The Brighter Side of things

[jaded_sapphire]

I know that lately there has been allot of talk on how gamers as a whole fit into stereo types that some people believe leads to 40 year old virgins, people lacking social skills and leading a life where finding a partner is hard. I think that the one thing that has not really been said lately is that all gamers sit at home in their mom’s basement eating pork rinds and drinking mountain dew as they engross them self in wow or some other mmo. I could be wrong but there have certainly been a lot of negative threads lately.

So while sitting here thinking of things that could bring some of the positive back into NT i thought of a few things that I could do that might help stop some of the fighting that we have been having for a while now. Here is one of the things that I came up with for the OT.

As a gamer it is expected of me to have very few talents and interests that lay outside of the realm of games but as everyone on here knows that is an unjust statement made by others that thinks gamers are those kids with big black plastic glasses with tape that held them together in the center and ink stains on the front of their shirts where their pocket protector got a hole in it from over use. Oh how I miss the good old D&D days Gamers as a group have had a bad reputation for little to no reason at all. We all know that this is not true... Well most of us at least. So go on, its time to brag a little about non game stuff that you love and may or may not be good at.

I will leave my response to my own question for a later post…

[nutta27]

I'm not sure I would say i'm good at these things. In fact I think my reply will be what other things I enjoy that have fuck all to do with gaming. That is mainly football (soccer) I used to play allot but lately because of work it has mainly been watching it. Going to see my local team every Saturday at my local town and recently at Wembley watching them lift the Johnston's paint trophy. That day was magical. One of the best experiences of my life and I will never forget it.

[tallchick]

Everything about art, and design. My guilty pleasure in this is actually fashion. I have a weakness for a well-tailored dress.

I'm a passably good painter. But it's been ages since I did it. I've really gotta get into that again.

I also really enjoy writing songs and poetry but I haven't the courage to sing them or perform them; mainly because I feel I have no talent and it'd just be stupid. In other words, hugely self-conscious about it :P I feel like I'm in my infancy of learning when it comes to lyricism. But I have a decent voice... I just wish it was a voice more suited to punk and rock than the soft crooning melodies of the 40s and 50s which I will sing to myself from time to time.

This old jazz standard is a favourite: Love Me or Leave Me


Here's another: Stormy Weather


Speaking of singing, I taught myself Bizet's Carmen..... but I suck at it.
Speaking of music: I used to be able to play the saxophone. I taught myself how to play guitar poorly... enough to sing along to. And piano I can play by ear. To a degree. I can't sing and play piano though. Besides, I'm not great at that either. Doc's miles beyond anything I could touch.

I also love reading.... though my pace is not voracious.... it takes me months sometimes to finish a book because I will read in 20-minutes-before-bed snippets. That's part of why the whole Books for Noobs thing died. I simply have no time and don't read through things that quick.

As I've said before a lot of my time right now is wrapped up in college homework. I'm doing the insanity of going back to college and discovering my inner gearhead by attempting to become an electrician. It's intimidating as fuck.... I'm pushing 90s, but some days I have no idea how the hell I managed it. Electricity is fascinating and mysterious.... and well. The future. Let's face it. Everything needs electricity. Hellooooo bionics. Hellooooooooo alternate energy. I can't wait to be on that forefront. Now if only I could wrap my brain around DC rectifiers/filters :P If you're thinking about being an electrician MAKE DAMN SURE you're good at math first, is all I have to say.

Speaking of homework, I gotta go.
*runs off madly in 80 different directions*

[jaded_sapphire]

I can not believe I forgot about my own thread... To many other things going on I guess.
Anyways...
There are a few things that I love to do other than games. Reading is one of them. I don't like to get rid of the books that I buy because I like to go back and read them several times just for the hell of it. Right now I am a little down because of of my book shelf broke so I either need to get a new one (and I don't have the money for that) keep them in the laundry hampers they have been in for about a month now and keep tripping over them or I need to figure out what books I am willing to part with... There is about 80-100 books that would need to go.

Another passion... Singing. I suck ass at it, but I honestly don't care.When I go to do karaoke its about having fun. Who cares if I suck? I don't and neither should anyone else?

Writting is the last real passion that I have. I write a poem or two here and there. I write a few short stories and I have written several very long storys that were more than 500 pages. The odd thing about my write is though is most of the time when I am done with it I read it once more to make sure that all the errors are gone and then I get rid of it. Don't know why I do but I do.

[whatthefbomb]

Glad you all have things you enjoy. Must be nice. I find it hard to enjoy life in any fashion anymore.

EDIT: Why is this noobie-worthy?

[Zanmatsuken]

I also love to read. While my book collection is small, I look rereading some of them. Likewise, other books are the worst garbage I have laid my hands on( P.S. Never ever read Passion Play by Beth Bernobich, dear god I wish I could forget that piece of shit), but I can't seem to get rid of them. I am a book hoarder.
Connected to the reading, I would also say I have a fairly vast imagination but I have no talent to express. I cannot write to save my lief, my art is terrible and my storytelling would be going in thousands of directions at any given point. So I suppose seeing events unfold in my head will suffice.

[jaded_sapphire]

I am a book hoarder.

I know it sucks. I don't want to get rid of my books. I think I might keep them around for another month or two and see if I can get a book shelf by then. I managed to give away about two dozen and that was hard enough don't know if I can get rid of two whole laundry hampers worth of books.

[Zanmatsuken]

My local library was having a book sale. Every book for $1 USD. I spent about 85 bucks in two days and they are still sitting in cardboard boxes(covered of course to prevent dust buildup) because I don't even know a bookshelf.

[puff]

I'm pretty good at basketball and am pretty tall. I can shoot and pass efficiently but I'm too lazy and not super athletic so I don't really have speed or anything beyond basic ball-handling skills. I am a decent football player too I guess...not much else talent-wise
I love sci-fi. Cowboy Bebop is my shit, I just started Firefly and that's awesome if somewhat, *ahem* "inspired" by Bebop. Akira and Blade Runner are my two favorite movies of all time. Aaaaaaaaand that's all I can think of for now.

[jaded_sapphire]

@ Zan

After I left my ex husband 4 years ago I have bought every book that has seemed somewhat interesting that I could get at a yard sale for $0.25 or less. This includes books from clan of the cave bear to the mode series by peirs anthony. Plus a few stargate books, lots of forgotten realms. There are so many. I am proud to say that not a single book of mine is a romance.

After the bookshelf broke I moved the books that were most important into the linen closet (had to get rid of some sheets and blankets to make room) and that is full as well as a nick nack shelf in my living room (my hard backs are there with my jordan and terry brooks sets) and I still have 2 laundry hampers full of books with no where to put them. (believe it or not I am not this is true-not making it up)

TBH- I think I need to talk to a counselor about my book hording issue because I even considered getting rid of some dishes so that all of them would fit in the dish washer to make more room for my books.

On the brighter side of things- There is only about a dozen that I have not read yet. I really hope that one of my other book shelf doesn't break other wise im in deep shit.