Obsession?
Obsession: "the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc."
I like to call it a hobby, but in actuality, it probably fits the above definition. It's not in the forefront of my mind all of the time....but enough to prompt me to actually look up the definition of obsession to see if I require professional help yet.
My obsession is Stargate.
It started with the movie. I fell in love with the concepts it presented; religion, wormhole theory and space/time physics, and archaeology. As a student of all three, I was fascinated. The idea that the Egyptian pyramids were created by aliens, who took the form of the ancient gods themselves, seemed actually plausible when brought to life on the movie screen. And it didn't hurt that James Spader and Kurt Russell were the lead actors either. I wore out my poor VHS copy of the movie from overuse.
Then came the television series: Stargate SG-1. This combined my budding Stargate obsession with an older, well established one. Richard Dean Anderson. As a MacGyver fan, I had grown up with RDA, learning to abhorr guns and to value the mind above brute strength. Life lessons were gained from every episode. Many times my friend Susan and I tried to duplicate the latest "MacGyverism": creating booby traps in the neighboring farmer's hayfields, and trying to see if pinecones really would explode. When it was learned that RDA would be cast as the illustrious Colonel Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG-1 was on the favorites list even before the first episode aired.
I have been there from the very beginning. From the pilot that was met with much criticism and not-so-great ratings, to the upcoming and much anticipated 9th season finally showing here in Canada, and all the awards and acclamations in between. I have faithfully collected the DVD sets, gathered autographs, gone to conventions to meet the cast, visited the sets in Vancouver, and now administrate 2 sites devoted to fan roleplaying based on the Stargate franchise. I have dabbled in fanfiction, labouring over pages upon pages of storyline. I expect that I will be there until the end, which hopefully isn't anywhere on the horizon just yet.
I hope you will bear with me, perhaps joining me in some of my neurosis by checking out my sites, and reading the things that I will inevitably post here. Label me a "Gater" if you will. I will accept the title gladly.
I like to call it a hobby, but in actuality, it probably fits the above definition. It's not in the forefront of my mind all of the time....but enough to prompt me to actually look up the definition of obsession to see if I require professional help yet.
My obsession is Stargate.
It started with the movie. I fell in love with the concepts it presented; religion, wormhole theory and space/time physics, and archaeology. As a student of all three, I was fascinated. The idea that the Egyptian pyramids were created by aliens, who took the form of the ancient gods themselves, seemed actually plausible when brought to life on the movie screen. And it didn't hurt that James Spader and Kurt Russell were the lead actors either. I wore out my poor VHS copy of the movie from overuse.
Then came the television series: Stargate SG-1. This combined my budding Stargate obsession with an older, well established one. Richard Dean Anderson. As a MacGyver fan, I had grown up with RDA, learning to abhorr guns and to value the mind above brute strength. Life lessons were gained from every episode. Many times my friend Susan and I tried to duplicate the latest "MacGyverism": creating booby traps in the neighboring farmer's hayfields, and trying to see if pinecones really would explode. When it was learned that RDA would be cast as the illustrious Colonel Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG-1 was on the favorites list even before the first episode aired.
I have been there from the very beginning. From the pilot that was met with much criticism and not-so-great ratings, to the upcoming and much anticipated 9th season finally showing here in Canada, and all the awards and acclamations in between. I have faithfully collected the DVD sets, gathered autographs, gone to conventions to meet the cast, visited the sets in Vancouver, and now administrate 2 sites devoted to fan roleplaying based on the Stargate franchise. I have dabbled in fanfiction, labouring over pages upon pages of storyline. I expect that I will be there until the end, which hopefully isn't anywhere on the horizon just yet.
I hope you will bear with me, perhaps joining me in some of my neurosis by checking out my sites, and reading the things that I will inevitably post here. Label me a "Gater" if you will. I will accept the title gladly.
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