personal realization #5

this personal realization comes courtesy of linkin park.  and i "realized" this part of my personality prior to this post on friday, july 29th at 3:53pm...

when i like something - be it a band, song, movie, book, culinary dish, etc. - i tend to become obsessive about it.  literally can't get enough of it and want to share my obsession with others.  here are some perfect examples:

*nsync - ages 21 - 24; would buy EVERY magazine they were even mentioned in, stood outside Media Play early in the morning to buy their "celebrity" album (actually bought two copies - one for car and one for home), have 10 VHS tapes full of their appearances on talk shows, performance specials, MTV making the video episodes, etc.

"the work and glory" series by Gerald N. Lund - my mom had pushed me to read these books for quite some time, finally relented and read 7 of the 9 books in 8 days; still one of my favorite book series about family, struggle, faith, and perserverance

alias starring jennifer garner, victor garber & michael vartan - this television show was the very first one where i reached obsession levels; would record the episodes each sunday and read fan fiction, trolled message boards for spoilers, bought a ticket to disneyland because actors from the show were doing a panel for ABC, forced multiple friends to sit through endless hours of episodes about SD-6, the covenant, milo rambaldi and most importantly sydney & vaughn's love story



grimaldi's pizzaria in brooklyn - the best pizza i have ever had; during one of big lug's visits to the city i made him wait for 40 minutes in the pouring rain to get a taste of this divine combo of bread, sauce, cheese and meat; spent one birthday ordering a pie for take out and then walking across the brooklyn bridge while eating it AND i just found out they opened one on 21st and avenue of the americas - woo hoo!

i could add to this list new kids on the block, gilmore girls, friday night lights, the actor and the housewife by shannon hale, lord of the rings movies, wicked broadway musical, jimmy eat world (who i have seen 9 times in concert) and on and on.  pretty sure i become obsessive about these types of things because they are a fun outlet that takes me away from the grind of daily living. 

please forgive me if i try to force my latest obession upon you against your will.  i just like to share things that i love and make me happy with others.  so in actuality you should feel honored that i care enough about you to want to make your life that much happier.  so this personal realization is yet another study on my generous and giving nature...