You Know You're Celeb Obsessed When...

We are always looking for ways to make this blog new and fresh. We like to think of new features to add (like the Quote of the Week section) and rack our brains for unique updates our readers can count on (such as every Friday's Celebrity News Roundup).

We recently thought of something new we think will be fun to do from time to time. We're calling it You Know You're Celeb Obsessed When... and hope to feature stories of celeb obsession from ourselves and our readers, as well as warning signs for this very real disorder.

The first edition of You Know You're Celeb Obsessed When... comes from Stargazing's co-founder and co-editor, Anna:

This past Monday the media was all a-buzz with what Jon and Kate's "life changing announcement" would be. When I got home from work Monday, I looked at People.com and saw they were running a breaking news story that Jon and Kate were going to announce their divorce on Monday night's show. Right after I read this, my aunt (my mom's sister) called and said, "Anna! I heard the news!" And I was like "OMG, I know right? Jon and Kate? Can you believe it?" And my aunt said, "Um, I was talking about that very scary Metro crash that happened just a few minutes ago in DC and I wanted to make sure you were alright." Oh.

After finding out I was okay, my aunt went on to tell me that my great uncle had passed away. We recently had another death in my family, so although I didn't know the guy that well, it was sad, as most deaths are.

After I wrapped up my conversation with my aunt, I called my mom. "MOM!," I said, "Did you hear about Jon and Kate?!?" My mom hadn't heard, so I spent the next ten or so minutes discussing it with her. Right after my mom told me she had to go, I remembered the other news, "Oh, mom, wait... did you hear Uncle Junior died?" Apparently my mom had NOT heard the news. Mom's reaction? "I'm really glad you called to tell me about Jon and Kate first then remembered to tell me my uncle died."

You know you're celeb obsessed when...