I'm on the verge of a new hobby, I can feel it.
It makes me want to catalogue all the hobbies I have pursued in my entire life so that I can see the time, effort, money and equipment I have purchased and subsequently discarded when the next "shiny new toy" came along...
Should make for interesting reading.
1. Piano - age 5 to 18. Equipment: one piano. Hourly lessons weekly, one hour practice daily (theoretically), theory and practical exames yearly Time invested: 5,447 hours
2. Italian lessons - age 6 to 12. 2 hourly lessons weekly, one pageant annually. Time invested: 630 hours
3. Trampolining - age 12 to 14. Weekly lessons, regular competitions. Time invested: 104 hours
4. Linnet Girls Choir - age 14 to 17. Weekly 3 hour practice sessions. 2-week Japan and Hong Kong tour. Regular concerts and Eisteddfords each year. Time invested: 894 hours
4. Motorbike riding - on and off from age 12 to the present. 2 x Honda CB250s, Honda Hornet 600 and Honda CBR600F, complete with leathers, wet weather gear, travelling equipment, various after-market parts such as Pazzo racing levers, tinted screens and Staintune exhausts... Multiple trips and multiple biker clubs.
5. Surf boat rowing - one summer during uni.
6. Skiing, rollerskating, snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding... various times and ages in life, never invested in gear, but did many many lessons in all of them, or just hung out at skating parks
7. Improvisational comedy - been doing this for over 2 years now, have done levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 (long form), performed in various shows and done numbers one-day workshops with Bill Arnett (Second City), Cale Bain (Toronto improv), Ed Iliades, and Jason R. Chin.
8. Stand up comedy - just started a workshop.
9. Roller derby - just starting out... this could get expensive with not only skates, pads, helmet, but also the various costumes those girls wear... not to mention time invested in coming up with a cool Roller derby name...
In short, I've done a lot of things (some I haven't bothered listing, as they come and go so quickly) and I enjoy doing a lot of things.
Life's too short to be bored.
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