Your pet hobby

[sme_bro]

Im looking for a hobby.
All my old ones have run out or become unsustainable, Im looking for somthing-maybe active so that im not cooped up inside but also not too expensive.
Bought a gameboy sp recently but was dissapointed, im pretty sure its aimed at kids completely (i liked the portable idea) so im going to trade it in for an xbox...which still will not count as a hobbie because i will only really be able to use it on weekends.
Last year it was magic cards, i bought them like hotcakes(what are hotcakes anyway) and loved the game- but it was so freaken expensive...not to mention stressfull, i had a huge arguement with one of my best mates over it and we ended up not speaking for about 7 months-dispite the fact we go to bording school.
so i sold them all
Now i want something new- what are your pet hobbies?

[HairlessBluetick]

I guess that depends on how you define "hobby."

[Jkrs]

Lessee.. Art, reading, bonsai, photography, reading forums, collecting dragon statues.. More when I can think of them.

[sme_bro]

I guess that depends on how you define "hobby."

woah-and i was spelling it hobbie...checked and fixed.

[ohnoaninfp]

singing so far

[int]

Photography is one of mine. Try a new musical instrument. Teach a kid to read.

[sme_bro]

I do photography at school, i love the creative freedom it gives but i dont enjoy the time consuming development process.
Chess is a good idea though, me and a friend started playing 2 years ago...Im not sure why we gave up, I should get him back into it.

[Birdsnest]

Photography
Woodworking
Sculpting in clay
Drawing
Poetry
Music
Canoeing or kayaking
Astronomy + stargazing with telescope
Golfing, jogging, hiking
Collecting
Dance Class
Reading
Or, get some books on something you want to try
or go to the college bookstore and browse through the books to see if there is a class you want to enroll in this Fall at your local college, ie, art, archery, drafting, dancing, or anything that you want.

[KentOhio]

I'm not sure how long people have been living in New Zealand, but if it's over 100 years, maybe you'd like to try metal detecting. You get lots of excercise and maybe find some treasure while you're at it.

[sme_bro]

Thanks guys, i have a minolta camera that was givin to me for the year from school, as for metal detecting, people have been living here for about 200+ years, i do see people on beaches using metal detectors, but i wouldnt know where to start, especially since i go to a bording school during the week.
At the moment im leaning more into getting back into art, sketching and multi-media.
Definatly going to have another go at chess

[HairlessBluetick]

Do you have a dog? You could always get into a dogsport like agility or flyball.

[ohnoaninfp]

I am also going to learn how to play the fiddle and the violin. They are the same instrument, it is just the way they are played

[Melody]

I am reminded of Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and Cowboy Bebop's "Spokey Dokey." I love western-style fiddle and harmonica music.

[Hunter]

If I get REALLY bored I tend to try and write stories, mostly fanfiction, but it's something.

[MacGuffin]

I do the following:

Read and collect first edition books (very small right now)
Play softball and basketball
Watch football (college and pro) and college basketball
Play fantasy baseball and football
Play Xbox
Listen to music and collect rock albums
Surf the internet
Write (badly)
Drink alcohol (and usually listen to music)
Watch movies and collect DVDs (esp. classic films)
Sleep in on the weekends

I also finally got a digital camera, and now that I won't have to pay for film I'll probably get interested in photography too.

[ohnoaninfp]

Oh Yeah! I love printmaking. It is awesome. Ilike both woodcuts and intaglio. I also paint and draw. :wub:

[Avengardh]

I draw...sketch mostly these days...I make graphics when I feel the need to and/or websites.

I write...and when I really feel the need I go jogging. I also like to make my own bracelets with beads (black, mostly, but other colors too), I bake too oh yes and talk to my cat about life.

Also, checking out math books from the library seems to be another hobby of mine...I also roleplay when there's enough people online from my rpg-chat-group, which is not often these days. I dance and sing sometimes...I'm sure there's more, but I often change depending on what I feel like doing....

~*Aven*~

[Salad]

you should try raising gold fish. i hear it's quite the rage.

[Slider]

how can you "raise" a gold fish? do you teach it tricks or how to read during the two days it will be alive?

to answer one of your questions, hotcakes are pancakes, flapjacks, wotever.

strangely enough I do most of the things macguffin does. I don't really think of them as hobbies though. I've never had a "hobby", I just have stuff I do when I'm bored.

[Salad]

people raise cattle, don't they?

i imagine it would be very similar

[Salad]

i'll accept the word "grow" if you prefer

[CosmicDust]

You mean, keep them alive long enough that they can grow a foot long?

Or are you talking about koi, the larger close cousins of goldfish that you can buy in a store already 1 foot long and raise them in a pond where they can grow to 2 feet?

I have a goldfish and a Siamese fighting fish. I like having fish (of the varieties that don't die in 3 days unless you're an expert keeper - I'd probably never do angelfish). I also like having plants that I don't kill in 2-3 weeks (not mini roses or indoor azaleas - heck, I can't do African violets either...but I can do cacti/aloe, ficus trees, aboricola bonsai, hibiscus, and a few others).

[Slider]

relax, salad I was just joshin' ya. I need bacon bits and egg to spice this salad up, man . . .

[SensEye]

I have a goldfish and a Siamese fighting fish. I like having fish (of the varieties that don't die in 3 days unless you're an expert keeper - I'd probably never do angelfish)

Back when I used to have tropical fish I could never keep one of those damned bettas alive more than a couple of months (and they where expensive too as I recall). I had some angelfish that lived a good while. Mind you some would just up and die in the blink of an eye.

How long have you had your betta?

[Boozer]

Not quite active but it's helping me be more social: Poker

As long as you stick to home games with friends it doesn't get too expensive. Just be prepared to whip all your friends asses. Once you get into it and study the game, your deep concentration and analytical mind will give you the upper hand. Just make sure to not think too deeply or you will miss the oodles of tells people have.

[s]

Research, writing, reading, keeping fit, gardening, eating and cooking gourmet food... and sex, drugs, and rock and roll. :D

[CosmicDust]

I have a goldfish and a Siamese fighting fish. I like having fish (of the varieties that don't die in 3 days unless you're an expert keeper - I'd probably never do angelfish)

Back when I used to have tropical fish I could never keep one of those damned bettas alive more than a couple of months (and they where expensive too as I recall). I had some angelfish that lived a good while. Mind you some would just up and die in the blink of an eye.

How long have you had your betta?
Angelfish almost always died in the blink of an eye when my dad kept them. They're extremely delicate.

The goldfish croaked after about 2 1/2 weeks (it was probably too hot in my apartment, and it had fallen ill with dropsy). I have replaced it with two dwarf gouramis, one flame style (named Betelgeuse) and the other neon-style (named Cirrocumulus, since the stripe pattern reminds me of mackerel sky). I still have the betta (Chaos), and I've had it for several weeks now. (I think I just got the fish not that long ago when I wrote that post - had it maybe 2 weeks.) My record with a betta was over a year, but that was with a female. The longest I've kept a male betta alive is about 9 months. Another long-lived fish of mine was a cheap comet goldfish who survived about a year in my care.

[KentOhio]

My brother has a goldfish that he got when it was just a baby. It's about 3-4 inches long now and must be about 9 years old. He had others with it and they lived to be about 6 to 8. This one, though, for the past 6 months or so, has stopped swimming. Now he just lies on his side on the bottom. My brother drops the fish food in so it will land near its mouth. It's funny. I say that the fish has just become smart, realizing that it doesn't have to waste its energy swimming around in circles all the time.

[Arioch]

I once had two gold wish and one survived the other. So we bought a new one. Which again died before the old one. Same story with the third one. After this I changed his name to Leviathan. Damn fish kept on killing the other ones or something because he just wouldn't die.

Untill he well...died

[Arioch]

Im looking for a hobby.
All my old ones have run out or become unsustainable, Im looking for somthing-maybe active so that im not cooped up inside but also not too expensive.
Bought a gameboy sp recently but was dissapointed, im pretty sure its aimed at kids completely (i liked the portable idea) so im going to trade it in for an xbox...which still will not count as a hobbie because i will only really be able to use it on weekends.
Last year it was magic cards, i bought them like hotcakes(what are hotcakes anyway) and loved the game- but it was so freaken expensive...not to mention stressfull, i had a huge arguement with one of my best mates over it and we ended up not speaking for about 7 months-dispite the fact we go to bording school.
so i sold them all
Now i want something new- what are your pet hobbies?


I believe that hotcakes are the same as pancakes.

[purple13]

- metal detecting (I found an 1877 indian head penny in my mom's front yard - sold it for $250)

- genealogy

- astrology

[Avengardh]

I once had two gold wish and one survived the other. So we bought a new one. Which again died before the old one. Same story with the third one. After this I changed his name to Leviathan. Damn fish kept on killing the other ones or something because he just wouldn't die.

Untill he well...died

Aww u.u

Nice name though :D

~*Aven*~

[Sam172]

mmmm....ermmm.....trying to think what I do for a hobby. It's not really much. I live a boring life :)

- Trying to stop my bonsai trees from dieing (and so far failing miserably)
- Drinking copious amounts of green tea
- Spending far too much time talking on the internet and browsing Livejournal + this forum
- Occasionally juggling
- Photography


I may be able to add Chinese Kickboxing to the list soon if the thing with the scary Vietnamese man works in the end.
Apart from that I need a new hobby...

[Last Song]

No other chess players?! Oh well.

Chess (chinese chess, go, and want to learn other similar style games) ...
Guitar ...
Listen to music ...
Browse forums and rarely post ...
Look up INTP stuff ...
*shrug*

[sme_bro]

Ive decided to stick with what i am currently doing, there are plenty of things i do for recreation that i can count as hobbies. A few have been listed here. I like to research, just for the sake of being well informed on something- politics, drugs almost any subject as long as i can find some objective information on it.
Fish would be great, i already have 'pets' at my bording school. I look after suculents in my dorm. They are in my opinion the hardiest plants out there and i can leave them in there for a whole holidays and come back and they are healthy.
And photography, although it is boring to develop and having time pressures at my school is often an issue i still enjoy the taking pictures and seeing final result.
Also i managed to get an Xbox a little while back so its fun playing with that and scooping out new games to get.
keep on posting...and im sure i will go away and think of something ive missed. like writting short stories and sketching.

[Claverhouse]

Anyone else feel that perhaps fish must get a bit worried when they're taken indoors ?



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Tatsuboshi]

No other chess players?! Oh well.

Chess (chinese chess, go, and want to learn other similar style games) ...

I've played some Go. Fascinating game. I'm not very good, though. At the moment I suspect I might be playing FFXI too much. I don't really have a pet hobby, but I've been playing games pretty consistently throughout my life.

Cute avatar, btw :D (well, until you changed it =P)

[Boozer]

I second Tats, cute avatar, and I have played SOME go. Mostly Igowin free 9x9 board. So yeah I suck, my best is like 15kyu

[SheepDog]

I'm a big fan of welding. There's something very interesting about melting metal, and being able to create things is nice, too.