What hobbies do you enjoy the most?

[Bond]

(other than videogames)

I am looking at expanding my range of hobbies, so, which ones do you enjoy the most?

[Acebot44]

Weightlifting is great when I have the time. Wish I would do Yoga more, because it always kicks my ass but just takes so damn long to do.

Basketball, playing and watching. Easily my favorite sport, followed closely by Tether Ball.



Drawing, specifically trying to free-hand copy other peoples work via expo marker because there are a bunch of expo-marker conducive surfaces in my apartment. This I do for the challenge, and also because I want to be artistic in some way but can't create my own image for shit...





Photography, another way of being artistic that isn't too difficult when armed with the right weaponry.







Also, keeping up with Tech Industry happenings is another thing I spend a large portion of my time doing, be it reading Wired, Fast Company, or TechCrunch on a daily basis or attending conference like Digital Media Wire's Digital Music Forum West which I went to last week.

Here's the founder of Pandora, Tim Westergen, giving the lunch Keynote.




I've always meant to pick up an instrument, but it has yet to happen due to time constraints thus far.


Hmm, I guess I need more hobbies too then. Most of my time these days are spent on activities which will hopefully help me farther down the road in pursuing my career in Law, so school clubs, fellowships, research, and just school in general. How'd the LSAT go for you Bond? Did you take it this past round?

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by Acebot44

Ooh, Sam Flores.


I don't have any hobbies. I draw for practice and work. And I wrestle feral cats to maintain my slim physique.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Acebot44

How'd the LSAT go for you Bond? Did you take it this past round?

I'm actually planning on taking it in June '10, but I started studying this summer (ridiculous, I know).

I was talking about it to BlueFire a few months ago, and was thinking of making a thread for study strategies and such if there is interest.

What are your plans as far as taking the LSAT / law school?

[Swan]

Was getting big into rock climbing awhile back but then school came up and I didn't really have the time for it.



Love to read as well. And I play bass in a band as well.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Bond

I'm actually planning on taking it in June '10, but I started studying this summer (ridiculous, I know).

I was talking about it to BlueFire a few months ago, and was thinking of making a thread for study strategies and such if there is interest.

What are your plans as far as taking the LSAT / law school?

What the heck do you need to study for? You said you got a 172 on the practice. That's like Harvard-good. What is the normal deviation from the practice to actual? Not to mention you read a lot. That's gonna boost your score better than any studying.

My hobbies...I wish. No, I game for a hobby. I love music more than anything else. Sadly I'm taking after my dad and already have somewhat diminished hearing in my right ear. I did Orchestra for 9 years and really had a love-hate relationship with it. I played 2 instruments though and learned a ton about music. I don't have time in college, but when I graduate and get some money I plan to learn guitar, piano, drums or all three. I enjoy reading but I cannot find the motivation to do it. It's like....Internet or TV vs. reading and I just fold in. Poker has become a new hobby for me but that's still gaming. I enjoy writing though and have means to start a blog. My biggest hobby is procrastination though. I have all this stuff I want to do but I just don't do it. Isn't that bad? I also enjoy watches (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horology). I like debating but am not educated in politics or the economy. I'm more educated in history and the sociopolitical side of things (see: race, gender, sexuality, psychology). I exercise but it's not really a hobby. I have a love-hate relationship with running and lifting. I mostly love people and movies. I'm a pop culture whore and love to tear movies down and look at themes and symbolism. If I smoked more pot and had a penchant for creativity I'd be an English professor. My ex-hobby Psychology has become my major so I cannot really claim that as a hobby. I also enjoy rambling and long, unorganized paragraphs.

I'm serious about the blog though, and I have a nice list of books to read. It's just hard to find motivation to read stuff after reading through 50 pages of Psychology. As much as I love psychology the text books leave much to be desired.

[KillerGremlin]

I should add I've always wanted to do stand up comedy...but I don't think I'm funny. My friends think I'm funny but there is great bias in what my friends think vs. what everyone else thinks. Truthfully, I don't know if I even have the balls to stand in front of an audience. At least not sober.

[KillerGremlin]

Bond....I should add, I really like plants. I have a corn plant, a snake plant, a variety of cacti, and a few other plants just in my dorm. I get great joy watching my plants grow and taking care of them (although my OCD makes me over water sometimes ). When I have my own house I look forward to landscaping my outside and I will have a greenhouse and a ton of plants inside my house. I feel connected to the natural world and really like green in my day-to-day environment. You can get plants for cheap, many of them are easy to upkeep (like a cactus or low-light house plant), and they provide a natural connection in contrast to what I assume is your sterile interior.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

What the heck do you need to study for? You said you got a 172 on the practice. That's like Harvard-good. What is the normal deviation from the practice to actual? Not to mention you read a lot. That's gonna boost your score better than any studying.

The normal deviation is probably anywhere from 0-5 points (based on my own observations), which is quite significant. The old preptests that I am using are also slightly different from the current LSATs that are administered, but I will eventually move up to the more modern ones closer to the test date.

The thing about the LSAT is that it is most often weighted more heavily than one's GPA, which is rather ridiculous in my view, but is also why I am studying so much.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Bond

The thing about the LSAT is that it is most often weighted more heavily than one's GPA, which is rather ridiculous in my view, but is also why I am studying so much.

Yeah, a huge emphasis is put on these tests. It's a profitable industry, that's why. However, the tests theoretically should predict potential to do well. I'm learning about all the major tests in my Psychological Testing class, so I hear your pain. I'm starting to look over the GRE stuff. Studying for it is lame, I wish I just read more during college. I rocked the ACT (not quite as good as you ) and I attribute my success to all the reading I did as a kid. I think I got a 34 or 35 on English and a 32 or 33 on the Reading.

[Acebot44]

Originally Posted by Bond

I'm actually planning on taking it in June '10, but I started studying this summer (ridiculous, I know).

I was talking about it to BlueFire a few months ago, and was thinking of making a thread for study strategies and such if there is interest.

What are your plans as far as taking the LSAT / law school?

Plan on taking it next October, devoting the entirety of the summer to that study effort and reading a few books throughout this year. Am applying for the Law Fellows program here too, which offers some great benefits to the people that make it in (75 out of 35,000 students). They include:

-Professional-Level Instruction by Law School Faculty
-Personalized Juris Doctorate (Law School) Action Plan
-Mentoring by Current UCLA Law Students
-Full Scholarship for one LSAT Prepartion Course
-Presentation by Practicing Attorneys and Leaders in the Law Community
-Admission, Financial Aid, LSAT, and Public Interest Law Workshops
-Legal Research Primer by Law Library Staff
-Follow-Up Activities and Counseling until Law School Matriculation

This program is heavily favored toward disadvantaged and minority groups, so hopefully my family's lower class economic status and the fact that I've received full financial aid for the past 4 years will help me out.

As Law School itself, I'd ideally want to stay in CA, and go to a top 10 program, which leaves me with the options of either Berkeley or Stanford, numbers 3 and 6 respectively. This suits my goals quite well actually, because I want to focus on Intellectual Property and/or Copyright Law and both Cal and Stanford have been back and forth between ranking 1 and 2 for the past several years.

I'm shooting for Stanford though, because I'm ready to hit up a private school after 4 years of the University of California system. According to Admissions Predictor, I'd need to score a 174 with my GPA in order to be considered a Strong candidate for Stanford, but of course I'm shooting for that 180 like everyone should.

I plan on using Blueprint Prep for my LSAT class, which will you be using?

ps: Your 172 diagnostic score is amazing this early on. Props.

[KillerGremlin]

Jeez, everyone and their plans for the future. I'm just beginning to look at Grad school. I'll be taking out a loan and going off to grad school if I can. Probably in Illinois or maybe Indiana. I'd like to secure a job while doing grad school, even if it means I spend an additional year doing a Masters. I thought about pursuing a phd straight out of undergrad but I'm not sure I want to commit to a school or a program in Illinois or Indiana for 5 years. I'd like to secure a job or internship doing something with psychology or teaching. I figure if I do succeed in getting a phd one day I will most likely teach at some point in my life.

If that doesn't work I'm going to attempt to pole dance. I look pretty good in a g-string, true story.

[Combine 017]

Videoga... oh wait.

Well, I drink.
And... hmmm.

[Bube]

Playing the guitar (and listening to music) and reading books. Not much time to do other stuff.

Oh, and videogames, of course

[Typhoid]

Playing guitar, singing, writing music, weightlifting, going for walks, photography, drawing, rollerblading, street hockey, pickup football/soccer.