Q’s 5 Guilty Pleasures

Happy October!  Cannot believe its already October.  Ridiculous.  Let's start off this glorious month with a fun post!  Here’s 5 guilty pleasures of mine…things that I enjoy, partake in, etc. that are, ahem, out of my normal personality.  Feel free to mock away!

1.  WWE Wrestling – I’ve been a pro wrestling fan for a while now.  Some of my favorite memories of high school was getting together with the Piccardo family on Thursday Nights (back when Smackdown was on Thursdays) for dinner and wrestling.  Chris in his blue robe, Tony and I doing some pre-dinner weight lifting, Sue making a delicious meal, and Dave coming in and laughing at us…but still clearly enjoying the show as well.  We’d get together for Wrestlemania every year as well.  After Chris passed away, we continued the Wrestlemania tradition for a while…and still will if we ever are all free for it again (I was out of town this year for it).  But yeah, I still watch RAW every Monday…I watch Smackdown on Fridays when I’m home (softball interferes a lot).  I’ve found Cageside Seats on SB Nation and talk wrestling on that blog with other fans.  Its fun!  I know its fake, and completely ridiculous…but I still enjoy it.

2.  The O.C. – I came by watching this show completely by accident.  I was channel surfing one summer afternoon, nothing to do, and came across a marathon replay of the first 7 episodes of The O.C.  Basically, The O.C. started its first season over the summer, kind of like a tester, and then continued in the fall once it was decided it was worth picking up.  Right before the fall premier, the network aired all 7 episodes in marathon format one afternoon.  I came in on episode 4, about half way into the episode, saw some hot chicks, then some dudes punching each other, and enjoyed it!  So I went and found the first few episodes, watched the Pilot, and was hooked.  Not sure why this particular 20-something evening soap opera appealed to me so much…the characters, the story lines, the humor…it all was highly entertaining to me!  So for four years, I watched every episode until it was cancelled.  I still have all 4 seasons, and rewatch the series every now and then.  Yup, I watch a soap opera.  But it was a damn entertaining one!

3.  Fruity Rummy Drinks – Sweet, fruity drinks are not for men!  They are for girls while their guy drinks a beer or 12.  Sorry, don’t like beer.  But nothing is better than a delicious Mai Tai or Tidal Wave!  Yeah, I’ll be the guy at the sports bar watching a football game with the drink that has a little umbrella in it.  What of it!  They’re delicious!  And they get me buzzed!  Woo!

4.  Nickelback – OK, I admit it, I like Nickelback.  I enjoy their music!  As a matter of fact, I have literally no idea why everyone hates them so much…and why they are so widely mocked.  I mean, its fine to not enjoy music for whatever reason…but Nickelback is widely mocked.  They’ve become a huge punchline…and I have no idea why.  I dig em.  I enjoy their simple rock songs about strippers and/or fighting.  I don’t mind that every single song is about drugs and whores and sex.  I listen to music more for the sound anyways…and I enjoy their hard rocking sound.  So you guys can all make fun of them all you want…if you roll with me in my car, chances are you’ll hear a Nickelback song or two on my mix CDs or playlist shuffle!

5.  Los Angeles Lakers – You know, I’m a fan of the A’s and Dodgers in baseball…a smallest of small market teams, and, until recently, a mid-payroll team.  I’ve always hated the Yankees and Red Sox…and then the Angels…for buying their teams and trying to buy titles.  I’m a fan of the Niners…and have always hated the media favorites Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers.  I’m a fan of the Sharks…and have an EXTREME dislike of the media favored Detroit Red Wings or the teams in Canada.  Basically, I’ve always been a fan of the underdogs, the more unpopular teams, the small market up and comers.  But in basketball…to hell with going against popular opinion!  To hell with cheering for the underdogs!  I’m a Los Angeles Lakers fan!  The Lakers are the Yankees of the NBA.  They can afford to go well over the cap to sign players.  They are such a popular destination and brand that top players always want to go there.  They dominate most seasons and have won nearly 25% of all NBA titles ever.  Insane.  Not usually a team that I’d cheer for!  But, I was raised to be a Lakers fan…and thus I stay loyal! Besides, sometimes its fun to be a front runner and cheer for the juggernaut!  Although, I will be honest, their title wins mean much less to me than an A’s or Sharks title would.