what are your interests

[ScottyB]

thought it might be cool to have a thread in which we can tell the forum about what we like to do in our free time. if anything, it could be a neat way for those living close together (NoVa fools, those at JMU) to possibly get together and share an interest outside of cars, or simply to get to know people on the forum better.

kind of like Mike's "what cars have you owned thread"....post up a little list and a blurb next to each. Please refrain from posting passtimes like ramping motorcycles off of porches and setting stuff on fire :lol:

[Sijray21]

oh man i was just thinking about this...heres my list:

Main Interests:
modifying cars / hpde / restoration
motorcycles
Golf
Skiing (competitively/recreationally)
Photography
Electronics/gadgets
Club softball (used to play a LOT of baseball back in the day)

Other Interests:
Camping/Hiking
Road trips
Frisbee Golf
Poker (preferably in-person rather than online)
Snowboarding (still learning...it hurts)

Future interests:
developing/maintaining a personal website
Wine Tasting (went once)
Huskey Puppy/Dog(s) - always wanted one, but will wait until i can take care of one....
Paintball


In my free time i like to hang out with friends or go places and do things. Watching tv is ok, but i don't do much of that anymore. I used to play a lot of video games and was interested in PC gaming, but that kinda died down. During the warmer months i like working on my car, driving it, playing golf, camping/hiking/outdoors-ing, going on road trips (especially the beach). During the colder months i like eating at nice restaurants, skiing, watching movies/tv more, video gaming, and getting nicer clothing. I feel i like too many things and i like to do too many things.

There's never enough time to do what i want, and i suck at good time management. I'm getting better with prioritizing though - i need to buy a pda or some sort of personal calendar.

[KPWSerpiente]

I've been spending a lot of time running and lifting in preperation for bmt. I am just starting to realize how some people get in the shape they are (hit the gym 6 days a week every week and you see results). It can become an addiction.

I've always been a very big reader.

I play mad 7 card stud and omaha hi/lo online.

I am into major league soccer and compete in the official fantasy league every year. I have to live through the pros because I havn't played in a league of my own in about a year and a half.

This year is especially exciting because of the world cup.

That's all I got.

-T

[.RJ]

- Hole in the air, surrounded by steel, through which I pour money.

- Hiking
- Biking (mostly mtb, some road)
- Frisbee Golf
- Getting my lean on
- Road trips
- Working out, now that I'm getting back in shape
- Evan's sister
- Karting

Thats about it, never watch TV, never got into video or pc games

[BLAIR]

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- Evan's sister

Thats about it, never watch TV, never got into video or pc games

same here.. no vid games and not to much TV

Cars are first of course, snowboaridng, surfing, wakeboarding, mountainbiking, partyin, girls

[Evan]

Ill fucking choke you RJ



-Mt. Bike
-Lift weights
-Snowboard (only once or twice a year)
-flag football
-pro football (go skins!)
-clubbing and bar hopping occasionally

[Feersty]

Interests:

-Running
-Basketball (College, NBA, playing)
-Lifting
-Shoes
-SCUBA
-Marine Biology
-Travel
-Texas Hold Em'
-Breakdancing
-Freestyling
-Beat Boxing
-Graf
-MCing
-DJing
-Football(Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins)
-Beach
-Fishing
-Accents (Females especially)

[JohnC]

Hrm... I usually have so many damn hobbies going that I can't keep 'em straight. At the moment, I'm enjoying:

Tinkering in the garage - this includes everything from simple electronics repair to small engine rebuilding. And of course dicking around with the motorcycle and the Lightning.

Dogs - I *love* playing with Maggie and Bruce - they're usually one of the highlights of any day. The general training has sort of fallen by the wayside in favor of just general goofing off.



Piano - Yes, I play the piano. Badly. But I'm playing for at least 30 minutes a day, and getting better. We picked up this nice little spinnet piano from a JMU CS prof over winter break - it was cheap and it sounds good. Maggie likes to lay across my feet while I play :lol:

Soccer - I play for a local rec team, with one of my officemates. The team sucks, but we're having a lot of fun and getting in better shape. This is my second season.



TV - I haven't followed TV shows in a long time. Went for almost 5 years without a TV at all actually. Lately though, I've been watching Battlestar Galactica, and all of the F1 / MotoGP / WSBK coverage. During football season, of course I'm watching the Redskins with a keen interest and a profane temperment.

[Sijray21]

Dogs - I *love* playing with Maggie and Bruce - they're usually one of the highlights of any day. The general training has sort of fallen by the wayside in favor of just general goofing off.

Piano - Yes, I play the piano. Badly. But I'm playing for at least 30 minutes a day, and getting better. We picked up this nice little spinnet piano from a JMU CS prof over winter break - it was cheap and it sounds good. Maggie likes to lay across my feet while I play :lol:

dogs added to mine, that was one i couldn't think of before...igh:...i'd love to be able to have one

also if you want more introductory piano stuff i can give you a lot of my older stuff - i still have most of it from when i played about 14 years ago.

[Dragon]

SCUBA
Karting
Hiking
Climbing
Paintball
Motorcycles
Frisbee Golf
Working Out
Beach

[.RJ]

dogs added to mine, that was one i couldn't think of before...igh:...i'd love to be able to have one

Good call. The only thing I miss about living at home is our 5 y/o sheltie - I go over there to visit the dog, not my parents

[PDenbigh]

Current interests:
Driving the XR
And as a result, Working on the XR
Spirited, twisty trips on the motorcycle
Texas Hold'em every other weekend
Snowboarding
Mt. Biking
Habitat for Humanity

Future Interests and goals if anyone wants a learning bud:
Kyaking
Rock Climbing
Caving
Hang Gliding
Scuba Diving
Working out in a predictable routein
Latin Dancing (sorry, only Alison may be a partner in this ;-))
Building another electric car

[Dragon]

dogs added to mine, that was one i couldn't think of before...igh:...i'd love to be able to have one

Good call. The only thing I miss about living at home is our 5 y/o sheltie - I go over there to visit the dog, not my parents

I miss you living with your parents as well, got to see your sister a lot more when you were there.

[JohnC]

also if you want more introductory piano stuff i can give you a lot of my older stuff - i still have most of it from when i played about 14 years ago.

We have tons of books - Jess teaches piano lessons. I just mess around, play (re: hack through) whatever looks interesting. Currently going through lots of the slower Beethoven stuff (Pathetique Sonata, etc) - because it sounds interesting and is slow enough for me to play easily within the first few trys :lol:

[Mike]

cars
drinking
photo
scuba
biking
running
video games
movies
fine wines/beers
message boards
my dog
climbing
rc cars
bitches

[Ryan T]

cars - wrenching, driving, or just bench racing
drinking with friends
music of all kinds
television/movies, I'm a big fan of tv.
video games
gardening/farming (and not with flowers, my family has always had a garden, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, etc)
hiking
camping
road trips
weight lifting
general workin on stuff/handyman stuff
woodworking/crafts..mostly use my dremel
guns
off-roading

[REED]

Let's see

Running - Just started again since high school and I'm looking forward to
doing some 5Ks again

Rock Climbing - climbed first time a few weeks ago and want to look into
doing it more often

Wine Tasting - started this with my girlfriend, we usually go once every
couple weeks, great way to blow some money

Video Games - I've recently fallen out of PC games and gone back to
consoles, maybe its because my roomate has a 360?

Gecko (Layla) - I got her almost a year ago, shes cool likes to hunt down
crickets. I like dogs as well, just not my roomate's

Bars - probly spend way to much time in this category - big fan of dupont
and clarendon - looking forward to hitting up georgetown and
adams morgan this summer.

Real Estate - mainly commercial, this is where I want to head with my
career - just havent decided which direction to take.

Cars - duh, i really need to start autocrossing or hit up a track day or
or something, i would really like to get into it more but im just lazy

[Mike]

Bars - probly spend way to much time in this category - big fan of dupont and clarendon - looking forward to hitting up georgetown and adams morgan this summer.

ew.... mid-town and adams-morgan are way better than dupont and clarendon.

also noted a lot of people are in to hiking/camping. weekend trip this summer?

[.RJ]

also noted a lot of people are in to hiking/camping. weekend trip this summer?

A trip with brokeback collins, sounds good.

[Dragon]

also noted a lot of people are in to hiking/camping. weekend trip this summer?

I'm up for another camping/canoeing trip, just so long as we get you something to eat besides whatever MRE gave you all that gas.