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Hobbies? Do I have hobbies? Oh yeah...way too many!
I LOVE manga, especially shonen-ai/yaoi and shojo. I buy so much, usually buy 5-10 volumes a month, that I have five bookcases just for manga in my house. I also love books in general, with hundreds more volumes housed within three more bookcases in my home. My poor duplex is almost bursting at the seams! When I build my house in 2009, I plan to build a dedicated library with lots of bookshelves so I can have even more books! :-)
I own a ton of DVDs, as well, running across a range of genres, with anime being my favorite genre of course. My other favorite movie genres would probably be TV shows, considering how many I have. After that comes drama, action, and sci-fi/fantasy.
As you might have guessed from my GameSpot profile, I play a lot of video games. I own a PS One and a Playstation 2, and I also play on my computers, though I haven't had much time for PC gaming in awhile. I'm currently playing Final Fantasy XII on the PS2, and I have quite a few games waiting to be played (Onimusha, Dead to Rights, Devil May Cry 1-3). I also play Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 at random intervals.
Another "game" I play is Neopets. I'm something of an addict, I think. To the upper left is one of my pets, named Collectonian after me. He is a Checkered Uni. I read a lot of books to him to build up his intelligence. The pet to the right is, Swift WindRider, my Island Uni. When I'm on Neopets, I play a lot of the games and I'm working on building up my gallery and my collections. It really is fun and being free, its a great way to pass the time. The only bad part is sometimes I'll waste hours of time on the site and forget to do other stuff LOL.
I do have several collections in real life too! In particular, I collect horse figurines, such as Breyer and Trail of the Painted Ponies. I have a small sword collection (only one set and a single right now), that I hope to grow when I have more display space. I also have a small collection of beanies and other plushies, though I'm rather picky about those so it hasn't gotten to insane levels. I have a few dolls, but mostly because they are hand me downs from my mom.
I also love gardening, photography, and oil painting. Sometimes I pretend I'm a writer, too. In November 2006, I finally took the plunge and signed up for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I didn't make it to the 50k mark, but I did manage to get 24,805 words of my novel The Guardian written! That's the most I've ever written on one of my novels, and I plan to continue writing on it to hopefully have it finished before NaNo 2007.
Can't forget cooking! I love to cook and bake. It is fustrating trying to cook in my duplex's kitchen, which is big for a rental but still too small for me. I want a big kitchen in my house! Some of my favorite foods to cook include stir-fry, homemade breads, ice cream, pasta dishes, and seafood. I also love making a steak on my electric griddle. For days I go into the office, I make bento lunches! It is fun and a great way to make lunch more interesting and healthier!
When I have time, I enjoy researching different areas, especially American history, human sexuality and canines. With American history, I tend to prefer to study the Civil War and pre-Civil War times. I want to read more on the history of other countries, but haven't been able to find (and afford) the book types I like. With my areas of study, I always prefer the more verbose writings to lectury technical ones. I also enjoy reading some alternative history stories.
When I can afford it, I do some oil painting and sketching with color pencils. Most is of it is of the landscape variety and shows a mediocre talent, but it's relaxing to do. I stopped painting for years, but I've started back up in the last few years and even have some awesome Bob Ross goodies and books to paint with! *grin* I loves Bob Ross! I am an avid photographer, in both color and B&W film. I have quite a few cameras, with my primary shooters being my Canon Rebel G and my Polaroid Digital.