Oh my, things are getting awkward in this dorm. I’m not sure if I’ll let them speak this post, it may just be better if I give you my outside perspective.

Matt decided he wanted to learn about physiology, incredibly ambitious of him. This ended up resulting in Matt having a super-human ability to learn new skills. By the end of this year, he’ll have maxed body, obtained half of the skill points for creatively and cooking, along with at least one point in each of the other skills. Unfortunately, this is a game glitch. 😦 I got a hack that is supposed to fix it, but it didn’t fix Matt. At first, I thought it had as his logic-building ability was at a normal level. However, when he started painting it shot back up again. So, even with super-human powers, Matt isn’t the brightest bulb. I hope the hack prevents future Sims from having this condition, as it will make the game too easy and I’ll have to forbid them from studying physio. Oh, and this slowed my progress down immensely as I had to find, download, and setup the hack. So, you can blame Matt for the low post count this weekend.

While Matt’s charm leaves every woman he walks by shooting a stream of pink hearts from the tops of their heads, Avery has a hard time even befriending one.  Actually, over this semester I’ve developed an attachment to Avery as his inability to communicate with women is hilarious and I also feel terribly bad for him. His main problem is that he likes to joke around…a lot. Apparently, most sim women do not like a man who starts every conversation with a joke or prank. The above woman, Cathy, has really messed with Avery’s head. These two are absolute enemies…they argue, poke each other in the chest, slap each other, and…

…get into fistfights on a regular basis. I’ve discovered that I constantly need to check on Avery in order to prevent him from being in a constantly bad mood due to Cathy. They battle multiple times a day. It’s INSANE. I’ve concluded that there has to be some weird sexual tension between the two that causes them to seek each other out several times a day, but they can’t stand each other, so they use each other as a bunch bag to take out their frustrations.

Harper adopted a wormrat she named Panda. At first, Panda lived in her room; however, Panda’s squeaky wheel kept waking her up. So, now Panda lives in the hall where he gets tons of affection from the rest of the dorm. Panda has a good life.

Seeing her best friend’s difficulties with Cathy, Harper decided to study anger management to prevent a similar situation from happening to her in the future. Harper doesn’t like confrontation and wishes everyone would just get along (and eat Grilled Cheese, and play with Panda).

A magic lamp was left on the doorstep. Cameron found it, rubbed it, and out popped a genie! The genie offered to grant Cameron three wishes. Being a fortune Sim, Cameron wished for wealth…and it worked! The dorm funds are very well off now. Cameron was satisfied with the results of his first wish, so left the other two for his friends. Avery wished for the power to cheat death. We have yet to test to see whether it worked. The final wish went to Harper, as Matt was busy on a date with Cathy (yes, Matt is totally woohooing his good friend’s mortal enemy). Harper wished simply for peace of mind, and she has been happy ever since.

Matt has worked his butt off…in a somewhat literal sense, as he is now in excellent physical condition. He’s got to be for the ladies, you know.

Matt takes his wooing (and woohooing) seriously. He took Aurora out to a fancy restaurant and let her order anything she wanted from the menu (while mentally thanking Cameron for the wealth wish!). They had a romantic evening, which they capped off with a woohoo in the photobooth.

The boys decided with their new-found wealth to make a purchase to improve the quality of life in the dorm, so they invested in a bubble blower. So far, it’s been a good investment.

While on his date with Aurora, Matt found his next true love.

And we know where that led.

The only female who responds well to Avery is his best friend, Harper. Avery and Harper are, surprisingly, very close. Harper’s seriousness makes this an unlikely pairing, so I find their friendship an intriguing puzzle. It developed entirely on its own accord, as I tried to keep the contestants from fraternizing all that much. Avery pulls pranks and tells jokes to Harper, but she enjoys it. Who said serious Sims don’t have a sense of humor?

Here is the awkward and difficult part. Avery has a crush on Harper. I’m fairly certain if I allowed a single romantic interaction to occur, they’d be done for an out of the competition. Sigh. The romantic in me is half tempted by this! But alas, they are here for a reason.

Compounding this issue is the fact it seems to be…well, mating season in the dorm. ALL the contestants are popping romantic wishes, not just Matt. In fact, all of Avery’s wishes at the present time are romantic ones.

So, I attempted to divert his attention away from Harper and to the lovely maid….

But she denied him a simple conversation…he didn’t even attempt a joke.

Poor Avery, you are hopeless man.

So, that wraps up this year. What’s that? What about Cameron? Oh, he’s still around…but….hmm…he didn’t really do anything *interesting* this semester. He’s a quiet drama-free guy at the moment. He is saving money to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a…space pirate.

All the Simmies scrapped by with passing marks again:

Avery- GPA 3.5

Cameron- GPA 3.1

Harper- GPA 2.5

Matt- GPA 2.2