I’ve been building and designing and taking pics right and left, but I keep forgetting to post any here, and dead blogs are pointless, so…here are some pics from my gameplay in Greater Los Aniegos last night. GLA is a custom world created by Coasterboi, and one of the amazing things about it is that it doesn’t require any custom content. That fact is even more amazing when you take a look at the world and the sheer variety in buildings and landscape. This world is huge, very detailed, and feels very southern California (even though I’ve never been there). The lag wasn’t too bad on my computer, though I did run into one routing issue which froze my game (I’ve let Coasterboi know about that one).

Here is my Sim, Morna Fitzner, on her first day in Los Aniegos. Like many Sims before her, she has moved to the big city to see if she can become rich and/or famous. But really, since her Lifetime Want is to be a Renaissance Sim, she wants to explore and learn stuff — the rich/famous thing would be just a bonus.

Unfortunately she’s quite poor at the moment and has to live in a cheap, slightly squalid apartment across from the airport.

She also has a great view of warehouses, cranes, a vast expanse of chain-link fencing…

…and a film studio. Well, at least she’s close to downtown. But it’d be nice to live in one of those houses on the hills, she thinks. All in due time.

For now, she uses all but a few hundred Simoleons to buy some curtains (privacy is important, even when you’re living in squalor), a dresser, a radio, an end table, and some more lamps, to keep the cockroaches out of sight. She sits in her tiny apartment, quite happy with her surroundings…

…until 5 minutes later when her fidgetyness overtakes her, and she decides to do some exploring. Sure, she should probably look for a job, but as long as she can continue to afford her organic autumn salads and the occasional happy hour drink, she’s fine for a few days at least. Might as well enjoy the sunshine!

While crossing the highway, she spies her first celebrity…it’s Lady Lala! At least, it looks like Lady Lala. But why is she running like a bat out of hell down Interstate 99? Are the paparazzi hot on her trail?

Morna thinks about just letting the poor woman be, but a sudden desire to meet somebody famous rises within her, and against her better sensibilities, she goes chasing after Lala, calling her name. Much to Morna’s surprise, Lady Lala stops and turns around, and even graciously gives her an autograph.

It’s not one of Morna’s prouder moments, acting like a starstruck fool, but Lady Lala is like, the biggest celebrity in the world for at least another fifteen minutes, and she can’t resist taking this opportunity to rub elbows with her.

She tries to impress Lady Lala by telling her about her own interest in music, and Lala smiles approvingly in return, but when Morna goes too far and starts talking about how she doesn’t know how to play any instruments or do anything at all, really, except chase after celebrities, hahaha, Lala looks away uncomfortably and says, “Um…I have to get back to my run…”

With that, she takes off like a shot down the highway, and Morna is left alone to explore again. Dazzled by her encounter with possibly the most famous person in Greater Los Aniegos, she wanders around downtown in a bit of a daze, taking in the scenery.

She finds herself at the beach just as the sun is starting to set, and starts up a conversation with a stylist named Terry. Or was it Jenna? Ah well, Morna has a terrible memory for names, but at least she has made a new friend on her first day in LA.

Morna loves the beach and the beautiful views, especially of the Rainbow Room club, with all of its colorful lights…

…and the rugged coastline, stretching out to sea.

She introduces herself to another beachgoer named Dustin…or was it Justin? and they dance by a firepit.

After a bit of boogieing down, Morna asks Dustin if he wants to get some food, since her stomach is screaming at her, but he’s too tired and heads home instead. Morna heads into the Rainbow Room to eat, but there aren’t any serving staff present (not sure why that happened, as other clubs had mixologists on duty), so she tries the Cobra Room up the street.

Once there, she only has time to hit the bathroom quick before realizing she’s too tired to eat and grabs a taxi home, which makes her grumpy as she’s eco-friendly and doesn’t like to ride in a car by herself. Time to buy a bicycle, apparently.

That’s it for now…thanks for reading, and Happy Simming!