Gameplay: October 11th 2009

Headed in to Pleasantview to play the Tellerman family for a few simdays.  It consists of Komei Tellerman (ex-townie) and his wife Jodie, who used to be Jodie Larson.  They have a teenage daughter named Meidie (a pleasure sim).  They both work in the medical career; Komei as a Specialist and Jodie as a General Practitioner.  Jodie is an elder now.  Meidie is going steady with Randy London and they couldn't be happier.  The family also has a dog named Brandy and a cat named Alice, who do not get along at all.

On Wednesday, Brandy became an elderly old pooch.  Meidie got home from school and being a good student, quickly plowed through her homework.  Komei got home from work in the meantime and settled down at the outdoor chess table to practice.  Meidie decided to buy a new stereo, as the family was recently burgled.  Happy with her purchase, she and townie Rodney Jung enjoyed the sunshine and played catch for a while.  Then an awful thunderstorm broke out.  Jodie got home at six and invited her BFF Daniel Pleasant over to hang out.  A fire broke out when lightning struck, and poor Komei was beside himself with frenzied panic until the rain put it out.  Meidie decided she'd show off her mad rhyming skills with some freestyling in the hope of some tips.  Everybody subtly made fun of her except her uncle Jason, who tipped her $25.  You can always count on your relatives to humor you, no matter how bad you suck...

Jodie misinterpreted everybody's reactions to her daughter's "talent", and decided that the atmosphere was perfect for a house party.  She also took a good look at old Brandy and realized it was time he retired from his work as a Guard Pet.  He's now earning a nice puppy pension of $71 a day.  Jodie also decided it was time she upgraded her crappy old car to a new beige Yomoshoto Evasion.  She settled down with a book on the couch to gain a much needed mechanical point, as did Komei.  Meanwhile, the party was definitely not jumping.  Lilith Pleasant and Allyn Harris, two of the guests, had two fights in the backyard, and then another in the bathroom, all of which Allyn won.  The party ended up being a complete disaster.
Thursday started with Brandy and Alice having a fight at 4am.  Alice won.  Jodie woke up and played some darts to try to cheer herself up after last night's lousy party.  Meidie gained herself a cleaning point with some general household maintenance.  The guy from Will's Garage dropped by to offer Jodie membership.  Finally some recognition.  Komei got up and practiced his chess skills until it was time to go to work.  While at school, Meidie had the choice of learning cello or trumpet in music class.  She chose cello, she strikes me as a cello player.  She ended up being great at it and gaining some music enthusiasm.  While everbody was at work and school, the pets had another fight and Alice won again.  Upon arriving home from school, Meidie was offered membership at My Muse Music & Dance Studio.  She settled down quickly to get her homework out of the way.  Komei was promoted to Surgeon and came home to immediately see another lightning strike cause another outdoor fire.  With her homework out of the way, Meidie called up Randy London to ask him on a date, which of course he accepted.  They went to Speedy's Fast Lanes Bowling and Eats.  They spent a lot of time outside slow dancing in the moonlight until Katy Bui the Atrociously Evil Witch showed up to cause a downpour and cockroaches galore.  They moved the date inside immediately and went bowling, then spent the rest of their time advancing from chaste kissing to heavy petting.  The date went on until after midnight and was a dream date, leaving Meidie full of energy and smiles.  She headed home.  Komei settled down for a few hours of SSX3 on the computer while Jodie threw another party, which went much better than the previous day's party and was a roof raiser.  Meidie got the urge to be accepted in to private school, so she invited the headmaster for dinner the following day and started madly cleaning the house to make a good impression.  She also bought a new TV to replace the one that was burgled, and upgraded her stereo.  She settled down with a book to gain a cooking skill point and after that decided that since she wasn't tired, she'd do an all-nighter.  She then practiced guitar for a while and gained a creativity skill point.  Komei also stayed up all night to gain a cleaning point that he needed.  He only managed to grab an hour's sleep before he had to go to work.
On Friday Jodie settled down to practice chess and gain a much needed logic point before work.  The pets had yet another fight, but this time Brandy won.  Meidie once again got her homework done immediately upon arriving home.  Komei got home from work and went straight to bed, as he was about to pass out from exhaustion.  Jodie was promoted to Specialist.  The headmaster was a no-show.  Hrm... Jodie invited her buddy Daniel Pleasant over to hang out again.  Meidie's all nighter caught up with her and she was in bed by 8pm.  The pets had one last fight and Alice won.  Jodie threw another house party, but it was a total snoozer and she was totally crushed.  There were many bouts of uncontrollable tears.  Komei woke up at an awkward midnightesque time, which will destroy his sleeping patterns for a while, no doubt.  He grew up well in to an elder.  He settled down in the early hours of the morning to practice chess, and a strange thing occured.  The middle of summer, Komei was almost overheated just from being outdoors, and the penguin walked by.  Weird....

Does anybody know what causes headmaster no-shows?  I've had it happen a couple of times now....