A Hobby's Collector

The word ‘hobby’ has such a range.  Collecting things noone else collects, creating things, writing, blogging, even gaming....  The list just goes on and on.  So many people take their hobby seriously, its quite odd at times.

I’m not different, I mean, here I am blogging away, while trying to finish a novel or three, surrounded by odd artwork and figurines that most consider quite nerdy things.  At least my hobbies don’t take over and dominate my life.  It is always crazy to walk into someone’s home and see nothing but a certain thing repeated over and over and over.

But that begs the question, when does a hobby cross the line into becoming something crazy?  I know Lisa has her own ideas about my hobbies.  Certain themes of my collectibles are not allowed in the Livingroom, even though I’ve secretly put some there in strategic locations and made it look pretty cool.  In my childhood room I had comic books from the ceiling to the floor all the way around, with a few posters from movies and comics and such mixed in here and there.  It was like my wallpaper.  I admit that was a little crazy, especially as they made a GREAT hiding spot for scorpions, they loved to hide behind the X-Men comics....

My own guess is that when a viewer sees someone’s hobby as no long being healthy is when it crosses a line.  Hoarding has become a popular sign for sure.  But beyond that its just a matter of what other people think.  I mean, unless it is obviously destructive.  Many people view drugs as a recreational hobby, but I have yet to see a case where that’s not destructive in its own way.  In fact, when I think about it, most things in this world are considered hobbies.  An odd thought in a way, but...the way society is now, the term hobby has its own life....

Anyways, I’d love to hear some of your quick snippets about odd hobbies you have personal seen, or take part in.  Me?  I just got a friend request on a site from a guy who has thousands and thousands of pics of die-cast cars.  I don’t know how he stores them all....  And my stepdaughter...she has a fascination with the Living Dead Dolls, even though she’s grown well out of her doll stage.  She’s getting close to having more of them than pairs of shoes, and she treats them far better than her high heel blingy shoes she loves so much....  So please, share some stories yourself!

–Dan