# What interests me
2021-06-10

Programming interests me, though not as much as it
used to. The longer I work as a programmer the
more it becomes a job. An interesting, engaging
job, but still a job. I rarely write code just for
my own amusement. There's this excuse, that I
spent all of my creative energy on writing code
and don't have anything left for anything else -
writing code for amusement, just writing or really
anything else. It's probably bullshit.

Bicycles interest me. I'm in no way an expert and
never will be. I don't care about professional
cycling and am not interested in becoming a
bicycle theorist. I like riding for the sake of
riding and exploration. One could even say I'm
interested in the philosophy of the ride. I also
somewhat enjoy tinkering with my bike, although
I'd be happier if it just worked.

I'm interested in guns. Have been for a long time.
It's a passive interest. I haven't read any books
about guns and never shot one. Still, I'm drawn to
them. Part of it is the craftsmanship or
technology. Part of it is "making things happen at
a distance". There is no ideology in it for me. I
can't imagine ever shooting anything living. I
don't want other people shooting other living
things. I just like guns.

Drawing or sketching. I've always been doodling in
my notebooks. I thought that I would like to learn
to draw for real and even signed up for a
sketching course. I interests me but I've found
that I don't know how to get started. Maybe I
should have signed up for a more
"first-principles" class? I've put drawing to bed
for now.

I'm recovering my interest in being outdoors. I've
spent a lot of time outside as a kid living in a
small village. I've gone to so summer camps. I've
went on hiking trips. Then I almost stopped for a
while. Now I'm finding my way back. Love of the
outdoors is what I would like to teach my child
someday and that's why I want to start learning
again.

Politics, especially the left-wing kind, appeals
to me. I would like to learn more about anarchism
and other movements. I don't think I'll ever
become really involved in it - I'm too cynical for
that.

Machining and manufacturing looks like something I
could enjoy doing. I have this vague plan to get
into it in the coming decades. Maybe it could be
something I could transition into after I'm no
longer able to write code?

I've noticed a slight interest in languages. I
speak several languages and I would like to learn
one or two more. I would like to improve my
knowledge of some languages I know and go beyond
just business-speak in the one I'm currently using
the most.

Mathematics is a vague interest I have. I don't
know much and don't know how to start but the
subject seem to me like closes thing to magic (?)
we have.

Cinema is slightly interesting to me. More from
the consumer side of things. I like watching
movies. Prop-making and set design is one of the
jobs I would choose if I could choose anything.


Those are most of the things that interest me. I'm
not particularly good at any of them. I'll should
remember them more often and spend some time one
them. And maybe explore other interests while I'm
at it.