Christmas Killers

Today I realized that it’s a really good thing that I don’t do drugs.

I know this because I have decided that I have an addictive personality.

Like, I’ll make a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch one day, and it will be so delicious that I will make the same exact kind of grilled cheese sandwich for 11 more days, until I somehow burn it and then break the addictive cycle.

One time when I was little, I was at my grandma’s house and I ate some raisins and decided I liked them so much that I just kept eating them until I threw up. Also: I liked the movie Marlee and Me so intensely that I watched it four times in one weekend when I was 17. FOUR TIMES.

I also went through a Jim and Pam obsession where I’d watch mashups of cute scenes from the Office on Youtube for hours at a time. HOURS people. (JAM4lyfe!) And I don’t think I even need to mention Jimmer. Let’s just say there were days when reading sports articles about Jimmer took precedence over eating. I get hooked on one thing, and stay hooked until I'm not. Simple, really.

Last week, while I was deep in the misery of finals (it was seriously a rough one), I started listening to my favorite band, the Killers. They are from Las Vegas, and so I’ve always loved the hometown connection there, and I bought their first CD when I was 14 and they were newly famous.

Listening to their songs turned into watching all their music videos, which turned into researching the meanings of all their songs, which turned into reading up on their lives, which turned into watching videos from their concerts, which turned into blasting their music 24/7 and not being able to live without it in my ears, which turned into…

… well, let’s just say that when I started listening to the Killers while I was in the shower every morning and while I drifted off to sleep each night, I realized it had become a problem. And it’s still a problem. I’m addicted to the max.

Good thing they release a Christmas single every year so I can multitask: holiday cheer and Killers addiction! Yes please! These two vids are my favorites. They are so wonderfully quirky and strange that I might explode with JOY. Please enjoy them and indulge in my current obsession with me.





Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. And please never offer me truly addictive substances.