Simcology's First Post

[Mrs Hunin]

Welcome to Simcology.

My blog is your blog so please make yourself comfortable. I’m sorry I forget to introduce myself. I go by Mrs. Hunin on Da Dominion and MySpace. I’m a blogging newbie and rusty writer. I developed a passion for writing in the seventh grade and continued the hobbies until a couple years in to college. When life became too hectic I put the pen down. With my husband’s encouragement and a burning desire to do something creative I am trying to pick up the pen, or keyboard, again. I’ve tried some free hand poetry but it is harder than I remember; Instead I thought I’d try my hand at blogging with a focus on my current addiction, I mean hobby called The Sims. Every since the games anticipated release I have been thoroughly memorized at the creation that has permanently changed my life. Since the archaic days of Super Break Out, Pole Position and Centipede my inner gamer has laid dormant. Sure the gamer was woken out of hibernation for Mario Brothers and Tetris but even those delightful obsessions were easily removed as there relevance waned. I don’t believe The Sims owns me but have very little restraint. Alas, I claim no shame but it is still a guilty pleasure; I’m not shy about expressing the passion and appreciation for the game, I only try to hide the hold that it has on me.

Hello my name is Mrs. Hunin and I am a Sims addict. I can play for hours at a time without any desire to eat or sleep. I love creating new families and new neighborhoods and I can’t relate to people who create their simself and are perfectly content playing that one character. I marvel at the amazing modifications that others develop but have no real desire to learn how to create custom skins. When it comes to The Sims I am a purist and enjoy game play without downloading and importing the newest and latest meshes, besides I’m technologically challenged and I don’t know how. The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem; the next step is to realizing that life is a big enterprise and full of possibilities. As much as I love the Sims I know that I would quickly get bored of blogging about it. Something that I never seem to tire of is Psychology. I’ve been studying Psychology since I was nine years old. In the summer I would research fun topics like Schizophrenia and STDs on my own. I was a kid that love learning but feared the ramifications of being a nerd. Any interest that I deemed as nerdy was banned from my repertoire and I avoided being the teachers pet at all cost. While I was getting low marks for class participation and missing homework assignments I was excitedly thumbing through my medical encyclopedia on the weekend after watching a special on surgery. Yes I was a normal kid, I still watched care bears and believed in Santa Clause, but subjects like Physiology & Anatomy, and Psychology seemed to drive my life’s purpose.

Fast forward a few years, and I have just been academically suspended from school. I was taking my core classes for a Psychology Major but working 60+ hours a week; without enough time for sleep or the library it was inevitable. As conciliation and an attempt at fixing defaulted student loans I took on jobs in the medical field. For ten years I’ve worked with a disable population, mainly people with Closed Head Injuries. I became Mrs. Hunin when I fell in love with my best friend of 15 years got married about a year ago. With Hunin’s consistent support and persistence speech of pursuing my passions Simcology was born.

Simcology is a combination of my three passions: writing, The Sims, and Psychology. I would love to be able to share anything Sims related, and my psychological studies as a layman while finding a way to combine the two. I’m not sure how I going to accomplish this but I will enjoy the challenge. I’m use to enjoying my geeky hobbies silently and alone but Da Dominion has inspired me to find a Simcology Community. I’ve tried, without success, to share the Sims experience with my family. The only taker is my cat Tink who attacks and tries to eat the cursor as I play. I hope to reach my fellow Sims Heads, I know you are out there; not just Sims addicts, though I hope to reach them too, but the people who love the game because of a hidden passion that came to life when you began playing the Sims. Maybe you’re not into Sims Psychology but you love Sims Architecture, Sims Drawing, or Sims Horror Film Editing. Whatever is the passion that you seem to express through your Sims please come out of the Sims Closet (besides Sims closets are useless, REALLY!!!). Share your talents with other Sims Heads. You never know what your Sims Talents or Sims Interest could develop into. First blogging next World Domination, or something like that.