Jason Lewis: Week 1

We are quite familiar with this duplex, aren't we; in the left semi, the Swain-Gavigan family have been living for what seems like forever. But this week, were are here to visit with Jason Lewis, former landlord and now tenant of his own property - his is the semi on the right side.

Jason became a permanent resident of New Max back in January.

A view from the back reveals no surprises.

Jason is much younger than he looks; in fact, he is at the very beginning of his adult age. Now that he has quit his life raking in profits as a landlord, he dreams of becoming Chief of Staff at New Maximiliania's hospital.
He has plenty of money (see, I knew it!) and starts out with 30,904 Simoleons in his bank account. Funnily enough, the entire Monday goes by without the notice popping up that he must not forget to pay the rent - apparently, it really IS his property :-D

The ground floor holds a garage, a small front room and the kitchen.

Upstairs are two generous bedrooms and two bathrooms as well as a tiny box room. Jason is single (for now) and therefore will only furnish one of the bedrooms.

His next door neighbours, the Swain-Gavigans, are also his friends. But wait - what's that on Sirius Swain's head? Let's zoom in for a closer look.

What the...?! It is a small sculpture of a flying dinosaur! How did THAT end up on Sirius' head, I wonder? Hopefully, this is not the first sign of yet another seriously bugged family!

Anyway! It is Monday evening by now, and Jason accepts Lilo Landgraab's invitation to meet downtown. The taxi pulls up in front of Baliwood Star Lanes.

Lilo herself is of course part of the group, as are Candice Walter, Shaun Singles, Caryl Lee and (not pictured) Clarence Gavigan.

Jason grills ribs for everyone; bowling makes hungry!
He leaves soon afterwards and goes home on his own.

The first thing Jason does on Tuesday morning (after he's been to the bathroom) is to look for a job. Just like yesterday, though, there are no positions in the medical career available.

The rest of the day goes by uneventfully. Jason studies physiology (a wise decision and also his wish - typical for a Knowledge Sim like him), while his neighbours seem to feel very much at home this side of the wall that separates the two semis.

Jason is lucky on Wednesday: He can start on Friday at the hospital, working as a Resident!
One of his wishes that keeps coming up is to be fit, and so he takes advantage of the day off by doing yoga until the desired effect is achieved.

His semi is a veritable hot spot for Sims of all ages! Not only his next door neighbours are almost always there (unless he sends them home for the night and locks the door), today he also has visitors in passers-bys Calvin Broke and Catherine Capp, while at the same time another of his aquaintances rings for a chat.

On Thursday morning, Jason posts his bills and has a chat at the mail box with his neighbours. I am pleased to see that Sirius is now without his funny headdress - I used the move_objects on cheat to "sell" him, and when he reappeared, the glitch was gone.

Now that Jason has gained the physical fitness he so desired, he spurns his friends on to follow suit, and the Swain-Gavigans happily accompany him for a run around the neighbourhood.

When I send Jason to his wardrobe on Friday morning, I find that apart from the well known options such as formal, athletic, everyday and so on, he also has the option to dress "special". Of course I want to know what that means - and find out that Jason has a household help's outfit available. Maybe he started out as a cleaner before he became a landlord.

Speaking of household help, the landlady is busy raking leaves in Jason's back garden. "That used to be my job," Jason thinks.

Speaking of job - today is his first day on the new job! He starts out as a Resident and, thanks to a chance card, gets promoted to GP right away.

Jason has been stargazing with his telescope for good part of the night, and so it is no surprise that it is almost 9:00 before he wakes up on Saturday. But he has the day off, and can pretty much do as he pleases.

After a spot of housework and a few phonecalls, I give in to Jason's wish and send him to a community lot for the second time this week.

He wants to buy new clothes, and as his wardrobe really is rather limited, plus money is not a problem, he has the taxi drop him off at H&M.

While Jason chooses and buys several items, I watch who else is here. There is Calvin Cho, for instance.

Cameron Capp has truly come to the right place - his outfit shouts "replace me!"

Back home, Jason slips into one of his new outfits, suitable for the late autumn day, and spends the rest of the afternoon working on his charisma.

On Sunday morning, Jason has an equally late start, but he is up in time to meet and greet Gunther Ottomas who passes the house on his jogging round.
The day is spent unspectacularly, mostly with the Swain-Gavigans and Gunther as his guests, and with a few phone calls in between.

The week ends with Jason wondering what REALLY is out there. I don't know whether he will ever find out for himself - maybe next time I play him.

Another relaxing and pleasant Sim-week is over. I like Jason, although - or maybe because - there is is nothing special about him. He just goes about his daily life in a quiet, orderly manner, but is friendly with his neighbours and other New Maximilianians.