What are your hobbies? - Page 2

Gwaimir Windgem · 05-29-2003, 12:26 AM

I take it that you won't listen to rap, eh?

Hobbies:

Tolkien's works.
Tolkien himself.
Writing.
World Building.
Talking on AIM (though not as much as some folks I've known, all of whom have mysteriously found their way to my block list...

)
Watching Certain Television Shows (Simpsons, Frasier, Cosby [the Cosy Show, too, but I'm always at work when it's on

]) (As a side note, this week I get to go see Cosby, live! WHEEEEEE!!!!

)
Playing Shadowbane and Soul Calibur.
Listening to music. Gregorian Chant principally, but for several days I've been listening to the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins for some good laughs.

Mooting.
Other message boards.
Watching movies. Present faves are A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Producers.

***IronParrot*** · 05-29-2003, 12:29 AM

Reading literature, of course.

Watching films of all sorts and writing lengthy reviews about them. I actually haven't done the second part in a while, but whenever I do, I love it.

Posting on messageboards... I used to moderate droves of them, but Entmoot is the only (public) one that has survived. Nowadays I also frequent CUSIDnet and the Students' Union Webboard, which will be of absolutely no interest to anybody here.

Debating! I love university debate. It's a whole lifestyle unto itself.

Playing the piano - I'm classically trained but I do a lot of jazz improv now. I also play the clarinet.

Scrabble. I play in clubs and tournaments. If you think you're a Scrabble expert, this is a great way to be completely humbled by the true wordmasters.

Video games - mostly of the classic nostalgic variety (think NES and SNES), but I also play some titles on GameCube and PC.

Computer graphics. I used to do a lot of 3D stuff but I'm really behind the times... nowadays I mostly work in 2D with PhotoShop and the like. Though I've been acquainting myself with Maya recently.

I write, but I don't have much output to prove it... well, other than a few published articles.

Baby-K · 05-29-2003, 01:37 AM

Hobbies..........oh yeah that's those things you do when you want to further clutter your already full real life eh?

Don't think I really have any of those (reading & listening to music is a given)...............does shopping count? And inventing new drinking games with my mates? Other than that I stare at strangers in malls & I change my haircolour

Anglorfin · 05-29-2003, 09:58 AM

In no particular order . . .

1. Guitar - Though I'd really call it a lifestyle and way of life for me
2. Video Games
3. Reading
4. Chess
5. Collecting martial arts films with Bombadillo

6. Hockey
7. Magic: The Gathering - It's a hobby that always goes on and off. I never stick with it for too long but then start playing again every few months or so.

Most anything else I do is seasonal sport type stuff such as snowboarding, various watersports or fishing.

Elvengirl · 05-30-2003, 08:38 PM

My horse and everything that comes with having him.
reading (that's a shocker right?)
music - violin
running
hiking
camping
mooting
.............to name a few

Coney · 05-30-2003, 08:54 PM

In no discernable order -

Swearing at the computer
Beer
Sex
Reading
Writing
Torturing the guitar
Music
Building cars
Socialising
Trying to understand kids (lifelong hobby this)
Creating unusual scenario's for life
Collecting fluff from my navel
Studying

Hasty Ent · 05-30-2003, 09:17 PM

In descending order of enjoyment and ascending order of work involved...

Wine: pinot noir, gruner veltliner, reisling, zinfandel, syrah, mmmmm

Movies: foreign, old, avant garde

Music: experimental (new music), opera, jazz, rock

Art: very very contemporary

Books: all kinds, bad and good, classic and trashy
I really need to become more selective...

Food: reading and collecting vintage cookbooks, inventing curries, baking bread, etc
if it weren't for the fact that I eventually have to stop and wash dishes (UGH) I'd never stop cooking

Gardening: starting from seed heirloom tomatoes, peppers, beans, lettuce, and a few flowers
learning to tolerate weeds -- they are , after all, merely plants growing where you don't want them to -- and at least they're green...

Lizra · 05-31-2003, 01:07 AM

Tolerating weeds eh!

I live far out in the country, where the weeds are relentless!

I have different gardens with different "weed tolerances". I must admit, my most beautiful and lush gardens are the "Absolutely no weeds allowed ever!" gardens. If a weed even thinks about growing.....it's gone. Walking these gardens several times daily, looking for "invaders" gives me great joy!

Then there is a "I'll get you later" garden, where weeds can think they're going to grow, but once a season I'll come around with a thick layer of wood chips and suffocate them.

Lastly, I have a small garden that is composed of several invasive plants (marguerite, oregano, bee balm, mint, bishops weed) and weeds I like! Queen Annes lace and goldenrod can stay, also milkweed and a couple cute weeds that I don't even know the name of.

This blathering is for Hasty Ent! Sorry to go so OT. As I stated earlier, gardening is a hobby of mine!

Elvengirl · 05-31-2003, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lizra

This blathering is for Hasty Ent! Sorry to go so OT. As I stated earlier, gardening is a hobby of mine!

What do you mean by OT?

I as well love to garden, though I don't usually have the patience to get all the pesky weeds.

Lalaith · 05-31-2003, 10:48 AM

- being online
- watching TV
- going to the cinema
- going to a restaurant with friends
- dancing
- going out with my friends
- going out for a walk
- snowboarding
- golf
- reading
- listening to music
- writing
- ....

Linaewen · 05-31-2003, 10:52 AM

Elvengirl, OT means 'Off topic'. Which is odd considering 'On topic' would have the same initials.

For my hobbies: look at the list above, and exclude snowboarding and golf. Include basketball and shopping (for books)

congressmn · 05-31-2003, 11:02 AM

guitar
golf
girls
scarying neighbourhood dogs
readin
being a hypocrite
love
driving like a mad man
alcohol
solar eclipses (i have 2 on video)
clay pigeon/pigeon shooting

Elvengirl · 05-31-2003, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Elvengirl, OT means 'Off topic'. Which is odd considering 'On topic' would have the same initials.

Thanks

Agalayth · 05-31-2003, 12:18 PM

Lemme see, I've got a lot:

Skiing (downhill and cross country)
Running
Talking on AIM
Playing computer games
Reading
Writing
Playing and painting Warhammer
Watching Comedy Central

Going on many many messageboards
Listening to music.

durin's bane · 06-01-2003, 10:47 AM

These are my hobbies:

1) Reading
2) Drawing
3) Working on my website
4) Entmooting (super-mega-ultra-large DUH)
5) Collecting online Yu-Gi-Oh stuff. I collect adoptables, "He's Mine" badges (Malik Ishtar...yummy!) and other stuff. I have yet to get a keeper or get married, though. -_-; Malik's always taken.
6) Cycling/scootering
7) PLAYING TAG!!! w00t!!!
8) Trading Card Games (I play Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Don't get me started talking about Yu-Gi-Oh or I'll never stop

)
9) Video games (Zelda all the way!!!)

Fion · 06-01-2003, 03:50 PM

Photography. I really like doing that.

Making raplica swords out of wood. I'm really good at that.

Sword fighting, I'm really good at that two. Et-macar an orme!

Playing the LOTR Tradin Card Game or TCG.

Walking. I REALLY like that. For some reason

.

Bikeing.

Fion

Anglorfin · 06-02-2003, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fion
Making raplica swords out of wood. I'm really good at that.

Sounds interesting. Do you have any pictures online?

Fion · 06-02-2003, 11:12 PM

No. I want to put some pictures on, and I do have a digital camera, but for some reason it won't let me put any on this PC.

Anglorfin · 06-02-2003, 11:25 PM

What have you made sofar? I am really into swords and everything having to do with them.

And what type of fighting do you do? Is it fencing or a Kendo type art?

[edit]Sorry mods, I realized I probably shoulda have just PMed him.[/edit]

Eowyn, Lady of Rohan · 12-18-2003, 10:56 AM

I am going to be walking my teachers dog and that'll be fun.

05-29-2003, 12:26 AM	#21
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I take it that you won't listen to rap, eh? Hobbies: Tolkien's works. Tolkien himself. Writing. World Building. Talking on AIM (though not as much as some folks I've known, all of whom have mysteriously found their way to my block list... ) Watching Certain Television Shows (Simpsons, Frasier, Cosby [the Cosy Show, too, but I'm always at work when it's on ]) (As a side note, this week I get to go see Cosby, live! WHEEEEEE!!!! ) Playing Shadowbane and Soul Calibur. Listening to music. Gregorian Chant principally, but for several days I've been listening to the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins for some good laughs. Mooting. Other message boards. Watching movies. Present faves are A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Producers. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

05-29-2003, 12:29 AM	#22
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Reading literature, of course. Watching films of all sorts and writing lengthy reviews about them. I actually haven't done the second part in a while, but whenever I do, I love it. Posting on messageboards... I used to moderate droves of them, but Entmoot is the only (public) one that has survived. Nowadays I also frequent CUSIDnet and the Students' Union Webboard, which will be of absolutely no interest to anybody here. Debating! I love university debate. It's a whole lifestyle unto itself. Playing the piano - I'm classically trained but I do a lot of jazz improv now. I also play the clarinet. Scrabble. I play in clubs and tournaments. If you think you're a Scrabble expert, this is a great way to be completely humbled by the true wordmasters. Video games - mostly of the classic nostalgic variety (think NES and SNES), but I also play some titles on GameCube and PC. Computer graphics. I used to do a lot of 3D stuff but I'm really behind the times... nowadays I mostly work in 2D with PhotoShop and the like. Though I've been acquainting myself with Maya recently. I write, but I don't have much output to prove it... well, other than a few published articles. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

05-29-2003, 01:37 AM	#23
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	Hobbies..........oh yeah that's those things you do when you want to further clutter your already full real life eh? Don't think I really have any of those (reading & listening to music is a given)...............does shopping count? And inventing new drinking games with my mates? Other than that I stare at strangers in malls & I change my haircolour __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement.

05-29-2003, 09:58 AM	#24
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	In no particular order . . . 1. Guitar - Though I'd really call it a lifestyle and way of life for me 2. Video Games 3. Reading 4. Chess 5. Collecting martial arts films with Bombadillo 6. Hockey 7. Magic: The Gathering - It's a hobby that always goes on and off. I never stick with it for too long but then start playing again every few months or so. Most anything else I do is seasonal sport type stuff such as snowboarding, various watersports or fishing. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill." Last edited by Anglorfin : 05-29-2003 at 10:02 AM.

05-30-2003, 08:38 PM	#25
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	My horse and everything that comes with having him. reading (that's a shocker right?) music - violin running hiking camping mooting .............to name a few __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com Last edited by Elvengirl : 05-30-2003 at 09:25 PM.

05-30-2003, 08:54 PM	#26
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	In no discernable order - Swearing at the computer Beer Sex Reading Writing Torturing the guitar Music Building cars Socialising Trying to understand kids (lifelong hobby this) Creating unusual scenario's for life Collecting fluff from my navel Studying __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

05-30-2003, 09:17 PM	#27
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	In descending order of enjoyment and ascending order of work involved... Wine: pinot noir, gruner veltliner, reisling, zinfandel, syrah, mmmmm Movies: foreign, old, avant garde Music: experimental (new music), opera, jazz, rock Art: very very contemporary Books: all kinds, bad and good, classic and trashy I really need to become more selective... Food: reading and collecting vintage cookbooks, inventing curries, baking bread, etc if it weren't for the fact that I eventually have to stop and wash dishes (UGH) I'd never stop cooking Gardening: starting from seed heirloom tomatoes, peppers, beans, lettuce, and a few flowers learning to tolerate weeds -- they are , after all, merely plants growing where you don't want them to -- and at least they're green... __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

05-31-2003, 01:07 AM	#28
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Tolerating weeds eh! I live far out in the country, where the weeds are relentless! I have different gardens with different "weed tolerances". I must admit, my most beautiful and lush gardens are the "Absolutely no weeds allowed ever!" gardens. If a weed even thinks about growing.....it's gone. Walking these gardens several times daily, looking for "invaders" gives me great joy! Then there is a "I'll get you later" garden, where weeds can think they're going to grow, but once a season I'll come around with a thick layer of wood chips and suffocate them. Lastly, I have a small garden that is composed of several invasive plants (marguerite, oregano, bee balm, mint, bishops weed) and weeds I like! Queen Annes lace and goldenrod can stay, also milkweed and a couple cute weeds that I don't even know the name of. This blathering is for Hasty Ent! Sorry to go so OT. As I stated earlier, gardening is a hobby of mine! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

05-31-2003, 10:48 AM	#30
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	- being online - watching TV - going to the cinema - going to a restaurant with friends - dancing - going out with my friends - going out for a walk - snowboarding - golf - reading - listening to music - writing - .... __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

05-31-2003, 10:52 AM	#31
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Elvengirl, OT means 'Off topic'. Which is odd considering 'On topic' would have the same initials. For my hobbies: look at the list above, and exclude snowboarding and golf. Include basketball and shopping (for books)

05-31-2003, 11:02 AM	#32
congressmn Incharge: neighbourhood security Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: on my 499th post Posts: 481	guitar golf girls scarying neighbourhood dogs readin being a hypocrite love driving like a mad man alcohol solar eclipses (i have 2 on video) clay pigeon/pigeon shooting __________________ i am nothing. i am a cold stone, which deceives with the light it reflects, giving illusions of warmth.

05-31-2003, 12:18 PM	#34
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	Lemme see, I've got a lot: Skiing (downhill and cross country) Running Talking on AIM Playing computer games Reading Writing Playing and painting Warhammer Watching Comedy Central Going on many many messageboards Listening to music. __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

06-01-2003, 10:47 AM	#35
durin's bane Lady of Westernesse Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada (Help! Our parliament building is melting!) Posts: 761	These are my hobbies: 1) Reading 2) Drawing 3) Working on my website 4) Entmooting (super-mega-ultra-large DUH) 5) Collecting online Yu-Gi-Oh stuff. I collect adoptables, "He's Mine" badges (Malik Ishtar...yummy!) and other stuff. I have yet to get a keeper or get married, though. -_-; Malik's always taken. 6) Cycling/scootering 7) PLAYING TAG!!! w00t!!! 8) Trading Card Games (I play Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Don't get me started talking about Yu-Gi-Oh or I'll never stop ) 9) Video games (Zelda all the way!!!) __________________ Yada, yada, yada

06-01-2003, 03:50 PM	#36
Fion Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Location: en route to Sweden Posts: 22	Photography. I really like doing that. Making raplica swords out of wood. I'm really good at that. Sword fighting, I'm really good at that two. Et-macar an orme! Playing the LOTR Tradin Card Game or TCG. Walking. I REALLY like that. For some reason . Bikeing. Fion __________________ "And then what?"said her Daemon sleepily. "Build what?" "The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra. The Amber spyglass. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a massage... "When evening in the shire was grey / his footsteps on the hill were heard / before the dawn he went away / on journey long without a word."

06-02-2003, 11:12 PM	#38
Fion Hobbit Join Date: May 2003 Location: en route to Sweden Posts: 22	No. I want to put some pictures on, and I do have a digital camera, but for some reason it won't let me put any on this PC. __________________ "And then what?"said her Daemon sleepily. "Build what?" "The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra. The Amber spyglass. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a massage... "When evening in the shire was grey / his footsteps on the hill were heard / before the dawn he went away / on journey long without a word."

06-02-2003, 11:25 PM	#39
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	What have you made sofar? I am really into swords and everything having to do with them. And what type of fighting do you do? Is it fencing or a Kendo type art? [edit]Sorry mods, I realized I probably shoulda have just PMed him.[/edit] __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill." Last edited by Anglorfin : 06-02-2003 at 11:27 PM.

12-18-2003, 10:56 AM	#40
Eowyn, Lady of Rohan The Evil One Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: here, on the moot Posts: 804	I am going to be walking my teachers dog and that'll be fun. __________________ GO RED SOX Evanescence, Green Day, Weezer, the Click Five, Train...The best song artists and singers ever! You laugh cuz i'm different, i laugh cuz ur all the same!!!

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