I model in my spare time. - Really! You dont look like a model!

centerdeck wrote:

With the exception of engineers, I would have to say that doing models is...I am sorry, modeling,

Sorry, I couldn't help but laugh at that one

Though seriously, you may have a point.  It might just be coincidental - folks drawn to careers where they work with their hands may also be drawn to hobbies where they work with their hands.  I'm not sure if I'm an exception or not - I'm only "white collar" when it's a summertime change of command, the rest of the time my collar is green or tan!!

But aside from modeling I like tinkering on my truck and motorcycle, and am rather enjoying building a deck on my house.  So it's safe to say I like making/putting things together, creating something from smaller parts.  Something tangible that I can look at (or show off) and say "I put that front end on my truck" or "I put those pipes on my bike" or "I built that Prowler." 

Or, I might be full of it.  Come to think of it, the two possibilites are NOT mutually exclusive!

One time at work the subject of me painting miniatures came up, and one of my co-workers, who's into real "guy stuff", responded "you mean you paint little people?"

My response was "No, they're not people. At least that's what my psychiatrist tells me to remind myself." 

 

Funny thing is, back in college I actually did a very small amount of real-world runway modeling for a local clothes retailer.  A girl I was interested in told me about it and since I figured that I would get to spend time with her, then it was for me.  All told, it was an interesting experience... the store manager was more interested in me than the girl I had in mind.  Two weekends, several sets of the latest in men's fall fashions and a pocket full of beer money to boot...

Now, when I say that I model I get the usual stuff already mentioned in this thread.  The kids jokes, the 'when will you grow up' and whatnot.  A coworker was giving me some grief one day for searching color schemes on the internet and mentioned that his kids build "little cars and stuff".  So the next day I brought in a TigerII that I had just finished and that ended the jokes.  I told him that with practice and patience, then one day his kids would be able to build and finish kits better than I.  The best part?  All day long I had a steady stream of people coming back to the darkroom to see my little tank!  Nothing like having a finished kit to do your talking for you.

gzt wrote:

I heard a funny one: "You must waste a lot of time while building those models" LOL

 

Mowing the lawn-

That's a waste of time.

The best responses come from the 15-17 year olds I teach.  My school selects by academic ability, so it's fair to say that it is something of a geek colony.  Even the geeks think its a geeky thing to do. 

buff wrote:

The best responses come from the 15-17 year olds I teach.  My school selects by academic ability, so it's fair to say that it is something of a geek colony.  Even the geeks think its a geeky thing to do.

Uber-Geek for the win! 

Bgrigg wrote:

buff wrote: The best responses come from the 15-17 year olds I teach.  My school selects by academic ability, so it's fair to say that it is something of a geek colony.  Even the geeks think its a geeky thing to do.  Uber-Geek for the win!

Properly, that should be: "Der Übergiek/Die Übergiekin für den sieg!

   Must need to be a geek to get that

Careful, Drew! Remarks like that could result in a revokation of your geek license—you could even get unfrocked!

Triarius wrote:

Careful, Drew! Remarks like that could result in a revokation of your geek license—you could even get unfrocked!

I, uh, er.....eh! How's it going Triarius

Nothing worse than a de-frocked geek.

DrewH wrote:

Triarius wrote: Careful, Drew! Remarks like that could result in a revokation of your geek license—you could even get unfrocked! I, uh, er.....eh! How's it going Triarius

Sideways! At high velocity!

Bgrigg wrote:

Nothing worse than a de-frocked geek.

The mental image you conjure is frightening…

I figure most people are too stunned by the fact that I do models, to even say any snide remarks...I put myself through engineering school by bareknuckle boxing (undefeated, thank you), and working the odd construction job, and most of my fellow rugby/hockey/football players are/were afraid of me a bit, I think...

Instead I get this one..."You? You football playin', rough-neckin, country boy??? You build MODELS??!?!"

Hell yeah I do, and I listen to Country (with a capital C) and drink beer and watch the ENN EFF ELL, while doin' so! So there! GIT 'R DUN!

How's that for a frightening mental image?

People have tried to make demeaning comments to me about my hobby, at 24 most of the people I deal with wanna hit the club, or party of some sort. I just rattle off one of my many crazy party stories. Some ended great, some ended with me in a padded room getting asked too many questions by a guy in a white coat that apparently thinks he is superior because he has never picked a fight with a telephone pole. then I finish up by telling them how lucky I am to be alive and how great I feel every morning knowing everything that happend the night before, and what a wonderful thing it is to be in a trusting marrige and have a wonderful son, where I can scream  from the top of a mountain about how deep and true a love I have for my wife and how I look at my baby son and cry on almost a daily basis and not feel any less masculine. I tell them about substance and true interests, about feeling good about a days accomplishments and not trying to fill a hole in myself with petty things. These are the things that make my life great, losing what it means to be cool, forgeting what the word geek means and being happy with what I do and not having to answer to anyone else. So yes I build model airplanes, and I have even been known to pick them  up and make airplane sounds(only to test the engines), what have you accomplished lately?

TheLastPriest wrote:

...And I have even been known to pick them up and make airplane sounds(only to test the engines)...

We all do that