Start at the Beginning! Or else...

I really, really dislike watching/reading things out of order. I have this really weird need to get the whole story on the stuff I really like. For example, I cannot watch True Blood with my roommate because I have so far only seen the first episode, and it would drive me absolutely INSANE to randomly watch the most recent episode and NOT KNOW WTF IS GOING ON. No. She must wait until I have watched every single episode in chronological order before we can enjoy roomie bonding time over the fictitious creature porno show.

Another example: Watching all of the Harry Potter movies has now made me want to read through all of the books because I feel that there are so many miscellaneous and minor details that could not be fit into the movies. I love those details! Knowing them makes me feel very professional and knowledgeable.

While on the subject of book series, whenever I have to wait an extended period of time before being able to get the next book in the series I am currently reading, I have to re-read all of them right from the beginning. It seriously is a whole new experience when you get to motor through 5 books all in a row without interruption. In my opinion, it makes it so much more intense because my mind doesn't even have time to remember the real world. For however many days I am reading the books, I am just immersed in the fantasy world of the books I love so much. LOVE IT! Re-watching all of the Harry Potter movies in this fashion also made me like them much more than I ever remembered.

I also hate dropping in on movies that have already started. I will literally refuse to watch it unless I can see what happened since the very second the first scene pops up on the screen. If I don;t start from the beginning, I feel like there is a gaping hole in my movie experience. It just isn't the same.

Is anybody else like this? I'm sure this habit is only slightly freakish and abnormal...