For your reading pleasure, or displeasure as the case may be, I shall now elaborate on how and why a certain hobby is, in my mind, the most pointless waste of time. Now, one could make the argument that MOST hobbies are useless beyond providing enjoyment to the people who employ their time with their hobbies. However, I find this particular "hobby" to be an especially aimless endeavor.
• Spotting for deer
I apologize to anyone who may find this amusing or even enjoyable, but WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT SEEING DEER AT NIGHT WITH A BRIGHT LIGHT? And then bragging to your friends about how many deer you spotted last night??
What is it? The glow in the deer's eyes? The fun of holding and pointing a big flashlight? The number of deer there are in the world? And why is spotting almost exclusively done from a truck?
It makes me want to do one of a few things... 1) pull out a flashlight and point it at the truck, then tell my friends how many spotters I saw last night, 2) hide in a field until the spotters come out, then let them find ME with their spotlight instead of deer, or 3) make lots of noise and scare away any wildlife in the area.
I know I'm being a bit over-the-edge about this, but it's all in the name of good fun! I myself have been in the back of the spotting truck, and never enjoyed it, unless I saw an animal that was actually a rare one to see. It was always miserably cold, and a long ride, with no padding to sit on, just the metal of a truck bed.
So next time you are tempted to "go spotting," think of the many things you could accomplish if you stay home and put your mind to something. Think of how, 20 years from now, you won't care in the least how many deer you saw on the night of November 13th, 2012, but how much it WILL mean to you if you had read a good book or practiced a musical instrument or ANYTHING BESIDES SPOTTING!!
