I Need Hobbies

[Wolf]

I need some hobbies. Please, share your ideas.

[Dudley]

I've been doing a lot of programming lately (C#) for work -- I am writing a Windows application that will do all sorts of neat things for troubleshooting large networks. How is this related, you ask? Well, it's turned into a hobby. I find myself wanting to work on it all the time. Every little task is like a neat puzzle with hundreds of different solutions and finding the most efficient is addicting as hell.

My wife thinks I'm strange, but that's okay. I'm kinda sorta getting a paycheck for it -- I'm putting in about 80 hours a week at it, but I only get paid for 40 -- but I think I'd do it even if weren't getting paid. So I think that's a hobby.

[Colonel Plink]

I used to bicycle a lot. Then I bought a gun. I realized that any hobby is an expensive venture, if you really want to pursue it, so I threw myself into guns, hunting and reloading with a religious fervor. It keeps me sane.

Recoil therapy with Bhodi and Anacanapuna Wednesday was a wonderful balm. We all kicked a few full-house, 300-grain loads out of the Super Blackhawk and cranked a bunch through 'Puna's Winchester '94. Good-natured insults were thrown around, and a new generation of legends were born that day on the range

I love the mechanics and ballistics of shooting and hand loading. They require discipline and a dedication to safety and detail.

[SmartAleq]

I like to crochet--it's calming, a pretty cheap sort of hobby and I end up with warm comfy pretties that nobody else has. Plus, easy gifting!

[Zeener Diode]

Go fly a kite!

[BJMoose]

Hey! I actually did that this year! (Didn't remember it being so much work.)

[Wolf Larsen]

Shooting is good.
Cycling is good.
Woodworking is good.

[WednesdayAddams]

Get a dog. Guaranteed friend, alarm clock and exercise in one package.

[Chacoguy]

Originally Posted by Wolf Larsen

Shooting is good.
Cycling is good.

Years ago, some buddies and me dabbled in a Mountain Bike/ Shooting biathlon thing.

[Wolf Larsen]

I've seen people at the range training for summer biathlon. You ride the mountain bike, get off, shoot some targets and repeat. Looks like fun.

[Chacoguy]

It is.

We talked about mounting paintball guns on the handlebars and having dogfights, but nothing came of it.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by Zeener Diode

Go fly a kite!

I think I might try to do that in the Spring or Summer. Winter does not strike me as the kite-flying season.

Originally Posted by WednesdayAddams

Get a dog. Guaranteed friend, alarm clock and exercise in one package.

Too much work and dogs are way too needy (IMHO).

Originally Posted by Wolf Larsen

Cycling is good.

That might be possible. I would need to purchase a bike.

[HongKongFooey]

Hand balancing is fun. Might want to listen to different music than that though.

[eleanorigby]

I stumbled into a pastels class and now I paint as a hobby. It's called painting, even though the pastels are like chalk-crayons. I love it and lose track of time when I do it, so I know I must enjoy it. It's the opposite of work, although I work hard at it.

I also write. I'm working on a novel (murder mystery-but I'm not really working on it at all at present) and I write poetry.

I also hang out on this one message board-not quite a hobby, but it does pass the time nicely.

[Chacoguy]

Now that Digital Photography has come into it's own; there's lot's of possibilities. Start with a cameraphone and go up. Pick a subject; gritty cities-capes? Wildlife? (Even dogs or pigeons), Faces? Joy? Sadness?

There's a lot out there to observe.

[u wan buy dvd?]

considering how hard it is to suggest hobbies to a complete stranger I've never met, I think you'd enjoy restoring antique furniture.

[picunurse]

Glass. Take a stained glass class. A glass fusing class is a little more physical, and a lot more dangerous, so that might be more exciting.
I'm too afraid of getting burned, but I love cutting, grinding and even foiling, even though that's tedious.

[Chacoguy]

Dirx might have some suggestions as well.

[NoClueBoy]

Kick boxing! Sport of the future.

[Peeking Duck]

Originally Posted by u wan buy dvd?

considering how hard it is to suggest hobbies to a complete stranger I've never met, I think you'd enjoy restoring antique furniture.

Heh. "Like"

[Kat]

How about gourmet cooking?

[Islander]

Gardening: not just a hobby, a survival strategy.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

Kick boxing! Sport of the future.

Wasn't that from the movie, Say Anything?

See below. Cite.

Corey Flood: Hi Joe, How are you? I love you.
Joe: I love you too.
Corey Flood: You invade my soul
Joe: I want to get back together, Mimi is gonna go to college and I'm gonna be alone and I'm gonna break up with her before she leaves, have sex with me.
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Lloyd Dobler: Kickboxing. Sport of the future.
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Diane Court: I have this theory of convergence, that good things always happen with bad things. I know you have to deal with them at the same time, but I just don't know why they have to happen at the same time. I just wish I could work out some schedule. Am I just babbling? Do you know what I mean?
Lloyd Dobler: No.
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Yup!

[BJMoose]

If you enjoy research, genealogy is the hobby that never ends. . . .

[stormie]

Originally Posted by Wolf

Too much work and dogs are way too needy (IMHO).

bad raffer! no treatie! (not really, only people who really want dogs should have them. ok.)

No idea what to suggest so will share my hobbies: pets, so that's out for you; walking, which I only like with pets; reading (always good); knitting - new to me, I started as brain exercise; avoiding housework; making fun of people; looking at pretty things (harder than you might imagine); messing around with computers and computer games and software; and having grandkids.

I used to play with Louisiana cooking; sew, especially hand sewing; ride a motorcycle or bicycle; learn to read literature in the original French or Spanish; and playing around with craft clay, beads, glass paint, and stuff like that.

I would like to try making a dollhouse and drawing dogs.

So, am I boring or what?

[Turing Complete]

Manscape photography
Polo
Build a kit car
Make your own kimchi
Scrapbooking
Multi-level marketing
Ferrets!
Bonsai
Bingo
World of Warcraft
Tattooing
Bodybuilding
Lego
Origami
Calligraphy
Kayaking
Chess
Sword-making
Filing nuisance lawsuits
Recreational pharmacology
Mushroom hunting
Stalking celebrities
Bar tending
Comic book collecting

[Swivels]

Dancing. It's good exercise, and you get to meet all sorts of weird and wonderful people. I mostly do lindy hop because I love swing music, but if that's not your cup of tea there's no shortage of dance styles out there.

[stormie]

Oh yea! I forgot dancing, going to clubs, going to concerts with groups of friends, going hiking with friends, martial arts, and weightlifting

[NoClueBoy]

Originally Posted by Wolf

Wasn't that from the movie, Say Anything?

See below. Cite.

Yup!

I'm Lloyd Dobler.

[Doc Cathode]

Start collecting comic books and toys.

I feel confident that my Earth 2 counterpart Fenris would also endorse these.

[Zeener Diode]

Originally Posted by Turing Complete

Manscape photography

NOT WANT

[Wolf]

My girlfriend got me an early Christmas present. It is a PlayStation 2, so I think she might be the one.

I'm currently playing Mortal Kombat Deception.

[Clothahump]

Taekwondo. Playing guitar.

No, the two are not mutually exclusive.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by Clothahump

Playing guitar.

I definitely want to learn how to play the guitar. I have a friend who plays the guitar. I should ask him for lessons

[Wolf Larsen]

Originally Posted by Wolf

My girlfriend got me an early Christmas present. It is a PlayStation 2, so I think she might be the one.

I'm currently playing Mortal Kombat Deception.

Points if you say "FINISH HER" during sex.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by Wolf Larsen

Points if you say "FINISH HER" during sex.

HAHA! Nice one.

On a serious note, I'm addicted to Mortal Kombat Deception; however, I wish there were more characters.

My girlfriend's family and my parents will be getting me more ps2 games for Christmas. I have been instructed not to buy any more games until the Christmas season ends.

[Mako]

I build models. Doesn't matter whether it's plastic kits, pattern kits or scratch. It's very calming and helps me relax.

I love flight sims as well, but I understand that's a bit niche.

[BJMoose]

I used to work with a guy who did that. He even had an air brush that worked with those Testors paint bottles.

[Solfy]

Buy a crappy house. You'll never have surplus money or time again!

[Rebo]

Cooking!

Start by making some buckeyes.

[Scuba Ben]

I've heard that on some web sites, you can interact with all sorts of people in a text-based, asynchronous format. You might give that a try.

[Solfy]

If this is your hobby, you need a hobby.

[HongKongFooey]

Originally Posted by Solfy

Buy a crappy house. You'll never have surplus money or time again!

HongKongFooey likes your post: "Buy a crappy house. You'll never have surplus money or time again! "

[Pencil]

Originally Posted by Solfy

Buy a crappy house. You'll never have surplus money or time again!

See, this is why I live in an apt even though I grew up in a house: There is always, always all the time, something that should be done. And many times there's something that really, really must be done.

I'm way too lazy to own a house.

[Flying Saucerian]

Have you considered sitting in the dark and sobbing? I can kill hours that way...

[teela brown]

I keep misreading the thread title as "I Need Hobbits".

[Kat]

We all need Hobbits....

[Clothahump]

Originally Posted by Wolf

I definitely want to learn how to play the guitar. I have a friend who plays the guitar. I should ask him for lessons

Go to your local music store and get educated on guitars. Buy a moderately good one to start with; you can upgrade later. Strong suggestion: start acoustic, not electric. Get a good beginner book or two.

Be prepared for your fingers to hurt while you're starting. Gotta play your dues.

I have a 6-string and a 12-string. And if you ever wondered why anyone has ever played guitar, John Denver said it best.

[Anacanapuna]

I'm a woodworker, and like any devotee, I'm in it up to my neck. Over the years I've accumulated well over $20,000 worth of tools, machinery, books, and plans. That doesn't mean I paid that for it, but that's replacement cost. Acquiring the tools is as important a part of the hobby as using them.

The upside is pulling my granddaughter down the street in the hand-made stake-side wagon I built, or relaxing in the Adirondack chairs I built, or seeing the arts-and-crafts side table I built get all decked out for Christmas. Jewelry boxes for my wife and daughters-in-law, even the altar for a local church, all created in my shop.

There is a downside, of course. Hardwood becomes more and more expensive all the time, and there's the moral quandry of whether I'm part of the deforestation of the planet.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by Pencil

See, this is why I live in an apt even though I grew up in a house: There is always, always all the time, something that should be done. And many times there's something that really, really must be done.

I'm way too lazy to own a house.

I would rather own than rent.

Originally Posted by Flying Saucerian

Have you considered sitting in the dark and sobbing? I can kill hours that way...

I already do that.

Originally Posted by teela brown

I keep misreading the thread title as "I Need Hobbits".

I am not much of a Frodo Baggins fan.