I need a new hobby

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Current forerunner: alcoholism

Other suggestions welcome

[Howard Alan Treesong]

is Rebirth like Wii Music

[Vizzys]

watch anime, all the cool kids do it
collect pictures of green haired animu bitches for archival purposes, all the cool kids do it
learn to draw green haired animu bitches for my collection, all the cool kids do it
kill yourself, all the cool kids do it

[TVC15]

You see, Patel, this is why I'm so anxious to die.  There's nothing left interesting to do once you're old.  Life is just pointless.  There's nothing at all worthwhile.

[Vizzys]

get older

advocate suicide

make puppy photoshops

[Howard Alan Treesong]

See, all my hobbies are pretty passive: gaming, music, movies, reading

I want a more active hobby. But I hate moving because bodies are dumb bags of meat. So I dunno.

TVC suggested high-end photography; somewhat creative, minimal physical effort, and potentially quite the money hole. Sounds like a good start.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

There's nothing left interesting to do once you're old.  Life is just pointless.  There's nothing at all worthwhile

Heroin and sheep shagging are but two entries on the emergency hobby list that i have stashed away.

Complicity did a good job of convincing me that cocaine would make my life interesting again.

[TVC15]

The basics of photography are easy to learn, too.  And having a giant camera lens earns you respect.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Maybe I need an awesome drug-fueled hobby that has me missing days of work, doing shitty work when I actually show up to the office, shagging Thai ladyboys without a condom and without a care.

[TVC15]

I wish I could do Kerouac-y shit.  Having to have a job sucks ass, and it is ultimately what makes life terrible.  I am an individual that actively avoids responsibilities, which is fine in regards to most things, but *everybody* has to have a job.  It's like an arranged fucking marriage.  Once you have a job, you have no free time.  There may be the illusion of free time, but that time is instead used to either consciously or unconsciously remotivate yourself to get through another couple of days of workin' for the man.  King for a day, whore for a week.

high end photography is good, but a little frustrating. You also have to be super good about taking care of your equipment. Then you get into an equipment arms race with your friends! (well, not really)

Actually, I was surprised by how durable some of the equipment is.  I mean, I'm always careful with telephoto lenses that have a lot of glass in them, since they would be most likely to need professional recalibration, but SLRs above the entry level are really solidly built.  I can probably smack a bitch in the face with my 40D and it would be fine.  It's only "fragile" when you're changing lenses, and dust can get in, but that's easily avoidable, too.

[demi]

web development

[MCD]

eating, sleeping and vidya gaming.

[TVC15]

I've managed to turn my love of drinking into a fairly obsessive hobby.

You're like Andy Capp!

[duckman2000]

Paintball!

I'll sell you some cool stuff for a pretty penny

I'm like some crazy arms dealer, of the Mickey Mouse sort.

[Mr. Gundam]

Maybe I need an awesome drug-fueled hobby that has me missing days of work, doing shitty work when I actually show up to the office, shagging Thai ladyboys without a condom and without a care.

Move to Seattle and play Drinks on the Links with me! Mini-golf and booze!

[TVC15]

Paintball!

I'll sell you some cool stuff for a pretty penny

I'm like some crazy arms dealer, of the Mickey Mouse sort.

Paintball's fun and all, but most of the regular hobbyist level players seem to be kinda toolish.

[BlueTsunami]

Learn the Violin with me or the Viola

[Howard Alan Treesong]

crazy thought - seeing as you like Guitar Hero/Rock Band so much ... how about buying a real guitar and taking that up? :O :O :O

I have a bass that I've fiddled around with, but the problem is the bass is so fucking boring (ha).
I can't really do guitar because my finger joints won't let me hit chords (I have serious swan-necking problems).
It's an idea, though.

Learn the Violin with me or the Viola

I already play the Cello (have since I was 6)

[TVC15]

I think eventually my sense of unfulfillment will lead me to abducting women in Safeway parking lots at 3AM.  I'm not sure what my murder gimmick will be.  If I am feeling especially uncreative, I will just steal the Deconstructionist killer gimmick from Adaptation.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

that's the second time in the past 90 minutes someone has made a Deconstructionist joke

[BlueTsunami]

Learn the Violin with me or the Viola

I already play the Cello (have since I was 6)

How hard was it to learn? I've read that the Violin is one of the worse to learn

[TVC15]

that's the second time in the past 90 minutes someone has made a Deconstructionist joke

What was the first?

[duckman2000]

Paintball!

I'll sell you some cool stuff for a pretty penny

I'm like some crazy arms dealer, of the Mickey Mouse sort.

Paintball's fun and all, but most of the regular hobbyist level players seem to be kinda toolish.

In my experience, the true douchebags and pretentious wankers are mostly tourney players. The milsim guys are basically live role-playing, and are more dorks than they are douchebags. And they give me money for stuff, so they are cool.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

that's the second time in the past 90 minutes someone has made a Deconstructionist joke

What was the first?

XKCD

[MrAngryFace]

I dunno if I could not have a job. Id probably go crazy. I could do without a commute, but now that I have a new ultra car, maybe that wont be as bad.

[Cormacaroni]

For the past couple of years, cooking and Crossfit has helped me stave off that last tequila sunrise before sticking my head in the oven...apart from that, i got nothin'

[Howard Alan Treesong]

For the past couple of years, cooking and Crossfit has helped me stave off that last tequila sunrise before sticking my head in the oven...apart from that, i got nothin'

I love cooking, but I also want to lose weight, so I find myself eating more shittily these days :/

[duckman2000]

I also want to lose weight

Why in the hell would you want to do that?

[Mr. Gundam]

I dunno if I could not have a job. Id probably go crazy. I could do without a commute, but now that I have a new ultra car, maybe that wont be as bad.

My summers off from work are pretty fucking awesome.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I also want to lose weight

Why in the hell would you want to do that?

because ever since I moved back to the US I've been chronically 25 lbs overweight

man, so far so good on the alcoholism

[MrAngryFace]

distant: I have a weird guilt complex around employment. I can do vacation for maybe a week, then I start feeling bad about it and thinking I should be doing some work somewhere. Its really weird.

[Mr. Gundam]

distant: I have a weird guilt complex around employment. I can do vacation for maybe a week, then I start feeling bad about it and thinking I should be doing some work somewhere. Its really weird.

I felt that way my first two summers off, but now I'm ok with it.

I am doing four preschool evaluations over the summer, so I'm actually working a little.

[jiji]

Film photography, b&w.

You can join me in griping about dust in my negative scans and tap water temperature that won't drop below 23.5C. Lots of money to be spent in this area, too.

[TVC15]

Film photography, b&w.

You can join me in griping about dust in my negative scans and tap water temperature that won't drop below 23.5C. Lots of money to be spent in this area, too.

I love developing my own shit.  I haven't done it in a few months though.  It's so satisfying.  I want my next apartment to have a space I can convert to a darkroom.  I'd probably exclusively do film then.

[jiji]

I love developing my own shit.  I haven't done it in a few months though.  It's so satisfying.  I want my next apartment to have a space I can convert to a darkroom.  I'd probably exclusively do film then.

Me too, especially now that I've got my process pretty streamlined.  I'm definitely going to include darkroom space as a requirement when I go apartment-shopping next. There's a darkroom fairly nearby that lets me make prints, but it's only open twice a week and it's $8/hour for access, since I'm not taking a class there. Seeing my own photos appear in the developer is like a little orgasm every time.

[Fresh Prince]

Home brewing, it takes half a day and you drink the result.

[TVC15]

I love developing my own shit.  I haven't done it in a few months though.  It's so satisfying.  I want my next apartment to have a space I can convert to a darkroom.  I'd probably exclusively do film then.

Me too, especially now that I've got my process pretty streamlined.  I'm definitely going to include darkroom space as a requirement when I go apartment-shopping next. There's a darkroom fairly nearby that lets me make prints, but it's only open twice a week and it's $8/hour for access, since I'm not taking a class there. Seeing my own photos appear in the developer is like a little orgasm every time.

Here, Seattle University has a whole photo lab that is basically open to the public (for free!) on the weekends, but it seems to have the bad habit of being booked rather frequently.  It's a private university, so I am sure that if there is someone willing to pay cash money to use it on the weekend, they get priority.

I know saying this downplays the art of photography a bit, but taking part in the actual development process really makes you believe you are creating something.  It's like an alchemist mixing potions or something, seeing things work out.  I still can't fucking understand how anyone discovered this shit.  People talk about marvels like space shuttles and internets and medical tech, but I can't understand how humanity stumbled upon the development process.  It's brilliant.

[Cormacaroni]

For the past couple of years, cooking and Crossfit has helped me stave off that last tequila sunrise before sticking my head in the oven...apart from that, i got nothin'

I love cooking, but I also want to lose weight, so I find myself eating more shittily these days :/

That's where the "Crossfit" part of the equation comes in, you see....I eat more than ever! (which is saying a lot)

[Human Snorenado]

distant: I have a weird guilt complex around employment. I can do vacation for maybe a week, then I start feeling bad about it and thinking I should be doing some work somewhere. Its really weird.

I have the exact opposite problem- if I work for any length of time longer than like 8 hours I start to think of all the cool shit I could be doing instead and start to freak out.  Of course, when given the opportunity to do stuff I generally just fart around the house or go for walks on the beach with the dogs, but I figure how many people get to walk on the beach every day?  Not a lot.

[Bildi]

I've recently decided I'm getting a RC helicopter. 

When I have more money. 

[VALIS]

How about amateur astronomy?

+ No running, jumping or sweating involved.
+ It's nerdly.
+ And expensive.
+ You can combine it with other hobbies like photography or drinking.

Then again, I never did it myself so maybe it sucks, I dunno.

[CHOW CHOW]

clay sculpting / ceramics

[Reb]

Can I have your old hobby?

[Kestastrophe]

masturbation







well, I guess it's more of a lifestyle than a hobby.

[Brehvolution]

There is nothing wrong with alcoholism. It was just made up by some prude bitch who couldn't handle her alcohol. Thus, it must be a problem for those that could. As long as it is not affecting your work or relationships at least.

[muckhole]

Take up knife throwing. Cheap, and exciting. And popular at parties.

All you need is a yard, a target, and a balanced throwing knife.

[tiesto]

Maybe I need an awesome drug-fueled hobby that has me missing days of work, doing shitty work when I actually show up to the office, shagging Thai ladyboys without a condom and without a care.

Sounds like you should take up DJing!

Hmm, some other suggestions:
-Biking (active, but you can go at your own pace)
-Rollerblading
-Surfing (hard as fuck, but you're down in SoCal and there should be people/schools to help you)
-Join an adult volleyball league, or any other kind of intramural league

[Tauntaun]

Warhammer 40k!  

[Reb]

40gay

[Tauntaun]

40gay

More like Rebiak-gaaaaaaaay

40-OK!

[Reb]

True.

[Tauntaun]

True.

I wish I could turn asian for a little bit so I could walk into a games workshop and say, "You have-u 40-OK?  40-OK?  Space-o Marine, hai hai.  40-OK."  Then I'd take pictures with all the store employees and walk out. 

[Van Cruncheon]

if you turned asian, you would solve two problems: your 40K obsession, and patel's horniness!

[Tauntaun]

if you turned asian, you would solve two problems: your 40K obsession, and patel's horniness!

    
















    We could synthesize stuff.  Like dat ass.

[Van Cruncheon]

plus you could do everyone's math homework

[Tauntaun]

plus you could do everyone's math homework (Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)

[Pharmacy]

gardening

i like gardening

[FlameOfCallandor]

[BlueTsunami]

Be FoCs personal Wikipedia

[FlameOfCallandor]

I like that