Romantic Comedies
I was going to say chick flicks, but that would include sad love stories too, and I'm not a fan of those. The Holiday, Love Actually, Pretty Woman, Sweet Home Alabama,... basically anything with Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, or Cameron Diaz, and... Joe Dirt. I love the movie Joe Dirt. I have no idea why.
Fast Food
GIVE ME ALLLL the Taco Bell, Mickey D's, Wendy's, Popeye's, White Castle and Burger King! Seriously. I probably get drive thru from one of these fine establishments about once a week. It doesn't help that they are all within 5-10 minutes from me! In fact, I can (and have) walked to the nearest Wendy's, which is quite literally around the corner from my apartment.
Pop music
You guys, I bought myself Britney Spears tickets for my birthday this year. In Las Vegas. The first concert I purchased tickets for was Z100's Zootopia. Yeah, sometimes the songs get overplayed and the lyrics are stupid, but usually they're so upbeat that I don't care. (And don't try to tell me you haven't had "Despacito" stuck in your head at some point this summer!)
War of the Roses
I'm one of those weirdos who stills listens to the radio. Actually, I'm one of those weirdos who actually purchased a new iPod nano (the really old one with the video camera and radio) two years ago when my old one broke and even though Apple stopped making them, I will probably search eBay for the same model if this one breaks. Anyway, this is a cheater's program on KTU that I started listening several years ago when my coworker used to drive me home from work because that's what she listened to. Even though she no longer drives me, I still listen to it every weekday on my commute home.
Researching/planning
I guess I should be more specific. If I get curious about something, really anything, I will research it until I find a meaning that makes logical sense to me. My latest example would be the last episode of Game of Thrones, when someone mentioned something about an annulled marriage. Except there are too many damn characters in that show, and they all have weird and complicated names. I spent the next 45 minutes looking up family trees, and then who played which characters, so I could figure out who they were talking about and what that meant for the characters involved.
Another example? I spent approximately 7 hours on Monday looking up "things to do in Las Vegas besides gambling." I do this level of research before every trip, because I want to experience everything possible in whatever small amount of time I'm visiting. I also research best prices on purchases large and small. You'll never find me spending full price when I can find a good deal!
What are some of your (non) guilty pleasures?
I love that you are owning your "guilty" pleasures as non-guilty. You are absolutely right. If it makes us happy, why are we guilty about it?? I actually enjoy Joe Dirt too, we own it. We don't watch it a ton, but I do find a little bit of charm in it!
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The Beth Next Door
I feel the same - if I take pleasure in it, there is no guilt. I don't care if it's seen as stupid, frivolous, etc by others.
ReplyDeleteI freaking love Joe Dirt. Joe Deer-tay.
I will never ever pay full price either. Most of the things I like, I try not to feel guilty about. I like some ridiculous TV shows, but I can't help liking what I like, right?
ReplyDeleteSO with you on everything! Especially not feeling guilty about enjoying stuff regardless how "bad" or "weird" it might be. Especially fast food. Especially, especially fast food ;)
ReplyDeleteGuilt - such a wasted emotion. Is it an emotion? Anyway, for us, it's a close cousin to Joe Dirt: Hot Rod. We own it. One daughter gifted it to another for Christmas, of all things.
ReplyDeleteMy guilty pleasure: Celtic Woman. I might love each of them. Or 83% of them.
I love The Holiday, Love Actually, Pretty Woman (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I feel 0 guilt about it. They are all amazing and perfect.
ReplyDeleteOMG Popeye's. Stop it.
We have very similar not so guilty pleasures. I love romcoms. They make my heart happy
ReplyDeleteYes to all these things! Also, I wanted to tell you that I love your background here on the blog. How pretty!
ReplyDeleteSpicy Chicken with bacon from Wendys!!! I eat that way too often. Also love me a Big Mac & a chicken sandwich from BK.
ReplyDeleteI totally own my "guilty" pleasures and pop music is SO one of them. :)
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www.shootingstarsmag.net
Are we the same person???? I love pop music, romantic comedies, I listen to War of the Roses when I remember to on the real radio on my way to work from time to time, and I research the shit out of everything. Chris and I spend half our TV watching time with the show paused looking up stuff!
ReplyDeleteMcDonald's breakfast is my weakness so I can relate to you on loving fast food! Why is it so good?? Also, I love listening to the radio, too. I like not knowing what they're going to play next! It's not the same as pressing shuffle, ha ha.
ReplyDeletei am with you, i don't feel guilty about taking pleasure in anything. unless i was like beating someone up, what's the point? it's a book/movie/whatever. who cares? i am 100% with you on researching/planning. i am not kidding when i say that is my favourite part of doing anything. travel (we love vegas and don't gamble!), buying things, house stuff, future things that aren't in my life right now... whatever. i don't care. RESEARCH AND PLAN ALL THE THINGS.
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