What do you like to do with your time?
Any creative activities?

I quite like to write but I haven't for a while due to lack of inspiration, I also like the idea of sewing but I'm really no good at it.

Alt: what do you wish you could do?
I'd like to be able to sketch proper drawings and play the violin.
And make pretty pretty dresses.
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 15:39, 116 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I write a bit.
I sew to repair or alter clothes only.
I spend most my time alone reading, watching films or playing computer games.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 15:44, Reply)

Wish I was physically fit again. (I'm not ill - just old. That would be a good Zimmer frame sticker)
And could really play the sax.
Or cook to make other cooks jealous.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 7 May 2010, 15:45, Reply)

I used to be shit at sewing
I barely passed my Textiles GCSE, but now I can sew pretty well. It's not that hard really, the patterns you can buy make it all pretty simple, so you should definitely give it another chance.

EDIT: I don't have any free time because it is filled with sewing, dancing and studying. But those are three things that I enjoy, so I guess you could say I do them in my spare time. I also like to eat. I'm a fat person trapped inside a thin person's body.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:00, Reply)

"so pretty well"

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:07, Reply)

oh my god that's really bad.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:07, Reply)

yeah so I edited it
stop looking at me.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:08, Reply)

*makes spaz face*

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:09, Reply)

*sulks*

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:12, Reply)

"sulky spaz face, sulky spaz face"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:21, Reply)

I'll tell on you.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:25, Reply)

hmm....well...I should definitely try to sew more, practice makes perfect, right?
but I've never seen many patterns I liked
I'd love to be able to make regency style dresses but my mong brain doesn't really work that way
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:16, Reply)

sew all your tops to trousers to make it easier to decide what to wear.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:18, Reply)

I don't have a problem deciding what to wear

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:20, Reply)

there's a simplicity pattern for a regency dress
www.sewessential.co.uk/category.asp?CategoryID=1583&NumPerPage=5&page=1

Simplicity patterns are really good for beginners.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:20, Reply)

Wouldn't it be easier to buy one ready made?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:22, Reply)

where can you do that then?
most of them are made from vile velvet *shudders*
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Easy buy a velvet one and simply shave it

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:25, Reply)

haha bleurgh

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:26, Reply)

my boyfriend is weird about velvet
luckily for him I can't sew with it, the bastard stuff always moves.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:26, Reply)

I think velvet is ugly.
I really don't know what my hangup is with it but I find it revolting.
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:28, Reply)

Wiggy hates touching it
he said it feels like spiders.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:28, Reply)

I have a pair of velvet trousers somewhere.
Lots of people want to touch you when you wear velvet.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:30, Reply)

haha this is true, my friend smacked some guy at a party that tried to touch her velvet trousers
why do you have velvet trousers, you massive gay?
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:33, Reply)

Where is crow with a bumder alert when you need one

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:34, Reply)

I wore them a bit at university
when I cared about peacocking to get chicks.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:35, Reply)

And you're still alive?

I guess you didn't go to Cardiff?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:40, Reply)

Reading...

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:47, Reply)

I knew this I think...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:52, Reply)

My collection of velvet coats are very tactile.
I used to have some velvet trousers but they *ahem* shrunk. Honest guv.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:34, Reply)

Fuckin historical furries

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:28, Reply)

they're well expensive.
plus one is supposed to enjoy the creative process!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:25, Reply)

Balls, I enjoying the paying and having something instantly process
MTV has ruined me
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:41, Reply)

Very little at the moment.
I really need to get back into drawing as I'm a dab hand with a pencil but haven't put one to paper for about six years.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:01, Reply)

a pencil my cock
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:05, Reply)

*blushes furiously*
*draws picture using white ink on black cartridge paper*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:19, Reply)

"Ink" you say?
;o)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:28, Reply)

I wish I could fly right up to the sky, but I can't.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:01, Reply)

I hate you.
But only if you're a duck.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Homophobe.
If a man is elbow deep in my Gary it is my business.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:17, Reply)

Hmm.
Is that what's to blame for your incontinence?
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:18, Reply)

That is more to do with the smack.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:21, Reply)

Jesus, how did this one slip under the radar?
BUMDER ALERT. BUMDER ALERT. EMERGENCY SITUATION INVOLVING A REAL-LIFE SUSPECTED BUMDER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM BEING DRILLED.

THERE IS SOME SUSPICION THAT THE BUMDER MAY BE IDENTIFIABLE BY A FELLOW BUMDER UP TO HIS ELBOW IN THE PRIMARY BUMDER'S BACK PASSAGE. BE VIGILANT FOR SUCH A SIGHT; AT ANY RATE IT SHOULD MAKE IT FAIRLY FUCKING OBVIOUS. IN CASE OF THE SECONDARY BUMDER HAVING BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PRIMARY, ALSO BE VIGILANT FOR ANY OTHER SIGNS OF BUMDERISH BEHAVIOUR, PARTICULARLY THE FEEL OF A THROBBING ERECT MANPENIS NEAR YOUR RINGPIECE.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:47, Reply)

this is going to get old fast

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:48, Reply)

Yup.
But until such time as it does...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:49, Reply)

Not to me it isn't...

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 17:05, Reply)

Bitch!
*runs crying from room, mascara streaming down face*
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:49, Reply)

Bass guitarist
In a band and everything. I like to wax creative and write bad blues songs, and then make the band play them. Haven't managed to finish a song for a little while now though - annoyingly I had a good tune floating around my head on the way into work this morning but the slippery little bugger's disappeared now.

Alt Q: I wish I could sing properly.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:07, Reply)

Sing your 'bumder rant'....

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:08, Reply)

YES!

( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:09, Reply)

That's supposed to be read in a Hatty Hayridge-esque monotone
It's an emergency announcement rather than a rant.

But since you asked...any preference on key?
"BUMDER ALERT,
BUMDER ALERT,
ALL BE FOREWARNED THERE'S A BUMDER IN HERE.
EMERGENCY,
EMERGENCY,
DROP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND COVER YOUR REAR...."
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:12, Reply)

I imagine a droney Sabbathesque bassline behind you...

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:15, Reply)

Ah, ok
I was envisioning myself crooning it to a tune not disimilar to "Edelweiss"...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:16, Reply)

OK start again....
One two three four....
Edit - or you could do it with a megaphone like Mark E Smith and The Fall.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Would it work to the tune of "Iron Man"?
"BUMDER HAS BEEN SEEN,
YOUR ARSE CHEEKS HE'LL GET BETWEEN.
WARNING CALL TO ALL,
PRESS YOUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL!

NOW THE TIME IS NEAR,
FOR THE BUMDER TO SPREAD FEAR,
VENGEANCE HE SHALL WREAK,
MERCILESSLY 'PON YOUR SEAT!"
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:21, Reply)

Fantastic.
That song has totally changed for me.
"I....am.....bumder....man Der..ner.der...ner.der....ner...ner...ner...neeer"
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:33, Reply)

You're wanted further up the thread, Crow old bean.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:39, Reply)

Thank you for your vigilance
*puts new batteries in megaphone*
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:44, Reply)

The Bumder alert
is fast becoming my favourite thing on the internet ever.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:21, Reply)

It's very fulfilling to know I'm good for something
*is fulfilled*
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:26, Reply)

You know how some things just hit a nerve and leave you quivering in helpless, silent mirth?
Well, that's me after every bumder alert.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:28, Reply)

Davros, dear boy, if it weren't for such important public service alerts,
I fear you'd soon find something far more sinister "hitting a nerve" and leaving you quivering in helpless, silent shame...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:30, Reply)

This is very true.
If it wasn't for the fact that it actually serves a very important purpose, I'd seriously consider having my arsehole permanently sealed.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:32, Reply)

sealed fisted.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:34, Reply)

I would just like to have one artistic ability
I can't draw, though I was a draftsman.
I can't play an instrument, but love music.
I couldn't hold a tune in a bucket.
I have no hand eye coordination.

I have become digital.

I can build bridges, and lay a mean hedge though.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:08, Reply)

I'm a dab hand in the kitchen with Greek food and am nifty on the electric triangle
I really wish I could dance Flamenco though.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:08, Reply)

my best mate wants to learn how to salsa
but she has cp so it's unlikely she'll ever be able to
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Tomatoes, chillies and peppers.
innit?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:20, Reply)

what a cuntish thing to say !
not that I should expect anything else
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:23, Reply)

I just clicked what you meant by cp.
Sorry.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:30, Reply)

I just can't believe you forgot garlic

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:34, Reply)

Doh!
That's it, I'm off to officially drown myself in the pond outside for being such a mong!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:36, Reply)

*SPANGS*
That's it, I'm pouring a glass of wine. Best you buy some more on your way home!
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:27, Reply)

That's crap - we also have a very good friend with cp
She spends most of her time in a wheelchair, but that hasn't stopped her having two babies. I have nothing but respect and admiration for her guts and determination. How mobile is your friend?
Salsa is very sexy - I tried a couple of classes years ago but have no co-ordination at all. These days my hips are covered in arthritis so walking's as good as it gets now and I have to use a stick if any terrain's involved. Still, red wine is an excellent anti-inflammatory ;o)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:26, Reply)

The doctors tell her to use a walker but she refuses, she falls a lot but is generally very determined in everything
it's likely she'll have osteoarthritis in her 30's
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:36, Reply)

Surely a walker would not only redistribute the stress on her joints,
but also improve upper body strength? I'm thinking that increasing muscle tone could compensate for arthritic joints - how about using one occasionally on her worst days? I might well need one myself in the next 5 years - if I do I shall decorate/customise it in a punky, Vivienne Westwood style.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:48, Reply)

she refuses, it's not something we talk about because she's so insecure, but I suppose if she's getting around well enough she will continue to do so

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:52, Reply)

Fair enough - it's her body.
Bless her heart - I hope she's not insecure because of her cerebral palsy, 'cause that would really suck. From the little you've said here she sounds ace. I wish her well.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:04, Reply)

I like to do the cookings.
This is handy, as I also enjoy the eatings. To combat the growings around the waistings, I also attend kung fu classes. My stance on writing is similar to yours (though you'd never guess it from the language so far in this post), though currently I have inspiration but no time thanks to the other time sink in my life: amateur theatricals. I used to draw a lot, but there's another thing that takes too much time.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:13, Reply)

I just wish I could continue what I've started
I have plenty of ideas for new shit but I never finish anything
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:19, Reply)

Set yourself a deadline.
A friend and I once sat in a pub garden, decided on an idea for a story and a deadline (I think it was about a month away) on which we'd trade tales and critique each other's scrawling. He didn't finish his, but the idea was sound.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:24, Reply)

I write quite a lot
but haven't had a chance for a few months, but I'm bad at any other creative stuff. As for other spare time stuff, I'm currently trying to formulate an idea and work it up into a policy

I would love to play the violin, and I wish so much that I could draw.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:18, Reply)

are you me?

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:23, Reply)

I've been found out :(

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Why would anyone want to play the violin
unless of course you fancy a little fiddle?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:23, Reply)

i play flute
but I wish I could do it better
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:57, Reply)

All sorts of things.
I like to make websites and be creative that way, I'm starting to develop iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch apps too, which will be quite fun once I've got my head around it.

And I love to cook, tonight I'm cooking...
- Pan fried macreal on a beatroot hash with a home-made mayo mixed with creamed horseradish sauce
- Pan fried liver on a onion-cholla-bread roll filled with aspagous, poached egg and liver (liver will be fried on a really hot pan so the outside goes crispy and the inside is pink).
- Pear and chocolate ice cream, or maybe rubarb and stem ginger... I've got both.

Not a single thing from a supermarket, except perhaps things like flour/eggs/oil..etc.

It's all a bit of an experment, I wanted to use poached duck eggs but I couldn't get any.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:24, Reply)

I wish I could sing and play the guitar a little bit better.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:25, Reply)

And you make AWESOME lemon cake!

( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:30, Reply)

That's true !
I haven't made that in yonks.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:14, Reply)

I wish you could sing and play the guitar a little better too, Gonz.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 May 2010, 16:31, Reply)

Haha.
There should have been a coma there, I can play the guitar a little bit, and I can't sing for fuckery, I'm the only person who I know who can fail on 'easy' setting on Rockband.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:15, Reply)

oh god, that all sounds horrible
but my american mouth hasn't experienced much
I hope you enjoy it :)
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:43, Reply)

Heh, I think it would really work, I got the macreal idea from a few menus I've seen, including one at one of Ramsey's resturants.
It might not work, I'll have to see.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:37, Reply)

I enjoy a bit of writing, both poetry and prose. I NEVER finish it though
and often find, months after the event, some passage I thought sounded good, but that couldn't fit into a story. E.g. today I chanced upon

"'Fetid scum!' he shouted. 'Filth-encrusted pisschunks from hell!'. The rabbits surrounding him looked bemused and twitchy. That was part of why he hated them, but only part. They also swore bloody oaths in whispering voices, changed shape wantonly and conspired about him behind his back.

He swayed angrily and gnashed his teeth with uncontained bile, flecks of saliva spilling forth. Attempting to crush one of the mangy rodents with his own body, he lurched forward, only to overbalance and fall face-first onto the floor. He was far too angry to give thanks to the padding of his surroundings that preserved his nose."

in my notebook.
(StapMyVitals wouldn't mind a bit of that, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:28, Reply)

You're weird....

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:36, Reply)

what sort of story were you working on?

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:42, Reply)

Alien Vs Watership down

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:46, Reply)

Hee hee :o)
Just inhaled a smidge of wine there...
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:51, Reply)

Gets you pissed quicker, you go girl

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:53, Reply)

Hoorays!
I shall DO THIS THING ;o)
Fancy a glass? I know the sun's way off the yard arm, but fuck it, it's Friday!
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:06, Reply)

Sad to say
I'm not sure I can remember. It was quite a while ago I wrote it.

I think it was one of those story ideas that fizzles out at "so there's this crazy guy, right...".
(StapMyVitals wouldn't mind a bit of that, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:13, Reply)

If I have any kind of specialty
It's starting up a new interest, putting in a little effort and becoming half decent at it and then suddenly geting bored of it and giving up.

There are too many to list, and still some that I guess I still put a reasonable amount of effort into, just not an obsessive amount.

What I wish I could put more time into is - exercise, football, bass guitar, electric guitar, playing in a band and cooking.

I spend far too much time watching TV, films and playing computer games.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:43, Reply)

A lesson in life
if you try something and aren't any good, give up and never try anything again.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 7 May 2010, 16:53, Reply)

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Then give up. There's no sense being a damn fool about it.
/WC Fields
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:48, Reply)

i do crochet, sewing, embroidery (well, machine embroidery)
make wire jewellery and sometimes I paint. Also I'm a photographer

so, no, not really
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:55, Reply)

On reading that,
I just mispronounced "crotchet". Alright Camel? Work ok?
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:07, Reply)

Arf!
Alright Tourette's?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:09, Reply)

Hey Beekers!
*licks BK's face*
Yep, doing ok thanks - your good self?
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:11, Reply)

*licks back*
I'm good thanks, looking forward to the weekend.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:20, Reply)

not bad at all - work are offering me real hours instead of pretend ones next year
in an attempt to keep me instead of the person I'm covering - woo!

You're life going well these days?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:10, Reply)

Hoorays!
Does that mean you'll get a proper contract?
Yep, life & work are both ok - the autistic boy with whom I work is in his last term before transferring to high school, so full of busy trying to prepare him for the upheaval, brushing up on social skills etc. (poor kid, fancy having to rely on me for his social skills!)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:16, Reply)

Well, I'm sure it will prepare him for *some* social situations, anyway :)
I think I get a proper contract, although not full time yet. But soon...soon
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:21, Reply)

Fingers firmly crossed!
But not legs, oh no...;o)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:25, Reply)

NEVER!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:31, Reply)

I write a fair bit
I would like to be able to paint and play guitar as well.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:10, Reply)

I love to play guitar and surf
get plenty of guitar playing time these days, with gigs and stuff, but nowhere near enough time to surf. Conditions are almost always best during the week when I have to be in the office :-(

I'd really love to be able to play the piano well. I have a piano, so I should really learn to play it.

Being able to sing and write lyrics would be awesome too.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 7 May 2010, 18:34, Reply)