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Special interests past and present:
Doctoral degrees
physics
Naruto
Doctor Who (Specifically the characters of the tenth doctor and Jack Harkness)
vegetarianism
atheism
trench coats
Dog training
trains (Specifically Thomas the tank engine, but trains in general)
Venomous animals
Ender Wiggin (More generally the Ender's game books but specifically the character of Ender)
Chess (Specifically the sicilian najdorf defense and the player Alexei Shirov)
Fast food
The concept of anti heroes
I could go on but I have studying to do. Maybe tomorrow I'll edit this post with more special interests.

Previous interests:
Dinosaurs
Collecting Coins and Stamps
Martial arts (especially aikido - still iterested, just don't do it anymore)
Anime/Manga including:
Cosplay (anime/manga)
Anime conventions
Musical dancing
Japanese Rock-Music (especially L'Arc-en-Ciel and Gackt)
Playing the violin (although I still want to take that up again)

Current interests:
Reading (Thriller, Fantasy, Science-Fiction)
Playing Piano
Painting/Drawing
Photography
Video Games (PC, PS3)
Learning Languages (Japanese, Icelandic, Korean, Arabic, Spanish at the moment)
Ballet dancing
Gardening
Cooking and Baking (especially sweets and desserts)
Music (especially film soundtracks, classical music and metal)
Cats (especially Maine Coon and Norwegian)
Astrophysics, forensic sciences, neurosciences and forensic psychology
Polyphasic Sleep
Enhancing Memory, Cognitive Processing and Reading Speed
Taking a bath - and anything that smells good (especially Jasmine and Sandalwood) from scented candles to shower gel

Since there are quite a few people interested in baking I have made a thread especially for it in random. http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt198035.html

Interests I engaged in today:
- Anime (watched Fairy Tail, Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos)
- Transformers (watched Transformers Prime and Rescue Bots)
- X-Men/Avengers (reread some of the latest x-men comics on phone, read an Avengers comic, watched Avengers The Greatest Heros cartoon)
- Paleantology (read an article about diversity and survival of extinction events)
- Planetary Astronomy (read an article about discerning between planets and brown dwarves)

Interests I engaged in yesterday:
- More x-men comic reading
- Bird-watching at a lake
- Castlevania (played Castlevania Puzzle on my phone)
- 3D games (played Kid Icarus on 3DS)
- Fighting games (listened to Street Fighter and other fighter games' sound tracks at work)
- Christian music (listened to a sample of John Schlitt of Petrah's latest album on the internet)
- Otaku stuff (downloaded some otaku apps on my phone)

Other interests I engaged in within the month:
- Geneaology
- Wiki-ing
- Star Trek (am reading Star Trek: The Next Generation: Indistinguishable From Magic)
- podcasts (listened to some Superman/Supergirl fan audio dramatization)
- Comic book movies (watched Captain America and XMen Last Stand movies)
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy television series (am watching Lost Girl every Monday)

Other interests that come and go recently:
- Being a "local" tourist (visit places in town for the novelty of it, or in other places across the state)
- Being a "virtual" tourist (employing google earth, street view, wikipedia, youtube, internet, second life)
- Math (made up a simple role playing game that powers spells by solving calculus problems)
- Manga reading
- Talk radio (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity)
- World News (BBC)
- World culture
- classic arcade games
- olympics

Interests that have been a while:
- Coin/stamp collecting
- History
- Martial arts films
- Military
- Baseball
- Mythology
Can't think of any interests that have "left", they always phase in and out. I like to collect new interests by declaring I'm having a "theme" period for something that I know very little about but would like to. I then learn as much as I can about this new thing for a couple weeks to a couple months. Sometimes it'll turn out to be a life altering interest.

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I have quite a few that I transition back and forth between:

severe weather and tornadoes
baseball
american football
sports in general
lefty politics
religion bashing
atheism and agnosticism
philosophy
professional wrestling
sexuality
critical thinking
autism and aspergers
smart comedy (Carlin, Hicks, Maher, etc)
Family Guy
South Park
making people think from an alternate perspective
making videos for youtube (TheAutisDick)
shameless self-promoting wherever I can

I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting, but if these are the ones that came to mind at will, then these are clearly the most important

Previous:
Mythical creatures
RC cars from age 4-14
Pokemon until around age 10, then YuGiOh shortly after
Dirt bikes, I was crazy about chinese made 50cc pitbikes for a while though I never had one
Honda ATV's, again never had one but I loved to learn the specs
250cc motorcycles
Xanth novels by Piers Anthony
The supernatural
The magic school bus

Current:
Engineering
Electronics
Automotive design
Exercise, bodybuilding, and weight training
Photography
The universe
Music

Past Interests:

Harry Potter (2001-2007)
I loved the books, but was never really a fan of the films. Lost interest once I had read the final book
Star Wars (2003-2005)
I was obsessed with Star Wars until the release of the final film. Since that day I have never really returned to the same level of interest.
Michael Jackson (2005-2008)
I was hooked by his music for most of my late teens. I knew all his songs, lyrics, albums and had posters DVD's etc in my room. When I moved to uni my music taste changed.
Cadets (2006-2007)
I was a member of the ATC. Was bullied out of the squadron.
Field Hockey (2006-2009)
I was goalie and vice captain for the school team. Stopped playing when I went to university.
Brass Bands (2005-2011)
I used to love playing in Brass Bands in my late teens, but unfortunately a combination of band cliques and ex girlfriends been members ended my love of this.
Choir Singing (2007-2010)
I sang with choirs at local and regional level, but stopped as I had lost interest again.
Pole Dancing (2010-2012)
I did Pole Dancing in university and competed in a competition. I stopped as I could not cope with hormonal girls arguing constantly.

Current Interests:

Rugby (2000-2012)
Once won player of the year. Played for club, county and in uni.
American Football (2008-2012)
Played Madden frequently and played for my uni in my freshman year.
Star Trek (2008-2012)
Became a hardcore Trekkie for life in 2008. Have every DS9 and TNG episode on DVD
West Coast Rap (2006-2012)
Be it Eminiem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg to Tupac, rap has had me hooked since I was young.
Jazz (2003-2012)
Performed with the NYJW and play Jazz Trumpet every day.
Lord of the Rings (2002-2012)
Loved the books films and games to this day.
Dr Who (2004-2006, 2008-2009, 2011-2012)
Have a love hate relationship with Dr Who. Right now I love it.
Drama/Musicals (2005-2012)
Be it watching or taking part, I am still the amateur thespian at heart!

If you're willing to put up with the inconvenience (and can find a proxy that works!), you can watch British TV as shown in the UK. I must admit to watching BBC World News whilst on holiday outside the UK but I wouldn't choose it if I had more choice.

Past Interests:
Whales
Happy Tree Friends
Musical Theater
Turtles
World War Two
Grunge Rock
Hair Metal
Classic Rock
Call of Duty
Purple
Weather

On and Off:
Geology
Astronomy
Steampunk
Dinosaurs
Sciences in General

Present Interests:
Rock Band
The Multiverse Theory
Anime
B-Movies
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Music
Rule 63
Japanese
Baseball
Moe
Billy Idol's Sneer

Yes, it can get that specific...

Most of my Interests come in and out of favour:

Birdwatching... normally during the winter this really takes hold...
Buying Classic Cars, January seems to be the month I have real problems... The short days and long nights cause me to search for a new project.
Bonsai Trees, I have been growing them for years but the obsession comes and goes, in the low points I just keep them alive, in the high points I am trimming, wiring, repotting, looking for new trees...
Stamps I have a collection but not looked at it for years, I know it will come back with a vengance..
Everquest I am hopefully never becoming obsessed with this again.. robbed me of too much time..

I am currently into Classic Cars, I spent today cleaning 40 years of oil off the underside of a 1969 landrover !
Bloody loved it

Stu

At the moment I'm into:
Dancing, Kpop, John Cage, Naruto, Daria, Skins, Merlin, baking, classical music, electronic and ambient music, Japanese culture, photography and socionics.

Before:
Whales
Fantasy books
Riding, collecting stickers (mostly because everyone around me did)
Dressing up

Now:
Still fantasy books
Collecting film, mostly Pixar, Disney and Tim Burton
Memorizing Disney films (unconciously)
My own world Liba
Manga
Aikido
LARP

My interests.. Mhhh...
Movies and TV would be the biggest ones.

Favourite Movies: The Amityville Horror, Silent Hill, Source Code, Shaun of the dead, Dawn of the dead, Hot Fuzz, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Harry Potter Series, The Twilight Saga, 21 Jump Street, Dead Silence, Holes, Insidious, The Final Destination Series, The Awakening.

TV: Doctor Who, Waterloo Road, Survivors, Britains Got Talent, Walking Dead, Torchwood, Dexter, Would I lie to you?, Never mind the buzzcocks, Mock the week, little Britain

I also like music. I'm trying to learn how to play guitar.
I'm a big fan of video games, although I get wayy to obsessed with them, so I'm trying my hardest not to play them.
I've now been off video games for about.. 3 weeks, which is nice.

Favourite Videogames: Call of Duty (2, MW1, World at war, MW2, MW3 - Blackops and COD 3 is terrible.)
Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Terraria, Runescape, Assassins Creed series (Apart from AC 2, pretty terrible to be honest. Lack of effort in the plot, rather generic story line. Could've been more challenging).

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Past:
*Pokemon
*Naruto
*Bleach
*Unicorns
*Gemology
*BIGBANG (The band, I still like them, but they're not a special interest anymore)
*World Domination
*Lolita (The Japanese street fashion style)
*Asian Stereotypes
*Dream Interpretation

(You can tell I've had some of these back when I was a little kid. )
(Oh, and some of my past special interests are still interests, just not special interests.)

Past Special Interests That Are Coming Back:
*Oceanography
*Meteorology
*Botany
*Drawing/Painting
*Poetry
*Writing

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Current:
*Astronomy
*Cosmology
*Quantum Physics
*Abnormal Psychology/Neurology (Which as of now, includes Asperger's/Autism, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Sociopathy, and MPD/DID.)
*Floriography
*North Korea
*Axis Powers Hetalia
*Memories from junior high.
*Daydreaming

Past/lesser interests/obsessions
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Drawing (2001-2006; I'm sort of coming back to it though).
Boats (2003-2005)
Lord of the Rings (2004)
Star Wars (2003-2006)
Spaceships and history of space exploration (2004-2008; 2010)


Current Interests
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Trains (1999-present)
Geography (2003-present)
Airplanes (2006-present)
Military structure, strategy, and history (2008-present)
Guns (2009-present)
Film (not sure; really gradual)
Film making (2011-present)

-Purple, shiny balls (he he I said balls). They must always be purple, shiny and metallic, and normally come from souvenir shops. I collect them and I keep them in my room and I love them.
-Harry Potter. I used to spend every lunchtime duelling my best friend (who, thinking about it now, was probably on the spectrum himself) and reading the books. I have a real love/hate relationship with the films though. I think we all do.
-Kingdom Hearts. That's my most current special interest and I NEVER shut up about it. My friends know more about it than most people who have actually played the games because of my constant babbling about it, and some of them actually bother to get involved with it. I assigned all of them KH-based nicknames and a lot of them do actually use them in everyday life (even when I'm not around) so I feel really loved.
-Writing. I write TONNES. Especially humour.
-Doctor Who, probably because of my mum.
-My Chemical Romance. I know, I know, I'm an EMO, they're awful, they've gone mainstream, etc. I know every word to every song on every album and I know several pointless details about their lives, not to mention having the fangirlish conviction that Frank and Gerard should get together.
-I also dabble in Sonic The Hedgehog stuff, although that's more my brother's cup of tea, and I'd like to get into Pokemon when I have the time.
(That's only a short list, by the way )