We all have 'em. Mine is Viggo Mortensen.

What about the rest of you? XD

Writing.

Google news... Partially understandable during the election cycle, but now that it's over there's no reason to frequent it as often as I do.

Ha-ha! She did it! *cackles evilly*

Unhealthy obsessions? Nope. All mine are healthy.

I'm actually not sure I have any obsessions at all. I suppose it would depend on what you mean by an obsession.

I dunno. This is a joint thread with Belac...

Though I talk about Viggo Mortensen a LOT, and have a lot of pictures of him as profile pictures, and Seer says that's an obsession, so... that's how I define an obsession, I suppose.

Hmm. Dragons then, perhaps. Maybe stories in general.

I don't think it's really an obsession, per se. I like to call them fads.

My current waning fad is probably Loki. I appreciate a good villain, and haven't come across a good one in a while. Next good character I'll come across will probably end up on my desktop...

LOTR, chocolate, and music.

Yeah, I know that was more than one, but what can I say?

Europa Universalis III. Right now I have three separate games of it going: One where it's 1800 and Great Britain (me) has just about put down the American Revolution, one where it's 1442 and Muscowy (me again) is gradually working towards unifying Russia, and one where it's 1679 and Italy (guess who) rules most of Europe and a fair amount of Asia.

I don't know. I probably used to have some when I was younger (playing on online games too much etc) but I've grown out of them as I've grown older. So I can't think of any at the moment.

Music. I love music. Old music, music with words, rock, pop, music from the 60s, 70s, 80s... it just intrigues me how people can create music that sounds like that - music that can make me feel good, or lonely, sad, or happy. It's amazing how songs can change your mood. I guess learning a lot of facts about singers/bands/songs/music kind of goes hand in hand with that. I guess music's been my 'obsession' for a couple months now.

Proof - did you know the BeeGees were first managed by a manager from Brian Epstein's company? Brian Epstein managed the Beatles at first. Did you know that Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson wrote the song "We are the World", to be performed by great artists from the '80s? Did you know Weird Al Yankovic parodies popular songs, and is also a Christian?

Yeah, it's an obsession. XD I love Michael Jackson and I had no idea about that song "We Are The World".

And why do you assume my obsessions are unhealthy?

Right now...basketball. *glee* The season just started and I am psyched to see how we do this year.

Oh, and, er...the new hobbit movie that's coming out.

Hmph, I'm not sure if this would count as an "unhealthy" obsession , but anyways-

I love dragons: dragon jewelery, dragon stuffed animals, dragon figurines, dragons in books, dragon artwork, writing about dragons and pretty much any other thing that has to do with dragons.

I enjoy reading books written as science books about dragons, especially ones that list different kinds of dragons and where their legends originated from. (Such as Wyverns, Amphithere, Wyrms, Eastern Dragons, Drakes, "normal" Western Dragons, Knuckers, and so forth.)

Other than that, I can't think of any long lasting obsession/fad I have.

:Edit: Haha, oh, I also have dragons in my HW avatar. . .

~ZA

I love dragons too! Unfortunately, I've never been able to acquire any dragonish stuff. *Is going to make herself a dragon one of these days* *Nod*

My very unhealthy obsession: Coffee, Gummies and Chocolate.
I also am sort of obsessed with Makeup also.......

Libraries--truly, I think they are damaging to my health.
Late nights--I never go to bed on time and am tired the next day.
Skittles--especially in November, when I need all the sugar for writing energy.
Music--I don't think that one is unhealthy.
The Internet--Yeah. That thing. XD
And (no offense) HW--It's generally the first site I bring up when browsing.

@Renna: Oooh! I didn't know you liked MJ too! (Not to be confused with "MJF". ) We must discuss soon! And you must watch We Are the World, and we can talk about it.

@Caeli: Libraries, yes! I love yard sales, too, but that's not an 'unhealthy obsession'... just a zeal for bargains.

*Disowns any claims to this thread*

It was your idea! Well, actually, it was your obsession, and I suggested you put it in a thread, soooo.... ... Okay, fine, joint-thread.

Anyway...'unhealthy obsessions'...Hmm...I don't know about 'unhealthy', but I really enjoy trying to figure out Sci-Fi Fleet Management, resource allocation, ship-to-ship fighting, and firearms.

@Elly: Yes! We must!

@Belac: Oh, fine. It was all my idea. XD

70's and 80's for the win! *high-fives Elly* And I only just listened to "We Are the World" for the first time a few days ago!

Books.
Lord of the Rings.
Office supplies.
Soccer.
Root beer.

Awesome! Did you like it?

Ah, so this thread is not serious, after all?

My unhealthy obsession is...


Chocolate (although Dark chocolate is healthy ), Books, Music, books, and did I say chocolate already? Oh, well its mostly chocolate and books with a little bit of music on top as the sprinkle treat. Okay well a lot of sprinkles on top. :3

I did! It was amazingly done.

I don't have obsessions, I have intense hobbies and narrow tastes in entertainment.

...That's an obsession.

Does OCD count?

I mean real OCD, not the common perfectionist traits a lot of writers have.

Eggnog is my unhealthy obsession during these few months. I buy gallons of it and drink it all the time. Oh, what's for breakfast? Eggnog!!! I got my roommate hooked on it as well. So good. So addicting. So delicious.

I also have an unhealthy obsession with crab rangoons. All you can eat Chinese restaurants basically become all you can eat crab rangoons for me. Little bit of rice, little bit of sweet and sour sauce, tad bit of sesame chicken, and platefuls of crab rangoons is my idea of a good dinner.

Hmm. I wonder if the Chinese restaurant will let me bring eggnog inside?...

I reckon that counts.

Okay, then, I have Asperger's Syndrome with social anxiety, worsening OCD, and a panic disorder.

BAH.


Narrow taste in entertainment, I say!


*pokes brother *

*hugs*

OCD can be a kind of obsession I have on occasions.

REO Speedwagon is my new obsession in way of music. In a month it will be something totally different.

Balec made me do it.

Made? I suggested you do it over an hour ago.

I went on errands. And watched some more REO Speedwagon videos.

Currently? Disney.

More specifically, Oswald. (Cookies for anyone who knows who Oswald is. Most don't. )

Also:

Chocolate
Doctor Who
Manga/Anime
Coffee
Nail polish

Carousels
Strawberries
and...Doctor Who

Sierra Boggess (in that she's a great stage actress) and action movies.

Is that the octopus?

- ASDFmovies.
"I baked you a pie!"
"Oh boy, what flavour?"
"Pie flavour."

Um...

Books.
Music.
Countries, places and cultures.

Oswald is a rabbit. He is described as Mickey Mouse's older brother, as he was created by Walt Disney before he created Mickey. He was a successful character, but when Disney went to renew is contract for the second season, Universal Studios had some unpleasant surprises for him. His budget was being cut by 20%, they had sold all of his animators, and they told him that they exclusively owned the rights for Oswald, so he had to do what they said.

Disney didn't like this, so he ended up not renewing his contract at all. Devastated, Walt took a train back home. On the way there he coined the idea for a new cartoon character - Mickey Mouse.

Recently ABC (owned by Disney) let go of their contract with a sportscaster so he could work for NBC (owned by Universal). As part of the deal, Universal transferred all of the rights to the character of Oswald back to Disney. He now appears as a prominent character in the Epic Mickey video games.

I hadn't heard of Oswald. That's quite the history...

* watches Oswald just to see what he is * Hm, cool.

HW...?
Football.
Christmas music.
Leftovers.

None of these are unhealthy except perhaps the last one.