Do you really?

i'm on the computer all the time

but i also:

play the accordian, banjo, and harp

i write

i sing

 

I daydream, I write, I draw, I meditate, also I love computers.

I tried yoga, and exercise, but I have a problem with keeping it regular. I get into it but something always happens I just don't care to do it afterwords.

 

-Nintendo video games (Super Smash Brothers series especially)
-Starting Magic: The Gathering but not that serious
-Chess, not too serious
-Computers (typology forums, wikipedia surfing)
-Most of all, observing life.

I'll come up with more later.

 

My main hobby is music. I sing in a church choir and play the piano - though not very well yet.

I like to read, go for long walks to look at old buildings and cemeteries, and follow politics (but I don't really like debating, and I would make a lousy politician. I just read and vote).

 

Writing, oilpainting and golf.

 

Ooo, was that the gray stone one on the way to Grampa and Gramma's cabin? I love that one! ...with its cute little outhouse in the back, and nothing but prairie all around it (and one little tree).

 

I mostly just read ... about 2 books a week. I'll read anything, but my favorites are Chic-Lit, Historical Romances, biographies, and then of course magazines and news papers. I also love to do crosswords and I like to write.

And I'm not sure if this counts as a hobby, but at least once a month I treat myself to a spa-at-home. I will light candles and take a long, scented bath; followed by a pedicure, then a manicure, I style my hair, and then I cuddle up to a good book and a cup of coffee in my robe and keep the radio on in the background. It is the best and makes me feel like a million bucks!

 

Wow, two a week. My teacher goes ESTJ (boot camp officer) about reading and he only reads a book a week. For the last 60 years, but that's irrelevant.
I wish I had that kind of attention span/dedication/free time.

 

Have you ever heard of not being able to put the book down? Yeah, that's me. I've been known to go to work on NO Sleep because the book I started reading the day before was just so good i literally could not put it down.

For me it is a way to engage all of my senses without ever leaving my head. When the author writes " ... and they walked in the park holding hands, ... blah blah ..."

I can see her hair blowing in the wind; I see him stealing a glance at her while she brushes the hair away from her face; I can feel his heart beat faster as he realizes he loves her; I feel her chest compress because she can't breathe when he looks at her like that .... yadda yadda yadda ...

you get the picture? My mind is going 90 miles an hour when i read and it is better than any other high.

 

I read 5 books a week. I'm always travelling whether it's in a car or a bus, or I have a break, or am eating dinner. These are times I can be reading. So I do.
Hell, I've been known to read during a WoW session.

 

Sweet, sweet escapism.

 

Heh. I'm just an unbelievably fast reader.

 

Just the jist generally. I retain the book so I can find specifics later

 

So what is the point of reading all the way through the book if you just want the jist? You could read an online summary. Am I missing something?

 

Reading for details takes away from the book for me, I don't know why. I like the general idea and the underlying ideal.

The big picture.