I’m sitting in the hospital room I’ve been in since Tuesday and can’t even begin to explain how bored I am. Let’s chat about anything except politics, I could use some distraction.

I collect hobbies and may even know something about your hobbies. What do you like to do?

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I literally just this week picked up a kit for carving 印章 (those Chinese seal stamps) and carved my first one last night.

I botched it.

Thankfully it’s really easy to erase and start over. 🤣

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That’s awesome. Sounds like a fun thing to do

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That is pretty cool! What do you make them from?

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There’s some special stones used for most chops that are durable, yet paradoxically easy to carve. (Not entirely dissimilar to soapstone, but without the soapy feel.) I’ve got about a dozen practice stones, each of which is probably good for at least a dozen attempts to get a proper image on them. That’ll last me for a while and when I reach the end that when I decide if I want to continue or not.

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Are they expensive? I don’t think I’ve seen one irl

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