My Original Obsession

This is the first in a series of posts called "My Current Obsession." If you'll notice, the name of this post is not "My Current Obsession" but rather "My Original Obsession." Before I delve into the things about which I currently obsess I think it important that I provide a little background.

I'm not really one to obsess; no one has ever said I have an obsessive personality. (Kristin say what?) However, every once in a while I stumble across something that I so enjoy that I want to listen/watch/do that thing again and again. This first happened with the song Breathe by Télépopmusik.

It was the fall semester a few years back and one of my classes included a group project. My group named itself Team Limecat and the limecat was not pleased. During one working session, Nils broke out his iPod and started a random playlist. A song came on with which I immediately fell in love. The song was Breathe by Télépopmusik.

A few semesters later I took a computer animation class. Our first project was to create a 30-second animation of a mannequin dancing. I chose to have mine dance to Breathe. For the entire time I worked on the animation I was listening to a thirty second segment of the song over and over and over again. Kristin heard that portion so often that she cringes if she hears the song today. I still love to hear the song.

When I created my Top Ten List of favorite songs, Breathe was the first song I put on the list. One of my favorite activities is to surf, blog or playing a game with it on infinite repeat.

Since I know you're all dying to see my animation, I've included it below. Enjoy.