Bullet list of hobbies.

Below is a quick bullet list of my hobbies. Some I'm doing currently, others I've not done in a long time, but hope to do again, and a few I hope to do some day (such as get pilot's license to fly a lot). ;-)

List of hobbies.

Martial Arts:

Kungfu (current though intermittent. first started in '74. been on and off over the years. now on 4th style)
Aikido (been a while, first started in '74. intermittent over the years. last class in '01)
Karate ('06)
T'ai Chi (integrated with Kungfu sometimes)
Meditation (intermittently)

Visual Arts:

Photography (intermittent. I don't know if I'm going to get the darkroom setup after all)
- Black & White / Archival (intermittently. have not done since not had dark room, have all the equipment, but need to either finish setting up darkroom or give it up with the hassle of chemistry and paper acquisition an issue now. last used around '01)
- outdoors/wildlife/landscape (intermittently)
- fashion/commercial/catalog/promotional (last did professionally in '01)
Computer Graphics (intermittent)
Computer Animation (been a while)

Music:

Composition (been a while, desperately want to take a few days and crank out a few pieces I have in my head and lay down some tracks).

Listening & Broadcasting (stopped broadcasting Summer 2007)

Performing (generally just coffee shops, choir, or broadcasts or recordings)

Guitar (play every day, but haven't performed since Fall '07)
Bass (play intermittently, also not performed since Fall '07)
Keyboard (never performed, but play intermittently)
Native American Wood Flute (play semi-regularly, not performed since Fall '07)
Harmonica (rarely performed, play occasionally, usually as part of multi-track recordings)
Drums:

Standard “rock & blues” drums (every now and then, never performed)
African Djembe Drum (intermittently, last performed Spring '07)

Vocals (intermittently, not performed since Fall '07)
Electronic/computer-generated (intermittent)
Ambient & Experimental (intermittent)

Broadcasting:

News & Commentary (stopped in Summer '07, considering podcasting again sometimes with co-host)
Technology Discussion (ditto)
Disc Jockeying (music) (stopped in Summer '07)
Interviews (stopped in Summer '07)
Live performances (self, and others) (stopped in Summer '07)

Role playing gaming:

Game Mastering (Gming) (intermittently, sometimes months in between)
Playing (about once every month or two)
Creating (rules systems, modules, adventures, maps, etc.) (intermittent)
Modifying/converting game systems (intermittent)
Creating and running gaming conventions (annually, each July, coming up on 4th year)
Most interested in Middle-earth based settings, but enjoy others

Sports & Outdoors activities:

Basketball (intermittent, not played teams since winter '06)
Hiking (whenever I can, usually the Summer, but not limited to seasons)
Camping (whenever I can, been since August '06)
Fishing (ditto)
Mountain Biking (rarely)
Boating/Sailing (been a long time, but used to do a lot, would love to do again)
Canoing (not since August '06, but bought two canoes this year, so will be doing a lot this year!).
Rock Climbing (sporadically, last did Summer '07)
Ropes/challenge courses high and low (intermittent, last did in Spring '06)
Rappelling (been a long time, but would love to do again. last done in '84 or so)
Spelunking (exploring caves) (been a long time, but love doing. Last did in '86 or so).
Swimming (seasonal, pools and rivers and lakes)
Aqua aerobics (enjoy, used to do 2-3 times a week. last did in '07).
Walking (try to do daily, usually more like 1-5 times a week)
Jogging (minimally) (been about two years since last jogged regularly)
Skateboarding (usually only to help my kids learn. yes, I have my own skateboard, and can still do 180's and 360's and a "tic tac". last did a few weeks ago).
Hacky Sack (here and there, mostly only enjoy with others, and seems no one does it anymore. ;-) ).
Volleyball (when there's a game on, love this sport, been a long time though, last played '07).
Soccer (rarely, usually just with my kids now).
White Water Rafting (been a looong time, but absolutely loved it, and plan to do more. last did serious white water at Green River Skull Rapids back in '04 or so).
Snow skiing (been a long time, and now considering getting snow boarding gear, want to teach my kids both, last skiied in '89 or so).

Travel:

Video (last performed in '91)
Audio/Voice-overs (see "broadcasting. last performed in Summer '07)

Acting: Theater (love this, totally natural for me, wish I could do more. last perfomed in '02).
Theatrical Styles:

Languages:

Spanish (3 years from '83 to '86)
Russian ('86 to '87, and in '93)
Japanese ('92 to '93)
Mandarin ('94, briefly '07, will be starting a year of classes in Fall '08)
Cantonese ('94)
Finnish ('95)
ASL (American Sign Language) ('06 to '08 and continuing)

Computer Programming (Langauges):

BASIC/QBASIC/GWBASIC/VBASIC (utility language. used from '81 through '01 on and over the years)
Pascal ('84 to '86)
C ('89, then '96, then intermittently since. last used in '04)
C++ ('96 to '00)
Assembly/Assembler ('96 to '98)
Perl (the utility language. '96 to '02, still comes up once in a great while).
PHP (blech) ('00 to '04. I hope this language dies off some day, but as long as there are sloppy programmers around..... :-( ).
Fortran (ouch!) (nothing wrong with the language, just had a rough assignment with it. last used in '97)
Java (intermittent and currently)
Python (early stages currently and intermittently)

Reading voraciously

Writting occasionally (poems, lyrics, memoirs, modules, essays, reviews, etc.).

Cooking, many cultures and styles of food. If I were to become a cook/chef for a living, I would want to be a saucier (master of sauces), it is what turns a "nice" dish, into "a taste of heaven". ;-)

List of hobbies.

Martial Arts:

Visual Arts:

Music:

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