Dude’s been driving me nuts for years with trying to get him to want to have some kind of hobby he works on. All the other boys have something that interests them. We forced him into MMA for a few years so that was SOMETHING and he liked it, but he would have quit out of sheer laziness if we let him. Well, COVID had his back.
So it’s been months without some kind of activity outside of games and tv. Horrible. He’s funny and comes up with jokes, character voices, thinks of funny scripts in his head, so I offered to do cool shit like use animation software (cause he can draw a little bit) we have and record different voices over the characters in joke sketches. But nope... not interested. Can’t even get him to keep a book of jokes that he works on.
Then out of nowhere he says, “So I’ve been thinking... like you say I should have something I work on... I wanna try blacksmithing and making knives. I’ve been watching this show where they compete on blacksmith projects and that’s something I see myself doing.”
Fucking awesome. Finally. Also just in time for Christmas. Wife and I put a bunch of tools and items needed for beginners on his wishlist that we share with the family. We’re getting him a small forge and a torch nozzle for propane cans.
Should be fun to help him get going on this. I know nothing but I like getting into whatever they’re getting into, so I’m sure I’ll be learning a few things about making shanks.
Watch it or we’ll cut you.
