Favourite Interests
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Topic: Favourite Interests
Posted By: FusionKing
Subject: Favourite Interests
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 07:45
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So... what interests you all in the world beyond prog then? |
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 07:48
| Literature. |
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 07:49
| Remember, multiple votes are allowed. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 07:55
^ In that case I should vote more than half of them. 
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Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 08:04
| Vote for more than half if you like! I done quite a few myself, Philosophy, Physics, Modern Art, Music, Politics and Media. Go on mate! |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 08:13
Voted for a number of the above (philosophy, literature, cooking, both kinds of games, just to name a few), and voted other for cultural anthropology. 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 08:21
| Quite a few of them - literature, poetry, drama, art (all of the categories mentioned), politics, music, archaeology/history, cookery. Voted 'other' for crafts. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 08:21
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Archaeology/History, Chemistry, Mathematics, Calendars (probably caused by my love/hate-relationship with time), to name a few. ------------- 
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Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 08:22
Ah cooking...an art I so appreciate yet could never master! If I didn't live with my mother I would surely starve!  I have much respect for people who love cooking for that very reason. 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 08:26
It is an art indeed, and much easier to master than you would think. You're young, so you have plenty of time to learn. It is very much worth it, I assure you - not only as regards taste, but for keeping healthy as well. |
FusionKing wrote:Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 08:31
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Yeah, tell me about it. It's great when Ma cooks from scratch 'cause you know you're not getting loads of weird additives and chunks of fat in your grub. Plus the fresher food is the better it tastes without a doubt. |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 09:49
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Voted for a few of them. The most significant being geology (or rather geography) and music (making and listening). ------------- 
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 10:08
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Well:
Literature at first. Love to read historic novels and I'm writing one, I hope to end it in a couple of months. That's really my main interest right now.
Music, of course, Rock mainly but there's a lot of different expressions that I love. Not just listen but composition as well.
Video Games. I'm an addict, lucky that I have no time for my addiction, so I do play only in my free weekends (which there aren't that much) and in the lonely nights when I don't have nothing to do (and my computer works).
I voted Sociology as well, I'm a jounalist and spend two years doing articules and investigation about guatemalan society, an excellent and complex topic but great.
Like Rob said, cultural anthropology is another great topic, linked with sociology so... there you go... Nice poll man...
 PD: I like to cook as well, but I have like 3 years of not doing it and would be a lie if I put it as a hoobie, is more like a wish... I want to retake it... but the other hoobies above don't let me have time to do it...
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Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 10:10
| Several from the list including history, music(making), sports (10k -> marathons, aiming to do my first triathlon this year if I can avoid injuries!!). Used to love the Sega Megadrive (US Genesis), mainly RPGs. |
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 11:05
| Ahh...the lovely Megadrive. The Sega Dreamcast a few years later was my favourite machine of the 90's I think, solely because Sonic was the source of all videogaming enlightenment for me (and still is) |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 11:53
Sonic was the deal...!!! was the man...!!! but I played it in Genesis... was way more better than Mario Bros... guess famous is unfair... ------------- |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 12:20
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Archaeology/ History (Those Who Know History Are Doomed to Repeat It) Modern Art (Dali!!!) Music (Not just rock or prog rock) (most of my collection is prog but there are a few artists I have that won't ever make it here and/or shouldn't be here) Politics (progressive/liberal) Video Games (Please Specify) took a long break but am now rediscovering Myst and the others in the series I haven't played yet, MS Flight Simulator, Civilization IV (Art) Architecture (my career is in it) Cookery (all kinds of cuisines from around the world, eating and cooking) Other (Please Specify) (sex, as a personal pastime but also like to watch those shows where people with problems call in )
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 12:23
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Baring in mind I'm a musician, I think Music is my only REAL interest. In close second, History is probably the most interesting of the rest. Then Philosophy.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 13:04
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Music is first for me, as besides listening to it I enjoy playing it and I'm getting into recording, mixing, etc. courtesy of a class I'm in. After music, I'd say literature and physics are the next most influential two.
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Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 14:05
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Politics... either you love em or hate em. It's both for me. ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 14:11
| I would have voted "Arts" or "Visual Arts", but I don't get the separation between "Modern" and "Classical" art. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 15:38
| Archaeology/History works for me !!! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 16:28
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Good Poll Jen, though the subjects are a bit schoolish for me I voted for a number of them: literature, art (modern), music, archeology/history, architecture, cookery, engineering, design, maths, other.
I'm the sole "engineering" voter so far - and I have to qualify that a little - only electronics since anything mechanical bores me to tears - even though it is my profession I still do a bit of home-hobby electronics, anything from BEAM robots, pointless flashing lights, guitar effects and anything that will make a noise, I've dabbled with circuit-bending from time to time - currently I'm playing with an http://www.arduino.cc/ - Arduino , which is a little circuit card you can program from your PCs USB port to do all sorts of things, although I can't think of an application at the moment.
I didn't vote for any of the -ologies, but I'm interested in science of all disciplines (except biology when it gets too medical).
As for other - computing and programming; thinking; making musical instruments; gardenning. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 17:09
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I am a huge sports fan, at least at the college level, and especially football. This is the worst time of year for me, as everything has recently wrapped up in that department (although it is national signing day...woo!). As much as I love playing sports, I am terrible at them, so I haven't in years.
I also gave a vote to drama, which is probably, next to music, the thing that I enjoy doing the most. A possible career choice, depending on how the next couple of years go. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 17:57
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Music is my biggest interest, but I also voted video games, sports, and literature.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 18:41
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Music, history, genealogy, politics (although I'm slowly losing my interest there), reading, hiking, cooking, Sci-fi tv.
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 19:14
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Music (I play the bass guitar and more recently and rather less seriously a newly acquired Jew's Harp, soon to be followed by harmonica), biology (Bachelor's degree this summer, then onto Master's), literature (essentially everything, but a special love for Russian literature and "cult fiction"), history, politics, games (RPGs), cookery from the list. Everything is interesting though, but you have to prioritize  . Just like Dean, I have a general interest in science, perhaps excluding engineering. I also love wine, beer and whisky. Not in that way, no need to worry. But fine varieties of all those, including their history, the processes of making them, the cultural and historical part - basically the whole package. |
Posted By: moe_blunts
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 19:20
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Drugs and prostitutes, mostly.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 20:02
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The title of this thread reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from the late great George Carlin:
"Names are an interest of mine. Not a hobby; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free."
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 21:18
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Even though I am still a newbie in this area, Philosophy is really intriguing to me. I go to a Philosophy Club at my school every Thursday. We have some really interesting conversations there. |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 21:51
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Several of the above subjects interest me, but these ones are a bit stronger than the others: Physics (Though I could easily just say science in general) History (in particular genealogy, though I wish I had more knowledge of my ancestry) Music (like several genres of music, I play bass, and am just starting to learn the drums) Sports (particularly basketball, hockey, football, and baseball. I also have a small sports card collection.) Video Games (all sorts, especially retro gaming and collecting) Board Games (None in particular. I find they are a great way to bond with friends and family. They were a big part of my childhood.) Engineering (Currently studying Electrical Engineering in university) |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: February 03 2010 at 21:53
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history Its almost like I live in the past... |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 00:24
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Massive amounts of pining and brooding. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 05:53
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I voted for literature, chemistry, biology, physics, geology, classical art, music, sports (tennis actively, soccer passively), video games (by Blizzard mostly; I like the Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo series), board games (chess), poetry (I write poems myself), cookery (I own a restaurant with my partner), mathematics (I was a child prodigy there). other things not included on the list: astronomy, yoga, tarot, religion (I am a high priestess of Gaia, the ancient Greek Goddess of the Earth). and probably many more things which just don't come to my mind right now. I have many interests -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 06:17
Finally a real man!  |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 06:55
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That would be sports. Or actually sport. Check my signature. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 07:24
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if medicine can be melted with biology, I vote biology (although this is purely job-related interest). I like art (paintings, sculptures, photographies). No need to separate modern and classical. I drawed and painted a lot in my younger days.
Poetry, litterature and drama pertain all to Litterature, no ? I like all three, although I am not a monster in reading.
Sport : mainly jogging, but I used to play badminton and tennis in the past.
I am not a musician, but like Music a lot, and I try to be VERY eclectic in my tastes (see the "what are you listening to" thread).
Also, stamp collecting.
And as we are on a prog forum, let me quote one of our icons :
"Electricity? Biology?
Seems to me it's Chemistry"
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 07:30
Pagan rituals ?
You probably know the woman dressed in black in my signature. She fronted the pagan folk band Hagalaz Runedance. Also very involved in all these pagan rituals.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 07:57
Yes, pagan rituals. For example, on the solstices and equinoxes we paint ourselves head to toe in the colour of the beginning season - green for the grass of spring, red for the blossoms of summer, yellowish-brown for the leaves of autumn and white for the snow of winter. Here an example; you can probably guess the season : ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 08:50
we have the sort of same thing in England, Friede, called Glastonbury
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 10:54
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Synthesizers. Patches, oscillators, filters and stuff. Synth architectures, waveforms. Programming. Math, mostly calculus and number theory. Have plenty of scrapbooks full of scribbles of my calculations and theories. Anyone can discover new (non-self-referential) constants, rules and sets of numbers even if they're trivial. Literature. Any good book, but I prefer science fiction. Reading and writing poetry ,published some poems, will do a book before summer. Art in many forms. Prerafaelites. Art nouveau, both in paintings and in architecture. I can look at it for the whole day. Some sciences: Philosophy, philology (languages in general), sociology, geography, astronomy. Nothing scholastic, only on a drinking-buddy level. Philately. Sex. Anytime, anywhere, anyhow. The more bizarre the better. And perhaps my favourite: wondering around. Walking, driving my car, going from here to eternity, deciding to go somewhere out of the blue, in the middle of the night, showing up at strange places, towns, forests, coasts, mountains. Discovering paths and roads, even undergrounds. ________________________________________________________ I can show a mild interst in basically anything, but one of the things that really means nothing in my life is sport of any kind. Never. ------------- |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 11:56
Well, I did not dare to add that to my interests, but now that you mention it . And Jean and I have done some VERY bizzare things.------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 12:25
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Music other than prog... My love for classical has come back with a vengeance and it actually has surpassed prog in terms of hours per week.
Literature. I always have to have a book to read. I'm not a book eater, I'm not a book-per-day guy, but a book-per-week would be a better description.
Psychology, strongly related with literature lately. I also go to school for that so...
Video games (I have all three consoles, enough said).
Sports? Not much on this country (I follow the NFL only partially, like the Dolphins and the Colts). I follow Spanish soccer... If I was in my country, my passion for my team would take this to a whole other level...
Movies... Not much of a movie goes but a movie-buyer... And classics and old movies as well as not-so-old...
One word: geek. ------------- 
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Posted By: June
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 15:21
My first though was "other" for linguistics, which is seriously the field I would have gone into if I had not been such a sensible girl and gone into teaching ESL instead, because I figured it would be a simpler way to pay my bills.  In my youthful, drifter era, design and arts were two of the things I studied, so I also voted for both classical art and modern art, as well as design and architecture. Oh course, music, duh. History and literature too, ideally if they're combined. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 17:52
| Literature, psychology and languages. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 18:02
I forgot to mention languages... Should be ashamed of myself ! Not going to say anything about sex though...
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 04 2010 at 21:35
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I don't like multiple vote polls, so I voted once for Math which is by far my favorite interest. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 13:20
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Baseball. Beisbol been bery bery good to me! - Chico Escuela |
Posted By: moe_blunts
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 17:06
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I get off by being juked with a baby octopus and spewed upon with cream corn.
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 19:34
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That's very raunchy, moe. For me, I'm big into airsoft. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 19:39
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I chose cookery from the list, martial arts as well |
Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 20:11
| Juggling. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 20:19
Diabolo !  |
Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 20:46
| Yes yes and yoyos. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: February 16 2010 at 10:31
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Semprini. ------------- |
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 09:14
This poll is going very nicely indeed. It is good to see martial arts on the forum Atavachron! May I ask, would one consider archery (a true love of mine) a form of sport or a form of martial art? 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 09:39
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^ guess that would depend upon whether you are shooting the arrows or catching them ------------- What? |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 09:41
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 10:41
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Music Philosophy Classical/Modern Art Video Games (ANY) Other: Magic/Illusion (Hobby of mine for years) |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 11:25
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I have a interest in psychology and current affairs, and cooking..mmm
I'm not formally qualified in any of these things, they just interest me. I read up on them, then spout my horrible opinions all over the web. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 07:50
| Anyone into calligraphy? |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 07:52
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Tried it. Sucked.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 08:10
...and got a mouthful of ink...
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 08:19
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Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 08:53
| Graphology? (for fun) |
Posted By: Tuonela
Date Posted: February 22 2010 at 10:33
| Difficult to choose... I'm a biologist so that's a big interest for me, and I love a lot of music (listening to it and creating it) but I think I have to go for modern art... I'm just such a huge fan of the Surrealist movement (my fav has to be Max Ernst, the guy is a genius!). |
Posted By: b4usleep
Date Posted: February 25 2010 at 02:10
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I am interested all of the items but above all CHESS is my life ------------- Really don't mind if you sit this one out. My words but a whisper, your deafness a shout. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: February 25 2010 at 08:47
| Reading and writing stuff, mostly. And history. Literary theory (though I'm still at a pretty basic level on that). Video games, I guess. Music, I listen to a lot of, but I really have very little interest in the way it works. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: February 25 2010 at 10:58
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Actually besides Semprini I'm into drawing and painting. I actually have about a dozen commisioned works that I have sold through word of mouth as well as about a dozen that I have created as gifts. Just a hobby more than anything else that puts my mind at ease and away from this crazy world. ------------- |
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 25 2010 at 16:19
| Funny you mention that, I was considering buying some canvases and doing some fantasy paintings to sell down the car boot along with my old ornaments, books and clothes. Something to do during the summer before I go back to college, you know... |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 17:42
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In the top, Mathematics and Music, impossible to choose from these two. At second place, in no specific order, Philosophy, Literature and Movies. i also love to see football matches, sometimes. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 26 2010 at 18:39
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military history and gaming... and with ASL. I get the best of both worlds
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Posted By: nastyprisms
Date Posted: March 03 2010 at 01:33
| PolySci and language, the latter of which I'm hoping to turn into a career somehow. |
Posted By: cyclysm748
Date Posted: March 03 2010 at 10:17
| music ( my major) math (my minor) Cycling-exercise and the tour de france is epic to watch, magic the gathering right now, hopefully in the summer I will go outdoors. |
Posted By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: May 09 2010 at 05:13
Music, literature, modern art.I also don't mind poetry, but I hate ancient art
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 09 2010 at 07:19
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Oh, I remember as a kid I absolutely had to have a chemistry set. I got one. Most of the experiments involved making stinky stuff.
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