i'm a documentary whore. i'll watch a documentary on ANYTHING and love it.

The Cosby Show

nordic walking.

i even have a pair of those funny lookin' walking sticks

JustErin said:

True but its nice to be able to share the things you love doing with that special person in your life.

Reply to 'Stuff that you consider interesting or fun but others might consider it to be boring?'

really good conversation

gardening
reading big thick books about world war II
reading "Mojo" magazine cover to cover
listening to music from the 1940's
watching Graffiti Bridge

LittleSmedley said:

No way!!!

Lammastide said:

Yup - that's another one.

JustErin said:

I'm somewhere between the two of you on this one. I don't expect my mates or anyone I'm dating to like the same things as me - they never do, anyway I half expect it - but it's when people are completely dismissive towards someone else's interests that I get pissed off.

There's piss-taking (which is perfectly natural) and then there's ignorance. Sometimes I'd rather keep my passions to myself if it means I have to don't have to go through the rigmarole of explaining them. I feel like I'm cheapening them, almost. It feels like someone calling your new-born baby ugly.

Lammastide said:

i'm big on long stretches of silence.

it makes some people nervous, especially at work, but it's like a good friend of mine said a long time ago: "i tend not to talk when i have nothing to say."

and long showers are the beeeeessssst.

I've always loved to browse maps of countries since I was a kid...

That's why I always was good in geography...

sewing

history

music family trees

bird watching

being on the org

cleaning (laundry, ironing, dusting, vacuuming, etc. )

insect watching

running

getting ready to go out (a lot of times it's more fun than when you actually get out to where you were going )

being in bookstores for hours

shopping


oh and that map thing that Cheek posted above. I love maps.

minneapolisgenius said:

I hate shopping!

History, especially medieval and the renaissance... vampires, going beyond watching a movie or two - I read non-fiction books, write essays etc... medieval clothing... LARP's...

Cheek said:

How is that even possible? No compute.

OH!

i looooove book browsing, be it in a bookstore or a library.

the printers row book fair is happening this weekend in downtown chicago - over 150 booksellers setting up booths of books and books and books - and i plan on making a day out of it.

minneapolisgenius said:

omg, that's my favorite favorite favorite!! I have whole rituals designed around it.

I swear, I was born in thr wrong era. Oh to live in the days (and to have the wealth) to need 3 people to help you get dressed. I nearly faint when they show those scenes in period pieces. I don't know why it's such a fantasy of mine, but it is.

minneapolisgenius said:

Hanging out in music stores and big ass bookstores for hours.

Foreign films

Comic book stores (Yes, I'm a geek.)

Going to a batting cage

Having a "Twin Peaks" marathon

Documentaries on anything (Anx, I'm with ya, partner)

Weird food (if a woman turns her nose up to at least trying sea urchin, she doesn't get a second date).

SnakePeel said:

Snakepeel

all of these boring activities are cancelled out by the fact you stuck your finger up Grace Jones arsehole.


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Reading a good book
History - especially the Tudors and the Victorian era
Theology
Gardening
Being on the Org
A long soak in the bath
Watching a really good film at the pictures
Gardening
Museums - especially if I am in London
Art
Also any medical documentaries - more operations the better (satisfies the blood lust in me hee hee!!)
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SnakePeel said:

FYI - I would never try sea urchin.

SnakePeel said:

i'm for ALL this stuff except for the batting cage (i'm allergic to sports, it makes me break out in a rash of ennui) and, well, i'm too vegetarian to eat sea urchin but i hear ya - if i'm on a date with someone and i suggest indian or even thai and they're like, "ewww, i don't eat WEIRD FOOD", yeah, that'll be the last date.

CarrieMpls said:

God, why do I relate to this??

All my mates are obsessed with my bathroom routine. They've been asking me for years what I do in there but that's my business. A gentleman never tells.

But I love getting ready - it is almost as much fun as going out. Especially if there's music as well.

CarrieMpls said:

I used to spend longer getting ready (and yes, with the whole ritual that goes w/ it) than I would actually end up being out. I guess being a performer has made me see absolutely EVERYTHING as a "show".

Just gettin' ready for the show.

Weekends when I have nothing to do
Reading
Silence
Spending time with my dog
Writing
Being by myself
Yoga

I have a long list, but this is just a few. My ex-husband told me once I was "f*cking boring"...there is a modicum of truth to that statement!

minneapolisgenius said:

Interesting...

All I know is the difference I feel between going out not looking how I'd like and going out looking exactly how I'd like. NO-ONE else ever notices the difference, but I do. It's not a vanity thing, it's a self-confidence thing.

onenitealone said:

Music is essential. I have certain CDs and certain music picked out sometimes days ahead of time.

CarrieMpls said:

TOTALLY essential. My housemates *never* understand it but it puts that little, you know, spring in my step.

I would much rather leave others to their own devices and meet them out later if that means going out when I feel 'ready'. And that's what usually happens. My mates are just used to it.

I rather stay at home than go out partying.

I love old Law & Order reruns.

I love playing Chess.