I've spent the last three years reading about politics and learning about policy. Now that I've done all that, I am furious with myself and desperately want a new way to spend my time. There's no surer way to make yourself angry at the world than to engage in political self-education.
Anyway, I've thrown around the idea of alcoholism and jerking off, but realized that they are already nicely scheduled into my daily life so I'm looking for suggestions. How do you clowns pass the time when you aren't rotting my brain with inanities on this site?
I spend entirely way to much money on trains.
Try day trading, or start a cult.
Guns/Hunting with your terminator father
Take up video games. Call 12 year olds gay on X-Box Live.
Martial arts, gym, or writing. I've done these. Each have their own rewards. I have a tough time writing now, though...I just can't stomach any more time typing on a keyboard for hours on end. I get enough of that at work.
Starting a cult sounds like it would be a lot of work and I'd being choosing to surround myself with idiots. I've got CF for that. PASS.
I hate hunting. I did it for like ten years with my dad, but I just don't care enough to take it seriously. In fact the only thing I hate more than hunting is deer. farg those farging forest rats. Plus, for all of my pro-drinking propaganda, loaded weapons, alcohol and rjs are not things that I want to combine. Guns alone I could get into, maybe. Expensive hobby though and it would probably cut into my drinking time since, like I said, I don't want to mix the two.
Video games could happen, although I've been fighting it for so long I'm pretty sure I would feel like a failure if I started getting into them as a 32 year old.
Zanshin might be my hero.
Oh, I run to. I'll be in the philly half marathon on sunday. But i don't consider putting one foot in front of the other for a few miles much of a hobby.
guns are an expensive hobby, but its fun, and you're preparing for the zombie apocalypse. I've always admired the crazy gun nut in Tremors.
Videogames are a good outlet, especially to vegetate out.
You should start a blog
A political blog!
I spend as much time having fun with my daughter as possible, sure it's not a 'hobby' in the traditional sense but it has it's benefits. One is that she won't grow up having Daddy issues, two when I dish her off to her Mother or Grandmother to watch her on the Sundays I'm supposed to have her (like yesterday) I don't feel so guilty getting shteinfaced and going to the Eagles game.
Video games kick major ass and if I could be paid decent money to do anything for a living that's what it would be. So go get your self an Xbox 360 and nerd it up with the rest of us.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 13, 2010, 01:23:55 PM
Starting a cult sounds like it would be a lot of work and I'd being choosing to surround myself with idiots. I've got CF for that. PASS.
What about day trading? Options are fun.
Day trading options? You don't do that for real do you FF? if so, are you trading short term expirations or longer dated stuff like leaps?
Quote from: joneszilla on September 13, 2010, 02:36:06 PM
Day trading options? You don't do that for real do you FF? if so, are you trading short term expirations or longer dated stuff like leaps?
I don't do it. I'm suggesting rjs do it because he deserves pain and heartache.
Try building up your resistance to iocane powder.
Inconceivable!
Re-connect with something or some dream you had as a teen or kid.
(I just started building my vinyl collection again)
Or you can:
1. Learn to speak Mexican
2. Buid a better burrito
3. Try to build a one way time machine...for two
4. Go enlist in the armed forces...but only for boot camp
5. Pretend you're someone else...and go rape someone
6. Read a book backwards
7. Learn sign language...in chinese
8. Get on a bike, chase down a mormon, and preach to them about CF
9. Charge a prostitute for a hand job, then complain, and get half off
10. Get a hobby
Agreed with Zanshin on the Martial Arts. I can't do it right now because of my school schedule, but I highly recommend it. I have done it off and on over the last 5-6 years. I tried Kung Fu, MMA, and Hagana (Krav Maga). My favorite by far is Hagana, it is all about brutalizing your opponent.
Degeneracy. Full on bet on anything. Complete with the slicked back hair, rolled up sports section and toothpick in your mouth.
Sunglasses indoors, too. You can't forget that.
make or build something
carpentry, mechanics, sewing, landscaping, whatever...do some projects.
Quote from: General_Failure on September 13, 2010, 06:58:49 PM
Sunglasses indoors, too. You can't forget that.
Oh yeah.
and a fake leather jacket
Become a Buddhist monk. It's fun!
Stalk teen celebrities.
farg the fake leather and roll with a Members Only jacket.
Become a serial rapist. Practice on yourself.
Another good hobby for a Members Only jacket!
build a sled and name it rosebud.
Play Russian roulette with a shotgun
I don't feel like you're taking this very seriously.
Another idea: do some service work. Help felons prepare for job interviews. Take retards to Chuckie Cheese.
I don't know.
We're going to Chuckie Cheese?
In a Prius!
(http://exile.ru/img/articles/super-retard.JPG)
I'll just get my pants.
I laughed pretty genuinely at the picture above it..then I felt bad..then I laughed again.
i got pizza for dinner.
Getting back on track a bit...the last few and next couple of weeks are pretty awesome for bike riding. If you have a decent bike, it's a worthy hobby. I love it-- good workout, easy on the joints, nice scenery and an excellent chance to piss off people in cars.
I've gotten back into coaching high school lacrosse. Unofficial fall league started on Tuesday. Been six years since I coached so I'm sort of fumbling through, but I had forgotten how much fun it is.
not the one i would've chosen, but have fun with that
girls lacrosse I hope
dirty dirty girls
Quote from: rjs246 on September 16, 2010, 01:40:18 PM
I've gotten back into coaching high school lacrosse. Unofficial fall league started on Tuesday. Been six years since I coached so I'm sort of fumbling through, but I had forgotten how much fun it is.
You're going to regret this when Todd moves to Richmond next year and is coming to you for quotes and soundbytes.
oh sweet tittie, that would be some poetic justice
Interviews I can deal with. When he starts asking me for a place to crash, or worse, to edit his copy, that's where I draw the line.
He'll never get a job that "close" to a major metro area in the "north" -- no worries.
coaching is a job not a hobby
Coaching is absolutely a hobby. I'm not a north Texas high school football coach trying to crank out professional athletes and create a program in my image. I'm coaching kids who have largely never played before.
try building a doll house out of fingernails
you forgot to denigrate lacrosse, vigy
Quote from: phattymatty on September 16, 2010, 04:00:53 PM
try building a doll house out of fingernails
But all I have is toenails.
a hobby is something you can do for a month then stop for a week then do it again...pick it up...chill on it then rock n roll again
be there for your kids man
shut
up