I am with MaxPower about art, but I had an uncle who had his own darkroom and I was fascinated by what he could do. When I was in 6th grade my mom got me a Nikon SLR (N8008 I think).

I love it so much because things just look different in the view finder. All the "noise" of everything else goes away and only the "vision" I have through the viewfinder matters if only for a brief moment.

it never gets old.