Please no doomer responses.
I’ve been playing my guitar a fair bit. Relearning the solo dem another brick in the wall pt 2 because I never learned it right whe I was in high school and really wanna get that 5 fret bend down right. Havent learned a solo in a while, pretty easy reintro to solos.
Been getting my old anet 8 3d printer working again for a project for my girlfriend. Pretty fun iterativeprocess.
Also fucking around with retro games on an old pi I had sitting around. Contra hard corps is hella fun.
So what do you like doing? What have you been having fun with? What do you like?
I bought a shit ton of RAM and installed LLM onnmy computer. Now I torture it with questions “What happens if USS Enterprise mets Warhammer 40k”
I realized I was manually maintaining too many packages in the AUR, so I built an autoupdate pipe. Decided to read the Shangri-La Frontier ranobe because the manga is at a pretty interesting point right now. But I got disappointed quite quickly. Was building another censorship bypass so that I could watch YouTube and use Telegram. Ordered a broken Mix Fold 4 from a local flea market to debug a LineageOS build before installing it on my main device. Can’t wait. I think it’s going to be the best weekend.
I’ve started making a new game. Yes I know I have 3 unfinished games in the works. Yes I know that AI slop is drowning the indie game market. Yes I know there’s a very good chance that nobody in the world will ever play my game but me. Yet, I persist. This one’s going to be fun.
Starting projects is a valid hobby imo
Ao3 is down so my usual option of reading niche fanfiction is suspended. Either I am dancing/hyperactively pacing to 2010s Childhood fandoms playlists or trying to write random thoughts in Latin (with effort). I sometimes watch the stuff in my Watch Later but they keep on piling up…
Touring Japan. Just got back from Kusatsu after a 2 night stay at an onsen ryokan. Currently taking the bullet train from Little Edo to Tokyo Station because the insanely expensive JR Pass would go to waste if I didn’t go for an overkill ticket for a roughly 40 mile trip.
Got into Magic the Gathering (MtG) a few months ago because I have no other social hobbies lol. Surprisingly fun! Not the cheapest hobby… but good way to spend disposable income I guess. Had I known I’d enjoy it (should have figured from my Slay the Spire game hours…) I should have gotten into it quite a bit earlier, cards used to be cheaper back then. There’s a local game store which has weekly events so there’s that
Recently there was a new set (Star Trek) where I played the prerelease, and there was a guy at the prerelease who is a massive Trekkie and wanted to collect highly thematic cards (which I traded quite a few with him), so I was happy
Wildlife photography; lizards and birds mostly.
Check my profile for the ones I’ve been happy to post so far.
Noice!
I listened to a fantastic audiobook this week, I’m one book away from reaching my goal of 50 this year!! I hadn’t seriously taken up reading since high school so before this it was maybe like 2 books a year if lucky. I joined a book club and made new friends. That’s been great.
I’ve also been practicing video editing for the group I organize with so that we can up our social media game. That’s been a huge learning curve but very fun.
Same thing we do every day, Pinky, listen to music, have fun with the kids, snuggle hot wife, and try new coffee beans.
Preparing to run a puzzle hunt this weekend: https://g8.glyph.wtf/ (if you join, find me and let me know and say hi!)
Except I’ve not really been doing enough of that due to being away on holiday (in Australia) and at a wedding.
- Running might be my most fun and healthiest hobby recently.
- Really into running public and local servers but it’s sort of arrived at the stage where I don’t need to touch them much.
- Got into my PSVita, Gameboy, and iPod again. iPod is by far the best because it has a week of power so I can always have music. Also have been keeping a small camera on me as well. Diff vibe than phone photos and longer battery.
I’m with you on the running - just got back into it after a ten year hiatus (injury, then laziness).
It’s a bit disheartening to remember my last trail 50k run while I’m getting winded and sore from a casual road 5k, but I do still love it… and my distance increases have been pretty steady already, so here’s hoping.
Gazing longingly upon the new chest freezer and meal preping.
Also playing Heaven’s Vault.
Jiu-Jitsu! It’s rough, but tons of fun. Builds friendships really quickly too. Not for everyone but it’s a ton of fun for some of us.
Playing piano. I started learning almost 4 years ago and have a chance to play Scott Joplin’s Bethena on a grand piano next week if I can get it ready in time.
It’s a little rough right now but I’m having a blast practicing it so I’m happy either way. I haven’t been challenged in a way I enjoy like this in a long time.
One of my only regrets is not learning piano when I was young.
Barbecue. I got a lightly used offset smoker/ grill that wasn’t working right. The install on the firebox was wrong and it took all of fifteen minutes to fix. The pit works great now.
I’ve made baby back ribs and chicken tenderloins on it a couple of times now. It takes five or six hours to do the ribs but it’s a good reason to be outside since I have to tend the fire, plus it gives me time to read.
The chicken to a while to figure out how to do properly but the ribs have been amazing every time. I use a dry rub or salt, pepper, and garlic. They’re great with barbecue sauce, but they don’t need it.
