Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: TheXenocide on September 25, 2012, 07:50:02 PM
Title: So what are your hobbies other than Videogames?
Post by: TheXenocide on September 25, 2012, 07:50:02 PM
Not only do I love Videogames, but I love board games too. Not much for trading card games, but I do love Munchkin (I'm not good at deck building, but everybody uses the same deck in Munchkin, if you're unfamiliar). I read comics, primarily Green Lantern. I also read books and I'm currently rereading the Maze Runner trilogy and recommend it to anybody! I also collect Transformers and Nintendo and Coca Cola paraphernalia. I also love old TV shows such as Get Smart, Giligan's Island, Greatest American Hero, etc. I love brain teasers and hough not as fast as most, my personal best on a Rubik's Cube is 45 seconds. So what about everybody else? What are your other hobbies?
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Post by: Caliban on September 25, 2012, 08:22:19 PM
Practicing Kendo. Reading manga. Watching anime. Database/Media manager at PixlBit.
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Post by: ShyGuy on September 25, 2012, 08:34:13 PM
More like Calibaka gaijin, amirite? Moe.
My hobby of kidney dialysis takes up most of my free time.
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Post by: Lithium on September 25, 2012, 09:45:12 PM
My hobby of kidney dialysis takes up most of my free time.
looks at post looks at sig
I buy it.
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Post by: Caliban on September 25, 2012, 09:45:59 PM
I got trolled by ShyGuy hahahahahahahahahaha. That's his hobby too.
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Post by: Glad0s on September 25, 2012, 09:53:41 PM
Muzak. Like, seriously, I have a freaking addiction. Need proof? OK, I have 5556 song's on my iPod. Boom. Also, I have a website where I review said music, located here (shameless plug alert): reagansreviews.blogspot.com. (I would make that a link, but I'm writing this on an iPad, thus, I can't) I'm also really into movies and various TV shows. (Twin Peaks, Sherlock, Lost (especially)) And classic literature. And watching sports. The only sport I actually play is Tennis.
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Post by: TheXenocide on September 25, 2012, 10:57:54 PM
Muzak. Like, seriously, I have a freaking addiction. Need proof? OK, I have 5556 song's on my iPod. Boom. Also, I have a website where I review said music, located here (shameless plug alert): reagansreviews.blogspot.com. (I would make that a link, but I'm writing this on an iPad, thus, I can't) I'm also really into movies and various TV shows. (Twin Peaks, Sherlock, Lost (especially)) And classic literature. And watching sports. The only sport I actually play is Tennis.
Hey, what is Muzak exactly? I've only heard of that recently?
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Post by: Glad0s on September 25, 2012, 11:00:53 PM
A silly way of spelling "music".
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Post by: Lithium on September 25, 2012, 11:13:58 PM
It means he's a fan of elevator music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_music)
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Post by: Caterkiller on September 26, 2012, 12:53:34 AM
My hobby of kidney dialysis takes up most of my free time.
looks at post looks at sig
I buy it.
Hahahaha!
I do wushu and I love going to Chinese neighborhoods and looking for really old wushu books in the book stores. Found some great stuff! Not that I do it often, but if i'm in the area that's all I look for. I some day hope to achieve the nick name the "American Eagle!" I want even the Chinese athletes to recognize my skill! I'd love the same for Monkey, but I can't think of a cool name yet.
Now with my daughter I feed her while sitting on the internet like never before. Just skimming the boards is my new hobby now. Not getting fat though! Well not getting that fat...
But man I am a One Piece fiend! A new chapter comes out, I am analyzing it like crazy if I'm not already disabled from laughter or too much crying.
And my newest hobby is attempting to heal. Man it's been years! But I finally found 2 people that made some ultra significant progress. Reiki healing and Trigger Point therapy, if you got a muscle problem keep those in mind!
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Post by: ShyGuy on September 26, 2012, 01:10:37 AM
There is no correlation between sandwiches and my kidney failure.
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Post by: ShyGuy on September 26, 2012, 01:11:10 AM
Douche nozzle.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 26, 2012, 01:14:08 AM
Playing guitar, writing programs here and there...messing with my Xoom and Droid RAZR. I guess those are hobbies for when I'm not at work...or school...or with my wife and kids...
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Post by: Kairon on September 26, 2012, 04:15:48 AM
I am a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America.
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Post by: Glad0s on September 26, 2012, 08:46:13 AM
I am a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America.
Hm. I just finished Persuasion. Against my will, but yeah, I just finished it.
Be glad you weren't forced to read Mansfield Park. Oh lord... I love Austen but reading through Mansfield Park defeats me! ... I'd rather just pop in the DVDs...
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Post by: Glad0s on September 26, 2012, 02:41:05 PM
No one is allowed to complain about having difficulty finishing a book till they've read a James Joyce novel. Uggggghhghghghghghghghghg.
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Post by: Pixelated Pixies on September 26, 2012, 02:56:41 PM
All my hobbies are kind of mundane and boring to be perfectly honest. Obviously I'm interested in them, but they're kind of stuff that most people are into.
I love to read (Modern History, Politcal Theory as well as various genres of fiction), I play acoustic guitar and ukulele, I enjoy going to gigs (folk, rock, indie, metal, traditional Irish, etc), watching movies and tv shows, and I like to relax with a whiskey and a few beers.
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Post by: Pixelated Pixies on September 26, 2012, 02:57:47 PM
*makes tired, dismissive observation that Jane Austin's books are the all the same with different character names*
But there's a wealth of knowledge, of wit, or insight in her works! As a member of JASNA, I have a subscription to Persuasions, an online journal publishing essays and academic papers delving into different aspects of Austen's works, and it's the best bedside reading I've done in years! Take back what you said! Or else...
KANLY! Vendetta! I shall hunt you down like desert rats!
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Post by: Pixelated Pixies on September 27, 2012, 04:53:08 PM
But there's a wealth of knowledge, of wit, or insight in her works! As a member of JASNA, I have a subscription to Persuasions, an online journal publishing essays and academic papers delving into different aspects of Austen's works, and it's the best bedside reading I've done in years! Take back what you said! Or else...
KANLY! Vendetta! I shall hunt you down like desert rats!
You ever get those posts where the avatar pic seems to perfectly suit the tone of the post? Well, that was one of them.
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Post by: Halbred on September 27, 2012, 04:54:14 PM
Her best work was published post-posthumously: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
I take that back. Her best work is the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
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Post by: Glad0s on September 27, 2012, 06:51:47 PM
I've only read Persuasion, and that's enough for me. I'll stick with George Orwell, thankyaverymuch.
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Post by: Pixelated Pixies on September 27, 2012, 07:44:55 PM
A fellow Orwell fan? 'Homage to Catalonia' is my favourite book!
I've actually never read that one! I'll have to check it out.
Please do. It's an edited diary of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. It's an incredibly biased account, as it is seen from only Eric's perspective, but it's also one which portrays the idealism and folly of the Second Republic. His experience during that war really shaped his ideology and writing style. If you're interested 1984 and Animal Farm it's a must read.
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Post by: AnGer on October 15, 2012, 04:23:09 PM
I play the guitar and percussion and take photographs. Currently saving money for an electric guitar and a new camera. I also like to read.
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Post by: Pixelated Pixies on October 15, 2012, 05:11:46 PM
I play the guitar and percussion and take photographs. Currently saving money for an electric guitar and a new camera. I also like to read.
If you don't might me asking, what kind of Electric Guitar are you thinking of getting?
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Post by: bustin98 on October 15, 2012, 06:27:49 PM
I have recently started playing disc golf. We have an awesome course in town, its a great stress reliever. I also read comic books and have a collection of action figures.
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Post by: AnGer on October 15, 2012, 06:32:28 PM
If you don't might me asking, what kind of Electric Guitar are you thinking of getting?
Tbh, that is something I'm still unsure about. I haven't been looking at any specific make and model, though I have already excluded an instrument that is mainly manufactured for metal purposes. But I'm not there yet and I'll take my time narrowing it down until then. My saving priority right now is my camera.
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Post by: Morari on October 15, 2012, 08:50:04 PM
The Misses I travel about the country in an old school bus that I converted into an RV. It has purple and pink flames painted along the sides, with the words "Storm the Gaits" above. We usually have a livestock trailer in tow with my horse, Hoof-Hearted. I joust competitively, and the Misses sells handmade clothing and jewelry. We often times pick up hitchhikers when traveling from show to show, which usually leads to a brief ménage à trois. The bus doesn't have adequate plumbing, so we have to shower at camp grounds and truck stops. Hoof-Hearted's feces is saved up and routinely sold to local farmers as organic fertilizer.
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Post by: Glad0s on October 21, 2012, 01:16:04 PM
The Misses I travel about the country in an old school bus that I converted into an RV. It has purple and pink flames painted along the sides, with the words "Storm the Gaits" above. We usually have a livestock trailer in tow with my horse, Hoof-Hearted. I joust competitively, and the Misses sells handmade clothing and jewelry. We often times pick up hitchhikers when traveling from show to show, which usually leads to a brief ménage à trois. The bus doesn't have adequate plumbing, so we have to shower at camp grounds and truck stops. Hoof-Hearted's feces is saved up and routinely sold to local farmers as organic fertilizer.
I wish MY life was that exciting....
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Post by: Oblivion on October 21, 2012, 05:36:08 PM
I'm starting to work out. Nothing else better to do.
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Post by: azeke on October 22, 2012, 01:24:40 AM
No one is allowed to complain about having difficulty finishing a book till they've read a James Joyce novel. Uggggghhghghghghghghghghg.
I took Ulysses from a university library. It was kinda neat with references and such, but yeah hard to get through.
I got through four chapters and then lost the book. I kinda got bent on actually finishing it so i ordered a new one with kickass hardcover and twice as big. Once i got it i didn't want to give it away to library, so i just payed it off.
The edition i got was interesting as such like only 40% of the book was the book itself. Most of it was references chapter by chapter at the end. And footnotes. Yes, both references and footnotes. And despite that they were typed in half as small font they still took the majority of pages in a book :D
I still have yet to read further than 4th chapter. :D
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Post by: toddra on October 29, 2012, 01:43:04 PM
I would say it depends on your definition of a hobby. I like to paint, write stories, build model trains, read a good book, those are my "hobbies." In reality though, outside of school, I just mostly do home work and watch TV in my spare time. I used to collect Transformers figures, but ever since those stupid movies came out that has turned into an impossibility.
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Post by: negative_zero on November 07, 2012, 02:23:50 AM
Making music. Although it is kind of video game related, since the stuff I have been working on lately is video game music:
And I do web programming... also video game related. I don't seem to do much that isn't related to video games. I guess "read".
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Post by: BeautifulShy on November 07, 2012, 02:39:45 AM
Hmm hobbies other then gaming...
Well I draw, tweet, play Basketball, I run and I do Yoga to keep myself limber as I am getting older.
I basically try to keep myself balanced because gaming when I do it I can do marathons and that can mess you up if you don't have a counter balance.
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Post by: GK on November 15, 2012, 04:52:45 PM
Reading, chatting on IMVU, occasionally on Second Life too, & table top gaming. That last one is mostly Warhammer 40,000 but I've dabbled in Warhammer Fantasy & have starter sets for Malifaux & Infinity as well.
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Post by: Fatty The Hutt on November 15, 2012, 05:07:23 PM
I do plays with local theatre companies. I volunteer on the library board.
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Post by: Caterkiller on November 15, 2012, 05:07:29 PM
The Misses I travel about the country in an old school bus that I converted into an RV. It has purple and pink flames painted along the sides, with the words "Storm the Gaits" above. We usually have a livestock trailer in tow with my horse, Hoof-Hearted. I joust competitively, and the Misses sells handmade clothing and jewelry. We often times pick up hitchhikers when traveling from show to show, which usually leads to a brief ménage à trois. The bus doesn't have adequate plumbing, so we have to shower at camp grounds and truck stops. Hoof-Hearted's feces is saved up and routinely sold to local farmers as organic fertilizer.
Wait... you're lying. Right?
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 15, 2012, 09:30:17 PM
Drinking, smoking weed, and all types of ill ****.
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Post by: Kairon on November 15, 2012, 11:07:50 PM
For some reason, I am VERY impressed right now. I LOVE (and FEAR) public libraries!
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 15, 2012, 11:34:02 PM
I've been conditioned by Parks & Recreation to hate libraries and those who work for them.
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Post by: Do_What on November 16, 2012, 02:38:02 PM
I play the alto saxophone and am saving up for a bass trombone.
I like to knit and cook.
I don't know if this is a hobby, but I do a lot of work helping underprivileged kids with life skills and stuff. Like, helping with college applications, proofreading scholarship essays, and that kind of thing.
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Post by: Fatty The Hutt on November 16, 2012, 04:29:07 PM
Do not fear the library, my friend. It's all about LOVE.
And use those librarians. Seriously, they can and will help you with prettty much anything. Even technically "non-libarary" stuff, like hooking you up to local services, proctering exams, resume writing and job finding, obscrure question answering, letter drafting, advocacy, using the awesome electronic databases the library has access to (for free), reader advisory, will preparation, rental agreements, learning languages, etc. etc. etc. They can even train you in software apps! They do these kinds of things regularly, and all for free, always.
Librarians are a very under utilized resource, I have observed, and they are just dying to help you. Most are very highly trained in their field and also keep up with continuous training in modern and improving approaches to library service. Plus, the libaray is chock-o-block full of aweome sh*t. I gotta tell you, I rarely check out books, It's all blu rays, video games, CD's DVD's and using the online databases and streaming music services. I also go to the many cool programs the library offers. The modern approach to library service is about focussing on services: what the library does as opposed to the stuff it has. The modern library uis all abut creating community and being a community hub.
Sorry, I tend to go on a bit about the library. Bottom line: if you're not using the library, you are seriously missing out. It's your tax dollars at work, so get in there and take advantage.
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Post by: Pixelated Pixies on November 16, 2012, 06:33:00 PM
I'm obviously a very selfish person because you guys are actually doing some very noble and worthwhile things. I just sit about reading, playing games and going to gigs. All very boring.
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Post by: Sarail on November 17, 2012, 12:44:51 AM
I'm a Twitterholic who writes music and plays various instruments - guitar, bass, mandolin, ukulele, and some piano.
I'm an anime fan - primarily Naruto Shippuuden and One Piece, and I religiously keep up with the goings on of my favourite wrestling promotion, Impact Wrestling (Spike TV, Thursdays 7-9pm CST!)
Obviously, I play games elsewhere in my free time, and I'm just as passionate about games (and Nintendo in general) as I am about my songwriting and music.
