So... There's a lot of nerdy/geeky hobby forum places.. But surely we all have hobbies that are maybe a little less.. geekish?
I mean, I'm into music and gaming and all that, but I'm also.. A Lumberjack! ;D
Okay no, seriously I'm not, I just couldn't resist. In all seriousness, i'm an equestrian. i loves the horseback riding. And, well, anything to do with horses. Am I alone? what are other furs' less-geeky even "mainstream" hobbies?
I read naturalist encyclopedias and try to find physical specimens in the local park and my backyard. :P
I'm gonna buy the new Smithsonian Encyclopedia of Taxonomy that was recently updated and re-released.
I'm not sure I have many of these, but I suppose archery used to count, while I still had a range locally to do my shooting in. Knife throwing? Does that count, or is that straying back into freak territory again.
nah, I'd count archery as geeky. Being part of the exremely nerdy Archery club in high school.. and the SCA... yeah, totally nerdy. Paintballing would count as not-nerdy, lol. Or even bb guns or air rifles or something.
Does birding count as nerdy? I'm never sure.
: Tony Greyfox January 16, 2011, 06:23:28 -07:00
Does birding count as nerdy? I'm never sure.
Bird watching?! :D
Interesting, we Silverrose and I have a couple handfulls of horses. That is about all I do outside of furry stuff or gaming.
Some people call me a troll, what does that word mean
: Renwaldo January 16, 2011, 06:36:31 -07:00
: Tony Greyfox January 16, 2011, 06:23:28 -07:00
Does birding count as nerdy? I'm never sure.
Bird watching?! :D
Yeah. Well, bird photography, to be more precise, but I do try and watch and ID birds outside of that.
I draw! That isn't nerdy!
: EmoFox January 16, 2011, 04:56:51 -07:00
Okay no, seriously I'm not, I just couldn't resist. In all seriousness, i'm an equestrian. i loves the horseback riding. And, well, anything to do with horses. Am I alone? what are other furs' less-geeky even "mainstream" hobbies?
I read, write, and then as Mediar says we have a pile of horses. Only most of them are little.
This is my special little man Skipper.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/mediar/Skipper2010b.jpg)
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/mediar/SkipperSnowCanter.jpg)
This is our other stallion Sam.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/mediar/Sam/SAMOMG.jpg)
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/mediar/Sam/samnopjpg.jpg)
Mediar driving one of our little mares April
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/mediar/April/IMG_5387.jpg)
Then we have 2 other mini mares. And Mediars riding horse Genie.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/mediar/CopyofGenieAwesome.jpg)
I dont have linkable pictures of the two other mares at the moment.
We also have 2 foals.
Love the horses.
<3 yay horsies!
I'm into fountain pens (I have quite a collection), wet shaving, and fencing, among other things.
Oh yeah, and photography.
Horsies! I love horses.
I love knitting, scrapbooking and card making. I'm a 25 yr old granny lol
I am a musician. Is that nerdy? guitar? playing shows??
I....uh....well.....er......ah.......um....... *thinks real hard but can't come up with anything* Nope I am a nerd through and through, nothing non-nerdy about me! LOL XD
: Tony Greyfox January 16, 2011, 07:51:31 -07:00
: Renwaldo January 16, 2011, 06:36:31 -07:00
: Tony Greyfox January 16, 2011, 06:23:28 -07:00
Does birding count as nerdy? I'm never sure.
Bird watching?! :D
Yeah. Well, bird photography, to be more precise, but I do try and watch and ID birds outside of that.
That's awesome! We must get together sometime to swap adventure stories! :D
@Kouta nope, sorry, but guitar falls under "band-geek" which is geeky, :b
Games, music, that sort of thing. Pretty much all the stuff they've got mentioned on the boards are things that I generally consider nerdy or geeky, because all the people I know who do those things are nerds/geeks. Well... All the people I know who do them WELL anyway, :p
Whereas, my personal experience has taught me, that the general equestrian populace does not take kindly to a computer nerd/artist/band-geek/gamer. I am the bane of their existance, it would seem. Seriously, all the equestrians I knew growing up, and have worked for in the past, are very prude-ish and snobby, and not into most/any of the afore mentioned things. So that was my best example.
Well, I suppose that I can contribute to this Topic!
Winter:
I Used to play hockey 3-5 Times a week last year, Pretty much dominated my Life X3
I Continue to spare for friends if they're hockey team needs an extra player ^^.
I LOOOOOVE to Snowboard, But have been lacking the time or funds to do so as of late. Not to mention that the season at my regular mt. has been less than favorable the last few weeks.
Summer/Spring/Fall
...Road hockey, yeah, Hockey's pretty much in my blood .^^"
Outdoors man, It's where all the fun's at!
hiking, running and camping camping always remains my favorite timeless outing. Even more so when there's a combination of the three of them.
Paintball has always been a pretty big thing with me, but my situation is calling for me to fall in with the airsoft crowd. Ex-Mil Friends for the win! ^^
There's sooooo many more things I want to get into with the changing of the seasons! Hopefully someone would like to join me out there!
Lol I love how this thread is about NON-nerdy activities and yet more than 80% of the stuff I'm reading is something I consider to be nerdy. XD
Since it's winter, I'll start off by mentioning the obvious: Snowboarding.
I play guitar, bass and drums, and I write my own heavy/progressive metal compositions.
I enjoy doing "backyard" mechanics, fixing/repairing/rebuilding things like lawnmowers, chainsaws, cars, dirtbikes, you name it.
During the summer, I like to go hiking up in the mountains here in Chilliwack (Mt. Cheam is one of my favorites.) I used to rip-around all the time on my Honda ATC 200X but now it needs new tires and those baddies are expensive.
And target-shooting with my Savage 111 (.30-06 cal).
1st pic: That's me on the right in the pic. =P (My best friend, Mike, on the left)
2nd pic: One of my projects, a 1981 Honda CR250 dirtbike. Needs new bearings and a bearing-case ._.
3rd pic: My lovely little Honda ATC 200X three-wheeler. Muffler is rusted out and it sounds like a damn Harley, but that thing will tear-up track like a banshee.
: EmoFox January 17, 2011, 02:09:50 -07:00
Whereas, my personal experience has taught me, that the general equestrian populace does not take kindly to a computer nerd/artist/band-geek/gamer. I am the bane of their existance, it would seem. Seriously, all the equestrians I knew growing up, and have worked for in the past, are very prude-ish and snobby, and not into most/any of the afore mentioned things. So that was my best example.
Horse people are strange and everything/everyone who doesnt fit into the rich snobby little bubble is bad. If your horse isnt their IDEAL then your weird.
I show at all levels and have shown all levels since I was little. And have done just about every discipline there is. In several different breeds. I dont fit into any niche. My horses are my friends and thats how they are treated. My one pony Skipper has issues and thats how he came to be mine. We are best friends.
We have had numberous run ins with people at different shows because we didnt FIT in. Or our horses didnt FIT in or behave as exspected. Ive gotten to the point where I dont care. I have the horses for me not for anyone else. And if they dont like it toooo bad sooooo sad. Im happy and love my horses.
Sam our little man got extremely sick and we nearly lost him a dozen times before the vet finally figured that he was on the mend. After 2 and a half years of not doing anything other than being a horse and breeding some mares I harnessed him up. Hooked him to the cart and drove down the road giving cart rides to two fellow furs. With no issues other than his one traditional WOOT Buck. And then he tried to minick what one of the furs was doing. If she picked her feet up high he would too if she sped up he would if she stopped he would too. Was really funny.
All our guys have personality and I wouldnt change them for the world. (Would change some of the things some of them DOOO but.....*SHRUGS* they are individuals.)
Dont worry about fitting in. The equestrian world is not always the best one to try and fit into anyway. Let the horses be the insparation not the people. And dont let the people detract from the purity and love of the horse.
longboarding?
Actually, I learned how to ride a horse when I was younger, too - took riding lessons for quite a while. The people where I went seemed pretty friendly and didn't seem to have sticks up their asses, but I was taking them in Langley and not, say, Southlands. :)
Acco's into longboarding too, Ethan. Never checked it out myself.
hmm, well i don't think i have a non nerdy hobby but I do dabble in 3D graphics design. other than that the closest thing i have to a hobby is my small collection of crystals.
3D graphics is a technically nerdy hobby, one we share, Snazzy. Then again, in my case, it's a profession.
: SilverRose January 17, 2011, 09:38:34 -07:00
All our guys have personality and I wouldnt change them for the world. (Would change some of the things some of them DOOO but.....*SHRUGS* they are individuals.)
Dont worry about fitting in. The equestrian world is not always the best one to try and fit into anyway. Let the horses be the insparation not the people. And dont let the people detract from the purity and love of the horse.
I like you, XD
I grew up in a very non-traditional equestrian household. My mom trained racehorses when she was my age, and has always been the odd-one-out at horsey events. She does it for the love of horses. When we had our barn, most of the horses were outside all the time. The only times I've ever really had to muck stalls before trying to work for barns in the vancouver are, was when one of the horses, or the cow, gave birth. And then we'd have to completely strip the entire stall, and all three feet of sawdust, @_@ so when I started working mucking stalls down here.. I was pretty slow, haha. They did not like that.
But I've also proven that I'm better around horses than most of them, so I'm terribly worried about their opinions of me, ;)
Im a writer if you don't consider that nerdy, i also: rebuild broken electronics in my dads workshop, practice kenjutsu, Hike, draw landscape art, play piano / guitar, sing rock and metal (lookin for a band).
i am a huge nerd though, im into: YuGiOh, voice acting for web animations, online FPS, anime, i read LOTR, i watch startrek, JRPGs, i do flash animation (not into the 3d).
What's Kenjutsu?
: EmoFox January 17, 2011, 02:09:50 -07:00
@Kouta nope, sorry, but guitar falls under "band-geek" which is geeky, :b
Games, music, that sort of thing. Pretty much all the stuff they've got mentioned on the boards are things that I generally consider nerdy or geeky, because all the people I know who do those things are nerds/geeks. Well... All the people I know who do them WELL anyway, :p
Whereas, my personal experience has taught me, that the general equestrian populace does not take kindly to a computer nerd/artist/band-geek/gamer. I am the bane of their existance, it would seem. Seriously, all the equestrians I knew growing up, and have worked for in the past, are very prude-ish and snobby, and not into most/any of the afore mentioned things. So that was my best example.
I thought band geeks were those who play like trombone and are in like concert bands. Im in a rock/metal band is that really geeky?? alexisonfire geeky ??? metallica geeky ??? black sabbath?? .... geeky?! O.o
pssh, Metallica, black sabbath, alexisonfire are all uber geeky, c'mon everyone know that! :vik:
: Renwaldo January 17, 2011, 02:32:53 -07:00
What's Kenjutsu?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenjutsu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenjutsu)
Oh. :)
: Hadlock January 17, 2011, 08:03:48 -07:00
pssh, Metallica, black sabbath, alexisonfire are all uber geeky, c'mon everyone know that! :vik:
hey, watch it buddy i like al thoes bands and im nowhere near nerdy
: ethan January 21, 2011, 11:44:07 -07:00
: Hadlock January 17, 2011, 08:03:48 -07:00
pssh, Metallica, black sabbath, alexisonfire are all uber geeky, c'mon everyone know that! :vik:
hey, watch it buddy i like al thoes bands and im nowhere near nerdy
Riiiiiiight, suuuuuuuuuurrrre, i get it. ;o
: Lt ReiStark January 22, 2011, 12:02:39 -07:00
: ethan January 21, 2011, 11:44:07 -07:00
: Hadlock January 17, 2011, 08:03:48 -07:00
pssh, Metallica, black sabbath, alexisonfire are all uber geeky, c'mon everyone know that! :vik:
hey, watch it buddy i like al thoes bands and im nowhere near nerdy
Riiiiiiight, suuuuuuuuuurrrre, i get it. ;o
say what you want they were pioneers of metal specially sabbath guys like randy rhoads are one of a kind your not gonna see another guitarist quite like him (shoulda said this earlier but im excluding alexisonfire they suck dick)
just listening to them doesn't make you nerdy. but being able to play their music most definitely does.
Since how nerdy something is can easily be measured by how much you are into it, then EVERYTHING can be nerdy. :roll: Thus, this thread is moot.
BTW, being able to play a band's music is not nerdy, in fact, far from it. Being able to build and fix your own instruments is.
depends on one's definition of nerdy. But I've never met someone who could read, transcribe, and play music, who wasn't a nerd/geek.
: EmoFox January 22, 2011, 12:00:48 -07:00
depends on one's definition of nerdy. But I've never met someone who could read, transcribe, and play music, who wasn't a nerd/geek.
one of my room mates can do all that, but he isn't a nerd/geek. he's a stoner, lol.
Cooking... Sort of.
I'm not very good, but i'm taking some classes, so by the time i get a boyfriend, i can cook for him... i hope. :l
I'm into embroidery
(http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab17/Candoia/Stitching/abmo.png)
(http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab17/Candoia/Stitching/mofo.png)
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab17/Candoia/Stitching/ohmurr.png (http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab17/Candoia/Stitching/ohmurr.png)
I design & make these for friends.
Also big into comic books. And snakes. And cleaning the kitchen, since that does legitimately take up a lot of my time.
^ Emboridary looks like a cool textile hobby to get into.
I'm into electronic music producing and computer/electronic stuff. I like to make pinback buttons XD
(http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac295/roffokun/DSCF2019.jpg)
Those are my older buttons.
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- mountain biking.
- snowboarding.
- tinkering with/driving cars
- hanging out with the animals (last count 2 rabbits (down from 4 this year), 6 cats, 1 dog, and 3 horses (can ride a little bit)
- drawing...kind of...is that nerdy? ohwell http://heartsend.deviantart.com/ (http://heartsend.deviantart.com/)
- skateboarding when the mood strikes