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What are your hobbies? (self.Blind)
submitted by CosmicBunny97
I know this gets asked a lot but I'm just curious and I need new hobbies! I do have sight myself (completely blind in my left, not the greatest vision in my right - just a few off being legally blind).. I used to write a lot (romance) but stopped because I just felt self-conscious. I like listening to podcasts that are more like conversations, like Rooster Teeth's podcast. I also like watching anime from time to time, but watching stuff by yourself feels...lonely, honestly. I also enjoy cooking, I just don't do it often! I want to get back into reading but it's hard to find stuff I like (I would love recommendations!). I also enjoy playing Sims and other casual games.

But honestly, I mainly just watch Youtube if I'm not doing uni work.

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So what are your hobbies?
TrippingWithNoSight 2 points 3y ago
drugs and the internet
DisorientedWriter 1 points 3y ago
I love reading, but had stopped for a while. Slowly getting back to it having finished my first book in a while. I'm really into sports and spend a lot of time watching or reading about it, and searching for new podcasts. I used to spend time playing chess but that has stopped. Oof there are so many hobbies I've been away from.
Though I'm not very good, I do love writing for myself. Reading more helps in that process.
I also like watching, or binge-watching, audio described Movies and TV Shows, and of course random Youtube videos any time of the day
CosmicBunny97 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Do you play any sports? And what movies do you like?
DisorientedWriter 1 points 3y ago
Only chess, which many would debate is not a sport. :) I'm trying to get into blind football, but we do not have a very good structure here in place. Though I do like to follow.
I randomly pick out movies depending on what I feel like watching at the time. Right now I'm trying to catch up with the movies on the DC world. Though I just end up picking what I'm in the mood for.
I know, it can be boring watching movies without any company. I slowly got into it when I learned about the audio described stuff, and I didn't have a lot of people to go out with at the time. So I started collecting recommendations, and the list only keeps on growing.
What kind of things do you like to read? Do you think being in something like a book club helps?
And wow, I would like to learn to cook. Do you get time to do that in uni?
CosmicBunny97 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I’m curious about blind football myself, but I don’t know how it works haha.

Oh nice! Yeah I don’t like watching movies by myself...it feels lonely. So I don’t watch a whole lot of movies.

Hmm well I want to get back into reading so there’s no specific genres I like, since I’m struggling to find what I like. I don’t cook too often because I live with my parents, but I did make savoury mince tonight. I like making Asian curries and oyakodon, which is a Japanese chicken, egg and rice bowl!
DisorientedWriter 1 points 3y ago
Wow those dishes sound wonderful. I would love to take up cooking as a hobby, perhaps while listening to a podcast or an audio book. I'm real clumsy in the kitchen though. I have to learn a lot.
Blind football is a little different. It's 5 against 5, and it's really fast and frantic from what I've experienced. quite fun though
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
Reading Harry Potter fan fiction, watching youtube, browsing the internet, watching movies with audio description, listening to audiobooks.

I’m a huge Harry Potter fan and have all the books/movies/fan fiction and music I could want.
DisorientedWriter 1 points 3y ago
Suggest me some good Harry Potter Fan fiction! I want to start somewhere and I've read just a couple of them
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
I don’t have any favorites.i also find it hard to remember names of fics.

There’s a hp fan fiction sub, maybe you could ask on there.

I also have a 9 gig fan fiction if you’d be interested; just go to forum.audiogames.net then click on off topic room, once you’re there, click on any topics made by Brad, there’s one about my hp laptop for example.

Once you’ve clicked on one of the topics, you’ll see my signiture, if you like harry potter... click on the link there, download the folder and download it.

Unzip it once it’s done and you’ll have a hugefolder with authors and other folders.
DisorientedWriter 1 points 3y ago
Thanks! I'll download it. And I'll check out the sub. Right now I'm going through Pottermore and catching up :)
bradley22 2 points 3y ago
Sounds good.
Knight_Knave 1 points 3y ago
Tabletop RPGs. If you enjoy writing, you may enjoy DMing. Even though tabletop is co-op storytelling, the DM gets to write a lot about the world to make things rich.
CosmicBunny97 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I like D&D and there's many others that look cool, just too niche to find a group. I don't think I could ever DM haha...no where near creative enough! Maybe someday!
8i8oio 1 points 3y ago
I’m not sure why you stopped writing, but I have a blind friend who writes, and could recommend programs ($1) and another older romance author who gives online classes. I could get you in touch if you’d like.
CosmicBunny97 [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Hmm honestly, aside from uni taking up a lot of time, I just felt like my stories weren't good enough because I have no reason or purpose for telling them. Even if my ideas are dumb, I enjoy writing for fun. Those online classes sound great!
8i8oio 1 points 3y ago
Oh I firmly believe in creating art for one’s own sake. I still draw sometimes, just to feel the paper and smell the ink / pencil. I’ve sent you a message with the author’s email. She’s an excellent mentor. Have fun!!
codeplaysleep 1 points 3y ago
We sound similar in terms of our vision - no left eye, 20/100 acuity and a very narrow visual field in the right.

I play D&D, play boardgames (with magnifiers/monocular as-needed), host a podcast, read/listen to audio books. Sometimes I draw, but I don't/can't do it nearly as much or as well as I used to. I'm going to try and do Inktober, though.
CosmicBunny97 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Oh wow. My vision is 6/36, I don't know what that is in tear os the 20 scale. I can't see at night and my depth perception is awful, so I use a cane.

I also like D&D and board games! I use my iPad mainly for D&D and my phone as a magnifier. I wish I could draw, I'm just not good at it haha.
razzretina 1 points 3y ago
Reading, writing, drawing, gaming, jiu jitsu, walking, podcasts (lots of true crime and science). That’s the gist of it for me b
CosmicBunny97 [OP] 2 points 3y ago
What do you enjoy reading?
razzretina 1 points 3y ago
Almost everything, ha ha. I kind of burned through science fiction and fantasy when I was younger so I don't read as much of that now unless it really sounds interesting. I read a lot of science and some history books, the ocasional biography, some true crime. I almost read a book about daylight savings time and I still regret that I didn't get the title because it sounded interesting. :D
CosmicBunny97 [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Oooh, I really want to get into scifi/fantasy books. I just want to get back into reading in general XD
razzretina 1 points 3y ago
Heck yeah! When I lost the ability to read print, it was pretty devastating. Then I remembered I could read braille and plopped a copy of Neuromancer onto my Braille Sense and was much happier. :D I would in general recommend Anne Leckie's Imperial Radcht series. The first one is Ancillary Justice and they're all on Bookshare if you use that.
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