My Self-Sim has a MUCH cooler home in the game, but he's into computers, games, and food, just as in real life (though he's slightly less muscular, and doesn't work out quite as often, which would make sense):
Van Rivera started as a an awkward (okay, ugly) teen in the game, and then something happened when he became a young adult! He's the Sunset Valley precursor to Riverview's Raphael Cross, who's based on him. He's an artist.
Already a star in Riverview, Raphael's abudding virtuoso, all-around nice guy, if a tad sloppy. (I do have Delphy's slider customizer http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=344369 though I don't know if it affects Raphael).