Alicia Coffman pours her heart out in “Hopelessly Devoted.” She reveals her somewhat over-the-top obsession for Hollywood heartthrobs like Devon Sawa (and I couldn’t agree with her more), but when it comes to famed heartthrobs, Chris Brown takes the cake. He does it with his charm, almost effortless dance moves, and the list goes on. Sometimes fixations over unattainable crushes like Alicia’s Devon Sawa and my Chris Brown can be unhealthy, but “Hopelessly Devoted” shows the upside to such an obsession as it tells the story of how the writer found her true passion (to write) in false passions (like the Devon Sawa’s of this world).

Passion is a positive obsession. Obsession is a negative passion.
- Paul Carvel

Though I would like to classify my admiration for Chris Brown as a positive obsession, I cannot. My other fixation (besides Chris Brown): my sister’s toffee cookies. Dictionary.com defines passion as a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything. My most current passion: owning a successful bakery with my two sisters. I found my true passion in tiny bite-size fixations.

Someone can waste years trying to appease an obsession (just like Alicia) and never attain an objective as simple as a reply to a letter yet something as significant as a prospective passion can find that person inadvertently.

Now I’m just fixated on how ironic that is.