I like cooking shows. I like eating. I like hummus. I am vegan. I like extreme or adventurous activities. I am afraid of water. I am not good at swimming. I am a bartender. I speak Spanish. I met a Spanish movie star. I like adventures. I go hiking. I used to use my gym shoes when I went hiking. My toes began to hurt from that. I went on a 100 mile hike.
I play guitar and violin. I like chocolate bars. I hate roller coasters. I am an electrician. My dad is an electrician. I am learning to speak Chinese. I would love to visit China. I work on people's homes. I have a pair of Army boots that I use when I go hiking. I did an 80km hike a few years ago for charity. I'd like to go white water rafting. I've been white water rafting, sky diving, and bungee jumping before. One day I would like to fly a wing suit. I used to get vertigo, but I cured it with acupuncture and hypnotism. I'm always looking for new hiking shoes. I have a pair of regular hiking boots now, but they're worn. My old boots are causing discomfort.
Did you buy a new pair of boots yet? Yes. I am going to break them in a little this weekend. I'm going on a half-day hike.  Oh then it might be best to not go on your hike with these boots, the breaking in part will probably hurt a lot and really affect your hiking experience! I'm taking both pair with me. I'll wear the new ones for an hour or so and then switch to my old ones. That's why I'm going on a short hike.  I see that makes more sense. Where are you going for your half day hike? I also want to hike this weekend. There is a state park about an hour drive from here. It has a hike I've been on before. I wanted to break in my boots someplace familiar and easy. I am going to take my camping gear and stay overnight. Nothing fancy. Just my sleeping bag by the camp fire.  That sounds nice and peaceful, must be good to have a break from the city life. I never camped overnight before because I'm too paranoid of bear attack, like I know I'm being paranoid but I cannot hep with it. No bears down here in the south. I guess the worst thing that could happen to me in the campground would be to get sprayed by a skunk.  That's good to hear, still I feel too risk averse to try it alone. Maybe I'll try to camp overnight with friends sometimes so at least there'll be someone I can talk to if I'm scared.  That's a really good plan. There is safety in numbers. And part of the safety is having soneone to talk to. I'm going alone, but I'm staying at the main campground with people around.  Yeah it's always good to have some safety measures. By the way, how is your progress on learning Chinese? I also want to learn some new languages. It's going slow, but it is going. I'm learning Mandarin Chinese. My pronunciation is sad, but I think I'm making progress on my reading. 