Comments on: Your Roses Really Smell Like Poo-Poo

By: Misty

Misty — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:51:29 +0000

My husband used to play world of warcraft and now “flashes” his phone (installing new systems because he is King of Geeks).
I, however, am glad we are moving because I have space now to grow cat grass. yes, cat grass. I’m afraid to try growing anything else b/c Punk will definitely eat it. (punk is the cat, not a child…)

By: lydee

lydee — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:48:27 +0000

oh yeah, i like gardening. it’s all good.

By: Bluebird

Bluebird — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:59:55 +0000

I killed my peony and am intimidated by orchids. Seriously, as in I love them, but yet I fear them. Do share your wisdom

Actually, I’ll trade you your orchid knowledge for a big ass bundle of parsley, cilantro, sage, mint, and basil. Now those, I can grow. Go figure.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:48:19 +0000

I quilt. I read. I’m a scientist. I sew. I garden. I game. and….
I make my own SOAP. from lye. and fat.
and I’m under 30.

I prefer to think I’m fully prepared for modern society to end

By: TeDiouS

TeDiouS — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:35:36 +0000

I so do not have the green thumb. Plants do not thrive in my presence. If I stick a seed or plant in the ground and then proceed to ignore it for three or four months it may stand a chance, but anything I actually tend to is a goner inside a week.

I do, however, cross stitch. I had a needle habit of ten-plus hours a day at one point. Shoulder surgery sort of took care of that level of enthusiasm, but I still love to stitch. It’s like coloring. With thread! *tries not to blind everyone with my enormous dorky grin*

Yes, well…I am a dork and proud. I have Linux on my laptop, do number and word puzzles for fun, own more coloring books than my niece…but also have a punk/metal music collection, love funky clothes, and have my future mother-in-law thinking I am turning her son into a goth. So there you are.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:55:35 +0000

I look out my kitchen window at least a dozen times a day and wish that I was a gardener (because I don’t think the fact that I have blossoming weeds in my flower beds makes me a gardener – it just means my backyard is capable of growing things without my help.) I am impressed with the orchids, and I wouldn’t call it dorky. Eccentric, maybe, but not dorky.

And I have no real hobbies, but I just admitted to cyberspace that I cut my husbands toenails for him . . . enough said.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:39:02 +0000

I would love to be able to grow orchids. Rather than making me think you’re a dork, it makes me think you’re better at keeping things alive than I am–which considering I have three kids, I feel like it’s something I really ought to be reasonably good at.

I have numerous semi-dorky semi-hobbies. I like to knit, crochet, cross stitch, bake, scrapbook… But I think they’re all the things that I do when I realize I have three spare seconds in a row and I feel like I should do something productive with it. After seeing the curtain I spent literally weeks making for the bathroom, my husband pointed out that I really shouldn’t have Martha Stewart aspirations if I’m going to be a crazy Martha Stewart.

He gardens. I just take credit for the 15-foot sunflowers. (Literally. They’re amazing.)

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:17:50 +0000

Dude, I’ve totally seen that commercial. I’m not easily shocked, but my mouth was literally agape.
(Is agape a word? It sounds right, but looks all sorts of wrong.)

By: Karin

Karin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:14:45 +0000

I’m in the midatlantic and don’t have a huge problem with wasps but heat is a factor. I love gardening and in the summer usually try to get it done before 8 but my little patch of earth is all too tiny and lacks sunlight (huge tree in the front that’s community property and fenced 12×12 backyard that only gets sun for about 2 hours/day in a 6 ft square by the door). I managed to kill my hard to find shade rose last year – went away for 2 weeks in the high heat and forgot to have someone water my garden – but my wintergreen groundcover in the beds has taken over like mad and all my perennials come up thru it so it looks really nice! I’m battling SmartWeed which along with my dog’s pee, killed my grass (it’s pretty about knee high w/ rich green pointy leaves and pink flowers but it takes over everything!). So now I have 2 tomato plants and some basil growing where my rose used to be (smells so nice back there!) and a hydrangea along with the wintergreen, hostas and a bunch of impatiens.

So my other dorky hobby is making hair bows and homemade bath stuff. I have a great time, can do most of it with and/or for my kids but it’s so Susie Homemaker. I get a lot of “you make your own what? shampoo, bath mixes and handsoap? Why? Are you kidding me?” I would do everything from scratch but since said tiny piece of earth contains one tiny townhouse to house 3 kids, 2 adults and a dog, I buy soap (castile and melt and pour varieties) and color, mix and shape them. My goal is to be able to buy a house with a lot large enough to have a soap shed out back. the bows are cool though! YES! I have one cool hobby!!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:43:44 +0000

I knit better than most grandmothers I know, and I’m under 30. To further up the dork factor, I have been babying my pumpkins and squash in the backyard and perfecting my pumpkin muffin recipe for the happy day when I can chop up aforementioned pumpkins and eat them. Basically, my hobbies mirror that of a 70 year old woman, but it’s FUN dammit!