My room has shrunk

It wasn't that big to begin with, and now with the computer desk and computer in the room. . . .
-D: I thought you'd be happy to have a computer in your room.-
Oh, I am, I am, I just didn't think about how much space it would take up! Well, I really don't need all that much space, I guess. And the 'puter's right next to my BTTF bookcase shelf. :D
-M: So you get to look at Doc all the time now.-
Exactly. It took us a few days to set the whole system up -- Dad bought a wireless router so I can get the web up here without another cable line. I'll be deleting his old account later. This thing used to be the family computer, and now it's mine! Too bad moving prevented me from any Simsing -- do that later too.
-D: *looking thoughtful* That means your family is currently in possession of three working computers.-
Yeah, and a fourth we're not using. For people who don't like technology, my parents are eager computer buyers! :p And our systems have gone to mix and match.
-VJ: Well, I know you traded out your old Vaio monitor for this big Samsung one. What else?-
Okay, we have four computers: The Sony Vaio, The Compaq Presario (this thing is ancient by computer standards -- Windows 3.1!), The New Compaq (I don't know its model), and The Hewlett-Packard. And each computer has four parts -- monitor, CPU tower, mouse, and keyboard. Along the line, things were switched around. (We also bought a new mouse for the Vaio, but I'm talking merely about switching components here.)
The Packard's monitor broke, so it was replaced for a time with the Presario's monitor. Now here's the current situation:
My computer, the Vaio, has all Vaio parts except for the monitor, which came from the New Compaq.
The Hewlett-Packard, my Mom and Dad's main business computer, has the HP tower, the New Compaq keyboard, the New Compaq mouse, and the Vaio monitor.
The New Compaq, the latest business computer and currently in disuse, has the New Compaq tower, the Hewlett-Packard keyboard, the Hewlett-Packard mouse (I'm pretty sure) and the Presario monitor.
The Presario, basically too old for us now, has all its own parts except for the monitor -- since we had to discard the Hewlett-Packard one, we need it for the New Compaq.
Confused yet?
-M: *blinku, reads it again* I think I get it -- almost all of the computers have parts from another one.-
Exactly.
Okay, I need lunch.

More Brown House Antics

I used some of Doc's Reward points to buy the gang a money tree. Every extra simoleon counts, and 40 simoleons a day for some watering counts plenty!
-M: Man, I wish those things were real!-
You're not the only one. George got a slacker job on Tuesday, and I got a chance card for him. He was caddying for a famous rich Sim (Landgraab) and got asked for his opinion with clubs. I apparently got the right choice, as George got a 50 simoleon tip.
-M: Hey, cool. How's my life going?-
You're currently a C+ student. Doc helped you learn to study, so now you can get homework done quicker. Funny thing, I think Doc likes to "brag" about teaching Marty to study -- the topic keeps coming up when he chats to Sims. Anyway, I'm having a little trouble keeping your social and fun up -- I think I need to get to work on your best friendship with Doc.
-D: Precisely.-
Good thing, though, you're all friends already. And Marty wants to be best buds with his dad too. Doc and George have got a solid relationship as well, forged over the chess table. Thursday Doc got a job too. Unfortunately, I didn't think of the consequences of him being an elder. He's stuck in a three-level elder track. *sigh* I switched George over to the science job too, just so Doc can get his Career Reward to play with.
-VD: Basically you're using George to get something I want.-
Yup. I don't think George will be complaining, though -- he's a knowledge sim, he'll love a science job. His whole life is dedicated to building skills. Well that and his son Marty being an "overachiever." *is puzzled* It's a power want he has, and I'm not sure what the heck it means.
-M: Well, at least he cares about me.-
:) We also had another oddly named Sim stop by. Doc chatted with her, but dismissed her when she stole the simoleons off the money tree. George managed to clog up the toilet, which is probably a good thing -- it let him grab the cleaning skill point he needed for the science job. The household is running fairly smoothly, all in all. I need to get Doc and Marty cooking points, though. Tomorrow I'll probably make the girls in Create-A-Sim, if not move them in. I also want to give the Lloyd family some landscaping -- the Brown family has trees, so they should have some too. :)
I've also updated Back to the Vampire with the Sims 2 pictures -- they're on It's My Sims.