positive thinking

two days ago i did an interesting exercise in positive thinking. I managed to transform something really annoying into something slightly amusing and somehow flattering. let me explain.
for some time now i have felt harrassed. i will spare you the details. but when someone you don't want anything to do with keeps sending you mails, until you have to snap back or block addresses (or both, depending on your mail account), when they put up a blog as response to yours, when they "talk" to your through messenger statuses (wonder what the rest of the contact list thought...), when they subscribe to mailing groups you're in, when they read your site update the minute it occurs, when they announce that they want to take part in something dear to you just because you're there... well, i was actually so annoyed that i wonder if i'd get violent on the next face to face meeting...
now, everybody knows negative thinking ain't good for your health. so i tried looking at it from another point of view. i took the verb 'to harrass' and changed it into something similar - 'to stalk' (after all, stalking does have a tinge of secrecy to it's meaning the way i see it, and this is the case...). now, stretching the limits of logic a bit (hey, it's all for a good purpose), you have to be a really special person to have a stalker. i mean, i generally associate stalkers with famous people.
so this slightly annoying situation could be viewed as something else: i have a fan. what a shame it's an obsessed fan. keeping up the practice of positive thinking, all i have to do is hope i won't end up with a bullet through my head. howgh!