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[Valkyrie101]

snippy snippy

Does that username come from Eisenhorn, by any chance?

OT: I keep telling myself I'm going to write a novel, but I never make it more than a few pages in before I decide it's crap and delete it. This leads to me not bothering at all, and endlessly putting it off.

 

[SonicWaffle]

Escapists! I am going to attempt to start playing Soccer. This decision was made when I decided that I'd rather do something other than running to try and be less fat than usual. Whoo! Productivity!

I enjoy playing it and I'm somewhat decent at it, at least in casual situations that is.

Yeeeah, being decent in casual situations doesn't always transfer very well. Having a kickabout in the park with your mates is one thing, but spending a full 90 minutes running backwards and forwards is something else entirely. As the man (or angel) says;

Genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer

You're going to need to keep fit if you want to play well. Very fit.

OT: I've been thinking about joining a gym for a long time. The side-effects of some medication I'm taking have made me really fucking fat. I just keep telling myself I can't afford it, and when I get home from work I'm always too tired (and self-conscious) to go for a run and...yeah. Excuses, basically.

 

[IcyEvils]

Juggling on the street! I love juggling, and as I'm not really an extrovert I think it would be really interesting. Can do 3 and 4 ball tricks really easily, the 5 balls are pretty damn hard (you need to be able to keep 3 balls going in one hand as a general rule). I might go down to Galway or Cork this summer actually..

 

[Veleste]

People give me weird looks when I say this as I'm the only girl and about a foot shorter than everyone in my office but I've always wanted to be a competitive fighter. I love watching Muay Thai and boxing matches. My father boxed when he was younger and it's something I've always been interested but a neck injury when I was younger cut my classes short and now I feel like I'm too bulky to start as I'd get tired too fast.

 

[Borania]

I'm thinking of joining a rowing club when I go to Uni. I hate those rowing machines but actually being on the water is kinda nice.

Plus I tried it once and turns out I'm a bit of a natural. I didn't freak out and used slow and powerful.... strokes? Is that how you'd call it? Whereas the rest of the guys didn't really seem to grasp the concept. So they put me in front of the boat hoping that the rest would take notice of my rhythm and would join in. (yay it feels good to be good at something )

Rowing is awesome at Uni. where are you going to do it?

for me rowing is also what I tried new. the last day of the intro week for my uni I simple tought, I'm gonna try a new sport. And it became rowing. Did it for 2 years and it was a lot of fun. Although as tomtom said, be prepared to invest a lot of time in it. I was semi active (As in the most active of the not so active competition) and was training 4-6 times a week. With races that at some point were every other weekend. And if you really are going to be active you are talking about 7+ trainings a week.

But it really is fun! Really!

 

[Eggsnham]

Escapists! I am going to attempt to start playing Soccer. This decision was made when I decided that I'd rather do something other than running to try and be less fat than usual. Whoo! Productivity!

I enjoy playing it and I'm somewhat decent at it, at least in casual situations that is.

Yeeeah, being decent in casual situations doesn't always transfer very well. Having a kickabout in the park with your mates is one thing, but spending a full 90 minutes running backwards and forwards is something else entirely. As the man (or angel) says;

Genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer

You're going to need to keep fit if you want to play well. Very fit.

OT: I've been thinking about joining a gym for a long time. The side-effects of some medication I'm taking have made me really fucking fat. I just keep telling myself I can't afford it, and when I get home from work I'm always too tired (and self-conscious) to go for a run and...yeah. Excuses, basically.

It appears this thread has been necro'd... Whatever.

Anywho, I'm not that fit, but I could probably play soccer 90 minutes. My friends who actually play tell me that I could play on the school team if I really wanted to (although, I've heard that my school's team is pretty... Not good).

 

[SonicWaffle]

It appears this thread has been necro'd... Whatever.

Anywho, I'm not that fit, but I could probably play soccer 90 minutes. My friends who actually play tell me that I could play on the school team if I really wanted to (although, I've heard that my school's team is pretty... Not good).

It depends where you play, I guess. A goalkeeper (hopefully) won't be doing very much. Defenders can often get away with hanging around at the back instead of chasing the play, something I wish the England defence had realised at the World Cup, so it isn't as tiring as being a striker. Up front or playing on the wing, you'll most likely spend the entire 90 minutes running. You'll need to be up and down the pitch constantly, following the ball, and that shit gets tiring fast.

 

[KaiRai]

Car design. I've always drew stuff and always thought I could come up with reasonable solutions to problems, and always thought I knew stuff that should be there. I don't, obviously. Well, not yet. That's what uni is for

 

[no oneder]

Yes, about 2 or 3 years ago I wanted to learn to play the guitar sooo badly, so I asked my dad to buy me a guitar for christmas. And so he did.

A pink Jazzmaster. And after a few lessons I gave up.

 

[Eggsnham]

It appears this thread has been necro'd... Whatever.

Anywho, I'm not that fit, but I could probably play soccer 90 minutes. My friends who actually play tell me that I could play on the school team if I really wanted to (although, I've heard that my school's team is pretty... Not good).

It depends where you play, I guess. A goalkeeper (hopefully) won't be doing very much. Defenders can often get away with hanging around at the back instead of chasing the play, something I wish the England defence had realised at the World Cup, so it isn't as tiring as being a striker. Up front or playing on the wing, you'll most likely spend the entire 90 minutes running. You'll need to be up and down the pitch constantly, following the ball, and that shit gets tiring fast.

Hmm. I could do defence. Not goalie as I just don't see myself playing goalie. But defence I could probably manage.

 

[Gaderael]

Writing!

After 12 years of school with English teachers saying I'm excellent at creative writing such as winning the Young Author's Award for my entire school in grade 6, having teachers stop in the hall to say I did a great job on an exam in grade 11 and 12, getting an A on my story in my first year university course, I've finally decided to write in my spare time. I always wanted to write, I just never sat down and actually did it. And so it begins.

Good sir, that is indeed most excellent. Perhaps you can share a snippet of your writing here?

 

[Eggsnham]

I spent four and a half years living on a boat, then at the start of this year I took a sailing course and it was FUCKING AWESOME.

Do I win the thread?

No, but your avatar makes me want to boot up Morrowind.

 

[SimplyTheWest]

Cricket all the way!

I haven't yet heard of America playing it, but I want them to, just because its a great game that everyone should play!

Okay, that may be over exaggerated...

 

[godofallu]

I took Karate and Boxing since I was really young.

In highschool I decided that I wanted to try MMA since I was a pretty good fighter, and the sport was just starting to boom.

After a year of lessons I started going to MMA Tournies and scheduling real paid fights. I ended up dropping out of the tournament and ranking part of the sport with a record of 1-3. I went for it though, and I grew from my losses and even managed to get a win against a guy that I was supposed to have no chance against.

I stick with Boxing now though, a guy has to admit it when he is outmatched.

 

[crizj]

i always wanted to play piano or keyboards and have been now for the past year and a half and its one of the better choices ive made in my life as i love playing it now lol

 

[blankedboy]

I spent four and a half years living on a boat, then at the start of this year I took a sailing course and it was FUCKING AWESOME.

Do I win the thread?

No, but your avatar makes me want to boot up Morrowind.

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