Well, it took me a month to play the Shanley girls through college (and another month to finally write this post), but they’ve finally graduated! Now I can get started on the (hopefully more) fun part, which is marrying my heir off to some hapless NPC and getting them pregnant. But first, here are some of the highlights from Delaney and Sierra Shanley’s college years…
When Delaney and Sierra first arrived at Sim State University, they were clad in sweaters and track pants. After taking note of the other students, they realized that the sweater-track pant combo wasn’t too stylin’ and decided to go shopping.
“Yes, this is SO me…”
Newly decked out in more summery attire, the Shanley girls returned to Sim State Dorm, where their mother Mia had lived for two years.
“Oh yeah, now we’re happenin’.”
Sierra wasted no time in embracing the Sim State motto: “Write my term paper? Please? Pretty please with sugar on top? THANKS!”
“I’ll just be over here painting…”
What are friends for, right? In the meantime, Delaney learned that lonely freshmen cannot resist the allure of an unlocked dorm room.
“Um, I’m trying to study?”
The Shanley girls didn’t stay in the dorms for very long, however. Their fate lay upon a different path: that of the Hoh-Cham-Hoh pledge. Warren, a friend of their father’s, who by some miracle had remained eternally young, pondered their request to join the house.
“Hm, well…how good are you at writing term papers?”
Of course, with their connections, the Shanley girls were able to move into Hoh-Cham-Hoh just as their second semester of college began. Studying was still a low priority, of course.
“My pillow’s fluffier than yooooouuuurs!”
Sierra quickly found that eating pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner was the best way to gain the dreaded “Freshman 15”. Thankfully her parents had equipped the house with a treadmill when they were living there.
“Hey, I’ve burned a whole 65 calories…”
All of Sierra’s exercise paid off, though not in the way she had hoped — Delaney’s amorous drama professor Alan Jones made it his mission in life to woo her.
“Owwwww…make it stop!”
Having failed to win the heart of fair Sierra, Professor Jones altered his mission in life.
“Oh, Professor Jones, I thought you’d never ask!”
Once Delaney got a taste for romance, it was all over. She started experimenting with many different kinds of men…
“Mmm, mohawk love…”
…but always came back to the professor types for some strange reason.
“Does she expect me to take her seriously looking like that?”
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Wow, it’s definitely a change reading about the Shanleys again. It reminds me of the old days! I can’t wait to see how life turns out for the Shanley girls. Or, of course, the Brayton update. Great job, Jen!! :-)
Well even if it’s not as fun writing stories for the Shaneys I still like the witty captions and I would think it’s nice knowing you’ve played a challenge this far. I’m really happy to know the Shaneys aren’t being completely neglected and I still hope you’ll find a way to make Mt. Geneva more fun for you.
Eeee! Shanleys!
Don’t worry, looks are the first thing I judge potential Sim-breeders by as well! I have yet to introduce any of those horrible wide faces + frog mouths into /any/ family of mine. Burrrr.
Great update!!!!! Good to see the shanleys again!!!
Yay! love the good old shanleys. Can’t wait to see their adulthood unfold^^
Another Shalney update? yay!!
It’s a lot different from the Braytons, but it’s a lot of fun to read (I like the subscripts to the pictures…)
Can’t wait to see the next “Shanley-life-phase”!!
A refreshing and less serious update for those of us who are so entertained by the drama of May Green. It’s always nice to have a slighting funny update. I liked how Delaney changed her hair style to suit her men!
I hope you find a little more entertainment with them now that they are past the college phase.
It was good seeing the Shanley girls really funny about the old guy and the mohawk look :D
Well I’ve been playing my sattelite homes so I hope to have a brief update on the non heirs sometime soon…but my home will be teenage haven as my kiddos friends are coming to spend the week here…lord help me but I think I’ll be in the kitchen constantly cooking stuff and not playing my simmies as I want too :O
Haha. You finally made it back to the Shanley’s. Anyway i hope that you keep the story going as you originally planned because i have a feeling i will like that way better than if you tried to twist it into something else…im talking about hte braytons btw. Anway whatever you decide..im sure it will be just as great an update as the others. Oh and i find myself wondering what kind of computer you have because i decided that im going to buy me a computer..probably fifty years from now..but nonetheless i have decided. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Yay! Shanley update!
I hear you about the genetics… I was rather picky throughout the Zamora legacy (but tapered off towards the end once their genes were strong). So, I guess I am shallow, too! Good luck with that.
As for the next update; I’m waiting in glee to see what Cecily does, but take your time… it is well worth the wait!
Hi Jen.
Woohoo! Shanley update. It’s good to see they are moving along… even if it’s slow and steady. They Brayton are so much drama and romance and intrigue that’s it’s good to just see the lighter side of Jen and her Sims.
Well you know we are all dying to see what twist and turns you will take with the Brayton.
So torture us to much kay Jen.
:)
Oh btw, I loved the mohawk look. That was just so 80’s. lol
Delaney really went through a few incarnations before she found her identity! I loved the mohawk. That’s the sort of thing I did at that age. LOL.
Great to see an update on these guys! I can’t wait to see how their romances pan out :)
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two corrections:
I meant “The” Brayton’s are so much drama and romance and intrigue “that” it’s
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i meant “don’t” torture us too much
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i was too quick to submit my comment that i missed those little details.
I would have posted this a lot earlier,but I was behind on your Legacy Challenge,so just wondering,where did you get all the downloads like the rug in Sierra and Delaney’s childhood room?I think that the bed covers and such are too cute!Awesome blog,I’ve read since the beginning and you really should become an author!You’re so good at writing!Happy Simming,oh and I love the Braytons’ stories!
YES! THE SHANLEYS RETURN!
As you can see, I’m very excited that the Shanleys are back. Did you change their aspirations, or keep them the same? I like knowing what my Sims’ aspirations are. I’ve gone mad!
E-Liz xxx
“*GASP* Is that the One Ring??â€
XD! That had me in tears I was laughing so hard. Very nice!
Hey guys, thanks for the comments, as always! I might go back to alternating between the Shanleys and the Braytons, as far as updates go — the Shanleys are kind of a nice breather between writing episodes of the Brayton saga. ;-)
To answer a couple of questions:
Eva – You asked what kind of computer I have — it’s an IBM ThinkCentre, Pentium 4 2.60 GHz CPU, with 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, and an ATI Radeon 9600 128MB video card. I’m thinking of installing more memory since my Sims 2 game runs very slowly in the Brayton house, but I’m not sure if that will help or not. Best of luck to you in purchasing a new computer!
Ashley – Hello, and thank you! :-) Those bedsheets and the carpet are part of the Coastal Bedroom set by Jasminevs at Spiffy Sims.
It’s nice to hear about the Shanleys angain. It brings back good memories. I remember Nia and Sheldon. I loved them. They are such a good family. I also like Braytons. I love the clothes and funriture. It’s so pretty. I want it!!! Grrr… Your such agood writer. Yous hould write books. I would read evryone. SIMS 2 ROCKS, PEACE OUT!!!!
I am sure that RAM will help your computer go faster lol. Thanks for the help too.
RAM helped me out! I say give it a shot, it is rather cheap and well worth it. Ahhh high textures, how I love thee!
Hee. I loved that “is that the one ring?!” line.
I… really find the genes in my Legacy family important, too. In fact, most recently, I’ve actually used SimPE to change one of their faces a little. And it’s paid off a lot. (My third-generation children were related to Connor somethingorother, who was pretty goodlooking. Those two kids were beautiful. Well, handsome in the son’s case, but still. I had to clone them– I wanted to make sure I didn’t lose them, you know?)
Don’t feel bad about picking the marriage Sims for their looks, it’s not that shallow. I mean… you’re going to have to look at them for a long time, until they die. Why do you have to have ones that you don’t like, eh? :D
Woah, though. Delaney looks so.. I don’t know. Wild. That short hair she has suits her, though.
And, hey! Purple jumpsuits are respectable!
…*crawls off into a corner and weeps over her purple jumpsuits that really don’t exist*
Hey, Jen I might check that Sims 2 maid thingy mingy, out!!!!
THanks a Heap!!!!
From your number 1 fan
JESS!!!!!!
Isabelle – Hi and thanks! You made me all nostalgic for Nia and Sheldon…aww. Just had a weird idea — I think I packaged the Shanleys right after the 2nd gen was born — wouldn’t it be weird to go back and do an “alternate” timeline kind of thing? Have Bree marry Benjamin Long or something instead of Leo the Gardener? Hee!
Eva and Mao – OK, you guys have convinced me, I’m going to buy more RAM with my next paycheck!
Blu – You’ve changed my mind on the whole purple jumpsuit issue. I’m going to make Delaney wear it forever!!! Mwahahah… ;-)
Jessic@ – Good luck with the Sims 2 Maid thingy mingy! I hope it works out for you.
Thanks to everyone for still checking my blog even though I’m not updating as often as I used to. I’ve been working on the next Brayton update for the last four days and am hoping tonight I’ll finally finish. *crosses fingers and toes* It’ll be a nice long one for those of you who like superlong updates.
Do an alternative timeline! Do it! :D
I’ve gotten temporarily distracted by World of Warcraft myself, but I’m still all about the Sims 2.
Brilliant! I love your stories!
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