Share Your Passions!

This is so cool.

I had gotten into growing desert plants for a moment--I had an elephant bush that I adored--but I kept it in regular potting soil... root rot city. I kinda gave up on desert plants after that, although I do have a jade plant that is doing well.

I love the technique to just let them outgrow/crack the terracotta pot. That is freakin awesome. Although I would probably get sad about breaking so many pots!

Thanks for sharing your techniques, I might just go buy some cacti next time I'm in the garden section.

 

Woah dude, we have INCREDIBLY similar tastes. This is wild!

I honestly probably don't appreciate living in the US as much as I could... it's easy to take it for granted since I've never known any different. As I've gotten older though, I have started to deeply appreciate the geography and natural systems, especially in my region. You would absolutely love it. If you ever come to the US, make sure you visit the upper left few states! Even Northern California is absolutely breath taking.

I have never seen a wild horse! That area of outstanding beauty sounds... well, outstanding!

Have you ever been to Iceland? I've heard it's spectacular. Not that you could bring your van there, but... how cool would that be! So do you live in the van currently? And what is your career?

My last year has been absolutely wild... I haven't had a job since last March before the pandemic. I was going to get a job in October but then tinnitus hit... now I'm at a good place again so I'm looking for jobs, but I'm also dog sitting for a family friend until they move out of town in the summer

I'm sorry you sold your Faith No More tickets hopefully one day there will be a way to attend concerts with very little risk. I honestly couldn't imagine living without live music. My boyfriend and I kinda live for it. We saw Tool last March and had a whole spiritual experience. It was amazing.

 

Well now I want Christmas cookies! Shoot!

I'll have to check out those pieces. I refuse to do online school so I have to self educate lol. And I hope you're able to get back into some activities! Hopefully where you live the weather is getting better?

 

I'm glad you have enjoyed visiting this thread. I have been so excited to see the amazing things the people in this community are up to! These passions are what make us who we are and I think it's so important to keep these good things in the foreground of our minds. I tried to phrase this thread broadly because I know not everybody has a hobby, or an art, but everybody has something that gets them up in the morning and makes them smile.

For me, COVID-19 has made my world pretty small. It just happened to be that way for me at this time. Dealing with tinnitus has made my world even smaller. Being able to relate in a community like this has been immensely helpful in my recovery, and it has made me realize that this ship we have all been thrust aboard isn't sinking, its actually moving forward at full speed. We are still out here, growing our plants, nurturing our fish, building whirligigs, traveling, sharing good books and learning about history, doing impressive computer programming, and I'm sure I'm missing a couple, but we are an amazing bunch! There is even a teenager on here whose passion is to help others with tinnitus, just like themselves. To me, that's beautiful. That person has found their own way to meaning.

Everybody here is remarkable.

 

Ok so my boyfriend just purchased Under The Dome from the thrift store. Haven't read it yet, although it looks very appealing to me. Reminds me of the Simpsons movie. That goes to show what generation I'm in. I'll have to visit the show after I read the book. So far, I have found his books to be far superior to the film adaptations, although the remake of It is a really great experience. I however did not like the film adaptation of Pet Sematary. It wasn't accurate enough to the book.

You like science fiction--have you heard of or read the Red Mars series? I read the first book years ago and just rebought the trilogy. If you've read it, thoughts? If you haven't, the first one is worth a gander, at least.

Hey, how has COVID-19/tinnitus affected you making music?

 

I'm not sure if you meant for this to be funny, but it sure made me laugh. What do you do when the specs do not line up?

 

Well, here's my first hat.

 

My passion was playing drums... until my nerves got really sensitive and the vibrations would cause pain and numbness in my forearms for a day after playing.

Another passion is food and eating in general. I loved trying new foods anywhere... Acid reflux tore my esophagus up and made it narrow and scarred lol.

I loved weightlifting but chronic fatigue crept up and causes extreme exhaustion immediately after lifting.

It’s a good thing sex is not a passion of mine

 

Why, you asked about passions. The only thing I'm sure of is that I'm not passionate about money. Other than that, I have really no convincing concept of what a "passion" is, so I can't be sure that I'm able answer your question correctly.

However, I suspect that a "passion" must entail habits and preferences that are not normal, statistically speaking. I would conjecture that my inclination to measure things may be a bit unusual, so I may rightfully declare that tendency to be a passion.

If a newly bought product underperforms to a significant degree, it means that I did not get what I paid for. I will usually try to have the product exchanged for a specimen that works as advertised.

If it's not a newly bought product, I will ask myself whether the deviation is worth rectifying on my own dime.

 

Ahahah!

From Wikipedia:

Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman or medieval period.​

Some of my favorite titles include Riccardo Freda's Maciste all'Inferno and Sergio Corbucci's Duel of the Titans.

Shoegaze is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume. My favorite bands are My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Ride... ironically these bands have largely contributed to my tinnitus!

 

While I am not a metal head, I remember being quite impressed by Angel Dust when it was released in 1992. A Small Victory is a brilliant single

 

OK good idea, but here's the problem behind it. I'm afraid that by the time I bubble wrap and delicately box it up and ship it to you from Ireland, I can only imagine what shape it would be in by the time it arrived. You would open the box and say,"oh look @Steph1710 has sent me a jigsaw puzzle."

You can buy one there in the US, but they are mass produced, not made by hand.

 

This is a fun thread, and I love that it’s so positive. Music has been most of my day for a long time. I love to compose, improvise, create and explore sounds/timbres (not so much lately)... but I’m hoping it’s a temporary hiatus.

I’ll listen to most genres; it changes based on my mood I guess. Lately I’ve been listening to The Milk Carton Kids, Marcus king, Brandi Carlile, and lots more. I also have a saltwater aquarium (80 gallon/4’x2’). It was better taken care of before kids. lol. Mountain biking, tennis, going to the beach, watching sci-fi... is ice cream a hobby? If not, it should be. Be well everyone!

 

Hi there, I don't want to count my chickens quite yet, but it looks as if you may have saved my little coffee plant's life. It is looking a lot better already and I hope it will be as nice and healthy-looking as yours soon - so thanks again for your tips

 

Fantastic. Music has been an incredible tool in my recovery. Thanks for sharing!

 

Thought I would join the coffee plant club. Here's mine! It has a bit of leaf burn unfortunately. Once I put it in a larger pot, it stopped drying out so fast.

 

Almost forgot I'm a lunatic. Once in a while.

 

Did you capture that image? Absolutely amazing.

 

Why, thank you. To be honest, there's no talent required. Just halfway decent equipment.

 

I'd do Jigsaw Puzzles if it were possible to buy them without knowing what they looked like first.

I've always felt the boxes should come with a spoiler alert or something... maybe just a plain container, like the cigarette cartons in the UK now... and a health warning: "may cause frustration and subsequent aggression".

 

Recently got into the RC hobby while in lockdown. Not sure if I'd call it a passion yet but it's keeping me busy until I can afford the big toys!

I only have brushed motors so far but they can still keep up with traffic. I'm really getting more into chasing the scale realism aspect of the hobby. Looking at getting a crawler. Not so much into the planes/drones but would love to get a boat for the summer!

I love pickups so of course my buggies all have truck bodies!

My custom Chevy.
My Traxxas Bigfoot.

That is my current stable, I've destroyed all the others, lol.

 

Hell yeah dude!

Those are freakin cool! I didn't even know you could build custom RC. Very cool.

 

My latest whirligig acrobat clowns.

2 weeks to complete.

 

Good for you! I'm curious, did you attend a college or took an online course?

 

Thanks, Ken! It was 3 years at a college here in Sweden.

 

Bought a big box of second hand art supplies and made a bunch of miniature pictures and postcards

Some of the proportion aren't quite right yet but I'm working on that.

 

One of my hobbies is Brazilian jiu-jitsu although that is currently on hold until I can get my hyperacusis issue resolved.

I really enjoy chemistry and participating in chemistry related research.

I also really love weight lifting.

 

Very cool!

Not my favourite genre but I would be interested to try it out.

Video games are my greatest distraction from tinnitus.

 

My passion was singing in a Metal band.

Unity

 

Thank you @AbeS.

I decided to refactor the entire code base, so releasing it in July may be a bit too optimistic. I also seem to be able to work at my current job, so there's not a whole lot of time for development each day.

I'll let you guys know when/if it's released.

Stacken