Hobbies Thread

[Aiko Heiwa]

I collect Transformers, I read, I write, I play video games, I doodle, I read about history. (Because LEARNING IS THE BEST THING EVER)

 

[Horse Boots]

I play a little bit of vidya, play a bunch of musical instruments (piano, saxophone, guitar, bass, and learning the ukulele) as well as sing, I enjoy writing (although I have a hard time thinking of things to write about). I recently purchased a telescope to get in to stargazing, but the weather has been crap almost every night since I bought it so I haven't been able to do much of that. I hang out with my sweetheart a lot on weekends because we have too much work and school during the week... Oh, and I follow Apple rumors sorta religiously. I guess you could put "avid Mac user" amongst the list of my hobbies as well.

 

[Surtur]

My hobbies:
Collecting and playing classic vidya
Table Top RPG's
Tinkering with and upgrading my PC
Geeky shit in general.

 

[Linako 2.0]

I make movies, especially in source film maker, I kinda like to draw but not that much anymore like middle school and go to chatzy, I also like to read about politics and try to get up to date wit the world.
oh and my best friend and I are part of our own little animation studio, we call it "flickering lamps".
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Here's a preview on what I'm working on right now
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[cypocryphy]

I used to play Soccer but I stopped after high school. I'm thinking about coming out retirement this spring to play in a rec league,but the thing is I'm really rusty. I'm also a goalkeeper and when you're a keeper it's not a good thing to make mistakes.

 

[TheRedBaron]

What are your hobbies?

ill start in real life I collect old military items from many different places and I have stuff as old as 1870 and stuff as new as the early 2000's although I specialize in stuff from world war 1 and world war 2, if anyone is ever interested in seeing pics of my stuff just hit me up anyway what to do you all do?

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I'm a bit of a military historian myself! I have some things that I've collected from different places.

--British "doughboy" helmet that I picked up in New Zealand
--155mm brass shell casing, cast in 1944
--a copy of "In Harm's Way," a book about the USS Indianapolis sinking written by Doug Stanton, with a personalized autograph from one of the survivors
--a copy of Inge Aubacher's book "I am a Star," which was a memoir she wrote about the Treblinka concentration camp, with a personalized autograph
--an engraving of my great-uncle's name from the Korean War Museum in Seoul. He was killed in action in 1951.
--my grandfather's Vietnam era uniforms
--a Muqtada al-Sadr propaganda poster that I pulled off a utility pole in the Sunni triangle of Iraq
--my combat spurs from being deployed with the US Second Cavalry (2ACR)

I also have a collection of vintage Transformer action figures from the '80s and early to mid 90s. It includes a large number of figures that were released exclusively to Japan and Europe.

I'm also a sucker for video games, Star Trek, and Marvel Comics, specifically The Punisher and Deadpool titles.

 

[TheRedBaron]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I'm a bit of a military historian myself! I have some things that I've collected from different places.

--British "doughboy" helmet that I picked up in New Zealand
--155mm brass shell casing, cast in 1944
--a copy of "In Harm's Way," a book about the USS Indianapolis sinking written by Doug Stanton, with a personalized autograph from one of the survivors
--a copy of Inge Aubacher's book "I am a Star," which was a memoir she wrote about the Treblinka concentration camp, with a personalized autograph
--an engraving of my great-uncle's name from the Korean War Museum in Seoul. He was killed in action in 1951.
--my grandfather's Vietnam era uniforms
--a Muqtada al-Sadr propaganda poster that I pulled off a utility pole in the Sunni triangle of Iraq
--my combat spurs from being deployed with the US Second Cavalry (2ACR)

I also have a collection of vintage Transformer action figures from the '80s and early to mid 90s. It includes a large number of figures that were released exclusively to Japan and Europe.

I'm also a sucker for video games, Star Trek, and Marvel Comics, specifically The Punisher and Deadpool titles.

very nice collection you have there, I cant list all my items as its too numerous so I will make a quick listing of some of my favs (again if anyone wants to see pics of any of these just contact me)
-- a full US army dress uniform (pants,summer and winter shirt, 2 overseas hats,tie, dress jacket with 3 ribbon bars, full versions of the medals from the ribbon bars) from the manhattan project
-- a ww2 German panzer officers visor hat which was modified to fit tank headphones over
-- a ww1 internegative of the red baron
-- an 1870 franco-prussian war iron cross
-- a 1960's 3 star soviet general jacket and hat
-- a 1960's US brigadier general's shirt
-- 2 ww2 German helmets
-- a mostly complete ww2 signal corps uniform
and last thing I will post -- a reproduction knights cross which was used on the movie Hellboy by the German Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (included with this post is the actual picture from the movie of the knights cross I have in use)and for anyone who doesn't know a knights cross is the iron cross medal around the neck

 

[Bugaboo]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I collect My Little Pony dolls and restore them (especially the ones from the 80's,) I also draw on the computer, play video games and keep several freaky ass pets

 

[The Hunter]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I have a lot.

Drawing and writing are favorites of everyone in the family. We all have some sort of appreciation for the arts, but we just doodle in our spare time. I don't write songs, but I have a knack for music as do most of my family members. I play bass, guitar, and trombone, but I've been trying to learn violin for a while. I try to play all genres, even if most genres use completely different guitars. I hate singing in front of others, but it amuses me. I adore cars, mostly pickup trucks. I like maintaining them, washing them, cleaning out the interiors, working on the engines, changing spark plugs, changing tires, upgrading and customizing trucks, but I definitely don't have the money to do it that often. I like reading magazines. I usually go for science magazines, but when the mood strikes, I love gun and car magazines. I don't have a collection or subscription to any magazine, but I love picking them up and reading them. I tend to read more magazines than I do books, sadly. I'm not too much of an athlete, but I love a good game of basketball. I've been playing since I was about 4. I've never been proper hunting before, but I like going out and shooting guns. Again, don't have the money to do it regularly, but when I do it, I love it. I used to be a pretty good shot back then. Everyone tells me I should give yoga a shot, but I've never been able to keep up with it. I like exercise that stimulates me and exhausts me. Yoga's just really relaxing and apparently gets really spiritual after a while. I've tried numerous times to get into it, but I just keep forgetting about it. I do stretches in the morning, very basic ones that I'm pretty sure everyone should be doing, but still, it apparently keeps me from bloating up. Then there's just doing handy work around the house. Since I was a kid, I always wanted to be the first to know about a problem with the house so I could be the first one to get to fixing it. Of course, my dad didn't approve of me handling really difficult stuff, but he liked the help and liked the enthusiasm even more.

Overall, I'm just up for anything. I'll at least try to attempt it, anyways. I'm always in the mood for something new.

 

[The Dude]

Re: What are your hobbies?

Firearms, although right now I only have a Mossberg 590 I used to have I over 60 firearms. My next purchase is going to be a Lewis Machine and Tool MWS 308 or LRB M14 in a tactical chassis, probably a Troy. I do photography, I dabble in writing, I'm learning the bass guitar, I own an unrestored 1974 Ford F100, I own ATVs, I camp and hunt, I'm a car enthusiast, and I enjoy hobby grade R/C cars.

 

[Dollars2010]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I like to draw creepy and weird things for the most part and read, usually Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Poe. I also enjoy video games and have been itching to get back into tabletop RPG's like D&D, but I'm shy in finding a group to join. I like to collect bones and pelts. My collection is small at the moment but I certain plan on expanding it after awhile. Trinkets are another thing I like to collect, little figurines and whatnot that catch my eye.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I actually started a thread on this topic a back in February.

I like to learn about languages (French and Spanish right now), foreign cultures and I also like to read nonfiction. Besides that, I also spend a lot of time on the internet reading and watching interesting stuff. I'm thinking I'd like to know how to build websites.

I've started to volunteer helping kids read at the Boys' and Girls' club in Akron. It's only for a few weeks, but I'd like to try for a longer term volunteer position in the future.

I'm interested in music and sing bass in a choir and play trombone in an ensemble. I'd been thinking I'd like to learn guitar or violin.

I'm interested in the shooting sports and have a few pellet guns and airsofts. I'm thinking about getting into archery in the near future.

My family and I are avid campers. I'm going on a camping trip the third week of August with over 70 people.

I know I need to play a sport or get some sort of physical exercise. Like Hunter I think I'd like to try yoga, maybe qigong, to at least get moving on a daily basis. I have some DVDs on yoga and qigong that I can use whenever I feel like it.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I'm a bit of a military historian myself! I have some things that I've collected from different places.

--British "doughboy" helmet that I picked up in New Zealand
--155mm brass shell casing, cast in 1944
--a copy of "In Harm's Way," a book about the USS Indianapolis sinking written by Doug Stanton, with a personalized autograph from one of the survivors
--a copy of Inge Aubacher's book "I am a Star," which was a memoir she wrote about the Treblinka concentration camp, with a personalized autograph
--an engraving of my great-uncle's name from the Korean War Museum in Seoul. He was killed in action in 1951.
--my grandfather's Vietnam era uniforms
--a Muqtada al-Sadr propaganda poster that I pulled off a utility pole in the Sunni triangle of Iraq
--my combat spurs from being deployed with the US Second Cavalry (2ACR)

I also have a collection of vintage Transformer action figures from the '80s and early to mid 90s. It includes a large number of figures that were released exclusively to Japan and Europe.

I'm also a sucker for video games, Star Trek, and Marvel Comics, specifically The Punisher and Deadpool titles.

very nice collection you have there, I cant list all my items as its too numerous so I will make a quick listing of some of my favs (again if anyone wants to see pics of any of these just contact me)
-- a full US army dress uniform (pants,summer and winter shirt, 2 overseas hats,tie, dress jacket with 3 ribbon bars, full versions of the medals from the ribbon bars) from the manhattan project
-- a ww2 German panzer officers visor hat which was modified to fit tank headphones over
-- a ww1 internegative of the red baron
-- an 1870 franco-prussian war iron cross
-- a 1960's 3 star soviet general jacket and hat
-- a 1960's US brigadier general's shirt
-- 2 ww2 German helmets
-- a mostly complete ww2 signal corps uniform
and last thing I will post -- a reproduction knights cross which was used on the movie Hellboy by the German Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (included with this post is the actual picture from the movie of the knights cross I have in use)and for anyone who doesn't know a knights cross is the iron cross medal around the neck

I forgot that I have some more cool things!

--A Russian submariner's fur hat, complete with hammer and sickle from the Soviet era
--A North Korean bugle
--A Soviet Officer's garrison hat
--an Uzbek enlisted man's garrison hat, covered with collectable pins from the 1976 Olympic games
--A snippet of barbed wire from the DMZ

I also like reading (mainly non-fiction and classic literature) and I'm a bit of an amateur cook. I do most of the cooking for my family and so far I've had no complaints about my ability.

 

[The Hunter]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I actually started a thread on this topic a back in February.

Noted.

 

[Bgheff]

I enjoy reading, just finished the Dark Tower series and moving on to a collection of Lovecraft. I'm also a gamer, and I guess I have a party hobby, since I usually go to one a week (being known for making great mixed drinks gets you a lot of invites)

 

[Stratochu]

Studying serial killers, collecting odd electronic/electrical items (between trying to save up for a security deposit and application fee on a place of my own and a lack of space, this has diminished), collecting recorded music, following Nick Bate, DrMusic2, Amy's Baking Company and Pixyteri, watching true crime, antiques hunting, personal problem (like addictions, hoarding and parenting faults), animal and dumb crime shows on TV, browsing sites like Goregrish and Documenting Reality.

 

[Saney]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I like to draw creepy and weird things for the most part and read, usually Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Poe.

I enjoy reading, just finished the Dark Tower series and moving on to a collection of Lovecraft.

What about Clive Barker?

 

[The Dude]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I like to draw creepy and weird things for the most part and read, usually Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Poe.

I enjoy reading, just finished the Dark Tower series and moving on to a collection of Lovecraft.

What about Clive Barker?

Barker is OK, but Lovecraft and King are in a league all their own.

 

[Saney]

Re: What are your hobbies?

I like to draw creepy and weird things for the most part and read, usually Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Poe.

I enjoy reading, just finished the Dark Tower series and moving on to a collection of Lovecraft.

What about Clive Barker?

Barker is OK, but Lovecraft and King are in a league all their own.

*Pouts*