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Hoddle is a god
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We all have them.
Football, for example, is the obvious one that has brought us all together, to this place and time. Okay, for some it's more of a blind obsession - a job, even - but for most of us, it's a hobby, to be enjoyed (and sometimes endured) as part of a healthy, balanced life.
But is football your only hobby? Is it even your principle hobby? Or is there something else that tops it?
For me - and this may sound like something of a confession - football isn't quite the hobby that it used to be in former times. For example, I no longer hold a season ticket (as I once did, over several seasons), and the fact is that I get very little opportunity to attend professional games, these days. That doesn't make me any less of a fan - I have been supporting Spurs for as long as I can remember - but it does indicate that football isn't really that important in my life.
I have a lot of interests, but if I was to choose the three that most preoccupy my time, in order of priority, they would be as follows:-
my rock band - I play lead guitar
photography
card magic
I've been interested in music since my pre-teens, and I first picked up an electric guitar when I was 14 years old, and haven't put it down, since. The band has been gigging on a semi-pro basis for around 6 years, we've played several festivals, and have even had our stuff played on local radio.
I got in to photography at around 16 years old. My first camera was an Olympus OM1n. I can develop my own film, but predominantly use digital media these days. I have never had an exhibition of my work, but I am the resident photographer for an online magazine.
I have been an amateur magician since I was a kid. There used to be a magic club in Shoreditch when I was a kid, that used to meet every third Thursday in the month, and which my mother used to take me to. I remember that we used to take the No. 123 bus, off Lordship Lane. Recently, I've got back into card magic, having forgotten the buzz it used to give me.
I've Noticed that there is a tendency, among some people on this forum (not necessarily this board) to sneer at folk who express an interest in things other than football, or even to cast doubt that people engage in these things. Why is that? Is it so very hard to believe that posters have interests other than posting crap on an internet forum?
What hobbies do you lads have? How important are they to the quality of your life?
Is posting on this forum viewed by you as a hobby?
Don't feel obliged to give us your life history, if you don't want to. Nor am I going to invite you to hug a tree with me; but I thought it might be interesting to find out what you lads really like to do away from the world of football.
Football, for example, is the obvious one that has brought us all together, to this place and time. Okay, for some it's more of a blind obsession - a job, even - but for most of us, it's a hobby, to be enjoyed (and sometimes endured) as part of a healthy, balanced life.
But is football your only hobby? Is it even your principle hobby? Or is there something else that tops it?
For me - and this may sound like something of a confession - football isn't quite the hobby that it used to be in former times. For example, I no longer hold a season ticket (as I once did, over several seasons), and the fact is that I get very little opportunity to attend professional games, these days. That doesn't make me any less of a fan - I have been supporting Spurs for as long as I can remember - but it does indicate that football isn't really that important in my life.
I have a lot of interests, but if I was to choose the three that most preoccupy my time, in order of priority, they would be as follows:-
my rock band - I play lead guitar
photography
card magic
I've been interested in music since my pre-teens, and I first picked up an electric guitar when I was 14 years old, and haven't put it down, since. The band has been gigging on a semi-pro basis for around 6 years, we've played several festivals, and have even had our stuff played on local radio.
I got in to photography at around 16 years old. My first camera was an Olympus OM1n. I can develop my own film, but predominantly use digital media these days. I have never had an exhibition of my work, but I am the resident photographer for an online magazine.
I have been an amateur magician since I was a kid. There used to be a magic club in Shoreditch when I was a kid, that used to meet every third Thursday in the month, and which my mother used to take me to. I remember that we used to take the No. 123 bus, off Lordship Lane. Recently, I've got back into card magic, having forgotten the buzz it used to give me.
I've Noticed that there is a tendency, among some people on this forum (not necessarily this board) to sneer at folk who express an interest in things other than football, or even to cast doubt that people engage in these things. Why is that? Is it so very hard to believe that posters have interests other than posting crap on an internet forum?
What hobbies do you lads have? How important are they to the quality of your life?
Is posting on this forum viewed by you as a hobby?
Don't feel obliged to give us your life history, if you don't want to. Nor am I going to invite you to hug a tree with me; but I thought it might be interesting to find out what you lads really like to do away from the world of football.
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