute."
"Only a little?"
"Enough to attempt a date with you."
"With me? But aren't you-?"
"Oh, the only reason why Jenny and I are married is because she cheated on ol' PT with me. Something about wanting more children, and the alien being a cold fish. We just got attached to each other after she divorced him. I heard he wasn't the happiest guy when he died. She could use a taste of her own medicine."
"I guess I can't say no, then!"

Darren and Dirk Dreamer.

I decided to make over and play the Tinkers in Apple Valley. I haven't touched them for years.


Not easy to make over. The neighbour in the background used to be a townie as well.


Melody came up nicely, but you can tell genetically she isn't really their daughter. Unlike the twins they just had. I decided to try for Wanda's LTW of marrying off 6 children-I must be nuts.


The twins are Harmony and Holden.


He's none too smart.

Chester Gieke has become one of my favourite sims.
He is currently involved with slighty younger Melody Tinker and has an alien baby. Melody truly fancies him, and I plan to get them married

1. Chester having his dinner spilled
2. ....and his newspaper stolen
3. Chester being Chester while Tinkers are dining
4. Melody and Chester are truly made for each other

Does anyone play Romeo and Juliet in Italian Renaissance era?

Florence Delarosa trying to hustle some simoleons from a poor, unsuspecting townie while working in her boyfriend Gilbert Jacquet's bakery



Gilbert Jacquet, horrified at this townie's attempt to hug him



Denise Jacquet, "babysitting" her grandson Gerard. Dad is Gilbert (obviously) and his mom is Florence.

Gunnar Roque and Bella (Goth) Curious ran into each other at one of the shops during a trip to Bluewater Village and quickly became friends over a game of chess. I'd say that their friendship was unexpected, except that Bella is a Romance sim turned Family sim, while Gunnar is a Romance sim that acts like a Family sim. Plus, Bella's daughter Fortran is married to Gunnar's best bro Mickey Dosser.

Bella Goth after a makeover

cool

Nervous, down with the flu, reaches for a Mysteriously Mysterious Mystery Novel and instead discovers his mother's diary and secret room.

Nervous has to read the diary in his own room, which is Ophelia's old room much brightened and Nervousified, because it's just too scary in the oppressive atmosphere of Olive's suite, right next to the chamber of horrible secrets. At least the diary makes it clear that Ophelia was not involved in any of the murders - though she was a potential candidate for one! (His lips move when he reads!)

Nervous hurries with the redecorating of the kitchen, but it still bugs him to cook in here knowing what went on right on the other side of that wall!

But he doesn't let it stop him from entertaining Ophelia's sorority. Perhaps if enough people have good times here, and he gets the rooms looking funky and cheerful enough, he can rise above the past.