What do you do?
...for a living? As a hobby? For fun? What do YOU do?
Just thought I'd post something fun
[ hopefully, no one has made a thread like this already but I hadn't seen one ] We have so many great people here on the forums, thought this could help to get to know each other better 
I personally, work at Best Buy as a Customer Assistant [ meaning, I don't have a "set" department to sell in like computers, I work everywhere ] which is fun since I can go to any department I choose but tiring as it requires knowing everything about everything [ from fridges to cameras ]
For fun, I am a HUGE gamer. Absolutely love video games, If I get a new one & can find time from work I can easily go 6 hours non stop. I've also been a hobby-web designer for 7 years in coding & photoshop & also draw on the side.
Oh! & I love rollerblading, though I've just picked it up again from when I was a kid. Super fun!
So how about you guys?!~
Just thought I'd post something fun
[ hopefully, no one has made a thread like this already but I hadn't seen one ] We have so many great people here on the forums, thought this could help to get to know each other better I personally, work at Best Buy as a Customer Assistant [ meaning, I don't have a "set" department to sell in like computers, I work everywhere ] which is fun since I can go to any department I choose but tiring as it requires knowing everything about everything [ from fridges to cameras ]
For fun, I am a HUGE gamer. Absolutely love video games, If I get a new one & can find time from work I can easily go 6 hours non stop. I've also been a hobby-web designer for 7 years in coding & photoshop & also draw on the side.
Oh! & I love rollerblading, though I've just picked it up again from when I was a kid. Super fun!
So how about you guys?
!~
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I really enjoy animal rescue and rehabilitation, I'm learning a great deal about canine nutrition and holistic practices like acupressure and I'm learning to become certified in Reiki which I use on Kitsune a great deal. I love music and organic gardening and cooking, and hiking and being in nature and traveling. I hope to be able to share all the places I've traveled with my husband someday..
oh, and I'm a Sims2 FANATIC! Right now my sim is breeding Japanese Akitas. Yeah, its that cool!
As far as hobbies go... I love home improvement and cleaning (crazy I know!). I also love to cook... food is my weakness!!!!! I am also a gamer - although my partner is a little more into it than I am. Currently I'm only playing World of Warcraft and Wii - when I'm not entertaining the new puppy. Luckily she loves to sit on my lap and watch WoW (or TV)... never had a dog so interested in what's going on on the screen - not interactive, just enjoys sitting and watching things move I guess
For fun I love to go out for happy hour (cheap drinks and food... what could be better!?!) - or just chill on the couch with a good movie.
Fall 2009 I am going back to school for radiography so I can start some sort of career.
I volunteer with the humane society, I take pictures, and I cook for hobbies.
For fun, I like to spend as much time as possible with Ninja and Portia(oh yeah and Romi). When they ignore me ... I go play golf.
Other than that, I SLEEP.
Sounds exciting, doesn't it ?
hehe
But, I wouldn't change anything for the world.
John
In my spare time ( which is not very much at all ), I surf the web, design websites, draw, play my Wii, take Toby for hikes ... aand uhm. Yeah. Sleep. Sleeping is fun.
In the future, I plan to illustrate childrens books, maybe get into advertising design. I'd also like to extend my knowledge on dogs, and their behaviors, possibly become a behaviourist aand possibly breed and show Nihon ken. 83 yaay.
im a dj / club promoter Shark club costa mesa
seasonal job ; work at photo studo for school dance .
act rep for vendors : mostly doing asistant selling @ BestBuy around S. cali.
Hobbies - photography, cooking, scrapbooking (a couple of times a year), and spending time with my brothers & their kids. I'm not much of a gamer - more of a lack of time than anything else. I'm pretty involved in my church - especially with drama & puppets. I love to travel, but work & money have limited that area for right now. I read a lot...I tend to have 2-3 books going at a time and usually read 3-4 in a week. In summer, I don't read very much because there's so much more going on around me.
I'm also working with Jazz on becoming a therapy dog - I'd like to take her with me when I volunteer at the medically fragile children camps. Dogs are always a big hit - a lot of the families can't handle having "one more thing" to take care of, so the kids like to be able to love on a dog when they can.
John
LJ - I am with you on the teaching Biology to high school students! Are we nuts? Eventually though, I want to get my phD and become a professor at some elite university that pays big bucks! (haha, yeah right!)
My hobbies are trying to teach Bella and Nola to become polite little Shibas... That and I dabble in photography a bit and am a musician. (I minored in music in college.) I play piano, flute, guitar, and violin. Although flute is really the only thing I play well!
For fun I love to hike and camp and mountain bike. Pretty much anything that takes me outside will do! I also like to play some video games from time to time, but usually only in the winter. And I love to read. Give me a book, a blanket, and a tree and I am the happiest girl alive!
Hobbies:
Scuba diving, turning wood, cooking, horseback riding,
For Fun:
Read, goto the gym, travel, going to the opera, dancing and head down the shore.
HOBBIES: Snowboarding, Mountain biking, SCUBA, Hiking, Camping, Mushing [I try to], Surfing [when I'm near an ocean], Playing with my dogs... I am trying to get better at taking pictures too - I'm really not good at it tho.
FUN: Other than my hobbies, I love to spend time w/ my wife, eat, and sleep - sleeping is really like my favorite thing to do... I dunno what that says about me or my life tho.
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The pups, home repairs, and my daughter take the lion’s share of my free time these days. Back when there was less to do I liked to play video games, mess around with computers and amateur radio, and spend time in the ocean. I dabble with goggle sketch up and painter X and like tobyshiba I too hope to one day write and illustrate a children’s book.
I also like to lift weights, but I’ve been out of the gym for a while now and I’ve got to get back on track.
I like to sleep! Eat good food and try new foods. I like watching movies. Spending quality time with the pups and bf. Taking mini-trips. I like to clean - vacuum to be specific. I have an obsession with vacuums now. Training my dogs and learning about dog behavior. Photography/Art. I like to gamble - Texas Hold Em, Pai Gow, and Black Jack. Playing Brain Age on my DS. Playing my wii - especially designing the wii mii characters! Playing Guitar Hero on PS3. Going to museums. When im by myself - I like to shop, get my hair did and peticures are nice. - Ohh! I also love doing little home improvements - especially painting the rooms
Play: Scuba diving, kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, fishing and just about anything else outside. I also enjoy yardwork and cooking (when I'm in the mood). I also love road trips on my days off with my motorbike or my car.
Hobbies/For fun: card-making, scrapbooking, painting (like bedroom furniture, not art), hiking with Ryu and Tim, falling asleep at the beach, cycling, learning new things, reading, meeting other Nihon Ken owners!, online shopping, and sleeping in.
Romi - I love making the wii mii characters also!
For fun, I like photography, cinema (both at theatres and on DVDs, cause of the extras and the making ofs) , driving, hiking (don't do it as much as I'd like to though), watching tv, traveling when possible, and collecting bits of information on loads of subjects, something for which the internet was the most valuable tool ever (they seem to stick). I am also a certified geek/nerd, hehehe. When I feel like it, I like to experiment on cooking. And I'm always trying to find the funny side of everything (sometimes it can be embarrassing).
My fiance and I also flip houses... We're a bit too ambitious!
As far as my hobbies go, I LOVE hiking, swimming, running, anything and everything outdoors, as well as music festivals, concerts, comedy shows, traveling, vacations, road trips, and OF COURSE spending time with my puppy.
Hobbies? Well, I love my "job" so on some level I kinda consider many aspects of it a hobby too. In particular, I really enjoy the collaborative nature of my work. I get to travel all over the world to present my research. In the last few years, I've been in many US cities up and down both coasts as well as in Honolulu. I was also in Japan two years ago. There's a good chance I'll be going to Germany and Australia next year. Outside of my "working hobbies", I enjoy cooking, photography, vegging out in front of the tv, hiking, and hanging out with my pups. I used to be really into cars and golf, but my grad school stipend doesn't allow me to support those hobbies and support my dogs at the same time.
*I'm a freelance writer - most often my work can be found in The Canine Chronicle, but I've popped up in a few Shiba publications as well, and I'm also nearing completion of the third draft of my fist screenplay.
*I'm also a barista
*I'm currently starting my research/application process for graduate school - planning to study folklore or creative writing.
Play:
*I show dogs - I'm currently on a hiatus from the ring, until I get my next prospect - though I'm considering dabbling in UKC.
*Tracking - Kimi and I just started tracking classes - with any luck we'll someday attain a TD title!
*Baking/candy making - I'm obsessed with making new desserts and candies, so pretty much any family event that requires one or the other will be "catered" by me. I made the favors for my twin's wedding!
*Cross country running - I ran for my college, but busted my knee senior year. Since then, I've slowly attempted to rehab it, with the goal of eventually running a marathon. Unfortunately, rehab isn't going so well.
*On weekends, I love going out and bar-hopping with the girls!
Hobbies: Walking; reading (mostly when I'm traveling as I find it hard to concentrate during the daily life); reading about or watching shows about cooking and sometimes actually cooking; (to my surprise) spending time with our doggie Josephine just playing and taking walks in the woods and fields at the farm and at the off-leash park; photography; visiting art museums (especially modern and contemporary artists); and the most fun of all is traveling and photographing as I go.
Hobbies: Several years ago RPG's, miniaures games, board games, etc. Now most my time I am spending with my dogs walking, training, showing
Hobbies: Spending time with family, bf, friends, and my dogs. Currently I am training the doggies in Obedience, Agility and Flyball. Hiking, biking, swimming, diskgolf, shooting pool, reading, clubbin', dancing, snowmobiling and watching movies are some things I love to do. When I have extra cash I like to travel and horse back ride. And if I ever got a very large amount of cash I would buy a kayak and take it out every day with one of my dogs. I need to save up for one....
Hobbies: Reading, Hiking w/ the dogs, exploring CA, Biking, Horses, Triathlon, Running, Soccer. We're saving up to get motorcycles, mostly for gas to drive to work, but also could be a hobby.
Hobbies Volunteer at animal shelter. Read. Consume vast quantities of coffee. Lots of walking, and reading. Not enough yoga. And I bake. I am doing my first wedding cake next week.