Teen Dream

Even more paperwork before Sarah and I can achieve our teen dream: the adoption agency has asked us to draft a proposed hobby and interest list for potential teenagers to consider before they sign on to live with us. The agent said this was the fun part, but it’s actually quite stressful, because the teens are going to look at whatever we put together and ask themselves if they can really live with these hobbies and interests for the next . . . well, for the rest of their lives, basically, if they become our children.

The agency sent a sheet of hobbies and interests clustered into three groups and we get to do a 2/2/1 selection or 3/1/1 or 3/2/0 or, warned against, a 0/1/2.

1
British television
Fantasy literature
Drug culture
Conspiracy theories
Professional wrestling
Retro video games
Genealogy
Cinema (mainstream)
Dogs or cats
 
2
Skiing
Body building
Modern video games
Internet comment threads and discussion boards
Sport (1-2 sports)
Rock climbing
Cooking
 
3
Writing
Arting
Software development
Cinema (art house)
Automobile repair
Amateur magic
Sport (3 or more sports)
Religion