Round 21 Outtakes

Warning: nudity

Forgive me for this brief foray back into Round 21 before the first real update of Round 22 this morning! I've had this entry sitting in Blogger as a draft for almost a month and I've been adding to it as I go along (which is probably how I'm going to do most of the outtakes from now on) so I thought I'd better release it before we got too far into Round 22.

Some are funny pics, some are just ones I thought were cool and didn't get into an update, for whatever reason.

First up are a bunch of pics from the Sitkos' trip to the Far East.

Kirstin took issue with this man standing outside their hotel. His name is Tyson Dawn.

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Round 21 Summary + tax rundown

This round, I started doing taxes again. I'd stopped doing them for a while because I was using Bigger Bills and many of my Sims were way too poor to pay! So I got discouraged and pretended the taxes were part of the bills.

I've taken that hack out now though and am doing taxes manually again. I've decided my Sims will pay taxes every 4 years - they paid in 2013 this round, so the next taxes won't be until 2017.

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Ask her to dance

Round 21: Spring 2014
Principal Augustin Novak is 59, Teacher Tatiana Lachance is 31, Nicholas Moretti, Aaron Novak and Calvin and Troy Clarke are all 11, Sarah Carmody is 9, Ethan Novak and Matilda Jacobson are both 8, Adrienne Novak is 7 and Rebecca Kirby and Tessa Novak are both 5.

It's time once again to visit Sullivan Primary School and infants teacher Tatiana Lachance is once again heavily pregnant. Tatiana tries to put her swollen ankles and aching back out of her mind and puts a smile on her face to greet one of the new kindergarteners, Tessa Novak.

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Napoleon says

Round 21: Spring 2014

Last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 59, Naomi is 39, Owen is 37, Adrienne is 7 and Malcolm is 4.
(Georgette is 74, Kirstin is 31 and Camilla and Lila are both 1)

Narrated by Owen Novak

I didn't get a promotion. Again. I work my ass off at that firm and I'm still only a paralegal. Naomi says she doesn't care but I feel like I should be able to contribute to our family a lot more than I do.

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Supernova

Round 21: Spring 2014

Nicholas's last update/last update/Nicholas's next update/next update

Pascal Lachance is 72, Mina is 64, Abigail is 31 and Nicholas Moretti is 11.
(Jonas is 36, Tatiana is 31, Dominic is 4, Audrey is 2, Caleb is 32, Cara is 25 and Jesse is 29)

Narrated by Abigail Lachance

Things have - finally - been going well for me lately! Jesse proposed to me, after being together for 4 years and I've been walking around on Cloud 9!

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On my way

Round 21: Spring 2014

last updates: Jesse and Evan/Eliot

next updates:Jesse/Eliot/Evan

Jesse Carmody is 29, Eliot Novak is 28 and Evan Moretti is 25.
(Abigail is 31, Cordy is 21 and Ione is 18)

Narrated by Evan Moretti

Once Amelia got married and moved out of the house, Jesse and I were short on rent and needed a new room-mate.

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Spring 2014 birthdays

This spring in Sullivan, we have three little girls turning 1!

The first is Sophie Gottlieb, whose mother is already missing the baby stage and wants another. Wade would rather wait a little while longer!

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Suffragette

Round 21: Winter 2014

Last update/next update

Arianna Weaver is 59, Liam is 51, Jonas Lachance is 36, Tatiana is 31, Jacob is 13, Dominic is 4 and Audrey is 2.
(Patience is 12)

Narrated by Tatiana Lachance

Jonas and I got some good news this winter - I'm pregnant! I'm due in autumn next year.

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Line it up

Round 21: Winter 2014

last update/next update

Leo and Kit Royce are both 54 and Asha is 17.
(Caterina Nihill is 59, Zaria Royce is 26, Joshua Royce-Nihill is 3 weeks old and Luc Lane is 21)

Narrated by Asha Royce

Since Abhijeet died, I've been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. I barely reacted at all when they announced it at school - in shock, I guess. After that, whenever I wasn't at school, I was moping around in my room.

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Winter 2014 birthdays

Not exactly a birthday, as he doesn't turn 22 until next year but Luc Lane has graduated and is back in Exeter, living in his mother's house. He's working in the culinary career right now, as a Host but hopes to eventually get his big break in the music industry.

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The golden path

Round 21: Autumn 2014

last update/next update

Tate Benton is 44, Zelda is 39, Josie is 12 and Jack and Charlie are both 2.
(Leontine is 72 and Finn, Claudia and Victoria are all 13)

Narrated by Tate Benton

Our family has changed so much over the last two years. Our daughter Josie is now 12 and has already decided she wants to be a doctor. Of course, we don't want to pressure her but I think all of our chess games helped her earn the genius grant scholarship she was recently awarded.

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Forever

Round 21: Autumn 2014

Last update/next update

Charlton and Aphrodite Nihill are both 69, James Novak is 39, Madelyn is 34, Aaron is 11 and Ethan is 8.
(Zelda is 39 and Troy is 11)

Narrated by Madelyn Novak

Zelda finally had a couple of hours away from her kids to come and see me. Despite how busy she is these days (after an adoption and a surprise pregnancy), she just loves having a big family.

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The Clarke-Draper wedding

It's autumn in Sullivan, which means Lake Draper and Kendal Clarke's wedding day has finally arrived. They've gathered all of their family at the town hall for the ceremony.

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You never know

Round 21: Summer 2014

last update/next update

Araminta Romilly is 51, Henry is 49 and Finn is 13.
(Ione is 18, Victoria is 13)

Narrated by Finn Romilly

On Sundays, my parents both work so I have the house all to myself.

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With a girl like you

Round 21: Summer 2014

last update/next update/Lia's next update

Jace Novak is 57, Magdalena is 50, Lia is 17, Maia is 12 and Tessa is 5.
(Victoria Kirby is 13, Rebecca Kirby is 5)

Narrated by Magdalena Novak

Lia's entering her final year of school and she's really excited about joining her best friend Ione at Suffolk. It's all she talks about lately.

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Summer 2014 birthdays

Yay, birthdays! I love birthdays almost as much as I love weddings, which is a lot!
Anyway, by the time this goes up, all the Sim profiles will be updated to reflect new ages and living situations and such. I have two new residents this summer so while one of them can't really be considered a birthday, I'm throwing her in here anyway!

Rebecca Kirby has turned 5 and will be starting kindergarten this year. Don't you love the gap-toothed grin? All child Sims have it with these skin tones but it looks extra adorable on some kids.

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A shot in the arm

Round 21: Spring 2013

Lake's last update/Kendal's last update/next update

Galen Clarke is 75, Georgette is 73, Lake Draper is 56, Kendal is 37, Patience is 11 and Calvin and Troy are both 10.
(Rose is 18)

Narrated by Lake Draper

When Kendal moved in with me this spring, I was expecting there to be some teething problems with Kendal's boys Troy and Calvin and my daughter, Patience. But they're all still getting along famously, just like they did when we were living apart.

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Two states

Round 21: Spring 2013

Last update: Max and Zaria/the rest

Next update: Olivia/the rest

Ben and Caterina Nihill are both 58, Max is 26, Olivia is 16 and Zaria Royce is 25.
(Georgette is 73, Eliot is 28, Amelia is 24, Wade is 23 and Cordy and Luc are both 20)

Narrated by Zaria Royce

After graduation, Max and I moved into his parents' house. We've been living here for almost 2 years now and I'm still overwhelmed sometimes at the sheer size of this place. The whole house must be ten times the size of my old house and their kitchen is bigger than my old bedroom!

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Her estuary twang

Round 21: Spring 2013

Principal Betsy Carmody is 42, Ione Romilly is 17, Asha Royce, Lia Novak and Olivia Nihill are all 16 and Finn Romilly, Jacob Weaver and Claudia and Victoria Kirby are all 12.
(Townie students are Gordon Nott in the front and Elmer Miguel in the back)

Monday morning starts out on a somber note for the students at Sullivan High. Principal Carmody gathers all the students outside to inform them that Abhijeet Turner, former student and star player on the school soccer team, had tragically passed away.

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Godless

Round 21: Spring 2013

last update/next update

Joseph Carmody is 78, Vivienne is 73, Betsy and Kimberly are both 42, Sarah is 8 and Susannah is 3.
(Anna Collins is 35, Nathan is 3 and Hope is 2)

Narrated by Betsy Carmody

Kimberly's really been bonding with our daughters lately and I won't lie - it was a big relief for me. She was so excited about having kids before we got married and then once it happened, it was like she wasn't really interested.

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