What’s an obby?
obby: noun. a hobby without the habituation. An obby is a project that lasts no longer than four month. One can either pursue an obby alone or with others. The latter is encouraged. Every obby must have a well defined oobby associated with it.
oobby: noun. a celebatory deliverable that is the result of an obby. It can be an object, activity or an event, often involving family and friends and much oohing and aahing.
hobnob: verb. to socialize familiarly. Derived from the phrase hob or nob, meaning drink and toast one another alternately.
How To Make A Living Doing Hobbies « The Hobnob Hobbyist replied:
[...] The second difficulty is that my fancies don’t last very long: no longer than 4 months at a time (I call these short-lived hobbies obbies). In this day and age, people get paid for the expertise they develop in their chosen fields. Four months is not a lone time to develop any kind of expertise let alone produce something, convince someone to pay for it, and get paid enough to make a living. But after much soul searching, I decided that nevertheless these are my terms. [...]
October 3, 2006 at 1:29 pm. Permalink.
Obbyist Of The Month « The Hobnob Hobbyist replied:
[...] The party I went to fell somewhere in the middle. By the time we got things started, half of us were already drunk. In the end, it was revealed that I was the murderess (I swear I’m innocent). But that’s not the reason I brought this up. The reason I’m bringing it up now is that it is a perfect illustration of the spirit behind obbies. So much so that I’m giving Jack Pachuta, creator of the murder mystery game we played, the Obbyist of the Month Award. Here is why. [...]
October 11, 2006 at 4:23 am. Permalink.