Friday Five--February 11, 2011

1. What are some hobbies you would like to try, but haven't done so?
I would like to try sewing my own clothing and some fashion DIY.

2. Why did you not pursue these hobbies?
I don't have a sewing machine and I feel like I should maybe take a class or get some tips from a friend before I jump into it. I'll probably do it eventually, just when I'm living in a different place and have an apartment with more room for the materials.

3. Do you often feel limited by your financial state with how you spend your free time?
Thankfully, no. Right now I am making a good income for someone with no dependents, and have a fairly low cost of living. Plus most of the hobbies I enjoy-- writing, sketching, etc-- are fairly inexpensive. The ones that cost more, like traveling, I have the ability to save up for.

. Do your hobbies play a major part of your life, or help define who you are?
They definitely enrich my life, and the fact that I have hobbies makes me more than just a person with a job. However, I would shy away from saying that my hobbies *define* me. I notice here in Japan the attitude towards hobbies is that people tend to have one hobby they devote all their spare time to. (Starting in junior high school, when you pick one after-school activity that you do every day, all year-round O.o). So then your hobby says a lot about who you are, since you are probably better at it than your actual job. But as for me, I am not (and could never be) nearly so selective. I prefer to dabble in a wide variety of activities-- writing, drawing, playing music, writing music, cooking, fashion, walking, traveling, and more-- and prefer to be well-rounded in many things instead of an expert in just one. Plus I would be bored practicing the same activity every day. I like hobbies that I can stagger to suit my moods. That probably says more about me than the actual hobbies I do!

5. Do you have any hobbies you have made income from?
Nope. I'd like to make some money from my writing, and I could see myself making money for charity doing bake sales I bake for myself, but I haven't followed through with these yet.

Here's my Hobby answers at my journal, y'all.

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Another set after another week off. Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

1. What are some hobbies you would like to try, but haven't done so [sic]? I have never "just been for a run" in my life, but that feels like it'd be a good thing to have in your back pocket. It'd also be nice to play a sport. Any sport, really.


2. Why did you not pursue these hobbies? I am the opposite of athletic. I can get through my life, of course, but anything requiring extraordinary physical strength is pretty much out of the question.


3. Do you often feel limited by your financial state with how you spend your free time? Not really. I don't have expensive tastes, so I get by just fine.


4. Do your hobbies play a major part of your life, or help define who you are? Yes. I love reading and working with computers, which, though they are not always compatible, works quite well for me. It's nice to be seen as a book nerd but also have computers as a secret talent.


5. Do you have any hobbies you have made income from? I don't know if loving grammar counts as a hobby, but that helped me get into ACE and get a summer job in communications when I was in college.

(also at my blog)

The Friday Five
1. What are some hobbies you would like to try, but haven't done so?
-Scrapbooking. I wanna do one for figure skating and another for Rock of Ages

2. Why did you not pursue these hobbies?
-Guess too lazy to actually sit there and do it

3. Do you often feel limited by your financial state with how you spend your free time?
-Yes

4. Do your hobbies play a major part of your life, or help define who you are?
-Yes define me and definitely a major part

5. Do you have any hobbies you have made income from?
-Nope