BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / What do you do when you're not doing Sherlock?

**Posted by Irene Adler** July 17, 2012 7:51 am

Sentimental Pulse wrote:
Irene Adler wrote:
Wholocked wrote:
I've never played golf but I gotta admit - I don't see the attraction!!
I didn't see it either until I tried. I thought it had to be plainly boring, but believe me, it's become a drug to me
Love golf..a game for a lifetime...but frustrating

Yes, it can be a bit frustrating sometimes, but the first time you manage to make a birdie, or the first time you make a good shot with a driver... I wouldn't change it for anything

**Posted by CreamLemon** July 17, 2012 1:57 pm

I'm a fiction writer, so I make sandwiches for a living to pay the bills. I'm a little bit published, but nothing that makes real money. I fangirl lots of stuff, though not as manically as I did when I was a teenager. Sherlock has re-birthed my desire to write fanfic, which is both good and bad. (I recently sold a novella with characters based on Sherlock and John)

**Posted by Sammy** July 17, 2012 7:34 pm

When I'm NOT doing Sherlock? Hahahahaha.

No. Seriously, though. Mainly school. And if not school then I do stuff with friends or spend way too much time in front of my computer. Yeah.
Some of you seem to have really cool professions! And so much creative folk among us.
I hope I'll get some really cool job when I finish school (and uni), too :D

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** July 19, 2012 8:05 pm

I have so little time these days for anything except Sherlock, it's pretty crazy. Although I did make time for Doctor Who last night, ha, does that count?

**Posted by Sammy** July 20, 2012 1:00 am

Sure!
"What do you do when you're not doing Sherlock?" - "Um, Doctor who?"
hehe ;D

**Posted by AreYouTryingToDeduceMe** July 31, 2012 11:37 am

Sammy wrote:
Sure!
"What do you do when you're not doing Sherlock?" - "Um, Doctor who?"
hehe ;D

Ahahahaha I was just about to say that!! X3 I'm so desperate for series 7 it's killing meee >.<

I have a huge passion for art and I like to try and draw/paint whenever I can, provided that I have completed my schoolwork. I also happen to watch a huge amount of horror/thriller movies; I adore the genres, but only when they are
a) tasteful
b) have a decent plot; not just a marketing ploy filled with mindless slaughter and gore and
c) have incredible suspense and tension. I mostly find foreign horror films to be the best (i.e. the original The Grudge and Ring, The Orphanage) as most of American horror disappoints me profusely with their generic plots and empty characters. My brother got me for my birthday last year a 2 terabyte hard drive and so far little over 10% is filled with mostly horror films, so I'm trying to make it my goal to really fill it up!
The latest horror film I've seen is The Woman in Black. I really liked the concept of the ghost haunting a small Victorian town, and yes, the jump scares terrified me, but I just wish there was more nail-biting tension throughout the plot, not just right near the end; I find that the scariest films build up slowly during the entire feature, escalating to a frightening conclusion that makes you ponder about it for weeks, not just making you on the edge of your seat trying to predict the next jump scare.

tl;dr: I freaking love my horror movies.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** August 7, 2012 5:26 pm

Oh my God your signature is amazingly funny.

**Posted by SusiGo** August 7, 2012 5:38 pm

At the moment I go hiking in the mountains when I'm not doing Sherlock. Today it really got a bit dangerous, a sort of abyss before me and a steep and stony slope behind me. I fear I won't be able to use my legs tomorrow.

**Posted by sherlockskitty** August 10, 2012 10:42 pm

when I'm not doing Sherlock, I go shopping for doctor who stuff.

**Posted by Mattlocked** August 10, 2012 10:49 pm

What do you do when you're not doing Sherlock?

**Posted by sherlockskitty** August 11, 2012 3:25 am

Oh, really, Mattlocked??

**Posted by Chrissi** August 11, 2012 2:23 pm

When I'm not doing Sherlock I read books Or watch TV, or do some sports.
And I drink tea ^^

**Posted by Banbha** September 2, 2012 11:51 am

In my real life I work in healthcare and go to school (though not at this particular moment) in order to get even further in the field. I eat, sleep, and breathe hospital. Oh hey...like Molly Hooper!

Since I'm not in school at the moment, I do actually have time to actually enjoy other things. I'm kind of an introvert and do prefer curling up with a cup of tea and my Nook or a good show to going out. Other than that, I'm pretty varied. I can be found in the library, at a baseball game, baking pies after going to a local orchard, or volunteering for animal rights. There's too much life out there to narrow it down to just a few things.

**Posted by sherlockskitty** September 2, 2012 7:18 pm

I watch dr who or read books or bake cookies. right now I'm watching dr who and doing laundry. byeeeeeeeee!!

**Posted by Mattlocked** September 2, 2012 7:48 pm

I'm watching a talkshow about internet addiction.
No idea what they mean.

**Posted by SusiGo** September 2, 2012 7:55 pm

Mattlocked wrote:
I'm watching a talkshow about internet addiction.
No idea what they mean.

LOL

**Posted by Mattlocked** September 2, 2012 8:13 pm

W-lan was just down for some minutes. I nearly went mad...
But in tv they just said boys are mostly endangered. Probably right.

**Posted by Banbha** September 5, 2012 10:53 am

Mattlocked wrote:
W-lan was just down for some minutes. I nearly went mad...
But in tv they just said boys are mostly endangered. Probably right.

I don't know...I could definitely qualify.

**Posted by Smoggy_London_Air** September 6, 2012 3:53 am

It used to be a multitude of things. Now, it's just homework.

**Posted by Arya** September 7, 2012 12:55 am

Homework...don't remind me...

Well, apart from Sherlock and school/homework stuff, I do a lot of music--mainly oboe, piano and voice. I'd like to say that I write, too, but I really don't have the time right now. Maybe I'll write a fanfic sometime soon...but that's Sherlock-related again, isn't it?