Your current obsession?

[Felgen]

Title says it all. Aspies have obsessive interests and this is the thread to write about and post pictures of your current obsession.

My current obession is the Porsche 914. While it's not nearly as powerful as the 911, it's a sports car I can actually afford soon. Also, it has a genuine roadster feeling and classic cars are barelly taxed here in Norway.

[Posh Peter]

i'm interested in cars as well. When I was at high school, I was obsessed with films. One of my friends told me i'm obsessd with drinks, since I was always talking about fizzy drinks. Now I'm obsessed with Chesney Hawkes. He's a singer who was famous 20 years ago, and some people are shocked when I declare my interest in him.

[booger25]

current obsession. hmm... wanting to have sex is 1. iam obsessed with wanting it.

2. violent video games, the more blood the better.

3. skype.

[MM]

ASDS, Youtubes and this message board and getting to know other members of my tribe(the aspie tribe)  Learning about aspies in history as well.

[jeff]

I myself am trying to expand on the whol obsessions thing to ware it is multiple intrests insted of just one, so I guess what it is that I am currently into would be anything paranormal, video games, and music

[lifepostepic]

I dislike using the word obsession for my interests because I am passionate and intense in my interests, not O/C.    Diagnostically and clinically speaking, we Aspies have narrow and intense interests, not obsessions.

Anyhow, my interests tend to cycle: I'll switch from one long-term interest to another early few months. This summer it was languages, right now it is writing--in particular about being an Aspie and about the things about being an Aspie (for me) are very underrepresented in the autism community. I'm also writing about Shakespeare and the Beatles a bit--other long-time interests of mine. I've also been very preoccupied (no pun intended) with the Occupy movement because it is very congruous with my personal political and philosophical views as well as my own need for a better job where I'm not treated like garbage or am expected to tolerate torturous working conditions or hours for minimum wage.

I recently got a new dog, and she's been a focus in my life too. She's been great in helping me socialize more and i love taking her places with me. But my family members are competing with me for her (all my surviving family are neurotically competitive ADHD jerks), so she's become a source of stress too. I wish I could get a better job and live independently again so I didn't have to "share" my dog with my a-hole family. I had hoped this dog could be trained to be an autism/psychiatric service dog, but without the money to get all the doctor's approvals and stuff, and my family's interference with her obedience training, it doesn't look like I'll be able to do that.