the birds and the bees

The Rules of Attraction, and How Babies are Made

I've been meaning to post this discussion of the ACR mod (Autonomous Casual Romance) for a little while now. It's a very large mod, and able to be personalized to suit individual tastes, and here is how I play it in my game. The numbers given are the ones I've modified from the default settings for my own game, and unless specified, you can assume I've left them at default. Check the ACR BCON Docs for more info.

learning by crash and burn

September 2079 - Sheldon and Alana Fortney are 47, Melissa is 12.

Melissa Fortney is twelve now. She's a quiet girl, doesn't make a fuss, doesn't get into trouble. She likes to go hiking, and they live just down the hill from the cemetery, which besides being a little creepy, is a nice quiet place to hike to sometimes. Melissa has always been an outdoorsy kind of girl.

2079, we don't need no education!

Another school year starts in Lake County!

the lofts, big fat chances

August 2079 - Paul Gallagher is 29, Cameron Gibson is 28, Charlotte Centowski is 25, Amelia Bradshaw is 24, Bella Bradshaw and Jeremiah Day are 23.

Bella and Amelia are actually getting along here in the lofts together. They're becoming almost something like friends. They never imagined the day would come, when Alon Hutchins had become inconsequential to them both, and long forgotten. We suppose that's part of growing up.

in college again

July 2079 - Brady Lind is 65, Meadow is 64.

Meadow and Brady Lind met in college, 35 years ago at Sim State University, long before Lake City University was ever founded. But they're moving back to college again this month, going back to school in their elder years. With Meadow's new appointment to President of the Lake County Board of Education, they'll have to live on campus.

Lake County Elections, 2079!

Governor of State: Madison Riley by a landslide 72%!

President of the Lake County Board of Education: Meadow Lind by an impressive 63%!

Head of Health Services, Lake City Memorial Hospital: Berjes Monif (unopposed)

Chief Financial Officer, Lake County Treasury: Brady Lind by an also impressive 62%!

Captain of Police, Lake County Police Department: Micah Phoenix (unopposed)

Lake County Court Justice: Claire Bradshaw by an overwhelming 69%!

Lake County Head of Defense: Cabe Deppiesse (unopposed)

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All positions will become effective immediately, and will be held for a term of four years. All seats will be up for re-election in 2083.

The winners would like to thank everyone who participated in the voting process. Yay for democracy! :)

And in real life, Yay for Obama!

the business of winning an election

June 2079 - Bryson and Madison Riley are 57, Keri is 18.

It's been a rough couple of years for Bryson and Madison Riley, but after some time, Bryson has finally made things up to his wife. However, he has not quite made up so well with his daughter.

LCU, the end of an era

LCU, spring semester, 2079

LONG post! Take a potty break if you need one! :)

At the start of spring semester, the most pressing matter for Bella and Mariah is to win a dance competition. James was there to root for Mariah.

(Joel and Aurora Harris were there, on their first date night since baby Zachary was born, watching at first, but then they got bored and decide to flirt with each other instead.)

the sweetest boy in the universe

April 2079 - Orion Deppiesse is 45, Violet is 44, Dallas is 14, Delphie and Dakota are 8.

April for the Deppiesse family starts with a bamboo tree fire, and apparently Sheba is the only one who noticed.

Lind family rules?

March 2079 - Joel Harris is 37, Aurora is 33, and welcome baby Zachary!

Joel has been taking these last few months before the baby comes to learn physiology, and to be quite honest, he is baffled by it. Meanwhile, Aurora reads book reviews for her brother's debut legal thriller, which honestly aren't that great. Though, the critics are still praising her debut short story collection that came out a couple years ago. She thinks maybe she'll consider starting work on her next book once the baby is born.

how to have a quarterlife crisis

February 2079 - Chad and Riley Hathe are 27, Liza is 10, Shaun is 1.

Some people just aren't naturally happy cheery people, and Riley Hathe would be one of those. But believe it or not, Riley and Chad Hathe were once happy carefree teenagers. You might think they were centuries old, but they're only twenty-seven. Riley has always been very family-oriented, and when her family is unhappy, that means she is unhappy.

Lake County Elections, 2079!

Election November 2079!
First of all, let me explain what I'm doing here. Lakeside Heights is holding elections for various offices, and you guys get to vote! :) Below are your candidates, the office they're running for and what the job entails, and their stats on skills and experience, so you can decide who you think would be best for the job.

Three positions are running unopposed this election, because there were no other Sims qualified to run. I won't bother putting up a poll for those. The polls for the contended positions will be listed in the sidebar, and you will have until I post the November 2079 update to cast your votes. With about 13 updates before then, I would estimate that to be around the first week of November in human time.

This is just for fun, really. Only three of the positions have any major duties, which are mayor (ownership of city hall), school board president (ownership of Lake City University and local schools), and chief of staff (ownership of Lake City Memorial Hospital). The other positions will receive offices in city hall, and their positions may appear in storylines.

Candidates may keep whatever in-game job they already have, and not all jobs will correlate to the in-game job. Like a city planner or military general might also make a good mayor, for example. And either head of SCIA or military general might make a good head of military. I suppose if we have an in-game mayor who is not Mayor, we'll just pretend she is mayor of her own suburb and not the whole of Lake County.

Keep in mind that I'm just making this up as I go along ;)

snow romance

January 2079 - Adrian Jackson and Aurora Miguel are 46, Beau and Tyler Jackson are 15.

The twins are fifteen this year, freshmen in high school, and both very proud to have finally grown hair on their faces. Of course, they're still up to their usual rowdy shenanigans.

happy new year, 2079!

Happy New Year, 2079!

Adam and Heather Thompson host this year's New Year's Eve party. It's aiming to be a bit of a stuffy party, since Adam and Heather are kind of stuffy people. Or well, it was going to be stuffy, until Aurora Miguel brought the keg.

baby dust, part 2

December 2078 - Adam and Heather Thompson are 25.

There must have been some baby dust dropped on Brant Street this month, because Heather and Adam Thompson just found out they are expecting too. Adam is more excited about the idea than Heather is. She absolutely wants children. Really, she does. But she's only 25 and rising very quickly in the research science world. Adam hopes she'll warm up to the idea eventually.