Hobbies!

[semi-pro waster]

My most recent hobby is climbing, I've been doing it for about 6 months now and I'm still really enjoying it so I'll need to find a wall that I can go to in London.

Other than that snowboarding is my long term passion, I'm probably not great but I can't see myself ever getting bored of it. Kayaking is something I should probably do more of as I used to go quite often and always enjoyed it but it's quite a hassle arranging it a lot of the time. Going to the gym is something of a hobby for me but it's also just part of my routine now. I suppose you could count reading or travelling as other hobbies but I don't think of them in the same way as the rest.

[Pheebs]

ZOMG Magic just keeps getting better. I LOVE it. Beyond belief. I get so so excited about it I actually end up making myself feel ill with excitement! It's like I'm some school child! Hahaha!

Last night we had a lecture with a dude called Pavel from Switzerland. He was pretty darn mega! Some of his ideas were so simple, yet so effective! Very inspirational! Managed to pop to the pub with him and a handful of others too - so nice to have a chin wag about these things after!

I'm kind of sidling my way into lots of different things at the moment! I think I have been "accepted" into the group quite nicely which is awesome as they seem like a closely knit little community! But yeh, a couple have invited me to jam with them next Wednesday and Thursday in Brizzle (Thursday being the official everyones coming to jam day and Wednesday a quieter day of playing around with tricks and routines with only 3 of us while their Missus go off for a day of face painting!) Just. I feel privileged really. Sounds stupid but they've all known each other from anywhere between 7-30 odd years and then little not-particularly-experienced-me comes along and they're so so so welcoming.

Also! Met a wickedy woo guy yester who's like a mega awesome magician! He travels the wooooorld doing magic - I think he's just got back from Las Vegas! But yeh, he's putting together a Doovd with 5 other mega magicians in Portsmouth and I've kind of asked if I could gate crash it for a day and watch type thing and he's more than happy to let me come play! How awesome!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee *pop*



Seriously, I love it. If I could I would practice magic every day all day. Everyone is so so super encouraging too. When newbies come along they seem proud to introduce me...which is a bit nutty as they've only seen a few basic things I can do... but yeh they're such lovely people. I think with their being no big mega lady magicians and very few lady magicians about they're kind of all a bit "eeeeeeee" over me being so "eeeeeeeeeee" about magic and and and.

Yeh.

I'm rambling.

In short, Pavel was awesome, made loads of contacts, even been offered a few hours work too and I can now penetrate a piece of rope through my whole body.

How blooming wicked is that?!

[Psymonkee]

Cool

I wish I could do magic

[Roberta]

Hey Pheebs, when I get my trapeze we can have a garden circus!

[Wryel]

Originally Posted by semi-pro waster

My most recent hobby is climbing, I've been doing it for about 6 months now and I'm still really enjoying it so I'll need to find a wall that I can go to in London.

Other than that snowboarding is my long term passion, I'm probably not great but I can't see myself ever getting bored of it. Kayaking is something I should probably do more of as I used to go quite often and always enjoyed it but it's quite a hassle arranging it a lot of the time. Going to the gym is something of a hobby for me but it's also just part of my routine now. I suppose you could count reading or travelling as other hobbies but I don't think of them in the same way as the rest.

I climb here all the time, loads of bouldering as well as routes, updated all the time. Then there is Westway and I think a bouldering only place near London Bridge. Let me know if you decide you want to go to The Castle.

[semi-pro waster]

Thanks for that, I might well end up taking you up on that offer. Went climbing again for the final time before I move last night and managed to scrape my knee again, it seems strangely fitting to finish as I started

[Stan_Lite]

Originally Posted by Will

I have a fairly volatile and short attention span so I get obsessed about a thing but then lose interest and move on to the next.

I'm like that. I get into something and get really obsessive and then it wanes away until the next thing comes along.

I used to be obsessive about PC building and overclocking and spent huuuuge amounts of money building and running a large Folding farm (Folding at home is a distributed computing project run by Stanford University for those who don't know). That obsession has fallen away drastically now and I don't really bother with it now.

I've recently got the photography bug, having bought Matblack's EOS 300D from him. It's something I've wanted to get into for a long time but never wanted to invest a huge amount in. Luckily, Matt sold me his gear ridiculously cheap which was enough to get me hooked. I'm now planning on getting an EOS 40D as soon as possible which is a fair step up equipment wise and after a while, I'll be investing in good lenses. It's a fascinating hobby and improving one's skills and getting the odd shot right is hugely rewarding.

I have also been a whisky lover for several years and have been fortunate enough to have sampled many very good malts over that time. This is something which gives me immense pleasure and is one hobby I can envisage continuing to enjoy for many years to come. Ironically, developing a taste for fine malts has encouraged me to cut my alcohol consumption drastically. I now drink mostly for pleasure and flavour rather than to get drunk as used to be the case. I also enjoy real ales for the same reason and I enjoy drinking wine but my palate for wine is nowhere near as sophisticated as my palate for whisky so I tend not to buy truly expensive wines as they would be wasted on me.
Whereas I would (and have) spend upwards of £200 (and regularly spend £50-£100) on a bottle of whisky, I will rarely spend more than £10 on a bottle of wine.

[Haly]

Sounds like the magic is going brilliantly Pheebs Happy for you

One new-ish hobby for me, I'm trying to get more into photography now Thanks to Stan selling me his Fuji s6500 at an excellent price, it's given me something great to fiddle with. Alongside that I'm trying to learn Photoshop more, and hoping to maybe take an evening course on it in the Autumn.
Been going for a lot more walks and taking the camera so I think it does me good Certainly cheers me up!

[Davey_Pitch]

My main hobby lately has been poker, with me playing it so much that I'm spending more time playing poker than I am playing on the Xbox (shock horror!). I really feel my game is improving and over the past month or so I'm about £100 up, which isn't much in the grand scheme of things but considering I only play the cheap tournaments it does represent a significant improvement for me. If I'm not playing it at home I'm generally reading about it in work and trying to learn more about it. My realistic eventual aim is to become good enough to pull in a few hundred pound extra each month from my poker wins. I'm looking at that as a long term goal but as my bankroll increases and I play in the more expensive tournaments it's something I feel is possible. My completely unrealistic aim is to one day win enough money and be good enough to buy my way into the World Series of Poker (I think entry is roughly $10k) and go in feeling I stand a chance of doing well. That's a completely unrealistic goal, but hey, if you don't set your sights high you might as well not bother setting them anywhere

[NokkonWud]

Sports, I love them, though Football is the one I really love. I am pretty knowledgeable in European football and very knowledgeable about Man Utd who are my passion. I also love playing it, playing twice a week (Wednesday and Sunday) with different groups of people.

Gaming is an obvious one, particularly Xbox360.

I love TV shows, American drama to be precise. I seldom click with UK TV, but have hundreds of pounds worth of TV show DVD's and watch them all the time.