MachwingIt looks like a harmless old computer, doesn't it?Left in this cave to rot ... or to flower!Registered Userregular
My new year's resolution for 2015 was to get a job (making videogames (and I did)). My new year's resolution for 2016 is to get a life -- which means I need a dang HOBBY
I took a few flight lessons in college, and I'm thinking about taking it up again and getting my pilot's license. Also thinking about learning a language! I'm torn between Chinese and Japanese. Chinese deffo seems like the more practical language to learn, but it's also like a billion times more complicated???
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facetiousa wit so dryit shits sandRegistered Userregular
Oh yeah I started trying to learn French.
How do you learn French.
"I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde
I learnt some basic carpenterialising and have occasionally put it to use. Now that I have a house with a shed I have all sorts of plans, just need to sort out materials and whatnot. I'd like to have a crack at making a copy of one of thise wyrmwood dice towers because they are gorgeous. I think I can do it, just need to like.. do it.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
I delved into the terrible rabbit-hole that is open-source CNC equipment. The smaller version of one of these, specifically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ_PgTjC-yM
Fortunately, there happen to be a few free and legit CAD/CAM packages these days, otherwise this would be WAY more expensive (cost was comparable to a mid-range 3D Printer).
Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
I used to work leather! Made a key-chain for my... confirmation? First communion? Either way, it was a church thing. Also made a few christmas ornaments and such. I'm also learning to play harmonica!
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
Seems like a good way to ensure it never goes away.
Thank you for getting the reference.
I discovered Fables after playing The Wolf Among Us and was really glad to see Colin in the first issue, since I liked him in the game. That comic got real very quickly.
I have been asked to make christmas dinner this year
I'm really bad at full meal planning though and haven't really figured out how that's going to go yet
My family usually does a thing where one person makes the main dish and everyone else brings (coordinated) sides. Takes some of the pressure off the host.
I recently came to the realisation that my entire life is mindless work, video games, sleep, which was all I ever wanted as a kid, but not so much now. I've decided to try and find a hobby to get me away from this, and decided to spend my evenings making let's plays, having a small amount of dusty, old experience editing videos. It does kind of sound a bit like trying to distract an alcoholic by suggesting they take up homebrewing, but I spent my first evening editing a video last night and it was really fun! It felt good to do something different and to wake up feeling like doing more of it.
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I ZimbraWorst song, played on ugliest guitarRegistered Userregular
I'm in the process of making a knife from steel that I helped smelt. I've done all the forging, hammering, and rough grinding already, now I just have to do some finish work and make a handle for it. I should really do that since I started the whole thing 2+ years ago.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
I have been asked to make christmas dinner this year
I'm really bad at full meal planning though and haven't really figured out how that's going to go yet
My family usually does a thing where one person makes the main dish and everyone else brings (coordinated) sides. Takes some of the pressure off the host.
Yeah, but my family's planning is a bit less as in the meal planning my mum literally wrote down, "Blake's Salad".
I have been asked to make christmas dinner this year
I'm really bad at full meal planning though and haven't really figured out how that's going to go yet
My family usually does a thing where one person makes the main dish and everyone else brings (coordinated) sides. Takes some of the pressure off the host.
Yeah, but my family's planning is a bit less as in the meal planning my mum literally wrote down, "Blake's Salad".
i recently picked up rosetta stone for mandarin chinese
i've always wanted to do one but had a hard time selecting a language
i really like rosetta stones technique. it works pretty well. i did the first chapter of french one time like 7 years ago and I still remember some of the words
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MayabirdPecking at the keyboardRegistered Userregular
Would gardening count in here? Especially since it's not vegetable gardening but I've been working on a rain garden/wildflower bed.
StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
Speaking of hobbies, does anyone have any good suggestions for a fairly stationary person in her 50s?
My mom, who is normally a marathon running, dog training, long distance cycling sort of person, has developed numerous surgery requiring muscle tears in one of her legs
So she's not gonna be very mobile for a while next year, and I fully expect her to go completely insane during this time
And I was thinking of trying to get her into a hobby of some sort for Christmas, but I have very few actually good ideas for that
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I took a few flight lessons in college, and I'm thinking about taking it up again and getting my pilot's license. Also thinking about learning a language! I'm torn between Chinese and Japanese. Chinese deffo seems like the more practical language to learn, but it's also like a billion times more complicated???
How do you learn French.
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
Omelette Du Fromage.
I say something then ask SimBen to turn it into French for me.
Fortunately, there happen to be a few free and legit CAD/CAM packages these days, otherwise this would be WAY more expensive (cost was comparable to a mid-range 3D Printer).
I ordered a pigs head today.
When I get it I will call it Colin.
Satans..... hints.....
Did you get the matching conch to go with it?
Hand cut mortises, tenons, and lap joints (which contributes to it not quiiiiite sitting perfectly but sssshhh)
edit: sideways WHY
Seems like a good way to ensure it never goes away.
Thank you for getting the reference.
Satans..... hints.....
If you buy a pig's head
and you call it Colin
It will never go awaaaay
I discovered Fables after playing The Wolf Among Us and was really glad to see Colin in the first issue, since I liked him in the game. That comic got real very quickly.
That's a really good idea. I'ma still it next time I play some physical D&D.
I also like cooking
I have been asked to make christmas dinner this year
I'm really bad at full meal planning though and haven't really figured out how that's going to go yet
My family usually does a thing where one person makes the main dish and everyone else brings (coordinated) sides. Takes some of the pressure off the host.
Yeah, but my family's planning is a bit less as in the meal planning my mum literally wrote down, "Blake's Salad".
Satans..... hints.....
And are you?
Once.
Go for a surprise hotdog theme. Hotdogs in everything.
And for the centerpiece:
:bigfrown:
I agree that's too much. Better substitute kleine Zwiebeln.
i've always wanted to do one but had a hard time selecting a language
i really like rosetta stones technique. it works pretty well. i did the first chapter of french one time like 7 years ago and I still remember some of the words
As someone who's successfully managed to kill every plant they've tried to grow: yes.
Sure!
Me and mrs chilla have a pretty thriving indoor garden we're really proud of
prouder if we hadn't just completely murdered a poor rosemary bush
our apartment doesn't have enough good window space
Saving this out of context quote for when I inevitably have to frame you for a crime.
It's bullshit, pardon my French
My mom, who is normally a marathon running, dog training, long distance cycling sort of person, has developed numerous surgery requiring muscle tears in one of her legs
So she's not gonna be very mobile for a while next year, and I fully expect her to go completely insane during this time
And I was thinking of trying to get her into a hobby of some sort for Christmas, but I have very few actually good ideas for that