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A little about my interests

Paddy

Hi everyone,

I think that one of the nicest parts of this community is this section, so I thought I'd share some of my interests with you all.

My interests presently are:

History and mythology from ancient Greece and Rome,

Writing fiction(although I haven't really written anything for a little while)

Cats, I LOVE them, they're so wonderfully quiet and, just as importantly, not in your face all the time

Starwars is life, I even liked the sequels, especially The Phantom Menace and The Revenge of the Sith. Darth Maul was woefully underused, sadly. I am so looking forward to seeing the new films, too. Can't wait for them to come out on DVD.

Star Trek to a lesser degree, although there hasn't really been a new series for quite some time to maintain my interest, and I have seen all the original and later series many, many times, and, of course, the films.

Game of Thrones is a brilliant series, and I can't wait for season 6 to come out on Amazon.

The Walking Dead is a great favourite of mine too, I own all of the first five series, and am looking forward to getting season 6 on Amazon.

I also take a keen interest in science(although I have not studied it to any great degree), Autism, which I have obsessively studied over the last few months and, finally, because I am disabled I also take a keen interest in my health, although that probably isn't a positive thing because that interest does via into hypochondriac territory, sadly.

Just a little about me, and I look forward to reading about people with other interests, and especially people with interests similar to mine if anyone would like to share.

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  • Hello Hope and Trogluddite, and thanks for posting. My main interest philosophy-wise is stoicism, although I wouldn't say I'm the world's best stoic, by any means, I let pressure get to me a bit too much for that, but I am learning all the time to cope with my problems, so that's something.

    I haven't seen any Miyazaki or studio Ghibli films, but, looking on Amazon video there's one called Isao Takahata And His Tale Of The Princess Kaguya which I will watch soon, I am always open to new interests.

    I have always loved music, too. I have tried many instruments over the years, but, since I seem to have a block where reading music is concerned, I haven't got very far, but, playing the harmonica, at least, I can play almost anything by ear. The trouble is playing from memory, then, for me, and I tend to play little bits and pieces over and over again. I have always wanted to learn bass, but, being careful with my amount of interests now, I don't really want to take up another interest that I will be incredibly focused on for a while, then quickly lose interest in. That's the way it seems to go for me.

    I love words, too, so much. If I encounter a new one I just have to look it up, and always try my best to remember it. I also have a love of european languages, and have studied french a little bit, but, with my other interests, and not finding it easy to travel/talk to people, it always tends to fall by the wayside for me, sadly. I also love the sound of asian languages, like Chinese and Japanese, languages which have very little similarity to european languages. I learned Esperanto for a while, too, but sadly gave that up for lack of anyone to speak it with. It is a wonderful idea for a language, not wholly sure it would work in practice, but the idea behind it is wonderful.

    It's nice to meet someone else on here who loves cats as much as I do. I don't have my own, either, but, like you, I give treats to my next door neighbour's cat, and I love it when she comes to sit by me and just enjoy some nice, quiet, peaceful time together, without the need to constantly talk.

    Thanks again for your comments, and it was nice to hear from you.

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  • Hello Hope and Trogluddite, and thanks for posting. My main interest philosophy-wise is stoicism, although I wouldn't say I'm the world's best stoic, by any means, I let pressure get to me a bit too much for that, but I am learning all the time to cope with my problems, so that's something.

    I haven't seen any Miyazaki or studio Ghibli films, but, looking on Amazon video there's one called Isao Takahata And His Tale Of The Princess Kaguya which I will watch soon, I am always open to new interests.

    I have always loved music, too. I have tried many instruments over the years, but, since I seem to have a block where reading music is concerned, I haven't got very far, but, playing the harmonica, at least, I can play almost anything by ear. The trouble is playing from memory, then, for me, and I tend to play little bits and pieces over and over again. I have always wanted to learn bass, but, being careful with my amount of interests now, I don't really want to take up another interest that I will be incredibly focused on for a while, then quickly lose interest in. That's the way it seems to go for me.

    I love words, too, so much. If I encounter a new one I just have to look it up, and always try my best to remember it. I also have a love of european languages, and have studied french a little bit, but, with my other interests, and not finding it easy to travel/talk to people, it always tends to fall by the wayside for me, sadly. I also love the sound of asian languages, like Chinese and Japanese, languages which have very little similarity to european languages. I learned Esperanto for a while, too, but sadly gave that up for lack of anyone to speak it with. It is a wonderful idea for a language, not wholly sure it would work in practice, but the idea behind it is wonderful.

    It's nice to meet someone else on here who loves cats as much as I do. I don't have my own, either, but, like you, I give treats to my next door neighbour's cat, and I love it when she comes to sit by me and just enjoy some nice, quiet, peaceful time together, without the need to constantly talk.

    Thanks again for your comments, and it was nice to hear from you.

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