Hobbies

[stephanie_craxford]

Hey everyone...

I think that most of us have a hobby or two that we enjoy spending time doing.  I was wondering what are your hobbies, and for those who are transitioning, or have transitioned,  have you started enjoying a hobby that was traditionally reserved for the opposite sex/gender ?

For myself I enjoy woodworking, photography, and kayaking, although lately I haven't been able to devote much time to any of them.  It just seems as though there was something going on.  I guess kayaking is my favorite, the peace and quiet, and often the solitude, just you, mother nature and your thoughts.

Chat later,

Steph

[stephanie]

My hobby is computer graphics (which is the same as my job finally).  In fact I'm working on an animated short movie that represents my coming out of my shell and accepting my female side.  If it doesn't become one of my many other unfinished projects, I'll have a link to it here some time.

[Alison]

I do digital art too in my spare time, as well as online gaming, (EverQuest for a long time, now World of Warcraft)  .... and I'm a cake decorator by profesison

[Shelley]

Many will think this boring but my hobby is academia. I enjoy learning and researching. Of particular interest is the learning of adults.

All those years waiting for school to finish and look at me now still at school .

Shelley

[Dennis]

Skiing, woodworking, gaming, walking, reading. I used to play a lot of tennis, but the gender issues complicate that, at least in a formal club setting. I was joking with the nurse at my doctor's office that I was taking a break from it because I was the only person in the club who could play mixed singles.

Dennis

[Kendall]

Sewing (posted some pics in fashion section), Studying Cosmetics and Fashion

[lisagurl]

Reading poetry, walking alone, dreaming,thinking, and playing with the computer, no games.

[AllisonY2K]

the main hobby I love but never have time or $ to do is photography, mainly black and white photography. I love going to the Ringling Art Museum down here and walking around in their gardens photographing statues. I walk around each piece a few times to find different angles to shoot from.

[Debtv]

digital photography, flying, camcorder photography, flying taildraggers, flying ultralights, swimming, writting poetry, shopping, yard sales, thrift stores and partying!

I  love seeing blues, rockabilly and rock bands live, getting a hottub room, partying all night, flying for a $100 hamburger, filming my girlfriend, drinkin ice cold beer, eating hot chilli and watching Chiefs football, sittin in the huttub the next day, BBQing steak, going swimming in the creek, shooting beer cans for target practice on the edge of a pond, going to the lake and spending the night in our tent with my babydoll.

Hobbies? I don't have any time for hobbies....LOL

Love
DebTV

[Alison]

lots of photographers here!

Post some pictures! I love photography

[AllisonY2K]

my website is chocked full of pics in the "Art" section.

[stephanie_craxford]

Ha, ha, Deb,  I can see that your life is your hobby.  It doesn't seem as though you have much time for work, or being sad 

Anyway, active lives are so healthy, and lead to active minds.

Take care

Steph

[Denise01]

Hi Steph:

I guess you and I do have some hobbies in common.  I do like woodworking and in fact just recently got a new wood lathe set up that I bought last nov.  While I do not get a lot of time to work at it in the summer, it is a nice relief when you want something to take away the daily stress.
I also love camping.  I just bought a new 2005 travel trailer in the spring, and if all goes well I hope to be able to use  it for a month thiis November.
Hobbies are great for all of us, and a great stress reliever.

Denise

[Celia]

I like music - listening, of course, but also playing (guitar, a little piano) and singing.  I like nature - birdwatching and fishing are a couple of things I enjoy, the fishing not so much for bringing home a catch as for spending quiet, relaxing times by the water.  I like taking walks around dusk.  I like computers, of course, internet stuff and games being some enjoyable preoccupations.  And I like to do a little recreational mathematics, any thing from coming up with probability spaces for casino games to producing obscure results in topology.

-Celia

[Terra]

I like reading, writing(trying to at least!), writing music,online games, swimming, and am now trying to do something in the martial arts.

[Chaunte]

Photography and writing have to be at the top of the list.  Before I left Kodak, I was shooting 60 to 70 rolls of color neg film a year.  Now, I am starting to dabble in digital imaging.

I'd love to get back into flying, but I need to lose a chunk of weight before I can do that.

My cooking has become much more creative these past couple of years.  I won a dessert contest at church the other week.  (Homemade French Vanilla ice cream, made with real vanilla beans.  Served on top of a fresh chocolate brownie.)  I went to visit my step mother the other week, I made dinner one night and wow'ed her.  (Grilled Cornell chicken; grilled corn on the cob; steamed green beans; "fun" pasta with olive oil, bread crumbs, grated cheese and freshly steamed brocolli.  Baked pears with ice cream for dessert.)

I'd love to learn how to sew, but that will be for later.

[Sophie]

I bought an electric guitar recently, and I'm teaching myself that, which I LOVE. 

My other hobbies are using the internet, listening to music, reading, writing, and sometimes computer games.

[Louise]

I like cooking (I am a great fan of Epicurious.com); I play soprano and tenor recorders in a recorder consort (I particularly like Renaissance and Baroque music); I enjoy reading; listening to classical music; watching movies; playing golf.

[Tony]

My hobbies include Radio Controlled vehicles and my real vehicle.  I really enjoy my radio controlled cars and truck but I have recently started controlled aircrafts.  I guess the older you get you need find the erg to upgrade.  I own, operate, and do all the work to my 1996 Ford Probe.  Currently I am doing some body work. 

[AnneW]

My hobbies are boating and amateur radio.

Anne W.