Cars, movies/teevee, photography, edged weapons, lots of tekkie things.
I like the technical aspect of cars, wiring, exhaust, cooling, all the different interacting systems. I can never leave well enough alone. LED lighting, upgraded suspension, useful mods, not silly wings and spoilers and stretched rubber and “look cool” things that make the car drive like $#+#. Like stretched 8”-wide tires on 9”-wide rims, at such a negative camber that you’re almost riding on the inner edge of the rim… do you seriously think you’re getting a good ride with that? Somebody should tell those jokers to knock it off, and pull their pants up, too, because they look retarded. :person_facepalming:
And I like cars in general, at least those that sound like cars, not like high-strung lawnmowers with gastrointestinal disturbances. Even in a mostly-stock Regal (whisper-quiet at idle), stomping on the loud pedal and getting appreciative head-turns and smiles gives me the warm fuzzies.
As for photography, I specialise in in-flight critters, always trying to get that “impossible” shot. One of my crowning glories was an in-flight dragonfly pic (they tuck their legs in, kinda like helicopter skids), and some schmo emailed everyone who commented on my pic that it was fake, photoshopped, that no way could a camera/lens focus that quickly on an in-flight bug like that, and then posted a similar accusation in the conference itself, so I went and posted more shots of that type, crisp enough that you could count the critter’s nose-hairs. Showed him…
Bugs, birds, turtles, bunnies, all kinds of critters in the wild, fair game for my camera. And the usual sunsets, seascapes, flowers, trees, “simple delights”, that kind of thing. It’s relaxing.
I like critters in general. Always had dogs, ’til my last hairy little brother died, then it was just cats. When they both died within weeks of each other, it got awful lonely, but I’ve got a cat in front and one in back who come for their daily feedings. Not counting the raccoons, armadillos, and now skunks who finish off the food that the cats don’t eat at night. Yeah, skunks in nyc… Who’da thunk it?
Buncha other things I’m probably not remembering right off.
Wow, I didn’t realise there were interests other than flashlights.