Dungeons, Dead People, and Daughtry

Alright it's time to come clean. I have a few secret pleasures that I wanted to share with you. Don't worry they don't include body fluids or farm animals.


First one is the mildest of the three. I've been getting into an audiobook kick as of late. Since I got my 60gb ipod I've been looking for different things to put on their other than music and I got a few Dean Koontz books. I just listened to Odd Thomas. I figured it would be your usual sappy sci-fi story. It was actually really good. I just downloaded the second book in the series "Forever Odd" last night from itunes. I really wished allofmp3.com would carry audiobooks, but what are you going to do?

Secondly I watch American Idol. Not the entire show. I just tivo it and fast forward through everyone but Taylor Hicks, Chris Daughtry, and Paris something. I don't care if that makes me gay. Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks are some cool guys.

Finally and most incriminating of all. I recently bought Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. For those of you not familiar I will sum it up. There is Dungeons and Dragons nerdiness, and then there is Lord of the Rings cool nerdiness. This game is the cool nerdiness. The graphics are amazing, the amount of things to do in this game is mind blowing. I am the kind of guy who only buys sports games or fighting games because any game which can be "beat" only lasts about 2-3 days before I am done with it. If I sat down and wanted to beat Oblivion it would undoubtedly take me 1000 + hours to complete. Not to mention the special edition came with a Septim, the official currency of Oblivion. I am now that much closer to forming my own nerd society.

Anyway guilty pleasures or maybe I am like Andy Kauffman and am just so ahead of my time in recognizing cool that everyone else doesn't get it.

1. Read Odd Thomas
2. Listen to Chris Daughtry sing "I walk the line"
3. At least rent Oblivion