Wow, I was reading the TS2Legacy Yahoo! Group and found a reference to the Noodlesoother aspiration reward being a Sim killer. I found this interesting because one of my Sims, Sid Kilman, died tragically while wearing one. I jokingly blamed the Noodlesoother for his death at the time, but after finding threads like this one at The Sims Resource Forums, I am growing convinced that it was the culprit (chattykathy, you were on to something!).

Apparently though the Noodlesoother keeps your Sim’s mood high, it drains their needs at a much faster rate than normal (!). Also, if the Sim’s aspiration level slips below gold (or even below platinum, according to some other players) while wearing the Noodlesoother, their needs can take a serious nosedive, possibly causing Sim death and a visit from ye olde Grim Reaper. I’m thinking this is what happened to Sid, because one second he was taking a bath, and the next he was curled up next to it in a fetal position, dead as a doornail. Poor Sid!

I’ve decided to try NaNoWriMo again this year, even though it’s already 9 days into November. So I’m saying good-bye to my Sims for a little while as I attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in 21 days. It may not happen, but it’s worth a shot. At any rate, updates may be sparse until the end of the month, but if you feel like checking out my progress (or lack thereof) with novel writing, you can visit my NaNo blog, Words of Fluff. Happy Simming, writing, whatever you love to do! See you soon.

It’s funny how I’ve been playing this game almost every day since it was released, and yet on a fairly regular basis, I still see things I’ve never seen before. Last night, for example, I was playing with the Hesperos family and saw a string of weirdnesses. Well, they were weird to me, anyway — you guys have probably seen them already!

Some of them are probably just bugs, as in the case of Cliff Singleton socializing — or attempting to socialize — with Callie Hesperos.

You see, his idea of being friendly at this particular moment consisted of resting his knees on the poor woman and sticking his hand THROUGH her newspaper. Talk about invasion of personal space! In the meantime she did her best to pretend he didn’t exist. I have no idea what he was trying to accomplish here (probably a simple “Chat” interaction), and I didn’t get a chance to look at Callie’s action queue to see what it said.

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ABOUT MT. GENEVA:
Mt. Geneva is a peaceful little village in SimNation, not far from Veronaville. It used to be mostly farmland and meadows, but more people are moving in every day, trading the hustle and bustle of the big city for the enchantments of the country.

ABOUT MAUDE:

I am the ageless observer, the fly on the wall, the humble narrator — you get the idea. Since I have passed into the beyond, I am able to record the lives of Mt. Geneva’s inhabitants as they are living them.

ABOUT JEN:
I guess you could say I’m Maude’s typist. I’m also a Sims addict who is having loads of fun with The Sims 2. Feel free to drop me a note if you have any questions or comments!

See my post Creating a Sims 2 Blog for information on how I got this site up and running.

UPDATE: For quite awhile now Maude’s Tales have taken a backseat to my Legacy Challenge: University updates and stories about my historical family, the Braytons. Who knows, though — good old Maude might turn up again at some point…

MORE ABOUT JEN
Location: Rochester, Minnesota (home of the Mayo Clinic and not much else)
Other places I’ve lived: Madison, Wisconsin and Cary, North Carolina
Places I wish I lived: Somewhere tropical where spiders and cockroaches don’t exist
Favorite place in the world: American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin
Physical age: 34
Mental age: 12
Useless college degree: English Lit with an Emphasis in Creative Writing
Occupation: Administrative Assistant
Dream jobs: Bestselling novelist, Guster groupie, Sims play tester
MBTI personality: INFP
Marital status: Happily single
Favorite things: Music, movies, Sims 2, architecture, reading, writing, chocolate, clementines, Shakespeare, and hanging out with family
Guilty pleasures: American Idol

JEN’S SIMOLOGY
Aspiration: Is there a ‘Leisure’ aspiration? No? OK, I’ll take Knowledge
Astrological sign: Leo
Sloppy/Neat = 4
Shy/Outgoing = 3
Lazy/Active = 2
Serious/Playful = 5
Grouchy/Nice = 7
(I know, they don’t add up to 25 — I’m lame!)