Cousin See, Cousin Do

What I'm talking about here is what Ody seems to do, I end up doing it sooner or later.  We seem to end up doing the same hobby at on point or another, usually he'll get into it first then I'll come follow.  I was thinking about this and I thought it started with the DJ equipment that he had ... but it actually goes further back then that.

When we were little kids, my parents would never let me out of the house, play outside, go to the park or anything like that unless Ody was going.  They would always ask "is Ody going to be there?" and if the answer was yes, then it was never a problem - so that's a good thing, my parents saw him as a good example!

The bad thing ... is that everything Ody had, I wanted too!  I think it all started with the Matchbox garage set.  It was a parking garage for Matchbox cars that we bought from KB Toys.  There was this plastic spread that would have the outline of the garage and also the parking spaces lined out, then you would put the plastic garage set over this, I remember there was even a toll booth (I did a backflip on Ody's garage set, but that's another story all it's own).

Ody had that parking garage and I wanted it too!  So I asked and begged my parents for one, they ended up getting it for me since I couldn't go to Ody's house everyday.  From then it just snowballed onto other hobbies.

It went into video games, we both had Atari's, then it went into skateboards, then baseball, basketball.  The hobbies continued and I followed right along.  That's when it all started, when we were little kids, with simple toys, then bigger and more expensive things ... until we became young adults and then adults.

Ody had the DJ set and I wanted to DJ!  So I ended up buying it from him and used it, then I actually DJ'd for a while after investing more and more into equipment and music.  Snowboarding came along as Ody sold me his old snowboard for cheap, so again he pushed me into the hobby!  After snowboarding, Ody had gotten into cars, but I couldn't as I didn't have my license and enough cash to support that hobby, which was a good thing or else I would be in more debt.  From photography, the guitar, computers, european cars, the list just won't stop.

I'm wondering what the next hobby will be that I'll influence him with, or that he'll influence me with.  He recently went sky diving and I've always wanted to go!  As soon as he told me about the sky diving trip, I started to search on eBay to buy my own parachute!  If you don't know me, one thing that comes out pretty quickly is when I get into a hobby, or really find something I like to do, I spend a ton of cash on it and usually buy everything with the bells and whistles - which is a bad thing!

Soooo I wonder what the next hobby will be ... bull riding?  Rock climbing?  Parasailing?  All I know is that whatever it is I should start saving now because the trend is that the hobbies are becoming more expensive.  From that simple $20 - $30 Matchbox garage set with $0.99 cars, to $500 cameras the price just keeps going up!

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Update on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 3:30PM by MONStar

I can't believe I forgot about this one ... but Ody also got me started on Metal Gear Solid.  I still have the original CD's for the PS1 that you let me barrow!  

Not really sure how you introduced me to this game, but you let me barrow your discs, and from that point on I was hooked!  Thank you sooooooo much!

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