What are your narrow interests

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I have a few. I guess I'm somwhat broad in my narrow interests.

- Word etymology/usage
- music, particularly pre-50s. Music lyrics and trivia, not limited to any one time period.
- New York City between 1890-1960
- Cat breeds
- Post-mortem photography
- Family history, even though I've no feeling of connection to most of my family whatsoever
- Scott Joplin

Oh yeah, forgot one....veganism (not politically), nutrition, and exercise/strength training. However, this was officially deemed 'orthorexia'....

Do you own all of the Disney films? I have quite a few of them on VHS that I found in charity shops for about 50p a throw. My favourites are Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio and Dumbo.

Neuroscience

Cyclical theories of history

Disability rights

Science

As a child it was cars, then Computers after receiving a C64 for my 10th B'day, then digital photography when I was 27.

not sure if this would qualify.
I seem to be able to stare at road maps of the balt/dc area for minutes on end.

Psychology, specifically Jungian psychology (and Joseph Campbell as an adjunct to that)

Needlework, especially handmade lace (tatted, crocheted, knitted) and knitting textures

Watercolor how-to (though I only paint a little) and the use of color in artwork, as well as some art history

Tolkien's writings, especially The Hobbit and LOTR

Metaphysics, especially tarot, astrology, mediums, and near death experiences

Prayer beads and Sanskrit mantras

They change very quickly, usually after a few weeks, sometimes a week or a few days or a day or a few hours. Longest was 6 years and that was dinosaurs.
As far as I can remember, in order, the majors ones.
1. dinosaurs
2. animals
3. dragons
4. fantasy worlds
5. spies and spy technology
6. meteorology
7. outer space
8. ufos
some I can't remember
9. robots
10. cell phones
11. insects
12. stars
13. movies
14. directing
15. WALL•E
16. Pixar
17. animation/storyboarding
18. working for Pixar (I would look through their job listings and memorize the requirements)
19. lord of the rings
20. iCarly...
21. astronauts
22. space exploration
23. science fiction
24. sundials/astrolabes/other navigational instruments
25. laser pointers
26. Greek mythology
27. medieval European history
28. dragons again
29. leather journals (I have 24 of them, all empty)
30. Myst
And the list shall grow for infinity and beyond.

Royal Histories. Tudors, Plantagenets, right now I'm reading about Queen Victoria. I love biographies and rarely, if ever, read fiction.

Canadiens (Hockey team)

Right now, it's the United Nations. Catch me again in a week or two and it will be something else.

Physics (my number one obsession)
Languages (Japanese, Cajun French, Sanskrit)
Computer Science
Mathematics (Calculus at the moment)
Logic
Steampunk
Steam Engines

I don't own all of them. I only started collecting them recently.

I own:

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio
Fantasia
Dumbo
Cinderella
Alice In Wonderland
Peter Pan
Sleeping Beauty
One Hundred And One Dalmatians
The Jungle Book
The Fox And The Hound
The Little Mermaid
Tarzan

My family has The Lion King in their collection. I list it separately to my own collection because it is shelved in another room to the ones I've listed, and it was bought before my Disney obsession began, by my cat-lover sister. (I'm a cat-lover too, though. )

I'm not quite happy with my Fantasia DVD, however. I bought it second-hand on Amazon, and it has a scratch and it skips while playing. It annoys me that it's taken so long for a re-release, especially as it is my favourite Disney film, and my second favourite film ever.

My favourite Disney films are:

1. Fantasia
2. Tarzan
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Dumbo
5. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

The only Disney I have on DVD is Bambi and this is well worth seeing on DVD. The animation combines with classical music in much the same way as Fantasia does.

I love Bambi, too. I'm unfortunately unable to obtain it on DVD at the moment. The Diamond Edition must be years away!

When I was in junior high school, and we studied them in history class, I developed a temporary, intense interest in the English monarchy, the Tudors, and especially Henry VIII's wives and his progeny. For months I spent my lunch time in the library reading biographies.