Hobbies

Usually in my free time I read fan-fiction, knit, watch TV-series and listen to music. The last two can accompany other activities, for example I like listening to music while studying and doing the house chores. I usually watch television while eating or knitting, I also do it before going to bed. Some of my favorite shows are Grey’s anatomy, Lost, Supernatural and One Tree Hill. As for music I will name some of the singers and bands that are on my mp3 player currently: morcheeba, Coldplay, Jump Little Children, Josh Groban, Kate Voegele, Bethany joy Lenz, Keane and snow patrol.

Now knitting and reading fan-fiction are different because first of all they are very time consuming, but I like them both very much. Knitting is also expensive, but the good thing is that I get to wear or give as a gift the things I make.

Last but not least, fan-fiction. I have to say that reading it is what first introduced me to really wanting to learn English because I couldn’t find any good ones in Spanish. At first I tried using online translators, but they made them sound funny and stupid (kind of Tarzan) so I learned English to be able to read those stories. At the beginning I had to look up a lot of the words, but after a while it became easier and easier to do it. It is a very good method to learn English I recommended to my friend Abigail, who didn’t know any English at all after school and now she can read really well because of all the practice that fan-fiction gives her. She has also improved her vocabulary. She can also listen to music and movies and understand what they are saying now.

Wikipedia defines Fan fiction (alternately referred to as fanfiction, fanfic, FF, or fic) is a broadly-defined term for fan labor regarding stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator. Works of fan fiction are rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's owner, creator, or publisher; also, they are almost never professionally published. Fan fiction, therefore, is defined by being both related to its subject's canonical fictional universe and simultaneously existing outside the canon of that universe. Most fan fiction writers assume that their work is read primarily by other fans, and therefore tend to presume that their readers have knowledge of the canon universe (created by a professional writer) in which their works are based.

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