Garbage Angst

Hello and Welcome to my Sims blog.  Yes, I said Sims blog.  If you don't know what that is, well if the idea of someone blogging about their Sims game seems, to you, utterly preposterous, just close the door on your way out.  If the Sims thing doesn't scare you off, I'll go into more detail.

Be Careful What You Wish For, henceforth known as BCWYWF, is an "All My Wishes" style Sims 3 story.  In case you found this page first, the rules I'll be following are here.   I tell my Sims stories observational style, meaning I have no pre-planned story arc.  I play my game and tell you what happened, sometimes from the sims' points of view, sometimes from mine, usually from both.  The blogging is more for my own enjoyment, as I like to revisit my old games.  If someone else gets a laugh out of it, great!

Language warning: I swear, sometimes a lot.  My sims may or may not, depending on their own personalities.  Regardless, I'd rate this blog PG-13 for language and mild nudity.

I also love gifs and memes, though some chapters may have more or less than others.

Is that everything?   Eh, close enough.  Let's get started.

Meet Finarfin "Fin" Valinor.  I'd say he's the latest neighborhood embarrassment to the Altos and the Landgraabs, but I booted them both in Edit Town and replaced them with other sims.  I've played Sunset Valley, and a few of the other 'hoods, often enough that the only townies I keep at the beginning of a game are either my favorites, or ones that haven't caught my attention either way.

Back to Fin.  The naming theme for the legacy will be Tolkien, though I'll try to be all Ringster about it and choose more obscure names.  Finarfin is the youngest son of Finwe, and the father of Galadriel.  Valinor, aka "The Undying Lands" is the home of the Valar, the high elves. Generally, elves that do not live in Middle Earth, reside in Valinor.  And that's enough of that.

Fin is an artistic vegetarian who loves the outdoors, is a staunch environmentalist, and enjoys the occasional brood.  His lifetime wish to be very skilled in both painting and playing the guitar. Honestly he can be an annoying little fusspot, but I love him anyway.

He enjoys veggie rolls, songwriter music, and hot pink.  What elf DOESN'T enjoy a spot of hot pink, eh?

So, this being an "All My Wishes" legacy, what Fin wishes for, he gets, and he wasted no time. What does every music and art loving elf want to be when they grow up?  A firefighter, duh.

The very first wish he rolled was to join the firefighting career.  So off to the firehouse he went, and in the firehouse he stayed.

Now, Fin loves the outdoors, so a little lawn living won't kill him.  But when your options are crappy bed, toilet, and fridge, or crappy bed, toilet, shower, fridge, easel, tv and video games, and treadmill, well let's just say a roof and a few walls never hurt anybody either.

Next morning he ate, used the facilities, and settled in to paint.  In only a couple of hours,

Fin!!  Drop the brush!  You're up!!

He has to fight at least one fire.  After getting this job he promptly rolled a wish to put out a small fire, so until that happens, he's stuck here.

"But, why?"

Oh goddammit.  No sooner did he stop painting than the alarm went quiet and the "fire" icon on the map disappeared.  This career better not be glitched.

Fin spent the rest of the day painting, and getting one athletic skill point.  He was starting to get really lonely when one sim finally stopped in.

"Wow, Mrs. Goth, I didn't know YOU are a firefigher, too.  That's really cool!  I mean, you probably don't have to work at all, but here you are, serving the community for chump change!"

Cornelia: "A firefighter??  Ha ha! Oh honey, please.  I'm not actually a firefighter.  I just like the uniforms.  Actually, it's Gunther who really likes the uniforms.  Says they're like fancy raincoats.  Anyway, I'm here to pick up a new jacket since my last one ..... um ..... well ..... let's just that last 'fire' was a real doozy."

"Oh.  That's, nice.  Um.  I'm just gonna go paint now."

"You're a painter?  Fabulous!  Do you do nudes?  Gunther's birthday is coming up and I think a portrait of me on the firetruck will be the PERFECT gift."

"I ... just started actually.  I'm not very good, yet.  I don't know how to do portraits."

"Oh well, no harm in asking.  Now I'll just get that jacket and get out of your hair, Fin.  It was lovely meeting you and I'm sure I'll see you around town!"

Next day, second verse, same as the first.  A few hours in,

Come on, Fin!  Let's hope this one sticks!

He made it down the pole!

And ran the whole way there.  Dude, you have a firetruck!

"Are you kidding?  Do you know how horrible the gas mileage is on those things?  They are painfully slow and use up a TON of gas just driving around town!  If I'm going to drive that truck I might as well throw in the towel and put the fire out with bottled water."

Well, how are you going to put out the fire?

Why, with the extinguisher that all sims keep up in their respective asses, of course.

"Just LOOK at all of these ancient appliances!  Have these people not heard of energy star? I SHOULD just let them burn!"

He didn't.

"Ahhhhh, piece of cake."

Did you have fun?

"No, not really."

Good, because you're quitting.  But first, let's all admire how cute you are in your uniform.

Dawwwww.

Alright, moving on.

"Hi, this is Fin Valinor, I just joined the department day before yesterday? ........... Yeah, Hi.  Anyway, I'm quitting.  I have no idea why I wanted to do this in the first place.  I'd really rather paint and play guitar all day............. Mmmhmm ........ okay ......... I'm sorry, what? *click* .................. Well, that was uncalled for."

Since they are worth points, I'll probably post all his opportunities here.  He's not traveling right now.  He has almost no money.

See?  No money.  And a wish to attend university.  I believe that was the second wish he rolled.

"So that's why I'm a fan."

Yes, you really need the cash.

"I also really need a boyfriend."

We're going to work on that.

No firefighter job means back to lawn living.  Yes, he could pretty much live there anyway, but that's always felt a bit cheat-y to me.  Fin has to go to the gym to shower as it is.

"I can skip showering altogether, it saves water."

Finally!  This one he can do.

Back to the boyfriend conundrum.  I have Twallan's SP mod, which means that every available, single sim is hooked up within a day or two.  Since Fin is probably going to have to bust up someone else's relationship anyway, I figured he had to time to wait and get the whole 'firefighter' thing out of his system.  Now that that tangent has been explored and abandoned, he can go spouse hunting.  I've got a couple of guys in mind, he just has to track them down.

How amazing would these two be together?

"Wow!  You're an alien?  That's awesome!  I'm an elf.  What planet are you from?"

Zaphod Beeblebrox: "I come from a planet near Betelgeuse. It's quite small, I'm sure you've never heard of it."

"I love your hair!"

"Thanks!  I used to have two heads and an extra arm, but they were lost in an unfortunate teleportation accident.  I'm hoping they are still out there somewhere, waiting to be reunited with me."

"Really?  Do you get lonely for them?"

"Sometimes, but now that I'm with Jack it's gotten easier."

"Jack?  Who's Jack?"

Okay, I knew Fin would likely have to break someone up, but no way am I breaking up Zaphod Beeblebrox and Captain Jack Harkness.  That's just too perfect. Sorry Fin!

"Crap, he was really hot, too."

"Wow, Will!  That's a great shirt!  I really like it."

"Thanks, I guess.  So what can I do for you?  Are you having a party?"

Fin met Will earlier in the game at the park or something.  Fin had barely introduced himself when Will ran off to work.  He's a mixologist so I wasn't sure we'd ever see him again.

So Fin friendly spammed Will until they became "good friends", at which point he was nearly ready to pass out.  Luckily, when Fin got out of work the next night, Will was right outside the theater.

"Hey Will, are you single by any chance?"

"'Fraid not.  I have a girlfriend.  As a matter of fact, we just had a baby."

"Oh. Congratulations!  How about breaking up with her and going out with me?"

"Sure!  She won't be happy about it, but why the hell should that matter?"

It's so funny, before I got the SP mod I always tried my hardest to not break sims up (unless the sim I was playing would do such a thing).  Once I got that mod and realized that sims will only stay single for a microsecond, I now break couples up without a second thought.  Oh what Twallan has done to me.

Will moved in and brought over 5,000 simoleons and a sloppy jalopy with him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Isn't it just darling?

There's not a whole lot to it.  It's one room plus the bathroom. And they are dirt poor, again.

"This house sucks."

Be glad you have a house.  If Fin had had his way you'd both still be sleeping outside.

Fin: "Look at all these lights!  We DON'T need all of these!  I was just fine reading outside in the dark!"

Let's properly introduce the new guy, shall we?

See that LTW?  He wants to be a heartbreaker.  Fin knows how to pick 'em, eh?  The heartbreaker thing goes a long way toward explaining this.

Will has two other romantic interests, in addtion to his ex.  Agnes Crumplebottom and Yumi Sekemoto?  Beards, obviously.

Will wished to get a job in Business, so he went right out and took care of that.

Out of nowhere, Fin's social plummets and he stops painting.

"How can I paint at a time like this?"

A time like what?

"Look man, it's not that I have anything AGAINST you, per se, it's what you represent.  You are a symbol of our throwaway culture.  You lull sims into this false sense of security with your bottomless gluttony.  Nobody knows where all the trash we put in you ends up.  The middle of Planet Sim?  Another dimension?  Under the house?  ARE WE ALL LIVING ON TOP OF GIANT GARBAGE HEAPS?"

Are you really talking to the trash can?

"Hmmmmmm, this is mightily disturbing.  I mean, even I have put trash into this can, and yet every time I come back to it, it's EMPTY.  I didn't empty it.  Will didn't empty it.  SO WHERE DOES THE TRASH GO?"

White horse: "Shit man, we're gonna get busted!  Let's get out of here before he figures it out.  Go, GO!!"

"I'm surrounded by idiots."

Wrong game, can.

Will spends a lot less time worrying about the trash can, and a lot more time wishing to fish.

"I caught one!!  Check this bitch out!"

It's in the upper left corner.  You may have to squint.

Fin completed his opportunity and earned over 4,000 simoleons!  Holy shit!  Guess who's going to university?

"Hi, I'd like to enroll................... just one term ............... yes, I'm sure ............. the what? ................. mascot? ................... no, no sim dressed as a llama has ever come to my house ...................... fine arts ............... yeah, I'm paying cash ............... Mmmhmmm .................. okay, I'll be ready."

He's all signed up!

Is that all you're bringing?  It's for a whole semester.

"No worries, I'm sharing a moving van with some other students?"

What other students?

"Just, OTHER STUDENTS okay?  I'm NOT using a whole moving truck by myself.  GOD."

Yup, that's gonna take some brooding to get over.

** new gamefile, and loading screen, later **

Dorms, eh?

"Of course!  Communal living in a dormitory makes the most sense from a carbon footprint standpoint.  I'll be sharing resources with many other students, much smaller environmental impact."

But not sharing a room.

"Oh hell no, I'm almost 30, I'm not sharing a room.  I've got my own.  Already claimed the bed and locked the door to keep these horny, slobby, noisy peasants out."

Here's his schedule. It's pretty jam-packed.  If (oh let's face it, when) I do this again, I wouldn't do a full course load.  It doesn't leave much time for skilling and fun.

I love how sims sling their backpacks over one shoulder.  I know it's terrible for you, but I did that all through high school and college.

Why not?  Tagging makes his GPA go up anyway.

"This is FUN!  No wasting canvas or paper.  I'm simply decorating buildings that are here anyway."

Only you could take something rebellious and potentially illegal, and make it a pretentious eco-wank.

"Oh god, you're right!  What if I am the antithesis of this art form?  I could be ruining not only the fine art of tagging, but this building as well!  This is terrible!  I need to think."

Fin's week semester went fairly quickly. He was quite busy with his classes.  He didn't party or socialize much.  He had only one available wish slot when he arrived, his other wishes being not easily fulfilled until he gets home. He worked pretty hard and seemed to like school.

"This professor has not once looked up from the podium.  She could be lecturing empty chairs for all she knows.  I can't believe I paid good money to, essentially, be read to."

Vampire Chick: "Damn it's sunny outside.  I probably should have worn my duster.  I hope I make it back to the dorm after class."

She better pray she makes it into class.

Fin: "Man!  I have not seen a door this clogged since I was in grammar school.  Come on, people, it's a DOUBLE door, you can use BOTH sides!!"

"Are you sure you're not going to fry back there?"

"No.  And hold still, I'm sketching your back."

Man, it must be tough being a vampire in college, without the immortal reward.

Nice to know all the hard work paid off.  A celebration is definitely in order.

A cheese danish at the coffee house!  Go nuts, dude!

Red-haired chick: "That is some seriously committed cosplay.  I wonder where he gets the ears from?"

He also went bowling.

"I am the ball, my thoughts are its thoughts, its holes are my holes."

"Come on, me!!"

"Thank you, Elbereth!  As my mother would say."

Yeah, sure.  He just ate.  But which cause will he strike on behalf of?

He's vegetarian, so save the fishies it is!

"So what do I do?"

Get up on the podium and start talking.

"Hey!  You!  I'm talking to you!  Fish all over campus are dying! Dying every day!  And for what?  To be YOUR lunch!  How is that fair, that fish have to die so you can have some sushi?  It's NOT FAIR!  And I'm challenging YOU to be a better sim, to be kinder and more sensitive to ALL living things, no matter how yummy!"

"Yeah man!!  I hear ya'!  I'll starve for the fishies!  Poor fishies!"

"Fantastic!  Thank you, sir!  Chant with me, everyone!  FISH STICKS ARE MURDER!! NO MORE FISH STICKS!!  FISH STICKS ARE MURDER!! NO MORE FISH STICKS!!"

His protest was going quite well!  Lots of students, eventually, showed up and joined in Fin's worthy cause.

Except these assholes here.

"Hey Bro, what's the ruckus over there?"

"I don't know man, something about a hunger strike."

"Hunger strike?  HA!  So what you're saying is that this is the perfect picnic spot?"

"LOL, you got it, bro!!"

Fin's time at university ran out before he could finish his protest.  The opportunity disappeared when he got home.  Oh well.

Next time on BCWYWF, Fin returns home to boyfriend and job.

Points

Heirs: +1
LTW Heir:
Spare/Spouse LTW:
Children:
Every $100,000:
100,000 Happiness Points (heir):
Skipped/Failed Opportunities: -4
Fulfilled Opportunities: +2
Deleted Locked In Wishes:
Accidental Deaths:
Social Worker Visits:

Total: -1