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11 Jan 2016, 10:03 pm

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I bet Zkydz would like "Moon Mullins."

My great uncle wrote the first score for "Felix The Cat."

Not a big Moon Mullins Fan but a huge Felix the Cat fan from way back. Not quite the special interest territory though. Just a fan. Did like strips and cartoons like the Katzenjammer kids, Betty Boop, Popeye, Tarzan (Burne Hogarth Art), The Phantom, Brenda Starr, Lil' Abner, Prince Valiant..etc. Mostly from about the late 30's onward though. More into the animation from the early days like the Fleischer Brothers, early Warner Bros, and then the early works of other, independent animators like Ub Iwerks, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, etc.

I actually got to see an original Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) Sunday Page. It was unbelievable. That man was a genius. He just very, very lightly blocked in the page (which was huge...like about 2' x 3' (had to fill a full newspaper page and from a reduction at that) with a light pencil. Then just put the final ink drawings right on top of it.

One of my prize possessions is an original drawing done by Sergio Aragones. He did the "Mad Magazine" 'Marginals' and all sorts of other cartoons.


I misread your quote from before and did not see that you included the early stuff also, my bad. That particular era interested me at one time because not much is left anymore. I still have a Katzenjammer Kids coloring book from 1918 (shows "modern" transportation like a biplane), as well as a few pre-WWI comic books that I have bought at estate auctions over the years. My oldest one is a 1906 Pecks BB, but it is far from mint. Most of my comic books are from mid 1945-early 1970s, back from when I was actively collecting them years ago. They are stored in a safe location for a future rainy day, away from my relatives who want to sell them.



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11 Jan 2016, 10:12 pm

Congrats on having that. What's funny is that in 1973 my father asked what I wanted for Christmas. I told him I wanted Fantastic Four #1 or Amazing Fantasy #15. Both were about $50.00 each at that time in mint condition. I was told, "I ain't spending no $50.00 on a damned comic book."

Sigh........


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12 Jan 2016, 6:26 am

My special interests:

A world and set of characters I have been writing about since I was a teenager.
My dissertation topic for this year - I'm very fortunate to be doing a project I love so much!

I have other interests like regular exercise and binge-watching quality TV shows, but none reach the level of intensity that I think is required for something to be designated a Special Interest.



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12 Jan 2016, 6:28 am

rugulach wrote:
Am curious to know what kind of special interests do adults, specifically middle-aged and older adults have?


Oh yeah... I had the weird moment when I read the word 'middle-aged' too. I don't pay much attention to my age. If I didn't have to keep putting my age and/or birth date on forms I doubt I'd remember how old I am at all!



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12 Jan 2016, 8:22 am

^ Yeah, my age was something I was very preoccupied with when I was a kid and a teenager, but not since. Largely because I feel so much younger. My age says so little about me; it mostly gives you a clue as to what will make me nostalgic and what news I heard growing up.


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12 Jan 2016, 9:59 am

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Roads/highways and related stuff.

There are a number of YouTube channels by people that are road obsessed. They go on long trips and film them and get all exicted about things like stack overpasses. Freewayjim, Freewaybrent, European Roads are examples of this type of YouTube Channal.

I am not road obsessed but find these videos very relaxing.


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12 Jan 2016, 10:03 am

I saw a road trip in Cameroon, Central Africa, on YouTube!

Beautiful scenery. The road was even good!



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12 Jan 2016, 10:52 am

Music, and especially music festivals.
Not playing, or even listening exactly, but more the whole ambience of the thing.

When I was young, I would listen to CDs and learn all the worlds.

Then I got to my 20s, and started focusing on the collection as a whole, rating each album and categorizing them. I used to spend hours searching my CD collection making sure everything was in order, by Artist, then by release date of the album.

Then came MP3s, and then I went through my whole CD collection and ripped it, and rated each individual song.

Now, I am working on an app to sort of transfer the same idea to live performances. It will collect all kinds of information about music festivals. It's all in the guise of an app to use at a festival (sort of like Foursquare), which will actually make the experience of going to a festival better, too.


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12 Jan 2016, 1:02 pm

ride a motorcycle
play guitar (badly)
read a lot - fiction, non-fiction, everything really



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12 Jan 2016, 1:05 pm

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play guitar (badly)
But, ain't it fun just to fram on that thing? I get that. I am very bad. But, I like my bad noise!!


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12 Jan 2016, 7:46 pm

For myself, Model trains in gauge O and G, antique tractors/lawn mowers and RC cars. I am 42yrs old. Dodger


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12 Jan 2016, 8:48 pm

Sex, drugs and not quite rock n roll. Oh and Parrots and fantasy sports:

Fantasy Baseball/Football
Math Metal/Mathcore/Deathcore (yet I hate math?!?)
African Grey Parrots
Smoking pot
Sex
Camping

Pretty much don't like much of anything else.



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12 Jan 2016, 8:51 pm

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I've liked Paleoanthropology since I was about 11 years old.

50/60's music. I enjoy watching kids from that era dance to the music!

Listening or watching old baseball games. Listening to someone like Red Barber or Mel Allen on Yankee/Brooklyn Dodgers broadcasts.

Late Medieval English history--especially the Peasants' Rebellion of 1381.

Many others that I can't think of offhand.

I don't like: Going on shopping trips, "professional" wrestling, "reality" TV, present-day pop culture (I like 1960s pop culture, though).


There's something about baseball radio broadcasts that just swims in nostalgia, even live games. I love baseball history myself. While I never listened to too many older games, the sound of John Sterling (even though he annoys me) on a summers day is so soothing and comforting.



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13 Jan 2016, 1:43 am

religions, history of 'things', potato heads, math, birds



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13 Jan 2016, 2:39 am

If it weren't for the fact I'm having other issues right now, I'd be spend more time with my music, specifically music before 1949, whether it be classical, pop or jazz (I don't care what anyone says, the best damn trumpeter that ever lived was Satchmo, mostly because of the pure joy in his playing. I also don't care what anyone says, the best operatic tenor that ever lived was Jussi Bjoerling. How I'd love to have his technique.)



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13 Jan 2016, 4:25 am

My interests:
History
Books-especially fiction and stuff that people wanted banned
Getting into debates with people on the internet, especially on social media
Film as an art form, sometimes I even see movies that are only available in art theaters.

I've recently turned 40, but I don't feel middle aged as I still feel pretty young.