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2. There are only two foods that I dislike and both begin with the letter L. Lima Beans and Liver. Blak!
3. Rubber Chickens fascinate me because they are. Who came up with this idea? What the hell inspired them? Seriously, rubber chickens?!!! They crack me up.
4. I had an imaginary friend as a child. His name was Toby. He had red hair, wore Osh Kosh B’gosh farmer jeans without a shirt and carried a sling shot in his back pocket. I only saw him from the back and never even came close to seeing his face. He giggled wildly and I would try to catch him as he ran through a small wooded area behind my house.
5. I have a bright blue vein in the crease of my left arm that I’m especially fond of. It looks like a seagull flying in the distance on a painting or a child’s drawing. It’s pretty. No one ever wants to take my blood from it. I think it’s because it’s too thin. Oddly, this disappoints me.
6. I once won a radio talent show by playing, You Are My Sunshine through my nose. I can do this in perfect pitch. The prize, 15 tickets to a Rockfest. Yeah Baby!
7. I suck for this and I know it. I will laugh myself into a fit of uncontrollable giggles and tears at the sight of little people running. It’s the shape and the bounce of their little bottoms that just does me in. I can’t help. It’s frigging hilarious and I feel guilty as hell about it.
8. I’ve had an outer body experience. I didn’t see any white lights or anything like that. I just remember seeing me and the doctors working on me as I floated above.
9. I write words or draw pictures with shaving cream before I smooth it over my legs. It’s a ritual.
10. I’m a freak for Yo-Yo Koosh balls. The type that’s filled with water or some sort of mystery liquid, not the ones with air in them, they’re cheap. Yeah, I totally dig ‘em.
11. I want to be a doer of good deeds on a super hero level.
12. There’s an elder woman who I see walking through town quite often and I cry a little every time. She has obvious disabilities and looks like she could use someone to look after her. She reminds me of a Jim Henson muppet. I want to take care of her but I haven’t figured out how to do that yet.
13. I would prefer to have a full and curvaceous figure such as those of the old pin-up models to the stick figures of Hollywood today.
14. There are two deep vertical lines on my brow. Nate calls them my dingbat lines because I’m easily confused and my facial expression is probably the cause for them. I want to get Botox or have them filled in with collagen.
15. I’m a morning person. I wake up ready to dance.
16. I have an endless supply of silly songs and nursery rhymes stored in my memory banks. I often burst into them when someone says something in conversation that reminds me of one.
17. A blue jay once landed on my head and stayed there for 2 and a half minutes. On another occasion I was meditating by the river and a wild turkey nearly collided with my head. I had to throw myself to the ground to avoid it. Stupid Turkey.
18. I truly believe that the Moose was created in a government laboratory. Swamp Donkeys are bizarre and one of them once took a bite out of my favorite spring jacket when I was a little girl.
19. I can play 5 songs on the recorder but I would really like to play the wood flute.
20. I keep an organized shopping cart throughout my grocery shopping excursions. I detest a messy cart.
21. I kept a pet worm as kid for an entire summer. He lived in a coffee can and I called him Wormie. I cried when he died.
22. I’ve broken 7 bones so far.
23. When I cook I often pretend that I am hosting my own show. I usually have either a thick Italian accent or a thick Southern accent depending on what I’m cooking. This amuses my son Nick to no end and he often joins in as a guest.
24. There was a time when sleep walking and sleep cooking and sleep eating was a regular occurence for me. Thankfully, it’s been a long time since I’ve done that. Now all I do is talk.
25. Shawn Cassidy was my first celebrity crush. He played Joe on The Hardy Boys Mysteries and he had a couple albums. My favorite was titled, Born Late. He’s appeared on General Hospital which is the only time I have ever tuned in to a Soap Opera and he produced/directed a Sci-Fi series, Roar which was the beginning of Heath Leger’s career. He also created American Gothic. I’m still carrying a torch for Shawn.
26. Autumn is my favorite season. I think if I lived any where else but New England that might not be the case. The colors during this time of year are stunning.
27. I’ve never tried ice skating, snow shoeing, or kayaking but I want to.
28. I would like to live on a riverboat for at least a year of my life.
29. Nate bribes me with Lindor Truffles to go to the doctor and it works. I’ll do anything for a truffle.
30. I like being scared but not startled.
31. Phrases from the 50′s are part of my everyday conversations.
32. I have beautiful penmanship and I’m not being conceited. It’s a gift.
33. The inseam of my jeans measures 27 inches long.
34. I’m easily distracted by things that sparkle or things that are out of the ordinary.
35. I collect unusual purses. My favorites are a Golden Koi made of metal and the other is a green leather purse in the shape of a watering can.
36. Harajuku fashion makes me wish I were 20 again.
37. I like having new experiences. It doesn’t really matter if they’re good or bad.
38. I collect vintage key chains but I’m very selective in my choices. I do not like plastic or rubber ones nor do I want Disney characters. I like unusual ones or well-known landmarks and they must be vintage. I have one of the Eiffel Tower that I just adore.
39. Two of my favorite friends in life have already passed away.
40. Shadows, shadow puppets, shadow dancing, I really like shadows.
41. I think the saxophone and rainy mornings go together like peanut butter and jelly. I discovered this as young teen. I woke on a rainy morning to the sound of a saxophone. I looked out my window and across the street, sitting on the cement porch of a brick apartment house was a man with long blonde hair and a sax. He was playing so passionately and yet there was a sadness to his song. Aah… I know, it’s got all the makings of a sappy Harlequin.
42. Songs sung by the Italian crooners or Louis Armstrong always put a smile in my heart.
43. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of my grandmother. Luckily we shared so much that I have several lifetimes of memories to look back upon. Nothing but love there.
44. I do not like shopping malls or being in a small store with a large crowd of people. It causes my brain to zap like one of those electric bug killing lanterns. I make a very poor shopping buddy unless you want to go to a flea market, a bookstore, or a vintage thrift shop.
45. I want to make a real and feel book using Nate’s belly lint as main characters. Each one having its own name and personality and life story. Nate doesn’t like my idea at all.
46. Faces that are worn, wizened, elder or haggard are visually stimulating to me. It takes a lot of willpower for me to not start a conversation with someone who has a fascinating face and I don’t always bother stopping myself.
47. I watch The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes on PBS. Sherlock intrigues me.
48. I spent a couple years of my life being a BIG, FAT, HAIRY, LIAR. Phew! Glad that’s over! I was sick in the head during my 20′s and understandably so. I’m honest to a near fault now.
49. Meeting new people is something I always look forward to doing. I’m a very social person.
50. I have a thing for products with my name or nickname in them. My lipstick is called Sherry Sparkle. My lip gloss is called Sugar. I cook with Sherry and I call my boys Sugarbabies. Songs with either of my names in them are big hits with me. Sugar cookies are one of my favorite treats. What’s wierd is that I often think about changing my name to Chloë or Willow.
51. My left leg is shorter than my right. It’s only when I’m tired that my slight limp becomes noticable.
52. My garden is my place of meditation. In the Twilight hours water flows out of Pan’s Flute into the basin below. Tiki Torches are lit on all four corners and soothing music such as Dueter’s, Buddha Nature is piped out. It’s a good time to just sit, breathe and reflect. The morning hours are much more energetic. It’s alive with the sound of birds and children and quite often jazz is playing in the background. I spend most of my days out there. I’m an avid gardener.
53. I’ve never gone to the beach or to an amusement park without getting my fortune from the nostalgic, animatronics Fortune Teller machine.
54. Wishing wells, shooting stars and Ladybugs are magical and I always wish upon them.
55. I have two phobias one of heights and the other is of accidentally killing someone while driving a car.
56. I’ll get down on my knees to watch a spider walk across the floor. The synchronized movements of all those legs is just amazing. Arachnids rule. I want a pet Tarantula.
57. I dressed up as a fairy for every single Halloween as a child.
58. The smell of a forest after a night of rain is the scent of heaven to my nose.
59. I’m not religious. I’m spiritual.
60. Laughing at myself comes very easily to me.
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
