I can't sleep because I had an awful dream. I don't remember much of it, just that some terrible creatures kidnapped and tortured me, and when I woke up I was crying and telling Josh to never let anyone hurt me. I also thought that there was a loud pounding noise inside my head from a brain aneurism, but it was just the guy upstairs playing techno music with the bass turned waaaaaaaaay up. Now that I'm sufficiently horrified and having trouble breathing, I'm going to stay up. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep away the afternoon.

Last night I finally got to play Sims Hot Date, and it is the sweetest game ever. I'm the sort of inquisitive person who likes to try to find out what other people are thinking, and this game takes me one step closer into figuring out my simulated people. I was so thrilled that unlike other Sims expansion packs, just because one Sim loves another, it doesn't mean that Sim will love them back. For instance, I had a male Sim who was madly in love with the female Sim he lived with. He practically worshiped the ground she walked on. They would talk. His speech bubble would indicate a sailboat (his main interest was travel). He would get a little green plus sign above his head. She would throw a hissy fit, and her speech bubble would indicate a sailboat with a big red X through it, and she'd get the red negative sign. Then he'd get a green plus. This continued every single time they talked or he tried to flirt with her. It was almost like he was getting off on having her constantly and consistantly shoot him down. When I finally quit for the night, he had 60 relationship points and a heart for her, and her opinion of him was negative 3 points. Ouch.