Your pastimes other than music

I'm just wondering what interests people outside of music. What are your hobbies, what other sorts of entertainment do you enjoy? This being a music forum, the majority of topics and posts are about music (other than perhaps in the Just For Fun section which I rarely visit).

I listen to music quite regularly but it's not my main pastime. Over the last year I've been more likely to be listening to podcasts than albums -- especially the Sam Harris "Waking Up" podcast and the Very Bad Wizards podcast. I find it interesting that podcasts have been around for so long, yet it's only quite recently, partially because of better technology that it has become a very popular medium.

I used to read books a great deal, that definitely was my main form of entertainment as well as for exploring subjects, but having some eye problems I don't read books nearly so much. I still read online and spend a lot of time reading on my computer for my work.

I'm also very into Sci-Fi TV shows and films. For a long time I was mostly a non-English language arthouse film kind of guy, but I've gone back to my childhood somewhat by getting back into Sci-Fi (and related) in a big way. I do love British comedies too, and watch drama shows that are not sci-fi or in the realm of the fantastic.

Other than that, I love sailing and kayaking when I get the chance, hiking, climbing, skiing, and mountain biking, but I've become far too sedentary and my body tires out and gets more sore than when I was younger. I definitely need to improve my physical, as well as mental, fitness.

Like others, another hobby I have is posting and reading posts, but I don't spend as much time on boards as I used to. When I started posting (years before joining here) I treated each post as if it would be graded, and used to have really involved debates that required precision, but started to enjoy more relaxed intercourse (I especially can find it a chore when it becomes anal as I prefer a more free-slowing and sloppier exchange of ideas partially because my mind is not as sharp as it once was). I have had some debates at another forum which I sometimes post at, but it's been ages seen I had a really involved. time consuming debate at this site (has rarely here but that's because this board is focused on music rather than politics, ideology...).

So what about you? Additionally, are you involved in other online communities or groups that get together in person? I want to spend more time socialising and have joined a Humanist Group that meets once a week, but since it is quite the drive I have not been attending.

Edited by Logan - October 11 2017 at 12:35

Recording music has been my life's work. All else is family, friends and foes. You know...life. 

publik quiz, reading superhero comics and going to the cinema

Masturbation

Barbu wrote: Masturbation

I look to cook...that doesn't mean I'm very good at it..

I love watching films, going to comedy nights. I play tennis and badminton, go to the gym and pilates classes. I used to write a lot yeas ago; short stories mainly, but don't seem to have the time these days. It's smething I'd like to have the time to resume this particular hobby.

I should probably read more.

someone_else wrote: Biking, hiking and playing games.

Billiard/Snooker
Poker
Adams Family pinball
Randonnée pédestre (meeting bears)
Reading books (less and less)
NHL hockey (on tv, can't afford the arena games anymore. thank you bettman)

but most of all...procrastinating.



Edited by Barbu - October 13 2017 at 06:54

Apparently we have a bunch of perverts here.......  ;)

Reading books
Collecting books of early photography, and German architecture
Meditating and Mindfulness (though not as much as I should, really)
Watching my collection of dvds, with my favourite collections being the original Star Trek series, the series One Step Beyond, and classic science fiction films, like 2001, The Planet Of the Apes, The Day The Earth Stood Still