Let's start with an easy one - Television. I am an advid watcher. Under the heading of guilty pleasures I would put:
Soap Operas - ALL MY CHILDREN & ONE LIFE TO LIVE (since 1970 and 1968 respectively)
My theory is all actors start here. There is an impressive line up of big names that have started here. Tommy Lee Jones, Kim Delaney, Sarah Michelle Geller, Ryan Phillippe, Mischa Barton, Kelly Ripa, Eva LaRue, Josh Duhamel, Hayden Panettiere, Tom Berenger, Nathan Fillion (currently Castle), Judith Light, Dixie Carter, Lawrence Fishburne, Faith Ford, Blair Underwood, Mario Van Peebles, Phylicia Rishad and Marcia Cross to name a few.
Daytime - REGIS & KELLY (again Kelly Ripa alumni of All My Children), THE VIEW, THE DOCTORS, all HGTV shows, and the FOOD NETWORK.
Reality - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SURVIVOR, PROJECT RUNWAY, SHEAR GENIUS, DESIGN STAR, THE NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR, TRAUMA LIFE IN THE ER, BOSTON MED, THE RACHEL ZOE PROJECT, THE APPRENTICE, TODDLERS & TIARAS (the worst of the guilty pleasures), and an occasional MAN VS. WILD.
Premium TV - DEXTER, TRUE BLOOD, BIG LOVE, WEEDS, NURSE JACKIE, THE UNITED STATES OF TARA, ENTOURAGE and one that just finished - THE TUDORS.
Regular TV - MAD MEN, HIGH STAKES POKER, POKER AFTER DARK, WORLD SERIES OF POKER, WORLD POKER TOUR, (all poker shows), THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK, MODERN FAMILY, LOST (crap its off), CASTLE, THE GOOD WIFE, GREY'S ANATOMY, FLASH FORWARD, THE GATES, THE CLOSER, FLASHPOINT, ROOKIE BLUE, V, HOT IN CLEVELAND, RESCUE ME, LOUIE, RENO 911, & LAW AND ORDER (all of them).
Movies - I like a wide variety of movies from drama, to comedy the following is a list of Guilty Pleasure Movies:
CLUELESS, BEST IN SHOW, MR. MOM, MULTIPLICITY, X-MEN, IRONMAN, WEDDING CRASHERS, 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, SUPERBAD, THE HANGOVER, THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (Eddie Murphy version), MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD, WORLD, ROUNDERS, GREASE, SOAPDISH, ROCKY, TOP GUN, CHRISTMAS VACATION, OLD SCHOOL, 4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, THE OMEN, GHOSTBUSTERS, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, PRIDE AND PREDUJICE, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, LEGALLY BLONDE, NAPOLEON DYNOMITE, SHREK MOVIES, THE IN-LAWS, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, INDEPENDENCE DAY, BULL DURHAM, FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF, BORAT, and SWEET HOME ALABAMA. There are many more, but just a sampling to see how diverse or perverse I am.
Other guilty pleasures happen every day. Love to play on-line poker, sleep in late, stay up late, eat popcorn for dinner when my husband is away, shop at Ross on Tuesday to get my senior citizen discount, sit out on my deck and read a murder mystery when I should be doing housework, eat the crispy skin off the Costco roast chicken, reading the Star and the Enquirer at my mom's house, playing poker while my husband is working, and watching all the mindless programs/movies above instead of reading a good book, volunteering my time or in general doing something constructive with my time.
In conclusion, I have probably wasted a lot of time on guilty pleasures, but I managed to help raise two great kids, keep a clean household and support my husband for 33 years without too many complaints. So like another guilty pleasure of mine when I was a kid would say "WHAT ME WORRY"?
P.S. Almost forgot my biggest guilty pleasure - hint - it has to do with a particular leather handbag. For further insight see the blog below.
Leave a couple of your guilty pleasures for me to enjoy.
BEE HAPPY!
One of my best guilty pleasures is making a BLT when no one is home. It is not out of the question that my bacon strips reach double digits. I seem to act out of the idea that once open, you have to cook the entire package of bacon.
ReplyDeleteYou have no control over that, it is genetic.
ReplyDeleteYou were right Bee, this was not laugh-out-loud funny (as most of your entries are) however, you got me thinking....and honestly, until this very moment I did not fully grasp the extent of my horrible-ness - pretty much all of my pleasures are guilt inducing. Here are just a few:
ReplyDelete1. I love Jon & Kate + 8. I feel ashamed about it but, I do - I have seen all of the episodes and can tell which sextuplet is which. I resented Jon for divorcing Kate and keeping the show off the air for a season. I cannot explain this.
2. Auntie Mame - (the Rosalind Russell version) & Terms of Endearment. I have seen both of these films at least 100 times. I recite each and every line and annoy whomever is just trying to watch the movie> Anyone who has ever lived with me runs when they see me pull one of these off the shelf.
3. The bacon comment from "Bryan" cracked me up...I always feel the last third of the strips left are not enough to use in the future and thus, all the bacon must be cooked at once.
4. Shopping. I love it. The more bags the better.
5. New shoes. I am so happy when wearing new shoes that I cannot take my own eyes off my feet - this is just odd.
6. Toddlers & Tiaras, Hoarders & Intervention - these shows freak me out and I love them. The baby pagents, complete with big wigs and flippers (big-horsey looking fake teeth) the morbidly obese mothers, the gay fathers....then there's Hoarders - wow - the dead cats and empty big gulp cups are a common theme....one guy could'nt flush any of his waste....Intervention is hit and miss, sometimes that one is too painful to watch. all of these shows make you feel like your life is not so bad and lemony-fresh.
7. Pizza or hamburgers at midnight. Is there anything better than playing cards all night and eating a big 'ol something at midnight?
These are but a few......this list could go on forever :)
Forgot about Hoaders, am an occasional viewer, its like watching a car accident.
ReplyDeleteI always knew where my t.v. watching habits came from!
ReplyDeleteGuilty Pleasures:
1. Any show with the Kardashian girls (train wreck)
2. Snickers Almond
3. Buying books on Amazon
4. Fast food
How about Harry Potter?
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