A Crazy Day

Okay, I've just spent roughly 12 hours trying to get a virus or a malware/spyware/adware thing removed from my computer.  I don't know what caused it or where I picked it up--heck, it might even have been from this site.  I hope not, though.  I really want new things for my Sims because--let's face it--after a while things start running together.  When I take my Sims downtown, I have to double-check to figure out which Sim is actually walking across the screen because, unfortunately, he or she happens to be wearing the same outfit as at least one or two other Sims.  At least this way I can get some variety going.  Same thing for the kids.  Although their faces and skin-tones may be different, some of their outfits are exactly alike because--among other things--I don't really like having the kids in dresses or suits from the early twentieth century.  They deserve to be in play clothes, free to run around, not worry about getting their clothes dirty (sorry, I was watching The Sound of Music while I waited for my virus scans to end).

Anyway, wherever the virus/whatever came from, it seems to be gone for now.  But I'm going to have to be a lot more careful now.  What a pain.  It could be worse, though:  it could have completely crashed my system, so I'll consider myself lucky for now.

The Silver Family - Follow-up

Well, as I said before, Gertrude Silver was seeing a younger man.  Now, this young man, whose original name was Jean-Claude Verde, is her new husband.  He's the same age as her fifth son, Michael Smith, which would make her a cradle robber...or a cougar, if that's the right term.  And in order to emphasize his youth and the fact that he's her boytoy, I plan on changing his current regular outfit--white tank, light green shorts, no shoes--to something either more youthful or more revealing.  In fact, I gave him a particularly revealing set of PJs that I downloaded from TSR:  the green thong. (Actually, dark blue would be better to match his hair and stand out better, but I couldn't find any.)  She, in the meantime, dresses in the light green powersuit/dress from the game and changes into the white nightgown, also from the game.

Hmph.  If I could manage it somehow, I'd probably have made him her kept boy.  I mean I could, but I try not to make too many Sims be stay-at-homes, especially if they're new and especially if there's someone in the family present at all times.  So since Lionel and his wife Michelle are "prime-timers" who are at home and usually awake from before the rest of the family leaves for work to after they start coming back, I'd just as soon have Jean-Claude bringing in a salary.  So, he's in the Business career line.

And really, although the house is more or less set as it is--I don't foresee any major structural changes nor furniture purchases, I don't think--I'd prefer to build up their bank account as much as possible.  Between the five adults (not counting J-C), they bring in 4330 Simoleons a day (I keep them all at level 9 to prevent job-switching), so an additional 950 Simoleons per day would be helpful.  I have some families bringing in almost 7000 Simoleons a day, so...you know?

My first post - the Silver Family

Never done this before, so bear with me.

One of my many Sim familes, the Silver family, has a story right out of a soap opera.  First, Grant and Gertrude are both Senators.  Grant, who felt that his sons (all six of them) should enlist, disowned his fifth son because Michael refused.  Michael changed his name to Smith and became an Exorcist.  The oldest son, Warren, was also disowned after he quit the military and went into law enforcement, becoming a Police Chief.  He married into the Gold family, which extends into several of the other families in Old Town.  The youngest son, Casper, was disowned after he was caught fraternizing with another man and was forced to resign from the military.  Casper moved in with Michael and his family, and his boyfriend soon followed.  Now Casper and his partner are Rock Stars.

Of the other three sons, Lionel and Harrison, the second and fourth, carried on their own secret relationship under their father's nose.  Meanwhile, third son Jason used the military as a cover and instead became a Smuggler.  His wife, Wanda, gave him two girls, Kendra and Irene.  Harrison later became a Theorist, albeit with his father's approval.  At the time, though, Grant was carrying on an affair with a National News Anchor, Gayle Steele, and soon left the family to be with her.  Shortly thereafter, Harrison caught Lionel fooling around with a woman named Michelle.  Hurt and upset, he moved out, finding solace with Stanford Talbot, whose younger brother Ned happened to be Harrison's youngest brother Casper's boyfriend.  Now Harrison lives with Stanford and his family.

With Grant gone and her family fractured by broken dreams, Gertrude decided there was no reason to force Lionel and Jason to remain in the military if they didn't want to.   Jason ostensibly remained, to maintain his cover for his true profession.  Lionel, however, left the military to pursue his own dream, that of becoming a Rock Star.  His new wife, Michelle, has established herself as a Celebrity Chef, and Wanda--tired of her criminal lifestyle with Jason--switched to the sciences and plans to be a Theorist someday.

With their father out of the picture, Michael, Casper, and Warren are willing to reconcile with their family.  However, none of the six sons has any intention of forgiving their father.  They have no problem with his new wife, however, since they know that she might someday be the mother of their half-brother or half-sister.  Recently, Gertrude has begun seeing a young man--younger than her two oldest sons--who belongs to another local family.  Whether they get married or not remains to be seen.

So, a soap opera, yes?  Believe me, all the rest of my families have their own convoluted stories!