Drawing is one of my favourite hobbies of all time unless I get lazy and unmotivated to do so lol. I mainly do digital art (although not that good) since I find it easier to undo mistakes (especially the colouring) and drawing sketches/doodles just to past time or avoid getting bored. I'm pretty neutral about writing as I do find it fun to write stories but writing more than 800 words is quite hard for me since I tend to lose focus before switching to another hobby. I rarely do blogging (was into it as a teen) due to sudden change of interest and feeling that no one is interested in reading blogs these days lol

Used to play video games a lot long time ago, but I stopped playing them recently because I don't seem to have a good attention span to focus on gaming (especially video game genres such as MOBAs, BRs, RPGs and the like). I also love to listen to music, mainly bossa nova/jazz/chill songs, video game music and so on. I tend to use Youtube, my laptop or my phone as my mp3 player because why not lol? Also used said website/app to watch videos whenever I feel bored or curious.

Speaking of web design, I do find them interesting and like the idea of creating own website (I heard of Geocities but never knew about its functionality). But I don't have any great skills to make one haha

I don't collect stuff very often, except I did used to own at least 4 anime figures (they're smaller) then sold them on another marketplace app due to personal reason. ( < v< ; )

Totally didn't forget to check back in here this morning, lol. >_>;

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@koneko:
I have a hard time focusing on stuff too, but then I'll hyper-fixate and be glued to something for hours, lol (like my profile on this site; I didn't sleep last night because I was working on it). I haven't heard of Ooblets. :o And yay another plant parent! I keep wanting to get air plants but I've never ordered any, just adopted the occasional ball moss that falls out of our tree, lol. Cats and dogs totally count; I mean I count my tiny pets so why not?

Terrariums are so fun; I watch a guy on YouTube who goes by SerpaDesign and he's a freaking wizard at terrariums, aquariums, paludariums, etc. He's where I got the inspiration and the information on how to start my own! I highly recommend him if you need inspiration. :D

I used to have bettas! I miss them a lot (I once had six at a time, and two were special needs!) but they definitely do require more maintenance than too many people tend to think (at least I haven't seen a betta in a vase on someone's cold desk in a long time).

I try not to open tiktok if I can help it, lol; it's a freaking time vortex, I swear. I do follow a ton of YouTubers though! That's cool that you've got one to bond over with your partner, too!

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@ChiffonOrange:
I draw a little; I enjoy it, I'm just awful at it lol. I'm usually not motivated enough to draw either, but I recently did this 100 Days of Art challenge over on Gaia and somehow, on my third year, I finally managed to complete it with something drawn each day, even if it was a doodle. I totally get you about being able to undo mistakes; it's why I scan and ink digitally lmao.And oh man, I used to write so much as a teenager and in college (primarily fanfic but still), but somewhere along the way it got too hard to focus on it and I haven't really written anything in ages.

I mostly play Minecraft and similar 'sandbox survival' type cames. I like digging and building bases, lol. Never really got into RPGs and such myself, not even Pokemon. Video game music! That makes up a big chunk of what I listen to, but I also have lots of fan songs and more 'indie' stuff like Steam Powered Giraffe and other smaller creators. I use YouTube as my music player, too, especially since I have Premium and can listen with my phone screen off. It's great for walks.

Web design can be a lot of fun, but also can be super frustrating. Part of that depends on how simple or complex you want your site to be, though. There's definitely a learning curve, but you should seriously give it a shot some time! I use a host called Neocities and they give you a brief explanation on how to do some basics, but it's not too unreasonably difficult to Google what you want to do to cobble something together. Even if you start with a template and learn how to change stuff from there.

Then again I've been building sites since I was about 12 (and I'm 37 now), so I may be biased. ^^;

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@Count Trashula:
Aw, geez, yeah, not having personal space definitely cuts down on the hobby options. I lived on couches for a couple of years a while back and if it weren't for my computer (which was a gift at the best possible time!) I'd have lost my damn mind (I already kinda was, truth be told). Congrats on getting moved out! Sculpting is fun; I like polymer clay as I never really learned how to use "real" clay. I'm not great at it but it's quite therapeutic.

Ooh, cake decorating? I thought for a bit that I might like to get into that but other than just casual "I want cake Imma make a cake" I can't say that I have much skill in it. I love watching other people do it, though!

And yeees, aquascaping and terrariums are so fun! I'm working on my first serious terrarium (got most of the materials, just have to sit down and do it), and I really, really want to build a paludarium some day, with isopods and springtails on the land area and fairy shrimp in the water (since I'm unlikely to build anything big enough for proper fish, I think). Like I said above I really recommend SerpaDesign if you've not seen his stuff before; he builds such creative stuff, it's amazing.

I hope you get plenty of chance to try all those cool things you want to try out!

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Sorry this got so long. I'm uh, kind of a chatterbox. ^_^;;

@koneko:

I think I fixate worse now than I did as a teen! But yes, move regularly! I spend most of my time on my bed when using my computer (which is... most of the time) and I still have to stretch/get up and move around a little regularly. Fortunately due to meds I have to pee frequently, which kinda forces me to get up a lot, lol.

I'd love to go nursery-hopping around here sometime; I know there's a bunch of them because it's Florida and pretty much everything seems to grow well here! And yeah, I'm pretty sure it's dead as I sadly forgot about it for a while, but I have a ball moss (air plant that looks a lot like Spanish Moss, which is also an airplant) pinned to my wall, lol. I'd love to have a big hunk of Spanish Moss in a hanging basket or something, too; I think it'd look neat. :3

Yeah, lol, it was a little much that time. A couple I had to keep in special smaller/shallower tanks because they couldn't swim well; one had lost a tail before I got her (not sure if fin rot or pecking from other females) and the other was missing a pectoral fin (same deal). I definitely wasn't keeping my bettas in ideal conditions initially, but I learned over time and upgraded them. I think my minimum tank size for a betta now would be 5 gallons. They're so much more active when they have lots of room and a warm clean tank!

Oh yeah, you should definitely try to keep a tank in an easy to get to place! Whatever helps you keep up with it. Plus they like seeing activity outside their tanks so being somewhere near where you spend time is good too.

Yeah, I totally get why they sell bettas in little cups like they do, but also I hate it. Especially in Wal-Marts. I once had to separate two males that had been dumped into the same cup with my bare hands. I opened a "Betta Water" to give him water and honestly, no guilt. Well a little guilt, in that I didn't take them both home to treat properly. :(

@cooperationiskey: Ah I see. *nods* Though I've never did any art challenge before lmao. Haha yeah digital art is a godsent when it comes to that mistake, and me too! I too used to write fanfic a lot (the embarrassing ones..) when I was a preteen and in my teen years lol, I stopped writing them since I got older and feel like my grammar and sentence isn't the best haha and I agree with you about trying to gather motivation to write.

Oh I see. I've heard of Minecraft (never played it) but I'm quite confused about how did it got popular all the sudden (just curious that's all) o.o? I usually play simulation games like The Sims (and got addicted until I stopped myself from playing it because of it) because it's fun lol. And I see! Youtube is great for searching not-so well known songs or indie songs compared to other music player like Spotify.

That sounds interesting :o Neocities is sorta similar to Geocities, is it? Correct me if I'm wrong xD And true, web designing is challenging but rewarding at the same time.

I see. That's okay haha

Please forgive how long these posts are; I can't help it, I want to talk to everyone but don't want to break the rules either, lol. Hopefully I'm at least organized enough for people to find my responses. :vanora_sweat:

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@ChiffonOrange:
To be honest Minecraft has been pretty popular since it came out, but it's definitely had a resurgence again recently. I'm not really sure why myself. I love sim games too; I have over 10GB of custom content and mods for Sims 4. (I know someone with over 30GB though lmao.)

And yeah, Neocities was designed as sort of a revival of the Geocities idea that everyone could have their own site. It's got it's own little community, too; I've made a bunch of friends through it. :)

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@koneko:
People put mushrooms on their wall? I hadn't seen that but now I'm super curious! I have to look into that.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was some kids that put the bettas together; at least I would hope no adults would do such a thing (sadly I'm pretty sure they would, though). And Foo the Flowerhorn, I've heard of that channel, yeah! I get their 'feeding frenzy' videos in my recommendations a lot.

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@MaxIsConfused:
Oh man, I haven't done origami since I was a kid, I used to love it though! I remember one year I made a whole origami Nativity scene to decorate with at Christmas. I also haven't done a journal in ages, but I'm tempted to get another lil' Moleskine book to do like a junk journal type thing in. o3o I haven't played any of those games except Minecraft and Sims 4, myself. Several of my friends play osu, which I keep meaning to try, and I've heard of Roblox. The rest are new to me though!

Ukulele looks fun; I've always kinda wished I'd at least stuck with the trumpet I played in high school but I didn't and I never really picked up any other instruments. And I love Thomas Sanders, he's one of my top faves (I so love his creativity, especially with his "Sides")! I like to do rps over discord too, though my friends and I have struggled to get a new game off the ground for a while now.

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@GoblinsAndTea:
You've had your own con booth? Cool! I just checked out your portfolio; nice stuff ("Thoughts" is beautiful, and I like Alcyone, they look like a fun character!).

I collect washi tape too! I've got... well not anywhere near 200 designs, haha. Maybe around 20 or so so far. I keep meaning to send samples of some to a friend of mine, and I hadn't thought of popsicle sticks; that's clever, thanks for that!

I think bjds are amazing. I've known people with multiple of them, and much like you they've generally been based on existing ocs/had ocs based on them! I know they're expensive but I'd love to have at least one some day. I have lots of characters too, and it's a big hobby for me, though I don't have any very cohesive worlds, or at least not enough backstory to do a whole comic or game! That sounds really fun. :)

I used to make miniatures for my dolls with polymer clay when I was a kid; itty bitty dollhouse-sized dolls though, not bjds, haha. I'm trying to get back into it, or at least polymer clay in general, though. I've never done a real cosplay though I've had ideas/intentions over the years (just nothing ever really materialized).

My laptop is fairly quickly becoming one that can't handle the latest stuff, sadly, but I can still play Minecraft and Sims 4 and those are the most important ones to me lol. I definitely have a preference for the more chill games, too, though I love watching people play horror games and more story-driven games, they don't interest me as much to play myself (well and my anxiety can't really handle the horror games firsthand).

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@vengeance:
I love horror games too! But I can't usually play them myself (my anxiety is too severe) so I end up watching other people play them, like Markiplier, lol.

I don't listen to music as often as I would like; my main 'music-listening' time used to be when I drove my car, and without a car anymore, I don't listen as much (go figure, right? lol).

I've watched various anime and I've seen the odd bit of Korean tv (mostly through other peoples' art streams where they put the show on on the side), but that's about it. Admittedly, I more watch YouTube than traditional tv or movie offerings (which reminds me I still need to catch up on Beastars >_> ).

You make content for Sims 4? That's so cool; I have many gigabytes (over 10 >_> ) of custom content/mods but other than recoloring existing stuff for personal use I've never really made anything unique. Do you make meshes or mostly retexture stuff? (either and both are amazing to me; I can barely recolor things lol.) And do you have a place you share it? (I'd love to see!)

(PS: Your profile is so nice! Love that 80s aesthetic.)

@milkshake:
Polymer clay is one of the things I 'invested' in, lol. I really want to get into resin pouring, particularly the clear resin where you embed stuff in it? I adore how it looks and it'd be fun to sell, too I think (if I can get past being attached to everything I make). That's an awesome dream; I hope you're able to do it someday. :)

I want to reduce the meat I intake, not necessarily go no meat at all (though I did pescatarian for about a year I think? due to health reasons once), and I've been trying to find healthier recipes to counter my roommate's cooking (which she thinks is healthy but oftentimes... is not >_>;; ). I enjoy cooking I'm just not confident in my ability, especially when it comes to meats (I'm always terrified I'm undercooking).

I would love to do a vtuber avatar too, as I'm not very confident in my smile (I need dental work) but hoo boy, vtuber art/models/rigging is noooot cheap. I have a friend who does 3d modeling and I think rigs the models too and it's a good gig if you can do it!

Yeah, $30 isn't too bad but most of the time I have a hard time justifying even that much. Even when it comes to The Sims 4, I only every get stuff when it's like, half-price. The new RE is amaaaazing. I'd love to get into playing games like that series eventually, but for now I just watch other people play 'em. And I feel you on the Switch pain; I want to play Animal Crossing, myself. I've never played Pokemon; I've never been super big on the rpg battle system tbh. I love the characters and creatures though, so Pokemon Go is up my alley at least, lol.

Oh man when I was a kid I read voraciously. Then something happened at some point and now I just can't concentrate for beans. Which sucks because I'd like to read, it's just so hard to pay attention.

I was a little older than the target demographic when I tried to read it (okay, a lot older) but still, I've loved good young adult novels since like second grade so I don't see why it should change nowadays. But Hunger Games was like... Okay while I was actively reading it, but the moment I put it down I forgot about it; it had zero pull to get me back to it. Then again I didn't like the movie either (only saw the first one) so maybe it really is just the story that's the problem lmao.

Side note: apologies if I go on too much about stuff; I'm a bit of a talker. :vanora_sweat:

@milkshake:
Aw, thank you! He's an "Amoeba Pet," basically a creature that resembles an oversized amoeba, sometimes imitating actual animals, that are soft and squishy and generally make good pets (and sometimes absorb their favorite treats and toys, lol).

Oh goodness, that's so pretty! Reminds me a lot of Shaymin (my fave pokemon tied with Umbreon) by those colors! I love the flowers. :3

And I mean, I guess it's not just societal; healthy teeth are indicative of good overall health and bad teeth can directly lead to health problems, so it makes sense, but it's not like you can explain "I had depression and didn't brush enough" to everyone you pass on the street. I'm trying to get mine fixed but my insurance only covers one crown a year and I apparently need... several.

Yeah, I guess the books I referenced are more 90s (even 80s) so they're a bit on the old side, lol. Still, I recommend Caroline B. Cooney's trilogy "The Fog," "The Snow," and "The Fire" if you ever get a chance to read them! I have fond memories of that suspense series.

I appreciate Junji Ito's work but also I tend to avoid it because it gives me the heebies pretty badly lmao. There's an "Art of Invader Zim" book that's been sitting in my Amazon cart for the longest time, though!

Maud is a riot, lol. And Arcus is so sweet! So is Lola. The whole thing is so well-written. And yeah! I love the fashion in it, too.

Also I was wrong, I binged the first SEVENTY episodes the other day. XD

@ChiffonOrange:
Thank you, haha. I'm a chatterbox and I just can't help it!

I'm not sure on Minecraft, I guess? The game's about 10 years old now so I suppose there are going to be people who played as a kid who are adults now; my gosh that makes me feel old lmao.

And yes, it's a job getting it all organized and updated whenever I want to play lol. Though I recently was chatting with someone who has over 30GB, so I guess what I have isn't that much after all! And yeah, I have some of the DLC, including Get to Work and the one that adds pets. I usually get them when they're deeply discounted, like around Christmas, because frankly they're just too expensive otherwise! Generally I make my OCs to play with in Sims, so when a new DLC lets me do something that's important to that character, such as a job or a pet, I tend to focus on getting that one next. I haven't gotten any in a while though.

And yeah, it sort of merges a bit of the old style web with a bit of the new in that there are profiles and you can leave comments on people's sites/updates. It's quite nice. :)