Here are things I like to do that, for some reason or another, I greatly enjoy.

- Washing clothes. Laundry is one of my favorite things to do on the weekend.

- Washing dishes. Not by hand so much, but I really enjoy loading up the dishwasher and putting all the clean silverware and plates back in the cabinets.

- Taking my CDs off the shelf and re-alphabetizing them. It's also a good way to evaluate stuff to sell.

- Bubblewrapping CDs. I am a big fan of packing up stuff that I sell. It's a treat.

- Buying things on sale. I bought 40 bottles of Vitamin Water this week because they were 10 for $10. Now the shelf in my basement looks like a convenience store. I also bought 16 packets of ramen noodles because they were on sale 8 for $1.

- Singing pop songs in falsetto. I was singing Spice Girls' "Wannabe" in the bathroom today.

Tenjo Tenge. I once swore that I'd never watch that anime, but . . . .then I did. And loved it.

I'm a very big fan of Michael Jackson, which annoys the hell out of my co-workers, so whenever they leave the room, I'll start trying to mimic Michael's steps from Beat It, Smooth Criminal, and Billie Jean.

Finally, trading Pokemon with my 10 year old brother. It's always fun.

- Peeling stickers from things (as long as they come off cleanly, or eventually)

- Degrassi (old and new series, I really miss having cable, I might just have to buy them all on DVD. D:)

- Linkin Park (shut up, shut up, shut up.)

- Sailor Moon (I know I'm not alone ;D)

Man if there was ever a sentence that could sum up what it's like to know you, that would be it.

-Mike

I actually do this a lot as well, but with one additional twist. If I go to a friends house and their CD/DVD rack is messy I apparently feel the need to organize it for them. Some of my friends have awoke in the morning to find their items in ABC order. Of course, everyone has fun taking little jabs at me about.

I like to make lists of things that I have and organize those lists in different ways. I currently am thinking about organizing my dvd collection by actor/actress/director. My goal is to not do that. I consider this "organizing" to be unhealthy.

Before I had a computer...I would take my baseball cards and organize them by team. Sometimes I would organize them by position. I spent lots of time sitting down and organizing baseball cards. It felt gratifying.

I like hot showers. They feel so good but are a waste of hot water.

I visit humoron almost every day. That place is sick, but I have to see what the strange people are doing (I do not qualify as "strange". Not even close.)

I take out a sheet of standard college ruled paper and write down dates on the left hand margin. I then write down what I should do on those days. I seldom do what I write down, yet I persist in my efforts.

I come to this site and type messages in these rectangular white spaces. Some sites have different colors, but they are all rectangles. I type messages in those other rectangles as well. Am I doing this for you or for me? Why do I bother? The rectangles will not complain if I disappear. But some may cheer.

My guilty pleasure?

Remaining unkempt, (and I'm freakin' proud of it!).

I haven't gotten a haircut in 5 months, nor have I shaved my beard in ages. I look like frickin' castaway or something.

Ramza

Yeah, that was one of my guilty pleasures as a student... until my piano teacher took me aside and sternly told me that "appearances mattered", especially on stage. He took my innocence that day...

I thought a guilty pleasure was something a person likes but is too ashamed of to admit, either because it's perceived as unacceptably abnormal by others or goes against the person's own established traits--like picking your nose, or watching a cheesy soap opera or movie even though you know it's really really stupid. A lot of these sound like simply peculiar traits or quirks, some of which are apparently flaunted or otherwise openly shared.

An example of what I consider to be a guilty pleasure of my own is visiting 4chan. It's an awful awful place filled with terrible terrible people, where just about every perversion, bigotry, and idiocy I can't stand are practically the norm. It's so negative and devoid of civility, and frankly I feel it's beneath me, yet I keep going back. And I can't really say why, other than being an okay source for good and/or amusing images.

Fortunately there a few corners on the web like this one that are a pleasure to visit!

Hehe...
Did you really think you could get through life on personality and talent alone??
Ah well, I'm sure he had your best interest in heart.

cheers,

-avatar!

"Black and white is an actor's best friend"
-O.W.

mine is the occasional illicit drug, i haven't 'fallen down' hard enough yet to swear them off for good..

Interesting.

My old guilty pleasure was Myspace, however, I deleted that back in December 2006 and have not looked back since.
I just do not like people.

I can't really think of much else that I am guilty about deriving pleasure from. 
I'm pretty open about everything.

You don't like people in general, or you don't like people on myspace? If you don't like people in general, I would say you have some serious psychological issues that need to be addressed.

-avatar!

edit: Or perhaps you prefer to deal with people as little as possible, and hence you use the internet for most things? I think there are quite a number of people like that, and it's unhealthy.

I think he's just refering to the overall additute people seem have on certain websites/services. Running into an inmature piece of work every other time you turn around can really ruin the fun/experience of posting anywhere.

That's perfectly understandable

cheers,

-avatar!

Yeah, my original post was working well until we get to the "too ashamed to admit" part...yeah I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm one scruffy lookin dude. I'm clean, just got lots of long hair and stuff.

Does anyone NOT? But if I need a more "legit" guilty pleasure for this thread, I'll take that one. It's classic.

Ramza

I was picking my nose whilst reading that, actually.

I once watched the entire series of Sex in the City on DVD in a month.  Now that was a guilty pleasure.  I didn't think it was possible for a TV show to be *TOO* clever, but this one managed somehow.

Have you checked out The Sopranos?
highly recommended if you haven't, it's pretty fackin' clever too.

- Cleaning in its various incarnations -- whether dusting, putting away clothes, putting books in order, etc.

- Shopping for groceries, which leads to...

- Shopping at the local grocery store/drug store when there's a sale going on and getting everything on my list.

I'm guilty of being a long-term Sex and the City fan, myself. I didn't watch the whole series in such a short time period, but for a couple of years I was a huge fan. Even though it's generally marketed as a show "for women", it's extremely well written and accessible to everyone, regardless of gender. I still use some of the quotes from that show on a weekly basis. "Sake to me!" ....

I had a myspace account and did run into some decent people. When I cancelled my account, I told the administrators they need a better way to verify identity; they currently verify that an email exists - nothing more.

  What I did find interesting about myspace was the variety of groups. I even found a Clifford D. Simak group.

Name, Rank, Social.

Hmmm, well I did enjoy the first couple of seasons, but then I felt like the show really started to drag... also I thought that ALL the women in the show (well, the 4 main characters anyway) were really really obnoxious!! I'm not sure if they're meant to be obnoxious, or it just came out that way, but I really felt like they were all a bunch of spoiled ditzes!

cheers,

-avatar!

Here's a couple more to add:

-  http://icanhascheezburger.com/

-  Nelly Furtado

Have you seen MySpace lately? It's like a egomaniacal circus and most of the people on there are a worthless generation.

What I like about Myspace is the celebrity blogs. Guess it's a cool promotional tool. I think blogging is actually kind of boring otherwise...I use my Choco Journal over at GFF a few times for the hell of it, but I see literally everyone at my school on Myspace or Xanga whenever a computer's.

Let's see...Guilty pleasures:

-Ragging the Yankees fans at work incessantly
-Practicing the same combos in training modes for hours on end
-"Smoke on the Water" riff.
-Bust-a-Move 2 VS mode every chance I get
-Gawking/drooling over old arcade machines
-Making compilation CD-R's for the car and trying to strike a balance between my favorite tracks and putting new material on.
-My 80's compilations with the windows down and the volume cranked during rush hour.
-iTunes ratings. Really addicting way to keep track of what I listen to.
-Footlong Tuna sandwich with jalapenos, green peppers, tomato, cucumber, pickles and provolone at Subway. Can never go by a Subway without one.
-Trips to the Hibachi sushi bar, even though it blows my budget for the week.
-Walking through Gamestop with no intent on buying anything and just looking at the backs of all the titles and occasionally snarking an employee there.
-Data sorting in Excel.
-Dusting
-Telling my mom she watches the the most depressing shit whenever something happens in Law and Order or one of her shows.
-Reminding my dad how much the journalists are enjoying themselves whenever they go to cover a tragedy.
-Speaking of journalists: "Get in the Ring" (Guns'N'Roses) because it's the truth.

Well, I think blogging is pretty pointless for most people, but it seems to work pretty well for news sites that have access to scoops.  Since I started reading Wired's GameLife and Kotaku, I've had pretty much no use for IGN.  While the blogs (Kotaku in particular) are rumor prone, they update much faster than IGN, Gamespot, or 1up, and they don't have anywhere near as much clutter.  I'm sure this will change as their popularity continues to rise, but for now, they're a quick way to catch up on happenings.

VGM - Seriously, I remember having Gradius Perfect II on in my car and my sister saying this sounds like "elevator music", and she actually likes some instrumental music.  I'm not ashamed of it, it's just too difficult for me to explain to anyone what/why.  Add to that, the fact I import and listen to fan takes on VGM. 

Posting on STC Forums -

Another guilty pleasure? Reading abut other people's guilty pleasures.

Well then this should make you even happier, Idolores!

Mines:

-Reading the booklets of my videogames... or at least just admiring the artwork.  Actually, sometimes just staring at the coverart or whatever and wondering about the way I would design if, you know, I actually had any say in these things.
-Looking up flags on the Internet :-P
-Watching old Bollywood songs, reminds me of when my sister and I would just rent bad Indian films for the sake of making fun of them.
-Calligraphy...
-Mortal Kombat II *hangs head down in shame*  Its for the memories!
-This video on repeat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIj1QpZMlPE

Holy shit! You did (do) that, too? I love B movies! Bollywood does some of the best!
Glad I'm not the only freak out there.

PS: Have you seen Manos: Hands of Fate? I know it's not a Bollywood film, but still . . .

I haven't but I just saw a bit on Youtube and wow!  This looks even worse (better?) then Plan 9 from Outer Space... it looks like I'll really enjoy watching it soon... thanks!

That's not a guilty pleasure... that's just a pleasure!

Right, so I finally discovered what my guilty pleasure is.... or rather, I likely always knew what it was, but just became oblivious to it: accessorizing my electronics.  Portable electronics, to be precise.   

Already my iPods, PSP, GBA SP, Micro, and DS have ungodly heapings of accompanying carrying cases, socks, sleeves, decals, faceplates, etc.  Then I began to think this could be an illness when I instantaneously blew over three hundred dollars on accessories for my new Motorola Q, and after getting a Razr V3m as a backup phone just yesterday, already spent close to $100 on accessories for that.

But damned if I don't love it.  It's my fashion side ferociously blending with my geeky-electronics side, trying to find that perfect accessory that offers maximum protection and chic-sleek looks.  It's a definite hit or miss process, but that's part of the thrill. :)