Vo Gerbits!

I never realized how many pictures I had taken! I was going through them and wow... after 8 generations, you can accumulate a LOT of shots. I've removed some that really had no bearing at all, and were just taken while I was experimenting. Unfortunately, I didn't start utilizing camera man mode until later on in the legacy... so you're stuck with bland shots. I am really, really fond of taking ghost scare shots, so expect to see a ton of those in the coming posts. (I didn't start getting ghost activity until later on... I guess I was lucky)

Since I'm so far ahead, I've been writing the posts and saving them as drafts. My updates will probably be daily until I get caught up, unless I hit a snag. Its a good thing I kept notes about the pictures and aspirations/personalities in the default album on the game. I'd be totally lost without it!

Anyway, on with the post...

Time passes by quickly in The Sims 2. Before I knew it, Priscila was leaving behind her days of raising a family and stepping into the days of sitting back and watching her daughter raise one.

Jonathan assumed that age would ripen her sense of humor. He was wrong. Once again, he tried to tell her one of his infamous dirty jokes... and once again, she shot him down. You'd think he would have learned his lesson by now!


"Arrghh! Leave me alone." "Aww, c'mon... its a good one, I promise!"

It was around this time that I realized it was time to start looking for Valencia's future husband. If you remember, I had a lot of difficulty with service NPCs before. Well, one day I decided to get a maid. Lo and behold... a decent looking NPC! Nevermind the fact that he's wearing pink.


"I make pink look goooood."

Now all I needed was for Val to grow up. That was still quite a bit away, so I had her and Steve chat on the phone. They seemed to get along quite well. For some reason, though, Pris really didn't like Steve. They would argue and poke one another anytime he was over visiting. It was amusing. I've never had two sims that didn't like each other before.

While things were passing by slowly in the Zamora household, I decided to take a nice little family shot. Unfortunately, Jonathan chose that exact moment to be a complete pig. You can see Steve playing darts in the background. He really liked that dart board.


[Gross pigging out noises here]

That very night, tragedy struck the Zamora's. A burglar decided that their house was a good mark, and broke in. Luckily, I had purchased a burglar alarm sometime earlier, so he was caught and nothing was stolen.

The bad part was that it woke everyone up and they wouldn't go back to bed. So that killed their schedule for the day. Everyone went to work/school tired and hungry.


"Curse you, burglar alarm. Cuuuurseee yooooouuu!"

After the attempted burglary, things picked up a little. Jonathan became an Elder. I wasn't surprised when he appeared in yet another suit. He really likes those suits. This one, however, was sans pinstripes.

Unfortunately, he grew up badly. His aspiration meter was in the red. Oops! I can't help it--his wants were too extreme. I'm not good with Knowledge sims.


"I suddenly... have the urge to wake up too early every morning and watch the Yummy Channel."

Not too long afterwards, Val was set to grow up into an adult. Everyone wanted to have a party, so I let them have their fun. The party was a smashing success.

Now that she was an adult "Val" no longer worked. She was once again Valencia... the Vegas Lounge Singer. Okay, not really, but that's what she looked like! Check out those sparkly duds.


"Simnatra, eat your heart out!"

The first order of "sim" business was to get Steve and Valencia to fall in love. This was an easy task, as they had a particularly high relationship. All it took was a kiss, which also happened to be Valencia's first kiss. Pris seemed to watch the two like a hawk. She had a legacy to worry about and she didn't like Steve at all. They were enemies by this point.

Valencia grew up in her mother's clothes. I was in too much of a hurry to get them married to bother changing it at the time.


"Aww, how sweet... now hurry up and get married already. I want some grandchildren!"

They were married shortly after in an impromptu ceremony held, well, right there. Sometimes I got too impatient and didn't bother with lavish wedding parties. I also like to have the NPC spouses the same age as the legacy heir, so I try to move them in ASAP, if they refuse to accept engagement.

That's also a nice trick if you're marrying a romance sim NPC. As soon as they fall in love, propose and marry. They don't have the chance for their wants to spin any fears involving it. Works nicely.

In Steve's case, however, he was a Family sim. He had a decent personality and so-so skills (only had cleaning maxed). Okay personalities are fine, because the Zamora traits are so extreme they are STILL clinging to life even in the 8th generation.

Annyway, while Valencia and Steve were enjoying marital bliss, Pris was plotting ways to make Steve's life miserable. Anytime they were in the same room together they'd make angry faces at one another. They often had slap fights and mouth battles. It was the usual mother-in-law hates son-in-law cliche, and man was it funny.

One afternoon she cornered Steve and lectured him on the finer points of family. She wanted grandchildren, and her clock was ticking away! Steve was not pleased.


"If you're going to live under my roof, you're going to give me grandbabies!"

When Pris wasn't harrassing Steve, she was spending quality time with her daughter. For some reason, she really enjoyed standing directly in front of Valencia when she played darts. It looked like Valencia was trying to nail her in the head with one. Amusing.

If Pris wasn't following Steve around like a hawk, and she wasn't doing dangerous stunts with Valencia... then she was usually making out in really odd locations with Jonathan. They had a strange affinity for kissing/flirting in the bathroom. It was a little disturbing.

Poor Steve was trying to get his groove on when the elderly couple decided dancing wasn't enough. They were going at it right in front of him! Have they no shame?


"See... THIS is how its done, sonny!"

I gave Valencia and Steve enough time in their careers to get or get close to getting the career rewards before I tried for a baby. It took quite a bit of trying, but soon, I heard the lullaby. Much like her mother, Valencia was forced to go to work on her first day of pregnancy. She arrived home with a little extra baggage, but thankfully, did not pass out on the sidewalk.

This pregnancy would not be a normal one, however...for it would herald the coming of what is still my favorite sim. But I'm getting ahead of myself...


"Work-free days here I come!"

Next time... Pris and Steve settle their differences by breaking chairs over one another's heads.