Other hobbies..?

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I like rock climbing, golf, music (guitar and trumpet), Half-Life 2 (and episode(s)), Counter-Strike Source, PHP and website developing and so on

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I play guitar (Floyd, Beatles, Zeppelin), and read/write a lot. I mainly write sci-fi or Lovecraft-style horror. I've been reading the Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin lately. It's an awesome series.
Apart from those things, I spend most of my time working on my plans to destroy everyone and everything college stuff and Space Ruckus.
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kayaking, mountain biking, hiking.. I'm currently learning the 4 (8) string mandolin... Havnt really collected any anime in years.. I gave up when yuzo takada stopped publishing sazan aizu.. the butchered my fav anime (Bubblegum Crisis, where Mega-Tokyo came from) making a 'new' version eeuychk ... Ive forgotten the japanese I learnt and want to learn spanish so I can hike patagonia and other parts of south america...

Havnt rpg'd in a long long time (cyberpunk 3 is out but not even advertised on RTalsorians web site.. whats up with that?? company in bad shape...... hmm)... I want to buy it but...

Oh and I program, working on a new roguelike in SDL instead of console mode. mm and I cook, I made corn bread last night, gonna make some more bread this weekend and some curry (tikka)..

I guess my wife+big dog and now house are also hobbies ;D

solar, I had a friend who did medi re, his wife hand sewed a chainmail shirt, a real (HEAVY) chainmail shirt.. lots of ppl here do civil war reenactment...

I like nothing better than being out in the kayak or on the bike or just out on the trail....
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df wrote: solar, I had a friend who did medi re, his wife hand sewed a chainmail shirt, a real (HEAVY) chainmail shirt...
20-25kg if it's any good. A friend of mine made one the real medieval way - each individual ring riveted close, to avoid penetration... about two years in the making.
lots of ppl here do civil war reenactment...
Yep, we had one of those on one occassion. Everyone garbed 12th century, and here comes a Confed man, including rifle... our bard stopped playing his harp, looked at the man in askance and said, "you're on the wrong holodeck, mister"... ;D

The man then gazed up at the castle, and said, "I should call in my company, so that be could lay siege on this castle". I replied, "there's a merchant up there selling fine crossbows. I wouldn't be sure whether a Springfield uphill and a crossbow downhill makes that much of a difference." ;D

We had quite a laugh, both sides. :D
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Solar wrote: 20-25kg if it's any good. A friend of mine made one the real medieval way - each individual ring riveted close, to avoid penetration... about two years in the making.
I've worn such chainmails in a few occasions. Not only does it make one's shoulders really hurt after a few hours of wear, it also generates quite a stench because of the sweating in such armor that doesn't let air flow through it freely. I pity the medieval warriors who actually had to wear those things, really. :D
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I wish I could round up enough people to play D&D...
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Apart from my phd if I ever get to have time, I work out (bike, running, some weights...) and I spend nearly all of my time playing guitar.. mostly hard rock and a little metal music.. I and my brother are recording cover songs and I write very stupid lyrics in turkish (which is my native language eheh), and it is great fun, it is both time wasting and relaxing (cannot tell you how I feel when Im playing guitar I think it pumps seratonin into my brain, ohh nothing like sweet seratonin rush on a clear saturday afternon..), anyways...

I also like to hang out with friends.. Other than that if I get really bored I read about politics, history and foreign countries.. Yeah, thats all I guess.
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lets see.....
#1 Guitar!!!!
#2 video games
#3 messing with audio(mixing guitars and voice crap)
#4 making flash videos
#5 messing with php and making games and other assorted programming as required(like macros and such)
#6 posting on forums(I love posting/reading stuff, idk why though)
#7 eating pie(lol jk)
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