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Sometimes a person's hobbies and interests can overwhelm other parts her life and become an obsession as can be illustrated HERE (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/reflog_2006/BikeHouse.jpg)

Do you know anyone whose life has been overtaken by their hobby?

Why do you suppose they allowed it to happen?

A life of obsession is one free from the illusion that anything else matters.

Sometimes a person's hobbies and interests can overwhelm other parts her life and become an obsession as can be illustrated HERE (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/reflog_2006/BikeHouse.jpg)

Do you know anyone whose life has been overtaken by their hobby?

Why do you suppose they allowed it to happen?

Egads! It's the NSMB house! :o

"Holy mother of God!!!111ONEONEONE!!"
"Well, she's old enough."

How long did it take this guy to get that many? I don't think anyone got hurt, though. That's what makes it better than my fanfictions. Those words killed the very people who read them through pain and agony.

A life of obsession is one free from the illusion that anything else matters.

Good point but most people, even obsessive ones claim to prefer a changing scenery of illusion. A movie rather than a photograph if you will.

Do you know anyone whose life has been overtaken by their hobby?Yup. See, there was this online game that I liked to play...

Yup. See, there was this online game that I liked to play...

Say no more...
My heart goes out to you, you poor tortured devil!:D

I don't really see how any of us generalites can critizise others obsessions considering our sad state of being;)

I think when you quit your job so you can have more time for your hobby, that is when you cross that line from hobby to obession.

I started acting as a hobby. I'm now willing to throw basically everything in my life away to make it a career. People are like, "If I had your brains, I'd go to medical school." But I hate the idea of being a doctor. What if I killed someone? But now everyone thinks I'm crazy. Is it crazy to want to be an actor? Probably.

I think when you quit your job so you can have more time for your hobby, that is when you cross that line from hobby to obession.

Depends on weither or not you can make a living off your hobby.

I think when you quit your job so you can have more time for your hobby, that is when you cross that line from hobby to obession.

Can turn out allright. Terry Pratchett for instance quitted his day job to become a fulltime writer and has done quite well for himself...

Depends on weither or not you can make a living off your hobby.

or if you just won the lottery and can finally afford the double wide.

Depends on weither or not you can make a living off your hobby.

I doubt you can make a living off of playing an MMORPG.

NS has eaten all my other hobbies:eek:

Sometimes a person's hobbies and interests can overwhelm other parts her life and become an obsession as can be illustrated HERE (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/reflog_2006/BikeHouse.jpg)

Do you know anyone whose life has been overtaken by their hobby?

Why do you suppose they allowed it to happen?

Mein Gott! I wonder how many there are?

My Aunt & Uncle are trainspotters. Their house is full model trains, posters, maps, memorabilia, etc. They spend all their holidays travelling around the UK on trains. Their weekends revolve around going to train museums, restored steam lines, etc. They're a bit scary.

....Its bicycle hell!!!

....Its bicycle hell!!!

are there demons in there same were hiding?
or are they lost and need help?

but that hobbie is out of hand.

are there demons in there same were hiding?
or are they lost and need help?

but that hobbie is out of hand.

When good bicycles go bad.....

When good bicycles go bad.....

ha ha :D i like that

ha ha :D i like that

THanks! :D

Mein Gott! I wonder how many there are?

My Aunt & Uncle are trainspotters. Their house is full model trains, posters, maps, memorabilia, etc. They spend all their holidays travelling around the UK on trains. Their weekends revolve around going to train museums, restored steam lines, etc. They're a bit scary.

My Great Grandma is obsessed with Light Houses....

My Great Grandma is obsessed with Light Houses....

i hope there models
if not think of the power bill and not getting sleep

i hope there models
if not think of the power bill and not getting sleep

lol!


Yeah, their models....and pictures....and pillow cases....everywhere!!!

lol!


Yeah, their models....and pictures....and pillow cases....everywhere!!!

oh
hobbies need signs saying
if this gets out of hand for your love one please get help for them

oh
hobbies need signs saying
if this gets out of hand for your love one please get help for them

lol! Goodone dude.

lol! Goodone dude.

lot thanks

this hobbie may be bad for your health

if you are spending too much time on this hobbie and not spending same time with love one plesae see a doctor

Sometimes a person's hobbies and interests can overwhelm other parts her life and become an obsession as can be illustrated HERE (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/reflog_2006/BikeHouse.jpg)

Do you know anyone whose life has been overtaken by their hobby?

Why do you suppose they allowed it to happen?

i see it now its not a hobbies
they going to make shit loads of money selling them when we all run out to buy a bicycles.
that when we see it be hell of a lot cheaper to ride a bicycle.
all they have to do is sell them when the shops run out.

NS has eaten all my other hobbies:eek:

*burp* :)

A life of obsession is one free from the illusion that anything else matters.

It's called OCD... :mad:

My ex is obsessed with photography. Just way too obsessed.

He's going to a really hard art school in the Bay Area and is apparently trying to do six years of school in four years' time. This last May, about a year after he graduated from high school, he claimed he was already working at the Junior level (third year). His work ethic is rock hard.

It's really paying off though, and his photography is perhaps better than it was when I was still with him (although at the time I wouldn't have thought it possible). This would be great and all, except for the fact that it was a huge fucking wedge that drove us apart while the relationship was still in its youth. And fuck knows how his friendships are holding up. I almost feel sorry for him... Key word being "almost".

Oh, and my grandma loves cows, and collects cow stuff. I wouldn't call it an obsession though.

NS has eaten all my other hobbies:eek:

too bloody right :mad: ;)

but the NS monster is never getting Star Trek... nooo. that's still mine!

*burp* :)

Excuse you.

too bloody right :mad: ;)

but the NS monster is never getting Star Trek... nooo. that's still mine!

Star trek? I remember Star Trek.:(

The OP isn't a picture of the house of someone who's obsessed with bicycles, it's the house of a monster who eats paper delivery boys.

too bloody right :mad: ;)

but the NS monster is never getting Star Trek... nooo. that's still mine!
I concur! From my cold, dead hands...

As for the OP... That's the guy, right? ->http://www.section.at/img/smiley/rad.gif

I concur! From my cold, dead hands...

As for the OP... That's the guy, right? ->http://www.section.at/img/smiley/rad.gif

Im not sure who the guy is but I am reasonably certain he has an obsession.

The OP isn't a picture of the house of someone who's obsessed with bicycles, it's the house of a monster who eats paper delivery boys.

I like. :D

Wow, that backyard is composed almost entirely of bicycles... interesting.

If they sold all those bikes, even for only $50 each on average they could buy some grass. :D

Wow, that backyard is composed almost entirely of bicycles... interesting.

If they sold all those bikes, even for only $50 each on average they could buy some grass. :D

The good kind too!