Other than listening to Elbow, what do you guys get up to in your free time? The student life seems to turn out more free days than I can shake a stick at - about time I picked up a hobby

(Hoping to find someone's into extreme ironing or something)

I'd love to say i sketch, read, go for walks with my camera and generally meditate over what is beautiful, but i discovered stumble and i've not left the flat since!
I try to do something creative, i go to a lot of stand up, i used to be in a choir and wind my flat mate up by singing really annoying songs from the 90's! (Alice on here, she's gone home for a few days so i was going to make the most of the time by reading, but i'm not.... )

Well, recently, me and my friends have started drinking more than usual so that's taking up alot of the free hours. I'm just in! teenagery's awesome! other than that, i read, run, play football and basketball, and watch house, scrubs, how i met your mother, and any decent DVD that comes to hand

Otherwise than drinking (I don't drink at all) we have the same taste in TV-series. So yeah, watching TV and listening to music kills my free time.

Well, seeing my son at weekends and midweek, playing Crown Green Bowls twice a week and being a Season Ticket Holder at Manchester City takes up most of my time !

Otherwise, alcohol and music fill the rest of the gaps !!

Alcohol (member of CAMRA and real ale fanatic - always searching out new beers to try), music, reading (novels mainly), cycling, hacking out a few chords on my guitar (also involves alcohol; playing at the local music sessions in the pubs) and photography. That lot keeps me pretty busy. I hardly watch tv and can't stand the cinema (it's full of numpties making noise).

Bugger all atm. Generally I will spend my time taking photos, playing piano, bike riding, snowboarding, seeing films, watching TV, etc.

Being a single mum ,a student, and with work, free time is a bit of a luxury, so if I do have spare time I like to basically do nothing!
Although being a contrary cow I actually find it very difficult to relax, but if I can manage to sit still I like reading,or trying to catch up on all the TV stuff recorded/box sets bought that I never have the time to watch, or messing about on the pooter
If I'm being a bit more energetic I like walking , gardening,horseracing (watching not riding, I'm far too fat to be a jockey ) I'm in a racing club and "own" bits of racehorses
And of course there's my ultimate time waster ..Manchester United ...the hours those clowns have taken from my life ..

Having a 4 year old son, a house which seems to want to eat itself, a garden the size of a field (although Mrs K deals mostly with that), thankfully a large not-too-dysfunctional family and friends plus working for a living doesn't really leave a huge amount of time. I like to catch a match if I can, but living 200 miles from Manchester makes it practically impossible at the moment to see a live game. Other than that a bit pottering around on the 'pooter, the odd film, that sort of thing.

MBV - should be interesting this season, eh?

Hey Mr K, whizz over to the Football topic, I've just posted...........

I tend to be quite busy, since I have a young daughter at home. But if I have extra time, I am ususally volunteering (at my kid's school or for social/political organizations - did a lot of work for Obama's campaign last year). Also love writing though I don't really do anything with it, just blogs about music or current events when I have time. And living in Florida, I do try to find time to just vegetate out on the beach when the weather is agreeable, usually with a frosty beverage in hand...the sound of the waves and the taste of the rum runners make an excellent combo!

Oh i bake! I have some caramel shortbread cooling on the coffee table atm!

Having seen Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall extolling the virtues of home-made bread, I've been on a bread baking kick as well recently. All that kneading does wonders for the bingo wings. You all really should try it - there is nothing more exquisite than fresh bread from the oven, dripping in Lurpak.

Like others, ...Spare time ? I wish !
Wake, Work, Home, Wife goes to Work - Two kids, one with ASD - everyday's a handful, Eat, Sleep... and repeat.

I do a fair bit of cooking, actually quite enjoy it - especially with a glass of red on the go (Keith Flloyd eat your heart out!) agree with the homemade bread comments - strangely theraputic and mmm !
Listen to music when I'm not being bothered by the fruits of my loins.
Catch a football match on SKY occasionally. Visit this place when i can get on the p.c or the laptop - and dream of writing a novel beside a pool somewhere warm.