Am I a Fanatic

Or discussion on fandom was very interesting to say the least. Before looking further into this idea of fandom i was very unfamiliar with what people who fall into this category did. I pretty much viewed them as a bunch of weirdos who followed people around as if they had some sort of obsession. Though some of their practices are still a bit extreme in my opinion, I do not look at this "culture" as completely obscured. Infact when I tried to relate it to something I am a fan of (sports), there were many similarities. I am a big basketball fan and I constantly getting tickets to watch NBA games. I have even traveled out of town for several.  I now feel that we are all fans of something, it just varies in degree.