Danielle Smith: Junior Year

Strangetown has really grown a lot, and we're not ready yet to leave the town but are going to spend a semester at La Fiesta Tech's Tri Fruhm Sorority.

There, we will spend the second half of her Junior Year with (relative) newcomer Danielle Smith - moved in by DJ Verse because of the Smith family residing in Strangetown.

Danielle is a Fortune Sim who dreams of seeing six pets reach the top of their careers - not a lifetime want that involves just leaning back and watching the pets do all the work. Once she'll have graduated in Philosophy (she never rolled the wish for a specific major), there will plenty of work for her, taking care of the pets she will have to adopt or buy.

The other sisters living at the house right now are Tiffany Riley, who can be seen in the background at the chess table...

... Sarah Love and DJ Verse, both Seniors...

... as well as Jessie Pilferson, also a Senior, and Shenene Kim, another relatively recent move-in.

Danielle writes her Term Paper at the pink computer upstairs, pizza at hand.

She is then left pretty much to her own devices, and it is nice seeing the girls spend time together.

I have everyone make phonecalls on a daily base to establish and maintain those all-important friendships. Not all conversations go well, as is obvious from Danielle's face here.

Although she does not do a lot of housework on her own initiative, every now and then she does something without being asked to, such as throwing out the empty pizza cartons that can often be found on one of the desks or in the kitchen.

The campus coach is never far away, and today, first Shenene is ordered to work out...

... and then Danielle. Apart from her default hairstyle for everyday wear (the long brown hair with the pink hat), her other hairstyles were inconsistent and ugly. I have changed that now, and I believe doing her hair up in a tight knot for sports and swimming is more realistic than the chin-length cut she had been given by Maxis.

DJ and Jessie have just graduated, both Summa Cum Laude; DJ in Literature and Jessie in Psychology. Well done, ladies!

Danielle is good friends with Tiffany.

Sarah Love is next to graduate. Hardly surprising, her diploma in Biology also has "Summa Cum Laude" written on it.

Danielle wants to improve her cooking, and the girls politely eat the slightly overdone pancakes she serves them for breakfast the next morning.

 DJ has her graduation party but is not all that interested in her guests - apart from her boyfriend River Smith, of course, who is another "relative" of Danielle's.

After the party, Danielle waves goodbye to the "sister" who originally asked her to join the sorority and move in with the sisters.

Next to throw her graduation party is Jessie.

Having slept through Jessie's party and with 15 hours before her final exam as a Junior. Danielle wakes up all refreshed and ready to tackle the night. (I have also adapted her hairstyle for underwear and nightwear; now it really is the same hair just without the hat.)

She's just gotten up in time to wave Jessie goodbye.

Blossom Moonbeam is now a full member of the sorority and can be asked to move in.

Good old Sarah! Even on the day of her graduation party, she can't leave the cleaning to her sisters.

But eventually, she dons her robe and mortar board, and her party begins.

Before she leaves campus for good, she does her sorority one last service and asks Blossom to move in.

Danielle has just returned from her exam - her Senior Year starts now!

With Sarah boarding the taxi to Strangetown, the last of the original "sisters" leaves, but the sorority is still going strong.

This was only a short stint; because of the girls having joined the sorority at various times, Danielle was only played for this one semester. We'll of course be back here for Shenene Kim, Blossom Moonbeam and Tiffany Riley - and there will be more move-ins.

Now I have to find suitable houses in Strangetown for DJ, Jessie and Sarah.

Tiffany Riley - Sophomore Year

Click here for Tiffany's Freshman year.

The Tri-Fruhm Sorority is our next stop - this time, we're here for Tiffany Riley, the former townie teen made playable when I sent her to college. She is the girl on the left, currently in her Sophomore Year. The girl she is talking to is another member of the sorority, also made playable by me: Shenene Kim.

Three of the original "sisters" can be seen here: DJ Verse, Monica Bratford and Sarah Love. Monica has just graduated, while DJ's Senior Year has begun, and Sarah has another few hours left of her Junior Year. 

Jessie Pilferson is still here, too; she is also a Senior. 

Danielle Smith is the third recent addition to the sorority, made playable by me when I sent her to college. She is a Sophomore like Tiffany Riley. 

The first thing on tonight's agenda is having Monica throw a graduation party. We will catch up with her once she has settled in Strangetown, and the next round has started. 

Then, I make Danielle repair one of the two computers in the house - those Term Papers want to be written.

Tiffany and Shenene chat over their grilled cheese.

The sorority has gone down a level - when Monica left campus after her graduation party and moved to Strangetown to start her adult life true and proper, some friendships went along with her. 

Jessie invites Stella Terrano, Blossom Moonbeam and Klara Vonderstein over. Stella becomes a Pledge upon Jessie's invitation, Blossom declines (she doesn't know and like Jessie well enough), and Klara is now a proper member - only that the sorority member who was best friends with her was Monica, and she's not here anymore to invite Klara to move in. 

Tiffany and Shenene return from class at the same time and autonomously start a pillow fight. 

All that learning and pillow-fighting makes hungry, so Tiffany goes to campus and brings back a steaming hot pizza.

The next day is her end-of-term exam. She sleeps too long to have a shower or even get dressed, but she makes it to her exam. Considering that she didn't write a term paper and did only one single assignment, her B+ grade is surprisingly good. 

Now she needs to do some skilling. Will she write her term paper after that? 

No, she won't! It is one of her recurring wishes to influence someone to write it for her, and whom better to ask than Ophelia Nigmos, who has just become her best friend and is now a pledge to the sorority.

Ophelia duly knuckles down to write Tiffany's term paper. She'll probably move in once her pledge period is over. 

"I miss Monica's cooking... don't you?" Tiffany asks her fellow "sisters" at the table. Monica really was the best cook in the house and always made sure everyone ate well, especially on exam days. 

"Our time here is soon coming to an end, but I know we'll remain best friends for ever", DJ says to Sarah. 

The campus coach finds everything as she feared - girls sitting at the computer, a pizza carton next to them, and nobody doing ANYTHING for their fitness. (That's not quite true, but you know how narrow-minded the coach can be when she wants to make someone work out.)

Who can jump highest with the school cheer? Tiffany! (See? These girls are fit!)

With her term paper firmly under her belt (even though she didn't write it herself), Tiffany gets an A+ at her end of year exam and the full 1,200 Simoleons grant. 

She didn't progress as much as I would have liked her to. There was just always so much to keep track of in the sorority that I did not manage to focus entirely on her. She saw her boyfriend (Christopher Hart) only once this entire year, and had to leave for class nearly as soon as he arrived.

Still, she made friends and did well with not too much effort, and the sorority will keep going - even though with Jessie, DJ and Sarah leaving very soon, quite a few friendships will need to be re-established before they'll be back at their former high level. 

Jessie Pilferson - Junior Year

Click here for Jessie's Sophomore Year - although that post focuses on Sarah Love, Jessie is in the same year.

After a VERY busy student household last week, I am playing another (almost as busy) student house this week: The Tri-Fruhm Sorority. 

This time, the focus is on Jessie Pilferson, who can be seen here just putting the finishing strokes to her Term Paper. Her Junior Year has begun only a few hours before, but she already had all the necessary skills and so set to work on her paper right away. 

Jessie is a Romance Sim who wants to be Hall of Famer one day. This fits her bio: According to Maxis, she "is majoring in psychology, but what she really wants is to be a professional sports star. Maybe she'll learn how to analyze her way into the big leagues some day."

The sorority consists of four original "sisters", one of which is Jessie. The other three are Sarah Love, also a Junior, and Monica Bratford, the oldest girl and only Senior here at the moment... 

...and DJ Verse. 

In the background, you can see a girl at the easel; that's Tiffany Riley. The girl in underwear, holding a blue assignment book, is Danielle Smith. These two are ex-Townie Teens, made playable by me through sending them to college. They were befriended by one or more of the sorority girls, asked to pledge, and once their pledge period was over, moved into the house. 

(The girl on the stairs is an NPC cheerleader of no consequence.) 

Sarah and DJ have returned from their final exams very hugry, finishing their Sophomore Year successfully. Good job there is still some pizza left over, as well as several plates of spaghetti bolognese in the fridge. 

The young man working on an assignment at their kitchen table is Sarah's boyfriend Matthew Hart. She had invited him over to calm her pre-exam nerves this same morning, and he obviously stuck around to wait for her return. 

Do you remember how awkward things used to be between Sarah and Jessie, due to her having a crush on Matthew? This is now entirely and firmly in the past. Jessie can genuinely smile (although she prefers not to look) while the two lovebirds share a kiss next to her dancing to the music from the stereo.

DJ and Danielle mirror each other's posture, concentrating on their assignments, while Monica is studying some skill or other needed for this semester.

You didn't need reminding of what the Sorority house looks like, did you? I still wanted to post a picture of it. With six girls living here now, and all of them bringing in grants, the joint household account stands at about 10,000 Simoleons.

That means the girls can afford to eat well, but our Jessie goes for the cheap and lazy option, wolfing down a bag of crisps for breakfast the next morning. 

She then invites Shenene Kim over and asks her to pledge. She brings along her friend and dorm mate (I think) Christopher Hart. These two are ex-Townie Teens made playable by me, too. 

After class, Jessie needs some fun, and plays catch with DJ for a while. 

Tiffany Riley has been wishing to fall in love with Christopher Hart, and since they have already been best friends and he came over for the day, all it takes is putting her arm around his shoulders and squeezing his hand, with big red hearts promptly appearing for them. Aaaw, love! 

Unfortunately, the campus coach is fully intent on destroying the romantic atmosphere, ordering Tiffany to exercise. Poor Christopher can ignore the coach only for so long before he decides to leave.

Upstairs, I catch Jessie with her hunger bar so low she is close to starvation - how daft of her, when there is a well stocked fridge in the kitchen! I watch her for a little, but decide to intervene when she shows no sign of going downstairs and getting herself something to eat. (I really belive she would have died there and then without my intervention.)

Finally, she makes a fresh batch of spaghetti, and shares it with Sarah. "Isn't it good that we are best friends again," she remarks, and Sarah fully agrees.

The next day, Danielle (who has just finished her Freshman year) sits down at the chess table for a logic skill point she needs this semester. Monica joins her on her own accord. "Jessie's been painting all morning," the younger girl informs her. 

And it's true; there is Jessie, out on the balcony, busily painting away. 

It's exam day for three of the four original sisters, and Monica makes sure "her girls" have a good, wholesome breakfast of home-cooked omelettes before they go. 

Jessie does a spot of kitchen duty afterwards on her own accord.

Certainly, Monica's omelettes were not the main contributing factor, but all three - Monica, DJ and Jessie - return from their end of term exams with spots on the Dean's List and their full grants. 

Sarah happens to return from class at the same time, but she'll have her exam in another four hours. 

Part of the sorority's money is used to invest in better beds, bedside tables and some lamps, as well as a better stove for the kitchen.

One of the skills Jessie needs to complete her Junior year is charisma, and here she is, practising a speech in front of the mirror.

She only interrupts that when Monica makes Mac & Cheese for all. 

The next morning, I find Jessie and Danielle in an animated conversation (and in their undies) in the upstairs hallway.

DJ and Tiffany enjoy a water balloon fight. 

It looks as if Jessie's Term Paper has not progressed much yet, but these are in fact the last lines she's been typing before patting herself on the shoulder for having completed it.

She then discovers the joy of the RC car until Sarah serves Grandma's Comfort Soup and she relents the remote control to Danielle. 

Tiffany has been visiting campus, but instead of the usual pizza, she has bagged something else. What is it?

A cheap desk... um... great, I suppose :-D And she's put it the wrong way round, too. Never mind! The girls can really do with a second desk and computer to write their term papers at, and so this one is set up properly downstairs, while the first one is in the upstairs hallway. 

When Monica and Sarah sit at the kitchen table together, it is usually with a wholesome meal. Not so for Jessie and DJ. These two aren't all that interested in healthy eating, unless someone else does the cooking.

That evening, Shenene Kim's Pledge period is over, and Jessie has just asked her to move in. This latest addition to the Sorority is a Sophomore. Her aspiration is Pleasure, and she wishes to become a Criminal Mastermind.

The next day, all the girls really do is get ready for their final exam. For Monica, it really was the FINAL exam - she won't ever have to sit another one in her life and has just graduated Summa Cum Laude in Art. Soon, I will find her a place to live in Strangetown. 

Jessie and DJ both have finished their Junior Year very well. For them, their Senior Year has begun. 

Sarah is a few hours behind, and the other girls' calendars are all over the place anyway - which doesn't matter, as I will simply stick to the alphabetical list and focus on them when it is their turn. 

Anyway, with this year's focus being on Jessie, this is where I leave the Tri-Fruhm Sorority - until next time!