I’ve always said I’m the kind of person who can be interested in anything. Apart from watching sports. Or the story about what your cat did this morning that was apparently so cute (which I very much doubt, as all I ever hear about cats is bitching about how they puked on the new carpet or put a dead frog in your bed. As you can tell, I’m a dog person.). This does, however, make me the kind of person who gets all excited about some new hobby I’ve found, and a year later finding 3 paintbrushes and a book of Japanese phrases down the back of the sofa. A completer-finisher I am not.
 
Some of the things I’ve started are:
 
Knitting – I’m hoping to stick with this one as it’s both practical and relaxing, but wool is SO expensive!
Sketching – I have the pencils and the pad, but I fear being rubbish and find it so hard to make a mark on the lovely pristine sketchbook.
Egyptian hieroglyphs – I’ve always loved Ancient Egypt, and wanted to be able to translate the stones in the British Museum – one day…
Spanish – I can speak Spanish (badly), just need to keep practising.
Running – argh, my nemesis! Will discuss in depth later…
Allotmenteering – the plot was just too darn big, but hope to try again with a smaller plot next year.
 
And some of the things I’d like to try are:
 
Dancing – flamenco or burlesque would be fab.
Writing poetry – I have a copy of Stephen Fry’s The Ode Less Travelled, but have yet to actually get round to reading it.
Fishing – just sounds like fun, and you get food at the end – win win.
Photography – I have a point-and-click digital camera, but I’d love to know how to use it properly.
 
Things I DO like are:
 
Cooking – see yesterday’s post. And the size of my belly.
Camping – I LOVE to go camping when the weather’s right, and go for long walks in the countryside. It’s how I fell in love with the Lake District.
Reading – I don’t do this as often as I would like, but I always have a stack of books by my bed and an overdue fine on my library card.
Films, TV and music – things I indulge in a little to often, but I do love a good horror film, a bit of Dexter and some cheesy 80’s pop.
 
Now to pick just a few and stick with them…