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Current

Burr Tillstrom and his Kuklapolitan players (aka the old TV show Kukla, Fran and Ollie)

The 1950s

Parallel lives

Reincarnation

Reiki

Writing

My cat Angel

Past:

Astrology

Silent film

Charlie Chaplin (hey, he had a beautiful butt!)

Pre-code films

The 1920s

Donny Osmond (aaah don't shoot me! )

Singing

Liberal politics (I'm still liberal, just disenchanted w/politics)

Current:

-Abnormal Psychology, Biopsychology in general, Physiological, Neuro-, and Comparative Psychology more specifically as well as Neuroscience.

-Art

-Collecting books and DVDs

-Oliver Sacks and his books (this is a very new and more specific obsession which ties into Psychology)

Past:

-Collecting (this obsession has been my oldest and most constant)

-Cats

-Musicals and Frank Sinatra

-Poetry

-Art

-Abnormal Psych (more specifically Schizophrenia)

-Forensic Psychology, Criminology, and Serial Killers

Knowing who's where when (ie I know that so-and-so has maths when I have chemistry; another has a free when I have music; someone else has Italian when I have a free)
Origins of words
correct plurals
actually just linguistics I suppose
music
violins
viole
getting soap off my hands
knowing the answers to my questions (I will persevere in finding the answer because not knowing something annoys me so much)
finding out others' spiritual beliefs
what shoe size people take
how tall people are (in Imperial, preferably)
I once was obsessed with Disney film soundtracks
snooker
psychology (abnormal)
etc

Damn.... way too many to name:

Anything history-related, but most prominently, WWI and WWII and military history.
Medieval: Total War for PC
Religion/spirituality
The nature of reality/existance
Heavy metal
Psilocybin mushrooms/ psychedelics in general
Afterlife/ consciousness theories
The group Pantera
Weaponry
The Irish/Scottish (my ancestry)
British history (also my ancestry)
Conspiracy theories/ analysis of society/ finding patterns in the ever-repeating cycle of history and trying to determine where we are now....
Imagining screenplays or stories that I want to write....

There are many, many more.... And there's even more stuff that I couldn't give two sh*ts about!

I've just sprouted a new obsession over the past four weeks.

Routemasters, and they have to be Red!
And London, as well, but stronger than ever before.
Did I mention Red Routemasters?
Did I mention London? Did I? Did I?

Maybe I should stop acting "cute".

Just when I thought I was growing out of my AS.

I'm practicing for my appt with the AS specialist in 2 weeks:
Yoga
Orchids
Reading
Plants
Anything health related
Anything biological science related
Animals
Numbers: primes, license plates, years, phone numbers
Letters: license plates, saying words backwards in my head
Obscure folk music
France
Certain video games like the Sims
Sex (when I was younger)
Photographs of silhouetted trees at dusk
Research - finding out the answer to a question
Survivor
Hawaiiana - music, culture, language, food
Cooking
Raising kids
Maps
Knitting and crocheting and needlework
Asian art
19th century English literature
Medical emergencies
Seeing how little money I can spend
Volcanoes
Ballet (when I was young)
Drag-racing
1968 and 1969 Camaro

Last edited by MsTriste on 11 Jan 2006, 1:11 am, edited 1 time in total.

The one in the 1996 Ford Taurus? I got one in mine and damn does it run like a champ. Nice and peppy, a lot of people really underrate this engine.

Anyway...

Mopars (abet older ones)
Old import cars
restored trucks from the 70's, 80's and even '90's
Automobiles from the 1980's and 1990's
Sega
Collecting Video games
my dogs
Saving money
speeding
swearing
budlight
poor people (...)
what cars people drive
how peoples cars are running
Shawna
Nicole
Sega Genesis

And I think that's pretty much it... Wow, some sad stuff in there

Batman
Comic Books
Internet Forums (not so much anymore. getting tired of forums, actually)
Winnie the Pooh
Disney Movies
Theology/Religion
Beliefnet.com
Thinking of ways to get money
Playing with toys
Video Games (PS2)
The Sims 2

spiders
languages
constructed worlds and languages
anything japanese
fantasy art
3d art

I hope I'm not driving everybody nuts, like LGB did, about a year ago. I'm sory for using him as an example, but I need to know if I'm driving people crazy, with my two obsessions.

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-Wrong Planet (seriously, I think about this place a lot when I'm not here).
-Asperger's Syndrome
-men (I enjoy being outnumbered by the male aspies )
-paranormal (i.e. ghosts and other spirits, aliens, psychics/astrology, etc.)
-electronics (It used to be CD players, but now it's mainly computers and anything computer related)
-Music (this includes a certain artist that I am obessed with, singing, and different music that I'm obsessed with.)
-babies (they're so adorable!)
-accents

Hi WP community, I'm raedizzle2006..just made my 1st post on the "getting to know each other" thread. Anyway, I'd like to post here about some of my so-called "obsessions", if I may LOL. Get ready haha.

-I've been very "obsessed" with almost anything involving the broadcast media. I have been continually trying to keep up with radio and TV related stuff since probably 1981-82. (When I was in 4th grade, methinks; I'm nearing 35 now) I can tell you almost every doggoned radio and TV station within a good couple hundred miles' radius of where I am in central North Carolina! (And when I travel far away, I try to follow some of their stations too) I can even tell you, for most of them, what power (watts) they broadcast with; their call letters (including changes in such); frequencies; program formats (again, noting changes); where many said stations can be picked up (love finding out how far most signals go); you get the picture. I would like to operate my own "pirate" station, but of course I'm not too much into the "mechanical" aspects, plus it's kinda expensive to maintain a transmitter plus it's currently illegal unless I apply for (and are granted LOL) a special LPFM license (low-power FM). Am I boring you yet? And yes I find myself listening to radio/watching TV a lot...but I'm very selective in my programming choices haha.

-I'm also obsessed with travel. I have, also since earlyish '80's, been a very big guy for wanting to travel to different places and explore my way around...not trying to get in trouble LOL. I have been very interested in reading maps since about 2nd grade, and I guess that lent itself toward wanting to go places..but for such awhile I was very dependent on others to take me around, provided they even felt like it. I'm glad I now have my drivers' license, so I can travel almost unrestricted as long as my beat-up "sh!tcan" doesn't fall apart LOL! I used to think I loved the mountains, but a friend IRL (who also has AS) introduced me to the beach..and I took to it like that! (Don't like very crowded beaches, though) I still could use a little "rugged terrain" once awhile, but if I had to choose I'd pick the flatter land closer to the big "drink"...

-I'm now going to tell you the origin of my username (raedizzle2006), which will explain my other obsession! I am a HUGE fan of Disney Channel's "That's so Raven", even though it's supposed to be for kids LOL. I am NOT ashamed (nor should I be made to feel that way) to admit to ANYONE, young or old, that I love this show! I am absolutely in LOVE with the show's star, Raven (aka raven-symone); I'd love to MEET her!! (Too bad I probably never will ) I know RS (her initials) made her acting career start on "The Cosby Show", when she was not quite 4! Strangely enough, I never really became fond of that show; I don't hate or so much dislike it but just simply couldn't get into it. Anyway, I heard of RS having a new show (That's so Raven, or TSR) on Disney, starting about 3 years ago. I was of course curious, and therefore I tuned in. I have not regretted it since!! ! Of course, there has been the rare "lackluster" episode, but fortunately that's very few and far between in occurrence. I consider TSR as one of my all-time fave shows, along with "Survivor", "The Amazing Race", and "The Flintstones." Most of what comes on TV these days is very devoid, many times, of any true substance and relevance to my "weird" life. (Friends, anyone? No offense to any fans on here) But yeah, I decided to call myself raedizzle to further express my strong feelings for her. I'd love her for a GF! She just turned 20 (12/10/05); at least she's not jailbait! Plus I'm white and she's black, but SO WHAT!!?? Personally, I've seen more attractive black women than whites; not that I'm not trying to find beauty in everyone!

Well, I could list at least a couple more obsessions but I'll just stop for now. Besides, I'm almost ready to turn ye olde 'pewter off and go to bed (yeah, I'm a nite-owl; just past 3am here). I will likely come back after settling in from work tonight (I work mainly 2nd shift), and hope I can continue to find myself "obsessed" with WP! I've lurked lots for several months but am just now coming "out-of-hiding", LOL! later raedizzle

Welcome raedizzle2006

Here are my obsessions, past and present:

Childhood obsessions:
-- Street signs; road signs
-- Construction equipment (bulldozers, steam shovels, cranes, excavators, backhoe loaders)
-- Gas stations
-- Mammals (hippos, rhinos, walruses)
-- Circuses, zoos
-- things Oriental
-- Science as a subject in school
-- Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes
-- Space exploration
-- Military airplanes, ships
-- Commercial aircraft
-- Infectious diseases
-- Chemistry (continued into adolescence)

Teenage obsessions:
-- Military history (still maintain an interest, especially World War II)
-- anything related to the Soviet Union (continued into adulthood)
-- politics (continued into adulthood)
-- Model UN, crisis simulation exercises
-- history as a subject in school

Adult obsessions:
-- Cold War history, history of Communism, need to understand historical background of things
-- Jewish and Christian theology
-- Middle East and Islam
-- Computers (at times)
-- Human Rights (persecution of Christians, North Korea).

I hope to have a fun and interesting time posting at WP...thanks again for the welcome!

I see you're in Charlottesville, VA.? My oh my, time to speak of another "obsession" LOL; I have traveled to Virginia so many times! (I live just below you in NC) I have in fact traveled to C-Ville (CHV) plenty of times; my latest was back before Thanksgiving. It is a very picturesque town, with UVA and a whole lot of places to eat (food, another obsession of mine LOL). What is your fave place (s) to eat there? This may sound kinda "silly", but I tend to love going to the Giant supermarket on 29 N. and loading up on their salad bar! They also have a good gourmet deli in the back, and also I love going to Foods of All Nations near the big campus. (Kinda pricey, but their sandwiches are good)

Again, thanks for the welcome. I will try to make the best of my stay here; actually been lurking since probably last summer but am now working up the "courage" to post LOL. Hoping I will meet a lot of interesting peeps here....