Because i'm an ex-goth who is mildly into steampunk, have built my own mini-chopper trike (because I could) rebuilt a few pre 80's mopeds (they have pedals thus the name mo-ped), figured out how to tie a tie by myself without any instruction, know more dos commands than most other people I know, know how to navigate windows without a mouse, know how to weld with a mig welder (planning on going to classes for tig as soon as I get another job), know how to etch and plate most metals (all metalworking skills were learned by book and hands-on), annoy people with my horrid typos and grammer usage without realizing it, have met many interesting people and done interviews for a gothic webzine (mainly bands and artists like Voltaire, VNV Nation, etc.)...
dunno, i'm sure there more things that people who know me would tell me to list, but I just mainly do it all because I want to or because i can, not so much for any type of acceptance or cool factor, to the contrary, alot of my hobbies and likes are considered lame or geeky, but hey, to each their own.