The thing about hobbies is that I absolutely love them. I'm like one of those people in your life that always has a flavor of the week and claims that it's their life calling. I love falling in love with some random activity and pledging that I will devote my free time to it obsessively. At least until something else seems more fun. And something better usually comes along within about a week. That combined with my unique combination of fickleness and biting off more than I can chew means that most of my hobbies end with me screaming "I can do it all" and then actually not doing anything. So, unfortunately my hobby graveyard is at capacity. Here are just a few of my many failed hobbies:
1. Juggling--I have a long history with juggling. It's in my blood. My father was so good at juggling that he actually taught classes. Unfortunately I did not inherit his abilities. I tried to learn juggling no less than 5 times. I probably try it out once a year for a few months. I always delude myself into thinking it will be different, and it always ends with dejection and probably some sort of sprained body part. In fact, my own father tried for months to teach me. Typically a mild-mannered and extremely patient man, he ultimately claimed in a fit that I was "the only person [he] had failed to teach how to juggle." A sad state of affairs.
2. Online Surveys--This was a weird one. For about two years I was obsessed with taking online surveys in basically every moment of free time, at work, at home, late into the night, taking millions of online surveys. I think it combined two of my favorite things in the whole world, which are giving my opinion about everything and anything, and making very small amounts of money for a lot of work. I think the height of this obsession was when I was traveling through Europe and I would use all my allotted time on the hostel computers to fill out online surveys, rather than, I don't know, keeping in touch with my friends and family?
3. Bridge--I played bridge competitively for about 4 years. My reasonable goal? To be the top female bridge player in the country! Well...sadly, I haven't played bridge in like a year. This is a hobby I actually sort of miss.
4. Electronic Literature--Another strange one. Electronic literature is basically just any type of literature that uses electronics or technology as a medium or major theme. When I learned about this genre, I thought it was my life's calling. My love for this style of writing culminated in this choose-your-own-adventure online tome that I completed in one night for a class final. It's called The Ghost in the Machine. It starts off great, but VERY quickly turns insane and nonsensical. I still have a soft spot for this style of writing though and I need more creativity in my life so I will never regret this strange detour in my writing career.
5. Sadly, blogging--I have had several, several short-lived blogs about a variety of topics that I considered myself an expert on: adventure, money management, being a teenager (my livejournal when I was in high school, which I will still stand by as being completely great), writing (possibly the shortest-lived blog of all time), oh and of course electronic literature. But of course, this blog will be different, right?
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