urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:wannabknitter Meditative Literati Meditative Literati 2008-01-18T19:51:28Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:wannabknitter:624 2008-01-18T11:02:24Z 2008-01-18T19:51:28Z <div class='appwidget appwidget-qotd' id='LJWidget_8'> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div style='border: 1px solid #000; padding: 6px;'><p>What's your guilty pleasure?</p><p style='font-size: 0.8em;'></p><br /><p><input type="button" value="Answer" onclick="document.location.href='http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml?qotd=198'" /> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/misc/latestqotd.bml?qid=198">View 135 Answers</a></p></div></td></tr></table></div><!-- end .appwidget-qotd --> I don't get the whole "guilty pleasure" idea. Perhaps I'm too much of a hedonist to fully grasp the concept. If I like something and it brings me pleasure, why should I feel guilty about it? Should I feel quilt when I spend one of my days off in bed doing nothing but reading, when I could be doing something like laundry or dishes or some such nonsense? I don't think so. Its my day off, and the laundry will be there tomorrow, as will the rest of the house chores, so why should I feel guilty about how *I* choose to spend *my* hard earned day off? To claim something is a 'guilty pleasure' to me, is saying you enjoy something that gives you a guilty feeling, which, if your feeling guilty, means your doing something you shouldn't be.