My Own Personal Weirdness..

Or is it weirdth? I don't know. What I DO know is however you say it, I have a lot of it. Whilst perusing an old blog, I found a short list of some of my quirks. So, you think you want to know more about me? No? Too bad. Here goes:

1. I hate grates. and holes. anything you can potentially fall down, be sucked into, or see a creepy clown through. I avoid them at all costs... and my dearest friends know this and avoid them, too (unless they're just trying to be mean). If at any time you and I are walking somewhere together and I suddenly shudder and give a small gasp, it's probably because you just stepped on one and I'm afraid for your life.

2. I pick my food apart. It's weird, I know... but I do. Though I am getting better at keeping it mostly at home.

3. I do strange things when I drive through a yellow light. It all began as a joke. I would make fun of my step-dad's scrape-the-roof tactic, but then i did it so much it just became habit. It somehow evolved during a roadtrip that involved 3 college roommates driving a maroon mini-van from pdx to tacoma to pueble, co... it's now a weird combination of slaps and hits and snaps and scrapes. (although this is happening less frequently)

4. I despise talking on the phone. This is true whether it's the pizza delivery guy or my mother. I just hate it. The only time I voluntarily talk on the phone is when I'm driving and am falling asleep. It's about the only thing that effectively keeps me awake.

5. I say "hum-diddy" when someone coughs. i try to say it quietly enough so that noone hears me, but...

6. I punch my right shoulder when I shudder - or I get someone else to do it for me.

7. I've never seen any Star Wars... and everyone tells me they're so good and i have to watch them... but I don't - and have no desire to, quite frankly.

8. I've never seen any Indiana Jones. Or James Bond. Yep

9. I have to sleep on all four sides of my body before going to sleep. It's become a strange ritual... at night I crawl into bed and lay on my right side... I chat with Shaun for a bit, then when I actually become sleepy rotate onto my back and do a few breathing exercises and try to really relax. Then when I'm ready to sleep I rotate over onto my left side and curl into the fetal position. Then, just before I doze off to la-la land, I make a final rotation onto my stomach. Some nights that's the end... I don't know what I do once I'm asleep - and I can't tell you how I wake up - except annoyed (i hate alarm clocks). Other nights I'll go through that a few times.

10. Sometimes I brush my teeth in the shower.

11. Brushing my teeth is a very satisfying sensation.

12. I love mail. Any mail. Bill, junk mail, magazines - though I don't always like what it MEANS (ie - I owe lots of money to lots of people), I absolutely positively ell-oh-vee-ee getting mail. Personal cards and letters are just THAT much more special.

13. I find joy in words. Big ones, small ones, silly ones, mean ones, nonsensical ones... words are just so freakin cool. Except one word. There's one word that I just don't like. It's not the MEANING of the word as much as the SOUND of it. It's just harsh and icky sounding. And no, I'm not going to tell you what it is.

14. I have too many opinions.

15. I love watermellon. and okra. and pasta. and growing things. and writing things down - notes, cards, lists, whatever. Don't mistake that to mean I'm organized, please! Far from it.

And.......... I'm done for now.