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A few years after I began working
full time, a graduate student asked me about my hobbies. "Hobbies???" I
asked, incredulously. "I teach full time and have a young child -- I don't
have time for hobbies!" I'm very, very glad to report that some
things, at least, have changed for the better. Yes, I still teach full
time. The young child is now in college. And I do have a life outside work
and parenthood. Sort of. Sometimes . . .
 Martial
arts
I teach and train in two styles. My core style is an evolving,
eclectic martial art called "Shoshin-do", which has its roots in Tae Kwon
Do but incorporates lots of other arts, most importantly hapkido, wing
chun, and American boxing. More recently, I've been practicing arnis
(Phillipine stick fighting), which is a ton of fun. I've been attending
all-women's training camps for the last 5 summers, which has been a fabulous
treat. Here are a few links that I like.
Horses
This is my new passion; I finally decided to fulfill a lifelong dream
by taking riding lessons. This being the East Coast, I'm pursuing
Hunter training at the stunning Fair
Haven Equestrian Farm in Pungo. If you're interested, this is
definitely an awesome place to train. And muck stalls, of course!
Speculative
fiction
"Why don't you get your nose out of that book"? That was a pretty common
refrain when I was young; the only reason it's not now is that neither
my husband or daughter would dare. I read a variety of books -- mostly
sci-fi, fantasy, and murder mysteries -- none of it for the purpose of
improving my mind. I just like a good story. Check out these places.
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SFF Net is the new best
place I've found to look for information about science fiction and fantasy;
from there, you'll find links to all sorts of speculative fiction. It'll
also get you to author web pages.
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Another cool place is the Internet Speculative
Fiction DataBase -- a searchable database that has more stuff in it
than any reasonable person could ever want.
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I just discovered Stop,
You're Killing Me! , an amazing site indexing just about every mystery
author and series you can imagine. Awesome!
Couch
potato
I don't watch a whole lot of TV -- mostly because
I don't have a lot of time and absolutely hate commercials. But I
do have some favorites -- all of which I simply watch on DVD. Here
they are, in no particular order. Check out the list and see if you can
catch the theme :)
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Startrek.com is the official Star
Trek site, with all kinds of information as well as games and other goodies.
TNG was my favorite Star Trek show, followed closely by Deep Space 9. Kyra
rocks!
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A new and current favorite is Farscape.
AerynSun
rocks! Why do we only discover these things after they've been canceled?
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Greetings From Babylon 5 is
the official Babylon 5 site, and a good one it is. But probably the best
site out there is The
Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 . I don't quite know how I'm surviving
without this show -- thank heavens for DVDs! Yes, Ivanova, Delenn
&
Lyta rock!
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I thought I was much too old to enjoy shows featuring a variety of angst-filled
teens. Boy, was I wrong. My prime-time world ended when Buffy the Vampire
Slayer ended its 7-season run. Again, thank goodness for DVD's!
The
official UPN site has
some basics. For a really good central hub, with lots of discussions
and great links, check out More
Than Spike, a site dedicated to the work of James Marsters. Buffy
rocks, as do Willow, Tara and Faith!
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Xena rocks. Gabrielle may possibly rock even
more. But I bet you already knew that, huh? Whoosh!
is the best place to begin exploring the Xenaverse. Check out The
Xena Scrolls for some neat artwork and fanfic; Angie's
Cure for XWS for photo montages.
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Even though Scully rocks, I stopped watching the X-files before
it ended. But my friend Julie has a good X-Files
site that includes nifty graphics and tons of links to important places.
Check it out, especially her random conspiracy theory generator.
Celtic
music
Actually, my taste in music is pretty eclectic, including everything
from classical to the occassional metal offering. Celtic is still
my favorite, though.
Body
Art
I've entered that dangerous territory of always thinking that the last
tattoo would be the end -- then realizing that just one more little piece
would really be great. My tattoist has a great site at IAM
Tattoos - Custom Tattooing and Body Art Designing where Spirit, Science
and Art become One. And my friend and fabulous martial
artist Kore' Grate does aweseome work. Check out her studio, Tatu's
by Kore'.
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