It was the beginning of 1990 or perhaps the end of 1989 when God was creating all of the babies to be born that year. As you can imagine, there were probably thousands or maybe even a million or two set to be born throughout the world in '90. I guarantee you I was dead last. God has all of these babies lined up before him and he goes to each one and drops whatever qualities onto them that he thinks will suit each kid. By the time he gets to me he's tired and all he can think about is getting back to his cloud, putting his feet up and relaxing in the sun. He hurriedly gathers a few things he deems fit for the baby, aka moi. And so it goes: "a little bit of smarts, a smidgen of wisdom--" There he pauses and looks into the future to see all of the people's bullshit I have to deal with and pours a bit more in-- "let's add a little more wisdom, advice-giving and some patience." By now he's even more tired but he's not done yet. "Hmm--maybe some kindness and generosity. Oh yes, a bit of uniqueness and craziness--whoa not that much! Oh well. And---" He thinks of what the last thing should be. Now practically drowsy he acts quickly. "And maybe just a little bit of obsession to round it out." Now I'm convinced that someone, most likely a trickster-type angel, pushed God's elbow because before anyone could stop it-- "Oh darn! That was the entire extra-large bottle of obsession." But you can't reverse it. And so he patted me on the head and let loose with a revelation of prophetic proportions:
"Thou Shall Be Obsessed."
Yeah. Thanks for that, man.
Barring the whole OCD thing that is attached to me--I'm talking obsessive compulsiveness, but not in the everything needs to be clean way (though I much appreciate organization and also everything has its place so don't touch anything, k thanks bye...), crazy thoughts, compulsions and blah blah, who needs to hear about my mental issues, blah blah blah---I have obsessions that are more....fun? Maybe?
I have gone through many an obsession with everything imaginable. What I mean is that when I like something enough to be obsessed with it--y'all better get out of the way. I'm serious, move.
First, before I delve and devulge, let me briefly explain the difference between a mood and an obsession.
Moods: "Oh hey, Backstreet Boys are great, man. I should listen to them and watch their videos and stuff." Then a week or two later, it's gone. It's fleeting.
Obsession: "The Beatles?! Why haven't I liked them like this before? Holy shit, my life has been altered forever and ever and ever amen." Then you proceed to buy everything, read everything, listen/watch everything, do everything related to said thing. Obsessions, when you are psycho bat-shit over things, can last a long time. Trust me.
Sidenote: After the obsession subsides, you don't forget about it or stop liking it. It's just normal now and you can appreciate it without being a loser about it. Although, I must admit, when the obsession falls away, your liking of things feels different.
I can remember almost if not everything I was obsessed with since I was a child of about 4 or 5. Each obsession was of varying degrees and some I had my sister and my two cousins along for the ride.
Here it is, to the best of my knowledge. Some are listed more than once because there was a resurgence:
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Yes. I was a child. But don't think I still don't love them!)
Backstreet Boys
Newsies
Cry-Baby
The Mighty Ducks (D2 specifically)
Titanic + Leonardo DiCaprio (Again, not
obsessed-obsessed but I wanted to watch all of his movies)
Grease
Newsies
Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel
Newsies
Toy Soldiers (mildly anyways)
River Phoenix (And his movies. Stand By Me! Love him!)
Supernatural
The Outsiders (My life! I have a 'Stay Gold tattoo)
Backstreet Boys (after they came back)
New Kids on the Block (More of a phase, really)
Four Brothers
The Boondock Saints (Well, kind of. I really loved the movie when I saw it!)
Bill & Ted (Minimal!)
Newsies (Yes. Again. I know).
The Dead End Kids (Oh Lord, this was me and my sister. We definitely went nuts for them. Her more. At least, she spent more heehee).
Bonanza (Again, not crazy for it but loved it a lot, that's for sure).
The Beatles (My biggest!! But they are and always will be the greatest and my favorite band of all time).
Buddy Holly/Ritche Valens/Big Bopper (Minimal obsession but my love of them has a lasting impact).
The Outsiders (TV Show but the movie always follows. This was also me and my sister and our cousins and it lasted a long-ass time).
Jersey Boys (I really have nothing to say about this. This one was bad. But I loved it! Yes, Vincent Piazza!! It'll be my 2nd fave movie forever now).
Gangsters (Movie/Real. Coincides with Jersey Boys. Not an obsession but things I wanted to watch more of and read about).
The Beach Boys (Okay see, this is right now. And it's fairly new. I'm not psycho about it but I'm getting into them more and I'm reading a book and I want to listen to more of their music and learn more about Dennis because he rocked).
Okay I'm tired now and my brain can't process that much right now. I'm sure there are things I forgot about. Most likely I did because there were/are a shit-ton. Whatever, I'm sure by now you get the picture. I have amazing taste, I know.
I want to point out that yes, this does make me sound a bit insane. But I take comfort in two things. 1) I have seen and/or met people who make the way I'm obsessed with things seem absolutely normal. There are people who are 1000% worse than I could ever be. 2) My sister was like this first so I cannot be blamed! ;)
Jesus Christ, I am psychotic. Once again, thanks big guy in the sky!
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