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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Willie Dynamite
October 27th, 2009
12:55 pm
Concerts –
1. Prince (helluva show.)
2. Run DMC
3. Phil Collins
4. Slick Rick n Dougie Fresh
SexyCool - Mint Condition Countdown - 4days...
October 27th, 2009
12:56 pm
Dream’n – I can’t stand folk that be all extra with the buzzer either…lol!
Mo (aka Moeisha)
October 27th, 2009
12:56 pm
Professor – not the green grease!! NOOOOOOO! Oh yeah she needs to be ambushed!! I am soo
at that!! Oh somebody needs to tell her 1. no to the green grease and 2. you can smell it on yourself its too much.
czBrat/Tazzee – Im evil eyein ya’ll! LOL! But at least if you will do something different for special occasions/weekends then I can work with you. Im talking about the everyday-no-matter-what ponytail wearers, thats NOT ya’ll is it??
Best Concerts : Prince, Lalah Hathaway w Rahsaan Patterson, (of course) Mint Condition, Erykah Badu.
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
12:56 pm
I saw Les Nubian at Ying Yang Cafe as well a many other artist. Some before that really blew up. Including the fugees before the Score was released.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
12:56 pm
I wished I could have seen a Parliament concert when Glen was singin “Swing Low Sweet Chariot and let me ride”..
Ms. Main
October 27th, 2009
12:57 pm
I’m listening to Lionel Richie
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
12:58 pm
Grande – Me too.. Yin Yang was the spot.. I was on all of em before they were on and poppin.. I saw Amel Larreux at the Borders book store..
Willie Dynamite
October 27th, 2009
12:58 pm
I’d pay real good money to be able to see Parliament in their heyday.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
12:59 pm
I saw Prince at Atlanta live but that was when he wasnt really singing the songs I wanted to hear..
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:00 pm
Ying Yang was the spot. I guess that is why I am partial to small venues. I saw Digable Planets in Athens at Georgia Theater. Neneh Cherry was there and I met her there.
Professor
October 27th, 2009
1:00 pm
I love me some Lionel Richie…you are going to make me sing up in this rump shaker! In fact I have his greatest hits CD at my desk!
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
1:01 pm
Willie D – Man… Parliament..
Professor
October 27th, 2009
1:02 pm
I saw Etta James and Diane Reeves backed up by the ASO and that was great
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:02 pm
I’ve seen George Clinton but not Parliament. It wasn’t their heyday either.
I’ve seen Amel around the ATL quite a bit. She used to frequent the Tower Records when it was next to Lenox Square. I saw Andre Benjamin there regularly.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
1:02 pm
Im listening to Deltron 3030.. Just got done listening to the gorillas.. Woke up listening to the Police.. “theres a black spot on the sun today”
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:03 pm
I saw Ray Charles at Chastain. It was good because it was him, but if it were anyone else I would have rated it as an average concert.
For Real
October 27th, 2009
1:04 pm
PG: I don’t mind you admiring my woman’s music but you better stop thinking about her that way before I shake that smack out yo lil smack body
SexyCool - Mint Condition Countdown - 4days...
October 27th, 2009
1:06 pm
I saw the Budweiser Tour at the GA Dome, but I can’t remember any of the performers.
Yes. I’m a retard.
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:06 pm
Even though the KISS was good. This morning I am listening to Coltrane. A Love Supreme. With the rain, I am kinda a mood to go back to bed.
Ms. Main
October 27th, 2009
1:06 pm
Professor – Lionel Richie classics…watch out now!
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
1:06 pm
Grande – what happened to concerts like that? Small venues up close and personal.. I remember chatting it up with one of the Jazzie Fat Nasties before they got on stage at Yin Yang.. Erika Badu and all them used to just be in there like they were enjoying the music as much as we were.. It was nothing to sit there and chat with anybody before they went on stage.. That Donnie dude should have went main stream but thats another story..
Ms. Main
October 27th, 2009
1:07 pm
Why was I so afraid of KISS when I was younger? Thought they were possessed or something…lol
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:08 pm
For Real just remember that Anaconda Malt Liquor gives you OOOOOOO. That made me laugh so hard in that movie.
Is it bad that I recognized the nurse to be a black porn star?
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
1:09 pm
I saw Andre Benjamin there regularly.
PG…. i am officially jealous..
I absolutely love him!
Ms. Main
October 27th, 2009
1:09 pm
Today’s playlist so far….Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Third Day, TobyMac, Coldplay, Tenth Avenue North, Brooke Fraser
SexyCool - Mint Condition Countdown - 4days...
October 27th, 2009
1:10 pm
Correction – Budweiser Superfest!
Ms. Main
October 27th, 2009
1:11 pm
……and Carrie Underwood
i'm swiss
October 27th, 2009
1:11 pm
“My heart would be with the kids. I am a sucker for turning a bad situation into a miracle.”
That’s the attitude you must have. My hat’s off to you — Anyone who can do that job & do it well has my utmost respect, because I know I certainly can’t do it. And you are correct, punk kids from bigger punk parents, school systems terrified of lawsuits stripping teachers of every shred of disciplinary authority, teen pregnancy (on a side note, just in the 6 classes I taught, there were 7 — yes 7 — girls who either were pregnant or already had a baby… 1 girl was pregnant with baby #2), drugs… It truly is a calling, not a profession.
“Tell me the story swiss!!!!”
Okay, I’ll tell it, but it really is a downer — don’t say I didn’t warn you…
So, I actually taught at my old high school — so, most of my former teachers were still there. One of them was asking me how things were going & at that point I had already decided to move on to other things & told him so. His says to me “that’s a wise move… if I knew I had to spend the rest of my life in this place I’d kill myself.” Well, I didn’t think much of it, because this guy had always been a little odd. But the next morning, the biology teacher in the adjoining room got to work & found this guy dead in the equipment closet between their rooms. He had built a homemade gas chamber & gassed himself to death at the school. What’s even creepier — he had some of his student unwittingly help him build the contraption he used to off himself…
But hey, that’s the kind of weird crap that only seems to happen in my home town — now, go out there & change the world…
czBrat
October 27th, 2009
1:11 pm
at least if you will do something different for special occasions/weekends then I can work with you. Im talking about the everyday-no-matter-what ponytail wearers, thats NOT ya’ll is it??
Mo i’ll plead the 5th on that.
growing up in central america i will admit i’m severely concert deprived. i did enjoy maxwell a few weeks ago, though. and i do recall going to a throwback concert where i really didn’t know any of the performers
i’m trippin over all the ones Poppa has thrown out there!
now the poetry cafe is something i would just LOVE to try. where’s a good one?
For Real
October 27th, 2009
1:12 pm
PG: lol… Dayum I thought I would be the only one that noticed it! The movie was funny as hell.
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:14 pm
It seems to be about numbers. Bigger venues means more tickets to sell.
I love small venues. Like I said, I met Neneh Cherry at a small venue. Chatted up with Julie Dexter (didn’t realize that she was British until we chatted)
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:16 pm
For Real
Yes. I thought it was funny. Believe it or not, Roger Ebert liked that movie too.
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:20 pm
Czbrat…
I was a NFL practice squad player and plenty of free time in the spring. It was easy to go to concerts back in the day.
I didn’t even mention Music Midtown where I got to see Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Cliff, Commodores (w/o Lionel), Alabama, Al Green, Booker T. and the MGs, Goodie Mob, Salt N Pepa, Heavy D, Whodini, among others.
Tazzee - Patience is a Virtue
October 27th, 2009
1:20 pm
Mo – I wash and set it every weekend. I sweat in my head A LOT when I workout, so during the week it’s the ponytail. After working out on Saturday mornings, I do it and it’s long and flowing for Saturday evening and Sundays – then back to the ponytail on Monday. That’s my ritual
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
1:21 pm
i’m swiss
Yeah that was a downer…. *note to self* do not request stories from swiss lol….
Mo (aka Moeisha)
October 27th, 2009
1:22 pm
czBrat –
Im officially putting you in the Blog corner! Girl you better work that length!!
The Truth
October 27th, 2009
1:22 pm
CZ, i know little Garland and old man Garland and Q. Q got my guyy started in protection work. Did your guy ever train at premier k9? Sounds like we travelled in the same circle. Did you meet Jeff or Marisha at the mono? Both trained with me.
Poppa Grande
October 27th, 2009
1:22 pm
CzBrat..
I am glad that you enjoyed the Maxwell concert. The wife and I saw him in Savannah back in July when he was just performing in theaters. It wasn’t bad. I liked Chrisette Michele better though.
Mo (aka Moeisha)
October 27th, 2009
1:24 pm
Thanks Tazzee, now work on ya girl csBrat over there in the Blog corner! I can work with that cause I too sweat alot in my head when I work out.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
1:24 pm
Taz – As long as its your ponytail I can dig it.. Those are cute on a foxxy well dressed babe. Its those phonytails that I can get with.. You know the weevy wonder ponytails.
Mo (aka Moeisha)
October 27th, 2009
1:24 pm
Sorry czBrat!!
Angie aka Beautiful
October 27th, 2009
1:24 pm
@Wise
STEVE is coming back. yay!
Tazzee - Patience is a Virtue
October 27th, 2009
1:24 pm
i’m swiss – yeah, that was a downer. I used to think I wanted to teach until I worked with the middle school ministry at my church. I could deal with the kids, it was the parents that I couldn’t stand. I still have plans to get my PhD and teach at the university level. That’s my retirement plan.
Angie aka Beautiful
October 27th, 2009
1:25 pm
Good morning TRUTH! everyone.
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2009
1:26 pm
Grande – I wouldve wanted to see Kurt Cobain before he died.. Saw the Foo Fighters though.. Is somebody getting the best of you used to be my theme music i would play for my EX wife when she would walk in the house.. That and Rolls Royces “love dont live here anymore”.. Now that i think about it I may have been sending subliminal messages..
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
1:27 pm
lol @ Mo’s 1:24….
Come to the light cz!!!
Angie aka Beautiful
October 27th, 2009
1:28 pm
Page, is that you!? chuckle. wth.
bbl.
Tazzee - Patience is a Virtue
October 27th, 2009
1:29 pm
Mo – My hair gets so soaked that I may wrap it at night after working out and it’s still wet in the morning. My stylist did tell me to part it down the middle and wear two ponytails when I work out. that worked, but then I started back working out in the mornings.
Tazzee - Patience is a Virtue
October 27th, 2009
1:32 pm
czBrat – you rock that ponytail 24-7 if it works for you! Sometimes I don’t feel like washing and setting my hair – it takes 2-3 hours out of my Saturday when I could be doing other things. Then again, I like to wear my hair down so I endure.
Dream_n
October 27th, 2009
1:38 pm
NOOO!! Tazzee.. don’t condone that
j/k
Beauty is pain/time… but after its done it’s all worth it