In order:
- Reading. So, so much reading. Lots of fantasy (
Merlin
series,Redwall
series,Harry Potter
series), quite a bit of non-fiction (How Stuff Works-type books), and foreign language stuff as well. I'd try and line up English and Spanish, English and French, and to figure out the "rules" of the other language and its vocab. - Video games. The Nintendo 64 was my first "big boy" purchase that I made with my own money. I played a bunch of
Super Mario 64
,Ocarina of Time
,Banjo-Kazooie
(and laterBanjo-Tooie
), andGoldenEye
(as well as its "spiritual successor,"Perfect Dark
). I also picked up aCounter-Strike 1.5/1.6
habit in the early aughts. - Aggressive Inline Skating. At least until I broke my arm right before high school, and then ended up too swamped in academics to spend much time on physical activities.