[OrwinClayhammer]

I haven’t seen this type of thread and I’m curious if I’m the only oddball here that likes to read mythology and ancient manuscripts for fun, and get lost in Wikipedia for hours reading about the etymology of names in mythology.

Anyone else have an oddball hobby like that you could never figure out how to turn into a career? I also like reading about numbers and their qualitative meanings relative to cultures and people. I also have strange fascinations with symbols and dreams.

If anything…just list some of your hobbies so I can get a glimpse into your life and not feel like such a creep.

Thanks…IT will help us study.

I passed reg with an 88 so don’t tell me to be an archaeologist or that I’m in the wrong field….everyone knows that accountants can be well read or have asbergian tendencies. It’s not a hindrance to be a nerd fig.

[OrwinClayhammer]

Truly, All excellent posts…from staring at butts in the gym to actually lifting weights in the gym to writing and reading music to looking up mythology.

In all of you I see my own hobbies. I feel truly blessed to be among you all because it just demonstrated how deep and versatile accountants are and really does shatter the stereotype.

I feel great partaking in this fraternity/sorority of humorous yet able and competent people.

I would add somethings a long the lines of weightlifting.

I was an arduous lifter once but realized like all good solid things one must build their muscles from the base up like a pyramid. Therefore, not only must the lower body be exceptionally stronger than the upper body but so too must the muscles around the spine relative to the more external ones.

Punching power after all does not improve on your bench press but on your planking time – I box very frequently.

So lift weights but I would say if you want strength that carries on into your life do negative pull ups, slow spartan style push-ups, planks, and 40 minutes of Cardio at least 3 times a week. The only weightlifting I would do would be high rep squats and dead lifts with lots and lots of stretching – I'm probably much older here – but this sort of work out builds a body like a true G. You'll end up feeling and looking like a pro-athlete as opposed to a bodybuilder, but to each their own.

Secondly, to Yawn, touche on the inversion of your situation. You are on the right track if I may say so as humbly as possible. You remind me of a younger me. For a while I was roaming the seas around Greece, but alas, I have found my way to Ithaca, thanks to Athena(my feminine side of yoga practice and breathing meditations) – and a value system or echelon of ritual which will allow me to pass the exam, as I have passed one part thus far. Brother, keep on trekking!

Finally, I would like to say that I too wish to start a band or be in one when I'm finished. Perhaps we will all meet in a band making Valhalla after this exam, not a literal Valhalla, but like a train station or something by coincidence.

Now I must continue studying, but I can't wait to share the news with my friend that I am not the only one who must nip his treasures in the bud.

Stand steady Spartans and continue to march forward! (I am a real Spartan…my family is from Sparta, you are all now officially Spartans too)

As for historical fiction…I really liked the Devil in the White City…as I am from Chicago. It's about John Holmes the serial killer.

@beat_counter And to the Drummer number one above! Drumming is the most important part of any band that has a drummer. He keeps the time…so yeah, that is just like being an accountant who moderates the rhythm of a corporations transactions. Your name is too dope and you make accounting cooler than Jack White.

[Anonymous]

@yawn, on contrary to your username, you don't seem to have time to yawn. LOL

I totall gave up on current events part. Yes, I read MSN news on their website whenever something catches my eyes.

But I don't have time to sit and watch TV anymore.

You seem to have a lot on your plate!

@OrwinClayhammer

I know, people have a stereotype that accountants are boring and count beans all day!

I had a similar stereotype towards doctors.

I was working for a medical association for surgeons and residents.

They dedicate and devote their life to their profession. No time for nothing else for sure.

But when there is a meeting where they earn CPE credits, check out the new device and tools, and network with other doctors, we were requested to make a segment during the evening party.

We set up some instruments and sound gear on the stage, a few of those surgeons got up and played Zeppelin!

One doc wanted to do it, and imeediately a few others volunteered.

They didn't have much time for a rehearsal, they pretty much came from all over across the globe(west coast/east coast, Europe and Asia, never formally met to jam), those guys just decided to get together and rock out!

I was pleased and excited to know that they were musician before they were doctors, and they never forgot about it. 🙂

[Anonymous]

@yawn, on contrary to your username, you don't seem to have time to yawn. LOL

I totall gave up on current events part. Yes, I read MSN news on their website whenever something catches my eyes.

But I don't have time to sit and watch TV anymore.

You seem to have a lot on your plate!

@OrwinClayhammer

I know, people have a stereotype that accountants are boring and count beans all day!

I had a similar stereotype towards doctors.

I was working for a medical association for surgeons and residents.

They dedicate and devote their life to their profession. No time for nothing else for sure.

But when there is a meeting where they earn CPE credits, check out the new device and tools, and network with other doctors, we were requested to make a segment during the evening party.

We set up some instruments and sound gear on the stage, a few of those surgeons got up and played Zeppelin!

One doc wanted to do it, and imeediately a few others volunteered.

They didn't have much time for a rehearsal, they pretty much came from all over across the globe(west coast/east coast, Europe and Asia, never formally met to jam), those guys just decided to get together and rock out!

I was pleased and excited to know that they were musician before they were doctors, and they never forgot about it. 🙂

[Matt]

@beat_counter: lol, I actually made that username over 8 years ago when signing up for a guitar forum shortly after I started playing guitar in high school. At the time, I didn't have any other hobbies other than watching TV, listening to music, and playing video games, so my life truly was yawn-inducing. Nowadays I just like to use related usernames so I have less log-in information to remember…

There are sooooo many stellar sources of current events on the Internet, and I can easily lose an entire day on just one. That said, MSN seems kind of…ancient––if I had to suggest just one interesting website to cover all of one's basic current events needs, I suppose I'd happily nominate The Economist (just don't feel compelled to read all the comments like I do…you'll not only waste time but also probably get angry! lol). Or if finance is more your thing, FT (Financial Times) will probably be more relevant and less time-consuming. That said, at this point in my life, I'm kind of trying to forget that sites like these even exist!

AUD: 88
BEC: 79
REG: 81
FAR: 72 » 74 » 88

Study method: 100% watching videos, including solving problems covered therein; no books, paper, or pencils

[Matt]

@beat_counter: lol, I actually made that username over 8 years ago when signing up for a guitar forum shortly after I started playing guitar in high school. At the time, I didn't have any other hobbies other than watching TV, listening to music, and playing video games, so my life truly was yawn-inducing. Nowadays I just like to use related usernames so I have less log-in information to remember…

There are sooooo many stellar sources of current events on the Internet, and I can easily lose an entire day on just one. That said, MSN seems kind of…ancient––if I had to suggest just one interesting website to cover all of one's basic current events needs, I suppose I'd happily nominate The Economist (just don't feel compelled to read all the comments like I do…you'll not only waste time but also probably get angry! lol). Or if finance is more your thing, FT (Financial Times) will probably be more relevant and less time-consuming. That said, at this point in my life, I'm kind of trying to forget that sites like these even exist!

AUD: 88
BEC: 79
REG: 81
FAR: 72 » 74 » 88

Study method: 100% watching videos, including solving problems covered therein; no books, paper, or pencils

[Kimboroni]

After reading Yawn's post, I had to check to make sure it wasn't mine– many similarities there. Weird.

I love languages and travel and got my bachelor's in linguistics with a minor in anthropology. I've taken Spanish, German, Korean, and Japanese (native language is American English), and I like to dabble in other languages. Not that I speak any of them very proficiently. When confronted with a situation where I need to speak Spanish, for instance, it is usually German that comes to mind. Or Japanese. Not Spanish. I love geography and maps. Maps are amazing. I took a whole series of art history classes for my general education credits and got to see some of the really old Japanese art in person, so that was fun.

I'm very interested in diet and exercise and am a moderator at a related-type message board. I nearly went back to school to become a nutritionist, then ended up in accounting instead.

Some other things I like are dancing (the past 6 years or so it has been salsa and other latin dances, and I go salsa dancing once a week pretty much every week, which led into an obsession with Zumba, which I do twice a week), martial arts (just got my black belt– the same month I took and passed AUD, actually), a local anime convention (not huge into anime, but my daughter and I obsessively make accurate costumes and props most of the summer for it), and NPR (recent convert on that one, thanks to my professor this term).

This is great reading everyone's hobbies. Nice thread!

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

[Kimboroni]

After reading Yawn's post, I had to check to make sure it wasn't mine– many similarities there. Weird.

I love languages and travel and got my bachelor's in linguistics with a minor in anthropology. I've taken Spanish, German, Korean, and Japanese (native language is American English), and I like to dabble in other languages. Not that I speak any of them very proficiently. When confronted with a situation where I need to speak Spanish, for instance, it is usually German that comes to mind. Or Japanese. Not Spanish. I love geography and maps. Maps are amazing. I took a whole series of art history classes for my general education credits and got to see some of the really old Japanese art in person, so that was fun.

I'm very interested in diet and exercise and am a moderator at a related-type message board. I nearly went back to school to become a nutritionist, then ended up in accounting instead.

Some other things I like are dancing (the past 6 years or so it has been salsa and other latin dances, and I go salsa dancing once a week pretty much every week, which led into an obsession with Zumba, which I do twice a week), martial arts (just got my black belt– the same month I took and passed AUD, actually), a local anime convention (not huge into anime, but my daughter and I obsessively make accurate costumes and props most of the summer for it), and NPR (recent convert on that one, thanks to my professor this term).

This is great reading everyone's hobbies. Nice thread!

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

[Matt]

@Kimboroni: Wow, that's awesome! You're kind of like the doppleganger of me mixed with my dancing-fanatic friend (who unsuccessfully tried to get me to attend her salsa dancing class, and incidentally is from and lives in China) and my martial arts enthusiast friend (who practices Jiujitsu, has a black belt in Judo, and incidentally lives in Japan as an Arabic-speaking Arab-American who speaks fluent Japanese––no cosplay though! Too hairy, lol..).

I didn't really mention it in my previous post, but I absolutely do LOVE maps. I lucked out and had a roommate in college who shared my (our?) peculiar love of maps, and we actually bought a giant world map just so we could spend time staring at it whenever we felt like it. His girlfriend thought we were nuts. I wonder if you, as a map aficionado, are by any chance familiar with Sporcle…

The four languages you mentioned are some of the major ones I've spent many-a-night studying and would love to become proficient in. But it seems we share the same frustration with linguistic interference! I wonder if you, as an aspiring polyglot, are by any chance familiar with HTLAL…

AUD: 88
BEC: 79
REG: 81
FAR: 72 » 74 » 88

Study method: 100% watching videos, including solving problems covered therein; no books, paper, or pencils

[Matt]

@Kimboroni: Wow, that's awesome! You're kind of like the doppleganger of me mixed with my dancing-fanatic friend (who unsuccessfully tried to get me to attend her salsa dancing class, and incidentally is from and lives in China) and my martial arts enthusiast friend (who practices Jiujitsu, has a black belt in Judo, and incidentally lives in Japan as an Arabic-speaking Arab-American who speaks fluent Japanese––no cosplay though! Too hairy, lol..).

I didn't really mention it in my previous post, but I absolutely do LOVE maps. I lucked out and had a roommate in college who shared my (our?) peculiar love of maps, and we actually bought a giant world map just so we could spend time staring at it whenever we felt like it. His girlfriend thought we were nuts. I wonder if you, as a map aficionado, are by any chance familiar with Sporcle…

The four languages you mentioned are some of the major ones I've spent many-a-night studying and would love to become proficient in. But it seems we share the same frustration with linguistic interference! I wonder if you, as an aspiring polyglot, are by any chance familiar with HTLAL…

AUD: 88
BEC: 79
REG: 81
FAR: 72 » 74 » 88

Study method: 100% watching videos, including solving problems covered therein; no books, paper, or pencils

[Anonymous]

What is a hobby?? I guess I will find out after I finish this masters program. 🙂

OCH: what's the story behind your screen name?

G3: My dad had a very extensive coin collection. You would be enthralled for days. He left me a 1934 $500 bill that he carried in his wallet for over 40 years. It is my prize possession. It went through ever day and every experience with him for as long as I can remember. He always said (1) He would never be broke again and (2) if he had to spend that it was time to go home. I would say that too but I am too afraid to actually carry it. 🙂

[Anonymous]

What is a hobby?? I guess I will find out after I finish this masters program. 🙂

OCH: what's the story behind your screen name?

G3: My dad had a very extensive coin collection. You would be enthralled for days. He left me a 1934 $500 bill that he carried in his wallet for over 40 years. It is my prize possession. It went through ever day and every experience with him for as long as I can remember. He always said (1) He would never be broke again and (2) if he had to spend that it was time to go home. I would say that too but I am too afraid to actually carry it. 🙂

[G3]

@yawn

I also love maps – I have a large map in my office with pins marking all the places I've been (since I'm from Germany, I traveled all over Europe when I was younger; so there are a lot of pins on that continent)

@BaxterCPA

What great memories from your dad – a lot of my collection comes from my daddy's travels. Which, along with other items, bring back great memories of being with him. 🙂

3XBEC:75 * 4XREG:82 * 4XFAR:76 * 7XAUD:77

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Theodore Roosevelt

[G3]

@yawn

I also love maps – I have a large map in my office with pins marking all the places I've been (since I'm from Germany, I traveled all over Europe when I was younger; so there are a lot of pins on that continent)

@BaxterCPA

What great memories from your dad – a lot of my collection comes from my daddy's travels. Which, along with other items, bring back great memories of being with him. 🙂

3XBEC:75 * 4XREG:82 * 4XFAR:76 * 7XAUD:77

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Theodore Roosevelt

[Study Monk]

I like historic fiction and non fiction. I am especially interested in the history of vikings. I am Icelandic/Irish so I guess I consider learning about the vikings as part of my heritage. I like traveling and have been to almost every European country west of Slovenia. I am poor now, so I don't travel much:( I have a bunch of maps but I don't necessary collect them; I just don't throw them out.. I have good geography skills as well;)

I have also read a dozen or so books on nutrition and have probably lost around 150 pounds of body weight through diet and exercise during my life. I tend to fluctuate in weight though, and had to consciously stop the weight gain I attained while studying for FAR. Also I love scotch as noted by the very buzz I used to write this post ;P

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[Study Monk]

I like historic fiction and non fiction. I am especially interested in the history of vikings. I am Icelandic/Irish so I guess I consider learning about the vikings as part of my heritage. I like traveling and have been to almost every European country west of Slovenia. I am poor now, so I don't travel much:( I have a bunch of maps but I don't necessary collect them; I just don't throw them out.. I have good geography skills as well;)

I have also read a dozen or so books on nutrition and have probably lost around 150 pounds of body weight through diet and exercise during my life. I tend to fluctuate in weight though, and had to consciously stop the weight gain I attained while studying for FAR. Also I love scotch as noted by the very buzz I used to write this post ;P

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[Author]

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