Other Hobbies? Well, maybe...

[disturbman]

I'm not really sure I have really more than model railroading since my life is actually divided between learning german, renovating my appartment.

I use to write for myself and to have a little photography practice. I was then publishing myself on blogs, but after a while I just dried up. I still do somethings but I don't really have the time to go further anymore. It's bit frustrating and I really have plan to go back on these tracks when I will be finished with the renovations.

I also used to play a lot to video games, mostly to manager games such as Transport Tycoon or A-Train and to strategy game like Civilization, Colonization and the Europa Universalis series. I even wrote some AARs. I don't know if anyone of you knows about this practice, if not I will then explain it to you and maybe even gave you some links.

In fact, now my hobbies have kind of become my actual work:

- I still edit photos but mostly only for the purpose of flyer making. You can see some of them here: http://disturbsdesigns.blogspot.com/
And I'm open to business proposals or just proposal, I really like making those.  ;D
- I do write articles from time to time on a french webzine dedicated to Paris public transports: http://www.metro-pole.net/

Except that I like to travel (to japan and everywhere else), eat (japanese food and everything else), cook, party and listen to music (that I desperately tried to play but to no avail). But, since I define myself mostly in my actual creative work, my only hobby is model railroading.

[veejo]

Cooking, wine tasting, beer tasting, house renovating, slot cars (because  I have a 2 1/2 year old), radio controlled nitro cars (because  I have a 2 1/2 year old), restoring antique French clocks (becasue I have TIME ON MY HANDS).

The trains is a recent thing (last 18 months), but I really like the way kato put the Japanese trains in "books", means I can collect as many as I like, have them on a book case, and take out which ever ones I want at the time to display. Can't do that with my HO and G scale. Pity Kato don't put the American N scale trains into books instead of the cimbersome giant foam boxes. Japanese N scale is very well suited for inner city living where space is a premium. All the other hobbies take up too much valuable real estate, or can make the house look cluttered. Even wine collecting can become a problem due to space constraints (450 bottles) . I find the beer good though, don't have to store it for ageing, so it's less of a space problem, just drink it.