{"id":18921,"date":"2013-11-14T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=18921"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:35:55","slug":"why-i-might-pretend-to-embroider-kanye-west-quotes-at-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2013\/11\/14\/why-i-might-pretend-to-embroider-kanye-west-quotes-at-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Might Pretend to Embroider Kanye West Quotes at Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"The other week at a party, a stranger asked what I did. I told them I was a student at U of T. But then they said, \u201cNo, what\u2019s your thing<\/i>? You know, for fun.\"\r\n\r\nSo I just paused and stared blankly at them.\r\n\r\n\"Are you just really into school?\u201d\r\n\r\nIt was getting worse by the second. I was mortified when I was unable to respond. For fun?! Was I really just into school?! The horror!\r\n

I repeated what I was studying and then left to go get another appetizer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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How the conversation ended. (via giphy.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

After that party, I went into a state of shock. Realizing that I have no hobbies was troubling. Especially since I used to have many things <\/i>I did for fun. I used to play sports and write poetry and go to interesting events and\u2026now I just stare blankly when people ask what I do for fun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Trying to think about what I do for fun. (via giphy.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nI had wanted to say something witty and self-deprecating like \u201cFor fun? Oh, you mean when I sit around in my PJs and watch TV until I hate myself?\u201d but I didn\u2019t think of it in time.\r\n\r\nAnd I could have mentioned that I went to a curling bonspiel last week and enjoyed it a lot.\r\n\r\nOr that I blog and \u201cHaven\u2019t you heard? It gets published every week online. Life @ U of T is kind of a big deal.\u201d\r\n\r\nBut I didn\u2019t say any of those things. Instead, I was the person who is \"just really into school\".\r\n\r\n
\"Life<\/a>
How 'being really into school' makes me feel. (via giphy.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

Determined not to repeat the scenario again, I thought about all the cool things I could do that could also be easily dropped into a small talk conversation<\/i>.<\/p>\r\n

There are free dance lessons<\/a> on campus, intramural field hockey<\/a> next term, and scuba diving courses<\/a> at Hart House.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"How<\/a>
Dancing at free dance lessons. (via giphy.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nBut after talking to a few friends, I figured out that I actually already have fun. (All hope was not lost.) It is just that my interests are difficult to describe at a moment\u2019s notice.\r\n\r\nSo the next time I\u2019m asked what I do for fun, I will either talk about some geeky thing I am<\/em> interested in and hope the other person also likes dynamical systems theory or I will troll the unsuspecting stranger with precious gems of ridiculous hobbies that I will pretend I have.\r\n\r\nAt one party, I may be an avid eavesdropper. At another, I may embroider Kanye West quotes.\r\n\r\n
\"My<\/a>
My 'new favourite hobby'. (via etsy.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nSome days, my one true passion will be crushing my parents\u2019 dreams. (Too true to be funny though...) Other days, I\u2019ll be into extreme ironing<\/a> (yes, with an ironing board and clothes on the side of a mountain).\r\n\r\n
\"Extermeironingrivelin\"<\/a>
(credit: Phil Shaw via Wikipedia and Creative Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nAnd hopefully my actual interests or my interesting sound bites about extreme household sports will allow me to<\/em> avoid any blank staring and \"just being really into school\" comments for years to come.\r\n

-Kay<\/p>\r\n*If you have an interesting hobby, I\u2019d be glad to hear about it in the comments section. I promise to use some of them in conversation with strangers at parties \ud83d\ude42","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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