Guilty Pleasures

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Historical fiction, especially Regency romances and Elizabethan/Renaissance swashbucklers.

Georgette Heyer? I'd recommend some of Isabelle Allende's and Storm Constantine's work. Although Storm tends to be recent/future.

 

[killhour]

"Girly" music (Iio, Blue October, Angel City, etc.)

Oh, and Electric Six. I have to have my fix of Dance Commander at least once a week.

 

[vun]

A few of the latest webcomics I've read. Had to lower my standards a little after I was done with all the good ones.

 

[Sylocat]

Yes, quite a few webcomics are on my guilty pleasures list... The Wotch, EGS, that sort of thing... they just speak to my inner geek.

Of course, there are some webcomics that are actually quite good on their own, like xkcd, Misfile, and so on... but those aren't really "guilty" pleasures.

 

[CosmicStorms]

Gossip magazines, I just can't help caring what celebs are up to.

I'm gonna go wash, I feel dirty.

 

[Mistress Harpo]

All the music i have ever bought on iTunes.... All of it. To much to list but here's a peek; Britney Spears "Piece of Me" (I know stop looking at me like that), Backstreet Boys "Helpless When She smiles", Ricky Martin "Livin La Vida Loca", Avril Lavigne "Contagious" "Hot" And "Girlfriend".... This is all so shameful because next on the list is three disturbed CDs I borrowed from a friend.

 

[stompy]

Well i know i shouldnt feel bad about this but i do. I. Like. Slipknot, i dont know why i dont know how i just do.

I ended up liking 'Pulse of the Maggots'... though I've done away with Slipknot now. Been clean for, oh, a few months now.

Edit:

This is all so shameful because next on the list is three disturbed CDs I borrowed from a friend.

You're not saying Disturbed is a bad band, are you?

 

[Ricknub]

"You've Got Mail."

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

Historical fiction, especially Regency romances and Elizabethan/Renaissance swashbucklers.

Georgette Heyer? I'd recommend some of Isabelle Allende's and Storm Constantine's work. Although Storm tends to be recent/future.

I adore Georgette Heyer. Clare Darcy isn't bad either. And I should specify that bodice-ripping romances are not Regency, regardless of era. A good Regency romance is all about wishing Jane Austen had written more books. Though it is worth noting that Heyer's language is much less naturalistic than Austen's, and there's a lot more costume description. Got to show off your historical research I suppose. Same goes with Elizabethan dialogue and costuming in the swashbucklers.

I've always thought of Allende as being a Magical Realist, regardless of era. Does she do straight up historicals? What historicals did Constantine write? Everything I'm seeing looks like fantasy.

 

[Nugoo]

Historical fiction, especially Regency romances and Elizabethan/Renaissance swashbucklers.

How is this a source of guilt for you?

 

[meatloaf231]

Brace yourself...I like to cook! AGH! There...I said it...it's out! There is nothing better to me than going to a restaurant, eating there and trying to make it myself and...make it better. I'd have to say I'm at about an 85% copy rate and about a 40% rate of making it better.

Dude. Cooking is the best thing ever.

Don't be ashamed of cooking. You cook for your friends, they come back over. Your place is now the best place to hang out before/after/during whatever you have planned.

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

Historical fiction, especially Regency romances and Elizabethan/Renaissance swashbucklers.

How is this a source of guilt for you?

It's not a source of guilt. I can't think of anything that's a source of guilt for me, actually. A guilty pleasure is something one considers pleasurable despite it being mainly received negatively or looked down on by a majority of society. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_pleasure]

 

[Sasha Janre]

Pokemon. Seriously. I'm addicted and Imustevolveitandwinasupercontestgoddamnit!

Oh. I also watch shows like TMZ and "Celebrity Rehab" *shame* I'm going to go scrub myself clean.

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

Historical fiction in and of itself is not so much a guilty pleasure. However, I'd just as soon none of my coworkers caught me reading a Signet Regency Romance.

 

[FranicalFrazical]

Playing Viva Pinata and watching construction documentries (don't know why)

 

[Spacelord]

I have a pile of cd roms with crappy old games like MDK, Diablo, Starcraft, Heroes of Might and Magic I, etc. When the mood strikes me I re-install one of them and play them for a few days straight, usually neglecting things like food, sleep, and personal hygiene. I snap out of it eventually.

Also I thoroughly enjoy watching How It's Made. The narrator's accent intrigues me.

Also, smoking.