Catagorizing Obessions

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Type One: Large amounts of memorization
Mine: Star Trek (everything except the original and animated), Star Wars, Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis).
Type Two: Problem solving and Analytical obsessions
Mine: Math, Reproductive system (former), Medicine, Computers (esp. Macs), Video Games
Type Three: Purely imaginative obsessions
Mine: STAG (an imaginary world of my own creation)
Type Four: Imposed Obsessions you manufacture to accomplish a purpose
Mine: Biology, Earth Science, History, Writing

So what are your obsessions of each type
Or do you have an obsession that doesn't fit into any of these types

Type One: Large amounts of memorization
mine: anime and collections
Type Two: Problem solving and Analytical obsessions
mine: puzzles, quizzes and problems
Type Three: Purely imaginative obsessions
mine: my brothes and sisters (made up, named after the seven deadly sins)
Type Four: Imposed Obsessions you manufacture to accomplish a purpose
mine: phychology, biology, anatomy, sociology and animeology

type one: movie trivia, personality disorders, prehistoric animals
type two: sudoku, puzzles
type three: i always imagine myself as a character from a spun-off of a movie
type four: physics, history, writing

These are my long-term obsessions:

Type one: Developmental psychology.

Type two: Religion and spirituality (particularly alternative religions, and the study of consciousness, the most 'spiritual' thing there is).

Type three: Video games (old-school RPGs, especially).

Type four: There isn't really a fourth category, but I guess I could put the pursuit of 'normalcy', which I have only recently given up.

As for short term obssesions, there are subcategories, and then there is my current moment obsession, which is the precise detail of those subcategories on which my attention is fixed unwaveringly.

For those of you who have played the video game 'Chrono Cross', think of the field effect.

Edit: Oh, wait. Earth science was the fourth category. But that was so long ago. . .

Type One: Large amounts of memorization
Mine: timelines and chronologies, lists of rulers, geographical features (mountains, rivers, cities,...) , Stargate SG-1, Dragon Ball
Type Two: Problem solving and Analytical obsessions
Mine: unexplained questions in science, unexplained events in history, unsolved mysteries, puzzles
Type Three: Purely imaginative obsessions
Mine: how to survive in imaginary emergency situations
Type Four: Imposed Obsessions you manufacture to accomplish a purpose
Mine: I can't remember imposing myself an obsession

and here's a new type:
Type Five: Collecting
Mine: maps

There are probably more, especially in Types One and Three, but these are the ones I can remember now.

Type one: Large amounts of Memorization
Mine: I get obsessed with song lyrics, especialy if they are incredibly difficult to learn, One Week by the Bare Naked Ladies, End of the World as we Know it by REM, Yako's world from Animaniacs, the list goes on. Also a host of sci-fi stuff, but my current obsession is Warcraft Lore (the storyline behind Warcraft games and books.)

Type two: Problem solving Analytical obsessions
Mine: I like to think of plausible methods of faster than light space travel, time travel, anti-gravity (and artificial gravity,) artificial intelegence and a whole host of other scientific quandries. I've also dabbled in computer programing.

Type three: Purely imaginative obsessions
Mine: Currently I'm working on a Sci-fi roll playing game similar in style to World of Warcraft. I also have an animation series that I've wanted to work on for the last several years, called Chaz and Daz about antropormorphic animals (a ferrett and a bear) Living in a modern society (while it may sound like it, this has nothing to do with furries, and I didn't learn about furries until after I created the show.)

Type four: Imposed Obsessions to accomplish a purpose
Mine: I'm not really sure about this one. Right now I'd say maybe obsessing about finding a Job?

And to add Thor's type Five: Collecting
Mine: Anything and everything. There's a type of OCD called "hording" where you have a hard time getting rid of anything, even what most people would consider junk. I keep some of the weirdest things, like polystyrine (that's styrofoam to most people, but it's also a non-foam plastic #6 for anyone who knows anything about plastic recycling) and I also like to keep other things like various papers, that most people would find useless.

There's alot more, especialy in one and three, but I don't want to take up too much space.

Type One: Large amounts of memorization
Mine: I like to memorize the names of the English voice actors of my favorite anime characters.

Off the top of my head:

Alucard - Crispin Freeman
Abel - Troy Baker
Seras - K.T. Gray
Esther - Colleen Clinkenbeard
Integra - Victoria Harwood
Noelle - Christine Auten
Astharoshe - Carrie Savage
Walter - Ralph Lister
William - Jason Douglas
Anderson - Steven Brand
Vaclav - Chuck Huber
Montana Max - Gildart Jackson
Cain - Mike McFarland
Jan - Josh Philips
Doc - Marcelo Tubert

Type Three: Purely imaginative obsessions
Mine: I have a fanfiction series in my mind that revolves around (what else?) the characters of Hellsing and Trinity Blood. I pair them off based on their personality traits or similar roles in their respective storylines, from the obvious similarities to the obscure. Recently, I've begun to focus on creating biological children for said pairings and, although it would be impossible in reality since virtually all of the pairings I conjure up are same-sex, it's still a lot of fun.

Sorry, I've probably said too much... ^-^;

um...type 6?...creating/constructing...or does that fall under one of the existing types?

My main obsessions center around collecting and constructing (5&6)

when i move into my new room i'll be categorizing my rocks into like colors, and putting them on this big bamboo dresser im getting

Type One: Large amounts of memorization
Mine: Police chases, programs on the universe, yucko the clown, bears, america, outside world
Type Two: Problem solving and Analytical obsessions
Mine: Maths, Computing, Future Events, Money, Xbox 360 games
Type Three: Purely imaginative obsessions
Mine: Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
Type Four: Imposed Obsessions you manufacture to accomplish a purpose
Mine: Astronomy, Computer Science and Technology, Physics
Type Five: Fixed Obsessions
Mine: America, Girls (specific ones), Police

Type One: Olympic trivia, countries and their capitals, cat breeds

Type Two: Crossword puzzles, word games and Sudoku

Type Three: Usually associated with things I'm interested in at the moment. I write stories set in the countries I have an interest in.

Type Four: Work, school, taking care of pets

Type Five: CATS!

Type One: Large amounts of memorization
Mine: ASDs, Psychological Disorders, X-Files trivia (at one point in my life), 1337 $|*34|<, Batman, Boba Fett (not the half-assed version of him in the movies either, but the Jaster Mereel version), Star Trek's Q
Type Two: Problem solving and Analytical obsessions
Mine: Sudoku, Hanjie, Music theory, fitting multiple objects in small areas (it's a puzzle, see) . . . like packing the trunk of my car . . . figuring out how to fit myself into the timelines of my favorite shows/books without messing up the schedules of the other major events of the other characters, categorizations of anything
Type Three: Purely imaginative obsessions
Mine: Batman, MASH (the tv show); plus there's thing I do where if I can get relaxed enough with my eyes closed, but not asleep, I can start seeing shapes of things that I want to draw. I get flashes of them, like with the exact angles that are needed standing out very clearly. I memorize them as fast as possible and then draw.
Type Four: Imposed Obsessions you manufacture to accomplish a purpose
Mine: Human Anatomy, Music History
Type Five: Collecting
Mine: I own 9 of the 11 seasons of MASH on DVD. I also collect websites (this is obvious if you've ever seen my website). I used to collect pennies. I used to collect books about or involving the X-Files. I used to collect Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I collect Batman movies and B:TAS seasons.

Type One: Large amounts of memorization
Mine: Bands/Musicians, Silent Movies, Some Talkies, Movie production trivia, Mental disorders, the Soviet Union and also modern Russia (and the transition between the two is especially interesting), Sergei Eisenstein and his movies

Type Two: Problem solving and Analytical obsessions
Mine: Does the game minesweeper count? If it does then that's it. Also making silent movies poses a lot of problems to be figured out.

Type Three: Purely imaginative obsessions
Mine: Rins the imaginery world that I think about for hours every day (for the record I don't fantasize about living there, it's not the sort of place I'd fit in so well). Making silent movies in a studio with actors insted of whatever kid I can get to take a fall on camera.

Type Four: Imposed Obsessions you manufacture to accomplish a purpose
Mine: I don't know if I've ever had one.

Type Five: Collecting
Mine: I'd collect silent movie DVDs and old movie posters, but I need money!! !

Type Six: Building/Constructing
Mine: Making silent movies, making skateboard ramps (or snowboard ramps when it snows)