Hobbies
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about what I would do if I was independently rich and I never had to work. I decided that my free time ought to be spent doing those things instead of wasting my time watching t.v. or something. My list is topped by:
- Traveling and exploring the world with Mariam
- Eating and learning how to cook awesome food
- Doing service projects like Habitat for Humanity, soup kitchens, etc.
- Programming
- Learning how to make pixel art
- Blogging
Sounds like the perfect life to me.
Traveling obviously has to wait awhile for financial reasons, but Mariam and I are planning to make the best of our time here in San Francisco exploring.
The cooking thing is something I’ve felt inspired to do by saltandfat.com. I’ve decided to take charge of one meal each weekend to try my hand at making something simple and tasty.
Doing service is something Mariam and I both believe strongly in. Now that our lives have started to settle a bit I hope we can start finding things to do a couple times a month to help out. We both have noticed the extreme need apparent just here in the city so we know there is plenty that needs to be done. I hope to report back soon with results.
Because of work, I am not sure how much independent programming I can really do, but I have been coming up with ideas on how to improve Battleball (hopefully to the point of getting it in the App Store) and a few other new projects. I will have to recheck my contract to see how much I can actually do this summer.
I dunno why I have started feeling an interest in pixel art, though following the development of two iPhone games, Mimeo and The Incident probably has helped. You may remember my first attempt here.. I hope to share a few new pieces with you all before the end of the summer.
Finally, blogging. Yes, I know I have left this blog in a very derelict state for the last few months, but I hope to change that. I was actually inspired by Tangerine returning from her mission and picking up blogging again. It reminds me of the good old days of blogging about daily life at BYU. I would like to get back to that.
Ok, I think that’s enough blog posts for tonight.