This is a thread for you to tell about something you do that you find particularly unique. Lots of people watch The Office, play solitaire when they're bored, read Harry Potter. Who out there has flown an airplane? Goes spelunking? Plays mandolin? I'm curious.
I sing barbershop music--in quartets and choruses. There's nothing quite as fun as ringing some really rich harmonies with a few other guys. There's also a large, bizarre subculture of guys who are obsessed with barbershop music. For anyone who's curious, here's one of my favorite quartets, FRED. Annnd these guys too.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I read threads on Hatrack... I don't know anyone else who does this, so I consider it to be fairly unique...
Oh wait, never mind, I know you. I have no unique hobbies, unless you consider "sticking it to the man" to be unconventional.
And by the way, you didn't listen to my latest piece even though I posted it on facebook. :glare: From my sole fan, I expect more.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
Oh dear... Which one--the reckoner remix? (I'm listening to that one now--pretty sweet).
Whatever, Lloyd, musicology is a weird hobby--being an early music enthusiast and an electronic composer--both pretty unique.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I research equine color genetics'
I spin yarn on an ancient stick thing instead of a spinning wheel
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
When I am at a supermarket I make stick men out of the twisty ties for fruit bags and leave them in random places in the store.
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
I'm sure the store clerks love you Elmer's
I tend to research random subjects - and go to Yahoo Answers to argue with people on the Adoption section.
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
I photograph trains.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: I research equine color genetics'
YES. I spent about two years completely engrossed in the genetics of gerbils, breeding them to create different colors. So. Much. Fun. I imagine that would take a lot longer with horses, though.
Hmmm, my unusual hobby...I guess that it would have to be collecting paint chips. Yeah, I have a box with every Behr and Frazee paint chip. I'm starting on a few lesser known brands.
Actually, it's the most embarrassing thing ever. I grab about ten every time I go to Home Depot. I've considered just going down the aisle and taking one of each, but that might look weird to people. Wouldn't want to give them that impression. <_< >_> Reading this now is making me feel like a nutcase. Maybe I need a new, slightly less OCD hobby.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I read, and occasionally still play the flute.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I enjoy woodworking and play the banjo.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
I collect old "Peanuts" books.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
I do karate. I'm the state champ in girls white belt sparring, though to be fair, there were only two other girls in my division.
I used to collect rubber duckies.
I've started teaching myself Japanese. So far I kind of know my numbers, a few conversation points, and some random vocab.
Between two jobs and school, I don't have much time for anything else.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
You know those little dots/gouges/whatevers in ceiling tiles? I count them. The one above my pillow has between 6,500 and 9,000 thingies. Every time I count, I get different results.
I find it incredibly relaxing, if not, perhaps, the best possible use of my time.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I've played mandolin but I haven't practiced in years (kids...)
I do love to "collect" murder ballads (and other folk songs, but those are my favorites.) As in, learn them and sing them.
I'm also interested in folk hymnology.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
I love tracing the genealogy of the royal families of Europe. I tried branching out into the Middle East and Asia, but their info isn't nearly as available online.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I collect Pez dispensers. I have hundreds and hundreds -- I've lost count -- all of them different.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
I collect annual reports.
Posted by Marlozhan (Member # 2422) on :
I buy nursery plants and cultivate them into bonsai trees.
I invent, design and print board games and submit them to publishers. Out of the Box (publishers of Apples to Apples) was interested enough to have requested a couple of my prototypes for testing, though none of them were published.
I play the trombone.
I sing, and I especially love to sing in barbershop quartets, too.
I own a Sphynx cat (hairless cat, like Mr. Bigglesworth on Austin Powers), and my wife and I have plans to start breeding them within the next couple years.
I write and finish a novel about once every 10 years. In between that time, I only start them Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
I regularly have conversations with myself, it's like predicting what people will say. Although I'm usually wrong it's still fun!
The conversations usually end with me telling myself to stop talking to myself...
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
quote:Originally posted by Launchywiggin: Oh dear... Which one--the reckoner remix? (I'm listening to that one now--pretty sweet).
Whatever, Lloyd, musicology is a weird hobby--being an early music enthusiast and an electronic composer--both pretty unique.
Tell that the VDGSA! Of which I am a member...
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I'm a documentary nut. I've been watching them since I was 5. I laughed out loud when Geico first ran their David Attenborough spoof. If I had more money I'd buy as many documentaries as possible. I avoid the religious themed documentaries on the History channel like the plague, they are painful to watch.
As a bonus I do much better playing armchair Jeopardy than I ever could otherwise. I also saved the day when my niece called me on the phone and needed 5 dinosaurs identified that neither her teacher or parents could figure out. Dinosaurs are what started this hobby, I am so pleased my niece has also discovered them.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
I design and make jewelry. I Irish step dance. I'm on the board of the planning committee for an annual conference on usability of information technology in academic settings. I am trying to take up hang-gliding and playing the fiddle (most likely not at the same time).
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
You guys are much more interesting than I am. I have only regular hobbies.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I realized last night that my hobbies I think are very normal, that I left off of here are pretty darn unique.
I collect and show plastic and porcelain horses, oftentimes creating tack for them to wear from leather, fabric, and wire I weave scarves, fabric, and art pieces on a loom I design knitting patterns I write lesson plans in my sleep
Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :
I make big model rocket and fly them - really really big model rockets. I recently launched a 40 pound, 7 1/2 foot tall rocket to an altitude of 1.25 miles above ground level.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang: You guys are much more interesting than I am. I have only regular hobbies.
Nonsense. Something about your regular hobbies sets you apart--you're just not trying hard enough.
Marlo--are you a member of Spebsqsa? I sang at the international convention this year.
I'm really enjoying this thread.
Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
quote:I regularly have conversations with myself, it's like predicting what people will say. Although I'm usually wrong it's still fun!
Holy crap, I do that too! Good to know I'm not the only one.
I am learning contact juggling. (note: this youtube clip isn't me, unfortunately, but one day I hope to be that good.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang: You guys are much more interesting than I am. I have only regular hobbies.
Shut up. You are a professional musician.
I have no interesting hobbies.
Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
I like to cross stitch and occassionaly sew-which is hard cause the baby attacks the sewing machine if it is out so I can't leave anything out ever.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang: You guys are much more interesting than I am. I have only regular hobbies.
Shut up. You are a professional musician.
I have no interesting hobbies.
Well, if he's a professional musician, then music isn't a hobby. So maybe he's right.
On a related note, one of my unique hobbies is finding perfectly reasonable statements made by others and nit-picking them to death with needless semantic arguments. My work here is done.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I draw biologically correct violets of the several hundred known species worldwide.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
quote:Originally posted by Speed:
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang: You guys are much more interesting than I am. I have only regular hobbies.
Shut up. You are a professional musician.
I have no interesting hobbies.
Well, if he's a professional musician, then music isn't a hobby. So maybe he's right.
And circle gets the square. I have a fascinating and unique life, but terribly mundane hobbies.
Posted by umberhulk (Member # 11788) on :
I sound like Napolean Dynamite and sing pokemon openings aloud to annoy my friends.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I forgot my other hobby. Child passenger safety. Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I used to play chess, as launchwiggin can attest to. Nowadays I play ping-pong as well, and seem to be a devoted student of philosophy. At the moment, I'm working on an article on legal obligation. Given that it's almost ready for submission to a journal, I'm thinking about what to do for my next topic. I'm getting kind of sick of philosophy of law, and will be doing a presentation on the crito for a seminar next semester anyway, so I'm thinking of going a completely different direction and doing some research into stem cell research to see if anything glaring catches my eye. Unfortunately there are no professors at my university who have anything to do at all with philosophy of biology or bioethics, but so I'll have to do it without any aid.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
I do some pretty complicated origami. Sometimes I do large pieces of origami out of newspaper.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Claudia Therese, do you HAVE to keep providing me more reasons to be smitten with you?
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
I make sure to take and e-develop at least one picture every day. I have a collection of 'picture for the day' pictures, each in a publishable form, stretching back to 2003.
I collect gospel music. Most of it's on vinyl.
I am completing a project to eat out in every restauraunt in boulder at least three times and review each one. I'm going to collaborate this on an interactive map.
I practice pickpocketing and legerdemain. I can pick simple locks. I can use a slim jim and hotwire old cars.
I hoard Pandora channels.
I am the go-to guy for zombie survival strategy and I keep myself current on that sensitive very serious high quality issue.
I retype Tom Robbins books out on an old typewriter, over and over, trying to get a feel for the way he used words. Then I write and re-write short novels a million times and then bury or erase them without showing anyone.
I make ringtones and then hack them onto people's phones for free.
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: I am the go-to guy for zombie survival strategy and I keep myself current on that sensitive very serious high quality issue.
That sounds like a challenge to me! On that note with a couple friends we pick random locations and go through a plan of how to protect it best from zombies( we argueing about ice rinks, If the power goes out do they turn into pools of water?)
I collect plastic gift cards, some store clerks say i steal them when they have no money on them, but no one has really gotten angry yet. I have a alot of different types now, but i'm waiting to visit a big mall again to add to my collection.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: I practice pickpocketing
*crosses Samp off her "Hatrackers I Want to Meet In Person" list*
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
I'm the fat guy with the tan sig552.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
*sigh*
I have an airsoft gun and no one to play with.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: I practice pickpocketing
Teach me, please? I've locked myself out of my door countless times. This would save money on lock-out keys..
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Pickpocketing, not lock-picking.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by aiua:
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: I practice pickpocketing
Teach me, please? I've locked myself out of my door countless times. This would save money on lock-out keys..
That's lock picking, not pickpocketing.
Pickpocketing is stealing people's wallets and other valuables from their pockets and purses.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
I send back any junk mail that has postage prepaid. Although it's more sticking it to the man than hobby.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Whoa, I totally knew that. I must need sleep. Well, that could be useful too. In the even that Roommate has a key and I need to get in.
By the way-- I can now successfully pick a locker type lock.
Posted by TH (Member # 11441) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: I hoard Pandora channels.
Gotta love Pandora! Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I create board games and write articles on ancient history and write SF short stories.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by PSI Teleport: *sigh*
I have an airsoft gun and no one to play with.
Hey me too, I bought an MP5 Navy back in 1999, I haven't had a chance to play with it since then.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jenny Gardener: Claudia Therese, do you HAVE to keep providing me more reasons to be smitten with you?
Darlin', you are so charming. Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I'm a target shooter. I used to shoot mostly rifles, but I've been shooting with my 9mm Springfield (5'' XD Tactical) for years now. I don't think it's unusual since I've been shooting since I was a little girl, but I've found that many people think it's highly unusual. I haven't been to the range in a while, though, because I don't shoot when I'm pregnant. I'd like to compete in practical shooting competitions someday.
I shoot better (one-handed) with my left hand than with my right. That's unusual b/c I'm right-handed.
I've been wanting to try an airsoft gun for a while now. I'm interested to see how different it is from a regular gun.
We plan to set up an archery target somewhere on our property at some point. And a zipline.
I also knit, cross stitch, and garden.
Posted by Hank (Member # 8916) on :
I collect stickers and make stationary with them. I also like to sew sans patterns, which is sometimes quite an adventure. And I enjoy experimental cooking.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: I practice pickpocketing
*crosses Samp off her "Hatrackers I Want to Meet In Person" list*
haha you have to sign up willingly to it before I'll try to pickpocket you.
PS: if you are in any kind of sketchy place/country just never ever EVER have your wallet in your back pocket ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever trust me
quote:That sounds like a challenge to me!
FACT: barring optimal shelter circumstances (you live next door to a government bomb shelter designed to sustain the Senate for fifty years and they let you in, and there's tea and everything's peachy inside) the place you want to be looking to camp out in is a CostCo or similar bulk retailer.
If anyone has seen the inside of a costco, they know what I'm talking about. They are monolithic collections of every feasible survival good in ample supply, and the places are built like fortresses. Bottled water, in particular, is in incredibly large quantities. There's a pharmacy in it. They have every kind of canned good imaginable in spades. The places can be barricaded off easily.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I have no intention of surviving in a post-apocalyptic world.
Saves me from a lot of troublesome planning and hoarding.
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
quote:Originally posted by PSI Teleport: *sigh*
I have an airsoft gun and no one to play with.
Hey me too, I bought an MP5 Navy back in 1999, I haven't had a chance to play with it since then.
Utah County Airsoft Forums: UCA is a local team that we have played with in the past. There are some nice guys there, cant remember all their names but they were fun to play with.
[ November 24, 2008, 08:30 AM: Message edited by: calaban ]
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
quote:FACT: barring optimal shelter circumstances (you live next door to a government bomb shelter designed to sustain the Senate for fifty years and they let you in, and there's tea and everything's peachy inside) the place you want to be looking to camp out in is a CostCo or similar bulk retailer.
If anyone has seen the inside of a costco, they know what I'm talking about. They are monolithic collections of every feasible survival good in ample supply, and the places are built like fortresses. Bottled water, in particular, is in incredibly large quantities. There's a pharmacy in it. They have every kind of canned good imaginable in spades. The places can be barricaded off easily.
Bulk stores like that seem just about on par with malls and call centers for the primary source of undead zombies. Seems pretty sketchy to me.
Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
I love covering books in contact paper. Completely addicted to doing this. I'm just about to run out of contact paper. It's very sad.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I have more than one hobby. . . . . . Oh, wait...
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: FACT: barring optimal shelter circumstances (you live next door to a government bomb shelter designed to sustain the Senate for fifty years and they let you in, and there's tea and everything's peachy inside) the place you want to be looking to camp out in is a CostCo or similar bulk retailer.
If anyone has seen the inside of a costco, they know what I'm talking about. They are monolithic collections of every feasible survival good in ample supply, and the places are built like fortresses. Bottled water, in particular, is in incredibly large quantities. There's a pharmacy in it. They have every kind of canned good imaginable in spades. The places can be barricaded off easily.
JT to friend, six months ago: "If, by chance, zombies attack, meet me in Wal-Mart."
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
I play in the SCA, which is just one hobby, but encompasses numerous other hobbies:
1. historical fencing 2. dancing 3. sewing (I'm working on a Tudor-era gown currently, something like this ) 4. Spinning 5. Embroidery, which is the latest one that I'm trying to learn 6. Also, I'm an officer in our local group and retinue for our current royalty
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mrs.M: I shoot better (one-handed) with my left hand than with my right. That's unusual b/c I'm right-handed.
Are you left-eye-dominant? That would explain why you shoot better left-handed.
--Mel
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
I try really hard to watch movies that make me uncomfortable and stick in my brain like a wedge for days after I finished watching them.
Just finished 'Palindromes' last night and it's distracting me from doing my schoolwork today.
Posted by Selran (Member # 9918) on :
I collect old guns. I have not bought anything recently though. Lack of space and budget has caused me to be a lot pickier with my purchases now.
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
quote:Originally posted by calaban:
quote:FACT: barring optimal shelter circumstances (you live next door to a government bomb shelter designed to sustain the Senate for fifty years and they let you in, and there's tea and everything's peachy inside) the place you want to be looking to camp out in is a CostCo or similar bulk retailer.
If anyone has seen the inside of a costco, they know what I'm talking about. They are monolithic collections of every feasible survival good in ample supply, and the places are built like fortresses. Bottled water, in particular, is in incredibly large quantities. There's a pharmacy in it. They have every kind of canned good imaginable in spades. The places can be barricaded off easily.
Bulk stores like that seem just about on par with malls and call centers for the primary source of undead zombies. Seems pretty sketchy to me.
Not to mention that there would be hundreds of people fleeing to the biggest shopping centers around, that is just about the easiest mistake you could make in my book. Plus, i live in vermont, i know a cabin in the mountains that are twenty times as safe and defensible.
Posted by Wendybird (Member # 84) on :
Well my hobby isn't very unusual but it hasn't been mentioned yet... I scrapbook. I used to scrap obsessively - every day - but time is preventing it these days. I also scrapbook layouts for online contests and such winning free supplies once in awhile Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
Because I seem to be unable to NOT mention it whenever the slightest opportunity arises: my hobby is tournament Scrabble. My secondary hobby is studying intellectual property law related to Scrabble. I am an even bigger nerd than my high school acquaintances predicted I would turn out to be.
I write, but it is not supposed to be a hobby.
Posted by Presences (Member # 8492) on :
I reload my own ammunition. It's cheaper then buying new rounds and fun to mess around with the different types and weights of bullets, different powders and primers, etc. My next hobby is probably going to be building an AR-15.
I have another hobby of letting weeds get out of control in my yard, fixing the problem, then allowing the weeds to get out of control, then fixing the problem, then...
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by Xann.: Not to mention that there would be hundreds of people fleeing to the biggest shopping centers around, that is just about the easiest mistake you could make in my book. Plus, i live in vermont, i know a cabin in the mountains that are twenty times as safe and defensible.
If and only if you are in a very remote area is taking the wilderness route a good idea. If you're like most of us, the relative population density will make it impossible for all the survivors in the undeveloped area possible to all feed themselves. As people get hungry, they will start killing each other and raiding houses for food when they run out. You will not survive in your cabin, and it isn't going to be the zombies that kill you.
Some people, arguably, will be able to sustain themselves using game population. In very remote and climate-favored areas, rudimentary farming can sustain small groups, but that will only happen after most of the people who escaped the cities have starved to death or been shot by others who were desperate for food. This is not even a zombie fiction reality, either. Any sort of apocalyptic situation that completely shuts down civilization will also shut down the ready supply of food. The food will run out, agriculture systems will not have water, and you will have tens of thousands of people in many areas who will, unfortunately, run out of food and die within weeks of doing so.
A costco, though, can sustain a healthy number of individuals for years, and is a very defensible location. Malls do not have the same defensibility and 90% of their stock and space is useless for survival. All the bulk retailers have really sturdy buildings, but costcos almost seem purposefully designed for zombie apocalypse, between the heavy-duty exteriors, limited points of entry, pallet supply, large quantities of potable water, roofs that open up for natural lighting in most locations, and many of them have adjacent underground fuel tanks.
All preparedness plans involve consideration both of zombies and of other humans. We are not pretty beasts when it comes down to kill-or-starve.
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary:
quote:Originally posted by Xann.: Not to mention that there would be hundreds of people fleeing to the biggest shopping centers around, that is just about the easiest mistake you could make in my book. Plus, i live in vermont, i know a cabin in the mountains that are twenty times as safe and defensible.
If and only if you are in a very remote area is taking the wilderness route a good idea. If you're like most of us, the relative population density will make it impossible for all the survivors in the undeveloped area possible to all feed themselves. As people get hungry, they will start killing each other and raiding houses for food when they run out. You will not survive in your cabin, and it isn't going to be the zombies that kill you.
Some people, arguably, will be able to sustain themselves using game population. In very remote and climate-favored areas, rudimentary farming can sustain small groups, but that will only happen after most of the people who escaped the cities have starved to death or been shot by others who were desperate for food. This is not even a zombie fiction reality, either. Any sort of apocalyptic situation that completely shuts down civilization will also shut down the ready supply of food. The food will run out, agriculture systems will not have water, and you will have tens of thousands of people in many areas who will, unfortunately, run out of food and die within weeks of doing so.
A costco, though, can sustain a healthy number of individuals for years, and is a very defensible location. Malls do not have the same defensibility and 90% of their stock and space is useless for survival. All the bulk retailers have really sturdy buildings, but costcos almost seem purposefully designed for zombie apocalypse, between the heavy-duty exteriors, limited points of entry, pallet supply, large quantities of potable water, roofs that open up for natural lighting in most locations, and many of them have adjacent underground fuel tanks.
All preparedness plans involve consideration both of zombies and of other humans. We are not pretty beasts when it comes down to kill-or-starve.
I think you missed the part where i said that i live in vermont i don't have to worry about people attacking. But when your thinking of going to Costco or Walmart, so is every single other person in town. You can bet that everyone you know will be showing up at these giant safe houses, and i doubt they would stay safe for long under those circumstances.
Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
I thought of another hobby- warhammer. I paint the miniatures too. The unusual part is that I play vampire counts. I am LDS mother who wears pink and is generally a happy, goofy person- which does not fit most people's image for a vampire army. When I briefly played 40K, my army was pink. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Xann.: I think you missed the part where i said that i live in vermont i don't have to worry about people attacking. But when your thinking of going to Costco or Walmart, so is every single other person in town. You can bet that everyone you know will be showing up at these giant safe houses, and i doubt they would stay safe for long under those circumstances.
Hence, the beauty of my plan.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Possibly TMI, but it's the closest I could think of to a hobby. I think it's more of a life goal than anything else.
I hate public restrooms. They're vile, unkempt, and I fear to think of what germs and diseases fester in them. Because of this, I try to avoid them if at all possible. Either way, one of the few times I needed to use a public restroom was while I was down in Vegas, specifically in the Caesar's Palace casino. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was a remarkably clean, and freakishly stylish restroom. After that I made it my goal to use the bathroom in every major Vegas casino. So far, I have Caesar's Palace, and the Stratosphere. But I'll need to go down a couple more times to get them all.
Other hobbies I have are, well... I can't really think of any. I like playing with smule, the iPhone ocarina application. I also write political comedy sketches with my brother.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
I have a bunch of hobbies that were, at some point in time, completely engrossing. Chronologically:
Hot wheels (couple hundred, donated away)
Baseball cards (complete set of '93 Topps cards, including Golds and Black Golds--lots of other assorted rarities--though they're probably not worth much any more)
Yo-Yo, devil sticks, magic tricks, juggling (my "street performer" phase--the only one I still practice is juggling)
My latest hobby was hopping on the poker bandwagon. Love playing cards with friends...
Although it will soon be my "career", working with pianos in general is a hobby of mine. I love playing, teaching, tuning, and re-building them. People have asked whether piano business is bad in the current economy--I tell them "People need beautiful music now more than ever".
Optimistic, eh?
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
My husband and I think it's fun to:
a) play bridge, mostly for my university alumni team.
b) walk up hills in the Lake District, even in rain and sometimes mist.
c) bake cakes and invite my friend Annie over to try them.
Not ALL that weird, I guess, but probably a bit out of the ordinary...
Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :
quote:Originally posted by Epictetus:
quote:I regularly have conversations with myself, it's like predicting what people will say. Although I'm usually wrong it's still fun!
Holy crap, I do that too! Good to know I'm not the only one.
As do I, just not as often as I used to.
I also like doing origami and have made some shadow box scenes with it, my favorite being this tall box featuring a sunflower (modular origami - easily over 100 separate pieces) and lots of little insect-type critters living on or around it (catepillar - the origami thorn in my side, bee, praying mantis, etc.). It resides in my aunt's kitchen these days.
The back of my sliding door to my 'officle' at work also featuers a bunch of kirigami (the art of paper folding AND cutting) pieces. Think snowflakes, just a lot more intricate than your early elementary school attempts.
Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :
quote:Originally posted by Launchywiggin: Although it will soon be my "career", working with pianos in general is a hobby of mine. I love playing, teaching, tuning, and re-building them. People have asked whether piano business is bad in the current economy--I tell them "People need beautiful music now more than ever".
Optimistic, eh?
Mine's badly in need of tuning. You game? Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by Epictetus: I am learning contact juggling. (note: this youtube clip isn't me, unfortunately, but one day I hope to be that good.)
I've been working on head rolls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6yiq9oZfPQ — also not me) since April. Tried 'em? I've been getting a lot more solid the last couple of weeks.
Other hobbies of mine:
Go, once in a while
juggling
chinese pole — taking a break from this one, but I'll be back at it come January
quote:Originally posted by breyerchic04: I research equine color genetics'
That's very interesting Breyer (and PSI) - because my oldest son is currently so totally engrossed in poultry genetics that he is driving me batty! He spends hours with books and online studying everything about every genetic feature, and is sure he is going to develop his own particular special breed. He has a very specific color outcome he wants, which will be hard to obtain. But I've learned a lot about genetics by listening to him rant about it.
Hmmm. I guess my current hobby would be data mining every tidbit of information I can find on the web about any young gentleman who happens to express any kind of interest in my daughter. Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester Hence, the beauty of my plan. :
Remember to take as many zombies as you can out with you! It makes it easier on the rest of the population.
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
quote:Originally posted by scholarette: I thought of another hobby- warhammer. I paint the miniatures too. The unusual part is that I play vampire counts. I am LDS mother who wears pink and is generally a happy, goofy person- which does not fit most people's image for a vampire army. When I briefly played 40K, my army was pink.
Just imagining some Chaos Space Marines or Terminators charging into battle with pink colors. Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
I actually played eldar so they are kinda sissy anyway. The starter set I got of space marines were purple, so not quite as girly.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I like to post just in time to start a new page. That is my unique hobby.
Edit: but apparently I don't like counting in base 5.
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
I suppose you could say I collect short stories. It's a decent collection, I have about 4000 in my library. I have to keep a spreadsheet to keep track of which ones I have and haven't read yet.
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Which one--the reckoner remix? (I'm listening to that one now--pretty sweet). ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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i don't have to worry about people attacking. But when your thinking of going to Costco or Walmart, so is every single other person in town. You can bet that everyone you know will be showing up at these giant safe houses, and i doubt they would stay safe for long under those circumstances.
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