Rokkenjima, what are your hobbies/talents?

I mostly read, play games or work out (gym, jogging or swimming) but other than that I really like kayaking.

My dad is a big kayaking enthusiast and I’ve been joining him on trips since I was around 15. I’m one of the leaders at a local kayak association in my home town and we’ll rent out kayaks and go on trips in the archipelago with other interested people. It’s really nice, especially during the Swedish summer with its long and warm evenings.

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I love reading! Annoying that I cannot read much these days because of always having to study, but reading is something pretty damn amazing.

As for something more physical, orienterring. There is just something intriguing about running in a landscape with a map in your hands finding targets that nothing else gives quite the same feeling. It is so freeing.

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I like reading a lot and consuming most forms of media. I like writing analysis and reviews on television shows. I don’t do it that much anymore but I do some creative writing. I like flash fiction and prose poetry especially, though I write short stories and free verse poetry as well.

I love swimming but I haven’t lived by water in the past few years so I haven’t got a chance to swim as much as I like. I play chess–I was on a chess team in middle school but I stopped playing in tournaments after that, so I mostly just look for people to play with now or play against my family. I play cards–smear, sheap’s head, hearts, uker, several different forms of poker, etc., that sort of thing. I really like games in general.

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I read a lot, I play a lot of video games, and I like dissecting stories, so I guess that’s where my hobbies lie. I also like listening to instrumental music and analyzing in my head what a specific piece of music tries to express.

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I have an unfortunate lack of hobbies that extend beyond anime culture. I guess I like coding and doing some creative game designing but it never goes anywhere. I worked out for most of last year (and hopefully I’ll get back into it soon), but not really because I liked to do it either. I’d love to get into writing but I never do.

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I play quite an amount of video games. I suppose my favoured genres are RPGs and action-adventurey things. I also dabble in some rhythm games.

I used to read a lot, but university life has kept me much busier than I used to be so in recent years I’ve read much less than I did before. The books I read are mostly fantasy stuff, but for a while I’ve been interested in expanding my horizons to orthodox mystery fiction. I’ve read and enjoyed a number of mystery VNs, so transitioning to mystery books seems like an obvious evolution, but I’ve been busy with other endeavours.

About a year ago, I decided it’d be good to have some physical hobby so that all of my time isn’t spent sitting, so I decided to take up taekwondo. It’s been pretty fun.

I took weekly guitar lessons for a couple of years before high school, but I’ve never played that actively so I can’t claim I’m any good at it. A friend of mine is pretty amazing, though, and that has inspired me to spend more time practising, though I still spend regrettably little time playing. I own an acoustic guitar - I have little to no experience with electric guitars.

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Oh yeah right, instruments. I play the violin and possess one. I don’t really play that often these days though…

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Anyone crochet? In my spare time that’s usually what I do. While reading a book and drinking tea. I also write a lot. It’s mostly poetry, but I’ve written prose as well. Like a lot of others here, I also dabble in the realm of the video games. I’m a huge platformer fan (thus I’m super excited for Yooka-Laylee, which is coming out soon!)

As for instruments? I wish I had that talent. I tried very hard to gain it. I tried piano, viola, recorder flute, clarinet, guitar… More than anything in my life I’ve always wanted to play music. I gave it a very hard try, but I could never quite do it. Don’t get me wrong, I could play the notes fine, but it was never quite… music.

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I draw quite a lot! Its a strong passion of mine. My dream would be to create a successful murder mystery (of course) comic or be a part of a large 2D animation company.
If not that, then architecture is also something I’m interested in! I also dabble a bit in coding, although unfortunately I don’t have the memory or attention span to take it up as a proper hobby.
Nice question by the way! Its nice to learn more about the people here :smiley:

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Oh right, I guess I should make a serious post here.

I’ve really gotten into creative writing lately. I recognize that I’m not that good at it right now and reading VNs has cultivated some really bad writing habits. Still, I feel like I’m steadily improving.

I also play video games a LOT but I’ve already spoke about my taste in those elsewhere on the site and I see little sense in repeating myself. How much I’ve played has reduced in recent times due to… recent events affecting my mental state, but once that situation resolves I should be okay on that front.

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I enjoy…shoot, reading Umineko and drawing. I’m also a mediocre composer who has invested way to much money in Vocaloid voices that never get used. Rin/Len ACT2, APPEND, V4x, Miku V4x, Luka, DEX, DAINA, Oliver, ZOLA PROJECT, Fukase, Sonika…)

I want to start streaming and uploading artwork regularly.

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The problem with me is that I start too many things and never finish them, so I have a lot of hobbies. I run cross-country and track at my school, and I also love reading and writing. Film is a really big hobby for me, as I want to become a director and/or screenwriter when I’m older. I play Pokemon, both the video games and the trading card game, and I like bike riding and listening to music. I used to be big into Perler beads, but not as much anymore.

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Writing and correcting others’ grammar. :push:
(Wow that makes me sound arrogant)

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I love to read. Accrued a couple full bookcases’ worth of books over the years (since I was in elementary school). Currently have S. by JJ Abrams on hold (as I’ll be leaving to coach at a summer camp tomorrow) and I’m reading Rendezvous With Rama on my ebook reader.

I do Model United Nations at school. MUN is basically a club based around conferences where high schoolers mimic the UN and discuss solutions to world issues. It also involves a shitload of organization by senior members, and since I’m now a senior (next schoolyear), I’m the president of a Committee in my school’s upcoming conference. I’ve been doing MUN for five years now (since eighth grade), and that’s going to be the last conference of my career.

I used to play the electric guitar but I never spared any effort to practice, so I dropped it a year ago.

Besides surfing the web and playing video games and reading VNs, that’s about all I have to say about my hobbies.

I also have great interest in English (because of literature) and astrophysics.

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I like tarrot reading. Some people say it’s bullshit, but I think of it as a canvas of thoughts. I use them to kind of sort my thoughts and ask myself what is going on right now with myself and put myself on the right path. It’s also great to determine your wishes, and wishes lie deep down in our subconscious mind. And tarrot cards sort of use that imagery and symbolism to invoke those deep thoughts.

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Well this is a fun thread. I play too many video games but my passion right now is tabletop roleplaying games. Right now I’m all about Blades in the Dark so if any of you guys are interested in some scoundrely steampunk action PM me.

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My hobby as of late seems to be doing absolutely nothing at all, to try to maximize the time I’m not at work by making time feel slower.

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Oh, I used to do that, too! It really is interesting how they can help you understand your thoughts and the more obscure meaning of your actions better. I never really used them for fortune-telling, I don’t think that’s their purpose, but they’re more of something to help you sort out your thoughts, like you said, Akafa. They truly help you understand the meaning of what’s going on at a certain point in your life, and when you look back, or at least when I looked back to past readings after some time had passed, I could understand the full meaning of what the reading meant at the time.

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I practice Muay Thai, play videogames, and read manga. I read mostly tragedy and romance manga though, it helps me decompress any emotions I pent up from working in an ER.

Edit: Doing nothing and reading reddit are also two things I spend a tremendous time doing.

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Well, I tend to proclaim myself as the stereotypical nerd. I have dabbled in everything from anime, manga, video games, books, tabletop RPGs, comics, and of course visual novels . I tend to find solace more in fiction than reality I suppose.

In any case, otherwise, I have been into boxing as of late to attempt to lose weight. The lessons are fairly fun all in all, but I lack the willpower to do it on a more constant basis. I am lazy to an utter fault unfortunately.

I used to be into regular roleplaying back in the day on Tumblr, but suffice to say that website has left a bad taste on my mouth and I forgone the hobby.

So I am a fairly boring person all in all, but that’s fine by me!

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