I primarily worked in data entry as an independent contractor (title: social media evaluator) with APPEN Limited and sometimes with Lionbridge. The projects were provided for clients. My jobs included analyzing data for a variety of purposes (accuracy, data collection, relevancy, etc.). For certain tasks we had to connect to social media through Facebook. That requirement was mostly for surveys. Most jobs paid $9/hour, which is more than some retail jobs. The best part about Appen is that there's no limit to the amount of jobs you can have at once. I've worked at least 2 at a time (long projects), 4 at most (rest are surveys).
As far as hobbies go, all of them are creative in some way (art, music, artsy games, writing stories,etc.)