Look Ma, Imma Movie Star!

It's a bit long........
This is my own little peace of the planet.....it's cute right? I didn't really want to get an apartment, and I couldn't really afford a big house, so to meet in the middle, I got a townhome! It's in the heart of downtown Pleasantview so I'm close to all of my favorite spots!

How about a quick tour? This is my bedroom. I've always loved the color green so I thought it would be a cute color for my room. I'm thinking of even painting the walls too.....baby steps, Jay, baby steps!

Next door to my bedroom is my private bath. There's no toilet, no sink, just a big basin like tub and a floor that's littered with rose petals. I go in there to relax if I have a hard day. Or just to clear my mind when I'm confused.

Here's my little living room/office. There's not that much space, but I live alone so I don't need much space anyway. It's way more space than I had when I was at the Hoh Fruhm house with 5 other girls!

Here's my quaint little dining room. It's so exciting to buy a house! You get to take an empty space and fill it with things that tell who you are. It's such an amazing feeling!

The bottom part of the house I turned into my own little game room! I know the girls will come over all the time and we'll need something to do! Plus, since creating Hoh Fruhm, I've gotten use to having parties every now and then and so I knew I would need various forms of entertainment!

Yes, this is my very own space to start my life in........I want so badly to ask Nic to move in but I also feel like I need my space......I need to enjoy living on my own before I invite too many people in, ya know?

My first order of business is to secure a job. I love modeling and have no plans to quit in the near future, but my real passion is on the stage! I found a small role in a television series that shoots here in Pleasantview. It's not much, but it's a start!

Of course mom and dad came over to check out my new place. They want to make sure that I'm safe since I'm living by myself. Mom starts talking about Nic and I know this isn't going to end well. It's not that she doesn't like him, it's just that she doesn't want me to ask him to move in. She's told me this over and over and over again!

Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? Why would you want to live with a man before he even asks you to marry him? Why, why, why! Ugh, who wants to hear all those cliches? I love Nicholas and he loves me and I'm positive that he's going to ask me to marry him one day.......why wouldn't he?

When she figures out that I'm not going to listen and that I'm going to do just as I please, we head inside to play a couple of hands of poker. Dad's on his whole smog kick again. He has become quite the environmentalist in his old age......and it's very annoying! There's no one greener than my dad!

After they leave I invite Nicholas over with the intention of asking him to move in with me. It's pretty lonely here and it's either adopt a pet or ask him to move in. Nicholas can clean up after himself so he won the coin toss! I start to ask him about it but he starts kissing me and I forget what I was even going to say!

Eh, I'll just ask him in the morning. I'm sure he'll think it's just as good an idea as I do. This is going to be really great!

I wake up this morning and Nic is gone......see this wouldn't happen if he lived here.....he wouldn't have to go home in the middle of the night because of work.....he could just stay with me.

I've been working out extra hard lately. Sure I'm a model, but the camera really does add 10 pounds to you! I need to look my best if I hope to get cast in a lead role anytime soon!

Nic comes back over and I finally ask him to move in with me. And just as I knew he would, he said yes.....which of course makes me the happiest woman in the world! That and the fact that he really is quite rich and now the bank account doesn't look so drab!

Now that he lives with me, I've started noticing little things about Nic that annoy me......like the way he's ALWAYS in a mirror! I mean, my God! The man looks in the mirror at himself more than he looks at me! I mean I think he's a very handsome man, but it's not attractive for him to be SO in to himself!

But I'm sure there are things that I do that drive him mad as well. I don't know, maybe I'm just freaking out because this is the first time I've ever lived with a guy that wasn't my father. It's not so bad I guess. At least now I have someone to play pool with me whenever I want. I wonder if he ever will really propose.............

Who knows? At least I get to see him everyday. Not every night though. He's a professional party guest, you know, like Paris Hilton. It's really kinda lame to me, but they pay him alot of money just to show his face at a few parties.....

Jayla McArthur..........has a nice ring to it doesn't it? The actress and the party guy, pretty good combination right? I don't even know if I'm ready to get married. I love Nic, but.......well, I don't know.......I don't know if we have what it takes.......

And I'll never find out if I keep burning his food! What man wants to come home to charred food every day? In my defense, I've been working very hard at remembering my lines and so I haven't been able to study up on my cooking like I should!

I miss the girls so we decide to throw a little get together and invite them all over. Anna is enjoying her new role as co-head of the house. The girls like and respect her and our sorority membership is growing very nicely. Asia still hasn't found the right girl for her. I guess it's even tougher to be gay trying to find someone to share things with than it is to be straight.......I really hope she finds someone soon. Almost every girl in the house is involved with someone and sometimes I think she feels left out.

Ambrel loves being head of the house, though she hasn't changed anything since I've been gone. Her and Cal are doing really well and I hope it continues to be that way for them. I hope for Cal's sake anyway. KD doesn't take too kindly to people disrespecting his sisters. Fallon is still seeing Cal's brother Cash and I think they will be ok. After that whole Dirk fiasco, I wasn't sure if they could jump back from it. I've got a great boyfriend and wonderful friends and a cool job..........who could ask for more?

*Jayla wants to marry Nic one day and has a fear of it the next.......I don't know what this girl wants and I don't think she knows either!

On to the next stage!

Jayla Hammond

I'm graduating! After 4 long and tedious years here at Academie Le Tour, Jayla Hammond is now a college graduate! I can't believe it! No more exams or assignments or papers......it's great! But I will miss my girls.......I decided it was time for Nicholas to meet my parents. My mom had an emergency down at A&A Party Supplies that she had to take care of so it was just me, dad, and Nic. Dad has always been very protective of me and Angela, so I knew Nic was in for a long interrogation! But dad was actually pretty well behaved.....guess he's slowed up in his old age!

Or maybe it's that he can see just how much Nic means to me......well maybe not SEE it because everytime we got mushy he would turn away, but he knows. He asked Nic what his intentions were with me and he said that he just wants to do everything in his power to make sure I'm happy.......what a guy, huh?


At the end of the dinner, dad hugs me and tells me that he is so proud of both me and Angela and he can't wait to see me at graduation.....I've been crying for about 3 days now! I guess I really will miss being in school. I'm moving downtown into a cute little townhome that I found. At first I wanted to move Nic in with me, but I thought about it and decided I need some Jayla time first! After I get a job and get settled, then maybe I will ask him about moving in. But right now I'm kinda excited about living out on my own......

Of course the girls throw me a graduation party and my parents are in attendence. My sister Angela and her family are coming over a little later. Doesn't my mom look stunning? I hope I age as gracefully as she has. My dad is extremely silly! He comes right in when everyone starts hula dancing!
Dad can't stop hugging me! It's like I'm moving to another state or something! I'm sure they will be making plenty of trips to the city to see me. It must be a pretty good feeling to know that both me and Angela turned out ok.....they are really good parents and I don't know what I would do without them!

So here I am! I can't believe it's been 4 years! Time flies when you're having fun I guess. And my years in this sorority house have been the best years of my life. These girls have really become like sisters to me, and I know Ambrel will carry on the tradition.....that is if she can keep her hands off Cal!

Every since she finally gave in to him, Ambrel has been happier than I've ever seen her. I told Cal that just because I'll be gone, doesn't mean that I'm not watching! And I'm sure I'll be making some appearances at the house from time to time.......I really hope this works out for her, she deserves it.

Nic is really proud of me and can't wait to spend as much time with me as possible! It will be so different now that I don't have to take time out to study and write papers. I can see myself married to Nic with a couple of little kids running around......and I think that's where we will eventually end up.

Jennifer and Byron Conaway have been seeing quite a bit of each other. Whenever there's a party, they seem to gravitate towards each other and start up a conversation.......there's still something about him that I don't like.....like he can't be trusted......now that Jen is a Hoh Fruhm girl, if he messes with her, he messes with all of us!

My mom and dad are still so cute together.......can you believe they started dating when they were teenagers? Mom said as soon as dad and my grandmother moved in next door to them, she knew he was the one for her. They rarely even have arguments! It's kinda weird.......but its also very sweet! I guess that's why I love love so much!

My sister Angela finally arrives and I'm so happy she could make it! It's kinda of freaky how much we look alike! She's always been there for me when I needed her and I love her more than she'll ever know. Her girls are just beautiful!

Fallon also comes to the party which is good because Ambrel plans to ask her to move in today. I know she'll be really excited because this has been something she's wanted to do every since I created Hoh Fruhm. She's got a good head on her shoulders and I know that she will be just fine. Especially since Dirk is out of the picture! Cash and I are pretty close and I've convinced him to give Fallon a second chance. She's younger than he is so she's going to make a few bad judgements. But I think they would be pretty good together.

Ambrel asks her to move in and of course she accepts! She'll move into Anna's bed since Anna will be moving into my room. Anna was the first pledge that I ever had and I know that she will help Ambrel run the house.....I foresee Hoh Fruhm being around for a very long time!

My niece Katelyn is so full of questions! She's very smart for her age and catches on to things rather quickly. She asks me how long Nic has been my boyfriend and if we will get married like her mom and dad. I tell her I don't know but I sure hope so!

Katelyn looks so mych like Kyoshi! Maybe more of Angela will shine through when she gets older, but right now she is definitely daddy's little girl! Their other daughter Rayne looks like she will look alot like Kyoshi as well.....strong genes!

Ugh, I am so glad that I'm leaving! That Karen Shankel is a pain in the butt and I don't know why Anna wanted to pledge her anyway! Her and Jane are constantly getting into it and I have a sneaking suspicion that it may be because of Jane's little romance with Martin Rueben!

Jane's going to have to grow a backbone if she's going to make it.......Karen doesn't live in the house, but she comes over alot and she need to stand up for herself.....I would LOVE to see someone beat that cheerleader's butt! Ambrel has her hands full!

Yes, it's been good times.....I will miss these girls dearly......but most of all I will miss Ambrel.....but it's time for the next chapter in the life of Jayla Hammond......

*I don't know why Fallon decided to waltz through Jayla's graduation picture but there she is! And I couldn't reshoot without going out without saving and going back in.....which of course wasn't going to happen!

*Jennifer Fuller is me! That's my sim-self! My initial intention was to marry myself into the family, but all the male Taylors are either too young or attached....so I'll have to come up with another angle for her.

Party Time!

Ugh, so Zoe Zimmerman is now a member of Hoh Fruhm.......not my idea at all.....there's just something about this girl that gets to me. But she's Anna's pledge so whatever......she's NOT moving in!

We give makeovers to all pledges whether they live in the house or not and this is Zoe after her's. I guess she looks ok. She was so excited to find out that she made it in. Maybe I'm being a little hard on her..........

All pledges also get their portraits hung in the house even if they don't live here. Imagine what it will look like after a few years of pledging! I almost hate to graduate! I'm going to miss all of this, but I know that Ambrel will take good care of my house for me!

Speaking of Ambrel, she had her show today but had to take off for a final directly after. We decided to throw her a surprise party and invite over a whole gang of people. Zoe came, of course, and Jasmine invited over her friend Gunnar Roque who also brought Gilbert Jacquet with him. Jasmine has a bit of a crush on Gunnar, although I have no idea why! He's not very attractive to me, but hey to each their own!

Jane and Asia were upstairs with Jennifer Fuller, a friend of my cousin Fallon. Fallon really wants to be a member of the house and of course with her being family, she will be. Jane has lost some weight and she looks great, but I kind of miss her with the extra pounds.

I think Anna likes Gilbert. She stood talking to him like this for hours! I mean I guess he's kind of cute. No one can compare to Nic for me so I guess I'm a bit biased! He seems pretty nice and Anna needs something to take her head out of the books for a while!

Not only is Gunnar not very cute, he's an awful dancer! I mean I don't even know what's he doing! But Jasmine doesn't notice. She says he treats her better than most other guys have and that it doesn't matter to her if he's a bit of a dork.

Fallon is fitting right in and I'm sure that she will soon be joining us at the house. Well, maybe not us since I'll be graduating and moving out soon. I don't even know what I'm going to do when I graduate. My inital plan was to move back in with my parents, but they have moved into a tiny apartment and my cousin KD is now living in the family house. So I guess I'll have to invest in an apartment.....but I don't even know WHERE I want to live......

Zoe is such a suck up! I'm not even going to be around much longer and she keeps running up telling me how much she admires me.....I mean GEEZ.....who cares?

Nic arrives and I really get into a partying mood so I start the group to doing the hula dance I learned from Twikki Island. The party was in full swing and Ambrel was going to be so surprised!

And she was! She couldn't believe we had planned this and she hadn't caught wind of it. She deserves more than just this party! She really has come a long way from how she grew up and I am really proud of her. I just hopes she doesn't ruin things with Cal......he's a good guy!

Our house has never been so crowed! But it was also the best party that we ever threw! Man, I love Hoh Fruhm. It went from just an idea in my head to one of the most successful sororities on campus!

Jane is really smitten with Joshua Rueben but I am pretty sure he has a girlfriend.....I plan to get to the bottom of that before graduation. Jane is too nice of a girl to be done wrong by some loser!

Now Chris Straight is one of my pledges and I think she's going to make a great Hoh Fruhm girl. Her pledge period is almost up. She's really smart and a ball to be around. She's still in her freshman year so there may be sometime for to live in the house once some other's begin graduating.

Me and Nicolas have gotten very close and I think I'm really in love with him. Maybe he and I can get a place together once I graduate.....well, he would have to propose first. My dad would have his head on a stick if he tried to live with me without marrying me.

Byron Conaway was among the the party people this evening. I don't know much about him but I think we'll definitely be seeing more and more of him........I have a bad feeling about him.

I'm seriously thinking of asking Jennifer to pledge. She really seems like the type of person we want to be involved with Hoh Fruhm. But I guess we'll see........

The party wrapped up and everyone had a good time. Anna and Jasmine had to go to class so the rest of us sit around playing Don't Wake the Llama and talking about how far we've come as a house.......nothing but good times ahead!