A couple of days ago, I was talking to some people that I work with about guilty pleasures. They told me theirs, and I told them a few of mine. But while I was thinking about it, I realized what my all-time guiltiest pleasure is. And I couldn't bring myself to disclose it. It's been eating away at me, though, like a sin that I must confess. So I thought I'd come here, where no one really knows me. Well, maybe two people (three, if you count my perpetually-lurking wife). In any case, I thought I have enough anonymity here that I can bring myself to pull it off. And while the thread is open, perhaps some fellow jatraqueros can be persuaded to follow suit.
Okay, so here it is...
Just working up the nerve...
And, my all-time most hidden guilty pleasure is...
ahem...
I liked the movie "Spice World". I mean I really liked it. I thought it was fantastic.
Allow me to explain.
I came off my mission in December of 1997. As anyone who has been on an LDS mission can understand, there is a high degree of cultural isolation that occurs during those two years. A month or so after I got home, my little sister made me take her to see this movie. I had no idea what it was about. I didn't even know that there was a real group called The Spice Girls. So when I was watching a movie, I assumed that it was a mockumentary, along the lines of This Is Spinal Tap, which I also loved. And it was actually pretty funny. Watching it with my sister turned that "pretty funny" to "downright hilarious." I laughed so hard while I was watching it that my muscles were sore by the time it was over. I was hooked. Even after I found out who The Spice Girls are, I couldn't stop watching. I saw it at least five times in the theatre. I convinced all my friends to go with me. Some of them got it, and others have never forgiven me. I bought two copies of the video the day it came out, one for me and one for my sister. Now that I'm fully aware of the social stigma associated with it, I haven't had the nerve to replace it on DVD. But I've seen the video many times.
In my defense, the script was written by Kim Fuller, who was a major writer for Red Dwarf. The cast is packed with brilliant people, like Mark McKinney (my favorite Kid in the Hall), George Wendt, Roger Moore, Hugh Frye & Steven Laurie (both from Black Adder), Elvis Costello, Bob Hoskins, Elton John and Meat Loaf. There were also people like Alan Cumming, Richard E. Grant, Jason Flemyng, Barry Humphries (Dame Edna out of drag), and Dominic West, none of whom I'd heard of before that movie, and all of whom I'll always think of as "that dude from Spice World."
Okay, all defense aside, it's a fairly embarassing admission. So, now that I've humiliated myself and broken the ice, join in. You'll be amazed how good it feels to get it off you chest.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I justify my guiltiest pleasures based on the premise of "Use it, or Lose It."
Seems to apply to LOTS of situations, really.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Cheap ramen noodles. With the flavor packet even.
I don't know what it is about it... I can't stand all the other junk food I ate from when I was a kid -- I've given up Tang, Fritos, Spaghetti-Os, Twinkies, Pringles...
"My name is plaid. I'm a ramen addict..."
Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
Hi, Plaid. *claps* (there's a 12-step for ramen lovers?!)
I don't think I have too many guilty pleasures..... I don't feel guilty about much. I'm rather open about my pleasures. I'll hafta skip this one. I had some cheap ramen noodles, the other day, but since I'm "meatless" (vegetarian) I had the crappy oriental kind, without any meat in it. ^_^
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
I used to feel guilty about liking the band Nirvana so much. But I gave up my guilt and came out of the closet. I really really like Nirvana.
Funny, I never was embarrassed about liking the Dead Milkmen or Violent Femmes. What is it about a band that makes you feel guilty for liking them? It is their other fans or something?
[ September 12, 2003, 11:39 AM: Message edited by: ak ]
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
I think so, ak. I secretly like Robbie Williams and Shakira but can't admit it in public for fear of being assimilated. Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
I like Robbie Williams, Shakira, AND Nirvana. Without shame. Without fear. Definitely without embarassment.
EDIT: Dead Milkmen! ^_^
[ September 12, 2003, 12:48 PM: Message edited by: Damien ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I saw From Justin to Kelly in the theatre.
And I liked it.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
O_O WHO ARE YOU!?!?!
I'm waiting on the justification part...
[ September 12, 2003, 12:53 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
Posted by SirReal (Member # 5257) on :
I would have to say that my guiltiest pleasure would have to be not assigning guilt to anything I do. Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
*wonders what makes Damien think he isn't part of the fanbase we're all afraid of...*
*hopes desperately that personal pronoun in above comment is of appropriate gender*
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Hi, Lissa.
And you need justification for guilty pleasures? Curses. I'm going to have to think of a LOT.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
Hey woman. Did you miss me? I heard a rumour that Q didn't, but you know how she lies.
Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
That was correct, Lissande....for the most part....
EDIT: ...usually...
[ September 12, 2003, 01:37 PM: Message edited by: Damien ]
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Cartoons. Just 'cause!
Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :
Erik, NO SHAME in that, man. definitely.
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
My guilty pleasure is . . . is. . .
Well, I'll come back to it when I figure out something witty. I really just wanted to pop in and reaffirm the fact that I haven't missed lissa at all. Not one bit. *shakes head* unh uh. Nope.
Why. . .is she back???
^_~
Q.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
That statement is demonstrably untrue. Shall I publish the panicked email you sent me not THREE DAYS ago asking when I'd be back? Really, woman. We all know how lost you are without me.
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
HA. Three days. . . the fact that it was three days ago should answer your question. But, uh, don't get mad and leave or anything, okay?
Q.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
OK. Let me take this opportunity, while you have my attention, to acknowledge receipt of your most recent shipment of sacrificial virgins. In the future, though, I'd appreciate it if you could just offer the sacrifices to me where you are - air mail isn't really conducive to maintaining their health or morale. Thanks. Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
This is like asking for someone's most embarrassing moment. Like I'm really going to outline that to a total stranger. My most embarrassing moment is embarrassing and not in the least bit funny. It belongs in the "Too Much Information" category. And it's not good story material. I'm sure that's true for most of us.
As far as guilty pleasures, I don't have any.
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
quote:OK. Let me take this opportunity, while you have my attention, to acknowledge receipt of your most recent shipment of sacrificial virgins.
If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: Mail that is addressed to me needs to come to me. -___- You always wind up with my sacrificial virgins, immolation effigies, pagan idols. *sigh*
From now on, if my name is on the box (bag, parcel, packing, whatever), please see that it arrives at my place, in tact and un-whatevered. Just don't go there.
I'm willing to be gracious, but this has gone on for far too long.
Q.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Spice World? Bwahahahhahahaha
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
Imprecision of language strikes again. I meant to acknowledge receipt of "your most recent shipment" in the sense of "the shipment you most recently sent to me." I'm sorry if that was unclear. Regarding the other matter, if anyone ever actually sent you virgins, effigies or lauds of any kind, I would ensure they got to you. Please accept my assurances that should such a thing ever happen, I will forward it to you immediately. I have to wonder how tactful you expect the shipment to be, all things considering (but that's neither here nor there).
[ September 14, 2003, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: Lissande ]
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Welcome back, Lissa! We've missed your and Q's comedy routine! <<<<<Lissa>>>>> <<<<<Q>>>>>
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I'm rather shameless, actually about most of my guilty pleasures (disco, 90's club dance music, spaghetti o's...)
But the one thing I'd be really ashamed to admit, because it virtually crumbles my movie-snobdom that I've worked so hard to build up, is this:
I own a copy of Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. I find it amusing.
Mea culpa.
(waves at Speed)
(waves at Speed's wife)
Posted by 2 (Member # 4107) on :
Speed -- There is nothing really to be ashamed of! People judge the movie simply on the fact that it is about the Spice Girls, but anybody who watches it, that I know of, admits that it is a funny movie.
Any movie with that bridge-jumping scene has to be good.
(Now, having said that, I admit that I bought a copy "for my sister.")
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
quote: Hugh Frye & Steven Laurie
Umm, Speed, I love them too, but it's Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
S'all good. Carry on.
(edit: I LOVE BLACKADDER!!! I thought nobody knew what it was but me!!!!!)
[ September 13, 2003, 07:06 PM: Message edited by: Raia ]
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Blackadder is sooooo funny!!!! Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Good call, Raia. I knew that, I'm just a bit dyslexic, especially when I type fast. Thanks for pointing it out.
Thanks for having my back, 2. It's nice to know I'm not the only one that liked it. Takes some pressure off. I love the bridge jumping bit. That whole sequence is hilarious. "It's the rules, man..."
(Waves to Annie)
I'm halfway through my book. Thanks again.
[ September 13, 2003, 07:38 PM: Message edited by: Speed ]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
I've been littering this forum with Blackadder quotes and references for years, you n00bs.
[ September 13, 2003, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Is this the "...and let's talk about Me 'til the car arrives" bit? Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
*whispers to Lissa*: Liss! ak thinks this is a comedy routine!
ak - if only you knew. . . .
^_~
Q.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Thank goodness thisn't another onanism thread.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
It isn't?
I guess I won't justify my guiltiest pleasure then.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Guiltiest Pleasure: telling under age kids that they couldn't see an R rated movie, while making me feel slightly guilty, gave me a whole lot of pleasure. It's like... justification in some weird cosmic way.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
*justifies* I really don't see what's so bad about eating the Oreo cream and sticking the cookie parts back together and leaving them in the package. The world has a superfluity of cream filling as it is.
And if whoever really wanted their sandwich, it would have been specifically labeled "Not for Lissa," instead of sitting invitingly in the fridge, right?
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
I knew there was something strange about these exceptionally flat chocolate cookies . . . .
*glares*
And it WAS labeled "Not for Lissa."
Q., who routinely justifies her presence as a thorn in Lissa's side.
[ September 14, 2003, 10:27 AM: Message edited by: asQmh ]
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
And here I thought this was going to be another onanism thread...
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
That wasn't me, Q. You will observe the great distance between me and your refrigerator. The nearly insurmountable distance, in fact, at least over short time periods. It isn't all about you, you understand. Once in a while I eat someone else's Oreos.
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
I think you were sneaking into my fridge while I was occupied being the thorn in your side. Though to be fair, I never manage to be a thorn in the side of anyone else, so I don't see why you're out molesting the oreos of others. . .
Q.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
*thinks Hatrack, Inc. might disagree about Q's thornness*
*would like to point out that Oreos don't seem to be sold in Prague, thereby negating Q's entire argument*
*would like to counter any suggestion that the Oreos might be from where Q lives, since side in question, and therefore putative Oreo product, resides on a different continent*
*thanks Hatrack for its patience*
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
*thinks Lissa is having Oreo-deprivation Syndrome (ODS). Common signs are endless rambling. *
I forgive you. You can eat my oreos. Just, uh, warn me or something so I don't get Lissa cooties, okay?
*watches Lissa closely for signs of agressiveness or foaming at the mouth or trying to get back on topic.*
*mutters* I'd hate to have to have her put to sleep . . .
Q.
[ September 14, 2003, 10:42 AM: Message edited by: asQmh ]
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
guilty pleasure: giving Q Lissa-germs. justification: she likes it.
guilty pleasure: relying on descriptive non-verbals on the forums *delicately wipes flake of foam from mouth* justification: sometimes silence is so much more expressive than speech...especially when you can type exactly what the silence conveys... Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
Guilty pleasure: editing comments before Lissa has responded or while Lissa is responding.
Justification: None, really. It's just fun.
Q.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
guilty pleasure: endless persiflage with Q on perfectly innocuous threads justification: I think the thread is happier now. I mean, is 'innocuous' really the way any thread wants to be remembered?
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
*thinks Lissa's been peeking at Q's lexicon*
Hey! Gimme back my verbiage! *scowls* You took all my good words. And you got smudges all over my favorite syllables! -____-
Next time, just stick to the oreos.
Q.
[ September 14, 2003, 10:53 AM: Message edited by: asQmh ]
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
I did look briefly at your lexicon, in the section labeled "impressively big words," but a 'lexicon' (if you can call it that) comprised solely of words like "gigantic" and "gargantuan" was really only so much help...I quickly found that I would need to turn to, well, someone who actually knew some big words (as opposed to words that merely describe bigness). Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
That wasn't my lexicon, dolt. It was yours. I saw you scribbling in the margins. When you're a little older, I'll teach you to read. Then you'll be able to see that it clearly said "Lissa's Lexicon of Impressively Big Words" on the outside.
And I'm going to have to hire a new monkey to type for you; this one is getting tiresome.
Q.
[ September 14, 2003, 11:02 AM: Message edited by: asQmh ]
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
The assumptions behind the first paragraph in the previous post lack enough substance even to deny. And I'm sorry about the monkey, but we can't all afford an infinite number of them like you can.
[ September 14, 2003, 11:06 AM: Message edited by: Lissande ]
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
*denies vigorously the implied rumor she's just now fabricated that Q is selfishly using Lissa to inflate her own post count*
And what was that about monkeys? Have you considered an orangutang?
Q.
Ooh. Page two. Kinda empty here. . .
[ September 14, 2003, 11:09 AM: Message edited by: asQmh ]
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
You know, I think your infinite number of monkeys are actually doing a relatively good job. The number of nearly coherent sentences they manage to string together is really quite phenomenal, all things considering. Once or twice I've even noticed a glimmer of what might have been called wit, if it were arrived at another way. True, they need breaks to groom each other and eat bunches of bananas, but there are so many of them that you can hardly notice the difference.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Okay here goes.
I really, really can't stop watching Lizzie Maguire. My husband watches it too, and we make no excuses why. Sample conversation:
Jes: Miranda is so hot. Me: Gordo is so hot. Both: ....WHAT???
Lizzie is almost unimportant to us. We watch solely for the Gordo/Miranda banter when Lizzie isn't around. There is a scene where Lizzie's brother Matt gets a crush on Miranda and gives her a present that says "I <3 MRNDA" on it. Conversation between Gordo and Miranda:
Miranda: "Guess we can't talk to the new workin' Lizzie." Gordo: "Probably not, but you've got the next best thing, your boyfriend!" Miranda: "He is not my boyfriend!" Gordo: "But, he hearts you, MRNDA."
We watch this clip over and over and it never fails to crack us up.
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
Q, inc. uses only the finest quality monkeys and would like to thank Lissa for her patronage.
Having said that, uh, wasn't there a topic here somewhere?
Guilty pleasure: derailing hatrack threads just for the sake of bugging Lissa. justification: NA - there IS no excuse for us. . .
Q.
[ September 14, 2003, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: asQmh ]
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
I've lost track. Wasn't there something about Oreos a while ago? Anyway I told your mom I'd play with you for an hour, and surely I must be off the hook by now. So see you later, am headed for food. Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Speed: Anytime. Send me the bill later.
Ralphie: well... fine! Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hugh Jackman.
I shouldn't, but I do. There are so many reasons not to. But, jeez ... Hugh Jackman. The laughing eyes, the brash Ozzishness, the broodiness of Wolverine --
Dagnabbit.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
CT, I'm completely, totally, with you on that one... *swoons*
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yeah, Raia.
1. He's married. 2. He's too young for me. 3. He's on too many current Hotlists.
But 1. He is deeply in love with his older wife (and I dig men who are into older women) 2. He's smart 3. He's got a gorgeous cocky grin 4. He did an awesome romantic, tall, British lead in Kate and Leopold 5. He's a professional 6. He's just too darn hot. Smoking.
Arrrgh, me laddie. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
"Fresh creamery butter..."
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
CT - I, too, am all over that.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
*swoons again* Kate and Leopold... aaaah...
Yeah, but he's too old for me... and his wife is Australian and named Debra, which is wonderful, because I had an Australian choir director named Debra whom I loved and admired from the bottom of my heart. So I approve.
But he is definitely gorgeous.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
... yeah, that's it ...
*rewind *rewind *rewind
Mmmmmmm. How can something so bad feel so good?
Okay, I confess. I rented Someone Like You and Swordfish, and it wasn't for the plots. And yes, I bought copies of Kate and Leopold and Paperback Hero.
*crimson
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Ralphie, Raia, Annie -- if the latest theories in physics are correct (and dare I say,they just might be), then surely there exists an alternate universe where we four have gotten together in some cozy little farmhouse, forcing this delicious 6'3 chunk o manhood to recite erotic poetry.
Or we will whip him, with tiny little tickly whips.
And the butter. Fresh, creamery butter.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
I'll bring the chocolate.
btw - Does anyone else want Kate to die in Kate and Leopold? I used to like Meg Ryan - what happened?
I scream at the screen, "No no no! Not her. ME. Pick ME! I'm way less retentive!"
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yes.
I pride myself on never indulging in brooding on devious ways to off fictional characters, but yes.
She must die.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
You're overloading my blush circuits, CT
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
By the way, I always pronounce your name the French way, as in Claudia-Thérèse. Is this right?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Hey, CT.
What isn't turned on that SHOULD be?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Annie, that is correct. It is a pseudonym, but this is how I pronounce it in my own mind. (It's not my fault, he comes with blush attached.
)
mack, in theory I am working on a paper proposal, then hemming my husband's suit pants. If I get on AIM, neither of these has a broken-legged mouse's chance in a roomful of feral cats on speed.
[ September 14, 2003, 08:46 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
CT: Count me in!!
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Hugh is ... fine. I like him and all, but if I was going to kidnap somebody it wouldn't be him.
My guilty pleasure is the X-Files, I guess. It used to be cool, but it is so over now. But I missed seeing the lastthree seasons, so I'm renting them on Netflix.
And I've decided that I love RatBoy. Not sure what it is, but on some level I wanna have his little one-armed Russian/Oilien babies. Mroaowr.
Posted by DanielW (Member # 5395) on :
I really, really love Transformers: The Movie
So there
Edit to add that this declaration is probably in the wrong place, because I don't feel guilty about it at all.
[ September 15, 2003, 01:12 PM: Message edited by: DanielW ]
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