Obsession

[KanoasDestiny]

What are you absolutely crazy about? Do you have a hobby that you love? Something that you collect or create? Someone you'd give anything to meet? Please help me to not feel so bad!

I am obsessed with collecting songs by Darren Hayes! I fell in love with his music when him and Daniel Jones first came out with their band Savage Garden. I almost got to see them in concert for my 21st birthday in 2001, but my husband was threatened that he'd lose his job if he took the day off. The group called it quits a month later.

Had we known that was coming, I would have been fine with my hubby losing his job.

My husband and I played 4 of Darren's songs at our wedding, and our first dance was to "Truly, Madly, Deeply". Darren went solo and it took 11 years for me to finally see him perform live. In 2007, I saw him perform at a small nightclub and it was magic! Then as luck had it, I got to go to his accustic show a few months later, where I got to meet him, shake his hand and get an autogragh.

I've spent the past 13 years and hundreds of dollars collecting his music and now I have 128 of his songs (some of which are hard/impossible to get). I still have a few to go and then my collection will be complete, until he comes out with something new.

I'm also a big Harry Potter fan, I have all the movies which I've seen a hundred times, and the books, which I'm getting ready to start reading again.

So what's your guilty pleasure?

 

[Katiean]

I collect Disney animation figurines as does my brother. For Christmas I bought him the Brear bear, fox and rabbit from Song of the South. They cost me well over $100. I have some pieces worth some money. I also collect anything Ostrich. I had to have Madam Upanova from Fantasia. I still have 2 vases full of feathers from the ostriches I raised.

 

[MeadowRidge Farm]

Oh gosh...my guility pleasures would be my Dept 56 snow village, along with St. Nicholas Square village. I have a HUGE display. I also collect Breyer horses, but have streamlined that down to just the Christmas Breyers, and Steiff mohair bears. Then I have a few collections..which I am not a aggressive collector of but do buy them if I come across one I like..those would be my Byers choice carolers, and antique stoneware jugs/crocks. THEN I hide the checkbook, after a good shopping spree...LOL..

 

[jacks'thunder]

For me it's Painted Ponies and Dept. 56 Snow Village (like Corinne)! I check ebay EVERY morning to see what's up for the day! And I search craigslist and garage sales for good deals on these 2 things that I just can't live with out! LOL!

EVERY DAY!!!!!!! I'm truely obsessed!!!! LOL!!!

Leya

 

[Matt73]

What are you absolutely crazy about? Do you have a hobby that you love? Something that you collect or create? Someone you'd give anything to meet? Please help me to not feel so bad!

I am obsessed with collecting songs by Darren Hayes! I fell in love with his music when him and Daniel Jones first came out with their band Savage Garden. I almost got to see them in concert for my 21st birthday in 2001, but my husband was threatened that he'd lose his job if he took the day off. The group called it quits a month later.

Had we known that was coming, I would have been fine with my hubby losing his job.

My husband and I played 4 of Darren's songs at our wedding, and our first dance was to "Truly, Madly, Deeply". Darren went solo and it took 11 years for me to finally see him perform live. In 2007, I saw him perform at a small nightclub and it was magic! Then as luck had it, I got to go to his accustic show a few months later, where I got to meet him, shake his hand and get an autogragh.

I've spent the past 13 years and hundreds of dollars collecting his music and now I have 128 of his songs (some of which are hard/impossible to get). I still have a few to go and then my collection will be complete, until he comes out with something new.

I'm also a big Harry Potter fan, I have all the movies which I've seen a hundred times, and the books, which I'm getting ready to start reading again.

So what's your guilty pleasure?

Okay...get ready to be jealous

In around '98 or '99, my partner was a producer at MuchMusic in Toronto. He was from Australia. He got to be the "Wrangler" for Savage Garden during the MMVA's (it was Darren and another band member). So...I was mingling with the celebs etc. and enjoying the food and wine

Darren came up to me and started chatting. He asked me what my sign was (aarrgghh). Then, after a while, he asked if I was with anyone. Okay...I was young and naive and just didn't think a pop star would want to "pick me up" lol. I also didn't know, at the time, that he was gay (he was "in the closet" then) I said no, only because Jason was "working" and although out, I just didn't want to...oh I don't know why I said that. So he asks if Jason and I want to hang out after the awards. Ummm, yeah! We all got in the limo and there were hundreds of fans screaming his name. Very surreal. We went to his hotel and had drinks. He talked to his partner on the phone and THEN he asked if I wanted to stay in the room with him while Jason and everyone else went to the after party

I said no and told him that Jason and I were a couple. I was embarassed and so was he. We all ended up going to the after party. The rep for the record company asked if we wanted drinks and then gave me the company credit card. I went to get everyone drinks and left the card with the bartender. It ended up that the bartender "couldn't find it" when we were leaving. Aaarrrggghh. I felt awful. Anyway, that's my Savage Garden story. We kept in touch for a couple of months after that.

 

[REO]

You mean besides my horses?

Harry Potter

Archie digest comics. I have 100's, some 18 yrs old.

Ok! Ok!

THE NORT collection!

Nort is my stallion (avatar)

Most of these things came from loving forum members!

Things with my boy on them

A woodburn of Nort

3 coffee mugs

A painting!

A statue

A big Breyer done like him

a small Breyer

a teeny Breyer

3 buttons

a tote bag!

a tiny jointed toy Nort

A stall sign

"Flat Lotto" (Nort)

An artwork (watcheye)

A calendar

T-shirt

There might be more but that's all I can think of right now LOL

 

[TheCaseFamily00]

My family would say this forum,i'd have to agree

. Lets see I like what I call gold chunky,old mirrors frames et. I love antiques,old stuff with a history. Old velvet photo albums, Floral tea cups and saucers. I have to say lately it's been my barn,addition starting soon

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[Dontworrybeappy]

Frogs! We have habitat year round for our native Pacific Chorus Frogs and we look forward to hearing their singing season every year (usually roughly Dec/January to May/June). For a long time, it was hard to find froggy collectibles so the search was fun! We have hundreds and hundreds of frogs now - outdoor decor, all over the walls and ceiling of our bathroom, a huge pile of stuffed frogs, a curio cabinet of cool froggy stuff - I even have a tattoo of a frog sitting on my left shoulder! Now frogs are more available and we've become less involved in finding them - although no less involved with loving frogs and keeping the real frogs happy and singing! (I've already seen the first frog eggs and tiny tadpoles of the season!)

LEAFY SEADRAGONS! Talk about hard to find! They are such rare critters that most folk don't even know what they are! I so LOVE them that I've spent hours and hours watching them at the Long Beach Aquarium. And yes, I got a tattoo of one of these Seahorse relatives on my right leg. I have two small shelves of what little I can find of Leafys - mostly Aquarium gift store stuff, some things I got through ebay from Australia... and I have photos and prints of Leafys all around the walls of my bedroom.

Michael and I are both "collectors" and we have other collections... Breyers, Disneyana, and more, but the horses do take up the most time and money!

 

[KanoasDestiny]

OMG Matt...are you serious??? You lucky duck, I AM jealous!!! Ok, not about the credit card thing, but getting to spend a cool night out with Darren. He's a really nice guy, and can you say HOT??? I've always had a feeling that he was gay, but that didn't stop the mad crush on him. Lol. Richard is one lucky man. I've searched high and low to find some of his songs, and although I do like his new stuff, his older stuff is my favorite. He just has one of those voices!

I have never heard of Dept 56 snow villiage. Sounds interesting. It sounds like there's others on here that are just as obsessed as I am.

I guess I should have mentioned my Iris Johansen collection also. I have EVERY book she has ever released in paperback, clear back to her Love Swept days. I've met her as well as corresponded with her via email, and she is a wonderful woman with a good sense of humor. That makes her extra special.

 

[Matt73]

He was a very nice guy. Totally down to earth and cool.

 

[barnbum]

Fabric for quilting.

 

[Watcheye]

I LOVE Darren Hayes music! You guys are lucky. Other obsessions would be obviously the minis. Guinea pigs. Oh man do I love my guinea pigs! Avatar (both the movie and the animated series). WATCHEYES (lol no kidding!) I love eyes and the color blue for artsy stuff. That is all I can think of at this time

....ok forgot a very big one... Petoskey and Harbor Springs, Michigan... The fact that I forgot that makes me sad. I am really obsessed with those places. Charlevoix too.

 

[jleonard]

Interesting that there are some Dept 56 collectors on here, didn't think there were many left

My parents used to be quite obsessed with it, but they've not bought anything new in years. We still have all of the old ones that go up every Christmas (just came down) and cover every surface of the house

None of us cared for the changes they made when they began making them glossy looking, that's around when they quit buying new ones. They have the North Pole series, Santa's Village, most of the Dickens ones including The Christmas Carrol, the twelve days of Christmas, Victoria's Abby, and so on and so on. It wouldn't be Christmas without them!

 

[hobbyhorse23]

I had to think at first as the minis, driving and of course LB are my major obsessions at the moment but I finally thought of an odd one. I am OBSESSIVE about finding and collecting dressage philosophy books!

Yeah, I know, I didn't know they existed either until I found the first one. Most dressage books are more "how-to," involving specific seat and leg aids and all that...hardly useful for someone who is doing driven dressage. But it turns out there's a tiny subset of slim books out there by some of the classical masters that talk more about the horse's energy and the why of dressage instead of so much the how and I find them fascinating! Erik Herbermann, Nuno Olivera, Paul Belasik, Charles de Kunffy, I love their stuff! I've got quite the collection of out-of-print classical dressage and driving books at this point including some reprints of 1800-1900's carriage driving manuals. Way fun.

I am a total bibliophile, no question.

I collected customized Breyers and artist resins for years after my Arab retired from showing and got pretty obsessive about collecting and showing Creata Winner's Choice Micro Minis (now Breyer "Mini Whinnies"). I was one of only a few people in the country who did performance tack and setups for them and showed them to the National level (and titles

).

I'm also a die-hard fan of Savage Garden.

Leia

 

[dixie_belle]

I collect chickens. That's right, all kinds of chickens. In fact, when I got married 7 years ago, my husband to be was wearing a chicken costume!!! My kids call me the chicken woman. I've got chickens of all sizes and shapes and I just love them. I believe a house is not a home without a chicken or two or a hundred LOL.

 

[candycar]

I guess my one great obsession is my pets. The minis, cats and chicken. I will do whatever I can to make their life better and happier. My/hubbys family think I'm nuts

This is for you dixie belle, I love my chicken too! So much that she still lives in the house, I don't have the heart to kick her out to the pen in the winter.

 

[Matt73]

I guess my one great obsession is my pets. The minis, cats and chicken. I will do whatever I can to make their life better and happier. My/hubbys family think I'm nuts

This is for you dixie belle, I love my chicken too! So much that she still lives in the house, I don't have the heart to kick her out to the pen in the winter.

Is she wearing a diaper?! That's too funny/cute.

 

[Sterling]

I guess my one great obsession is my pets. The minis, cats and chicken. I will do whatever I can to make their life better and happier. My/hubbys family think I'm nuts

This is for you dixie belle, I love my chicken too! So much that she still lives in the house, I don't have the heart to kick her out to the pen in the winter.

OMG that little chicken is wearing a pamper!!!

Silkies are very tender and delicate so I hear you.

Let's see...hmmmm...I'd have to say my first love would have to be my dog/dogs. Playing with them, walking with them and just plain interacting with them. The others would be my horses, making soaps, the moon and stars, gardening in the spring, and historic novels on a quiet afternoon or night with my pups sleeping at my feet. Can't get any better than that!

OH!! Almost forgot...my new indoor hobby this winter is tropical fish!

 

[TheCaseFamily00]

Candycar you crack me up,that's to cute

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[Marty]

WATER MONSTERS

My obcession is Water Monster movies of all kinds, Killer Gators, Giant Octopus, any thing that comes up from the sea and getsya, but mostly JAWS

I can't ever get enough Jaws. And beginning on Memorial Day Weekend out comes my shine to Jaws on the credenza and I watch all 4 Jaws, rotating them so I get to see one per day until September 1, Labor Day when summertime is over.

I have many other obcessions such as Christmas. I play Christmas carols all year round and I really try to keep the meaning of it in my heart every day. I shop for it too all year round. By Christmas, I usually have plenty of little gifts already stashed.

I'm also obcessed with horse rescue, community service, and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. I know I can't save the world but its better than doing nothing at all to help.