Get a hobby, Find a date
The very wise Lou Holtz once said, “If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things — you don’t have enough goals.” I happen to agree with him.
I remember my Dad would say that you can actually tell a lot about a man by where he spends most of his time and money. So if he has some over the top obsession or massive porn collection, you might want to pay attention to his habits, including their hobbies.
What kind of hobbies are you in to? How did you get started with it? (No, dating should NOT be considered a hobby!) What do you think your habits and/or hobbies say about you?
Our friends over at The Frisky listed some hobbies that can make one appealing to the opposite sex. I am not in favor of picking up a hobby solely to snag a mate, but I definitely love the idea of having/finding a passion for something. If you happen to meet someone, then it’s time well spent and personal growth. Can’t beat that!
What hobbies would make you sit up and take notice and why?
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Dan -fighting the homecoming hangover
October 27th, 2009
10:32 am
@Dream
It was an interesting time for social, political, and cultural upheaval, made for great works of art
czBrat
October 27th, 2009
10:33 am
Greek and Roman mythology has intrigued me since high school.
i haven’t indulged since my school days but, yeah, love greek & roman mythology!
Professor i, too, am currently on a lap dog kick. i have a westie. i think i’m gonna protection train him in time for next year’s trials
Truth are you affiliated with a club?
Professor
October 27th, 2009
10:38 am
The RX7 is nice, and you will also want a mechanic you know and trust if you don’t already have one. Yes the sound of the pipes and engine…I love when I hit the gas and my car roar!
Let me stop talking about cars, because I want to drive right now
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
10:38 am
@ Dan
I agree.. I also believe it was a great time where christianity really thrived. It was an age of exploration a time of discovery…
I enjoyed the way they talked, the way that could say a simple sentence, but make it seem like a word of art!!
What about the Elizabethen era??? I think that was the most intriguing to me… A time of exploration.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
10:39 am
Prof – I get that but The iliad effect would be a more fitting comparision. For me.. I guess. Expectations were high for oneself and for others around the characters..
Professor
October 27th, 2009
10:40 am
Where is Raqi I hope she is ok?
cz- Ahhh I like westies they are cute
Ms. Main
October 27th, 2009
10:41 am
God is good
Find your way
Run girl run
Run boy run
Hope springs eternal
Do the needful
Just have faith
Let it go
Never give up
You live once
Break a leg
Get over it
Life goes on
Mo (aka Moeisha)
October 27th, 2009
10:41 am
Infamous/Professor – I read so much Greek Mythology in high school and then again in college as an English Major. I stopped reading some for a while but it always peaks my interest and whenever I ‘camp out’ at Borders/Barnes & Nobles I look for the Mythology first. I really need to start collecting books on that.
Dan – I loved the Divine Comedy. I had a classmate do her thesis on Dante’s Inferno/Paradiso, girlfriend put it down. I was never big on old Willy Shakespeare til I had to take a whole class on him! Interesting to say the least.
Professor – agreeing with your 10:27 and I ‘heart’ Imitation of Life & Terms of Endearment.
Professor
October 27th, 2009
10:43 am
@ DK usually the Pygmalion effect is used or taught with the galatea effect. Yea, I see what you mean with using the Iliad effect.
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October 27th, 2009
10:43 am
Ms. Main – Those were awesome!!!!
Dan -fighting the homecoming hangover
October 27th, 2009
10:44 am
@Dream
The Elizabethen Era was more ritualistic for me, it was more about the pomp and circumstance (easily relatable to my disdain for boughie people).
The rebel in me likes the upheaval of the Dark Ages; like the founding of Calvinism, the Lutheran Church, the revolt against the patriarchial and patronizing Catholicism of the time.
For me, those times produce some of the greatest (and lasting) works of the human mind.
czBrat
October 27th, 2009
10:44 am
SexyC i used to suffer from that addiction. that’s why i’ve had to switch to SUVs. i’m sooooo jealous!
Dan -fighting the homecoming hangover
October 27th, 2009
10:45 am
@Mo
Here’s when I knew I was a little off, I read the Divine Comedy in high school – for fun
The Truth
October 27th, 2009
10:46 am
CZ, I am a member of Precision Working Dog Club. Is ur guy a member of a club. Does he still have presa’s? If so, from where. I had some friends that went to the monograpica this year.
Car enthusiasts, there are a ton of cars out there with over 500 hp. I mean, its just so tight to hit the pedal and watch the car take off.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
10:46 am
Prof – I get it but I think both are weak example cause greek mythology is all about expectations..
Professor
October 27th, 2009
10:47 am
Ms. Main…I love that list!
czBrat…did you just grow out of the need for speed? I tried to make myself by a car that was not a sports car, the car still had power but not the power I like. I walked out of the sales room twice…I could not do it
Professor
October 27th, 2009
10:50 am
Well DK you should rewrite all of those business textbooks you would make a killing…lol! I think they are sold retail at $200 a pop. There are other techniques out there named after mythology too, and you have to consider most of the business gurus that are putting a name to these concepts are not speaking or reading Latin…they are reading stock markets and balance sheets trying to make a dollar.
Mo (aka Moeisha)
October 27th, 2009
10:51 am
Infamous – you have a point there, it seemed that there was always (from what I can recall at the moment) some expectation trying to be attained in mythology: love, material/greed, power. I so need to refresh.
Dan – Ummm, yeah. Dont know about reading it for fu, HOWEVER I do see how it could peak your interest. I had to read certain parts of it for 3 separate classes in college and that in and of itself was a bit much
Ms Main – I liked your list chica
i'm swiss
October 27th, 2009
10:52 am
Yech… Man, I know it’s great to apply lessons/truths from literature to one’s everyday life, but somehow referencing classic literature within the context of corporate motivational babble just feels akin to whacking it to the Mona Lisa. Just dirty and wrong….
No offense intended… I’m just saying….
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
10:54 am
@ Dan
and I think that’s why I liked it..
I liked the pyramid aspect so to speak of the
King & Queen
Prince & Princes..
and so forth… Although it could be taken as “bougie”.. I think it was an era that some of our people may need to go back to…
The wanted to spead christianity to the “heathens” so to speak. They had manners, proper dialect, and proper etiquette… well for those in power for the most part.
Now the Dark Ages while interesting.. I’m so tires of the whole good Vs evil. light vs dark crap that. that time typically portrays… Was that the time of the Fall of Rome???
Professor
October 27th, 2009
10:54 am
Mo…did you ever teach, being an english major? The reason I ask is because my niece is thinking about majoring in english or education, but she is unsure of which route to take.
czBrat
October 27th, 2009
10:55 am
Truth, do you know Garland & Q? are they called k-9 protection? i’m not sure but i think that’s what’s on their lit. my s/o lost his presa about 3 yrs ago so he’s not actively training at the moment. he may go back to them, but keep in touch in case he wants to check out your club. czbrat84@yahoo.com
i'm swiss
October 27th, 2009
10:55 am
Not that I’ve ever considered whacking it to the Mona Lisa….
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
10:55 am
Swiss – Danggit Swiss said in my King of the hill Hank Hill voice
Ms. Main
October 27th, 2009
10:56 am
Professor, MO, SexyC…thanks!!
czBrat
October 27th, 2009
10:56 am
no, Professor, i grew tired of getting stopped
although i was only ticketed once (by a female officer!!!) you’d be surprised how well i’ve learned to push the QX4. i’m thinking i may have to go up to a full-size SUV next.
M'
October 27th, 2009
10:57 am
I have a ton of hobbies and interest…mostly creative and crafty type things to do…sewing, knitting, beading, cooking, soap and candle making…lots of stuff to do…and I can truly appreciate someone who also has some sort of engaging interests as well…I love woodworking, but lack the space, equipment, or other resources to be able to invest in a serious interest in doing many projects related to that area of crafts production…so someone who had that interest and the things to work with would be a viable interest…I also like to do some outdoors type activities…like hiking, etc…so that would also be of a mutually viable interest…it may not lead to any long term type relationship, but it would contribute to common interests of activities.
Page1908
October 27th, 2009
10:58 am
My hobbies are going to basketball games, reading, kick boxing, working out, and cooking. I also like to do scrapbooking, and traveling.
Professor
October 27th, 2009
10:58 am
@Swiss start whacking because if you look at most marketing campaigns they derived from some type of art, music, literature as the concept etc.
Why would business not borrow these concepts or make reference to them when it works? Also using them helps keep the art or literature alive, because not everyone is interested in reading them in their natural environment
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
10:59 am
Ok ya’ll at the risk of the FBI showing up.. Im also a huge conspiracy theorist. I believe that the government is controlled by ruling interests and a president is a figure head.. Im interested in knowing how deep the rabbit hole goes..
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
11:00 am
Oh dang I guess my one of my hobbies is travelling… I like to go away to come back home..
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October 27th, 2009
11:01 am
Page – you can cook for me ANYtime! Su casa es mi casa! LOL!
Oh…and I’ve got some scrapbooking supplies I will bring you. Got a wild hair up my butt one day and thought I would take it. NOT!
And last but not least – You’ve only got four days left on THAT (wink, wink) deadline! What’s your status?
i'm swiss
October 27th, 2009
11:02 am
Prof — Yeah, I know… It’s just me. I just have such a distaste for corporate BS that I hate to see something that I love besmirched by it…
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
11:04 am
Swiss – Yeah the nerve of someone to tie Greek mythology, a love story at that to business mumbo jumbo..
M'
October 27th, 2009
11:05 am
What do you think your habits and/or hobbies say about you?
That I am a creative thinker…and that is what I notice about someone else when they have hobbies as well…what does it say about how they are expressing something about themselves…are they methodical, analytical, creative, inquisitive, disciplined, adventurous, athletic, etc.
Page1908
October 27th, 2009
11:05 am
Hey SexyCool! Yeah, bring the scrapbooking stuff any time. I love doing it because I love different color pens, glitter, stickers and all of that. I spend wayyyy too much $ at Michaels and other craft stores. I guess I’m a geek. lol. Oh and yeahhhhhhhhhhh I’m gonna do some mexican food soon, so of course you can come by and grub, but you are gonna have to work out extra hard after that lol. Girl, I think I am gonna hit my deadline!!! I don’t wanna jinx it though. *wink*
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
11:05 am
@ DK
Your 10:59 has gotten me into a lot of heated debates with family members…. The gov’t is not looking out for “our” best interest…
Dan -fighting the homecoming hangover
October 27th, 2009
11:06 am
@Dream
Again, the Prince and Princess, King and Queen meme does nothing for me. “Let them eat cake” (whether historically accurate or not) is all I think of when I think Victorian. And don’t get me started on the “spreading of Christianity”.
The fall of Rome would be more pointedly characterized by Nero and Ceaser’s freaky great grandson (whose name escapes me). It was a time of societal complancency that allowed hungrier nations to bite off pieces (sound familiar?).
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
11:07 am
Dan – That would be Caligula
Professor
October 27th, 2009
11:07 am
Swiss,
I am with you but I like a few of them for a variety of reasons like: Lee Iacocca, Jack Welch, Peter Drucker, David Drummond and Ursula Burns.
czBrat
October 27th, 2009
11:08 am
Tazzee so should i call yoga a hobby? i’m with you, i’ve always just thought of that as my daily workout/inner peace time. i don’t consider movies, travel or shopping hobbies either, but i enjoy them and do them all the time.
so what consitutes a hobby? is it anything you enjoy doing in your spare time or does it have to have some creative/talent element?
i'm swiss
October 27th, 2009
11:09 am
BTW, Prof, I was and English Ed major & taught 9th & 11th grade Lit & composition in my younger days. My advice to your niece: if she really wants to teach, do so at the college level — and in that case, she needn’t worry about the education courses (which are worthless anyway), just stick with her Lit major & continue on to graduate programs. High school is a horror show.
czBrat
October 27th, 2009
11:10 am
What do you think your habits and/or hobbies say about you?
i’m academic & athletic. NOT at all creative
Professor
October 27th, 2009
11:11 am
@Dream, I thought he meant something else…
Professor
October 27th, 2009
11:12 am
Thanks Swiss! I will let her know
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
11:12 am
Dan – The spreading of christainity falls into the conspiracy vein with the templars and all.. Im telling ya’ll the rabbit hole is deep.. Hey whos that peepin in my window? Pow! Nobody now!
M'
October 27th, 2009
11:13 am
@czBrat
Being athletic and academic are good characteristics and traits to convey through chosen interests and pursuits…I am extremely left brained as well, but I prefer for my interests to reflect my right brain side of thinking…need the break for being too anal-lytical…lol
Elijah ....
October 27th, 2009
11:14 am
Good morning to all the sexy, smart ladies on the blog!
Meeting a woman who shares a hobby interest is always a possible opening to start a conversation.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
11:15 am
Im an Aquarius so im a dreamer and a creative person by nature..
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
11:15 am
@ Dan..
I can respect your belief on that..
“spreading of Christianity”…. I know and see where you’re going with that, but that’s for another day to debate