Those are really neat.

I love to game, both in video game form and table top games like D&D. When I can't do those I am a typical female and knit and sew.m I find it calming. I'll post picks when I have a chance of some things.

Thanks.

I love driving, especially in the Berkshires, where the foliage is so nice.

I tried leather work on a belt once; I was awful at it.

I did a belt once. I didn't turn out that great, and I've never tried again, because I just didn't enjoy it. Working on a really narrow piece of leather, with no room for a very flowing design, and a very repetetive design to boot all made it pretty unfun. If you ever decide to give it another shot, I think a billfold or something like that is probably more fun. Less unwieldy, and better designs.

I haven't driven in the Berkshires, though I'd like to. My favorite place to drive is Texas -- it has wonderful roads that are fast, curvy, hilly, and have lots of trees around them; but the Pacific northwest and the northeast are also pretty nice, as well as the entire west. I've driven in 39 states, so certainly one of my goals in life is to drive/be in all 50 eventually.

Do you paint the shades on the lamps?

Nice, abge!

@Celtic
"When I'm not gaming, I knit or sew" reminds me of this - http://bit.ly/H73chm :-D

I haven't gotten too into the shades yet.

I picked the fabric out for the peacock one and found someone who would make the shade. But, it was too expensive to do again; I just wanted it for reference.

I actually found the vines shade at Lowe's.

Eventually, I'm going to have to start making my own shades. I have a large backlog of lamps without shades. I just haven't felt like making them yet.

I don't think shades would be that difficult to make, but I'd have to look and see. Fabric can be insanely expensive though.

The fabric is actually wicked cheap. Under $3 for the candelabra shade.

Ah I know it depends on what kind you use. Velvet is sobtastically expensive. Looks like basic cotton so not so bad.

At the risk of being made fun of, I really like cooking. Especially desserts.

Music.

@CF

Yeah, I'm sure. Cotton is fine for me; all I really care about is the design and that it won't set on fire.

@Mafia

Have you ever made tiramisu? My roommates and I tried once. Fucking disaster.

@TWA

Listening or playing?

@abgemacht - No I haven't actually. I might take a stab at it except I tend not to like coffee flavoured things so it's not really something I'd enjoy eating. Looking at recipes though, it doesn't look exceptionally more complicated than a lot of the other things I've made.

Also, my job is kind of a hobby anyway, so having like, another hobby would seem kinda silly.

@Mafia What do you do?

I'm a stage manager for a Not-for-profit theatre education organization.

@MA Funny I know someone who went to university for stage management and I went for Costume Design (no we didn't go to the same uni). Just no jobs paying enough to do it.

@ Celticfox - I'm thinking of going to theatre school so I can go pro with this, but yeah, who knows if I'll make it.

I'm a stage manager for a Not-for-profit theatre education organization."

You get paid? If so that sound like a great job. I was involve in amateur theatre for years. Many of my friends are professional actors.

@Mafia

We had a really hard time getting the consistency right; came out much too runny. Tasted great, though.

... to be I wis I was one too. Those were the days. No time for theatre for me anymore alas.

I make electro music on my PC. Here on some examples. I do every style so if you don't like one then perhaps you'll like another. If you hate electro music then simply don't listen.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Audio-MD/286077034749835?sk=app_2405167945

"I'm a stage manager for a Not-for-profit theatre education organization."

You get paid? If so that sound like a great job. I was involve in amateur theatre for years. Many of my friends are professional actors." - Sadly no. But I identify with that a lot more than I do with the paid shift work I do, and I spend the vast majority of my time on stage management.

"No time for theatre for me anymore alas." - That's what I want to avoid. I don't want to have to give it up.
Also it's not amateur theatre, it's professional theatre.

Errr that should say "Semi-professional"

@Abge - And yeah, consistency is always trickier than taste when it comes to dessert. It's all sugar and fat and chocolate most of the time, it'll taste good no matter how poorly it turns out in nearly every other sense.
My personal favourite dessert I've ever made was a chocolate caramel pecan cheesecake. It was delicious.
I also have one of my standard staple recipes which is a flourless chocolate cake, with raspberry coulis.
Also the least healthy breakfast ever, which is banana-nutella chocolate french toast with custard and strawberries.

Never give up your dreams. Even if they have to change from time to time. I was a drummer for many years. Only Rock for me and everything else be damned. BUt then I got married and had kids and then I hadn't the time nor space and so I started playing around with the PC: Now I'm listening to electro music of all styles and having fun making my own tracks. Sounds have changed but I haven't. Much.

@ CF & Mafialligator - I went to university to study Stage Management and Technical Theatre and was lucky enough to get work afterwards and still work in the industry now. So don't give up on it!

Don't listen to pj; he'll promise you riches and glory and then futz about while you desperately try to take on Italy all by yourself.

I was a theatre major who ended up not wanting to do theatre after graduating. Go figure.

Lol, wasn't the only reason Barn3tt got a solo the other night, that you decided to wind Thucy up ;-) Hmmmm....

Oh if a paying theatre job came up I'd snatch in a moment, but the economy is pretty bad in the area. If I lived in Chicago itself it probably would be a different story. What I should of done is stayed in So. Cal instead of moving out here. I would of had a paying job at Disneyland's costume department but I choose being with my now husband instead.

Btw PJ are you a stagehand or something else?