cyber addictions
shawn beat me to a post about addictions, but mine was going to be about internet addictions. what's yours? sports? porn? gaming? internet dating? friendster stalking?
i am not ashamed to admit that i am a gossip hound. other people read the latest, depressing news about iraq. i laugh with schadenfreude over the latest lunatic antics of tom cruise. it somehow makes me feel better to know that while there are people who make millions more than i will ever earn in a lifetime, they will never know anything about class, style, dignity and integrity. i guess in the end, the joke's on me tho, b/c they're the ones laughing their way to the bank.
what's your addiction?
i am not ashamed to admit that i am a gossip hound. other people read the latest, depressing news about iraq. i laugh with schadenfreude over the latest lunatic antics of tom cruise. it somehow makes me feel better to know that while there are people who make millions more than i will ever earn in a lifetime, they will never know anything about class, style, dignity and integrity. i guess in the end, the joke's on me tho, b/c they're the ones laughing their way to the bank.
what's your addiction?
posted by happy roy at 10:10 AM
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After admitting my coffee addiction I can now admit the rest-
I love the internet. I spend way too much time refreshing websites to get the latest word to be typed up on my favorite sites.
i also watch too much tv - especially reality tv. you name it, I have seen it. the shows with the married couples (Jessica/Nick, Brittney/Trashy guy, Blink 182 guy/former miss whatever), Stripsearch, Kept, Gastenau Girls, Love is in the Heir, the cut, apprentice, idol --- if it is on, i will watch it.
I've been an internet addict forever. IRC back in the day. For hours and hours and hours chatting about bullshit. Then, I started getting into internet gaming. Everynight till 2 or 3 AM, with school the next day!
Then: messageboarding. From around the year 1999, I started really getting into a certain band and a certain messageboard. It seemed like I spent days and days on that board talking about that band and then upgrading to talk about everything else. I started really getting into downloading at that time and I was so happy to just listen to music and post on the board. That lasted for.. years.
Nowadays, I like blogs. I read a lot of them. Although this one is my new favorite. :)
i think this new blog will be one of my new addictions.
i must add flogs, blogs and sites about tv (televisionwithoutpity, tvgasm, etc) to the list as well.
oooh it makes me happy that you guys like the blog :)
oh man i used to be addicted to snood. thank god that ended.
i ego-google my name on a daily basis.
*embarrassed*
shawn, you got me addicted to snood too! i cringe when i think of how many hours i must have spent playing that game. it was tetris before that.
elad, i'd google my name too if my name weren't so painfully common.
I have to admit that I made Elad put my full name in his personal blog so I could be goog-able.
haha, shawn. you're double googable now, if you hadn't checked. as for me, there's some links that come up for me that i wish i could press "Delete From Existence Please!!"
back on addictions: i have a very bad addiction. Cigarettes. I've been smoking for almost five years now. I've never liked the smell and I know others don't like the smell or to be around it at all, which i completely understand and relate to. I want to quit, I do, but there are certain factors that keep me from taking the big plunge. There are aspects of smoking that I truly adore: the break from reality, the quiet time to read or contemplate, the stress-relief, the joy after a meal.
It is a nasty, dangerous, habit. I know that, but I haven't quit.
Not yet anyway.
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