What's your hobbies / leisure pastimes? Apart from Martial Arts, of course...

I have toooo many. I have several 'collections' that keep me occupied. I like fossil hunting and digging up bones and non-vertebrate fossils. We like going to the beach collecting seashells. I also collect Christmas cards and antique nativity figures. I also have a large Santa Claus collection. I collect some Boy Scout memorabilia, certain postcards, and New Orleans Mardi Gras memorabilia. I do family genealogy and play guitar.

 

Some of my hobby webpages:

 

Fossils: http://www.livaudaisnet.com/fossils/fossil.htm

 

Christmas: http://www.livaudaisnet.com/xmas/xmas.htm

 

Mardi Gras: http://www.livaudaisnet.com/mardigras/mardigras.htm

 

Boy Scout Handbooks: http://www.geocities.com/webfut2000/

 

Genealogy: http://www.livaudaisnet.com/genealogy/genlgy.htm

Apart from karate....ummm......let me think!

 

I like sailing (dinghys) and swimming, and I hang out in the gym a lot, too (I'm not saying I particularly enjoy it, its just habit!). I enjoy playing the saxophone, and I'm starting horseriding (eventually) next month with 7 of my karate friends! Apart from that, I like watching Father Ted on TV (awesome) and getting drunk in various bars in York on Saturday nights!

I do a lot of cycling w/ some buddies. Also backpacking/hiking all around the great state of Arizona.

I like the outdoors I like camping, going to the beach, concerts, amusement parks, ect. Or Just having a bonfire in the yard and having a few cold ones with friends.

 

In the winter, I don't do much other than MA. I hate cold weather.

ok I have an odd set of Hobbies.

 

lets see...

 

Collecting Guns... two categories.... Old historic guns, and then assault type weapons.

 

Collecting knives and swords.

 

Computer Games

 

Gambling(Vice or Hobby???.... Last year i made more then i spent so ill call it a hobby )

 

Salt water Aquariums

 

Magic the Gathering Card game

...still chasing that arabian nights juzam djinn....

 

 

anyway

 

you might've noticed that i like to paint.

 

other than that i am a keen cook as well as being a part time bar person.

 

these two things verge on being hobbies cos of the amount of 'back-stage' work involved.

 

i can often be found hovering in london bookshops checking out the new stuff.

 

also gives me an excuse to go to various bars/restuarants in london.

 

same goes for my architecture.

 

the nature of the profession means i am forever buying books and reading articles and going to exhibitions; anything that is even slightly design/culture/society related.

 

i also occasionally build and paint little scale model cars.

 

this is more like an indulgance (i am a classic car freak) and not really a hobbie.

 

i 'suffer' from an addictive personality.

 

as a result i'm always kinda conscious of starting something new cos i know it will get out of hand/control.

Learning the Japanese language and culture(and related geekery like anime, manga, the like)

 

Singing (I'm from a musical family)

 

Learning the Shinobue (Japanese bamboo flute...its transverse like a Western flute)

 

Reading

 

Games (computer, board, card...all of them)

 

Political Science and Philosophy (My academia personality I suppose)

 

Wasting time...I mean...discussing things on online forums?

 

Exercise in general (although most of it runs concurrent with my martial arts)

 

History

 

Travel

 

People Watching

 

 

 

A+

 

Ares

 

Long walks on the beach...

forums, webdesign, games, music, my doggie and riding the bike

Studing History.