What are some things that get you excited that others may find weird?

Question

Yesterday I saw a bunch of Psychology Textbooks at a yard sale. Not only is this one of my favorite topics for a bedside read, these books retail at $70 minimum! So what if they were about 7 years old. They were FREE! {I would've even paid for some of them!} I got so excited I literally exclaimed "Get the f**** out of of here, are you serious??!??!?!!" to the elderly couple. [I felt so bad for cursing in front of them but I think they were more amused at my awe than anything else]

I scooped them up like a little girl getting free candy.

What are some things you get excited over that others may pass on as 'ho hum'?

Answer 1

Well, Bible study and related stuff

You want my old Psychology texts?

Answer 2

old paintings

Answer 3

It is interesting you mentioning it

I just signed up for Bachelor degree  in psychology

I know..LOL

I would jump two yards high

I think, it is directly connected to areas of interest, of an individual

(when i see hijab sale, i don´t even wink)

(When i see wild flowers, i could spend a day in the nature and it is so beautiful)

Answer 4

yarn.  i am an avid knitter and totally dig yarn.  i can go to a yarn store and look for hours.  i can pour over patterns and new stitch instructions and knitting magazines all afternoon.  

Answer 5

Anything to do with Alexander the Great.

Saint candles

Creationist "Textbooks"

Socks with individuals toes in them

Boy bands, even really lame ones

Christian boy bands!

Mythbusters

Any bumpersticker even if I disagree with it

Sims2, Guild Wars, Lego Star Wars :)

Answer 6

Heh, novels based on D&D game settings. i.e. Forgotten Realms, Dragon Lance, etc...

Also History and Mythology books.

Answer 7

LOL!

I thought about your question before clicking the link to the post and my answer was: Finding a really cool thing at a thrift store!

I love "thrifting"!

Answer 8

www.starcraft2.com

also knowing that i can drink really heavily tonight and not have to worry about work in the morning.

Answer 9

Beads and jewelry making supplies, I'll buy up old necklaces and such and turn them into new jewelry.  My family thinks I'm nuts.

Answer 10

getting surgery on my knee while i stay awake to watch it  

Answer 11

ketcup

Answer 12

You in leather..sorry

Black Leather.

Answer 13

haha, that's hilarious.

Answer 14

Yeah!  I feel the same way about old physical science books.  I've been known to go without lunch, so I could purchase another used physics or chemistry book.

Answer 15

Basically, anything will get me excited.  I'm easy.

Recently it was marshmallows.  MARSHMALLOWS!!!  Finally.  On Crete.  I had spent 7 years trying to explain to these hillbillies what marshmallows were.  The closest I could come to it was 'styrofoam with sugar.'  They looked at with pity in their eyes, knowing that we Americans ate all sorts of weird toxic stuff.  No matter how I tried to tell them that marshmallows were delicious; you could make smores, rice crispie treats (try describing what a rice crispie treat is...in Greek...there's a challenge)...they wouldn't believe me.

Until a month ago, when the first marshmallow hit our little town.  

Hurray!

Answer 16

I love old books too!  I also love old furniture, clothes, horse tack, Halloween and Christmas decorations.

Answer 17

Flower pots.

I get a little crazy about flower pots in all different shapes and sizes and colors.  I love them.  I have a shed full of them and tend to give houseplants as gifts because of it.

I love flower pots.

I also used to think it was the coolest thing to get to keep your textbooks from school when they got new ones.

Answer 18

your picture.  = )

Answer 19

im into lucid dreaming

most people think its wierd

but there missin out! lol

Answer 20

I collect japanese animations and  Sherlock Holmes books.

yes, I know I'm that weird.

Answer 21

I'm a drum and bugle corps fan. I get excited to the point of high geekdom about drum corps competitions. I collect stamps, especially first day covers, and I love it when I find people selling their FDC collections cheap. I also like finding odd items in flea markets, and love thrift store art (the weirder the better). I spend way too much time in flea markets.

Answer 22

I write computer programs and every now and then I encounter a problem that is difficult to solve. When I finally do solve it, I get really excited. I'm marching around the room, punching the air and saying "Yes," but everyone else couldn't care less.

Answer 23

Going to the beach even though its only a half hour away

Answer 24

I am a bit comforted by the fact that I am not the only weirdo out there.  I love classic books.  I have two or more copies of Moby d**k, 1984 and The Grapes of Wrath on the shelf at home because they are good books and because I found them cheap at flea markets or garage sales.

I was an economics major in college, I still get geeked up about macro-economics.  I work for a bank, we hosted a luncheon with a Federal Reserve economist as a speaker.  After lunch he gave a speech about money supply, inflation and worker productivity.  While most of my co-workers were fighting to stay awake I was on the edge of my chair.  I have toyed with the idea of going back to grad school and becoming a professor.  Maybe someday, who knows?  

Answer 25

My husbands armpits.

Answer 26

Keeping the Sabbath holy.