What do I like?

Today I think I will post another list. I've been in a bit of a good mood, so I think I will post things that I like. This is by no means, a complete list, and in in no order.

6 Things I like to do.

1. Car Audio. I love installing it, listening to it, and dreaming up ways to improve it. I can't understand how anyone could go to a car stereo shop and pick out something and have it installed. Then there is nothing to take pride in. You didn't accomplish anything other than making your wallet thinner. My first complete install.


2. Video games. I love to play video games. But it has to be a GOOD game to keep me interested. Mostly I like driving type games. The latest one that I went crazy for was "Need for Speed Underground 2". I spent countless hours in front of the TV playing that one on the xbox. But alas, I had to get a second job, so the games took a back seat to that. Now that I don't really NEED the second job, my priorities have changed. So now I spend all my free time with my family, rather than hypnotized by the games.


3. Writing. I've really started to enjoy writing. Letting my thoughts flow from my head through my fingers and out to the page. Until very recently, this was impossible to me. I would sit down to write a simple note to the teacher or a birthday card, and spend ten or more minutes just staring at the blank paper. I have always had a desire to write, but I could never translate what was in my head into something that would be understandable. I've always had a good imagination, and could come up with story lines and plots, but was never able to put anything on paper. I would always just draw a blank. I don't know what I did, but I think I fixed it. What do you think?


4. Music. I love music in many different forms. I love to listen to it, and also to make it. I've played the guitar since the age of 8 or 9. I never took any lessons so I'm not nearly as good at it as I should be. My favorite thing to do on the guitar was to listen to songs on the radio and figure out how to play them. I think it was the challenge that always appealed to me, more than anything.


5. The outdoors. I enjoy just about anything you can do outside. I think this stems from my childhood. My favorite place to play as a child was in the woods. Every place we lived when I was young had a wooded area close by where I would spend most of my free time. Which, when you're a kid is most of the time. Still I like the traditional "outdoor" activities, hiking, camping, boating, and some not so traditional ones like dirt bike riding and four wheeling (aka muddin') in my Jeep.


6. Modifying automobiles. There is nothing more fun than taking a perfectly good car, and making it go faster, or farther, or more places. One thing that I learned at an early age is this. No matter how fast it is now, it could always be a little faster. I've done this it two completely different directions. One is with cars. Where the focus is horsepower and weight. You strive for more and more horsepower and less and less weight. The other way I've taken it is with trucks, or more specifically, Jeeps. With the Jeep the goal is ground clearance suspension travel and gearing. I'll have to post a picture of my Jeep after I made the suspension modifications. You can see the before pics, and the sound system install here.

I think that is about enough for today. I have the workings for another list tomorrow, but we'll see. Too much of anything is a bad thing.