To Have a Bizarre Fascination

We’re all individuals, right?  We have our quirks.  There’s no reason to be ashamed.  Our differences make us unique.  Some people spend their lives trying to conform to the standards of “normalcy,” and that’s OK, if it’s important to you.  I, however, will never be able to deny that some specific things interest me.  Fascinate me.  Beckon to me.  And very few things draw my absolute attention like garbage trucks. 

That’s right, you heard me:  Garbage trucks.

I’m not ashamed.  Have you ever seen the way those big trucks extend their mechanical arms and grab the can, then robotically lift it up and empty the trash into the giant thing-a-ma-jig?  COOLEST THING EVER!!!

Now, I have no extreme fascination with robotics, engineering, or refuse.  I just think garbage trucks are cool.  When I was two years-old I thought garbage men were cool.  Every week my twin sister and I would go out and greet the garbage man and watch him empty our garbage cans into the truck and watch the truck mash the garbage.  That was cool, too.  I’m pretty sure he even said, “it’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it.”  By the time I was three or four we moved to the country and we had to haul our garbage to town in the back of the truck.  That was not cool.

I could probably evaluate my life and delve into the deepest corners of my mind in an attempt to figure out just what it is that draws me to garbage trucks, but what’s the use?  I won’t think any more or any less of them.  It’s not like answering the question “why do I have this bizarre fascination” will unlock my deepest personal mysteries and lead to self-discovery, self-mastery, or higher understanding.  I just think garbage trucks are cool.  That’s all there is to it.

If you have any bizarre fascinations, please feel free to share them in the comments!