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June 30, 2005
guilty pleasures
I am an obsessive list maker. Then again, maybe I should just say, I am obsessive (as I have mentioned before). I count my steps when I'm walking alone, I have a very specific shower routine that when it is broken I often have to rewash because I can't remember if I've done it or not. I have to wash my hands every time I touch something metal. Anyway, main point being, I am an obsessive list maker. My journal isn't so much a journal as a collection of lists.
Today, while doing mindless filing at work I came up with a list that I first titled (in my head) "Guilty Pleasures" but then I realized these things were not so much guilty pleasures. I am not really a guilt-feeling person (i'm not catholic). I only feel guilt for things I do that hurt other people and even that is more remorse than guilt. These things are nothing to feel guilt about anyway. This is more my list of the most embarrassing things that I enjoy.
1. Having Mariah Carey on my iPod. Not any Mariah Carey, but her album, Daydream.
2. Tostino's Pizza Rolls, pepperoni.
3. Pre-teen (or "tween") Saturday morning TV shows (Lizzie McGuire, for example, in current years, Hang Time, in past years, and Saved by the Bell, in the even more distant past years). I just can't seem to outgrow this need to watch either these shows or Saturday morning cartoons.
If you had any of the same love for Saved By the Bell that I had, you can find out which character you are most like by taking this quiz.
Posted by meloknee at June 30, 2005 11:02 PM
Comments
Given your shower routine/metal reactions, I'd say you're floating on the soft end of full blown OCD (consult the DSM-V). I'm beginning to think I have have both OCD and ADHD (and exactly the same amount of each), thus maintaining a delicate balance. But why worry? OCD makes for good proofreading, right?
Posted by: jlg at July 1, 2005 11:04 AM
I am so glad we sit by each other because you make me feel somewhat normal. Not because you sound weird to me but because I totally relate to you and most likely also suffer from borderline OCD as well.
Posted by: Bugg at July 1, 2005 12:13 PM
Ya know its funny, I had a ritual with one of my best friends in High School. Everyday after school we walk to his house, microwave pizza pockets (not exactly pizza rolls) and watch Saved by the Bell.
Although we considered Save by the Bell and Pizza Pockets staples, not guilty pleasures.
Posted by: Ken at July 1, 2005 03:55 PM
yeah, in high school it was definitely a staple. i wish i had cable still, i bet they still show the reruns 10 times a day.
Posted by: melanie at July 1, 2005 04:00 PM
I've caught Lizzie McGuire a couple times (just watched a few minutes today actually.) Though I have to say, I probably don't get the same (type of) enjoyment out of it that you do.
Posted by: Andrew Davis at July 1, 2005 08:46 PM
I won't even bother with the quiz, I'm sure I'd score as a Screech. Plus, I always thought Lisa was hotter than Kelly or Jessie.
Posted by: lopolis at July 1, 2005 08:49 PM