Uncommon activities you like to do

[mvd]

Mine:

making lists (not just busywork lists like shopping lists) - you can tell by my crush list and favorite music artist list. I think I'm going to give up on creating topics for my music artist lists, because I can't get large participation. But I'll have it ready for when the opportunity comes up. I also usually post my crush list only when the opportunity comes up. I have more lists in the making.

following the weather (not just when I have plans)

keeping up on computer security products (they've become a hobby)

creating polls

[mr_hat]

1. I like to grow penises on Russian boys arms when I'm bored.

[Cursive_Knives512]

2. Lists!

I like making lists too! It's so much fun- I'm not sure why.

[teach1st]

5. Why make lists?

1) Organizes thoughts
2) Those numbers to the left are very satisfying
3) Beats writing on your hand
4) A feeling that you did something

[mvd]

12. Plus, they get you more involved in something..

you're interested in. I even make lists of the music I'm going to listen to next.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

3. Visit very old graveyards and take pics

I love using my pinhole camera and try to get a mood.
My friends think I'm morbid or crazy. I'm neither. I just see a beauty in it.

[Kathleen04]

4. I like to record my favorite TV shows on DVD..

and then make labels for the DVDs and write down in a notebook what is on the DVDs.. :)

I haven't been keeping up with it enough though so now I have a bunch of DVDs that I have to figure out what is on them...

[gyopsy]

7. I've done this...

only mine are on a bunch of VHS tapes. I've got like 30 tapes in all. It's a hassle though and it takes a little too much time bk I don't like them to have commercials and so I have to be there to stop and start the tape at the right times in order for it to work out.

[Kathleen04]

9. I've done it with VHS too

I have a whole mess of VHS tapes..but they take up alot of space.

Also like you mentioned w/ editing out the commericals; w/ VHS there's always a lag from when you press record to when the tape actually starts rolling..but w/ the DVD recorder it starts/stops instantly. Also you can 'pause recording'..so it keeps your recording in one block segment sans commercials. And if you mess up and accidently record a bunch of commericals..you can take them out. :)

[gyopsy]

10. I'm saving for a DVD burner

I hope to have one up and running by 2006 or so. It'll be a great boost for my hobby!

[teach1st]

6. I follow the weather and surf conditions...

..I haven't surfed in a while, but I do like to know how the waves are each day around the world.

I used to have a paradox collection, too, but I lost it.

[Streetdoc270]

8. Play Warhammer 40K

[TheMightyFavog]

11. Smoking a pipe..

It's becoming a lost art.

Nothing can beat a pipe full of good tobacco.

[DarkPhenyx]

13. Eating sushi...

...while naked hanging upside down by my ankles.

[gyopsy]

14. Eating sushi is perfectly normal

The other stuff is another story altogether. :)

[DarkPhenyx]

18. The reality is that I'm pretty boring.

I can't think of anything truly unusual that I do even occassionally, let alone regularly.

[mvd]

15. Another thing..

at least for a male - a lot of men watch soap operas, but it's still not common. I have quite a few of my crushes from soaps. No, I'm not giving my lists out this time - many posters probably know them by heart by now. :-) Hopefully, I've given people names to check out if they hadn't already.

My work doesn't require a whole lot of hours, either, so I have time for these things.

[ben_thayer]

16. Metal detecting for old coins and artifacts

I've got a couple hundred coins dating as far back as 1826, and lots of 19th century relics including military uniform buttons from the Civil War and earlier.
It's a kick...

[SarahB]

17. I like to refinish furniture & other somewhat artsy household endeavors.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. Uncommon? Well, I like quiet. I like to read

I like to think... I guess that is most uncommon for an American.

[Toby109]

20. Putting things on top of other things.