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August 29, 2003
magnificent obsessions..
- so i mowed our neighbors lawn yesterday (im always borrowin their mower since ours is still broke cuz i suck so its the least i could do) and i have one piece of advice for myself next time: never mow the lawn wearin shorts. cuz damn it, i got bit at least 30 times all over my puny body. three on my face (i look like bozo), two on my shoulder (one RIGHT on top of the other), and one on my cheek (no, the other cheek). mosquitoes are evil--like country music, they need to die..
- so ive gone a bit football crazy lately. see although i am indeed readin those books listed on the right, i havent picked either of em up in about two weeks cuz ive been POURIN over nothin but football articles. every nite, i print out fantasy columns to take w/ me to the throne. sports illustrated delivered its annual nfl preview issue on wednesday--and i thought i had died and gone to heaven..
my fanaticism is really weird. it knows no bounds and remains tireless. every piece of information is scooped up, digested, and regurgitated only to be devoured again. but the best (and worst) attribute of it is its single-mindedness. i can focus on almost nothin else--singular and monomaniacal devotion..
but wuts really weird is how my obsession moves from one thing to another. from wut i gather, im usually fixated on somethin for about two years. then things kinda sputter out not so much cuz my interest in it has waned but cuz ive become im obsessed w/ something else..
i think esther envies my fanaticism at times--mainly because at its root is a sincere passion. its a shame none of it has ever been over somethin meaningful..
OBJECTS OF MY OBSESSION(S):
the first: superman
the second: james bond
the latest: nfl/fantasy football
the longest-lasting: macgyver (since sept 1986)
the most embarassing: animaniacs (i was a junior in high school)
the one my friends will never understand: john williams/soundtracks
the one that made me pick up a guitar: steven curtis chapman
the one that made me a sports freak: #23 (june 14th, 1998)
the reason im weird like this: i used to sniff glue, bang my head against the wall, and drink toilet water.. (im kiddin)
- i just found out the other day that most "normal" people wash their hands in warm/hot water. like on two occasions this week at work, i turned on the faucet right after someone finished washin their hands and have gotten hot water. man, i cant STAND hot water unless its 40 degrees out. i almost require the cold, refreshin water to cool me down..
course, dr esther appeals to my aseptic compulsion by tellin me that hot water kills of more microorganisms. yeah right, im just not hot enough for ya, huh??
- actually, it is kinda strange but i feel like my body temperature--or my perception of it ("perception" meanin wut my nerves tell my brain--is higher than a lot of others. cuz im usually hot. at work, the fan has to be on. at home, the fan and the A/C hafta be on. in the car, cool air has to be flowin--either from within or through the open windows. and hot chocolate or coffee? no, thank you--ill have my ice water in the mornings..
in fact, its a bit of struggle between me and esther cuz she is persistently cold. know that line at the end of when harry met sally when he tells her she cold even when its 71 degrees out? yes, i married sally. every nite even w/o the A/C on, esther goes to bed wearin two layers of clothes bundled underneath the blankets. me? i just wear my shorts and enjoy the cool breeze of the fan. aaaahhhh, i can feel it now..
Posted by chars at August 29, 2003 03:09 PM