What are your odd hobbies? by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown

I don't know how odd, but I love genealogy. I also mold ceramic clay to make bowls, place settings, and odd little sculptures.

I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:25 PM

In my other life, I'm a freak for trains: toy trains, model trains, prototype trains, computer simulations, pictures, movies, whatever...

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:52 PM

NewOldBrownCoat, were you raised on Brios wooden trains?

I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:12 AM

BLUEMOONSTUFF

Quote:
sweetserendipity wrote:
and I have a forest of aluminum Christmas trees.

The picture of that Christmas tree reminds me of Charlie Brown. I can almost hear the gang siging now........

BMS

An Original Browncoat - Member since September 20, 2002

Wearables • Writeables • Stickables
Fancible shiny goods made by a Browncoat for Browncoats
http://www.bluemoonstuff.com/Firefly_Serenity/fireflyserenity.html

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:27 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY

Christmas is not Christmas without the Charlie Brown theme music! I have 2 cds of Linus and Lucy just for the holidays!

Deb

http://serendipityagain.com/

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:52 AM

DUG

My odd hobbies:
Ham radio
3d computer graphics
clock repair, though that is turning into an odd business.

My wife's odd hobby:
Lampwork glass beadmaking. Torch up and let the glass flow!

Need your clock cleaned? www.home.windstream.net/clockdug

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:52 PM

KAREL

Flying on duct tape and a damaged registry.

Transcribing (archiving) vinyl records to digital.

--Karel the Strange.

P.S.: Ham radio? Not as much of that as there used to be. Good on you!

"Wonderous is our great blue ship that sails around the mighty sun and joy to everyone that rides along." -- Jeff Lynne, Electric Light Orchestra.

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:11 PM

DOCTROID

Morris dancing!

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:11 PM

DUG

Actually we're at some of the highest numbers of licensed hams ever, around 600,000 in the us. It just isn't as high profile as it used to be.

What with morse code requirements being lifted on the entry level license (and soon to be lifted for *all* licenses) it's really easy to get into the hobby these days....

Need your clock cleaned? www.home.windstream.net/clockdug

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:14 PM

CRUITHNE3753

Consuming weak lemon drink from a Thermos flask.

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:25 PM

SAVEWASH

Now I am learning about scary.

This is not my hobby but a few weekends ago I spent Saturday morning wading in a river and plucking mussels out of the depths (as well as several slimy rocks). I was with an Audubon group and a man from the Dept. of Wildlife & Parks; we found over 200 mussels! Not something I'd ever done before but kind of fun. And it makes a good story.

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:13 PM

SHINYTRINKET

Does rescuing and living with more than 10 cats count as a hobby or just freaking insanity?

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The 3 rules of aging:
1. Never bypass a bathroom
2. Never waste an erection
3. Never trust a fart

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:17 PM

PUMAMANREDUX

I watch a sci fi/ western series called Firefly on occasion and talk about it sometimes on some website called http://fireflyfans.net/

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
I don't know how odd, but I love genealogy. I also mold ceramic clay to make bowls, place settings, and odd little sculpture.

That is very odd...you must be single or dating a retard...oh, by the way, genealogy doesn't love you back.....well, it's true.......

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:59 PM

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Originally posted by SAVEWASH:
This is not my hobby but a few weekends ago I spent Saturday morning wading in a river and plucking mussels out of the depths (as well as several slimy rocks). I was with an Audubon group and a man from the Dept. of Wildlife & Parks; we found over 200 mussels! Not something I'd ever done before but kind of fun. And it makes a good story.

Not so much...A good story? Blah Blah Blah...it makes about a gooda story as someone f**king a monkey or finding a dozen mussels in their ass by accident....Well, it's true....

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:02 PM

RMMC

Quote:
Originally posted by dug:

My wife's odd hobby:
Lampwork glass beadmaking. Torch up and let the glass flow!

I'd love to do that (I've gotten to try it at Pensic a few times) but I live in an apartment and the blow torch would be frowned on.

Odd hobbies...Belly dancing is my odd hobby. I also do beading.

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RMMC
"Those grenades?"
"Captain don't want 'em."
"Jayne, we're robbing the place, we're not occupying it."

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Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:07 PM

SHINYTRINKET

Quote:
Originally posted by RMMC:
Quote:
Originally posted by dug:

My wife's odd hobby:
Lampwork glass beadmaking. Torch up and let the glass flow!

I'd love to do that (I've gotten to try it at Pensic a few times) but I live in an apartment and the blow torch would be frowned on.

Odd hobbies...Belly dancing is my odd hobby. I also do beading.

I bead as well, but have not graduated to actually making my own beads yet. I may try some polymer clay beads at some point; I think I trust myself with a toaster oven, but a blowtorch...?? I'm thinkin' bad idea!

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The 3 rules of aging:
1. Never bypass a bathroom
2. Never waste an erection
3. Never trust a fart

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Friday, October 20, 2006 3:54 AM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Depends on what you consider odd. Most of my hobbies would be considered odd to the majority of people...

I watch and read a lot of science fiction
I, on occasion, participate in roleplaying games of various types
I read comics
I create Livejournal icons.

But I don't think any of those are particularly odd among Firefly fans.

Star Pilot Grainger
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."
LJ: http://newnumber6.livejournal.com/ (real)
http://alternaljournal.livejournal.com/ (fictional, travelling through other worlds)
Unreachable Star: http://www.unreachablestar.net - Comics & SF News/Reviews/Opinions

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:44 AM

SAVEWASH

Now I am learning about scary.

Quote:
Originally posted by kaneman:

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:14 AM

SERYN

I yell at my cat.

the cat yells back

we're amused enough.

http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 5:17 PM

Seryn, cats are the best. It's good to have an open communication with your cat.

I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:03 PM

SERYN

that is so funny. I wonder if that would help my cat, make her stay in more instead of yowling to be let out in pouring rain so she can sit and shiver under a car.

In stead of next to a fire or radiator like all the sane normal kitties.

http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:31 PM

The secret is finding out what kind of music she might rock out to.

Every kitty has a peculiar trait, but it sounds like your's has more than one.

I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by VerseExplorer:

NewOldBrownCoat, were you raised on Brios wooden trains?

I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc

not Brios, but there was an American thing called Snap-Trains, very similar.
Then American Flyer ( not Lionel), and my brother had a friend who did HO in the late 50's.

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:32 PM

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Originally posted by sweetserendipity:
Christmas is not Christmas without the Charlie Brown theme music! I have 2 cds of Linus and Lucy just for the holidays!

Deb

http://serendipityagain.com/

Certainly not without Linus ( or somebody ) reading Luke Chapter 2 from the King James Bible...

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by sweetserendipity:
Christmas is not Christmas without the Charlie Brown theme music! I have 2 cds of Linus and Lucy just for the holidays!

Deb

http://serendipityagain.com/

Certainly not without Linus ( or somebody ) reading Luke Chapter 2 from the King James Bible...

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:40 PM

BROWNCOATJIM

I build models........the three I am working on right now are a 1:16 replica of the last of the v8 interceptors (mad max), a big 1:32 apache helicopter, and a very cannibalized, molded from mulitple model kits version of the dead reckoning from Land of the Dead

Simon: "Were there any Feds?"
mal: "No, no Feds, just an honest brawl between folk."

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:59 PM

AGENTRUSCO

I write. But that's not really a hobbit... er hobbie. I also make desktop wallpapers. Firefly ones are posted here. But I'm on a U2 groove lately. I like collecting things. I have every single Lord of the Rings and Narnia bookmark from Antioch. Over 60. T-shirts. I have nearly every official Firefly shirt and a LOTR one or two and many U2 ones... Flash, Batman, etc.

So that's me. Writing, wallpapering, bookmarks and shirts.

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I cannot abide useless people.

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:38 PM

BROWNCOATJIM

hey, that's pretty cool! I'd love to see the FF/Serenety wallpapers you've done.

Simon: "Were there any Feds?"
mal: "No, no Feds, just an honest brawl between folk."

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:51 PM

FIREFLYGAL

I'm really into this cancelled TV show called Firefly and I go to sci-fi conventions to meet other fans called Browncoats and see the actors from the show and... oh wait, you said odd....

I aim to misbehave!

Firefly items:
For lapel pins and badge holder lanyards
e-mail FireflyGal1@hotmail.com
www.outtotheblack.com
www.cafepress.com/fillies
www.cafepress.com/mssquarepeg.com
www.cafepress.com/mrsquarepeg.com

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Sunday, October 22, 2006 3:01 PM

AGENTRUSCO

Thanks for the interest.

My Firefly wallpapers are archived on my profile(along with many random fanfics): http://www.fireflyfans.net/showprofile.asp?un=AgentRusco

and also on photobucket(with many others): http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n188/AgentRusco/Wallpapers/

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I cannot abide useless people.

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Monday, October 23, 2006 8:15 AM

LETOV

I turn bowls and cups on a wood lathe. I don't get to spend much time doing it so I haven't finished all that many pieces, but I do love watching something unique and new appear from a block of wood.

- Leto_V

"Well, my days of not taking you
seriously are certainly coming to
a middle." - Mal

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Monday, October 23, 2006 8:25 AM

CAUSAL

I play pen-and-paper roleplaying games (mostly WotC Star Wars d20), which apparently makes me the biggest nerd around.

Also a massive philosophy lover. I've actually laughed out loud while reading Immanuel Kant, so I might actually be insane, as well as a huge nerd.

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Grand High Poobah of the Mythical Land of Iowa, and Keeper of State Secrets

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Monday, October 23, 2006 8:47 AM

MSG

Needlepoint and collecting rocks...not like collectable ones just random rocks that catch my eye while hiking or at the beach

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Monday, October 23, 2006 2:59 PM

TRAVELER

I am one of those people that jump from one hobbie to the next. So these are the ones that I have been most devoted to.

I am very proud of the porcelain dolls I have made. The head and arms are cast soft in a mold and you have to clean and smooth the surfaces before the are fired. Then you have to tint them a flesh color and paint their faces. Getting the eyebrows to match is nearly impossible. The instructor made redo them over and over again. You have a choice of using glass eyes or painting your own. I have done both. Because I do not know how to sew I payed someone to make their clothes. I finally stopped because I have run out of room for them. I have given some away as Christmas presents, but there are only so many people who would appreciate one.

My longest and most permanent hobby is historical wargaming. I have thousands of one inch tall minitures made of lead representing the Civil War, the Neopoleonic Wars, the American Revolution, and a ancient Greek army. Just like the dolls they are painstaking to paint, but when you see 100's of your dark blue Union Infantry crossing the battlefield you can't help but feel proud of your work.

Traveler

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Monday, October 23, 2006 3:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by fireflygal:
I'm really into this cancelled TV show called Firefly and I go to sci-fi conventions to meet other fans called Browncoats and see the actors from the show and... oh wait, you said odd....

I aim to misbehave!

Firefly items:
For lapel pins and badge holder lanyards
e-mail FireflyGal1@hotmail.com
www.outtotheblack.com
www.cafepress.com/fillies
www.cafepress.com/mssquarepeg.com
www.cafepress.com/mrsquarepeg.com

Oh, and I lost my clit when my priest said it was UGLY........then he raped my brother and called me Fred...what a joke!!!!!!!!!!!damn priests...

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Monday, October 23, 2006 3:11 PM

"I play pen-and-paper role playing games (mostly WotC Star Wars d20), which apparently makes me the biggest nerd around."

I have respect for you..I love realists.....

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Monday, October 23, 2006 3:41 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

I used to grow my own smoke, but then I got older and got a respectable job and the two don't really go together. If the economy fails like I'm sure it will and we all fend for ourselves, look for me. I'll be the guy in Montana with a pot farm and I'll trade ya for good eats and good conversation. Don't think about stealin' any though. Somebody like me has already planed for theives.

Now I just play guitar. I thought it was more legal than growing smoke, but now they're shutting down all of my guitar tab sites and calling me a pirate. Makes me feel even more like a Browncoat. Everything that I enjoy doing is illegal.... well, almost everything.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

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Monday, October 23, 2006 4:37 PM

ROXYFREEFALL

Woman, you are completely off your nut.

I used to swing dance a lot which was great fun. But the people we went with kinda thinned out so it got less and less enjoyable. Then there is always my collection of interesting erasers. No, I am not off my rocker, I have a lot of really cool erasers that are shaped like cool things. I started collecting them when I was very young and it just became almost a habbit. Also a lot of my friends and family know about it so they kinda feed the habbit.

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"Dr. Sarge says take two barrels of this shotgun and call me when you're dead. RING, RING! Hello! Is it you? Yep, you're dead." ~ Red vs Blue: Sarge

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Monday, October 23, 2006 4:42 PM