hobbies

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:14 am

Reading (lots of reading)
Collecting antique swords
Horses
Rare/oddball tropical fish
Video games
Writing poetry
Hiking
Beer (drinking - haven't brewed in too long to count that as a current hobby)

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:24 am

woodworking
gourmet-style cooking
computer programming--yes, I know it's my day job, but I got into it because I did it as a hobby. And I still whip up handy little programs for myself as the mood strikes (like a shopping list on the web that I can access via my cell phone)
Brewing--mead and mead-family brews (pyment, cysers, etc). Not so much into brewing beer and wine.
martial arts. I took a big hiatus from this when my son was born, but now that he's in a class himself, i'm finding myself training more and more often.
comparative religious study
reading
writing poetry
going to renaissance festivals and similar things
Video games

I read about these people who say that if they won the lottery they'd just keep on working because they'd be bored. Me, I think I've got enough hobbies to take up a full day

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:00 am

music is a huge hobby - playing, listening, collecting, going to festivals, working at festivals, doing websites for festivals, etc.

crochet, beadwork, and other arts and crafts (no sewing, however). I crochet prayer shawls for cancer patients and hats for newborns for one of our local hospitals.

reading

gardening (although I have too much shade at this house to do so properly)

While it's not really a "hobby" - volunteer work such as Citizens on Patrol and CPOP and Tom's Court Watch.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:59 pm

Cycling at race speed , well sometimes...
Cooking-love to cook French Provencal style, slow food, enjoy reading Ruth Richel, MFK Fisher, Anthony Bourdain, etc
Photography- just got back into it via digital SLR. Need to learn about Photoshop and punch up my digital darkroom skills.
Reading- always one or 2 books lying around

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:38 pm

Reading - and since my husband owns a used book store I get lots of books for free!
Gardening
Wasting time on the Internet
Maintaining my website
Knitting - but since I usually knit when I watch TV and there's not much worth watching, I don't get a whole lot done.
I like going for long aimless drives in the car - "let's see where this road goes" - but with the price of gas I haven't been able to do much of that lately. Plus I've lived here since 1967 so I've pretty much done all the roads around here.
contra dancing

Irish Marine · Post by **Irish Marine** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:19 pm

What a fun thread! It's great to see the diversity of the members. I seem to be the jack of all trades, master of none

-XTERRA off-road triathlons
-chasing after my son (a toddler)
-teaching
-reading
-working on the lawn
-lager/ale taste-testing

-cooking

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:45 pm

What a fun bunch. No wonder Chiff gatherings are almost invariably a good time.

Some favorites of mine:
-singing with little kids (also my profession)
-trying to understand God
-going for long walks with my lovely Mrs. Badger
-planting trees and watching Wyoming kill them
-playing with my goofy but intrepid dog
-trying to entice the local trout to ingest little fake bugs made of feathers and fur
-getting into close proximity to large, wild animals while armed with a bent stick
-confusing my wife's cat (doesn't take much)

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:56 pm

Learning Irish (actually, I think that may fall more into the realm of "obsession")

Reading

Vegetarian cooking

Dog training

Redwolf

Bothrops · Post by **Bothrops** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:23 pm

-Wasting time on internet (I assume that all of us have this hobby

)
-Pumping iron (gym)
-A few video games
-Reading
-Nature
-Exotic pets keeping (ok, I've been into this for about 5 years, but I'm travelling to another country soon, so, I don't have my animals anymore)
-Whistling, whistling, whistling, and more whistling

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:51 pm

Mainly toddler-chasing but every now and then I get to read or play the Sims. Every once in a while I even get to play music.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:55 pm

It will get better, really...

Sandy McLeod · Post by **Sandy McLeod** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:25 pm

Writing (especially for a Vietnamese magazine)
Pumping iron and other jock stuff, especially swimming
Skiing (when the snow is falling) and sailing wheneve the oportunity present itself
Woodcarving things, including skin kayak building
Teaching (it is a hobby only because I am no longer a tenured instructor but an adjunct faculty at other colleges)
Playing string instruments (althogh I blow harp on occasion)
Travel (when I can afford it)
And other stuff

Sandy

Sandy McLeod · Post by **Sandy McLeod** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:25 pm

Writing (especially for a Vietnamese magazine)
Pumping iron and other jock stuff, especially swimming
Skiing (when the snow is falling) and sailing wheneve the oportunity present itself
Woodcarving things, including skin kayak building
Teaching (it is a hobby only because I am no longer a tenured instructor but an adjunct faculty at other colleges)
Playing string instruments (althogh I blow harp on occasion)
Travel (when I can afford it)
And other stuff

Sandy

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:09 am

Music (playing at home, going to gigs, learning new instruments, practicing with the band, moderating a local music website)
Video Games
Cycling when the weather's nice
Drinking
I'd say computers/programming but it's my day job and I can't be bothered when I get home
Used to do martial arts but it takes up too much time that could be spent playing guitar/video games
Cooking. A recent hobby that I love. Everything from scottish dishes like stews and stovies to chili and pad thai.
And Golf.

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:00 am

Spinning yarn - my biggest craft activity at the moment
Secondary crafts: dyeing, knitting, crochet, quilting
Photography
Video games on the DS and Wii
Travel
Running my (very small) online craft shop