“Do you thumb your beak at me, sir?â€
Calhoun even taught Capulet how to talk.
“All that glitters is not gold *SQUAWK!*â€
Alas, Capulet suffered the same fate as his would-be rival, Montague. I watched carefully this time, however, and I think this is what happened: he ate himself to death. Has anyone else had this happen to their birds? I’m pretty sure it’s a glitch. He just kept eating the bird food as quickly as they could fill it up. And as soon as it went empty, he dropped dead. This was after he had been eating ALL DAY. So there’s no way he starved to death. Anyway. No more birds for me until they fix that. It’s too traumatizing.
And now we have some other glitches, but these are minor and don’t affect gameplay. They just look weird. First what I call the “kibble glitchâ€, even though I can’t tell if it’s bird food or dog food. As soon as the kids bought a bird cage, I started seeing this kibble flying from their hands, but it happens only for a second after I pause and then unpause the game.
“This kibble works better than a loofah!â€
And here they play with an invisible kicky bag. Either that or they’ve spent one too many hours on the bubble machine.
“Maybe if we stare at the ground long enough, it’ll magically appear!”
That’s right, I finally broke down and bought them a darned bubble machine. The carousel music works well with the Edwardian setting, and when they float up into the air, it makes me think of the “I Love to Laugh†scene in Mary Poppins. But they spend too much time on it. Even Coriander the Knowledge Sim can’t get enough of the crazy bubbles.
“Do you know what ‘TR’ stands for? Terrifically ridiculous! Bahahahaaaaa!â€
He managed to break away from the infernal contraption long enough to propose to his college sweetheart, Clytemnestra (who moved back into the dorm after the three cousins left). Cori and Cly have three lightning bolts and are so in LURVE that it’s almost sickening.
Clytemnestra: “So does this mean I get to move into Burr Cottage with you, my darling? Or were you only after some aspiration points?â€
Coriander: “To be honest, it was only for aspiration points…but don’t get mad! It’s because I’m not sure if you can move into Burr Cottage. We’ve got this weird legacy thing going on, and…â€
Wrong answer, Cori.
I guess he hasn’t quite worked out the whole romantic finesse thing yet. Unlike our heiress Camellia, who is well on her way to capturing the hearts of every male – whether human or llama – at Fernley College.
“Oh my, Mr. Llama…you do know how to make a woman blush.â€
(That’s another one of her boyfriends looking on – big oops there. He hates her now, but she’s still in love with him, so I think he counts towards fulfilling her LTW of “Have 20 Simultaneous Loves.†Although they’ll probably fall out of love before I get that far. Dangit.)
The llama mascots always intrigue me…until I get them out of their llama costumes.
“So, like, where’s the bubble machine?â€
Sigh. Please put the llama suit back on. Thank you.
One of Camellia’s other beaux, Christoph Caster, snuck onto the porch one night and left her a piano.
I just love how they tiptoe stealthily up to the house, plop a huge honking piano onto the ground, then tiptoe stealthily away. Yeah. As if no one’s going to hear THAT.
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Public Service announcement guy is GREAT! Did you make him?
He looks like a character…
Oh my God, Jen! That was HILARIOUS! Definitely worth the wait. The dead birds had me cracking up so bad. I have yet to have that happen, and a few families have had their birds for quite a bit now. Maybe it’s just bad luck?
Oh boy, and the public service announcer man can announce for me *anytime*! ;)
Hahahah, this update was great! I absolutely LOVE your blog, Jen. It’s really great. You have a great sense of humor. Could I use the word great any more times? I just bought a bird for one of the offshoots of my legacy, I hope it doesn’t do anything, and I hope it doesn’t die! Anyway, I think we are all IN LOVE with the Burrs. You really have a hit!
That was great! I laughed at the Romeo and Juliet reference hee hee. What an adorable kitty and doggie! Disney names huh? The Little Mermaid is one of my favorites! The kibble in the shower thing made me laugh too XD. I can’t wait to see Generation 4! :)
Woo! Burr update! Wait, I think I’ve heard that one before… Anyway, go Burrs! I’m so jealous of you guys with Pets! Camelia looks alright now that her scary man eating hat is gone. What happened to Coriander though?
LOL. That was such a great update! Man, I’ve been waiting for so long for a new Burr’s update and that was definitely worth the wait! :] I am so excited that Ariel and Sebastian are now part of the Burr’s, that is just so cool! I hope you enjoy playing with them and I hope everyone who reads the blog enjoys reading about them :) Thanks again!
OMG, I loved the poker face one, that made me laugh. He’s just adorable… aw.
And the waiter, lmao. I have NEVER had that happen to my Sims! I just loved the animation for that, I can’t get over it.
And the birds, how sad! They just keep dropping dead, don’t they? That happened to me too, but it was acctually my fault because I didn’t realize it was hungry, lol.
GREAT update! I cannot WAIT for more!
Sydonie – Yeah, the PSA guy was another refugee from my Westward Ho! Challenge ‘hood. I just moved ’em all over to Northcliff so I’d have some Victorian-looking “extras” walking around. Of course, they’ll start to look funny in a couple of generations…
Mao – So that bird thing hasn’t happened to you, eh? Maybe it’s a University thing…
Katie – Thanks so much! I hope your bird has a long life, too!
Jadice – Thanks, glad someone got the Romeo and Juliet reference! Hehee.
Josh – I hate to tell you this, but…Camellia is still wearing a scary man-eating hat. It’s just black instead of pink. And Coriander is there — he’s just wearing a hat now, too. He’s in there getting scared by the wolf (who isn’t wearing a scary man-eating hat but is still very scary).
Heyyyyy! awsome update Jen! I LUV the Burrs, Sebastian and Ariel are sooo cute! BRAVO! BRAVO! Could you possibly do a Ravelos update?
Wow, I must say, that PSA guy has somethin’ about him. And your Romeo and Juliet comment had me cracking up, especially because I am currently fiddling around with Veronaville, making a kind of modern Shakespeare thing. We’ll see how that goes. But, as always, good job! I eagerly await your next post!
Oh Jen, I just love the Burrs and they have all turned out so cute (you have great sim genes)! All the new pets in the house are terrific and I love the idea of naming them after Disney characters. Can’t wait for another update!
RAVELOS wit a soda on da side.hey jen great post but i need RAVELOS With a soda on Da side…!!!!….(shelly1178)
Awesome, I was waiting for another Burr update….
Congrats on finally finishing Uni, I can never quite finish Uni in my prosperity challenges. I also really like all of the new pets you have tried, birds aren’t that fragile in real life….trust me, I have two (Sammy and Sandy).
I also like the guy you picked to be the third generation spouse, he looks great! And I’m guessing you’ll only giving them one kid, them being romance sims and all?
Anyway, great update and I can’t wait for the next!
Hmm did you let the bird fly around for a bit? OMG when I first saw the wolf, I was playing a satelliate house and was Lyris, get in the house now! Anyways great update as always!
Clytemnestra looks very dangerous wielding a pillow. Kind of like an action here, but with a big hat and bustle instead of tank-tops and short-shorts
That should be action hero :$
As always ma’am, you provide the best inspiration. :D I love the work you put into the intro pic! I thought that was something you were only doing with the Shady Bluff stories, I’m glad it seems to be the new overall thing. =) It gives that extra different edge to things.
I still only have played around with dogs and cats myself, I haven’t touched the guinea pigs, birds nor the new fish. The only bug I’ve encountered so far is a really weird ‘shivery hair’ one in CAS. XD
The Ravelos have some very enthusiastic fans, but personally I’m a Jenba-o-holic: I’ll read anything and everything! Though. *shifty eyes* More Shady Bluff? =) I want to see what happens to Kaylynn!
Great update, Jen! (Isn’t that how ALL my posts start out?!)
Oh my gosh… a Pembroke Welsh Corgi!! Those are probably my favorite dogs ever. All of the pets are absolutely adorable. How sad about the birds. :-( I’m a huge bird-lover so two bird deaths, one right after the other, would probably send me over the edge emotionally. I can’t believe Sebastian really destroyed the sofa! I don’t have Pets yet, but I’ve heard about cats ruining furniture. I never pictured couches disappearing into oblivion though. Yikes!
I’m sort of late on replying so most people already took the words out of my mouth. The kibble really cracked me up, as did no-eyebrow-lady and public-service-announcement-guy.
Bravo!
Hi Jen! I just discovered your blog and I have to tell you that my favorite is the Burr’s!!! I just finished reading all their storiesa nd I want you to know that they are so good!! I just can’t stop reading! oh, my name is Paula!
awwww, the birds are just so sad… i can’t believe they keep dying! Altho I do looooove the dog and kitty! the Kitty looks like mine at home!!
Keep the Burr’s coming!! i want to hear about generation 4 soon please!
Aw, poor birds! Now I’m going to be afraid to let my Sims have a bird when I get the Pets expansion pack, lol. ;)
Yay for getting through university! I like the extra wants slots and locks and careers that it lets the Sims have, but it gets so tiresome to go through each generation. :(
Wow you get so many comments before i comment, what its only been a day right lol. The day will come when I’m te first to comment i know it… Hehe anyways that was a great update, you had me cracking up the whole time. The big hats remind me of when I saw a big party of old women walk into a restaurant with big, bright red hats. I think they were called the Red hat society or something lol. Keep updating this often i luv it!
That was a hilarious comment Jen, (who isn’t wearing a scary man-eating hat but is still very scary). That made me laigh. Guess what, I knwo I sound like a loser right now, but As soon as I’m done writing this, I’m getting Nightlife!!! Wooo! (I finally saved up enough of my measly paycheck…)
Jen, you’re a natural when it comes to coming up with funny, witty dialogue to go with your pictures. Loves this update! I haven’t heard of the issue with the birds eating themselves to death. I just know a lot of people are very unhappy with the Body Shop that got shipped with Pets.
i love this so much!!! good job! keep the legacies coming!
Great update Jen! I enjoyed seeing the Burrs’ again! They all look so darn lovely! And the new pets look so cute! Way to go Leslie! I can’t wait to see the next generation!
YES!!!!!! THIS ROCKS!!!! I can’t wait for the 4th generation baby is born!!!!
Your stories always make me feel like writing (and many people consider this a good thing) The Burrs are always entertaining. I loved seeing the little Basils at college, and I love the new pets as well. They seem to fit into the family well. Birds, tragic as it may be, are pretty realistic aren’t they? Sad. I also experienced the hovering kibble, but didn’t know what it was. You get such great expressions in your pictures, it’s a true inspiration, and I agree that it is good to be back at Burr Cottage, although I LOVED the Grumpy Badger (or whatever the club was called – LOL) Which reminds me. I once saw a bumper sticker that said “I poke badgers with spoons”
You could always download TwoJeff’s pregnancy hack, and then Calhoun and Diamond could have their little gene-included babies and–
DEAD BIRD.
OH DEAD BIRD. WHY MUST YOU BE DEAD?!
I, uh. Forgot to finish the first sentence, then switched away from my notepad window back to the entry window and scrolled down, and said “!” upon seeing the dead bird. (oh, dead bird!)
I’ve heard of other people experiencing that kibble glitch, too! It makes me almost glad that I don’t have pets yet, all of these graphical errors. (I need my graphics for pictures, man. But that create-a-pet looks so appealing…) But, it still looks fun!
XD I love that picture of the boys staring intently and happily at the ground. They look like they’re going “oh, yes, I see. This ground is MOST fascinating, isn’t it?” “Why, yes it is. I believe this stone is from… blah blah blah, etc.”
I love those pillowfighting shots, too! I haven’t ever seen Sims pillowfight in my own game (no Uni for me… EVARRR. Okay, YETARRR.)
I’m almost 100% sure that the “X number of lovers” thing counts for people that the Sim in question is in love with. No reprociation needed!
Oh, hee hee. I laughed out loud at the piano thing. To be honest, I never really thought about it. “*tiptoetiptoetiptoe PLONK PLINK THUNK PLINK PLINK tiptoetiptoetiptoe*”
I love Mr. Public Service Announcement, as well! I think the world needs more people like him.
Also, he looks like he’s going to sit down to smoke a pipe with ol’ mr. brick.
I don’t know why with Mr. Brick! Ask him!
Ah, wonderful comment, Jen. And I do so hope to be getting The Sims 2: Pets, as well. But, in the meantime, I’m working on a very new blog. Just click my name.
i love this. But i wuz woundering, are there any new hair styles or clothes for sims in the sims 2 pets.
please answer this question
I can answer that. :D No new hairstyles, no new clothes. There’s a couple of new furniture sets, but otherwise they’ve focused on game modifications (i.e the pets themselves and everything that comes with them, the ability to switch floors around to create new patterns, the ability to choose pictures from a folder on your computer to make paintings from) and some new building additions. Oh, and there’s new floors and wallpapers, ‘course, as well as two new beddings.
I love the Burr’s. Hehe… I feel so sorry for the woman who lost her eyebrows though… who knew changing clothes was so dangerous. Maybe they got stuck in a zipper or something when she was pulling them over her head. But I guess they haven’t got zippers yet =). I am having problems with pets too… I can no longer see my wants which means it is pretty useless to play right now because I am just making my sims unhappy (but I guess it would be good if I was playing the ISBI challenge. I wish Maxis would hurry up and patch =(. Oh yeah… I forgot to say… my bird died almost straight away too… as soon there was no food… it was very tragic =(.
I think it’s crazy how birds die so easily… It seems like no one can keep their bird alive for that long in the Sims 2, haha. :]
Hey, Jen? When can we get the next update? :)
If letting the bird fly around for a bit makes them die…that would explain why the bird I bought is now dead. Poor Loui. I can’t WAIT for the next update. I think I’m going into withdrawal. Darn convulsions. BTW I only had the bird for a day. Poo.