Not that I think my hobby is odd, but then all my friends share mine.
I queue at book fairs.
It's a consequence of being a book collector, but not all collectors want to attend the charity book sales that spring up in all the big (and many small) towns in New Zealand during 'the season' (Apr - Oct). Some collectors just don't think that what they collect will be donated for the charity to sell, some don't like the crowd and the uncertainty.
But others of us are the problem gamblers of the book fair world. We can be found queuing for up to 5 hours for the *chance* that something we want is in there. We travel all round the country, the same crowd, and stand and chat for hours before the local people turn up to queue. It's a social activity for us, nearly as much fun as the book fair itself.
Here's an article about my friends and I a couple of years ago:
http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/ent ... ntline.asp (http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/entertainmentandleisure/frontline.asp)
Okay, that's mine. What are your less-than-usual hobbies? What do you do that makes most people go 'Huh?' when you try to explain?
I have no unusual hobbies -- I'm a very normal person.
Unless, of course, you want to count my collection of windchimes. That's not really unusual, is it?
And aside from Triad, my main hobby is playing Runescape. I lead a very dull life.
I cross stitch and watch sumo. Those are my two odd hobbies.
I don't really have any odd hobbies... But I do draw when inspired :) And my winter hobby is skiing.
I do tatting (a form of Victorian lace making), belly dance, SCA, and research history (or anything else that sounds interesting). I also write extensively and read, but that hardly seems weird in Triad. :cyclopsani:
Quote from: "Eimi"I cross stitch and watch sumo. Those are my two odd hobbies.
Also a VERY odd pairing
I used to cross stitch and hope to get back to that. I also paint miniatures such as that dwarf to the left and Sci-Fi mini's as in this http://www.geocities.com/mikel47091/Raguel01.jpg (http://www.geocities.com/mikel47091/Raguel01.jpg)
Well I do a LOT of weird things (or so my friends think) but m ost of them wouldn't be considered hobbies. My normal hobbies are drawing, writing, reading, sleeping, eating and daydreaming. But I do have some odd hobbies:
I like to read in awkward positions. I'll flip myself upside down in the chair, or sit in it like a cat, or have half my body under the covers (like left and right not top and bottom) the other half on top of them. And my personal favorite: I read with one eye open. I don't know why, I just do.
I sing with my MP3 player even when there are people there and I'm supposed to be quiet. I just like music.
I like to multitask. I'll be doing my homework, replying on Triad, reading a book, watching T.V., AND eating supper all at the same time. Sometimes I sing to my MP3 player too, if I'm feeling ambitious.
I like to craft weapons. Not REAL ones, but wooden replicas. Then I spar with them with my friends.
And my personal favorite:
I spend HOURS philosophizing with my friends about the inner emotions of fictional characters and the underlying principals about fictitious worlds. And if theres no one around to talk to I'll explain it to MYSELF. Take just last night; I was watching Avatar: The Last Airbender (the ONLY cartoon I watch anymore) and the episode actually had nothing to do with what I was pondering about , just the world in general. So I got into a heated discussion about the Avatar State and how Aang's predecessor's can control it because they mastered the elements the conventional way and how that Aang had to use the funky Chi way because he was pressed for time. And that the other Avatar's could have personal relationships and he couldn't because they had mastered the elements (and thus the Avatar State) natually and didn't need all this Chacra mumbo-jumbo. And if you want to have ANY idea of what I'm talking about I'd suggest watching the episodes because it won't be the same if I explain it.
See I'm crazy. :geek:
Some of those do sound s little odd, to me.
What about going to the 'Cons' / conventions Americans seem to have in the sf/f world? Anyone ever been to one of those?
No no 'Cons'. No money to get there and no time to see anything.
Quote from: "Jane"Some of those do sound s little odd, to me.
What about going to the 'Cons' / conventions Americans seem to have in the sf/f world? Anyone ever been to one of those?
Yup, I do the con stuff :D We have a few small ones in the Kansas City area that I go to, but I'm most looking forward to DragonCon in Atlanta. I believe a few others from Triad are going as well. The costumes I doing this year are Menolly, The Black Cat (from Spiderman), Teyla and Elizabeth Weir (from Stargate Atlantis) and my husband is going as Sheppard and McKay (also from Stargate Atlantis).
Quote from: "Cali"Yup, I do the con stuff :D We have a few small ones in the Kansas City area that I go to, but I'm most looking forward to DragonCon in Atlanta. I believe a few others from Triad are going as well. The costumes I doing this year are Menolly, The Black Cat (from Spiderman), Teyla and Elizabeth Weir (from Stargate Atlantis) and my husband is going as Sheppard and McKay (also from Stargate Atlantis).
You must not have replied earlier because you were away somewhere, because this would spring to mind right after the word 'odd' got shoved next to 'hobby', don't you think?
:laughing5:
I don't think it's odd at all! :geek:
No more odd than writing about people flying dragons on another world...
Quote from: "Cali"No more odd than writing about people flying dragons on another world...
We all do that so it can't be odd!
But yes, I have as much trouble explaining this to people as I do explaining the book fair queuing thing.
Yeah, people have a hard time understanding my McKay/Weir shipping obsession when I explain it to them too. I think my friends think just about everything I do is odd...
Quote from: "Jane"What about going to the 'Cons' / conventions Americans seem to have in the sf/f world? Anyone ever been to one of those?
I do Cons! Comic*Con, actually :D It's a BLAST. My friends and are making it tradition to go every year. I've been for the past 2 years...this year will make it 3! I usually go for 2 days and a night...it's so worth it. I've met famous fantasy/scifi artists, met fantasy/scifi authors, have seen famous people (like some of the cast from LOST :love5: and Carrie Fisher and people like that....) There's so much to do there...I can't wait for this year's!
I've taken up rock climbing, which I think is a fairly stupid thing to do because of the potential to bang your knees and fall off stuff.
Aside from that, I'm a big fan of B-movies. I recently scored when I bought Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island" on VHS for $3. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, it's the sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". There's a giant crab, a giant dodo bird, and pirates! And Yankees and Confederates! And shipwrecked English ladies! I also have a soft spot for noir.
I knit... my Mom is convinced that it is odd.
Before I got my new kitten I learned how to felt (knitting with wool, then purposely shrinking it) and how to knit on double-pointed needles, because I found a cool pattern for a cat bed (and I had a very long time to wait before I could pick her up and I needed something to do with myself). Of course, the pattern called for some eyelash yarn at the top to make it pretty... Crazy little Sina saw it for the first time and immediately tried to eat the eyelash yarn! So, my very ambitious project that I had to learn all sorts of new skills for, it put away in a drawer!
I'm home from the book fair now. Two hours queuing in a frost. Six of us non-locals chittering away like magpies for a couple of hours before the doors opened. How much quicker did we get to the books than my husband and father who don't queue but turn up at opening time? Oh, about 35 seconds.
:banghead:
I got 7 books.
One I'll probably discard (Mary Stewart - badly foxed). Two I will put aside for the collector group sale next year (Noel Streatfield and Carolyn Keene). One goes into a set I'm building for sale on eBay (Helen Dore Boylston). One will go for sale on the NZ auction site (Angela Thirkell).
And the last two are worth a good few dollars (Elizabeth Cadell) - they'll go on eBay to do their very best to balance my book budget.
Nothing for me.
I don't think I have an "odd" hobbies. Though, my fiance looked at me like I was from another planet when I tried to explain the pbem thing to him when we first met. But, he likes to read what I write and I sometimes show him my favorite stories from other members. He probably still thinks I'm nuts.
I used to dog sled. But, that isn't anything odd... I don't think.
Hmmm...
-Kate and Kaefen
AIM: Leftofnowhere
Quote from: "Kate"I used to dog sled. But, that isn't anything odd... I don't think.
That qualifies in my book!
One of my hobbies that wasn't really my hobby has fallen by the wayside. My daughter collected Pez dispensers, so while she was at college I kept buying new ones for her. When I moved, I packed up all of them and stored them in my mom's attic -- about 300 of them. Since then I need to remind myself that I am not buying any more of them.
I don't count knitting as a odd hobby...I do that too! Although lately I've been learning crochetry.
Now, Triad is what I would call odd hobby.
:compress: :geek:
Back when I had my Windows gaming desktop with me, I used to play 4-6 hours of Guild Wars a day online with my guildies. I think that counts as odd.
Not so strange hobbies, but I notice they haven't been mentioned yet.
*whispers*
I scrapbook and make cards.
I'm actually going to be taking classes next term in basic card making and I have to do a demo again this term on the basic methods.
Anyone who got a Chrissy card from me last year, got a home made one, made while hubby was having haemodialysis. Five hours of sitting, twiddling thumbs or playing binni, or poker, or rummy, didn't last long.
So for three weeks I took my scrapping trolley into the haemo ward with us, and scrapped while he had his blood cleaned.
Forty something Christmas cards later he switched to peritoneal dialysis. And when the local scrapping shop owner saw what I'd done with all my purchases I scored a casual job.
*dances* But I have to wait until next tern to start teaching.
My hobbies are mostly normal... the weird thing is probably that I like to do them all. :D
I like to knit, quilt, sew, felt, bead, make jewelery, build things... ANYTHING pretty much that has anything to do with creating things. I love woodworking and wish I had a house so I could set up my power tools for that. :D
I just love to make stuff. I sew clothing that I wear, make my own jewlery, knit my own scarves and hats, felt my own bags, make the pillows and curtains in our living room... I would make everything in my life if I had the time and resources!
And, of course, I like to build websites, play with computers, program databases... :p
Some of my most recent (or just favorite!) creations:
Jewelery, Knitting and Felting!
(https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapfer.org%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10001%2Fthumb_19.00002.jpg&hash=c6c48fdf61e7fec6d1fa7ba2b68f3c4126da5474) (https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapfer.org%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10001%2Fthumb_15.00001.jpg&hash=239816b099037112221774a3abe9562a952467c4) (https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapfer.org%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10001%2Fthumb_4.00005.jpg&hash=feaeedfe5eb9d45b608eafdaf08b9f0ccdf7fef1) (https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapfer.org%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10001%2Fthumb_jaynehat.JPG&hash=23dc1f1ce5d6be163a9f009485d6066bc7f6ecb4)
The Alien Illusion scarf... only visible from the side!
(https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapfer.org%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10001%2Fthumb_alien2.jpg&hash=146b058d0aedd4254ab5e03719d8dd8235cc3c1d) (https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapfer.org%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10001%2Fthumb_alien1.jpg&hash=eefe1ecd90434c32645b7ab43f55272d509538fa)
However, if you want my strait up weirdest hobby... it's probably this:
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I like to weigh and organize everything in my fridge into nice subcontainers so that I know what is where, and how much of it there is. :p
The illusion scarf looks awesome! Also, that last fridge thing is really funny.
Quote from: "Bree"I like to weigh and organize everything in my fridge into nice subcontainers so that I know what is where, and how much of it there is. :p
And you have the nerve to laugh at my list-making!
And people thought me weird for what I did. :geek: The fridge thing is a bit creepy Bree...
I want to organize and cross reference the world. :D It makes me happy!
And is it my imagination, or is the stuff in the plastic containers also individually wrapped?
Quote from: "Eimi"And is it my imagination, or is the stuff in the plastic containers also individually wrapped?
Looks like
Quote from: "Bree"I want to organize and cross reference the world. :D It makes me happy!
It also makes you a little nuts. Lol. Kidding. It just makes you a more interesting person. :blob5:
Quote from: "Eimi"And is it my imagination, or is the stuff in the plastic containers also individually wrapped?
:confused1: .... it's your imagination??
OKAY I WANTED EACH SLICE OF CHEESE TO BE ONE OUNCE!
Quote from: "Bree"OKAY I WANTED EACH SLICE OF CHEESE TO BE ONE OUNCE!
Making them all 1 ounce slices and wrapping them individually are two separate issues, in my opinion.
Quote from: "Jane"Making them all 1 ounce slices and wrapping them individually are two separate issues, in my opinion.
Well, I was just...
Okay, there really is no way for me to explain that away. :p I guess it's a good thing I didn't take a picture of my bead organization system complete with item UPC numbers.
QuoteOKAY I WANTED EACH SLICE OF CHEESE TO BE ONE OUNCE!
:umarmen: You're so CUUUUUUUUTE!
Quote from: "Bree"Quote from: "Jane"Making them all 1 ounce slices and wrapping them individually are two separate issues, in my opinion.
Well, I was just...
Okay, there really is no way for me to explain that away. :p I guess it's a good thing I didn't take a picture of my bead organization system complete with item UPC numbers.
Well, now I think it should be required of you
It's ok, Bree -- I make up for your OCD fridge by growing science experiments in mine.
*sniff*
Pretty knitted and beaded and felted things. . .
of which I have none.
Quote from: "Vix"
*sniff*
Pretty knitted and beaded and felted things. . .
of which I have none.
Hah! If that's not a hint, nothing is...
LOL
QuoteIt's ok, Bree -- I make up for your OCD fridge by growing science experiments in mine.
I bet I have you beat in that regard :geek:
Remember when I mentioned my painting hobby?
Well, here is an example.
This is Kalmaar, Champion of the Jade Angel Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes
(https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi177.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw201%2Fghotitank%2FKalmaarRight.jpg&hash=4e02d6a5868aeb7426a98482b6bb578976a8443b)
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For reference, the miniature is one inch from foot to the top of his head and he is composed of nine pieces
Mikel, do you have a cute widdle doll house to go with them?
Quote from: "Bree"Okay, there really is no way for me to explain that away. :p I guess it's a good thing I didn't take a picture of my bead organization system complete with item UPC numbers.
Oh but now I WANT to see the bread.
I'm still trying to over-come Bree's fridge. .... Bree, does your shrink know about this?
Our fridge:
- Honey, how old are these left overs?
- dunno, there are left overs?
- I think so. It about ready to crawl out on it's own.
Quote from: "Vix"Mikel, do you have a cute widdle doll house to go with them?
Do not risk the wrath of the Jade Angels, or feel their retribution upon your Pez Dispensers
:whdat:
Well, I've got lots of little na-na time passing enjoyments, but Lusternia (http://www.lusternia.com) is my biggest hobby, and most people consider it odd. lol
Quote from: "Amanda"Well, I've got lots of little na-na time passing enjoyments, but Lusternia (http://www.lusternia.com) is my biggest hobby, and most people consider it odd. lol
I play Runescape, so I guess I can't consider your hobby weird.
Quote from: "Mikel"Quote from: "Vix"Mikel, do you have a cute widdle doll house to go with them?
Do not risk the wrath of the Jade Angels, or feel their retribution upon your Pez Dispensers
:whdat:
You wouldn't hurt an innocent Pez, would you?
Quote from: "Vix"Quote from: "Mikel"Quote from: "Vix"Mikel, do you have a cute widdle doll house to go with them?
Do not risk the wrath of the Jade Angels, or feel their retribution upon your Pez Dispensers
You wouldn't hurt an innocent Pez, would you?
Maybe, Space Marines may be genetically enhanced super humans, but they still have feelings, ya know
Quote from: "Bree"I want to organize and cross reference the world. :D It makes me happy!
You're in the wrong profession girl.
LIBRARIANS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D