Extracurricular Activities -- okay flist, what do YOU do for fun and games?

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So, was talking to sanginmychains about knitting today. And yesterday. And over the last month. Slowly but surely, she is somehow tickling my curiosity enough to give it a try. I think. She's even found me a good knitting store... oy oy oy! (And, I agreed to check it out during lunchtime this week!! oy oy oy!)

This is the darn thing that started it all, when I got it in the mail:

Isn't it gorgeous? You know you think it is. I do. I have it sitting in a clear baggie next to my monitor so I can pet and admire it.  But really, this isn't what it was meant to do with its life.  

This has got me to thinking.  I have not indulged in a hobby in a long, long time. I used to do all sorts of things creative--from painting to drawing to gardening and even cross-stitch.  I loved it all, but...I don't do any of it anymore.  Sure it is a lack of time but also, there is always so much to do I don't take time for pure creativity  (see previous post's whine).  Oh and I am not talking about writing, which I am making time for (not enough, but working on it, and today I was really good about writing, and also getting some crit work done woo) and reading.  I am, actually, about to finish reading a book I started only Monday. Whoa.  

But, I'd like to open my mind to the possibility of something else.  And yes there is knitting, but that is a rather solo endeavor, which may just work out.  I'm curious though what my flisters like to do with their free time.

So! Flisters!  Do tell me!  What do YOU guys do for fun? Outside of lj, outside of work, outside of school, outside of writing.  What creative world do you dive in? I'd love to know.  Who knows, you may inspire me like Sang has.  You never know....

C
 

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If you have a cool family--mine is so boringly small, and my grandfather on my dad's side was an orphan, never adopted, heritage unknown. My sister's done some research but didn't get as far as she'd hoped.

At least we now know what the Scottish side of the family's tartan looked like--and it too was rather boring! LOL.

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My family is (was) also as small though.. my parents were both of two-child families. We thought that's all there was.. but omg once you make some breakthroughs, suddenly there are hundreds of relatives. It was really quite amazing.

The other thing about it is that every few months there are new records available and stuff.. so things i've found in the last year, I would never have found the year before (and didn't as it so happens..) So i'd advise keep trying every so often!

(oh and 'heritage unknown' is great, it gives you a mystery to really sink your teeth into!!)

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I do love mysteries...and history. I know there are all sorts of cool things on the internet now to help.

A friend of mine learned that the distant relative who had died by falling into a pig sty and trampled to death was actually pregnant when it happened. She speculates there was a reason that poor girl stumbled into a place she didn't have a habit of going to often. Hmmm!!! Esp. since it was an uncle who got her pregnant... Pretty tragic, and fascinating.

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Well I found one of my relatives died by falling down a well (head first.. they specified). And another probably committed suicide-by-train in the 30s. Another was a member of a smugglers gang in england and got sent here instead of hanging. And I was *sure* my family was too small to have anything interesting happen!