What Do You LIKE To Do?

I have many hobbies.

On Monday nights I crochet Japanese fountains



On Tuesday nights I pet my this



On Wednesday nights I breed strange and unusual dogs



On Thursday nights I practice with my band, Art and the Christian BFs



On Friday night I make insects out of left over doll parts



And as has already been stated, on weekends I continue my efforts to break into danmag's basement.

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In my spare time I like to crochet doilies that I distribute to the homeless people in my area. It gives me a sense of worth.

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Oh My!!! That dog... I'm going to have nightmares!

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You just made my night art! That was a GREAT post!

Art, I think I may have to take up your hobbies.

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Pardon? Things I like to do *outside* of the theatre world?

I'm afraid I don't understand the question.

Haha I thought the same thing when I read this Weez! Well, I enjoy playing piano so that counts!

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I quite like the dog picture. It's very freaky and wrong, but do remember I'm the girl who thinks Sam the ugly dog was one of the cutest things on the internet. XD

Non-theatre things... well, I read. I read a lot of books aimed at kids and teenagers, I read a fair few playscripts, and I've taken to reading biographies recently as well. Right now I'm plowing through Dreams from my Father and I'm enjoying it hugely. The advantage of working in a bookshop is there is no shortage of reading material, and if I'm very careful while reading, I don't have to pay for my books. XD

I also watch more TV than I used to. I'm not the sort of person who'll sit on the sofa with a remote and see what's on, so I don't consider myself a general television watcher. But when there's a series I like, I do devote myself to it. To the exclusion of life, sometimes. XD I plowed through the entirety of Six Feet Under in a couple of months, the entirety of Oz in a matter of weeks, and I'd really love to start watching The Wire, but I know what I'm like; I'd quite like a bit of time off every now and then.

Beyond that, I'm also a pet owner. I only have a mouse at the moment, and he's elderly and unfriendly, so I'm not as hands-on with him as I have been with other pets. However, I'm planning on homing a cat later this year, so I expect s/he will take up more than a few of my spare minutes.

And I like to bake. Sometimes I find cake recipes that have strange ingredients - tomato soup, mayonnaise, Coca-cola, courgette, whatever. Most people confronted by one of these recipes seem to go "ewww!". I find myself too intrigued to resist and simply *have* to make it. I make normal things too, but not as often as the freaky stuff. XD

When I'm at work and it's very quiet and boring and I've run out of things to do, besides reading, I'm also working on becoming more globally aware by looking up a different country every day and having a quick read about it, and I like to try memorising giant blocks of Shakespeare. I've just started with a bit o' 3 Henry VI, and it's terrifyingly long.

I used to be a massive film buff but then theatre sapped my life. I still like seeing films, but I don't see as many as I used to, and most of 'em are rentals rather than cinema trips these days.

I think you now know more about me than you ever cared to. What larks!

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I really enjoy going to coffee shops pretending I'm reading something deep and meaningful when in reality I'm looking at really hot people behind my sunglasses so I can be a perv incognito. (No I actually do read between glances, mostly non fiction crime stories while sipping Lady Grey tea it's my fav)

Besides objectifying people with my eyes, I play the guitar and record/edit music and videos. Every now and then I head on over to Raleigh and go to local record stores and buy LPs and 45s for my growing record collection. I can sit indian style on the floor for 3-5 hours just rummaging through bin after bin of, IMO, priceless music ranging from Gershwin and Lena Horn to Cream and Grover Washington Jr.

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Updated On: 1/22/09 at 11:03 AM

Oh! And I'm hoping to take up sewing again. I've had a group costume idea suggested to me, and while I'm feeling the inspiration, I'm hoping to go with it.

Plus I really want a stack of Shakespeare character finger puppets but I want more random characters than you can buy in the shops. XD

Tofu definitely has the best hobby. I wish we had pretty people in this town so I could do the same.

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"HAHAHAH Tofu!! So creepy but so awesome."

I realize it's kinda creepy but you'd be a wee bit creepy too if you saw the people that I see all the time. I live in a college town so there's plenty to look at because we obviously have a Starbucks on every corner but there's also the really cozy coffee shops with the soft lighting where the really intelligent and smoking hot folks like to go. I don't wanna brag but...I totally fall into that category. LOL!!

There's just something about someone in a pair of glasses with a book in hand and a thoughtful look on their face...it does stuff to me, tingly stuff. I won't elaborate.

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Updated On: 1/22/09 at 11:25 AM

Hmmm.

I love movies...I see a TON each year.

I love reading and can go through a book a day if I try (mostly autobiographies; I will read about ANYONE. I'm also a big fan of nonfiction and true crime, and I like to sneak Harlequin romance novels in every now and then).

I watch absurd amounts of trashy television. I get the shakes if I miss an episode of Rock of Love or Real World.

I love shopping, whether it be at an upscale mall where I can't afford anything or at a thrift store. I have more shoes than I can count thanks to this.

I hang out with my basset hound Elvis and my cocker spaniel Hank, and I have a hamster named Tupac (I feel like I need to explain this: my roommate has one as well, and the two hamsters HATE each other. We had to get them separate cages so there wouldn't be fatalities. This resulted in hers, who is obese, being named Notorious B.I.G., while mine, who is much skinnier and meaner, being named Tupac).

I'm trying to force myself to learn how to cook and bake. My mom's excellent at both and my dad's pretty decent, so it must be in the genes, but I fear I'm just not very domestic.

I fancy myself an amateur photographer, but I'm pretty hit or miss. My "specialty" is concert photography, which leads into my biggest passion, which is music. I spend most of my time finding new music, listening to old music, reading up on artists, obsessing over dead and aging rockstars, and swooning over local musicians.

I volunteer at an animal shelter. I started out cleaning out the cat cages once a week, as well as visiting with them. Now, I have a foster cat here. And when I have time, I'll help out at adoption days and when we have the huge yard sales twice a year.

I like to watch television, although not as much anymore. There just isn't anything really great on. I also like movies, music, and computers to an extent. I also like going shopping, hanging around the city when I can, and dancing of all sorts. I have not taken lessons in years though, so I mostly just watch now. And I also like to cook and bake sometimes. Those two things I'm actually really good at.

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