Life outside your 6th gen., What do you do? Options

[jordisonjr]

There are members from all over the world on this forum.
What interests/hobbies do you guys have either than your car?

In the winter I am huge in to snowboarding although my province is completely flat, me and my buddies still make it happen.
This year me and my buddies in a crew called Nexgen made a video, and are trying to get our names out there, and hopefully go somwhere with snowboarding eventually.

Here's a link to our facebook page with our first video "What's Next?" and other clips from the season.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nexgen/184575848247606

That's what I'm into, now what are your guys's interests?

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Jul 7, 2011 - 11:38 PM

[Stambo]

i remember you showing me some of your videos, good stuff for being flat landers

I'm also really into boarding, i just went to park city, utah this past march/april. Nothing like hiking up to the peak and boarding a wide open bowl.

Now i'm done with school i really would love to back pack through europe.

[Quidam]

I'm a senior software engineer for a large bank. I'm on a 2 weeks on 2 weeks off after hours support roster for the core transactional system which has a throughput of billions of dollars every night. Needless to say, I've had to do the occassional all nighter when things go wrong, and every now and again, they do.

I practice and teach Yoga, which I know does not seem like a great match for being a car enthusiast, but I'm not one for stereo-types and I'm probably not a typical Yoga teacher either, but I've been doing and teaching for years and have a loyal following of participants so must be doing something right. Before Yoga was a serious competitive runner, held provincial titles such as 5000 and 10,000 track titles (sub 15 minute runner for 5K).

I like PC and xbox gaming but over the last couple of years have not been into it as much as I used to, finally starting to grow old and boring I guess. I also like building PC's -always do my own upgrades and tend to just buy second hand previous generation components that were regarded top of the line in their day (eg e8600 and qx9770) -I overclock all my systems to get maximum value out of them. I Also enjoy home theatre and have a 54 inch plasma and 7.1 sourround sound system.

I'm into just about any type of music but have a special place in my heart for NIN and really don't like Country music at all lol

Oh yeah, and to futher break the stereo types of have two pet Minilop rabbits and 5 budgies and have quite a few years of experience in two styles of martial arts (Okinawa Te and Taekwondo)

This post has been edited by Quidam: Jul 8, 2011 - 2:14 AM

[HectortheRican]

I don't have a whole lot of hobbies other than day dreaming about my car or making things happen to my car.

However, I do love playing the ukulele. I'm about to treat myself and buy a pretty nice Lanikai uke.

Funny story, I recently talked my way out of a ticket by playing Somewhere Over the Rainbow to the cop.

I like to draw, just not often because ideas don't come to me very easily. I also really, really love anime and manga. I'm always deep into one series or another.

That's my boring life lol

[Random_Stranger]

photography, music, and I plan on trying to make movies now as well as writing up a script

[NYp8tBaller07]

I too board, but I won't be making a career out of it lol. I also train in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under the Gracie name. Other than that I am going to school for nursing and can't wait to get that done =). I would play xbox but my 360 (both of them) are busted =(.

[jordisonjr]

Wow quite the variety haha.
I'm also in too music as well, i've played drums most of my life, self taught as well!

[Keiri]

Well, my bills get paid (and car parts afforded) by being an IT specialist at major research university here in North Carolina which dovetails nicely with my other two hobbies; computer/electronics and photography. I've been building, repairing, and troubleshooting PCs for about 10 years now and have built all of my systems, my ex's PC, and my mom's computer not to running my own business doing so. I like cell phones why too much, I've owned about 10 or 12 in the last 6 years, and at one point bought a new phone every 3 to 6 months although I've slowed down to just having one primary and a back-up or two.

I used to play PC and 360 games a lot but now that I've gotten older I find myself very disinterested in gaming and more interested in learning about photography and just spending time with my fiancee; by the way, no one is a better model for photos than the woman you love - and it scores you massive brownie points. LOL.

Other than that I'm a movie and music junkie who's marrying a musician/music teacher to be.

[3WayStunna]

Well i guess ill be the first military to post up. Im airforce when im away from my car. Load bombs, missles, and anything that explodes just about onto fighters, bombers, unmanned and rotary. Its fun when im actually doing the loading part, really gets your blood pumping when you have to load up a fleet of 50 jets with 4 missles a piece, or when the bomb you loaded onto a B1 bomber saved the lives of the guys on the ground over in Iraq or afghanistan....Anywho only pic i could find of my job...with bombs in it!!




Other than that i spend time snorkeling ( yea a black guy that can swim lol), traveling and my all time favorite drinking and or karokae with my friends, lol....I mean there is alot about me but the gist is that i like to have a good time and enjoying my short life as i see fit!!

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

I play a lot of golf, and disc golf. Hang out at the beach, build computers, etc. Night time job, I'm an aircraft mech for ASA.

[johnyboy1976]

Corporal in a infantry battalion so when im not at work im usually spending time with family
Do lots of pyshical training at work but do like to keep fitness up when on leave
Do like playing on my 360 & PS3 when i have time

[Chhaos]

I actually love to read and learn.... my main topics of interest are astro-physics and theoretical physics. I also like to learn foreign languages (working on French right now) and going to movies. All that and thinking about what I would love to do to my car.

Oh yeah and going to concerts.

This post has been edited by Chhaos: Jul 8, 2011 - 9:50 PM

[njccmd2002]

when im not ong my 6gc i am on my 1gcs, which lately take most of my time....

[spolski07]

I work at a certain fruit stand fix portable devices for a living

[azn87]

when im not working or hanging with the fam ill find me at the hobby store building, tweaking, tuning, rc cars for the fun of it. every so often ull catch me drifting on the track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XP4D7kSLBs

[RabidTRD]

Outside of working on my car, I play lots of videogames, work as a sales associate at Advance Auto Parts and I play paintball.

In fact, I played paintball on a semi pro team in the NPPL. Last event we played was in Buffalo before the NPPL shut down. Pics so no shenanigans!






...and OUCH! (What you can't see is the guy on my left as well. They both bunkered me and shot the **** out of me. They didn't like the fact that I took more than half their team out the game before and hung the flag)


I also used to build paintball guns for fun.
Kingman Hammer... on a bed of nails (lol)


My ANS Chaos pump. (Fitted with the Supra of mechanical paintball trigger frames)


My 2k5'd Species Intimidator (these are rare. One of the most rare of the Intimidator line. Especially in all black and to have the bolt adjusting cap in the rear)


Fully custom GC ION (nothing on this gun was stock, or from Smart Parts aside from the barrel kit)


Vendetta pump:


"The One" (100% Custom FASOR build)


Milsim MR1

I'm actually quite proud of the realism and quality of the final product when I built this. This was my scenario marker.

I have spent a lot of hard earned money over the years lmao. I also have other guns, and have owned other guns, they're just not as special and aren't as custom.

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Jul 8, 2011 - 11:48 PM

[jordisonjr]

^ wow thats pretty sick.
That last one is a paintball gun?
looks damn real hahaha

[Neon90424]

I use to be interesting...now all I do is play soccer and volleyball and spend money on my car, I miss high school.


Oh and the president of my country is my uncle not as awesome as it sounds.

This post has been edited by Neon90424: Jul 11, 2011 - 7:52 PM

[RabidTRD]

Lmao yeah it shoots a paintball.

I got in trouble once when I brought it outside to take pics and to tune it after the build. Neighbor called the cops because they thought I was shooting "paint rounds out of an AR15 or M4 in my back yard..." Apparently they have never heard a real gun fire.

Video of the custom ION:
http://youtu.be/Rg_LeESqS68

I wish I shot one of the way the ball feed worked on the mil-sim. It literally fed the balls up into the chamber with a spring and a cyclone.

[NYp8tBaller07]

Outside of working on my car, I play lots of videogames, work as a sales associate at Advance Auto Parts and I play paintball.

In fact, I played paintball on a semi pro team in the NPPL. Last event we played was in Buffalo before the NPPL shut down. Pics so no shenanigans!






...and OUCH! (What you can't see is the guy on my left as well. They both bunkered me and shot the **** out of me. They didn't like the fact that I took more than half their team out the game before and hung the flag)


I also used to build paintball guns for fun.
Kingman Hammer... on a bed of nails (lol)


My ANS Chaos pump. (Fitted with the Supra of mechanical paintball trigger frames)


My 2k5'd Species Intimidator (these are rare. One of the most rare of the Intimidator line. Especially in all black and to have the bolt adjusting cap in the rear)


Fully custom GC ION (nothing on this gun was stock, or from Smart Parts aside from the barrel kit)


Vendetta pump:


"The One" (100% Custom FASOR build)


Milsim MR1

I'm actually quite proud of the realism and quality of the final product when I built this. This was my scenario marker.

I have spent a lot of hard earned money over the years lmao. I also have other guns, and have owned other guns, they're just not as special and aren't as custom.

I use to play with powersurge and all them years back; do you know jon delano or joe oflarity? I forget what team they play on now lol

EDIT: Oh yea they play for Factory Black

This post has been edited by NYp8tBaller07: Jul 9, 2011 - 10:05 AM

[Batman722]

I put chicken in a bucket.

[808celica]

My night job is a fire knife dancer/Polynesian dancer, my day job is an Accountant

[malecrod]

Well I'm an avid biker(mountain bike), likes to play my guitar, read and watch movies when I'm not under the celica, lol.
Otherwise, a commissioned medical officer.

[RabidTRD]

I use to play with powersurge and all them years back; do you know jon delano or joe oflarity? I forget what team they play on now lol

EDIT: Oh yea they play for Factory Black

I don't know them personally

[NYp8tBaller07]

I use to play with powersurge and all them years back; do you know jon delano or joe oflarity? I forget what team they play on now lol

EDIT: Oh yea they play for Factory Black

I don't know them personally

lol thats fine j/w being that you play...who knows maybe we went a while back and didint know it =p

[jtmlb3k]

This topic is pretty cool. And those paintball guns are awesome!

I'm a student at a small college in Los Angeles. I play college baseball, tutor English, and work as an announcer for most of the fall and winter sports teams. I also work in the summers for the Cape League. Other than that, though, I don't do much of anything haha

[Quidam]

My night job is a fire knife dancer/Polynesian dancer, my day job is an Accountant

Holy crap -Pictures from your night job would be cool

[njccmd2002]

I feed the bears!

[epocsirhc]

I'm either going to school or working on my Honda's.... or drinking alot! I finished up the master mechanic program at the local J.C., but I'm planning on going into engineering. I couldn't handle working on other people's heaps all day, and I am great at math as well as mechanical things.

My latest hobby has to be tig welding. My specialty is Aluminum, but I also enjoy stainless alot




The tank was for my good friends shifter kart

[jordisonjr]

That thing is badass!!

[cheela]

I'm a college student going for Graphic Design. I like to make art in whatever medium. I love music and dancing and cars of course. Next semester I plan on studying abroad in Korea since I already went to Japan two times.

[95CelicaST]

I enjoy yoga and long walks on the beach




































With Ferdi.

[jimmykay]

Mechanical Engineer. I work in ummm.... Industrial size reduction.

We build roller mills and hammer mills to turn big rocks into small rocks.

I also spend all of my time with my little 1 yr old daughter. She's a riot.

[Keiri]

I enjoy yoga and long walks on the beach




































With Ferdi.

Be careful...you'll make Samir jealous.

[samir0189]

[njccmd2002]

I enjoy yoga and long walks on the beach




































With SwissFerdi.

[JuMPiiN]

Work in the Oilfield, 60-90 hours a week. Sometimes more. Average about 85 hours a week. In my spare time I work on the 240, bleed on the 240, slide in the 240, and spend half of my nice checks on the 240. ADVID gamer for 360 COD and Halo, went pro in Halo 2 whenever I was 14-15, Been on TV and im all over youtube in montages ext.

The rest of my money goes to savings, or the fiance enjoys spending it on stupid things or eating at expensive restraunts once or twice a week. Oh I'm 20 as well so I think I'm doing well for myself.

[SwissFerdi]

I enjoy yoga and long walks on the beach.

[95CelicaST]

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[Lenny]

autocross and work as lube tech at the local toyota dealership down the street from my house.

[KAOS]

Full time job is a Father to my beautiful baby girl & Husband to my amazing wife - part time job is Network Analyst.

I enjoy working on my car when I have time, and I also build my own computers. I used to play a lot of XBox/PS3, but that changed with the little one, now I mostly play PC games if/when I get the time.

[alex1981]

I am an IT engineer and First Aid Trainer.

In my spare time I enjoy glavanting about in my Land Rover...have been to From UK-->Mongolia......... UK---> Algeria and back...... and UK--->Morocco and back so far. www.rustyrhinos.com if anyone is intersted

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

I play a lot of golf, and disc golf. Hang out at the beach, build computers, etc. Night time job, I'm an aircraft mech for ASA.

Here's a few random shots from my Droid of the basic APU changes and MX. (Horrible quality, lol)

[bloodMoney]

I'm pretty boring here, when I'm not working on one of the Celicas I'm a Mechanical Engineer at International Truck.

I design headlights and mirrors across all classes of trucks for our product range.

I've also been a swim coach for the last 10 years on some of the local club teams.

[SwissFerdi]

I toss cancer-inducing espresso products out of a window at the cast of The Real Housewives and sometimes old people and yuppies.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jul 19, 2011 - 8:43 PM

[95CelicaST]

I yell at people... Because I'm a douche.

I manage the IT department at one of the top 10 software development companies in the NW.


And have espresso beverages thrown at me every morning by some kid in a green apron...

[jordisonjr]

I toss cancer-inducing espresso products out of a window at the cast of The Real Housewives and sometimes old people and yuppies.

I lol'd

[missbakken]

On the rare occasion I'm not driving somewhere, I'm an assistant manager who makes people fat on pizza, I'm busting my ass with 12-16 credits a term at the JC so I can transfer to Portland State. Working towards my Bachelors and Masters in Architecture. Love getting new piercings and tats. Tell people how it is, occasionally beat 'em with sticks.

[Keiri]

On the rare occasion I'm not driving somewhere, I'm an assistant manager who makes people fat on pizza, I'm busting my ass with 12-16 credits a term at the JC so I can transfer to Portland State. Working towards my Bachelors and Masters in Architecture. Love getting new piercings and tats. Tell people how it is, occasionally beat 'em with sticks.

It's so enlightening to see how diverse a group we have here at 6gc...and how many of us have entertaining ways to describe our lives.

[spolski07]

i get yelled at every ten minutes by a different customer because I can't explain to them how their phone got wet or why a phone thats mostly glass broke when they dropped it. Also my company has more money than the government and currently is the most valuable company in the world (we just passed exxon!)

[jordisonjr]

^ Apple?
Iphone discounts for 6gc members?

[whatthe]

Receiving my Bachelor in IT in a months time. Currently working part time as a network/systems admin at a high school. And only just got offered a full time position at Symantec as a Technical Support Engineer. Life is good.

[spolski07]

^ Apple?
Iphone discounts for 6gc members?

we dont even get a discount.. lol

[Spider77]

Since I cant be outdone by an Air Force guy (why that's unheard of!.......j/k), I am an AS in the Navy. I pretty much maintain the equipment that is used to test/and maintain aircraft as well as the equipment used to load munitions (......ahem). Take a look:

This is one of the first jobs I did, dropping an engine/trans (Detroit Engine/ Funk Trans)

And this is the last job I did at my old shop...fixing a turbine...at this point I had pulled the whole powerhead to get access to the backside of the gearbox.
But outside this and that I'm a dad! Right now its the greatest thing in the world, next to some "me" time......here she is, ready to turn some wrenches in the workspace.

And in my offtime I like to draw things....here is a new one (its a tee shirt design for the shop)


This post has been edited by Spider77: Aug 5, 2011 - 3:10 PM

[Keiri]

Good shiz Spider.

Your daughter looks like she'll be a regular grease monkey in no time.

And your drawings are pretty damn good. Keep it up!

[HaysoosKreesto]

I work at a dog daycare, essentially I care feed clean after and keep safe people's dogs while they are at work or on vacation. Most people think I work with 2 tons of feces a day, when in fact most of the time it's either cleaning cabin space, area's around that, or just playing with dogs. Pretty sweet for me, as I am a dog guy.

/edit: place is called Camp Bow Wow

This post has been edited by HaysoosKreesto: Aug 7, 2011 - 1:39 PM

[dustin15brown]

I just left all my friends and family to move to Australia for a job. I work as a warehouse manager for Oovie which os Australia's largest DVD kiosk rental company. Just like redbox

[epocsirhc]

My cousin recently went down under aswell, but for different reasons. How do you like it?

[stephen_lee]

Im a general IT tech for a local company that deals with mainly copiers.