When I first decided I wanted to brew, I did it beacuse it wasdifferent, and would make me stand out. I have always been the type that does the odd things. Had a pet iguna, etc....
After the novelty of being a brewer wore off, pretty much after my first or second AG, I got into the actual brewing. It's so relaxing. The smell of the mash, the roar of the burner, the first gravity sample. I love it all. Building my kegerator, and fermenttion cooler, wort chiller, mash tun. No days, I find that I just love making beer, and don't do it to just to say I brew. In fact. I really don't even tell people. Fact is, when I meet someone new, I normally don't have a chance to tell them even if I wanted to, because Holly, or one of my buddies that knows me has already let the cat out of the bag.
And one of the greatest things about brwewing is the people I've met, and friends i've made. I would have never in my life guessed that brewing would open the door to such a great bunch of guys.