Special interests

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I had two separate Friday Night Lights Eras the first one was in 2011-2012 when I was obsessed with the 2006 TV series and the second one was in 2015 when I was obsessed with the 2004 Movie, both times I became obsessed with football of course. Really though I was just obsessed with my boys Taylor Kitsch and Lucas Black.

Loom knitting
painting
beading
drawing
Lego
Music

Grip training. I want to have meaty hands while I handshake someone lol A special interest to me is fixation on a particular topic or skill and become more knowledgeable accordingly

Ancient History

Nostalgia.

I’ve had a number of special interests during my life. I define a special interest as something that most people wouldn’t be interested in, but I am, to the point of obsession. My special interests can last years, or weeks/months. I once read Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time”, and then I had to read a number of books about cosmology, of increasing complexity, until I was reading about plasma physics. Music has been a lifelong passion. I’ve been a guitarist for most of my life, and I also play several other instruments. Since I’m retired, I spend most days working on writing music. In addition to songs, I’ve also written classical music, such as a piece for string quartet, and a piece for brass quintet. I’ve orchestrated a few classical piano pieces.

One aspect of my interests is that I will choose the most specialized or arcane example. For instance, I got into building and flying gas-powered model airplanes, but not R/C models, I built Control-line planes. I got into brewing, and before I was done I was growing my own hops. I made a violin, from scratch, by hand, figuring it out as I went.

I will also talk endlessly about my special interests. When I told my ex-wife that I’d figured out I’m likely autistic, she said she and the kids had been pretty sure about it for years.

Underground and alternative comics. European comics magazines. Donald Duck comics.
Specific music genres, techno, hardcore punk, krautrock, changing over time. Early christianity. Painters. Book bindings and printing. Organizing bookshelves in categories.