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One of my old friends that I used to talk to a lot online just had a baby. Yay, Xakana! We haven't talked in a year or so, though, which makes me sad. Don't you hate that? You just sort of quit talking, and it's all *is sad*. I knew she and her husband had been trying for a baby, but I didn't even know she was pregnant until she just posted on VJB that she gave birth last Sunday to a daughter.

Anyway. *Is happy for her.*

My brother bought the Pets thing for Sims 2, so now the computer is even slower. Grr.

I've got a math quiz and a chemistry quiz, the chemistry one over stuff that I was gone both lecture days for and as such I have no idea what we're even doing. And a history project bit due Friday that I really have to find the time to do. And a chemistry lab that evidently was due today that I totally didn't realize we even had to write up. At least my teacher finally coughed up my lab book. She kept claiming that all the books she had were in the folders at the back of the room, and suddenly mine appeared by (though not in) the folders today. Hmm. I wonder. She better not bitch about my lab being late, seeing as how I had to write it all on loose leaf paper and try to keep track of all the info separately because I didn't have the book.

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My friend downloaded got it, and she reckons it's not that great, so I'm not going to buy it.

I wouldn't. It's the same price as these other ones like University, where you got a whole new age group of sims and whole new neighborhood type places and loads of stuff, and this is just "Yeah. You can have a dog. Or cat. Or random other animals. And there's some new animal-type stuff that you can buy. And there's something about sims having turn-ons and turn-offs. But that's it."

Hey, I love it! But then, pets are important to me. The turn on/offs is from Nightlife, which I wouldn't have bought, but a friend got it for me, so it's all good. It turned out to be more fun than I thought it would be. Heh, I used to be a major Sims addict, can you tell?

Hey, I love it! But then, pets are important to me.

I do enjoy it. I don't know if I myself would have bought it (as I'm very stingy with money), but my biggest and main problem with it is the fact that the expansions make the game run really slowly. I completely quit playing it for months at a time because it just took too much time to load and such. But just today I found out what was really causing the slowness--my brother has literally 3 gb of extra content downloaded from the Sims2 website, and the game tries to scan through it all every time you open a menu or something, which makes it really slow--so if I take some of that off (hopefully he won't notice) it should go more quickly.

Is Nightlife any good? My brother really wants that one, but I hadn't heard that there was anything really big in it. Because the turn on/turn off does also come with Pets or University (I don't remember which one, but I know we've got it, so it must be from one or both), and I seem to think that there's something about being able to have cars, but that's all I can come up with.

I used to be a major Sims addict, can you tell?

Just a bit! ;D

I do enjoy it. I don't know if I myself would have bought it (as I'm very stingy with money), but my biggest and main problem with it is the fact that the expansions make the game run really slowly. I completely quit playing it for months at a time because it just took too much time to load and such.

I find it takes longer to load the game, but in game play is only a little longer. Although that's largely because we bought a bigger video card just because of upgrading the Sims 2. The new video card is awesome, though, it lets us watch the computer on the TV, which is helpful since we don't have cable anymore, so we d/l eps of anime from Japan to watch.

But just today I found out what was really causing the slowness--my brother has literally 3 gb of extra content downloaded from the Sims2 website, and the game tries to scan through it all every time you open a menu or something, which makes it really slow--so if I take some of that off (hopefully he won't notice) it should go more quickly.

Yeah, that'll do it alright! I have some extra stuff, but it doesn't slow me down, I dunno why. Maybe because it's only a few little things like makeup, eye color, hair styles and simple clothes without many new meshes. I think objects may take up more memory.

Is Nightlife any good? My brother really wants that one, but I hadn't heard that there was anything really big in it. Because the turn on/turn off does also come with Pets or University (I don't remember which one, but I know we've got it, so it must be from one or both), and I seem to think that there's something about being able to have cars, but that's all I can come up with.

Ahh, THAT'S where the cars came from! Yes, the cars are worth the expansion. You don't miss work or school anymore that way (although you can get in trouble for being late, it's not as bad as missing a whole day). And you can become a vampire, which I find fun--although make damn sure they go to their coffin by 6:59 in the morning! They start dying in the sun pretty fast. And University was before Nightlife and didn't have the turn on/turn off thing. I didn't really want it, but it was still cool to have. I haven't really used it much, but I may if I ever get time to just sit and play for more than ten minutes at a time again.

Anyhoo, glad to see you again!

Been going through my inbox, realized I forgot to reply to this. I manage to lose things in my inbox all the time, tis sad.

Maybe because it's only a few little things like makeup, eye color, hair styles and simple clothes without many new meshes. I think objects may take up more memory.

Oh yeah. Those add up pretty quickly, but the biggest stuff are the crazy complex houses with water gardens and/or shaped like Klingon Birds-of-Prey. Looking at the individual files, it's hard to see how it's that big, but somehow his Sims 2 folder in the my documents spot is more than 3gb. Most of it is not in the downloads place, though, so the majority is other stuff, though I'm not sure what.

You don't miss work or school anymore that way (although you can get in trouble for being late, it's not as bad as missing a whole day).

Oh, that's good. I've run into some annoying glitches about the busses/carpool stuff and the vehicle getting frozen or stuck right there behind a passed out person on the street or accidently deleted or something that ended up with the people never being able to go to work/school again, so if only to avoid that glitch, it's cool. I'm glad they added the still getting in trouble thing, though. Realism is fun.

And you can become a vampire, which I find fun--although make damn sure they go to their coffin by 6:59 in the morning! They start dying in the sun pretty fast.

Ooh. It's not just "Oh, I'm tired, so I'll pass out on the street", but they actually die? Neat. I'm gonna have to pass that on to my brother. He'll undoubtedly start saving money faster. I've realized that when it comes to sims, I should just let him buy all of them and then I'll just use them. Because he's done it with other things my entire life (usually uses them and ruins it too), I should get some payback. ;D

And University was before Nightlife and didn't have the turn on/turn off thing.

Must have been also with Pets, then, because I know I've got it.

I haven't really used it much, but I may if I ever get time to just sit and play for more than ten minutes at a time again.

I know what you mean. I go for months and months without touching it, mainly because it took so much time to load up that once you got your family opened, you were out of time to actually play. Now that I've figured out a way to bypass all of my brother's junk that slows it down, it's not as bad, but stuff is still nuts that it makes it rare that I'm on the computer to do more than check my mail and do a quick lj update.