Getting to know one another

Hello all. I am still kinda new to the forum. I know that someone started a topic like this earlier this week. But I decided to throw a little twist on it. I was wondering what other hobbies people on the site have other than reptiles. I will start it off.
I like to build things with my hands grow bonsi trees and write stories/books. Work on models and read books. Hope to learn a little baout you all. See you around the forum.

That's cool...what sorts of stories/books do you write? I write, too. I've completed one novel and am in the process of trying to get it published. My current writing endevours have moved into the world of music. I'm writing lyrics for a composer. It's really cool! I also dabble in a variety of creative things from ceramics to web design. I enjoy reading, but don't have much time for it.

I wright a little bit of poetry. My books usaully are fantasy novels. Stories it just whatevers on my mind. Books I read are fantasy novels and anything on snakes and beardies. The bad part about it is I am haveing a party right now and where am I deticated to my computer and my forum. Well it good to meet another person that likes to wright. I completely understand what you mean finding time for it.

Travelling, reading, music, play guitar, wood work, Auto detailing, some auto mechanic skills, and I can't sing to save my life :)

My hobbies include playing on the internet, playing basketball, and playing with my snakes. All work and no play makes Davey a dull boy. :D

Sound like we all dabble in a little bit of everything.

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My books usaully are fantasy novels.

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Have you written books? Working on getting anything published?
My one novel is a fantasy novel, too. It was really fun writing...although a lot of work, too. But getting it published is a heart-breaking affair, also dragging through the years. :(

I have a few good starts to some really good books but nothing set in stone yet. Never gotten on finshed yet. But one day soon I hope to get something published. I always get about midway through the books and get writters block. So I just start on something new and hop back on forth from book to book. If I ever get anything publish you guys will be amoung the frist to know.

I read, mostly fiction but nonfiction as well. I do a little programing and some graphics, and have been known to make websites for various nefarious purposes. I've contributed to a few online collaborative efforts, but am on hiatus from them at the moment. When the mood strikes me, I also make things with polymer clay (knick-knacks mostly, but sometimes practical things or jewelry), make jewelry from findings, or do similar crafty things. Sometimes I draw houseplans for dream homes. Every now and again I write poetry or stories, but I've not really been doing that in the last couple of years. I also like to get out in nature when I can, though I lost all my camping gear and am restricted to day trips until I can replace it. What else ... I like to go hear bands, but not big bands with big concerts and big ticket prices anymore. I like to watch movies, but not in theaters. I like to go see theatrical productions in theaters, though. I find weird websites to see what people can come up with. And, of course, I spend time with my kids, doing most of this stuff with them as well as other things.

Well good luck with it. Sometimes just finishing the book can be the hardest part. LOL I know I'm having a hard time finishing a second. But I may have found a new calling with the lyrics. It's just too cool!

I think we have all drawn up plans for dream homes god knowns I have several time. Camping is cool when it warm out. And all of us with kids out there know what time we spend with them watching them grow teaching them all the things they need to survive in life. Thanks judy. Everyone that has ever read anything that I have wrote said it is some pretty good stuff. And your right about finishing it is sometime the hardest part.

I like to write too. Philosophy, fiction, and on my research. I was just published in an ENT journal called The Laryngoscope this month. More hobbies: volunteer firefighter, Zen meditation/practice, sports of all sorts, and obviously my new friend Ellis whose care has been my most recent preoccupation. :wink:

I like to write too, well only love letters to Kevin Bacon, as I am stalking him and all. Does that count?
Rusty

Rusty, are you a closet Will and Grace fan? ;)

Nope it goes way beyond that, in fact I had to beat up Jack for taking my spot in the bushes,,lol
Rusty

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Originally Posted by Marla

What else ... I like to go hear bands, but not big bands with big concerts and big ticket prices anymore.

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I know what you mean! I used to go watch bands play all the time, and my boyfriend has been in a few different bands so I still go with him sometimes. But a lot of the bands I used to go see are big bands now playing in arenas with huge ticket prices. My boyfriend refuses to pay a lot of money to see a show/concert, but I'll still go sometimes, depending on who it is.

As far as my hobbies, my job takes up most of my time, but my main hobby is gymnastics. Even that I can only do once a week; there is an adult class I go to that's taught by my coach from my competition days.

I also like to read, and this may seem juvenile, but my favorite books right now are Harry Potter. What can I say, I'm an elementary school teacher. I'm also reading some books by John Wooden, if you know who that is (I went to UCLA).

I like to go to movies, but I haven't done that since December, and I have an annual pass to Disneyland, so I go there sometimes. I watch a lot of tv, certain shows I watch religiously. Other than that, work keeps me pretty busy!

I have a bunch of hobbies. I paint in my spare time, usually using watercolors or acrylics, but I'm dabbling in oil painting too. I like to get out in nature whenever possible; I usually hike the woods behind our house. I also love horses, and my boyfriend and I are making plans to get two soon. I grew up in the city (Buffalo) but now I guess you could say I have become a country girl, hehe. I like gardening too. I like to go see small band shows, as Marla said I usually don't blow money on hugely inflated big-ticket bands. My other hobby is studying the occult, reading ghost stories and stuff like that. Oh, and I do target shooting with a .22 rifle. And I collect frogs and Breyer model horses. I also LOVE to read, especially nonfiction nature books or fiction horror like Stephen King.

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Originally Posted by Rustysdragons

Nope it goes way beyond that, in fact I had to beat up Jack for taking my spot in the bushes,,lol
Rusty

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LOL Rusty, that's great! i had a little crush on him back in the days of Footloose. :D

Gen and Gin, we should probably see if we can give each other good tips on smaller bands to see when they're touring. :) And Gen, don't feel bad about the Harry Potter books. My entire household resisted reading them because they were so trendy until a friend gave us the first three. Then my older daughter read them and talked me into it and by the time all was said and done, we were at the store the first day book four was out. ;) We even went to see the first movie on opening night, the only movie I've ever done that with. We've even gotten all the grandparents to read the series. :lol:

Good Marla, I'm glad I'm not the only Harry Potter person! :) What did you guys think of the movies? A movie is never as good as the book, and I was a little disapointed with the first two movies, but they were still okay. I'm hoping the third movie will be better, Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite of the books so far. The new trailer is out, and it looks pretty good.

You are definitely not the only adult Harry Potter fan. :) The friend who gave us the first three is almost 40 and a big fan, too. I thought they did a pretty good job with the movies, considering what they had to try to replicate. Hermione should have been a homelier girl, but Hagrid was spot-on in my book. I definitely intend to read the books and watch the movies for the rest of the series.

Yeah, I agree, the girl who plays Hermione is too pretty, but I still like her. Really good casting choices. Yeah, I know some other adults who read the books too. My friend who is my age is the one who got me into them. My brother who's 31 also reads them, and I got my mom to read the first 3, but she's not as into them as I am.

I enjoy music... I play guitar, piano, bass, keyboards, and a bit of trumpet... Aside from listening to music or playing my guitar I am quite a video game nerd. I have xbox and my roomate has PS2 so if there are any other video game people on here feel free to PM me or e mail me - when I'm not playing music, listening to music, or playing or figuring out which video game to buy I am in class, working on projects/papers/speeches or at work in the library in the media room. When I get time I like to do a little backpacking and hope to go to the boundry waters this summer for about nine days. I t ry to find time to read but I usually don't have time to settle into a book as I am only home between classes and work shifts so my free time comes in snippets. I too write .. but mainly music, my roomate is a classical composer and I am a comm. major and music business minor. (I started as music ed, then classical voice, then got into school here as a composer, then changed to music business, then finally landed where I am now so I'm sort of a jack of all trades.

I love "The Lord of the Rings"!

Gen, i agree the casting overall has been very good. I love the casting for the entire Weasley family and Professor McGonagall is great but I think they could have done a better job with either casting Draco Malfoy or dyeing his hair. :)

I'm another adult who has enjoyed the Harry Potter books. I've been reading them to my daughter, since they were a bit too old for her to read on her own when they first came out. Since then, the stories have gotten darker, so I'm happy to continue to read them aloud to her, even though she's perfectly capable of reading them on her own now. The problem is, by the time Book 7 comes out, she'll be well into her teen years....and me still wanting to carry on the tradition of reading it out loud to her. LOL Think she'll let me???

As for the movies...almost 100% of the time, I'm seriously disappointed in a movie taken directly from a book. Such was not the case with the Harry Potter movies. Even though they can't cram every little detail into a standard movie and they have to change some minor things...I think Harry Potter set the standard for staying true to a book within a movie. The sets and casting were amazing!

Everyone here has such great interests and hobbies, we really do cover a broad spectrum :)
I myself love sports, with a great passion for hockey, football and baseball.
I spend a lot of time attending or watching games. We go on road trips to see our favorite teams play. Those being the Redskins, Capitals and Orioles.
I spend time attending the games of the sports my 13 yo son plays.
I like to read mostly, bio's. Love going to the movies with a great love for horror flicks, with Clive Barker and Wes Craven being my two favorites.
I enjoy watching shows on just about any type of animals with of course repitles my favoite.
Being here in the Nations Capital I enjoy going to many art and cultural exhibits.
And a lot of my time is spent hanging out and doing all type of fun things with my son ( the life of a single parent).
Also love to fish, bass fishing mostly. Use to fish in tournaments but havent lately as my son has gotten older.
And now feeding my ever growing love of herps and wanting to expand on my ownership. What a great hobby!
Don't really think to much on building my dream home as I am usually to busy building them for others, but I love my job.

I enjoy candle light dinners,
Long walks on the beach..lol

Just joking, I really enjoy mountain biking and hiking through a variety of places.
I have been reading alott of John Grisham books recently. and I work alott, wether it be at the paying job, or the rescue, but they are both worth it.
Rusty

Sorry it took me so long to respond to a forum I started as for the harry potter series I love it and the movies are just great to not quite as good as the books but still good. The lord of the the rings movies are great to. But the books have been better. Haven't seen the third one yet. I do a little bike riding, hikeing is always good. But I love to cook. And on the grill man I am a king

Cooking is probably my favorite hobby, besides working with my critters (is it still a hobby when your life revolves around it?). Cooking rules. So much effort & time, but what a great way to show someone you care!!!!!! Prepping a good meal for a person means they're "someone" in my boook.

Also looooooooove to read. Especially Louis L'Amour Westerns. And write - do a bunch of writing. And dink around on the guitar & piano.

My hair is my other hobby. I know. It sounds vain & conceited...maybe even "weird" - but is there anything (besides boobs) that is so utterly feminine on a woman? My hair is 33.5" inches long & shooting for 48", which will hit about mid-thigh. Upkeep in & of itself is a hobby - the older hair gets the more fragile it becomes, so it's a focus of its own.


Besides that...getting to play "Santa" on a regular basis....sending someone an animal that they will love & cherish (Paul/beaglegod is a perfect example) is an everyday goal. What a rush!!!!

Ok...it's late...I'm rambling. Have a good night!

K

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Originally Posted by iceman25

I love "The Lord of the Rings"!

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You ain't the only one, brotha!

Harry Potter only wishes it could be 1/2 as awesome as LOTR. ;)

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Originally Posted by DavidBeard

Harry Potter only wishes it could be 1/2 as awesome as LOTR. ;)

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Apples and oranges, David. That's like saying The Princess Bride wishes it could be 1/2 as awesome as The Godfather. :P

I agree with Marla. I love Lord of the Rings. But you really can't compare the two. I honestly can't tell you which I like better.

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Originally Posted by gen

I agree with Marla. I love Lord of the Rings. But you really can't compare the two. I honestly can't tell you which I like better.

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If you wanna compare it in the same category as fantasy, The Rings wins hands down https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...10353/haha.gif

Okay, are we talking about the movies or the books? Or both? The Lord of the Rings movies are far superior to Harry Potter movies. As far as films go, LOTR is much more well done.

If we're talking books, that's where it's especially hard for me to compare because Harry Potter books are written as children's novels. Even though many adults enjoy them, they are intended for children/young adults, so you have to just take it for what it is. It's very enjoyable, light reading, which is why I've read all the books several times.

I actually liked reading The Hobbit better than the Lord of the Rings. I read it first when I was 12, then read it again a few years ago and really liked it. LOTR was great too, but it took me FOREVER to read and I found it to be really boring in parts, especially at the beginning. I just didn't have that much time to put into it. But it was worth it to get to the end. Excellent books.

Sorry I rambled. I'm going to bed now.

LOTR was extremely well done but relatively dull in comparison to Harry Potter ... just because LOTR is so incredibly SLOW MOVING and Harry Potter is obviously aimed at the attention span of a child (like mine!) so while I found LOTR brilliant and beautiful in the film sense .. I am more likely to watch Harry Potter again than re watch any of the four hour LOTR movies (I watch extended edition ;) )

Well, first of all, big ups to ginevive for being a Buffalo girl!! Ya gotta love the 20 minute city!

My hobbies include writing about & discussing politics, reading (mostly non-fiction about political figures that I like *Rudy Guliani* & those that i absolutely loathe *Hillary Satan, er I mean Clinton* & also those about sports figures), playing, watching or talking about sports, spending time with my eternal love Nanci & most recently, my adorable little Hissy Fits! I also enjoy drinking, probably a little too much! LOL

Oh, & I forgot to mention the affairs that I am having as I cheat on Nanci with my playstation 2 & DVD box sets of Will & Grace! LOL

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Originally Posted by gen

I actually liked reading The Hobbit better than the Lord of the Rings. I read it first when I was 12, then read it again a few years ago and really liked it. LOTR was great too, but it took me FOREVER to read and I found it to be really boring in parts, especially at the beginning. I just didn't have that much time to put into it. But it was worth it to get to the end. Excellent books.

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Word.

I guess its just that I grew up with the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings. I love both book and movie! I've read the book many, many times(I was a loner in high school :P ) so I'm heavily biased :wink: