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Guilty Pleasures (day 3)
Jul. 8th, 2011 08:55 pmDay 3 -What are your guilty pleasures?
I started watching Days of our Lives when I was just a kid. I mean, like, first or second grade. I watched it because my mom did, of course, and I had her taping it for me while I was in school for a while. I have phases with it--I'll watch it every day for a while (and now that I have DVR, I will watch episodes that I missed.) but then I will stop watching it for weeks, months or years at a time. I'm mostly "on" now that I'm a SAHM but not completely. I tuned out on it a couple of months ago and stopped watching for a while, but am now watching about one or two episodes a week.That's generally enough to keep up with most of the plot. And yes, I know it's bad. I know it's unrealistic. I know that the acting is sometimes supbar. But STILL, I enjoy it. I like watching the characters develop over YEARS and DECADES. I like it that I know the histories of the characters sometimes better than the writers. Like.. a year or two ago, there was a wedding (Phillip and Melanie) and Phillip's dad made a snarky remark about how it might be his first marriage, but it wouldn't be his last, and i was howling at the screen that BELLE was his first wife. I like how characters return from the dead in completely unlikely ways. Explosion? OH NO PROBLEM. Vat of boiling oil? You can come back from that! And some of the absurd storylines are quite enjoyable. I used to jokingly say that they should bring Carly back and bury her alive again, and then they did! I mean, a dozen years later! Although, it ended up not being Carly that got in the coffin after all but that's a different matter entirely. (There have also been storylines that I hated. I hated one recently, which is why I stopped watching until it was over.)
So, that's one of my guiltiest of pleasures because I am supposed to be too educated or something to enjoy daytime television, but.. who cares if it's not cool? I like it.
Here's another: I read romance novels. A lot of them. I don't care if I'm supposed to be reading literature. I do read other stuff sometimes, too, I've been reading slightly weirder stuff lately. Right now I'm reading In Death, by J.D. Robb (a.k.a. Nora Roberts), which isn't really as much romance as it is futuristic murder mystery with romantic subplots. Oh, and sex. They're quite good, even though I wouldn't have imagined it being something I would have liked. I used to buy books at yard sales and half price book stores, without much regard for reviews or new authors. I mean, I would prioritize the authors I knew I loved, but I wouldn't go too far out of my way to try out a different particular author that someone recommended. Now I have the whole internet thing at my disposal to look for things I would LIKE, and I also have less time for reading than I used to (well.. sorta. Right now I read as much as ever I did, I believe, but that's relatively recent.) and so... I enjoy the stuff I read more than I used to, and I skip the stuff I don't care for. Much less filler in my book diet these days. Oh, and also, I have access to nearly anything now that I have my book reader. I am not going to talk about that openly. Let's just say I don't buy books at yard sales anymore.
And, can't wrap up a post about guilty pleasures without a note about food. Potatoes would be enough of a summary, but that's not a wordy enough answer for me. I am completely addicted to two things: Lay's Kettle chips (original) and oven fries with cheese. And ketchup. And maybe cookies, but I said two things so I can't count that one. Chips aren't good for anyone, of course, but the potatoes wouldn't be AS bad for me if not for the insulin resistance. Really shouldn't eat a full meal of carbs, and when the melted sharp cheddar is the healthiest part of a meal for you? Probably should consider eating something else. I do not allow myself to eat them as often as I would prefer but some days it is difficult. Cheap, easy and delcious. Yum.
That's about all I can think of. I wish that one didn't have to feel guilty about the nice things in their lives, don't you?
I started watching Days of our Lives when I was just a kid. I mean, like, first or second grade. I watched it because my mom did, of course, and I had her taping it for me while I was in school for a while. I have phases with it--I'll watch it every day for a while (and now that I have DVR, I will watch episodes that I missed.) but then I will stop watching it for weeks, months or years at a time. I'm mostly "on" now that I'm a SAHM but not completely. I tuned out on it a couple of months ago and stopped watching for a while, but am now watching about one or two episodes a week.That's generally enough to keep up with most of the plot. And yes, I know it's bad. I know it's unrealistic. I know that the acting is sometimes supbar. But STILL, I enjoy it. I like watching the characters develop over YEARS and DECADES. I like it that I know the histories of the characters sometimes better than the writers. Like.. a year or two ago, there was a wedding (Phillip and Melanie) and Phillip's dad made a snarky remark about how it might be his first marriage, but it wouldn't be his last, and i was howling at the screen that BELLE was his first wife. I like how characters return from the dead in completely unlikely ways. Explosion? OH NO PROBLEM. Vat of boiling oil? You can come back from that! And some of the absurd storylines are quite enjoyable. I used to jokingly say that they should bring Carly back and bury her alive again, and then they did! I mean, a dozen years later! Although, it ended up not being Carly that got in the coffin after all but that's a different matter entirely. (There have also been storylines that I hated. I hated one recently, which is why I stopped watching until it was over.)
So, that's one of my guiltiest of pleasures because I am supposed to be too educated or something to enjoy daytime television, but.. who cares if it's not cool? I like it.
Here's another: I read romance novels. A lot of them. I don't care if I'm supposed to be reading literature. I do read other stuff sometimes, too, I've been reading slightly weirder stuff lately. Right now I'm reading In Death, by J.D. Robb (a.k.a. Nora Roberts), which isn't really as much romance as it is futuristic murder mystery with romantic subplots. Oh, and sex. They're quite good, even though I wouldn't have imagined it being something I would have liked. I used to buy books at yard sales and half price book stores, without much regard for reviews or new authors. I mean, I would prioritize the authors I knew I loved, but I wouldn't go too far out of my way to try out a different particular author that someone recommended. Now I have the whole internet thing at my disposal to look for things I would LIKE, and I also have less time for reading than I used to (well.. sorta. Right now I read as much as ever I did, I believe, but that's relatively recent.) and so... I enjoy the stuff I read more than I used to, and I skip the stuff I don't care for. Much less filler in my book diet these days. Oh, and also, I have access to nearly anything now that I have my book reader. I am not going to talk about that openly. Let's just say I don't buy books at yard sales anymore.
And, can't wrap up a post about guilty pleasures without a note about food. Potatoes would be enough of a summary, but that's not a wordy enough answer for me. I am completely addicted to two things: Lay's Kettle chips (original) and oven fries with cheese. And ketchup. And maybe cookies, but I said two things so I can't count that one. Chips aren't good for anyone, of course, but the potatoes wouldn't be AS bad for me if not for the insulin resistance. Really shouldn't eat a full meal of carbs, and when the melted sharp cheddar is the healthiest part of a meal for you? Probably should consider eating something else. I do not allow myself to eat them as often as I would prefer but some days it is difficult. Cheap, easy and delcious. Yum.
That's about all I can think of. I wish that one didn't have to feel guilty about the nice things in their lives, don't you?
