Mac's 'Hood

mac wrote:

This was a tough one to pose. I needed the walls up for a proper background, sufficient lighting, room for all the participants, and using cropping and a viewing angle to keep it all PG.

BOOOoooo! Down with censorship! lol Nice hood you got going here, I need to go back and do some catch up in here...gee I feel so overwhelmed at times...there is just so much here to catch up on. lol

Grykon wrote:

BOOOoooo! Down with censorship!

I'm with you... My sims don't have any dithering when nude. Just what's wrong with a bit of reality, anyway! I also use "Paint Still Life" for some artistic portraits. But I can see Sugah's point about the PG requirement in posts.

Meanwhile... Still in Lady Sugah's household...

Crystal had her first kiss... No guy in particular, but it was time to experiment!


Ulli came home with Sugah when Sugah achieved the highest level in Sims 2 Creator. (Since it's not a Maxis standard, Sugah has to get to the top in all 7 skills to get platinum). Sugah, Ulli, and Crystal had dinner to celebrate. Keanu was off at work (and came home as a Space Pirate )


One of the best and funniest animations in all of Sim 2 is teaching a pet to play dead - the histrionics of the teacher and the pet's reaction. To whoever created this...
Crystal is teaching Honey to play dead and poor Honey is checking Crystal out - "Mommy! Are you all right?? Whimper! Whine!"

mac wrote:

Grykon wrote:

BOOOoooo! Down with censorship!

I'm with you... My sims don't have any dithering when nude. Just what's wrong with a bit of reality, anyway! I also use "Paint Still Life" for some artistic portraits. But I can see Sugah's point about the PG requirement in posts.

Meanwhile... Still in Lady Sugah's household...

Crystal had her first kiss... No guy in particular, but it was time to experiment!

One of the best and funniest animations in all of Sim 2 is teaching a pet to play dead - the histrionics of the teacher and the pet's reaction. To whoever created this...
Crystal is teaching Honey to play dead and poor Honey is checking Crystal out - "Mommy! Are you all right?? Whimper! Whine!"

hehe Yea, I don't blame Sugah, never know who is checking out what out...better safe then sorry!

I love first kisses in game! And I can hardly wait for pets to get here...looking forward to checking the pets and stuff out!

Way back here Peeta Mellark was romancing Jen, but I decided to waylay him with Lydia Shahan, an NPC sim. Well... Then I reactivated Katniss Everdeen! Although their relationship in the stories became somewhat difficult, I had designed them to have 3 bolts. When they finally got together... You are so doomed, little man! "What on earth were you thinking? That little hussy Lydia Shahan? No way! (BTW, that's the most evil grin I've ever seen in the Sims and it inspired this whole sequence! )


A graphic joke here or there will get him thinking


And if he still doesn't get the point...


That evening she gets all tarted up... It's not even a contest!


But Katniss, being a woman of action, takes no chances!


The following morning, he cooks her a breakfast of Waffles Pecans and Apples. I think he's well and truly hooked!


And when he got home from work, she had ordered brand new femmy PJs!


BTW, Katniss is Knowledge/Scorpio HungerGamesFugitive/Nature and Peeta's Knowledge/Pisces Culinary/Cuisine

Hmmmmmmm....not sure how I feel about Katniss. She seems at worst calculating, and at best pushy. But some men are just so weak when it comes to a well dramatized saucy joke!



Love the Honey sequences above, and how lovely to see Sugah and Ulli hanging out!

I agree. Very cool to see Ulli and Sugah dining together. What fun!

Crystal teaching Honey to roll over is hilarious. They definitely should add a Reesi to the family one day.

SimEm wrote:

Crystal teaching Honey to roll over is hilarious.

Actually, it's "play dead", and the fun is in the actions of the human doing the teaching!

Just a quick update... I always need more men in my 'hood. The ratio gets waaaay out of bounds thanks to all the lovelies posted in the Modeling Agency/Sim Beauties/Sim of the Month (thank you all very much, anyway ). Then I remembered that in my old 'hood I used to have Will Wright (the inspired creator of the Sim Cities and Sims1 and Sims 2 but not, alas, Sims 3). Here he is, enjoying his new home - 2 Chrysanthemum Circle. I've changed the kitchen and the bedroom a bit but left everything else. Thank you AvisSims!


Will is Knowledge/Pisces and will have the career Sims2 Creator with a hobby of Games (doh)

Among the first to welcome Will was none other than Lady Sugah, who lived just around the corner. She became his first friend. He's a Sims 2 Creator at level 1 (Bodyshop Newbie) while she's at level 10 (Site Administrator) Hmmm..... Just how do they know?


Merry Christmas, everybody! (If I can't find a Santa emoticon, I'll just have to make do with a pirate! Arrrr!)

Pirate Santa for the win! Merry Christmas Mac and everyone else! I know the feeling about needing more males in the game...I actually made a new one the other day to test with...*shhhhh* I actually tried some make up on him to bring out the skin tone! lol The first thing I noticed is, we need eye lash makeup that is more for men and not these long sexy things for women...hehe

Robert Downey, Jr. (Popularity/Aries Adventurer/Fitness) was adventurous enough to propose to Ari's Cammi (Popularity/Gemini Military/Fitness) and she accepted. She's one tough lady, but he thinks (ital. mine) he can handle her


David Tennant (aka Dr. Who - Knowledge/Virgo Science/Tinkering) and Ari's Lenora (Knowledge/Cancer Medicine/Science) were quietly married in their own home (just the two of them). Lenora's now a specialist and no longer rides around Simsville in the ambulance. Significant reduction in hypochondria in the Simsville male population, but they're now coming down with ailments related to her specialty - whatever that is...


I reactivated Gerard Depardieu and Audrey Tautou from my previous 'hood. They're both Culinary/Cuisine - two French cooks in the making! He (source unknown) is quite a caricature, she's Regina's Sophie Neveu (played by Audrey Tautou). Alas, Regina's superb celeb sims seem to no longer be available. I changed the hairstyle to a waifish "do". In my previous 'hood I had Gerard married to Angelina Jolie and was taken to task on MTS2 for pairing them (beauty and beast, I guess) I'm really not into sim eugenics and am looking forward with interest - and maybe a little curiosity - to their offspring!


A bit of a snuggle... That's a dress by Ari by the way...


And then an engagement. They're engaged, but not yet living together, and no woohoo yet, either.


After seeing the windows facing the sea at the artists' commune, Toni had to have the same! So I downloaded Aries and put it in right next door to the commune. Toni and Kostos moved out of their more humble Nevis Abode into this new house. It's huge, and they're, for the moment, only living in half of it.


Here's Toni, suitably attired for the location, even though it's (theoretically) winter. She's working on her first novel: Sim-marillion.


When she gets writers' block, she meditates on the waves - especially during a tropical night...


The good news - Toni and Kostos have their dream home by the sea. The bad news - they had to borrow 30K simoleans to afford it and have furnished their new castle only sparingly.
The good news - and thanks to Monique's Hacked Computer, Delphy gave them 10K simoleans and Hysterical Paroxysim gave them 5K (all she could afford). Since Toni had arrived early (and separately) to the 'hood and the hacked computer only allowed donations to acquaintances, none of her buddies at Sugah's place (not even mac) were able to contribute. Beren Erchamion and Luthien Tinuviel - who were so pleased that Toni was retelling their story - wanted to contribute as well but weren't able to do so for the same reason These gifts plus Toni's and Kostos' bonuses have reduced the loan to 8K simoleans. When Toni sells her novel, it should make another big dent in the mortgage.

I know it's a double post, but it's been a while - and since Maikki raised the whole issue of "that little hussy" and domestic tranquility, I thought I'd better update!

From an earlier post...

Yes, I made a self-sim of myself - then met a sim in my 'hood and became engaged... Then the RL woman of my life found out! "Who is she?" "Nobody" "Nobody??? Where did she come from???" "I created the sim" "Created her??? Is that your idea of the ideal woman??? Huh??? HUH???"


And now...
Mac gave the bad news to "that little hussy" - aka Lisa - and here he's looking for a new place to live while she's absorbing the news


After a short time, though, she recovered and has met some new friends: Janet Bogart, Beren Erchamion, and Ron Weasley


But Mac and Maikki have met - and it's 3 bolts all the way!


Including sharing breakfast! In RL, Maikki loves waffles and pecans and, for that matter, anything sweet!


The ABT ballerina, Gillian Murphy was one of the visitors to welcome Maikki, and gave her a one on one master class.
Maikki, in her RL career as a ballet teacher was a stickler on form. She doesn't think much of the sims' ballet moves at all When she taught her classes, there was a right way to do tendus and many,many wrong ways! She called them "Tendon'ts"


And then later on... What dancing girls don't like champagne??? (And be sure to note that dancing girls eat their veggies! )


Later on, Serena Astra ( Ari) came home with Maikki and they worked out together. They're both looking forward to welcoming Ari's Zira to the dance community!


And a few laughs over lunch


Meanwhile, Amare Bekele and Grace (nee Thompson) have a little boy: Buck Bekele. I know that Grace is one of BeckyLynn's creations and I think that Amare is one I got from this site. From my usual naming habits, I'd guess that he's one of BeckyLynn's, too. Maybe someone can give me the link.


A note on the double barre: It can be found here. There is a hack which prevents visitors Tom, Dick, and Harriet, from just walking in and using the barre. The latest version is here. I was using an earlier version, which didn't work with the double barre, maybe the new version does...

So you need males?

PM me and I will link you to.................Hugh Jackman, the poor fella has been finished for a long time, but never been posted.

mac wrote:

I lost no time in introducing Ari's Yvette to Captain Hook. Because of artful selections of likes-dislikes, etc. They had three bolts immediately!
"I like your hat" "I like your hat, too" "I think your little hook is cute" "Awwww" Oops.... "Arrrrr!"

LOLOL!

mac wrote:

That's a dress by Ari by the way..

I appreciate that, but...I didn't create that dress. It was just a cute dress (that also functions as a maternity dress) that I found for my "Baby Butterfly" picture. I don't remember whose it is, originally.


As always, Mac, I do so enjoy seeing my sims in your game. Thank you so much for your support - it really means a lot! I will try to check in more often to see what you're up to.

My simmies make great babies! I think Buck will look just like his daddy! Great facial features! Glad to see Grace happy and Amare can be found over at Basic...For Sims under special occasions. In my game he is married to Hunter's lovely sim Ja'Lia and they have a daughter named Ayanna who can also be downloaded at Basic's on the same page as Amare. She is packaged as an adult.

Thank you BeckyLynn 1) For the link. From the way I name my simmies, I was pretty sure he was one of yours. I was racking my brain! 2) Thank you for Amare himself!

Mac wrote:

I decided to get Crystal Sugah a pet ... Honey Sugah is an elderly female golden retriever and has made herself quite at home. Crystal's already trained her to come and to not chew the furniture.

(Sorry Sugah, Honey is Crystal's pet - maybe there'll be a Reesi one day! )



This doesn't look quite like our Reesi Bear, but is close enough. Our girl is a red-nosed pittie.

It's okay that Honey's allowed on the furniture in Sugah Sim's abode.
Our Reesi is allowed on the bed, couch & love seat here, too.
Can you say "spoiled" ???

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My sims don't have any dithering when nude. Just what's wrong with a bit of reality, anyway!
...But I can see Sugah's point about the PG requirement in posts.

Thank you for honoring our PG/PG-13 rating here, Mac.
There may be young ones lurking about, so I prefer to keep it clean.

Katniss and Peeta! SOOO COOL! I LOVE the Hunger Games trilogy.
Mmmm... Where'd'ya find those yummy waffles?

Toni wrote:

How lovely to see Sugah and Ulli hanging out!

Em wrote:

Very cool to see Ulli and Sugah dining together. What fun!

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In my previous 'hood I had Gerard married to Angelina Jolie and was taken to task on MTS2 for pairing them (beauty and beast, I guess)

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Yes, I made a self-sim of myself - then met a sim in my 'hood and became engaged... Then the RL woman of my life found out! "Who is she?" "Nobody" "Nobody??? Where did she come from???" "I created the sim" "Created her??? Is that your idea of the ideal woman??? Huh??? HUH???"

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But Mac and Maikki have met - and it's 3 bolts all the way!

Fun stuff, Mac. I enjoyed catching up in your 'hood this evening.

Sugah wrote:

Mmmm... Where'd'ya find those yummy waffles?

They're right here on MTS2. They show up at cooking level 3.

Thank you! Gonna download it now!
She has some GREAT FOOD HERE, doesn't she?

Sugah wrote:

Thank you! Gonna download it now!
She has some GREAT FOOD HERE, doesn't she?

I have several of these - Feijao, the French toast sticks, and the spam spam spam spam...

From somewhere I got "Foto Maki Sushi". Only one problem, it's cooked in the oven!

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From somewhere I got "Foto Maki Sushi". Only one problem, it's cooked in the oven!

Heeey! Sim-me and Kostos are living in my favourite modern beach house! Sweeeeet! Did I get my novel sold? Is it doing well?

Hope Cammi can help Mr. Downey settle down from his wild ways....or is Sim-Robert not as wild as RL Robert D Jr?

Still lovin' David Tennant's rockin' sideburns! Lenora's a great catch! Well done, David!

I think Gerard Depardieu and Audrey Tautou are a good match. I know you're not into the genetics, thing but I assure you, their future children will need a nice delicate chin like Audrey's. That's all I'm sayin!'

So sorry about Lisa's broken heart and all...but I think you made a wiiiiiise decision...on soooo many levels!

Glad to see her bouncing back.

Maikki and Gillian's lunch looks delcious...and healthy! What're they having?....Besides the champagne, I mean! Those good lookin' veggies?

Thanks for the links to the double bars.

Little Buck is a cutie!

ilikefishfood wrote:

Did I get my novel sold? Is it doing well?

It's still a work in progress...

ilikefishfood wrote:

Maikki and Gillian's lunch looks delcious...and healthy! What're they having?....Besides the champagne, I mean! Those good lookin' veggies?

You'll find them here. Mind you, in RL Maikki's favorite vegetable is Pizza, followed closely by salsa.

mac wrote:

You'll find them here. Mind you, in RL Maikki's favorite vegetable is Pizza, followed closely by salsa.

Thanks Mac! Turns out I had the veggie platter in my game already. I have so many custom foods I lost track!

Now, I'm with Maikki on the Mexican good thing. Bring on the refried beans and warm, freshly baked nachos...with salsa on the side naturally. Particularly delicious when consumed with good company.

Just some various happenings without much of a story line...

Simone Broadswood-Smythe, my favorite in-game created sim ever, is starting her career as a medical specialist. Welcoming her are Jennifer (nee Grey) Gique, Marcello Genni (thank you Jen), and Simon Cowell. She might just have something going with Simon


Rowena, reformed from tempting Sugah's husband, married Caleb's Eamon Beneoit and settled down. They have a daughter Joan (named after the legendary marathoner). They have a house by the seaside and she's taking a few moments from child care to watch the waves - she still looks pretty good in a swimsuit!


George Yehsreh (thanks Mort :) and Jen seem to be hitting it off pretty well - maybe she likes chocolate bars!


Ahnold has landed Hunter's Taylor! She's Popularity/Pisces Nursing/Science. BTW, so far he's eaten 28/200 grilled cheese sandwiches, only 172 to go! (Cheesy is absolutely right!)

I hate when my Sims get grilled cheese aspiration.

Jenn hope she will have better luck than she´s got in my game. Don´t think she likes chocolate bars with that waistline