What are your interests besides Zoos/Animals?

ZooBinh said:
Hmmm....one of the ones that pop up to mind...fashion. I hate to sound pretentious and what not but I do enjoy following along higher end brands and such, and just playing around with clothes and designs and what not.
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Nothing wrong with that. I like fashion to an extent as well. I particularly love leather jackets jeans, i'm not sure why but thats my style
 
amur leopard said:
Drawing (do a fair bit of this...), now do predominantly portraits.
Tennis and rugby
Lord of the Rings (and the inferior copy Harry Potter to an extent)
Swimming
Star Wars and Jurassic park
Seinfeld and a few other sitcoms like it.
School :p
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I gotta be honest Amur Leopard I always though you were an adult, interesting to know your still in pris- I mean school :p
 
This is not on my previous list, but as of recent, I started watching this show called South Park and it’s slowly becoming my new favorite show.
 
Wildlife & nature photography
Flyball & Agility (with the dogs)
Live music (I play sax & drums)
Live music videography
Gaming (I'm a silver gamer)
 
amur leopard said:
and the inferior copy Harry Potter to an extent
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I fail to see any resemblance between Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, beyond the occasional dragon or wizard, which are also wildly different. You might as well list Star Wars as a ‘copy’ of LOTR, as the Jedi have about as much in common with the Istari as the children from Harry Potter do. If you want a real rip-off of Tolkien’s books, look no further than Christopher Paolini. It takes about five minutes of reading to realise he looked at the originals and thought ‘I like dragons! I don’t want them to be evil! I’ll write my own book!”.
 
Junklekitteb said:
I fail to see any resemblance between Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, beyond the occasional dragon or wizard, which are also wildly different. You might as well list Star Wars as a ‘copy’ of LOTR, as the Jedi have about as much in common with the Istari as the children from Harry Potter do. If you want a real rip-off of Tolkien’s books, look no further than Christopher Paolini. It takes about five minutes of reading to realise he looked at the originals and thought ‘I like dragons! I don’t want them to be evil! I’ll write my own book!”.
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Here we go - orphaned child raised by uncle, goes on a quest to destroy a dark lord who conceals his power in a powerful object, without which he is not complete and can be defeated if the object is destroyed. The dark lord also wishes to regain physical shape.

A birthday sets off events, as the orphan sets off on a journey with little to no help (Harry travelling to school, the hobbits leaving hobbiton by themselves) The orphan is helped out by a wise, old, bearded wizard. The protagonist inherits an invisibility device that helps him out multiple times throughout the series.

The protagonist has to contend with evil, hooded creatures, trolls and giant spiders. Both have to contend with creatures from an dark, old forest on their journey. Both meet a small, pitiable creature talking in the third person that eventually helps out the protagonist despite creating difficulties at first glance. Both are accompanied and helped by a mischievous pair. They also both come across a dangerous willow tree and a basin of seeing, and collect a powerful, life saving sword.

Rowling also borrowed a few names:
  • Dog called Fang
  • ‘Wormy’ servants of a dark force
  • Longbottom
  • Dumbledore is also stolen from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (written by Tolkien)
Overall, a few too many similarities to be a coincidence.
 
amur leopard said:
Here we go - orphaned child raised by uncle, goes on a quest to destroy a dark lord who conceals his power in a powerful object, without which he is not complete and can be defeated if the object is destroyed. The dark lord also wishes to regain physical shape.

A birthday sets off events, as the orphan sets off on a journey with little to no help (Harry travelling to school, the hobbits leaving hobbiton by themselves) The orphan is helped out by a wise, old, bearded wizard. The protagonist inherits an invisibility device that helps him out multiple times throughout the series.

The protagonist has to contend with evil, hooded creatures, trolls and giant spiders. Both have to contend with creatures from an dark, old forest on their journey. Both meet a small, pitiable creature talking in the third person that eventually helps out the protagonist despite creating difficulties at first glance. Both are accompanied and helped by a mischievous pair. They also both come across a dangerous willow tree and a basin of seeing, and collect a powerful, life saving sword.

Rowling also borrowed a few names:
  • Dog called Fang
  • ‘Wormy’ servants of a dark force
  • Longbottom
  • Dumbledore is also stolen from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (written by Tolkien)
Overall, a few too many similarities to be a coincidence.
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I realise I was too hyperbolic, but at the end of the day, Harry Potter focuses on schoolchildren, and LOTR does not. And please, don’t take this as an attempt to ‘defend’ Harry Potter- I don’t like it nearly as much as some other books. However calling it a copy feels a tad bit extreme to me. Of course Rowling copied a lot of stuff, but one can list many differences between the two. Also, my ‘Star Wars’ comment was not literal- I just happened to remember a graphic failingly trying to compare that franchise with Lord of the Rings.
 
Fascinated by Sasquatch (and all other names) stuff, researched it all in detail in the last 10 years, especially the last 12 months. This is not another animal we are talking about. The research and the mDNA I believe (from readings) proves this. This is 100% not related to Finding Bigfoot programs etc on TV which is the real BS. Just like the BFRO which is BS....I await the humiliation.

I used to like going the pub (a great British environment) with friends for conversation and a pint or two then walking out eight pints later and deciding walking through the woodland at night is fun on the way home.

Growing veg rocks my boat as does trying to get as much wildlife into our garden as possible.

My latest hobby is increasing the screen view size on my laptop to maximum as I need new glasses/spectacles.
 
Junklekitteb said:
I fail to see any resemblance between Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, beyond the occasional dragon or wizard, which are also wildly different. You might as well list Star Wars as a ‘copy’ of LOTR, as the Jedi have about as much in common with the Istari as the children from Harry Potter do. If you want a real rip-off of Tolkien’s books, look no further than Christopher Paolini. It takes about five minutes of reading to realise he looked at the originals and thought ‘I like dragons! I don’t want them to be evil! I’ll write my own book!”.
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The hero's tale (as Joseph Campbell called it) is as old as humanity. We tell it over and over. None of these works can claim it as their unique contribution. Every work you cite is the retelling of its predecessors. And that is not a criticism.
 
  • Environmentalism & ecology (probably unsurprising)
  • Animation
  • Drawing & painting
  • TV sitcoms (my favorites include That 70s Show, The Simpsons, and Community.
  • Teen movies
  • Physical geography (obviously ties in greatly with biogeography)
 
Besides zoos and animals I have a broader interest in the biological, environmental and life sciences, which given my degree in environmental science makes sense.

I am also interested in geography and geology.

More recently I have also taken up an interest in history, specifically in that of totalitarian regimes and in Belgian and Dutch colonial history.

I also like to watch professional road cycling.
 
So let's see:

-Excel spreadsheets, statistics
-all kinds of maps
-speculative literature
-fictional worlds (I design some myself)
-pen & paper games
-public transport (related to my job)
-board games
-jigsaw puzzles
-astronomy (I studied that for 5 years)
-Earth's history
-watching sports, especially football, cycling, ski jumping, athletics and marble sports
-running

Those interests have the advantage that you can combine them. For example you can design a public transport network of a fictional world and draw a map of that. Or you can make an Excel spreadsheet about ski jumping. Or you can watch sports while doing a jigsaw puzzle of an astronomical object.
 
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