So, as a card-carrying fanboy, I get unusually obsessed with things. Obsessed is a strong word and it often gets a bad wrap due to its association with mental illness, but obsession isn't always such a bad thing. Call it extreme determination or dedication, but it's all obsession when you get down to it. I would like to think that everyone is obsessed with at least one thing but that might just be projecting on my part.
Now, I've been trying to figure out why I get so obsessed with certain things. For example, I finally got around to watching the pilot episode of The Unusuals (an excellent darkly comedic police show that ran for only a season) and I'm probably going to finish watching every episode tonight. I know, I have a problem. So, what is it about The Unusuals (or other current obsessions, like Game Grumps, Ultimate Werewolf, OK Go, Stephen King novels, etc.) that my mind clings onto with such severity? The truth is that I have no clue. I am nowhere close to consistent with this sort of thing. In some cases, such as with the X-Files, my obsession comes and goes in waves, trading casual indifference for hardy interest in a matter of days.
While I can quite nail down the causes of my fanboy obsession, I am certainly glad that I have them. They inject a bit of excitement into the most boring of days because, at the end of it, I get to indulge in whatever I am currently excited about. And, hey, I can get obsessed with productive things too. I can't tell you how many times I've finished papers the day after it was assigned because I get so excited by an ideas just cannot stop writing about it. As with most things, a tendency for obsession is both a gift and a curse, but it does makes the things I enjoy all the more enjoyable.
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