My Hobbies

I have always liked to keep my hands and mind busy, so I have tried many, many different hobbies. I have a collection of puzzles, I collect duck knick-knacks and rocks, and I have a decent-sized personal library that has completely overfilled two bookshelves. I also know how to crochet, and I know the basics of knitting and embroidery. I also write but haven't published anything. I used to make claymations, but I lost the videos with my old tablet. I plan to one day go back to making them, I loved it! I also enjoy playing Minecraft.

Something I really enjoy doing is sewing. Above is a shirt I made as well as a Velociraptor "puppet". The goal was for it to be a marionette puppet (too heavy) or a completely poseable figure (which it is, it has thirty-six moveable joints). I have to partially redo it, but that is part of the fun of experimenting. I didn't follow any patterns for it, I just did what seemed correct. I studied the length and size of reconstructions and bones to make it about the size of a real velociraptor, if not slightly smaller. The shirt was spontaneous and I messed up the orientation of the button holes. Oh, and both projects were completely hand-sewn as I didn't yet own a working sewing machine. These are probably the projects I am most proud of.

I used to draw a lot as a kid but for personal reasons I stopped for several years. Fairly recently I started doing it again. I draw on the whiteboard at work when I'm waiting for my ride. The Quetzalcoatlus is unfortunately the only example I have of that. The Spinosaurus I drew while at my mom's because my sister wanted me to draw with her and I'm really happy with it.

I really love music. I listen to music almost all the time - I listened to music the entire time worked on this website. I listen to many different genres, and I have a few dozen playlists for what I'm in the mood for. My dad didn't allow me to have instruments when I was a kid, but now that I'm an adult, I can finally pursue my wish to be able to play them. My stepdad is a huge supporter of this - he gave me the two guitars pictured - and I am getting a new keyboard soon. I'm making progress slowly but surely!

Some of My Favorite Musical Artists

• Fall Out Boy
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise
• OneRepublic
• Foster The People
• Lewis Capaldi
• Green Day
• Paramore
• Hozier
• The Crane Wives
• Caamp
• Tyler Childers
• Chris Stapleton
• Zach Bryan
• Lady Gaga

My Favorite Movies

I also really enjoy watching movies! My mom and grandma introduced my to disaster movies, and my grandma also loved horror movies. I'll go over how these movies influenced me on my "Interests" page (the link is at the top and bottom of the page).


• Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), & Jurassic Park III (2001) (I dislike the World movies)
• Jaws (1975)
• Indiana Jones movies (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008)
• Twister (1996)
• Volcano (1997)
• Dante's Peak (1997)
• Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• The Lord of the Rings movies (2001, 2002, 2003)
• The Hobbit movies (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) & Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) (the sequel is better)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Godzilla movies (1998 version is my guilty pleasure)
• Land of the Lost (2009)
• The Mummy (1999) (if you prefer the 2017 one, get off my page)
• Django Unchained (2012)
• Star Wars movies (1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002, 2005)

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