does the person in this video post here?

[Buslady]

I never denied my obsession. I love Raphers and everything about him. It's no secret!

[AquaParade]

To each their own. Bravo to Ivey.

[MrPliggins]

heck, my gf's family thinks there's something wrong with me for being almost 30 and liking comics period, let alone tmnt. Anyway, pretty much everything said by vh1 in the video is made up stuff, from what I hear.

[Spitfire]

I was unaware of that but I remember she did an internet interview and that was an even more in depth look at her hobby. That is the video that made me question her mental state not the VH1 interview.

I wasn't making fun of her or anything it was a serious observation. I have also spent quite a bit on turtles but I've never taken out bank loans to buy things or submitted myself to the turtles lifestyle complete with her own sewer-loft. I'm sure there's people out there in every fandom who are like that. There's probably a guy out there somewhere who has his own Batcave for all I know. I'm just saying that in my opinion this is not a normal practice no matter how hardcore of a fan you are.

[Sewer Bull]

Spitfire's got a point.

Having a huge collection is not a bad thing.

Getting banks loans for financing that, changing your diet to pizzas with weird toppings, making a sewer out of your room and basing your life philosophy on the songs performed during the tour in the early 90s is just borderline insane... if not crossing the said border already.

Things like that probably happen in other fandoms, probably even on the greater scale - still, it's nothing terribly "normal" as many people here try to prove.

[Ra]

You get many types of fans here. First you have fans that come in once and leave. Next you have the ones that go in and out of the fandom. Then you have your casual fans like most of us on here. After that you get some strong fans that love TMNT with all of their passion.

Then you have Ivy.

[Kendamu]

Meh. People may think she's crazy, but VH1 could put me in the same light if I let them. I mean, my new apartment looks kinda like a sewer lair, I study martial arts, I really like pizza, and I have a bunch of TMNT shirts, some TMNT posters, and a bunch of TMNT comics and DVDs.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Robbie-san

Basing your life philosophy on the songs performed during the tour in the early 90s is just borderline insane... if not crossing the said border already.

I live my life by "Walk Straight." I've got to be...be straight. Yes....must be and live straight.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

Spitfire's got a point.

Having a huge collection is not a bad thing.

Getting banks loans for financing that, changing your diet to pizzas with weird toppings, making a sewer out of your room and basing your life philosophy on the songs performed during the tour in the early 90s is just borderline insane... if not crossing the said border already.

Things like that probably happen in other fandoms, probably even on the greater scale - still, it's nothing terribly "normal" as many people here try to prove.

I'd think of taking out a bank loan to finance my TMNT collection. Think I can borrow enough for just the NECA line? Yup, I'm poor alright.

Anyway, I won't say that's crazy or that's normal. I mean, I say this all the time... if you have an extensive collection of any TV-show or cartoon series, you're considered crazy, and no one is to talk to you. However, if you have the same degree of obsession with sports, the local news pops by your house and tapes a story of how much a hero you are for going to every single Official fill in the blank of that team, and wrapping your newborn or puppy in the team logos. Either way, obsession is obsession.

But unless this woman here starts causing riots, flipping over cars, and setting fire to them because the Turtles won the episode or something (like a bunch of crazed Hockey fans just did), she really isn't hurting anyone. maybe herself somehow, but it's not going to wind up in widespread chaos.

[sdp]

Did VH1 edit it to make it look funnier? of course. Does every fandom have obsessed people? yeah.

However anyone who's seen the VH1 video or the other "fan" video that also has buslady can see she has a real problem and should probably see a psychatrist. She needs some help and I mean that in a good way, its probably best for her to do it. Yeah in that video Buslady comes off as a huge fan of TMNT and just really geeky but in a different way more of the same way like most of just here are.

[Revan]

Originally Posted by Jester

I live my life by "Walk Straight." I've got to be...be straight. Yes....must be and live straight.

you homo-phobe

Originally Posted by sdp

Did VH1 edit it to make it look funnier? of course. Does every fandom have obsessed people? yeah.

Ivey said when she was sparring they went for several minutes and she kicked but but there was one short part in which she was knocked down and that was the only part that made it into the video.
VH1 used only the worst of the interview
The fanatical episode was a bit less biased

[Buslady]

Originally Posted by sdp

Did VH1 edit it to make it look funnier? of course. Does every fandom have obsessed people? yeah.

However anyone who's seen the VH1 video or the other "fan" video that also has buslady can see she has a real problem and should probably see a psychatrist. She needs some help and I mean that in a good way, its probably best for her to do it. Yeah in that video Buslady comes off as a huge fan of TMNT and just really geeky but in a different way more of the same way like most of just here are.

Yup Geeky LOL!!

I wanted to show that you can be a geeky fan of whatever and still have a real life, family, house, and run a company. I hope I kinda got that through. The interview was hard to do, I think now I would have said things way differently but oh well!

I think Fanatical was so much less biased cos they let US run the show. They had a guideline and staying with that we ran the show. They edited really well IMO. They showed me, pretty much as I am - well, I think I'm less scary IRL! They wanted to show what we do with out fandoms, I think they did alrighty and respectfully. I keep & breed turtles, decorate the bus (it's not like that anymore, actually, I don't drive that one anymore either) and whatever I do.
Ivey isn't all that bad, she's nice. She's very enthusiastic, she loves it all and is 100% about TMNT. That's what I think counts as a TMNT fan, what she does WITH the fandom, that's her business.
And folks, she did not change her diet to eat pizza like that all the time. A diet like that would kill a person!

[Hero]

I think Ivey's ears are burning round about now.

===HERO

[IveyAngelo]

*peeks in*

Hey everyone, yeah I come when people mention me... I'm really a lurker on most boards, though when my name is brought up one person or another says "Hey did you see this topic" and boom here I am... wow this is a recent one, usually I don't see it till the topic is a bit old.

1. I don't eat pizza everyday... I told VH1 I eat it 1 to 2 times a month, unless there's an event I might have it a few times that weekend because of the other fans I'm with and it's cheap eats for a large group. But I get sick of food fast from eating it to often... I don't want to ruin pizza for myself by having it to much... blah...

My room isn't the sewer loft, that's the room next to my room. It was built up like that for a party, and just stayed that way I like it, it's a cool place to set up my display.

People pick on me for how much I spend on Turtles and taking loans, I find that funny. It's my money right? I earn the money and won't do anything that'll put me so far in dept to where I can't handle myself. I pay all of my bills and even rent. Yet even with keeping up with bills, I still manage to keep my collection going.

Before I was hurt I was working almost all the time, I love to work. And my jobs barely had anything to do with Turtles. In 98 I was working three jobs, teaching Karate, a Pretzel place, and a entertainment/pizza place. I never ate the pizza there (not once, when doing costume jobs eating heavy food is not good for ya, before or after a gig). My last job I had, where I got injured, I worked 68 hours a week. And hung out with friends, mainly watching anime on my time off (it was while I was working here that VH1 got a hold of me).

Am I obsessed? Yes. Do I feel I need help? No. Will I keep up my way of living? As best as I can, yes.

I am happy with who I am, ok so people don't understand me. Though as many has pointed out here (thanks everyone!) there are a lot of other obsessed people out there who like things from sports, to coin collecting, stamp collecting, and they are seen as normal even though someone will pay thousands of dollars for one stamp... just because my obsession is over a comic/cartoon people find it odd. I personally find those who spend their lives looking at dead bodies as a bit weird, but if that is what they enjoy doing than may they be happy with their lives

Some of you know me on other boards or instance messanger and those who know me even more so, know that I support the TMNT 100% but they are not the only thing in my life. I love and collect anime like Ranma 1/2, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist and Death Note. I am an animal and nature nut, as I love going out and spending a day in the woods and I've got pets around the house. Right now two dogs and a cat. My family comes before any of my collections or hobbies. I live more of a normal life than people may realize, I just talk Turtles a lot.. buy things here or there (both of those loans for Turtle heads are totally paid off and was paid off long before the loans was due to be paid off (saved money on interest that way ))...

I don't mind making new friends and really I got no problem of being on other message boards... just I keep so busy with the one that I help run, plus keeping up with myspace and the other places I go to. So I become a lurker... I do read and reply to most personal messages that come my way. I don't mean to lurk so much, there's just so many boards out there... you have to find where you're comfy at.

[Drtooth]

I'd like to point out, I pretty much eat Pizza every other day. But, of course, they're the one dollar kinds with Mama Celest's ugly mug on the box.

NARF.

[General Traag]

To each his/her own i would say, and that's atleast a good thing to spend money for, crack or automatic weapons would be much worse for example.
I support this. :J

[Ninjinister]

Might I add that I credit the Turtles and Splinter for shaping the way I grew up just as much as I do my parents? Or that as soon as I moved into my own apartment, I bought several hundreds of dollars worth of MoC TMNT figures from eBay and Amazon?

By the way, good to see you, Ivey. You were amongst the people I was telling CrazyRob I hadn't heard from in a while.

[IveyAngelo]

Heh yeah, as I mention I'm good at falling into lurker mode

These past few months have been insane with surgery stuff for my evil arm... delays... and such and trips. Just got back from a week long trip out east (went to NYC Comic Con). And in the morning, I'm going to the doctors to hopefully get this surgery stuff taken care of.

Scary stuff, never had surgery before... never wanted to have to have surgery... I hate pain.

Hope everyone is doing well on Gaia, I'll hopefully be back to my normal checking there soon.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

I was unaware of that but I remember she did an internet interview and that was an even more in depth look at her hobby. That is the video that made me question her mental state not the VH1 interview.

I wasn't making fun of her or anything it was a serious observation. I have also spent quite a bit on turtles but I've never taken out bank loans to buy things or submitted myself to the turtles lifestyle complete with her own sewer-loft. I'm sure there's people out there in every fandom who are like that. There's probably a guy out there somewhere who has his own Batcave for all I know. I'm just saying that in my opinion this is not a normal practice no matter how hardcore of a fan you are.

I think a batcave would be pretty awesome.

I rewatch that episode of that show every so often. It makes me wish that I had kept all my Turtles stuff from when I was a kid.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by IveyAngelo

Heh yeah, as I mention I'm good at falling into lurker mode

These past few months have been insane with surgery stuff for my evil arm... delays... and such and trips. Just got back from a week long trip out east (went to NYC Comic Con). And in the morning, I'm going to the doctors to hopefully get this surgery stuff taken care of.

Scary stuff, never had surgery before... never wanted to have to have surgery... I hate pain.

Hope everyone is doing well on Gaia, I'll hopefully be back to my normal checking there soon.

I would have thought they would have fixed your arm by now. Bah! And yeah, surgery sucks >.< I have the scars to prove it.

Back on topic, I actually had heard scuttlebutt about this show (after I had been introduced to Ivey), but I have never seen it... still not to this day. I honestly don't know why I haven't just clicked on someone's Youtube link... maybe it's my avoision to the VH1s and MTVs of the world.