uncool hobbies

[the captians wench]

So's my daughter. Her bedroom is papered with twilight posters, she owns all the movies and several copies of each book. She's read those books so many times that she can recite them.



Yep. Some of the really best rock guitarists started as classical guitarists; that's what makes them awesome. Just about anyone can learn to play basic rock guitar, it takes a lot of time, energy, and skill to learn classic guitar, and if you then play rock that makes you a better guitar player than those who just play rock and roll.

Me too.

It's cute when you're a teeny bopper or younger, even tweenies can get away with it. But I'm pushing 30 ( how did that happen!) and can't even use the "twi-mom" excuse.

Did she get the new one? The short life of Bree Turner? I haven't been able to actually read it yet, but I'm very excited about it!

 

[graceanne]

Me too.

It's cute when you're a teeny bopper or younger, even tweenies can get away with it. But I'm pushing 30 ( how did that happen!) and can't even use the "twi-mom" excuse.

Did she get the new one? The short life of Bree Turner? I haven't been able to actually read it yet, but I'm very excited about it!

No, she wants it, though. Most likely my mom will get it for her, she got her most of her twilight books. lol

 

[the captians wench]

No, she wants it, though. Most likely my mom will get it for her, she got her most of her twilight books. lol

My mom is going to go endure the 8 hour "twilight experience" event with me the night that Eclipse comes out.

 

[RuReal]

rofl who decided if it is cool or uncool is the person doing the hobby. Frankly cool or uncool I do what I want and enjoy. Do I think some of my hobbies are in cool yes unpopular yes.

<shrug> does it really matter in this discussion?

 

[chy_girl]

My mom is going to go endure the 8 hour "twilight experience" event with me the night that Eclipse comes out.

*perks mom ears*

What do you mean 8 hours? The first movie wasn't that long... Don't they only have the one movie out now?

 

[ShyVixen]

Me too.

It's cute when you're a teeny bopper or younger, even tweenies can get away with it. But I'm pushing 30 ( how did that happen!) and can't even use the "twi-mom" excuse.

Did she get the new one? The short life of Bree Turner? I haven't been able to actually read it yet, but I'm very excited about it!

I've read it. You can get it free to read online until July 5th on her website. I have to say, I wasn't impressed and I was really looking forward to it.

I guess my uncool hobbies would be cross stitching (I've been told that is very geeky ) and medieval manuscripts. Unfortunately, I cannot collect these medieval manuscripts for various reasons, but I like to seek them out and like to study them.

 

[Homburg]

If that includes anything by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it's AWESOME.

ERB is awesome. Many, many years ago one of the base libraries I had access to had a paperback swap program. I had a spare paperback on me and could not find a single book that I liked. I decided on a whim to grab this ancient busted up copy of on the John Carter of Mars books because the cover art was cool in a hokey sort of way. I was instantly hooked. I came back a few days with a pile of paperbacks and pinched every John Carter book there.

Many of them have fallen apart in the ensuing years, but I know that I will enjoy whenever I sit down and head back to the dry wastes of the Red Planet with John Carter.

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As to my geek hobbies, I have been playing in and running role-playing games for thirty years now. I currently run a LARP-style game using tabletop rules set in the old World of Darkness Vampire. We have a message board and all that complete with online play and story. Just passed 8000 posts recently, and it's less than a year old. Pretty happy about that.

I've played tabletop wargames for years, and still paint the miniatures for it on commission.

I play computer games (specifically WoW)

I powerlift. Trust me, it's not 'cool'. Bodybuilding is 'cool'. Powerlifting is uncool. Olympic lifting is downright nerdy, but my knees won't let me do that any more. Any time I use a commercial gym I get looked at like I'm some kinda freak

 

[Netzach]

Is TV a hobby? Crochet and knitting and beading and all that is the new hipster thing, so I can't say they're uncool. They were uncool 15 years ago maybe.

When I do watch TV I really like old and cheesy. Or old and good. I can't get it up for LOST or House or whatever the kids are watching. Lately it's Barney Miller. Shit, they do NOT write 'em like that any more.

Lest you think I only watch good stuff, A-Team is my go to for between phone calls late at night.

 

[Seurat]

Many of them have fallen apart in the ensuing years, but I know that I will enjoy whenever I sit down and head back to the dry wastes of the Red Planet with John Carter.

I still posess every paperback and hardbound sci fi and fantasy book that has ever passed through my hands. Hundreds of them. All sorted by subject and alphabetized by author.





You could say I have CDO when it comes to my books. It's like OCD, but in the right order.

 

[paiselyavenger]

I guess my uncool hobbies would be cross stitching (I've been told that is very geeky ) and medieval manuscripts. Unfortunately, I cannot collect these medieval manuscripts for various reasons, but I like to seek them out and like to study them.

I cross stitch too!! Do you do big pieces or small? I just ordered a chart for 'Starry Night' for example. I seem to like 'oldster' hobbies, quilting and origami and cross stitch.
The medieval manuscripts sound down-right nifty!
Regards!

 

[the captians wench]

*perks mom ears*

What do you mean 8 hours? The first movie wasn't that long... Don't they only have the one movie out now?

Eclipse is the 3rd movie in the Twilight series (as well as the book). The event is like 8 hours long. They start the first movie (Twilight) at 6pm, then a break, then the second movie (New Moon) then another break before the release of the new movie (Eclipse) at midnight. So we'll get to the theater about 5, and leave about 2am. I'm thinking ihop afterwords. *nods*

Oh and talk about geeking out on Twilight. I found a corset pattern that uses magazines for the front (don't know how yet, I haven't read the pattern). A friend was talking about how cool it would be to use the vintage playboys I have laying about (the ones that are not worth anything), but before I go ripping them apart I figured I'd want to do one out of something a little easier to replace. Today I found one of those teeny-bopper mags full of Eclipse pics! So guess what I'm working on and hoping to finish so I can wear to "The Twilight Experience".

Yup, I'm totally geeking it out.

 

[the captians wench]

I cross stitch too!! Do you do big pieces or small? I just ordered a chart for 'Starry Night' for example. I seem to like 'oldster' hobbies, quilting and origami and cross stitch.
The medieval manuscripts sound down-right nifty!
Regards!

I can cross stitch when forced, but I don't enjoy it. It takes too long for me to see a result.

I quilt, but not often, mainly just as gifts. My last one was a double Irish Chain patern for Jounar's mom's birthday. I quilted shamrocks in the open spaces and did a traditional cross pattern down the chains.

I like to make paterns for both though. And usually I'll draw out a patern and instructions and give it to my mom to work up. It works for us.

 

[Seurat]

Oh! And Legos! Now that I have a little one, I have an excuse to buy them again.

 

[TypicalDeviant]

ERB is awesome. Many, many years ago one of the base libraries I had access to had a paperback swap program. I had a spare paperback on me and could not find a single book that I liked. I decided on a whim to grab this ancient busted up copy of on the John Carter of Mars books because the cover art was cool in a hokey sort of way. I was instantly hooked. I came back a few days with a pile of paperbacks and pinched every John Carter book there.

Many of them have fallen apart in the ensuing years, but I know that I will enjoy whenever I sit down and head back to the dry wastes of the Red Planet with John Carter.

I picked up "A Princess of Mars" at a used book store while on vacation. It was a hardcover version with a dust jacket in pretty good condition. The cover art was by Frank Mother-Fucking Frazetta. Like you, after I read it, I scrambled to find the rest of the series. So. Fucking. Good.

As to my geek hobbies, I have been playing in and running role-playing games for thirty years now. I currently run a LARP-style game using tabletop rules set in the old World of Darkness Vampire. We have a message board and all that complete with online play and story. Just passed 8000 posts recently, and it's less than a year old. Pretty happy about that.

I've played tabletop wargames for years, and still paint the miniatures for it on commission.

I play computer games (specifically WoW)

I powerlift. Trust me, it's not 'cool'. Bodybuilding is 'cool'. Powerlifting is uncool. Olympic lifting is downright nerdy, but my knees won't let me do that any more. Any time I use a commercial gym I get looked at like I'm some kinda freak

Which wargames did you play? What minis do you paint?

 

[Homburg]

I picked up "A Princess of Mars" at a used book store while on vacation. It was a hardcover version with a dust jacket in pretty good condition. The cover art was by Frank Mother-Fucking Frazetta. Like you, after I read it, I scrambled to find the rest of the series. So. Fucking. Good.

Frazetta is awesome.

Which wargames did you play? What minis do you paint?

Warhammer FB, Warhammer 40k, DBA, Sword and Flame, Necromunda, Space Marine, Mordheim (I did a lot of GW stuff), Firefly 2000, Seekrieg, various microarmour systems, Napoleon's Battles, a dozen different Old West skirmish systems, Hordes of the Things, a pile of homebrew stuff, and dozens of games that I either did not know the name for or don't remember. For a while, I would just show up on historicals night and get stuck in. The crowd was really good about having extra stuff lying around for people to use and being very patient when you didn't know the rules.

It helped that I painted for many of them, so they were happy with me. I put the pretty colours on their lead and pewter crack after all.

As to what I paint, mostly I do GW stuff as that is where the money is. I have one regular customer that has me do superhero stuff for him, but it's pretty rare. I've also done Warmachine minis within the past year or two.

 

[CutieMouse]

I cross stitch too!! Do you do big pieces or small? I just ordered a chart for 'Starry Night' for example. I seem to like 'oldster' hobbies, quilting and origami and cross stitch.
The medieval manuscripts sound down-right nifty!
Regards!

I grew up doing cross stitch on linen, crochet, knitting, a few lace making forms (bobbin, hairpin, battenburg), quilting, sewing, plus art. Art art art... ruined my hands somewhere along the way (RSI of some sort). These days all of that is more often than not channeled into drooling over fiber art books, with grand plans to get back to playing with it in one way or another at some point. LOL

 

[Homburg]

I grew up doing cross stitch on linen, crochet, knitting, a few lace making forms (bobbin, hairpin, battenburg), quilting, sewing, plus art. Art art art... ruined my hands somewhere along the way (RSI of some sort). These days all of that is more often than not channeled into drooling over fiber art books, with grand plans to get back to playing with it in one way or another at some point. LOL

They have some phenomenal surgical techniques for man RSI's these days. Just sayin...

 

[where]

I collect vintage lingerie.

Which doesn't sound all that geeky, until people find out that part of the collecting is a nerdy obsession with research, which means I get excited when I find things like books on the development of Bra Patent Design (1865- 1998)... or start babbling about the introduction of crystal pleated chiffon during the 1950s... or the development of rayon fibers pre vs post WWI, or the changes made to nylon formulas during the 1970s.



(Yes I own more lingerie than clothing...)

ohhh same here, but not to the depth you do. most prized possession is a lady marlene 'lo 'nuff' bra which I found out later is identical to one dita von teese has.

otherwise... hobbies... no time really for hobbies, though I spend a lot of time on ebay searching for old enamel jewellery to repair.

 

[CutieMouse]

They have some phenomenal surgical techniques for man RSI's these days. Just sayin...

[hijack]

You would be so impressed with me. We had RMTs at our last charity event, offering hand massages.... and I let go of my "control issues" long enough to get a hand massage. Which relaxed my wrist just enough to move the pain into my shoulder. lol

(The RMT did strongly advise I start a series of theraputic massage, because in her opinion my issues start at my left bottom rib extend all the way up and across my right side into my neck. And theraputic massage may manage the issues enough to avoid surgery. Yes checking on insurance coverage for RMT is on my to do list. )

[/hijack]

 

[kara24]

[hijack]

You would be so impressed with me. We had RMTs at our last charity event, offering hand massages.... and I let go of my "control issues" long enough to get a hand massage. Which relaxed my wrist just enough to move the pain into my shoulder. lol

(The RMT did strongly advise I start a series of theraputic massage, because in her opinion my issues start at my left bottom rib extend all the way up and across my right side into my neck. And theraputic massage may manage the issues enough to avoid surgery. Yes checking on insurance coverage for RMT is on my to do list. )

[/hijack]

Dont know if you have tried it but you could also give acupuncture a go for some relief. I do ear acupuncture myself but either that or body acupuncture might help. I might be a bit obsessed with it - I LOVE it and tend to try it for anything lol but it cant hurt!

 

[Homburg]

[hijack]

You would be so impressed with me. We had RMTs at our last charity event, offering hand massages.... and I let go of my "control issues" long enough to get a hand massage. Which relaxed my wrist just enough to move the pain into my shoulder. lol

(The RMT did strongly advise I start a series of theraputic massage, because in her opinion my issues start at my left bottom rib extend all the way up and across my right side into my neck. And theraputic massage may manage the issues enough to avoid surgery. Yes checking on insurance coverage for RMT is on my to do list. )

[/hijack]

Actually, yes, I am impressed with you! Good job!

And I'm glad to hear that the RMT was talking systemic fixes. If I remember correctly, I went on at lengths about wanting to see your posture, gait, etc and wondering if the problems weren't elsewhere.

You are too damned far away! But, yes, good job. Keep it up.




It took GREAT effort to say "Good job." It was certainly not the first thing I typed out.