Hobbies and Interests What are your current interests and/or hobbies?: Reading, writing, gardening, cooking, photography, scrapbooking. I have a lot of random things that I pop out when I need them. Do you participate in these hobbies or interests daily?: Reading and writing constantly. Gardening most days in the growing season. Cooking most days, but not always anything fancy. Photography most days. Scrapbooking occasionally. Is your hobby or interest your job? Would you like it into a job?: Wordsmithing is my dayjob and I am happy to have it so. Some of the other things I have occasionally done for other people, but probably wouldn't want to be a job. If applicable, what's your greatest achievement/creation from a hobby or interest?:Books written. :D Not counting the times I've oopsed a book while making notes. Are there any hobbies you'd like to get into?: Most of the stuff that interests me, I've already tried. Most of what I haven't done or haven't pursued is stuff I'm not well suited to do. There are things I'd enjoy exploring further that aren't readily available at present. I quite liked ceramics, but that takes a lot of special equipment. Hm, I'd enjoy trying my hand at glass kilnwork, which is all color and geometry, and doesn't require standing in the heat. This year's new thing is landraces. It occurred to me there are few I could try developing here. If you're into collecting something, what is it?: I hoard books. We had over 10,000 when we quit counting years ago. Sundry other things too, like window prisms, but nothing else near that extensive. Do you have a "main" hobby or interest, one that you participate in more than others?: All the stuff relating to language. I am a wordsmith by talent, profession, and vocation. Do you want more friends that participate in a specific hobby or interest? If so, what is it?: I am happy to pick up new friends based on a wide variety of interests. I like folks who post pictures of crafts, whether it's one I do or not. Is there anything about your hobby or interest that annoys you?: Today I got rained on trying to get the seeds into the goddess garden. Weeding is unending. Proofreading written work is tedious. So is shelving books. All jobs have parts that suck. The key to happiness is finding ones whose sucky parts you can tolerate. Do you participate in your hobby or interest for fun or relaxation? Both?: Often mix of both for different activities. Harvesting is fun; just walking around the yard is relaxing. Writing is exciting; rereading older things I've written is relaxing. And lastly, do you prefer to participate in your hobby/interest alone or with someone? Depends on the hobby, and who I can get. I love audience interaction for writing, but the actual writing I do alone. I do a Poetry Fishbowl on the first Tuesday of each month when people can give me prompts; next up is May 3 with a theme of "Making Do." Most gardening I do alone for lack of other options. I enjoy cooking with my partner.
General Journaling How often do you post?: Several times a day. Do you post about your interest or hobby? If not, what do you post about?: I post about all the hobbies I mentioned plus whatever else catches my interest, which is a huge variety of stuff. The writing is the biggest amount. What do you like to read about on your friends page?: I like a wide range of crafts when people talk about current projects, especially with pictures. I'm fond of many other practical topics like environment or space exploration. Do you post about fandom? If not, do you mind reading about it?: I write in a variety of fandoms occasionally. Among my main works are Love Is For Children (The Avengers) and Frankenstein's Family. I quite like open-source fandoms and have several of those too. I enjoy reading fanfic or fanac if it related to a fandom I share, although sometimes I read outside those if it's intriguing enough. I've picked up a couple of fandoms because I liked the fanfic so much, but there are others where I only like the fandom and not the canon. Do you have any deal-breakers?: I prefer to avoid medical discussions. I tend to overlook the lock dingbat because it's so small, so I also avoid most blogs that have a lot of locked posts. Otherwise I accidentally link to locked posts, which annoys everyone. So those things rule out a lot of blogs that I would otherwise read.
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Hobbies and Interests
What are your current interests and/or hobbies?: Reading, writing, gardening, cooking, photography, scrapbooking. I have a lot of random things that I pop out when I need them.
Do you participate in these hobbies or interests daily?: Reading and writing constantly. Gardening most days in the growing season. Cooking most days, but not always anything fancy. Photography most days. Scrapbooking occasionally.
Is your hobby or interest your job? Would you like it into a job?: Wordsmithing is my dayjob and I am happy to have it so. Some of the other things I have occasionally done for other people, but probably wouldn't want to be a job.
If applicable, what's your greatest achievement/creation from a hobby or interest?: Books written. :D Not counting the times I've oopsed a book while making notes.
Are there any hobbies you'd like to get into?: Most of the stuff that interests me, I've already tried. Most of what I haven't done or haven't pursued is stuff I'm not well suited to do. There are things I'd enjoy exploring further that aren't readily available at present. I quite liked ceramics, but that takes a lot of special equipment. Hm, I'd enjoy trying my hand at glass kilnwork, which is all color and geometry, and doesn't require standing in the heat. This year's new thing is landraces. It occurred to me there are few I could try developing here.
If you're into collecting something, what is it?: I hoard books. We had over 10,000 when we quit counting years ago. Sundry other things too, like window prisms, but nothing else near that extensive.
Do you have a "main" hobby or interest, one that you participate in more than others?: All the stuff relating to language. I am a wordsmith by talent, profession, and vocation.
Do you want more friends that participate in a specific hobby or interest? If so, what is it?: I am happy to pick up new friends based on a wide variety of interests. I like folks who post pictures of crafts, whether it's one I do or not.
Is there anything about your hobby or interest that annoys you?: Today I got rained on trying to get the seeds into the goddess garden. Weeding is unending. Proofreading written work is tedious. So is shelving books. All jobs have parts that suck. The key to happiness is finding ones whose sucky parts you can tolerate.
Do you participate in your hobby or interest for fun or relaxation? Both?: Often mix of both for different activities. Harvesting is fun; just walking around the yard is relaxing. Writing is exciting; rereading older things I've written is relaxing.
And lastly, do you prefer to participate in your hobby/interest alone or with someone? Depends on the hobby, and who I can get. I love audience interaction for writing, but the actual writing I do alone. I do a Poetry Fishbowl on the first Tuesday of each month when people can give me prompts; next up is May 3 with a theme of "Making Do." Most gardening I do alone for lack of other options. I enjoy cooking with my partner.
General Journaling
How often do you post?: Several times a day.
Do you post about your interest or hobby? If not, what do you post about?:
I post about all the hobbies I mentioned plus whatever else catches my interest, which is a huge variety of stuff. The writing is the biggest amount.
What do you like to read about on your friends page?: I like a wide range of crafts when people talk about current projects, especially with pictures. I'm fond of many other practical topics like environment or space exploration.
Do you post about fandom? If not, do you mind reading about it?: I write in a variety of fandoms occasionally. Among my main works are Love Is For Children (The Avengers) and Frankenstein's Family. I quite like open-source fandoms and have several of those too. I enjoy reading fanfic or fanac if it related to a fandom I share, although sometimes I read outside those if it's intriguing enough. I've picked up a couple of fandoms because I liked the fanfic so much, but there are others where I only like the fandom and not the canon.
Do you have any deal-breakers?: I prefer to avoid medical discussions. I tend to overlook the lock dingbat because it's so small, so I also avoid most blogs that have a lot of locked posts. Otherwise I accidentally link to locked posts, which annoys everyone. So those things rule out a lot of blogs that I would otherwise read.