Post your hobbies and joys

[USArmyParatrooper]

I'm an avid coin collector and chess player.

US Mint, mostly classic and some modern. I literally have an example of every Lincoln cent ever minted. 1909-2007

I'm an E4 player and a big fan of Evan's Gambit and the Fried Liver Attack as white. As black I play the French Defense against E4 and the Albin Countergambit against D4. The Albin Countergambit isn't technically sound but it provides sharp and exciting play, which I love.

[Swede]

1. I don't really have a hobby.

I enjoy sports,music and reading.

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. Home remodeling, gardening, dog rescue, accounting...

furniture refinishing, coin and currency collecting, making surprise visits to long lost relatives.

ETA: Music!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Writing poetry......taking digital pictures...

I've started both of those in the last 5-6 years, and they have brought me more joy than nearly anything!

For examples of both, check my Journal, if you're interested...

:hi:

[handmade34]

4. #1 hiking

geocaching
writing
photography (esp. insects and bugs)
making my own clothes
edgy-cation (just started summer classes today)
my kids and my partner

If I could go home - it would be farming

[Steely_Dan]

RC Slope Planes

I design and build them...even have a business. Of course, in this economy, it is hanging by a thread.

Here's the link...

futureslopedesigns.com

[PJPhreak]

5. These guys,

And my 71 Honda Trail 90 and 83 Trail 110.

[velvet]

6. Art

I love making pictures. I've drawn all my life, not always well, but often. Fifteen years ago I started painting on canvas. Then I was seduced by the computer and I've been working/playing in digital for the last decade. I have a solo exhibition in the local gallery every two or three years and occasionally show a few pics in other places. I sell enough to cover costs, so it's a self-funding hobby.

I also enjoy graphic design. As a kid one of my favourite rainy-day games was making pretend newspapers, in ball-point on folded typing paper. "'Scuse me auntie, would you like a copy of The Daily Blah? Only a penny." Since it was a pretend newspaper I was happy to accept pretend money - I might have been a media mogul, but I was not avaricious.

Music is important to me, I consume lots of it and I like to sing.

Out my back door I can see this landscape. Just looking out there can lift my spirits when they're low.




What a good question, thank you for asking it.

[1gobluedem]

7. I have some collections

Tacky souvenirs from all over the world are on display in my office. And I collect 'malt shop lit,' teenage series books from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. I belong to an internet book club for one of the series and we meet in a different city every summer.

My hobbies are gardening (I am clumsy but determined) and reading mostly. I love to watch sports; the Detroit pro teams and my alma mater, the University of Michigan, but clumsiness and a balance disorder make participation difficult. My joys include travel (I have a goal to travel to every state in the union; my degree is in history and I'm fascinated by the regional differences in the country), spending summer days at the pool, and doing things that are fun with my family and friends.

Nothing very spectacular here but all fun for me.

[City of Mills]

8. Hiking, kayaking, geocaching

And some other stuff :)

[CBR]

9. Running, playing soccer, board games,

reading, wine tasting/drinking.

When I get a house, I will definitely be gardening.

[seabeyond]

10. read, du, road trips, family, music, zen'in, exercise, wine and food tastin, choc, beauty. nt

[femmocrat]

11. No real hobbies, but my joys are my dogs.

We train and show them in obedience and agility, although the oldest is "retired" now. We are having fun starting with the new puppy who is a real pistol.

I never wanted to collect things, but I do have quite a collection of Hallmark Christmas ornaments from over the years.

And I garden like a mad woman all summer.

[edbermac]

12. Photography and chess.

My Mac has Big Bang Chess and it's pretty strong, but it just plays the same few openings over and over.

[LaurenG]

13. Reading, writing, gardening, hiking, sewing, hanging laundry, baking bread,

reading, critters, movies, Indian food, and I LOVE flowers and my husband. All these things give me great joy. Oh and did I mention reading? :)

[bif]

14. Music, cooking, gardening

Movies, reading, photography, to name a few.

[AngryAmish]

15. Getting drunk and golf

But I don't mix the two.

[bif]

16. If you drink, don't drive?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[MajorChode]

22. I used to play with a 1 beer minimum at each hole

You don't often make it through the back 9 that way. Eventually I determined that golf was excessively interfering with my drinking hobby, so I quit.

[JohnnyBoots]

17. Rugby, Hockey, RPG's, and building/painting miniatures...

[Brother Buzz]

18. Toolmaking, blacksmithing, winemaking, ....

clandestine distillation, collecting and casting lead ingots, collecting nonferrous metals, collecting genuine wrought iron stock, collecting nuts and bolts, bicycle building, brick collecting, and composting.

I found a 1910 San Francisco mint penny under the back stoop of a house that was being razed. That, plus a lode of great pressed bricks and forty pounds of lead from the plumbing made for a grand day.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Gardening, sailing, singing, reading.

My favorite thing used to be flying but I can't afford it any more. I still have a lot of fun, though.

[Lucian]

20. Reading, stargazing, learning, hiking...

[cbdo2007]

21. collecting rocks and polishing them

Favorites are Lake Superior Agates, dinosaur bone, petrified wood, quartz crystals, etc. I can spend hours out in the field just looking for rocks and filling up my bucket. Then I take them home and polish them and probably end up giving them away or wife uses them in jewelry.

[lizziegrace]

23. Gardening, photography, quilting, music

and teaching computer classes to new business owners


oh, and shameless self-promotion... :P (not really...)

[Callalily]

24. Hey lizzie! So very

nice to see you. I'm sooooo hoping that life if treating you fairly and that all is right with the world.

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

25. Hi!

Life is still very, very challenging, but there are moments of joy and that's what I hold on to.

I've found out I love teaching adults computer skills. Who knew? I've also got a photography business going (photographing bands at local venues). And again, who knew?? ;-)

Here's one of my favorites:




:hug:

[Callalily]

26. I have many, many interests.

To name a few; photography, scuba diving, rowing, and thinking up ways to retire early.



Me in the bow, although I do cox boats too.

[lizziegrace]

27. Love the photos!

I'm terrified of water, so I'll just watch... ;-)

[Callalily]

28. OMG! I just LOVE the water.

At this ripe old age, if I'd have my choice of jobs, I'd be a dive master on some Caribbean island. LOL!

:hug:

[Curmudgeoness]

29. If I had hobbies, I wouldn't be here at the DU lounge. nt

[Wetzelbill]

30. I like to rough talk my plants

as I water them. I enjoy twittering. Play Mobsters on the myspace. Making sweet love to my lesbian fiance.

[LostinVA]

31. You are making me blush!

We need to watch "Party of Five" together later...

[Wetzelbill]

32. I thought we did that the other night?

Ohhh right you mean again.

[LostinVA]

33. Education is important to mw, I've told you that

Make sure you wear your red sweatpants.

[Wetzelbill]

34. sure thing

since I have to do the laundry tomorrow I should probably wear them anyway. Comfyness and all.

[LostinVA]

36. I have to go make tea now

[Dr. Strange]

41. PM me when this subthread resumes.

[Chan790]

35. Nacho Supreme!

Do I have hobbies and joys? I gesso.

Writing, Activism, Anarchy, Calling people "idjit" and "fucko" for no good reason, Sex, Cooking, Reading, Toast-making, but not toast eating, Sex, Being a jerk, Painting, Being more like Cary Grant, Picking fights with pacifists in GD, Flirting, Argumentation, Sex, Sex, Sex and Sex.

[lightningandsnow]

37. Playing guitar/piano/mandolin...

Also, writing, political stuff, and researching obscure medical shit.

[proteus_lives]

38. I collect comic books!

I have for 20 years. I have over 22 long-boxes worth.

It's been one of the few constants in my life. I love the hobby, I love the art form and I love how it makes me feel.

I'm also a general nerd. I watch anime, cartoons, love movies in general and sci-fi/horror in particular. I love old-school pulp fiction and I read several books a week.

[Dr. Strange]

43. Which comic books?

I did that in grad school, but got away from it once I moved to a small city. I was fond of Spawn, Ghost Rider, the Spectre, Morbius, Star Wars, and of course, the Master of the Mystic Arts.

[proteus_lives]

48. I'm mostly a Marvel man.

I love the Avengers, Captain America, Thor and the X-Men of course. I've been a x-fanatic since I was a boy.

I'm not much for DC but I love the Vertigo line. Northlanders, The Endless, Haunted Tank, The Losers, etc.

I dabble in Wildstorm, Dark Horse and Image.

[Bennyboy]

39. Music, either playing it (drums and blues harp) or

watching people play it.

Photography.
Cooking 9and eating) but I can cook up a storm.

Good TV too, I love good TV.

I love to shop too. I know the price for anything and everything and know where to buy everything at the lowest price.

Car trip! my favorite, getting int eh car and taking off with my camera. Living in NORCAL< it is great...

[Richard Steele]

40. I like to track and respond to blatant fascist trolls who post jingoistic RW bullshit here on DU.

But you knew that already.

[proteus_lives]

42. Which apparently falls under arts and crafts.

[Richard Steele]

46. EVERYTHING falls under "arts & crafts". That's kinda the POINT.

Slow to "catch up" much?

Or are you just a fan of the latest persona
of a Limbsaugh-dittoing DOUICHEbag who's been
TOMBSTONED from DU before, and who is working hard
to be tombstoned again?

[proteus_lives]

49. Just a passing comment.

I didn't mean to get between you and your internet arch-enemy. :rofl:

[Generic Brad]

44. Fishing

It is the most awesome activity I have ever engaged in. I never get sick of it. I only wish I could find fishing partners who had the stamina to last more than two hours at a crack.

[Name removed]

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[XemaSab]

47. Hookers and blow

:bounce:

[ChoralScholar]

50. I have a ton - I kinda rotate through them:

Politics
Aviation
College Football
Storm Tracking/Storm Spotting
Police Scanning/Chasing
Network Engineering (from a lifetime ago)
Satellite Technologies/Satellite Modding
TV and FM DXing (listening/watching distant stations)
Historical Television
Roads and Highways/Historical roads
Civil Engineering (Bridges/whatnot)
Urban Exploration (exploring abandoned structures)
Architecture
Nostalgia and Local Histories
Electronics Repair
Auto Mechanics
Air Conditioner Service
Console Gaming

[sakabatou]

51. I make anime music videos and digital paintings

http://video.yahoo.com/people/306174

[From The Ashes]

52. My hobbies and joys...

I like reading and Playing World of Warcrack craft.

I have many joys, but here is the main one:


my 17 month old grandson.

[proteus_lives]

53. Nice Punisher hat!

This comics-fanboy says :thumbsup:

[lazarus]

54. #1 is genealogy

having a blast tracing the family history. Have gone way back, too. Just got some new software so I'm double checking everything.

I enjoy a spot of fishing now and then, as well.

Oh, and reading, when I find the time.

[cloudbase]

55. Mine:

Motorcycling. I've got two Guzzis that are the greatest bikes I've ever owned.

Flying, especially sailplanes. A good flight in a sailplane beats a great flight in a powered plane. Besides, the propeller is only there to keep the pilot cool, because they sure start to sweat when it stops turning.

Ham radio. I'm a CW freak. Yeah, I'm old.

I hope y'all enjoy your hobbies as much as I enjoy mine.

[Bombero1956]

56. collecting diecast cars

mostly racing. Started collecting in 1992 and have about 1,600 in my collection now. I have slowed down because I've run out of room.

[Arugula Latte]

57. Kitties (#1 Joy), reading, working out, sauvignon blanc, cooking, glass fusion