One of my readers asked me to share a guilty pleasure with all of you today.
No big deal, right? I’ve shared plenty of my own guilty pleasures that some might consider pretty embarrassing already. I love Taylor Swift. I’m a sucker for frozen yogurt. I was obsessed with Glee Season 1, and am disappointed in season 2 and have lost a lot of interest in season 3. Those are just three examples of some of my guilty pleasures that probably aren’t going to win me the “manly man of the year” award.
While we’re on the subject of guilty pleasures, I wanted to make sure I just emptied the notebook and laid everything on the line. Here are the rest of my embarrassing guilty pleasures.
Spider-Man
The nice thing about those guilty pleasures is that they stop at just being something I enjoy. None of them would be considered an obsession. And while I don’t know if I really have any obsessions, the closest thing I have to one might be Spider-Man.
Yep, I’m a 26 year-old guy and I love Spider-Man.
Back in college, I responded to an advertisement seeking people who would be willing to play Spider-Man to help a toy company launch their new line of action figures. I ended up standing around in Wal-Mart for 5 hours signing autographs and talking to kids as a superhero. They paid me $150 to do it too!
Don’t believe me? Here’s a picture of me and my best friend.
Oh, and if you haven’t heard, there’s a new Spider-Man movie coming out this summer. They just released a trailer for it the other day and I’m pretty freaking excited. The only thing I don’t like about it is the fact that they didn’t cast me as Spider-Man. Look at that picture from Wal-Mart. I was made for that role!
Electronics on the Toilet
The older generation had newspapers and magazines. I have my tablet, kindle, laptop, and cell phone. If I’m sitting on the pot, there’s a 99% chance one of these things is in my hand.
I hate wasting time, and not to gross anyone out, but I can be in the bathroom for a while. And I can use that time to play a game, review my stock portfolio, catch up on the news, read a book, or anything else I want to do on one of my electronic devices. Heck, I might be writing this blog post from the toilet right now. I guess you’ll never really know.
The point is, I have my beautiful tablet and I love it. Hopefully the tablet will satisfy my electronics urge for a while so I don’t keep spending money on more stuff.
What’s Your Guilty Pleasure?
Being somewhat obsessed with Spider-Man and refusing to go #2 without an electronic in hand are pretty embarrassing guilty pleasures. In fact, I’ve pretty much shared all of my embarrassing quirks with you guys over the years. Now it’s your turn. What’s your guilty pleasure? Feel free to provide a fake name and/or email in the comments if you’d like to remain anonymous.
Kevin McKee is an entrepreneur, IT guru, and personal finance leader. In addition to his writing, Kevin is the head of IT at Buildingstars, Co-Founder of Padmission, and organizer of Laravel STL. He is also the creator of www.contributetoopensource.com. When he’s not working, Kevin enjoys podcasting about movies and spending time with his wife and four children.
I love bad reality TV… The old lady and I were hooked on all those VH1’s X of Love shows. Now we are hooked on Rupaul’s Drag Race and Hell’s Kitchen, and as much as I hate to admit it, we did enjoy the Jersey Shore.
I think that is it for guilty pleasures… or at least the ones I am willing to admit
I hear you about #2! I always have my iPad and BlackBerry when I’m on the pot.
guilty pleasure: the bachelor and bachelorette. texting friends while watching it makes for a VERY enjoyable evening.
Nothing wrong with spider man!
My guilty pleasure is watching Fashion Police with Joan Rivers or any other show where they trash celebrity fashions. I also like flipping through the supermarket tabloids’ “best and worst beach bodies” issues to laugh at the worst bodies. *sigh*
Christmas lights! I was brought up Jewish and my boyfriend was brought up Jehovah’s Witness, and we both love Christmas lights even though neither of us has any childhood/religious affiliation with them. As a result, we have Christmas lights in every room of the house, all year round!
I like certain movies and watch them whenever they come on TV. I know the dialog and still enjoy them over and over again.
There’s no shame in reading the electronics on the pot! I’m a newspaper man myself..call me old’ fashioned!
…that’s more like it.
If it helps, my husband is 34 and screams like a little girl when he finds out Transformers is on TV. Not the movies, the cartoon. And we have a series recording of the show on our DVR.
As far as my guilty pleasures. I watch Teen Mom, Jerseylicious and Wife Swap, listen to Hootie and the Blowfish and, if given the opportunity, I’d read Sweet Valley High or The Babysitters Club over a grown-up book any day.
oh man… Taylor Swift is definitely one of mine. it gets worse because I also try to play T Swift songs on the guitar and sing along. oh, and the ‘NSync Christmas album is a big one!
and nothing wrong with Spiderman… one of my best friends had a Batman-themed costume party for his 25th birthday. he also owns a picture of himself with Adam West, plus an old pic of Adam West plus the guy who played Robin with him, both in costume, signed by both of them. and I totally love him for it.