My Obsession

Misleading, I know.

Do you do things, and for the life of you, don't know why?

Here's something: For about a month at a time, I will latch onto a concept (usually a hobby), and do (about)nothing but that.
After the month is over, I drop it for the next thing.

Admitted, I keep a couple around, but it's the big thing I think about.

This month:
Getting the fuck out of school.

Some noteworthy ones(stuck around):
Doctor Who
The White Stripes
Drawing Manga
Skateboarding
Playing Guitar
Mindless Self Indulgence
Traveling Across the Country
Bad Movies
Bad Music
Black Coffee
Ramen

I'm exactly the same, man. Though I have been trying to change that.

A couple of weeks ago, I started playing Pokemon Sapphire on my laptop. I played it all the fucking time, and after beating it, I moved on to Leaf Green, just to get my pokemon fix. And I know, in a couple of weeks, I'll have dropped pokemon and picked up something else. That's why I'm not bothering with trying to get a DS emulator and playing the latest pokemon games, because I know I won't mess with the shit a month from now.

One weakness I've always had is TV shows. A couple of years ago, I got into this stint of watching The Andy Griffith Show. I watched it every night for over a month. I don't know why. It just appealed to me at that time, for some fucking reason. I hate The Andy Griffith Show! It's horrible! You couldn't pay me to watch it now. (Well, you could, but that's only because I love money.) A couple of months ago, I got into watching Frasier, for whatever reason. I'd watch it every day, at the same time.

And recently, I got into 7th Heaven, that stupid piece of shit show. I was watching three episodes a day, because that's how many episodes came on TV, on various channels. I even got tired of waiting and downloaded a season of the show. I, a person who loves porn and swearing and sin itself, downloaded a season of 7th Heaven. I'm pretty sure I could have killed someone last week and used my love for 7th Heaven as proof that I was insane.

Of course, now, I don't give a shit about the show. Oh, life, you crazy bitch.

Anyways, I don't think that makes you a basket case. If it does, then I'm crazy, too. (Which would make sense . . . )

Holy, that's a lot of hobbies in such a short span. I was like that when I was a kid. Now I do the same stuff 24/7 which makes my life a bit boring and predictable sometimes.

The only things I do is play video games, watch wrestling and surf the web.

I'm like that with music. I'll be stuck on a band maybe for a few months. Lately it's been songs though. I'd probably drive someone else around me nuts.

Trying new hobbies and exposing yourself to new experiences is normal. Stuff you found horrid in the past my be interesting to you now. For instance, I use listen to DMX and thought people who listened to Radiohead were mental; but now it is quite the opposite I find Radiohead refreshingly original and find rap awfully dull. With hobbies, I use to breakdance in junior high till High School. When college came there weren't any more school dances to show off and everybody went their separate ways. I got a bit chubby so I tried to take up Glows stringing since it's fun, but I stopped for awhile, I'll probably pick it up again in the summer.


You know when you were a little kid, when you bought a toy, you would play with it for a week or so. Then, you would buy a new one and lose interest in the old toy. Anything to kill boredom right?

Fanfiction, guh.

Basically, whenever I have nothing to do, I immediately latch onto fanfiction. Most of it's not even that good, but every day, I get on the web and start to look around for ANYTHING that's passable and new to read.

Also, whenever I'm home alone, I'll frequently zone out, stop what I'm doing, no matter how fun it is, and start to walk in circles around my house talking to myself about imaginary scenarios.

Actually, as I get older I find my mind wandering more and more, even so far as talking to myself while I'm working, which is fairly embarrassing when I'm chuckling at something I said and there's some customer right around the corner...

Also, I repeat myself, to myself, like 4-5 times, as though I can't hear what I myself am saying and thinking...

I get the feeling this post somewhere went off-topic.

This is something that you obsess about for a month a year? I obsess about this eight months of the year, starting in September, ending in May. Then for the other four months: Staying the fuck away from school.

Sigh...wasn't always like this. I used to like school. College is shit.

Actually, this one is perfectly on topic.

I do the same, with the scenes in head.

It helps me write, too.