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What are your hobbies?

When you're not working what do you like to do?

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Permalink Reply by Paula T. on June 18, 2011 at 2:55pm

Thank you, Ian! Mom, and Dad (my son), and my new granddaughter are all doing great. Ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes :) <3 Still getting used to the 'G' word! lol

Permalink Reply by Paula T. on June 19, 2011 at 10:20pm

Thank you, Alysn! I love holding her! At 7 lb. 11 oz., she is 1 1/2 pounds lighter than her daddy when he was born and 3 pounds lighter than my older son! Tiny compared to my boys as infants :)

Permalink Reply by deepthought42 on June 20, 2011 at 9:57am

Well...

1) Reading. Because, even when you work at a bookstore, there's no time for reading @ work. Just plenty of time to buy more books. ;) Sci-Fi/Fantasy, History, whatever catches my fancy.

2) Playing games on my DS. I'm not a video game person, but I got a DSi XL for my b-day last year, and it's fun to play games on. My current obsession is Dragon Quest IX. :D

3)Hanging out with Torpedo, my family's Shar-pei. What can I say? He's adorable, wrinkly, and loves attention. With the warmer weather we can spend more time outside in the backyard hunting squirrels. ;)

4)TV. I like the Science channel, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, etc. Just watched the season finale of Game of Thrones last night! Ack! Gotta finish book #2.

5) When I'm lucky enough (time, money, etc) I get to spend time with friends and/or my bf. I especially love it when we can all get together, go into downtown Annapolis, and have a good time! They don't call it a drinking town w/a sailing problem for no reason! ;)

I also enjoying listening to music (humorous music, heavy metal, and renaissance festival-type music) and doing absolutely nothing. :)

Permalink Reply by Martin Lewison on June 20, 2011 at 1:20pm

My wife and I travel the world riding roller coasters. I call myself the "coaster atheist" in my head.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/milst1/

Permalink Reply by Ian Mason on June 20, 2011 at 2:21pm

Sounds like a lot of fun!

Permalink Reply by Grinning Cat on June 29, 2011 at 11:08pm

"I can stop playing Scrabble anytime I want."

Permalink Reply by A3Kr0n on June 29, 2011 at 11:21pm

Oh ya. I forgot one of my hobbies.

Splitting wood so I can heat my house time lapse.

Permalink Reply by Nerdlass on October 3, 2011 at 4:17am

Hobbies...

Artsy-fartsy things like drawing, painting, and shodo (Japanese calligraphy. I'm a novice.)--------Uhm, karaoke, writing, watching Western tv series... Doctor Who, Supernatural, and Glee mostly.... I am a Star Trek fan-- do PBE style RP with one of my friends back stateside.... Hm. I sew and crochet, too. Never did learn knitting, darn it. I used to do more graphics and also jewelry making... One of these days, I want to get into mold-making so I can cast my own dolls... I have a friend who is into asian ball jointed dolls... I'm more interested in the creative processes than the fandom that goes into that.

Permalink Reply by Grinning Cat on October 3, 2011 at 12:35pm

I can relate to convoy the (musical) cat:

Permalink Reply by Bergen Woods on October 5, 2011 at 2:40pm

Well, I'm never really "working", since I retired from gainful employment in 2006. When my retirement was approaching, I started wondering how I would spend those "golden years". I started thinking about how much I had enjoyed playing guitar in a rock & roll band during my high school and college years. When I graduated college in 1966, I put the guitar down, and turned my attention to grad school, career, and family. My guitar got stolen a year or two later, but since I didn't have time to play, I chalked it up as a loss and moved on. Somehow I went all the way through my "productive" years without playing music at all! 40 years later, I began to feel nostalgic for the musician experience, so I bought a cheap guitar and amp, and started re-learning the songs I used to play back in the '60s. Before too long, I recruited other musicians through Craigslist and formed an instrumental surf-rock band. That band was marginally successful for about 4 years, and then it was disbanded due to lack of interest. I recently joined a newly forming oldies band that plays R&B, Motown, and other great music from the 1950s through '70s. In this band I'm both guitarist and webmaster. I just finished putting together the band's new website, which includes some audio and video from our first gig about a week ago.

I invite you to check us out out at Philly Rock & Soul. On the "Music" page there are five audio clips and a video medley. If you like what you hear, please leave a message in our guestbook, which is at the bottom of the "About Us" page.

Bergen

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on October 5, 2011 at 10:08pm