Hobbies

Each week has 168 hours, no more, no less.  So how does one occupy this time?  I've been asking myself this question a lot lately, not because I have a great amount of time, but more to the point that I could be doing more with my time.  I need a hobby.  Something that doesn't cost a lot. Something that I enjoy.  Something productive.

hob·by 

[hob-ee] 

–noun, plural -bies.

1.

an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation andnot as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.

Fishing - There's a lot involved with fishing.  I hear it's very therapeutic, but it's also very cold out.  Locally, I understand fly fishing is the way to go.  This would require new equipment, classes, licenses, etc.  But it's seasonal so.....

Hunting - Again, seasonal.  But the idea of being able to fill up my freezer is very inviting, and cost effective as a 30-06 bullet can cost up to a few dollars, but a freezer full of meat is worth it.  Locally, everyone and their grandmother hunts.  They learned from their dads.  It's not something that you can just go out and do, again, there's a lot too it.

Woodcarving - thanks, but no

Cooking - I love to cook.  Lately, I've been doing more in the kitchen and some of it has been really good.  I don't always write down my recipes, I see it more as methods than math...but that of course is another blog.

Music - I love to play, I wish I could play more, so why don't I?  I'm currently in the process of checking out local bands that need a drummer.  (There's more than you think)

Don't take me the wrong way, I am still very much a father, a husband, a son, and friend to many. But for sanity sake, I need something to break up the routine. Something to keep my mind busy and not venture off into the abyss of madness, like a ticking clock that skips every other second and then wonders why it's late.

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...watching American Idol in the background and some guy just sang "Bad Romance"....judges laughed and did not give him a ticket, but I thought he sounded very much like the original, without the auto-tune...

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So what was I saying? Oh, yeah, the abyss.....like an older camera without a video card, where does it all go? An unopened box of Windows 3.1, is it worth anything? Could you give it away?  I just want to tell you how I'm feeling.  Gotta make you understand, I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you gooo...DARN IT!  I just got Rick Rolled.

God Bless, and Good Night

-B