i’ve started playing this again. last time i gave up rather quickly when i couldn’t really figure out how to build a house. luckily that has been remedied. i’ve not only learned how to build my house, and furnish it w/ all my stuff, but i even got a job. every a.m. from 9-3 i am a mail room worker. i make sure i feed the dog before i go. i cook, i clean, i study; unless of course i am too depressed or filled w/ such self-hatred i don’t even want to look at myself in the mirror. i used to do these things in my real life. now i find i don’t have time. my sim life has taken over. it takes me roughly 3 hours to read the paper! apparently not only am i self critical but i’m slow. could this be the reason why dan doesn’t like me? sim dan showed up one day when i left my door open. i had just moved into the neighborhood. he said, “hi”, then proceeded to do my dishes. he used my bathroom, then kicked me out when i tried to walk in. next thing i know he’s asleep in my bed w/my dog. so, i’m thinking, “he likes me”. normal assumption, but no. i call him from the town square and ask him to meet me. sim dan says, “sure, i’ll come meet you. i’d rather eat raw squid.” he’s a real charmer. the fucker slept in my bed, w/my dog, and used my bathroom, and he won’t even come talk w/me? that’s not all. there’s some other girl in town that doesn’t like me. i saw her use the universal “no” sign through the pic of my head when she was talking to someone else. what? i was nice to her. i told her a joke. i bet she’s in cohorts w/dan. i hope they have a happy sim life together while i shut off the game and go back to my real life, w/my sometimes jerky, but always willing to talk to me, real boyfriend. take that dan!