When Harmless Obsessions Go Too Far...

So, I have an obsessive personality. Everyone who knows me realizes this. My obsession du jour has no pattern, really. It always starts out the same way: something grabs hold of my attention momentarily, and I either forget about it within a week's time, or I start looking for more information about it and other people who hold an interest as well. Usually I get bored after a few days, but if not, TROUBLE.

A few past objects of my obsession include: Michael Jackson (from when I was very little), former Falcons player Andre Rison, former Hawks player Spud Webb, Javier Bardem, Seattle Mariners player Ken Griffey, Jr., and Vince Vaughn. But the most intense of them all lasted from 1997 - 2000: Tiger Woods. Given the recent news surrounding him, I'll let that be a post in itself and won't speak more of it here. But I will say that the Tiger Woods obsession was a warning to me that my obsessions can carry me further than I ever originally anticipate. To potentially dangerous places, even. It transcends simply finding someone attractive or thinking they're a great actor, sports player, or singer...the obsession just keeps taking new forms as time goes forward, and the ante keeps upping itself, sometimes without my knowledge. I know it's gone too far when others start taking notice...



Which leads me to where I am now. I watched the movie "Something New" a few years back and was obviously affected by it in a way that I was unaware of at the time. I say this because I can't remember why in late 2008, I randomly decided that "The Mentalist" was the show to watch! I kept seeing really cool previews for it, and posting them to my Facebook profile. But right now, I honestly don't remember if Simon Baker was a factor that led to my interest. I do know for certain that my level of interest in The Mentalist went from 0 - 100 in two months. I began recording every interview he appeared on, configuring my laptop to automatically download embedded videos to my hard drive, installed software to convert said videos into iTunes format so I could download his videos to my iPod. The clincher was when I not only JOINED a Simon Baker fansite, but over a few months time ended up becoming one of the more popular members there. This is pretty scary when you consider that he has a LOT of stans (stalker/fans) ALL over the world. If I've become the most popular, that just doesn't bode well.

This has become more long-winded than I'd like. I'll end this post by mentioning that I decided at the beginning of the year to plan a trip to LA with one of my best friends (who happens to be exceptionally gorgeous and attracts a lot of attention). We've talked about this for several years, but to be completely honest, she and I can go anywhere we want. The only reason I want to go to LA is because of the extremely high possibility that I'll "casually run into" Simon Baker. People who live in LA run into him ALL of the time in the grocery store, at the beach, at the coffee shop, near his home walking on the sidewalk, etc... The reason I've done a 180 and have decided it's not a great idea to go after all is because of how my other celebrity encounters have turned out. Said encounters are the only reason I believe in the "Law Of Attraction"...and thankfully I was not married during any of those encounters. Nothing risque happened at all, but I really need to finally post an entry that goes into my past encounters with celebrities...please don't hold your breath.