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.

Takezimu Village!

Ah, Takezimu Village! My agent really books me some very cool jobs. I'm here to shoot an ad for the Pleasantview Destinations travel agency. They want to promote more vacations for their citizens (and of course make some money!) so they are doing new ads. My sister Angela is doing the ad for Twikki Island, lucky harlot! Anyway here's our hotel......not a five-star but hey, I'm not paying for it!

I go to check me and Ambrel in and I have to say that this place is just really gorgeous! I love all the cherry blossoms everywhere.....and they smell fantastic!

Ambrel is still thinking about that kiss between her and Cal.....I wish she would just go on and give in....she's already in love with that boy and doesn't even know it yet! I plan to give in to Nicholas when I get back.....we've been talking on the phone every day since our date and he is just really such a great guy.

While I go upstairs to get ready for my shoot, Ambrel is down making nice with the locals. She was surprised that people were bowing but I told her, honey we're in the far east! That's what they do!

I won't bore you will all the shots I took, but this one happens to be my favorite. I don't know which they will use, but this one gets my vote. I love modeling! Where else could I get away with wearing a kimono?

Ambrel is SO very not interested in modeling and went off to try the local cuisine while I had my shoot. But she has a shoot coming up too. She's having another concert in LaQuest Beach and they need to do a shoot with her for the posters.....she's going to hate it!

After I got out of all of the photo garb, we decide to walk to a couple of places and see the local sites.....well that's what I wanted to do.....Ambrel wanted to shop! She's nervous about her shoot and wants to find something original to wear.

While she was in shop mode, I met this strange guy who claimed to be a ninja.....well, I guess there are nuts everywhere! He claims he can teach me the ways of the ninja if I answer his question correctly......guess who doesn't get it right? He then disappears in a puff of smoke.....weird......

Ambrel spends way too much shopping but she has the money so who can stop her? I tell her that she is overreacting.......her album cover was gorgeous and this poster will be too!

After my encounter with the weirdo, I sit down to get some meditation in.....don't I look relaxed? I really like Nicholas and while I don't want to move too fast with him, I think I'm ready for the next big step.....I mean it's not like I'm purposefully saving myself for the guy I marry.....just want it to be a special guy......and I think Nic might be it.....

Now we're back and I've already called Nic and invited him over......I'm so nervous! I mean nothing may not even happen because I am definitely NOT going to make the first move....I wouldn't even know how!

It's funny how I have absolutely no problem getting ready for a shoot, but a date has me breaking out in a cold sweat! I just want to look really nice.......not model nice, everyone knows that's not realistic, but average normal girl nice.......

I'm freaking out so I decide to do a quick assignment before he gets here.....I've missed a few classes because of stuff with the house so I need to catch back up......graduation is just around the corner!

Jasmine has found a girl that she wants to ask to pledge our house......none of the rest of us know her and I tell Jasmine that she's her responsiblity. Hoh Fruhm has a good reputation and I won't have some random chick messing with what I've built.....we'll see how it goes......

So he finally arrives and we're snuggling on the bed just talking.....I tell him about the photoshoot and all the cool things that Takezimu Village has to offer and he suggests we go there together one day.......awwwwwww........

Next thing I know Nic has pulled me on top of him and is kissing me with so much passion it takes my breathe away.....uh oh.........

Yea, ok.......well, I guess there's not much else to say is there? Well maybe just this: I am officially in love!

Hmmmmmm.......seems I'm not the only one around here that's been shot in the butt by cupid!