Other hobbies?

[Dirty Dog]

I read voraciously; anything other than bodice rippers, basically.
Bladesmithing; I'm not all that good, but it's fun.
Scuba; a relatively new hobby. We go to Cancun for our anniversaries, so...
Off-roading; we live in Colorado, one of the most gorgeous places in the world, and you cannot see most of it from the interstate. So I have a pair of ridiculously overbuilt offroad toys.
Racing; fast cars are fun. My fair-weather daily driver is a 700HP supercharged '95 Trans Am convertible. The plate is TOY4DAD and for those silly children who think 'Fast & Furious' is a documentary, there's a sticker on the back that says "Rice: It's What's For Dinner." I just found the donor car for my dream project. It's a '74 Corvette, which will have a C5 suspension, 6-speed and a 600HP LS transplanted into it.
Indoors, I play Diablo II, and look forward to the promised release of D3.

 

[Aikikitty]

I'm interested in many things, but I usually go in streaks of doing a few at a time and then switch focus to something else for awhile then back again.

Reading (mostly fantasy, Japanese manga, comic books, fan fiction)

Collecting (mostly fantasy and cutesy Japanese stuff)

Video games (Nintendo DS) & the application games on Facebook (addicted)

World of Warcraft (I count that as a different type of video game)

Bellydancing (sadly had to stop because of $)

Drawing

Cross-stitch

Exercising--I feel so much better afterwards.

Hoop Dancing--great fun and exercise! My sister is actually a certified hoop dancing instructor in Maine and she got my mom and I into it. This is one of my favorite performances she did from last December. http://www.youtube.com/user/pigletpugs#p/u/7/gXWuBPnuQww She's learned a lot of new tricks since then--who knew you can spin a hoop on your shoulder and elbows?

Contact Juggling--I'm only just a very beginner. It's very difficult, but it looks so awesome when done correctly. My sister turned me onto this too. We were always fascinated by the contact juggling scenes in the '80's movie Labyrinth and she found out what it was. This guy is a good example of what it looks like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0enoVoTRRaw&feature=PlayList&p=C6B3ED34A5979E8A&index=7

and this guy just makes it look too easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfvH1U9rsFI&feature=PlayList&p=C6B3ED34A5979E8A&index=1

Robyn

 

[teekin]

Is work a Hobby? Ideally I work 60-65 hours a week, more if I can.

I read 3-4 books at a time. I am caught up in a book right now called "The Blank Slate, the Modern Denial of Human Nature", which lead me to order " The Natural History of Rape" and "The Lottery in Babylon" all which deal with the duality of nature VS nurture. To what extent do we "choose" what we do and to what extent do our genes and insticts choose for us.

I attend University classes when I can, and live in the stacks ( library). I sometimes write my friends papers for them as well.

I had to sell my race horses but kept my big dressage ( Trakhner Solling x Cocktail) mare. I ride rather well and intend compete again this summer. That means finding the time to get out 5x a week and finding the money to have her at a facility with an indoor arena where my coach ( the woman in the video I posted) can come. ( hence working 65 hours a week) I am moving her closer to me at the end of December.

I do behavior modification and general luvin-up of animals that come into the various shelters and programs for neglected, abandon, abused, dumped animals. Right now there is another puppy mill bust so I will go wash poo encrusted puppies at D'Arcy's Arc and take in old bitches that have never been out of thier tiny 2x2 cage. GaDoodle will teach them how to play. They will get cuddled, taught to walk on a leash, potty trained, and find out how good cinnimon toast is. Once they are social and ready to meet the world they can go up for adoption.

I do paint, but that seems to be sporatic. Often I will paint in long streches of 7-10 hours or more then leave it till I can have another long period to paint. My subconcious paints, I kind of zone out, and another part of me takes over and the paint just ends up on the canvas. I never know what the picture is going to look like till it's done.

lori

 

[morph4me]

I had resisted the dance lessons for several years. My instructor and his wife began taking lessons and he spoke about how much he enoyed it. Between him and Erica ganging up on me I had no choice. I have to tell you that it was much more difficult than I expected. I've gotten used to learning to move in certain ways over the years of MA training so I figured it would be a piece of cake. NOT!

It's just like aikido, without the throws and locks . You'll get the same corrections in the ballroom that you get in the dojo.

I really don't understand why a man would be resistant to the idea of dancing. He gets to grab a woman around the waist and push her around, and she LOVES it. Seems like a win-win situation.

That's why I do it. My goal in life is to hold as many women as possible, dancing is a socially acceptable way to do it without getting arrested, beat up or divorced

 

[Ken Morgan]

Contact Juggling--I'm only just a very beginner. It's very difficult, but it looks so awesome when done correctly. My sister turned me onto this too. We were always fascinated by the contact juggling scenes in the '80's movie Labyrinth and she found out what it was. This guy is a good example of what it looks like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0enoVoTRRaw&feature=PlayList&p=C6B3ED34A5979E8A&index=7

and this guy just makes it look too easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfvH1U9rsFI&feature=PlayList&p=C6B3ED34A5979E8A&index=1

Robyn

Way cool, I've seen it before, but I didn't know it had a name.

 

[Xue Sheng]

"I collect spores, molds and fungus..."

I kind of suspected you where Egon Spengler

 

[Steve]

I've been interested in ballroom dancing for a long time, but haven't tried it because I worry about my back.

 

[morph4me]

I've been interested in ballroom dancing for a long time, but haven't tried it because I worry about my back.

You shouldn't have to worry about your back, it's a lot less stress on you're back than BJJ, and you partners tend not to fight back ( most of the time).

 

[Darksoul]

1. Sleep - working graveyards will mess you up, so sleep becomes a hobby.

2. Bowling League - which I suck at, and slowly getting worse. The league is 9 months long so burnout is easy.

3. Video Games - been playing Killzone a lot lately. Just wish there were better 2-player co-ops, especially in rpg's. Can't afford the fancy new systems but playing the old games is sometimes better.

4. Reading - right now Scar Night, which is weird but good. Some collection of horror short stories. Working on my own short story.

5. Girlfriend - not a hobby, haha, just the best person to spend my time with, no matter what we're doing.

-Hobbies that I would like to include would be martial arts. No money or time sucks! Shooting at the range. Taking a CWP class this Saturday after my work shift, so one step closer. Have to start figuring out which sidearm to buy. Would like to get back into African drumming. And I really miss going to the goth clubs and dancing.


Andrew

 

[l_uk3y]

Wow and I thought my other main hobby was a common one. Doesn't appear so compared to other people on these forums

When I'm not training or hanging with Wife you'll usually find me in the garage working on the car. Currently in the process of installing an upgraded turbo and completely revamping the engine bay of my Nissan Skyline (imported from Japan). (BTW please laugh at people whom spend well over the purchase price of there car on aftermarket "upgrades" in the quest for speed. hehehe I have to laugh at myself in a hope to stay Sane)

Also at the very beginnings of a small collection I'm starting of "Edged and Blunt melee weapons". Mostly going to be a mixture of several diff types of knives, couple diff styles of sword, sai's, 3 sec staff, nun-chuck, pole etc. The hardest bit is trying to find suppliers locally. All of the really cool stuff I'm finding is US based online and I really don't want trouble for a simple collection. Although I'm just about to start looking into licensing and requirements to make life much easier before I get too into it.

Luke

 

[Blade96]

coin collector hockey card collector (mostly rookie cards) politics, ice skating, reading, watch movies sometimes

and bashing stephen harper

 

[seasoned]

Between MA and MT there is just no time.

 

[Dan Cosgrove]

You know who else liked painting and politics?

Sorry man, couldn't resist.

Nice.

Video games, watching every crappy movie I can find, and.. well, I guess that's pretty much it.