Chapter 3.3 - Go, Benji!

This is basically going to be quite long, since I'll be documenting some of Benji's college years. Also, a lot of stuff has happened, so with no further ado...


At college, my first thought was to check out the spots on campus (being a Pleasure Sim and wanting 50 Dream Dates). I was attracted to many a girl, but I got turned down a lot. However, this girl remained quite close to me and called me for days afterward. Guess she couldn't resist the Benji charm (WHO ARE YA KIDDING?! Grrr)

However, this chick seemed nice Her name was Maura, and she looked quite polished (read "uptight") in her sweater and mid-length skirt. She was pretty, but didn't wear any makeup. And she liked me!!! She seemed to get hyper on the Starbucks, but we got on really well.

She was quite the outgoing one, and didn't think I looked bad at all. I was sure right then it would work out.


I took her on many a date to satisfy my Lifetime Want ans she seemed rather taken aback by the random dates we had. She wondered how I managed to maintain a 4.0. Well, I did fast track in the fall (huzzah!) and did my homework when I wasn't with her.



Soon, I felt the need to propose to her, sweater in the desert and all. We seemed to be stuck on each other.



She decided to change her look with the makeover mirror, and the black hair suited her better.






Preparing to work in the Art Career, I changed my look a bit junior year, cutting off the curls my rock god dad has passed to me and growing out a goatee.



Soon I graduated in a spiffy sweater and headed back home for the winter. Hey, Benj, I'll take it from here, ok?


When Benj got home, he quickly asked Maura to move in.



They got married in the bathroom to save money and time.

Here is Maura with a slightly dark look. She looks stunning here, but really she over did her mascara. So I made her blond again:

Oh yes, and Belli and hubby are still alive. Stupid permaplat elders.


Pretty Sharon had had enough of her Fortune Aspiration, knowing she spent way too much time at work. She sold the toy business for over 61, 000 simoleans and got the ReNuYu Orb.

As you can see...
"I'm feening for grilled cheese!"


And yes, she helped herself to those grilled cheese sandwiches. She's been fat ever since.


Baby bump!

Sisters-in-law dancing. How cute.

Second baby bump. Maura's pregnancy was awesome. All she did was sleep.



David Jr. and Sharon aged into elders. Ahhh, Sharon might be one of my failed permaplats. She doesn't eat enough grilled cheese and her lack of fitness might summon Grim more quickly.

"Qu'est que-ce?"
You don't see that light out on the road, do ya? My first abduction.

The women are running to help.
Belli: "I want to go! I'm the Knowledge Sim. Why the Rock God son of mine?"
Maura: I think my water just broke. Not good.
Sharon: You interrupted my grilled cheese dinner. Honestly, honey, you better bring back some Pepperjack!"


Maura: "I was serious when I said my water broke!"

And so, Colin Jenkins was born.
Benji: "Oooh, my wife looks so hot in that!"
Belli: "Benji! Get in here, now!"



Belli: "You do know my great-grandson is a redhead, right?"
Benji: ^_^ "I just think my wife looks hot."

Poor, poor David. Thank goodness he's retired. No one will believe his story and might just think it was too much of the bubble blower in his rockstar days.
The night after:

Janice grows up and runs around with scissors.



Oops. I don't blame her. I needed room in the house. 4 elders, a baby and a young couple were too much to handle already. Then again, her dad got abducted by aliens, her mom ate grilled cheese sandwiches all the time, her sister-in-law had a redhead child...crazy house, huh?


Hey Donte!
"Any hot chicks in the Jenkins hizzouse?"
Well, there's Maura, but no, you can't have her!
"The rock god's blond daughter-in-law? She's cute."
Move on. Not happening. (On another note, Maura has been rolling fears of being caught cheating. Since the family is losing friends now, maybe she can frolick with Donte. But no, we've got to preserve the Jenkins legacy.)


Birthday time.

Yep, the redhead is pretty scary. From what I know, he's a Sag, but I forgot his points. He is real neat, 100 percent grouchy, very active, slightly shy and I don't know what else.


David: "Don't listen to them, Colin. You got your red hair from me. Very recessive gene, and I love you nonetheless."

And now, from Benji's college files:

Maura: "You got pwned! HAHA!"
"Do you like what you see? The lunch lady thinks I'm hideous." (How Benji uses influence).

Miss Stompei: "Listen, lady, you have NO right to call Benji hideous. I may be heart farting for all the girls in the dorm here, but I know a cute guy when I see one."

Ai! Random pix!

Busy, busy, busy...here are some pics that will keep you up to date before I spend the weekend playing:

Here's Benji at college, working out. I can't remember his major, but it's either History or Art.



He's a real smart and cool guy, and wanted to help his dormmate with her homework. Rejected.


He proposes to his girlfriend, and she doesn't feel a bit cold.




What she looks like after my makeover.


Back home:



Janice grows up.



Sharon loses an employee and is rethinking the whole Fortune Sim thing.



Mama Belli plays pool in the winter.


"I am pretty, oh so pretty"

It's been long!

Urghhh...I am deep in organic chemistry. That's all I can say. When the month's over, and I have a final, I will update. Can't believe it's been over 2 months.

Chapter 3.2 - Benji Jenkins takes the reins?

Well, in two days, I'll be old enough to watch R-rated movies and play M-rated video games (I think). Just one year away from being legal.
So, to celebrate in advance, I'm updating, heh. It's also a way to take a break from all the homework I have.
When we last left the Jenkins family:

David Jr went plat. The disadvantage was that I'm currently bored and the wealth of the household isn't as high with two retired adults. The advantage is that I have more time to get Sharon plat too.
A burglar came by. Stupid.
He stole nothing and beat up the police officer. You can see that David Jr (in the background) thought it was more important to make the bed than, say, checking to see if his instruments got stolen. Smart, I tell you. Bellissima just stood there. What happened to the Knowledge Sim I knew? Huh?

Baby on the way.

Poor Benji had food poisoning. It wasn't nice, but his immunity was pretty good. He only threw up twice.

Why are you smiling, Benny boy? It could only mean one thing...Martha...

Nope, it's Hiro Jenkins. You know, Brandon Jenkin's son? Yup, he grew up. In farmer clothing too.
"Oh, golly gee, I didn't know Aunt Belli's house was this big!" Hush, boy.

"The family's fine. We're struggling, rain and all, but boy, I've not have this much cake in my life. Oh golly gee!" *slaps face*
Sharon was struggling with her pregnancy to keep the toy and pet shop running:

"I'm going to slap this man silly. I'm 3 months pregnant and he's pushing me to the limit."
I feel sorry for you, but umm, you look like Popeye.

It was spring at Sharon's shop. Thunderstorms + trees = bad customer loyalty. Geez. It took a while before most of the customers noticed, but it took a while to gain their loyalty back. Ummm, I didn't cause the fire, you idiot Sims.
"I don't like my mom's eggs, Gramps. Grandma makes the best eggs."
"You know I can see your speech bubble AND I'm sitting right next to you."
Well, Benji finally grew up:
"I am so bringing sexy back."
You are so not. You did grow up in some sophisticated clothes. He rolled Pleasure. LTW? 50 dream dates.
Chatting up the local girls (no dates yet):

Kana: "Ewww, no! You sleep in a pink room, play with a pink teddy and used to wear pink PJ's".
Benji: "That was the past, baby. You need to chill, like the Benji-meister."
Word?

Kana: "After seeing the house and all, I wouldn't mind a date at all. I just want some jewelry."
Benji: "Mental note taken".

Traditional birth picture.



Janice is born. I think I'm going to close my eyes and make Benji heir. It'll be fun to see how she turns out. But she does take to Benji. Even after he dropped her on the ground to play with the bubble blower.

And now, some random stuff, courtesy of me:

Blazej: "I really like you. The locks, the bohemian style...everything."
Sharon: "Yo, Marylena, give this guy his check! He doesn't know that I'm married?"

Blazej: "How was I supposed to know?"
Well, then again, you sucked at sales and Marylena, the manager, kept on rolling wants to fire you. That's why.
(NB: Marylena autonomously assigns duties to the employees. Like, I assigned some guy to make toys and she always told him to tidy. But there was no need to tidy! But sometimes, she'd get someone to make sales. She's good, though.)
David: "I owned you! I owned you! I wasn't a geek in my youth for nothing."
Poor Benji.

Chapter 3.1 - Life as a rock star moves very quickly

NB: This is gonna be filled with lotsa pictures. Why? Because I've been really lazy uploading them. This mega-chapter is gonna chronicle David Jr's beginnings as heir until his son becomes a child. Long, huh? You bet.
Meet Sharon Tse, the fiancee I have been raving about. She's quite lazy, but she and David make a perfect match.
Her LTW is to have five top level businesses. Oh my.

I was too lazy for a wedding party, so they got married in their PJ's.
Davey's first day at work. Isn't it a little bit chilly for that belly-baring outfit.
"Rock stars can bear the cold."
Aight, aight. Don't say I didn't warn you.
"Excuse me, sir, have you seen any fish around here?"
"Nope, I'm just stalking the resident rock star of Pleasantview. From what I heard, though, he eats lots of fish."
One thing about Sims I never knew: they know when they're pregnant and talk to their mothers-in-law about it.
Breathe, hon, breathe.
Welcome Benji Jenkins. Yes, I don't have any better names for children.
And may I present to you....the Jenkins Family Band!

David on the electric guitar! *applause*

The beautiful Bellissima on the drums *applause*
"Owww, she's hot!"

Rock star hopeful David Jr on the bass! *applause*
And, ummm...Sharon Jenkins? *crickets*
Sharon *giggles*: "This is funner than the band!"
The bubble blower has given this girl a speech impediment *groan*.
Benji grows up. I love the messy hairdo, dude. He's a Virgo like his daddy - I'll look up his stats because they are different.

His eyebrows freak me out.
David is a darling. After becoming perma-plat as Chief of Staff, he taught his grandkid to walk, talk and potty in a few hours.

That's what you get for autonomously picking up your child and tossing him. Stupid.

I sold the ghosts' bed and no one could sleep for that night.
I did buy the bed again, but the ghosts are still not appeased.
Benji as a kid. I have to say, ummm...effeminate alert? In a pink bed, with pink PJ's. You ain't seen nothing yet.

Boy, go to your room. Your parents are busy.
"Hey, leave me alone. I haven't played Bustin' Out yet!"
Boy, you have the nerve...

Belli finishing up David's portrait. They won't be young forever.
David: "My baby's getting old. What am I to do?"
Love her till death, I guess?

Belli doesn't look great in gray hair, but her looks haven't gone down the drain.
His looks did, but hey, it comes with age.
Adorable.

I also started a community lot business for Sharon. Marylena was so sweet. She caught fireflies to light up the room. I was so taken aback, she got hired.

Back home, autonomously...
"Dear diary, my love for the floral pink has been heavily disdained by the creator of the Jenkins legacy. I am not effeminate - I just have a sensitive side. Mr. Fluffums here would agree."
Mr. Fluffums: "Look, kid. Pink looked good on Christa, just not on you. If you grew your hair any longer, you'd be girly, girly, girly."
"Dear diary, it appears Mr. Fluffums here dislikes my love for the pretty pink. However, I detest blue and the gender-neutral color, yellow."
Belli walks in. "Good night, Benji. Now don't stay up too late."
"Yes, Grandma. Just reading a book on the positives of pink."
I would put a caption here, but I can't think of anything hilarious, yet.
The Jenkins Family Band swings back into action. This time, Sharon is not going nuts over the bubble blower.

Psst...youze...

David Jr. is heir now. Just letting y'know. He's settled back into the legacy house while his sibs, are, well, in college oblivion.

Chapter 2.5- Where have they been?

Yup, the siblings are in college. Right now, in Senior year. I'll be putting up a poll on Boolprop.com for who should be the heir/heiress later on, but now I need to update.

The boys grew up in college. At the bottom is Clay. He actually looks like his dad. David Jr (above)
on the other hand, looks different. The boys moved in with their sister in the dorms. Clay became friends with her before the end of the day, but it took David about three years before they could talk...

Clay's an Economics major, like most Fortune Sims are. David's a Literature major, and I have no clue what Christa is. I think it's Psychology.


Anywho, I'm just working with Blogger to see how the uploading pics thingy works, so if this looks a bit disorganized, blame me. Just trying to get the hang of it instead of going to Photobucket all the time...




Clay: "Hey, Christa. Why do you always come down here in your nightwear?"
Christa: "Leave me alone, nitwit. I am so much older than you."
David Jr: "How come you guys don't talk to me anymore? I even changed my hairstyle, but nooo, no one talks to me."
Christa: "Did you hear something, Clay?"
Clay: "Nah. Must have been someone playing with the karaoke machine."






David: "See? No one pays any attention to me. Look at them singing their hearts out."
Yeah, Clay and Christa were autonomously in their own clique. I know both of you are the spitting images of your parents, but please, if I was a tyrant, little brother Davey Jr. would be heir. Give the boy a break!

After freshman year, I got them their own home.




The boys loved the fall...

However, I almost lost a Sim to a bonfire. Thank goodness for David's smarts. He's got a point in my book! (Y'all should see his girlfriend - she's adorable).
Speaking of girlfriends...Christa is plain frustrated. I had to get her to flirt with the Sim who passed by in Spring, but guess it didn't come out too well.
They do have crushes on each other. Why me?
Well, nothing special to see except for...Sims building snowmen... Sims crashing snowmen, and two siblings bonding over homework. Ciao for now.