It's true. I have a problem and I recognize it. It's a difficult problem to explain though. I'm an addict. I'm addicted to being addicted. Seems confusing, right? I'll try to explain.
I can't do anything at on a small scale. It all has to be big and over the top. No matter what it is. I can't just watch a T.V. show and be satisfied. I get completely immersed and obsessed with the show. If for some reason I miss one of my two favorite and only shows I watch during the week, my life is over.
I also check my facebook and twitter constantly. I have both of them on my phone and feel obligated to look and know what's going on with everyone. I think this obsession is why I enjoy working the desk shift at KOMU. It's my job to re-tweet what reporters say about their stories, and post stories and questions on facebook. And after I do that, I become obsessed with constantly checking comments and re-tweets to see what viewers have to say.
I remember one point during my sophomore year of college I was addicted to drinking orange juice. That one's a little weird. I don't know why or how it happened, but I constantly had a glass of orange juice in my hand. It's over now, though, which is probably for the best.
I'm hoping that my obsession transfers over to the world of blogging. I've tried it a couple times before and it didn't work out too well. Hopefully things will change and I feel the need to blog constantly. So it's time to close my eyes, cross my fingers and jump into the blogosphere. And stop talking about orange juice.
While most of these obsessions are all very real and current, none of them compare to my biggest addiction. I am completely, 100%, totally captivated by the world of celebrity gossip. Now, you can laugh and say it's silly, but it's not going to stop me. I can't stop. I need to know what's going on in every celebrity's life. I don't know why or where or how long I've been obsessed, but I am and it's not going away anytime soon.
I wrote the first sentence of the previous paragraph and checked a celebrity gossip site and my twitter to see what's happening with them. And, it's a weekend so no one is really even posting but I had to look.
Whenever my friends want to know anything about celebrities, they come to me. And when they say things like, "Oh, did you know Reese Witherspoon is engaged?" I don't only say yes, but go into details on the proposal, or the ring.
I probably follow about 15 celebrity gossip people on twitter. It's a constant feed of celeb information. And I usually already know what they're tweeting about, but I still take time out of my day to reread it and look for something new. I check celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton's website a minimum of ten times a day. I just can't stop myself.
You can tell me I'm crazy, or weird or whatever you want, but you won't stop me. I have to check my websites about celebs. My friends used to make fun of me for it. They'd see me on my phone and ask who I was texting and my response was "No one, I'm on Perez." They've finally come to terms with my addiction and encourage it. For Christmas, my roommate bought be a subscription to OK! Magazine. She told me I need to stop wasting money on gossip magazines at the store, so now they come to my house. And every Monday when that magazine is in my mailbox, a giant wave of joy comes over my body and I sit in my bed and catch up on everything I might have missed on a website.
Say what you want, I can't and won't kick the habit. And anytime you have a question about the life of a celebrity, feel free to ask! @AllysonBird on twitter. I promise I'll know the answer, and if I don't, I won't stop until I find out!
(P.S. I checked twitter and Perez Hilton four times during this post.)
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