What's weird about you?

[Misanthropical]

What things about you or things that you do would make other people think you're a weirdo?

Mine are:

1. I will start dancing around for no reason, even if there is no music playing. It's very embarassing to be caught.

2. If I'm cooking a turkey, I will do my best Julia Childs impression, while preparing the turkey for cooking. My husband just rolls his eyes and walks out of the kitchen.

3. I use to run out to the parking lot and jump into my husband's arms when he got home, till we noticed that the neighbors would come out just to watch.

4. If I'm really mad I will curse in German.

5. I reread books I have already read, which I didn't think was all that strange till a librarian friend told me it was.

6. The closet doors must be firmly closed or I can't sleep.

7. I can't sleep in a warm room, it has to be chilly.

8. If I'm drinking a hot beverage, I need a cold one too. So, if I'm drinking coffee, I will need a glass of ice water or ice tea. My husband thinks this is the weirdest thing he has ever seen.

9. I need to read the whole menu before I can decide what I want to eat. This one drives my husband AND children nuts, since they always know what they want right away.

10. I don't wear make up unless I have somewhere special to go and then I have to wash it right off when I get home.

Your turn! :D

[Broomjockey]

I've got a couple in common with you Mis. I reread books (if it's a continuing series, I'll reread the entire line. My fav. series just hit book 10.), I dance without music (but no embarassment when caught), and I usually look over the entire menu a couple of times, even if I know what I want.

My personal wierds are:
I take a book with me everywhere. School, work, out to dinner, running errands.
If I'm talking to someone, and they get distracted for a while, such as a phone call, I tend to wander off.
I show up a half hour early to any appointment, minimum.
I can tell when someone has touched anything of mine, and I need to know the reason why.
I leave my shoes tied. Not because it's faster, but because it's really hard to get them to feel right if I untie them.

I've got others, but I can't focus right now. I'll try and think of some more.

[Ringtail Z28]

Dang, where to start?

1. I have shoulder length hair, apparently that's weird.

2. I don't have a cellphone, and don't want one.

3. I frequently wander around with no real destination, either walking or driving.

4. If I walk I may go for over twelve miles, or until it gets dark.

5. I hate reality shows, with the exception Dog the Bounty Hunter.

6. I have a collection of twenty-four guns and counting.

7. I hate crowds.

8. I love the cold yet hate air conditioning.

9. I enjoy physical work but I work in a government office.

10. I own a musclecar and support energy conservation.

[Misanthropical]

You guys reminded me of some more! ;)

I have a tendency to wander off if I'm shopping with my husband and/or children. I don't mean to, I get distracted.

I have a crowd phobia and will start to panic if I have to be in one for too long.

It really annoys me when someone touches my stuff. I have been known to go off on coworkers who thinks it's cute to mess with my stuff.

I do not like people touching me, unless it's my husband or children.

[Jaden]

Hmmm, I'd think there'd be plenty to fill this list, but I can only think of a few things, so I'll go with that :D I also re-read books, btw!

1. My Bob Dylan fixation. I have literally listened to nothing but Bob Dylan (well, on purpose anyways) for almost a year now, and almsot every day for about 4 or 5 hours, not including driving places. Everybody thinks I'm a TOTAL freak for this. I probably am :lol:

2. I am obsessed with things being even. I can't think of any better way to put it, so I'll use a good example. I can't use Windows Media Player. Why? The rating stars. They drive me insane. I have to use Winamp because I cant' stand to look at my playlist and see like, one song has 2 stars, another has 3, another has 2, another has 4, it drives me crazy. It all has to be the SAME!

3. When I'm playing a video game, or reading a good book, and somebody walks in and interrupts me, I will get REALLY mad. Not if it's jsut a friend coming in to say "Hey, what's up? Whatcha playin?" and stuff like that, but like if my parents come in and ask me to do the dishes or something I'll be going berserk (not in front of them of course). It's really weird, cuz I'm a very quiet, non-violent person, and you couldn't make me angry if you insulted me all day. I guess I just get into the "zone" or whatever ,and when I'm ripped out of it violently I just get really ticked off.

4. I will only pour half-glasses of drinks. I don't know why, but I do. Probably because I'm trying to conserve it or something subconciously, but you'll never see me pour a full glass.

5. My laugh is weird. Anybody who's heard it agrees. It fluctuates from a raspy wheeze to a high pitched squeal to a regular sounding chuckle. I've had several people ask me if I'm laughing or having a seizure. :lol:

6. Whenever I go into a restauraunt, I pretty much always order the same thing. I have my choices pre selected for any given fast food place pretty much. Whenever somebody tells me I need to stop being a creature of habit and try something new, I tell them "Why? It hasn't let me down yet!" :D

That's all I can think of right now, I'm sure I'll think of more later and add them when I do.

EDIT: Broomjockey and Ringtail reminded me of some more! For one thing, I also often drive aroudn with no real destination. And also:

7. I can't tie a knot to save my life. I can tie my shoes if I have to ,but I've had laceless shoes for 2 years. I can't tie my apron at work, so it's always untied, or somebody ties it for me. If someone asks me to tie their bags for me, I just kind of chuckle nervously and say I was never a boy scout, and they just laugh and say they understand and tie the bags themselves lol

[MystyGlyttyr]

Oh boy. Asperger's is great for this. But aside from all those quirks...

1. Number one is most important. If I'm writing, no one can look at me. My best friend from high school understood perfectly when I explained I had broken up with a boyfriend because he sat down and watched me write. It's a no-no that can (and has) ended in violence.

2. I have been very tempted to order just a cup of hot fudge at McDonalds. No ice cream. Just a big cup of fudge.

3. When I watch CSI, just the sight of Sara Sidle's face almost always sends me into a rage.

4. When I open a bottled drink, I always lick the inside of the cap first.

5. I've always preferred the company of men and/or much older women.

6. In relation to number five, I spent my junior prom, in full gown and make-up, sitting in the lounge discussing politics with the teachers.

7. I have an irrational fear of police cars. Not the police force or the idea of being arrested or anything. Just the cars. Just seeing one on the road makes my chest sieze up and gives me the shakes for several minutes afterwards.

8. I like nothing better than a long, drawn-out, hard fight. The more beat-up I am afterwards, the more fun I have.

9. If I'm eating, I HAVE to have something to read, preferably a book. And if I'm eating at home, the book MUST be "Without A Doubt" by Marcia Clark. I've probably read that thing 50 times by now.

[thegiraffe]

Hmmm....lets see.

1. I can put my legs over my shoulders and walk. It's actually more like teetering from my feet to my hands, but it's moving nonetheless.

2. When I get really excited, I tend to talk incredibly fast and bounce. Yes, I bounce.

3. I tend to say whatever runs through my head. I don't have much of a censor.

4. People I can't quite figure out intrigue me.

5. I have quite possibly one of the oddest senses of humor. I find things hilarious that people look at me strange for.

I've had 2 drinks, so that's all I can come up with tonight. I'll try again later when I'm not intoxicated (yes, I'm a lightweight).

[TNT]

1. My Bob Dylan fixation. I have literally listened to nothing but Bob Dylan (well, on purpose anyways) for almost a year now, and almsot every day for about 4 or 5 hours, not including driving places. Everybody thinks I'm a TOTAL freak for this. I probably am :lol:



At this late hour, I'll go with one weird thing about me...

1. I think everybody should be given the complete collection of Bob Dylan albums at birth. The world would be a much better place. (And some Phil Ochs wouldn't be a bad addition, either.)

Will increase the list later today.

[BrightEyedKitty]

5. I reread books I have already read, which I didn't think was all that strange till a librarian friend told me it was.

I've always done that.

8. If I'm drinking a hot beverage, I need a cold one too. So, if I'm drinking coffee, I will need a glass of ice water or ice tea. My husband thinks this is the weirdest thing he has ever seen.

"AAAAAAHH!!!!! Coffee too hot!" *grabs cold beverage*

9. I need to read the whole menu before I can decide what I want to eat. This one drives my husband AND children nuts, since they always know what they want right away.

Hey, sometimes you just don't KNOW what you want, or you do but something else might look better.

Anywho...

1. I talk to myself.
2. I ALWAYS have some sort of song stuck in my head. Wait, right now I don't! Yay! It's gone! .....she's gone, oh why, oh why, I better learn how to play...what went wroooooooong... dammit.
3. Ever walk into a room for something and forget why you went in there in the first place? I do that frequently.

There are lots, but I can't think of any more right now.

Edit: Should have read the rest of the posts. Here's some I do as well:

I leave my shoes tied. Not because it's faster, but because it's really hard to get them to feel right if I untie them.
I dunno if it's that reason or I'm just lazy, but I do that too.

I hate crowds.
Yeah, I'm not too fond of them either. People keep getting in my way.

I have been very tempted to order just a cup of hot fudge at McDonalds. No ice cream. Just a big cup of fudge.

That actually sounds pretty good. Even better if you mix the nuts in, too. :D

That is all.

[CreepyCarrie]

1. I have an intense phobia of movie posters. I get freaked out when I see them in movie theaters but I think if I had to have one hung up on my wall I would probably die of fear. I have no idea why, posters just scare me. Those cardboard standees that you see in the theaters that are usually reach the freaking ceiling are just as bad, if not worse.

2. In particular, I am absolutely petrified of the movie posters for 'Titanic' (the one with Leo and Kate's heads looking away from each other with the upturned bow of the ship between them) and the 2004 remake of 'The Stepford Wives." These get their own separate place on the list because I can't even stand looking at smaller pictures of them on websites and such, that's how bad they freak me out. I realize it's insanely, weirdly ridiculous to be afraid of a picture, but it's true. When I bought the 3 disc DVD set of Titanic last year I was so relieved that they didn;t use that picture for the cover art, but I still had to have a friend preview all the DVD menus for me to make sure it didn;t pop up anywhere. Fortunately it seems the only place I'm likely to run into it is the poster gallery on disc 3, which can easily be avoided. :p

3. I eat mustard straight out of the bottle

4. When i'm bored I will sometimes read parenting magazines even though i have no children

5. I have more than 3 wall calendars for this year alone

[Jaden]

3. Ever walk into a room for something and forget why you went in there in the first place? I do that frequently.


As do I, as do I, very VERY frequently :lol: I'm REALLY absent minded in general.

[tacohuman]

1. I will start dancing around for no reason, even if there is no music playing. It's very embarassing to be caught.

5. I reread books I have already read, which I didn't think was all that strange till a librarian friend told me it was.

6. The closet doors must be firmly closed or I can't sleep.



these are all me, too, except i don't get embarassed about the dancing. i'll dance right out in front of everybody, anytime. a few more are:

i can't whistle

i won't eat anything without smelling it first.

my obsession with cheese. granted, it is my job, but still. my wife thinks it's weird that i keep an online blog profiling different types of cheese.

i can do complex math (algebra, calculus, etc.) in my head, but not simple arithmetic. if i need to add, subtract, mulitply, or divide something, i need a calculator, or at least a piece of paper.

[Greenday]

Alright, that whole re-reading books, there's nothing wrong with it. Just because I've read most of my books at least 10 times each doesn't mean it's wierd...

I find math ridiculously easy. I sleep in my Calc I class and I'm still getting A's. I tutor my friends in it. My mom tells me I should thank God every day that I'm good in math. I thank my sister also for teaching me multiplication when I was 6...

A lot of the time, when something bad is about to happen, I get a wierd feeling about what is going on and I know I should stop what I'm doing cause I'll either be caught doing something I shouldn't be doing or I would have seriously hurt myself or something.

I also hate reality tv shows. There are no exceptions.

I don't like most vegetables. So no salad. I also won't try most foods, such as certain meats, sushi, other seafood including shrimp or crab, I only order sweet and sour chicken EVERY time I get chinese food, you get the idea.

When I eat hot dogs, I eat the hot dog first, then I eat the bun.

Sometimes I like to take the cheese off pizza and eat it that way.

I can't think of anything else for the moment.

[PuckishOne]

Wow...maybe it really isn't just me after all...;)

I also re-read (and, sometimes, re-re-read) books.

Without any choice on my part, I will adopt the regional accent of a person I'm talking to after about 5-10 minutes. Then, for the rest of the conversation, the person either thinks I'm mocking them (which I'm not!) or thinks I'm doing it on purpose, some kind of affectation (which I'm also not!).

I put the toilet paper on the roll so that the end of the sheets hang down behind the roll. Enough people have mentioned this to me that I now automatically include it in my list of eccentricities.

When I eat something like M&Ms, Skittles, Starburst, et al, I pick out all of the yellow ones and put them aside for someone else to eat. I don't like lemon-flavored candies, for one, but also I really dislike the color yellow.

Hmm...I'd say that's enough of my weirdness for now. :D

[Severen13]

* I hate talking on a telephone. I don't know why.

* If I'm eating M&M's, I have to group them all by color before I can eat them.

* I have to have a Frappuccino every morning or else I cannot function.

* I cannot sleep unless there is a fan on.

* I keep a group of books beside my bed and pick one at random and start reading random chapters.

* If I retie one shoe, I have to retie the other whether it needs to be or not.

[COMINATCHA]

Haha, you guys are such weirdos :p But hey, here's my share of weirdness;

I smell cups and cutlery before using them. If they dont smell clean, I can't use them, so I will wash them again.

I HATE going out to eat at restaurants. I don't like people watching me eat, and the thought of going to a big place where heaps of people will be doing that makes me nervous. None of my friends have really noticed, but when a guy has asked me out to dinner, I do whatever I can to change those plans.

I won't go out clubbing if I haven't shaved my legs - even if i will be wearing pants. I HAVE to de-fur myself first or I feel uncomfortable the whole night.

I have to drink a warm/hot beverage (like hot chocolate) just before I go to sleep every night, otherwise I can't sleep as good.

[Sphinx]

Ok I have several that are the same as some people on here so that makes me feel not as weird :lol:

When I get excited about something I want to say I will start jumping up and down in place and when I say it I talk really really fast.

I dont untie my shoes cause its hard to get them back to the way they feel right.

When I sleep I HAVE to have the windows covered, door shut and closet doors shut.

I can't whistle at all.

I walk into rooms intending to get/do something and totally forget. I usually end up having to walk in and out of said room several times to remember, and even then it may not work.:lol:

I dont wear makeup at all.

I like the cold weather but hate air conditioning, especially in cars they give me a headache.

Sometimes I start singing to myself, and if friends are around I apologize profusely.

I always take a book with me EVERYWHERE I go. And If I'm almost finished with one I take two.

When I am eating certain foods can't touch:lol:

Things have to be even like my books on my bookshelf, groceries in the cabinets, stuff on the bathroom sink, stuff in the closet :roll:

Thats all I can think of for now, but I'm sure there is more.

[LostMyMind]

My weirdness....Let's see

I have a tendency when talking to flip words (sometimes an entire different word than what I was thinking would be said).

My solutions to (math, logic, etc...) problems are not what people expect (even though it will work).

I actually like being alone (I guess normal people would consider that weird).

I think that as much weirdness I'm willing to tell :ashamed:

[Seanette]

I reread books frequently (also tend to have favorite videos that get repeated viewings, even when I pretty much have them memorized (grin)).

I disassemble pizza when eating it (e.g., eat the olives, eat the mushrooms, pick off and eat the pepperoni, peel off the cheese layer and eat it, eat the crust), and have very usual orders at fast-food places I go to on any sort of regular basis.

I frequently do the "walk into a room and forget why" bit.

I've been known to loop the same track in the player for several *hours* at a time.

I must have something to read with me (thankfully, my PDA can fill this need).

I dislike having foods merging on my plate unless they're supposed to be together, and will eat all of one item on the plate, then move to the next item.

I don't wear makeup (I'm so nearsighted that my nose practically touches the mirror, making applying makeup rather inconvenient).

I'm compulsively early for any appointment (at least 10-15 minutes).

If I walk into an unfamiliar restaurant and don't like how the place smells, I won't eat there.

I don't have cable and don't really miss it, except for Mythbusters.

I *hate* "reality" shows, soap operas, talk shows, Lifetime network, and similar "chick" fare. I've never seen either show (see previous item), but would much rather watch "Lost" than "Desperate Housewives".

[ArenaBoy]

Let's see.

None of my best friends are guys, my best friend is a girl.

I sing along to songs very loudly.

I know way too much about music.

I can remember everything I've heard from a TV show or a movie. EXACT

I despise basketball yet work at a basketball arena.

I can navigate in the dark without a problem, yet in light I can't.

I am obsessed with soccer.

I can hold three different conversations with 3 or more people at once.

I am ambidextorous.

I have a strange addiction to tea.

I've never drank coffee in my life.

Any song I hear, I can dance to it. No matter what.

[irateguy]

I eat cereal without milk
i cant eat mashed potatoes without gravy or corn on the cob without butter
I like to read the sports page on the commode sometimes ill keep reading after ive finished my"business"
sometimes I see words and Ill try to figure out what they are spelled backwards

[Jaden]

Irateguy made me think of another one.

If I see a string of 3 or more numbers, I'll add them together in my head for no reason. Like if I'm riding behind a truck and it has a number like, I dunno, 287349, I'll stare at the back of it adding it all together and then be like "Oh, that's 33! ......ok, so why did I need to know that?" Repeat with every other string of numbers I ever see :lol:

[KuzcoLlama]

Psh. Normal people are boring, I say.

I'm only going to share a few. The rest you shouldn't know about until it's too late.

1. I can handle when big important things don't go my way, i.e. I didn't get the job I wanted. I am not so great at handling things when they're smaller i.e. the light turning red right as I'm getting up to it.

2. The untensils must be separated in the dishwasher. MUST. ALWAYS.

3. I read my comics in the newspaper one certain way, and it's not left to right, up to down.

4. I can go off on tangents like you wouldn't believe, even while we're having a conversation. My brain just knows how to split in two like that. However, the trouble lies in when my tangent thinks it's more interesting than the current conversation and butts in, assuming the other person took the same line of thinking as me.

5. My two most commonly used phrases are, "Monkeys!" and "I like ponies."

6. Monkeys.

7. Last for now is that I must multitask. All the time. My brain gets so bored if I'm just reading for example. I have to have the tv on, working on something else on the laptop, usually I have to be doing at least two or more things at once. Otherwise the original job will never get done.

[Greenday]

* I hate talking on a telephone. I don't know why.


Ah ha! That's another one. I'm not big on talking on the phone. I hate even calling for take-out or delivery.

Oh, and as I just went to the bathroom, I've been reminded of another thing. Most of the time, when there are other guys in the bathroom, I can't take a leak. Like my floor's guy's bathroom has four stalls. If another guy or two is in there, I just can't do it. Maybe it has something to do with taking a leak at a urinal and having other guys try to compare sizes. Too much of that went on in high school and it's freaked me out. Stop checking me out damnit. I feel like that guy in the movie Waiting except not quite so paranoid.

[Seanette]

My husband has the phone-aversion problem. He won't even call for pizza or such if he can talk me into making the call.

I multi-task big-time. At least two activities at any one time (music and a book do count as two).

[Sphinx]

I multi-task big-time. At least two activities at any one time (music and a book do count as two).

Ohh I do tha same except its music, book AND tv :lol:

[thegiraffe]

Ohh I do tha same except its music, book AND tv :lol:

I generally have the TV on and my computer on my lap. On my computer, I generally several IM windows and browser tabs open. I get bored otherwise lol.

[NightWolf]

Wow, I don't feel so bad now.

I too:

Can't sleep without a fan. Can be 30 below zero outside, and I have a fan going.

I organize M&Ms and Skittles by color before eating them.

I tie one shoe and then have to tie the other whether it needs it or not.

I too tend to just open my mouth and blurt out words that aren't quite what I meant to say. I know it's the wrong word to use, but I say it anyway.

Other weird things I do:

I love Plain Tortilla chips with taco sauce. (If it's Taco Bell sauce i will rip open several, sometimes near 20, to fill a small bowl with taco sauce to dip my chips in.)

Burger King has me hooked on mixing Coke and Dr. Pepper. I also like to do this with different Kool-aid flavors.

I like tomato soup, ketchup, salsa, and anything else like that, but won't eat regular tomatoes.

I ride in my car with the window down in winter.

[Sphinx]

I can only "eat" tomato soup if I have grilled cheese to dip in it, and then it's only a dip..



Ooohh me too thats the only way I like to eat tomato soup , all my friends call me weird, but I say weird is better than normal!! :lol:

[Cia]

1. I re-read books. If you weren't supposed to re-read them then they would go POOF after you were finished.

2. I forget words. I can remember there meaning but for the life of me I just can't remember what the word is.

3. Going along with #2 if I can't remember the word I just make something up that sort of sounds the same - takeout for outtakes, turkey pox for chicken pox, chicken pimples for what ever the hell it is... oh yes goosebumps. It gets worse the more I try to remember the correct words.

4. Must sort M&Ms by color.

5. I forget which hand I use for writing, bowling and etc.

6. I hate being watched when I'm working, writing and reading.

7. If you borrow something of mine you had better put it back in exactly the same place and way it was before you took it because I will get upset if you don't. I am considering getting a concealed weapons license so you really might want to pay attention to what I just wrote.

8. I get embarassed watching actors do stupid things on tv shows.

9. Going along with that - when someone asks 'why did they do that?' like not grabbing the gun when the bad guy drops it and so forth I just tell them 'because it's in the script'. I usually got the hairy eyeball when I said that in college.

[digilight]

I'm another one who hates the phone. I won't even answer it if I can get my wife to (she, on the other hand, is usually on the phone anyways).

I can't eat corn on the cob with butter, I usually douse it with hot sauce or just eat it plain.

I have a habit of talking to myself, and yes I will answer back from time to time.

Sure I'll dance around the office when no ones looking.

When my son keeps asking questions the answer becomes "Because Giraffes have Long Necks", thats my way of saying, just because and thats how it is.

I love loud music and listen to movies loud, but I hate loud music or the TV loud if there are other people around.

I will re-read books as well.

I love coffee at room temperature.

I can't stand tennis shoes or other low top shoes. They either have to be boots or sandles.

I am addicted to caramel and butterscotch.

[MadMike]

1. Count me in as another one who despises those so-called reality shows.

2. When I'm out at the bar, I often peel the label off my beer bottle and stick it back on upside-down, especially if I get bored.

3. I have a very short attention span. My mind tends to wander in about a dozen different directions. It's not as much of a problem now, except maybe in meetings, but back when I was in school, I was always getting in trouble for not paying attention. Even if I tried, the teacher might mention something that would remind me of something else, and send my mind on a completely different track. By the time I realized what happened, I had missed 5 or 10 minutes of what the teacher was saying.

4. Possibly related to #3, I have an excellent long-term memory, but a horrible short-term memory. Ask me about the apartment we moved out of when I was 4, and I can describe it down to the last detail. Ask me where I put a printout I had in my hands 2 minutes ago, and I'll have no idea. :shrug:

5. Possibly also related to 3 and 4: I can't remember names or faces to save my life. Sometimes even if I run into someone I know, and it's somewhere I don't expect to see them, I don't recognize them right away. However, I'm great at remembering numbers. I could tell you every phone number I've ever had.

6. I just can't stand to stay in the same place for too long. Even if it's just to take a walk around the development, I have to get out of the house for a bit. I thought I was going to lose it back in '96 when we got hit with 3 feet of snow, and I couldn't go anywhere. Thank God the internet stayed up at least.

7. While I get annoyed fairly easily, it takes a lot to get me angry. But when I do, you do not want to be around. I'll appear to be perfectly calm, until I suddenly explode with little or no warning. And it takes a long time for me to come down from it. I've been known to stay in those moods for hours, or even days at a time. I'm told I get scary when I get like that, and very few people have ever set me off more than once. Ironically, I'm quite harmless... mostly. ;)

8. When I take on any kind of major project, I have a hard time finding a comfortable stopping point. When I was working on the basement, I was often up much later than I should be been, because I was just going to put up "one more sheet of drywall", and then I was done. And once that was done, I thought, "Maybe one more", and so on.

[aqutalion]

1. I eat cereal without milk
2. On the rare occasions when I eat salad, I never have dressing.
3. Give me a hamburger and a piece of cheese and I'll eat them both. Put the cheese on the hamburger and it's nasty!
4. I love anime and manga, but I refuse to buy domestic-release stuff.
5. Probably related to all four quirks listed above, I have this obsession with everything being in its original, unaltered form. If it's been altered, I don't want it, because its very existence will bug the living heck out of me.

[Broomjockey]

I thought of some more things!

I love to argue, and never take it seriously. If I fight with someone, even a real brew-ha-ha, I'm willing to still talk to them, even as little as an hour later.

I don't believe in normal. Any time someone tells me "That's not normal." I'll ask, "Why, just because you don't do it?"

I don't study, even for important tests. I sometimes read the textbook, but for fun, not to study.

[TNT]

1. I've an archconservative Republican since I was a toddler, but I have a peculiar penchant for radical sixties protest singers... I know every lyric to every song Phil Ochs ever sang.

2. I make a living on the telephone, but I rarely answer the phone at home, and it's even more rare that I'll call someone. I don't even know my own telephone number.

3. I work in the cable business, but the only time I watch TV is when the New York Giants are on.

4. I'm utterly calm when there's a major crisis, but trivial things totally fluster me.

5. I'm too embarrassed to appear in public wearing a bathing suit, but I'm totally comfortable at nudist clubs and resorts.

6. Besides radical sixties protest singers, my two favorite musicians are Lou Reed and Frank Sinatra.

7. It takes me forever to make up my mind about anything... but when I finally do, neither God nor Man can change it.

8. I hate Westerns, but my list of favorite movies is dominated by them... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch, The Missouri Breaks, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance are four of my top five movies.

9. I can't figure out why people say to me, "I'll never figure you out."

[Jaden]

1. I've an archconservative Republican since I was a toddler, but I have a peculiar penchant for radical sixties protest singers... I know every lyric to every song Phil Ochs ever sang.



Haha, same here, I'm not EXTREMELY conservative, but I am still a conservative Republican for the most part, but I really love 60s protest singers. Except replace Phil Ochs with Bob Dylan :lol: Really, the only person I listen to with any kind of regularity is Bob Dylan, and not just from the 60s either, but besides Bob Dylan, the only music I can really enjoy is from the 60s. :D

[Ringtail Z28]

Here's a few more of my quirks.

I haven't drank any alcoholic beverage since I was fifteen.

Same goes for smokes.

I love cars that as old as me or older.

I can't stand most anime yet I've been a huge fan of Fist of the North Star since the 80's.

I'll always remember obscure and useless bits of information yet forget important stuff.

I'm a conservative independant.

I'm left eyed. Important thing to know if you spend as much time on the range as I do.

I'm somewhat ambidexterous. I write better with my right hand yet draw better with my left.

I have an almost overwhelming fear of math. I actually had to take a course called Getting over Fear of Math at college.

I'm a daydreamer.

I get angry when I'm bored.

[Spiffy McMoron]

8. I get embarassed watching actors do stupid things on tv shows.

Ack! I thought that I was the only one who did that! I'll even get up, leave the room, and then prompty return. Confuses the hell out of people!

I also, re-read books, and walk into a room, and forget why I did that in the first place.

-I will forget how to spell...but not complicated words. In the middle of class or a paper, I'll freeze up and wonder how the hell you spell "when"

-I don't talk to myself, but I'll constantly whistle or sing a 10-second segement of a song that's stuck in my head.

-I'll go on these crazy rants on subjets that piss me off, but I can't explain why/how they piss me off. For example: Rachael Ray, strangers who talk to me in a public restroom, and people who "rice up" Cavaliers and Neons. On the last point, I really like ricer imports (Civics, Sentras, even the Ford Focus) but I can't stand it when those two cars are tuned up. Can't explain it.

-I'll put honey and parmesan on top of my pizza, but only if the pizza was bought from one specific company. It doesn't taste good if it came from somewhere else.

-I really like a clean house, but hate to clean. I don't know if that's weird or lazy.

-I LOVE the Iron Chef!!!!! :o

-I have to start my day off with a coffee. If I don't have to do anything until 1, and I've gotten up at 10, and had plenty of time to wake up and all that, I still have to brew some or stop at a coffee shop. Otherwise, I'm as useless as tits on a boar.

-I use "farmer's phrases" like "...as useless as tits on a boar." :D

Disturbingly, this is one of my longer posts on CS.com. That's telling.:p

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I like bugs. I will walk around with dreadful crawlies in my hands. I like snakes and frogs and all manner of creepies, too.

A snake fell on me Saturday a week ago. It hit my shoulder and rolled down my body to slither around at my foot.

I panicked at first because I thought when it touched me that it might be a roach. When I saw what it was I breathed a great sigh of relief.

Phobias.:rolleyes:

[Melxb]

I can bend the fingers on both of my hands all the way back so that they touch the tops of my hands.

Just like Cominatcha said a few posts ago--I shave my legs everytime I go out. I actually shave my legs, from hip to ankle basically, every morning, whether I wear long pants or not. Everyday. If I have to go out in the evening and I'm wearing shorts or a skirt, I will shave my legs again. In the dead of winter, where my legs won't see sunlight for 4-5 months at a time, I will still shave my legs everyday.

I chew gum when I eat ice cream. It enhances the flavor!

I drink wine through a straw. At first it was because bad dental fillings=tingly sensation when I have wine in my mouth. Now, I just kinda like doing it. It pisses off the wine buffs.

I crack my knuckles every 20 seconds or so. In other words, I crack my knuckles obsessively.

I ALWAYS put on one sock, then one shoe. Then the next sock, and the next shoe.

I always sleep with my down comforter. If it's 100F inside my room, I will still sleep wrapped in my comforter. I just love it. It's like my adult security blanket. :rolleyes:

[hecubus]

I'm also guilty of the aforementioned going into a room and forgetting why I went there.

Lately, I've begun rolling up small balls of foil (like from the "push through" OTC medicine blister packs), and keep rolling them between my left thumb and middle finger. Especially when I'm watching TV or reading.

When I quote a line from a TV show or movie, I *have* to make sure I do it with the precise inflection and rhythm in which it was originally said. Also, if anyone else quotes a line from TV or a movie, it bothers me no end if they get the inflection and rhythm wrong.

When eating raw tomatoes, if they are whole, I put salt on them. In slices, I put sugar on them.

If I'm cutting up onions for something, I usually end up eating half of the onion raw by itself before it ever gets into the recipe.

I almost always have a song running through my head. Often one I absolutely hate but can't get rid of. Many times, it's the last thing I heard, even if it's a commercial jingle.

When I get angry, the rational part of my brain basically shuts down, and all I can do is sputter, swear and hit.

I'm sure there's a lot more weird about me, but it's kinda late and I'm tired. And I have to get this damn song out of my head.

[Mr. Rager!]

My clothes always have to match. Even if I'm going to bed, what I'm wearing has to coordinate.

I don't like talking on the phone, but I think that's partially due to the fact that either A) I have to talk a lot on the phone at both my jobs or B) I have a really hard time hearing certain pitches over the phone. So like with my friend Rosa, I can barely understand her on the phone. It's pretty horrible.

If one little word reminds me of a song, I have to listen to that song.

When I'm sleeping, I. NEED. MY. CEILING FAN!

In the winter, it can be 10 degrees out, and I'll still have my window open at night. I love it cold when I'm sleeping.

I'm constantly pulling things apart, just to put them back together to see how they work.

My bed sheets need to be changed/cleaned often. Basically, because I can't sleep somewhere where it could be dirty.

I wear my sunglasses so much, that sometimes I don't realize they're on. So I'll wear them in buildings and sometimes at night. (No Cory Hart jokes)

I plan out my outfits, sometimes days in advance.

My CDs are in order, but not alphabetically, numerically, or anything of that sort. They are JUST in order.

I'm more neurotic about my own appearance and cleanliness than about anyone else's.

I always need a source of music close by, ALWAYS.

[Tanasi]

Ya'all are a bunch of freaks, but that's OK because I'm also one.

I re-read books alot. I have read one and immediately read it again.
While I don't seperate them by color I do eat M&M's by color in the order of the spectrum.
I can't stand the taste, the smell, the feel, nor the sight of bannas. I won't allow them in the house nor in the office.
I ab-so-lutely hate repetative noise, I seek it out and destroy it.
I used to play baseball, I was really good, now you couldn't pay me to watch a game beyond little league.
I like the taste of strawberries, rasp, black berries but I hate the seeds so I won't eat them. I really like seeds in bread.
I rarely go barefoot, I hate the feel of grass on my feet.
Much to the wife's annoyence I wear socks to bed.
Also to the wife's annoyence I insist upon the blankets staying on the bed year-round, due to some physical problems I can't sleep laying down for very long and I rarely sleep under the covers. I usually sleep in a recliner covered with a quilt from my neck to my toes.
I can't stand for my ammo to be loose in a ammo can, it must be packaged in some form or another. The ammo cans must be packed according to mil-spec.
When entering a new place I immediatly locate all exits and evaluate the location for defensive purposes. This really drives my wife around the bend especially when I go places I really shouldn't be.
If I buy a magazine, newspaper, book, etc., I must be the first one to read it, if I don't buy it then I could care less.
No matter how cold it is, my beverages must be cold, I can't stand hot drinks.
I won't go into my OCD regarding my firearms, lets just say it's extensive.

[RavenStarr]

1. I always check the locks on the doors and make sure the stove is turned off. I do this at least 5 times when I go to bed, or go somwhere.

2. When I do housecleaning I have to make a list.

3. When I do dishes, I do them in order: silverware, glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pans, baking dishes.

4. If my microwave shows time left from heating something like 10 sec. I have to hit the clear button to show the regular time.

5. I have to sleep on the left side of the bed, no matter where I am.

[NightAngel]

2. I don't have a cellphone, and don't want one.


YEA! I can't stand cel phones! **hugs you**

Okay, I KNOW I'm weird so let's see what I can think of:

1. Things said in conversation remind me of song lyrics- then I must make a reference to that song. Sadly, I know a LOT of songs that apparently no one has ever heard of.

2. On the subject of songs- I find myself randomly doing The Name Game. Sometimes to people I don't even know.

3. I dance to the music in my head.

4. I do weird voices and my own sound effects (when needed). All visual special effects are simulated through hand motions and to be filled in by observer's imagination.

5. When I read a book it's like a movie playing in my head. I actually do not see the book- my eyes go over the words and my brain translates them into vivid images in my head. It's nearly impossible to get my attention when I'm reading as I am so completely and utterly submerged into the world playing in my mind.
Sometimes, I'm surprised when I do snap-to that I'm holding a book.

6. I'm always positive I forgot to lock the door to the store. In reality I've never actually forgotten to but once I get home at night I'm sure I didn't.

7. Although I smoke I have a highly acute sense of smell. I frequently am appalled by odors that my co- workers (even the non-smokers) don't smell or only slightly smell- to me they are overwhelming.

8. My hubby refers to me as "The Mama". I am The Mama of all children I survey.
Basically, I have a maternal instinct that's in overdrive and doesn't just include my own children.
I worry about kids I don't know, I will step in and use The Mama voice (which for me is something akin to Drill Sgt.) when other people's kids are out out of line, I will run to try and stop kids from doing something stupid that could get them hurt, etc.

There is much more but I have something else I have to do right now...

[Sphinx]

5. When I read a book it's like a movie playing in my head. I actually do not see the book- my eyes go over the words and my brain translates them into vivid images in my head. It's nearly impossible to get my attention when I'm reading as I am so completely and utterly submerged into the world playing in my mind.
Sometimes, I'm surprised when I do snap-to that I'm holding a book.



Ooohh me too!! Yay I have finally found someone lese who does this as well!! When I tell my friends about it they look at me like I'm . . .weird:roll:

[Becks]

You know, I originally started to mulitquote this topic, because I do so many of these things, but then I realized that that would take a whole page in and of itself.

Let's see if I can narrow it down to a few (dozen?)...

I re-read books. A lot. Many, many times. That's why I buy them.
I re-watch movies, too. That's why they're available on VHS and DVD.
I almost always have to have a fan on while I'm asleep.
At least one foot has to be uncovered when I sleep.
I must try to do things in the exact same order at the same time, every day.
I can't walk around barefoot.
I cannot blow my nose. It's impossible.
I don't know how to whistle.
I'll dance, badly, for laughs. Oh, who am I kidding? I can't dance.
I talk to myself.
I'm a hugger, but I don't like strangers (and some people I know) touching me.
Add me to the embarassed at TV/movie stupidity list, please.
I quote The Simpsons whenever I can, even if it's only vaguely related to the topic.
I have to use specific shampoos on specific days.
I'll make up my own words to songs.
I used to take a book with me wherever I went, but then I stopped. I didn't want to get in trouble at work.
I wander when I shop.
I can't sleep past 8 (occasionally 9) in the morning, unless I was up late, or I'm sick.
I have to eat my food in a certain order.
I have to put my clothes on in a certain order.
I prefer blue nail polish and black eyeshadow.
I have to take off/put on my jewelry in a certain order.

I have TONS more, but this is going a bit long, so...

[Bella_Vixen]

About the reading books and seeing it in your mind, I've done that as long as I can remember and was never really able to put it into words.

Has anyone noticed how much we all have in common? No wonder we all gravitate here.

[COMINATCHA]

Oh I just thought of another one, cause it happened the other day.

I can't sneeze unless i'm completely alone. If i'm out in public, or someone is in the room with me, I can't sneeze no matter how hard I try.

[Luna]

5. When I read a book it's like a movie playing in my head. I actually do not see the book- my eyes go over the words and my brain translates them into vivid images in my head. It's nearly impossible to get my attention when I'm reading as I am so completely and utterly submerged into the world playing in my mind.
Sometimes, I'm surprised when I do snap-to that I'm holding a book. - Nightangel


I do that too! And thank you, that is the BEST description I have read to explain it. It's also why I gets so very VERY pissed off when I am disturbed when reading. I also get really pissed when the characters in the book are decribed and are nothing like the artists's drawing on the front of the book. I get very mad at the artist for not even bothering to read the book.

I can't read a book if my mind can't form the movie of it. I give it maybe 4 chapters, and after the the book goes back whnce it came (library/booksfree.com/whatever).

Well, here's mine:
*I'll play with mice, slugs, frogs, snakes, lightening bugs, butterflies, catapillars - you name it - but I run SCREAMING from spiders.

*I talk to myself a lot, sometimes I answer, and I argue with myself in the car driving.

*I poke at my "adult acne" even though I know it's bad to do. I can't help it. I see something and I freak out and have to make it go away immediately.

*I'd rather scrub someones restroom with no gloves than do dishes or laundry any day.

*I'm ambidextrous too. But when it comes to playing sports - I can only throw and catch with the same hand.

*I can recall exact wording of conversations, letters, & documents I'm looking for (ex: "Hey Billy, did you see that legal paper with yellow background, blue lines, and a rip in the upper left ahnd corner with the store stamp at the bottom and inch from the center?") BUT, ask me my hubby's SS # or my drivers license # and I don't know.

*I chew on my lip when I'm annoyed or thinking really hard and I'm told it looks really weird. I don't even know I'm doing it at all.

*Toes freak me out, but I stare at them anyway. Even though they are gross to me.

*I don't like being on the telephone. I avoid it at all costs. If you do get me on the telephone, I seem to lose all sense of intelligence and can't form complete sentences. However, I'm perfectly fine at work.

* I sing to myself all the time and get really embarrassed when caught.

* When eating different foods. I must finish my serving all of one food before starting on the others. If I have a baked potato, steak and broccoli I must eat all the broccoli before eating the steak, and then all the steak before eating the potato. I don't drink a beverage until I am completely sone with my meal. (Unless the beverage is alcoholic and then I suck it down like there is no tomorrow.)

*I buy mens pants b/c they are usually $20-25 cheaper than womens.

* I can't take compliments. I immediately start to say something bad about myself to deflect the compliment. I don't know why and I don't mean it to be insulting to the compliment giver - but I just can't do it without forcing myself not to say something to negate it.

*When I'm excited, I talk really really fast.

* I'm the Queen of the curveball. My mind goes in all directions and my thoughts can't keep up with my mouth. For instace, I'll be talking about work to hubby, then I'll see KMart as we're driving which will remind me of something his mom did while we were there and I'll start talking about that in the middle of my work story.....Hubby calls this curveball. When I explain how seeing A, caused me to remember B, even though I was talking about Q - it all makes sense to me - but he just says I'm nuts.

Perhaps I am. :lol:

[COMINATCHA]

*I chew on my lip when I'm annoyed or thinking really hard and I'm told it looks really weird. I don't even know I'm doing it at all.

Oooooh, that reminds me of another weird thing I do (sorry to hog the weird thread)

When I'm eating apples (and this only ever happens with apples) I make a weird face, and people often ask if that apple is sour or something. I'm like "no, it's a good apple...why?" and they tell me I look like i'm eating a lemon.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

-I cannot sleep without a fan or humidifier on (sometimes both in winter). If I take a nap, I turn on the radio, usually to the sports station, but turn it down so that the words are generally unintelligible.
-I consider myself very conservative, even though I like to listen to 80s punk music like the Dead Kennedys, whose singer Jello Biafra is a member of the Green Party.
-I am gifted with the rare power to shake exactly two aspirin out of a bottle every time (okay, maybe not really, but one time at work I was taking some ibuprofin to treat one of my frequent killer headaches, and I shook two tablets out of the bottle and the person sitting across from me thought it was the most amazing thing she ever saw).
-I am the only person at my store to have eaten a furniture pull tag (please don't ask)
-I do very random things at work when I am bored, such as one time I drew a smiley face on a small box and wore it like a hat. I got some really funny looks doing that. Then I casually mentioned to a coworker "People are looking at me really odd and I don't know why.";)

[Misanthropical]

I see a movie going on when I'm reading too and it ticks me off to no end to be interrupted.

Bugs freak me the hell out. I will run and scream till my husband catches it, kills it and flushes it down the toilet. It can not be thrown in the garbage, in case it crawls back out some how.

People I don't know or even children calling me by my first name always strikes me as rude and it bugs me.

I don't wear socks or nylons, they don't feel right on my feet and are very uncomfortable.

I am ambidextrous too.

I don't have a blind spot unless a person walks up directly behind me, but I usually sense they are there.

Most people I have met don't get my sense of humor, they claim it's "dry".

I can read things that are upside down. It makes it interesting when I have been in people's offices and can read what they have facing away from me.

MadMike lives under my couch.

I love working in call centers, but I hardly ever answer my home phone. I detest having to make phone calls from home for any reason.

If an emergency is going on, I'm the calmest one in the room, which led a doctor to accuse me of not caring that my child was sick. What he didn't know is that after the emergency is over is when I fall into pieces and cry hysterically.

It bugs me way too much when someone calls me "Diane" instead of my name "Diana".

[Sphinx]

* I can't take compliments. I immediately start to say something bad about myself to deflect the compliment. I don't know why and I don't mean it to be insulting to the compliment giver - but I just can't do it without forcing myself not to say something to negate it.



I do this a lot too :lol: Several people can attest to this. Everytime I get a compliment I shoot it down:roll:

[stormtreader]

I also reread books (and re-re-read etc). Thats why I dont just go to the library :)

Originally Posted by Cia
I get embarassed watching actors do stupid things on tv shows.
I have to leave the room when these are on, cant stand them.

Originally Posted by hecubus
When I quote a line from a TV show or movie, I *have* to make sure I do it with the precise inflection and rhythm in which it was originally said.
Thats just how i remember it, i cant just say the words, its WRONG lol

I also listen to albums on loop for weeks and weeks, sometimes just one song if i really like it. And albums CANNOT be on shuffle, it throws me out every time.

I cant remember number or names, but can remember song lyrics and scripts no problem. This is probably linked to the point above :D

I love tomato soup/sauce etc, but hate raw tomato. Same for bananas, theyre slimy textured :puke:

I hate milk on cereal unless its hot like readybrek.

[digilight]

-I am the only person at my store to have eaten a furniture pull tag (please don't ask)



hmmm, do not eat under penalty of law!!!!!:D

[Dreamstalker]

Oh boy. Asperger's is great for this. But aside from all those quirks...
*nod* let's see, what are mine:

Similar to Jaden's #3, if I'm doing something on the computer, do not bug me. I would slip into "hack mode" fairly easily doing programming homework, and I guess that's stuck around even though I'm not doing any coding anymore. Especially do not suddenly grab/touch me and think you're being cute (well, Jordan can, but that's different). The twit did that once and I almost broke her arm (someone grabs me from behind and I have no reason to expect it, I will react accordingly).

Maybe this comes from being a were, but I don't like people following closely behind me unless I know in advance they will be. Waiting in line is fine, but walking for some reason I have to be bringing up the rear. Not sure why.

Growl audibly when I'm pissed off. I was doing that when I was a kid, and still do (again, maybe it's the wolf thing).

I somehow have this knack of making an iced coffee last all day.
3. When I watch CSI, just the sight of Sara Sidle's face almost always sends me into a rage.

I wouldn't say it sends me into a rage exactly, but now after seeing the season 6 finale ending, I can never look at any interaction between her and Grissom (goes double for previous seasons) the same way again.
* I'm the Queen of the curveball. My mind goes in all directions and my thoughts can't keep up with my mouth. For instace, I'll be talking about work to hubby, then I'll see KMart as we're driving which will remind me of something his mom did while we were there and I'll start talking about that in the middle of my work story.....Hubby calls this curveball. When I explain how seeing A, caused me to remember B, even though I was talking about Q - it all makes sense to me - but he just says I'm nuts.
I do that all the time.

I also dislike talking on the phone for some strange reason.

I must have a window open...maybe this is ingrained from having to leave a window open in the dorm to get cold air circulation for my computer (ah, the curse of the overclocker--perfectly willing to freeze my tail off for a few extra MHz). I don't care if I have to pull out the fleece blanket, I need a window open.

I tend to hoard stuff. Most of it goes up on ebay eventually, but I also have a few random collections.

[Twotall]

I don't count re-reading books as weird. It's something you do if you love books! It's like visiting or re-visiting old friends! So far, I've visited Gandalf and Frodo 15 times, and plan to go there for the 16th time pretty soon.

And as for "seeing" books as movies in your head: Is there any other way to read books?

However, a few of the things I do that might be "weird":

*I get fidgety and nervous if I don't have reading material on hand. I have to know what book I'll read next, and be assured that I have enough to last me through the next few days.

*I don't mind a little light in the bedroom (through the blinds or cracks in curtains), but I can't stand the lights on a digital alarm clock. I have to turn it so it faces the wall every night.

*When I'm at home, my cell phone has to be nearby, and in one of three specific places. A corner of the living room table, on an end table by the TV chair, or in a specific spot on the kitchen table.

*I also can't stand the possibility of someone looking over my shoulder when reading or using the computer. Even if my nearest neighbour would need a step-ladder and binoculars to peer into my living room and over my shoulder, I can't have my back to an uncovered window.

*As a gamer (role-playing), I'm very particular about my dice. I have several sets, and each set is only used with one character in turn. If the current set should fail me, I have one "ultimate" set for emergencies only. Every set has to be arranged in a particular way when in use (arranged in a circle, in a triangular shape, random but with no high numbers facing up, etc.), and the pattern varies from set to set. Oh, and you never touch my dice without permission. Ever.

Don't get me started on procedures for proper dice-rolling... :D

[Bella_Vixen]

I sleep with my alarm clock on my bed. Right next to me. And I never hit the snooze button. ::sigh:: I'm lucky if I manage to stay asleep until it goes off, anyway. :Þ

[AFpheonix]

1)I totally reread books if they're really good ones! I haven't had much time lately to read, unfortunately :(

2) Most of my humor is very much reference-based. I will start quoting something, and typically it's wierd enough that only my brother will get it. There's been times where we've been yakking away, and someone near us will just sit there and shake their head, because they have no idea what we're going on about.

3) I'm a girl, I like video games, science, and anime. And ponies.

4)I like bras, which apparently is a wierd characteristic on this board.

5)I hate lasagna. I don't know what it is, if it's just because I'm scarred for life from my mom's bad cooking, but it just grosses me out.

6)Typically if I don't like a food, it's less about a flavor issue than a texture issue. There's very few flavors that I despise, with the exeption of green peas and licorice, and a few others.

7) I can rarely do just one thing at once. Especially at work, I have to multitask or I start feeling antsy. The exceptions being stuff that pretty much takes up both hands, like stall cleaning.

8)I'm very visually oriented. I can remember objects, placements, and to whom they belong, but I cannot remember a telephone # long enough to dial the damn thing. Thank god for my cellphone, into which all pertinent numbers go. In a similar vein, I can figure out and memorize processes very well, but give me a list o' crap to memorize? I suck at that.

[symposes]

Ive gotten weird lately.
I listen to all the music i have that is done by, or covered by Les Claypool.
Although i dont care for Frog set 2, which is a cover of Pink Floyd's Animals, i like everything else. and its all i listen to, unless i get the urge to listen to something else.

When i work, if i cant get into the right frame of mind, i look lazy.
case in point, if im digging a hole, and i deem a particular spot to have the advantage for placement to dig from, if someone is standing there, and not me, i cant dig that hole to save myself.

Ive reread some of my books, but not all of them.

I talk to myself.

[Crow The Robot]

Wow-it's a long list.
Let's see-
Geraldo Rivera's moustache gives me nightmares.
i talk to myself
I have never had a date and i am 26(oh wait that's sad;) )
I have Asberger's, and when i found out I thought Ass Burgers? Yuck!
I cannot sleep without a breeze or the A/C or fan
I read Archie comics
I hate snow days
I have never watched "Friends"
I can insult people, in German and Italian
I attract bees
I love to see the bimbos lose on the Price is Right
I am obsessed with the color orange
I never saw Titanic
I abhor milk
I love animals but hate PETA

[Sphinx]

Just thought of another one:lol: When I eat a snickers bar i will eat the top part first(part with nuts, caramel) and save the bottom(nougat)for last:D

[NightAngel]

As for the reading thing- I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one. :D

I also talk to myself.

I have the firm belief that someday something really exciting will happen to me- like in the movies. I also believe that I'll come out of it alive and looking very Lara Croft like...

When I'm at work 95% of my time is on autopilot. If anything screws up my routine then I'll forget to finish whatever I was doing.

I also drive on autopilot and find myself arriving say, at work, when I meant to be at the grocery store.

When I eat a snickers bar i will eat the top part first(part with nuts, caramel) and save the bottom(nougat)for last:D

LOL! You remember the slogan, "There's no wrong way to eat a Reeses!"?
I poke the center out of the Reeses PB cup and eat it first- THEN I eat the outside edge.
Except for when I'm at work and then I just shove the whole thing in my mouth and pray I actually have time to eat it.

[officegirl]

Here's a few of mine-

1) When I share my drink with people, I have to wipe off where they put their mouths before I feel it's ok to drink myself.

2) When I eat candy bars that have chocolate on the outside, I have to eat off all the chocolate first and then eat the actual candy second. I always eat the frosting out of sandwich cookies first, too, never together.

3) In high school, remember when we were forced to take those tests where you had the sheet of little bubbles with letters in the middle that went along with the test and you had to fill in the bubble that was the correct answer? I could never finish my tests because I was obsessed with finding a pattern in the filled out bubbles.

4)When I count out people's change to them, I refuse to touch their hands. I really am a huge germaphobe.

5)When I sleep at night, the covers HAVE to be tucked under my feet and my feet HAVE to be hanging slighty over the edge of the bed. And most times, my arms have to be above my head. And I cannot sleep with the door open.

6)When I read a book, I get so into it that when people try to talk to me, I don't even hear them. This enrages my boyfriend but he does the same thing when he's playing his video games.

7)When I put my mascara on, I make the "make-up face." It sort of looks like this: :eek: My guy friends and boyfriend make fun of me for this mercilessly!

8) When I eat candy that is in assorted colors (ie skittles, m&m's...) I have to eat like colors together. I cannot mix them.

9)I do not like to wear shoes. Socks are fine, sometimes I need them to keep my feet warm but I always feel that shoes are suffocating my feet...

That's it for now but I know there is a lot more! I will add later.

[Caveat Emptor]

1. I don't drink alcohol on anything close to a regular basis. I had a beer in college in 1996, my next in grad school in '98, and the next drink was a complimentary drink (I ordered a Baileys on ice) in Ireland in '05.
Not one since. Not even wine.

2. I also don't drink coffee, but I can't function without a Pepsi or Mtn Dew at lunch. If I don't have one, by 3....p...mmmmm...zzzzzz......

3. I talk to myself when I'm alone in my apartment, when I'm tense or busy.

4. I lock my bedroom door when I go to bed. If it's open, I feel uneasy and can't sleep.

5. I love playing PC strategy games.

6. In recent years, I have developed a like for Civil War era music, fife and drums, Gregorian chant and Irish pub music.

7. I can't eat brownies, ice cream or cake with nuts in them. On top, ok, I can scrape it off. Otherwise the smooth texture is ruined.

[draftermatt]

Well lets see here

1. I love things being organzied, but I don't freak out if they move.

2. I hate wasting things.

3. I hate keeping things for too long, I will not become a pack rat. I give a lot of stuff to charity for this reason.

4. I shave my feet. I can't stand the hair pulling from my socks

5. I love being bare foot. You can stick a sewing needle into my heel and I won't feel it because of the calluses. I've actually burned my feet from walking the dog barefoot in the summer. I have mowed the lawn bare foot before.

6. I have to be doing something. I hate sitting around on my days off and not working on something around the house.

7. I constantly twitch/shake my left foot.

8. I talk to inanimate objects. I got it from my Pappy. He would holler "Hey Pete" to trees. Now I do it.

9. One nostril is larger than the other

10. I am liberal, but pro 2nd amendment

11. I was moderate before 2004.

12. I love eating things together. I will mix everything on my plate to eat. I shove half the bag of Skittles in my mouth.

13. Most people tell me I am boring or not fun, etc. But when I start joking around I can make anyone laugh.

14. I can perfectly immatate Goofy's laugh.

15. I hate that my hair is turing gray, but I also wish it would hurry up and be gray so people would stop making comments about it going gray.

[protege]

I also talk to myself.

Hehehe I do that too. However, I've found that people look at you funny when you start answering your own questions :lol:

Let's see...what else?

I'm 30, and am in no hurry to "settle down."
My last relationship ended suckily 6 years ago...haven't had another one since.
I hate wearing "dress" clothes.
I think cars with automatic transmissions are boring.
Too much organization drives me nuts. I can't always find things if everything is "put away." I have no idea why.
CS has been my second home since about 1998.
I refuse to be normal. Normal is boring. I'll take 'naturally goofy' any day.
I like to see the rednecks and idiots get busted on COPS.
I live about 2 blocks down the street from my parents.
I have to keep my bedroom door closed. If it's open, the kitty will get in, and pounce on me :p

[LadyMage]

1. I have a memory that works in the oddest way: I can remember where I saw a person last, the way they wore their hair, the things they say to me...but for the life of me won't remember their names. Until they tell me at least twice. Again, I can remember things that happened years ago but won't remember yesterday until a week passes.

2. I think of people in music and I think of my moods in music.

3. I have to have my back at a specific temperature to go to sleep. Overheating on my back causes me to freak the hell out.

4. I ALWAYS sleep on my right side, no matter what.

5. I not only think snarky comments but say them.

6. I have to eat my food in a certain order - my friend E. noticed this when I had sushi, I'd eat the Philadelphia roll first, then salmon and then tuna.

7. I back-press 140 lbs but have VERY weak arms, I can't press more than 20 lbs. I leg-press about 70-80.

[MadMike]

I have to keep my bedroom door closed. If it's open, the kitty will get in, and pounce on me :p

We have to leave ours open, or the kitties will sit out there and cry and/or scratch at the door. Usually it's the one we affectionately refer to as "Orange Bastard" that does this. He loves people, and can't stand it when he knows there are people and he's being kept away from them.

[protege]

We have to leave ours open, or the kitties will sit out there and cry and/or scratch at the door.

I can deal with the kittypounce. However, since I have allergies, I'm trying to keep the pet dander in the bedroom to a minimum. So far, he hasn't scratched the door--all he does is sit outside the door and cry. After a few minutes of that, he usually goes downstairs to sleep in his carrier.

[Kiwi]

1. I get overexcited very easily, which to my boyfriends delight includes him chasing me.... I scream and giggle like a 3 years old

2. I am almost always heart in your throat scared of something, Im one of the most nervous and highly strung people you will ever meet. If I dont have something to worry about, I cant exsist. (having said that Im not a whinger... well at least I hope not)

3. I love repetition, its soothing, I will listen to the same song 40 times, eat the same thing for lunch everyday for a year, I love love love repetition.

4. I hate change, all change, any change, hate hate hate it

5. one of my favourite things to do to relax is to get a deck of cards, mess them up, then time myself to but them back in order the fastest I can. My brother used to race me as a kid to entertain me.

6. I loooove vegemite :D

7. I cant hide my emotions very well, my body language always gives me away no matter how much I try

and the grand finale

8. Im currently working my way through freecell marking down the games ive won....

*buries her face in her hands*... im sooooo boring!

[Bliss]

I reread books too, but only those that are in my "to keep" section, which are books that I've liked so much that I use them as lessons of life... and most are sci-fi or fantasy...

I've got a couple in common with you Mis. I reread books (if it's a continuing series, I'll reread the entire line. My fav. series just hit book 10.)

Oh no, not wheel of time by Robert Jordan, right? I hate it and I'm hooked to the horrid thing. Btw book 11 has just been out.. I swear I want to beat Ninaeve Almeara into a bloody pulp. And Jordan too.


I do not like people touching me, unless it's my husband or children.

Ditto, my senses (all of them) are oversensitive, when someone touches me it's a sensory overload and it annoys me or even hurts. I only accept it lightly from my bf.


4. When I open a bottled drink, I always lick the inside of the cap first.


Do this when I eat a yogurt. I lick the lid first.


4. People I can't quite figure out intrigue me.


I can look at them trying to figure them out, and ask personal questions in a normal tone to the point of freaking people out.


i won't eat anything without smelling it first.


Oh yes, yes. If I've not eaten a particular person's/site's preparation of something before, or it's something I've never tried or tasted before, I will sniff at it like a dog for a while, and look it up close before trying a tiny bit, and then the rest.

it drives my bf absolutely insane. Poor angel.


Without any choice on my part, I will adopt the regional accent of a person I'm talking to after about 5-10 minutes. Then, for the rest of the conversation, the person either thinks I'm mocking them (which I'm not!) or thinks I'm doing it on purpose, some kind of affectation (which I'm also not!).


My bf does this, I find it funny, amazing and just very interesting in general :D, btw I told him about you, he's always felt odd about doing it, he's now happy to know he's not the only one.

I like bugs. I will walk around with dreadful crawlies in my hands. I like snakes and frogs and all manner of creepies, too.


I love all, ALL animals except for roaches and maggots. Even dangerous animals I respect rather than fear. I live every day taking bugs (spiders specially) from the walking spaces, and taking them to green areas to avoid them beign stepped over.

Just thought of another one:lol: When I eat a snickers bar i will eat the top part first(part with nuts, caramel) and save the bottom(nougat)for last:D

When I eat a kit kat, I separate each bar from the rest in turn. Then i eat the chocolate from one tip (the smallest one) first. Then the chocolate from the other tip (the thickest layer), and then the rest of the bar. repeat with the other bars one by one.

Some of my own:

* Citrics make me angry... yes, emotionally angry, the citric flavor or even it's memory makes me pissed off and I grith my teeth in anger. yet I like to drink orange juice and use lemon on food.

* I love opposites, I'm a big fan of balance in general and love opposites together, I apply this to all, including food. One of my old favorites is eating fried chicken with an ice cube at the same time, to contrast the soft and warm of the chicken with the cold and brittle of the ice...

* I'm diag adhd, when I get hyperactive or I want to think, I pace. even in public, in the subway station or similar I will pace in circles (small or large) and concentrate so much on what I'm thinking that I don't notice the rest of the world. That is, until a train arrives or something calls for my attention and I notice all the people staring at me.

* When I'm eating a complex or varied dish, I always set appart one mouthfull of the part that I like the most, to eat the last. Once i've eaten that "dessert" as I call it, i won't accept bits from anyone else because I consider my meal over.

* I get songs stuck in my head, all the time. never a whole song just one verse or chorus. Sometimes I get two or even three songs stuck AT THE SAME TIME.

* I rarely listen to a song whole, I skip to a (completely different styled) next song before the current one can finish.

* I can learn long numbers with little effort, I remember by memory my ID, my BF's ID, both my and his complete debit card number's and pin. About 10 important phone numbers and other assorted digits.

* I forget people, I can be talking with someone, turn around, turn back and not have the slightest idea who that person is. I only recognize people I've seen for years.

* In the same vein I have lots of trouble recognizing faces, I have troubles distinguishing between two persons my bf says are very different.

* About actors doing stupid stuff, I used to SCREAM at the screen wether a) an actor did something stupid b) they fail to notice something obvious c) movies where confusions ensue (like one person doing something in secret and another one doing something opposite in secret because they don't know they're doing the same), I've goten over A, but B and C still piss me off enough that I can't wathc movies with them or I'll walk out of the movie.

* I am not normally claustrophobic. But whether i'm in a house, or car, or some non open space, I need one of these two requisites: A) Air is cool/cold, or B) There is an air flow so that I can feel a breeze. If neither is met, I start sweating, I get nervous and I start thinking about biting someone to get out.

* Like others in here, when a big, real crisis hits, I go cold and rational. This makes me very good to handle emergencies, but only if it's a dire emergency, else I don't click into guide mode and I'm just as clueless as everybody else.

* I constantly rehearse life situations on my head while doign other stuff. Like people telling me specific things and my reactions. I've pre-rehearsed MANY thousands of odd situations.

* I have troubles processing human speech as I've discussed before. Unless pronunciation and audio is optimal, I can barely make up words spoken to me (this is not auditive, it's processing, since music I can listen every minor nuance to), I tend to make up words I didn't get for stuff that sounds similar, usually very OUTRAGEOUS stuff.

* I love water, it's MY element. I shower daily, and sometimes two or even three times in a day, I constantly dream of being able to program (my job) from my bathtub or a pool. If there is no water one day and I can't shower, I feel sad and unconfortable all day long.

* I not only love music and listen to ALL styles (lots of stuff, and mostly, very obscure stuff that other people never heard of before) but also I'm very sensitive to it. I can shape my moods by playing specific music. For example if I am sad or depressed no matter how bad, I play Paul Simon and I end up cheerfull... in reverse portishead and depeche mode will leave me in deep depression always, etc etc.

* I convert everything in the world to logical or algorithmical structures on my mind.

* I think 24 hours a day, I think about stuff constantly. so much, it sometimes drives me mad. The only way to make it stop is to booze myself up and then overload myself sensory (loud techno repetitive music, and lots of noise) to stop thinking for a while.

* I'm a horribly picky alcohol drinking, so much that I normally can't find anything to drink in clubs, heck I can barely find what to drink out of clubs... Jester (our Jester) is trying to help me with it.

* I'm male, I don't pms or get pregnant. Yet I have cravings. Odd cravings.

* About once or twice a year I become fed up with everything and everyone. I hit the road ALONE and walk a mall up and down.. Yes a mall is full of people, but I don't make contact with any, or I don't follow social rules (that is, I don't care if people stare me because I'm standing half inclined in a mall hallway looking at infinite) and it's enough to get my yearly dossage of aloneless.

[NightAngel]

* I can't take compliments. I immediately start to say something bad about myself to deflect the compliment.


I used to do that. I have, after making a number of people very angry, learned to say, "I'm glad you think so." This statement drives my hubby insane but other people who don't deal with me on a daily basis seem to accept it.

[Broomjockey]

Oh no, not wheel of time by Robert Jordan, right? I hate it and I'm hooked to the horrid thing. Btw book 11 has just been out.. I swear I want to beat Ninaeve Almeara into a bloody pulp. And Jordan too.


Actually, I was referring to The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

The Wheel's okay, but it's really annoying that unless someone's killed by balefire, they don't stay dead. My fav. character is Mat Cauthon. I really think he's the most interesting. A walking contradiction. Highly skilled, but trusts to luck. An irrepressible rogue and ladies man, but a firm sense of honour and duty. Plus let's not forget his complete inability to see his own bad behaviour when reflected in Olver, and constantly blames the rest of his men for the child's womanizing.

[Tanasi]

Actually, I was referring to The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

The Wheel's okay, but it's really annoying that unless someone's killed by balefire, they don't stay dead. My fav. character is Mat Cauthon. I really think he's the most interesting. A walking contradiction. Highly skilled, but trusts to luck. An irrepressible rogue and ladies man, but a firm sense of honour and duty. Plus let's not forget his complete inability to see his own bad behaviour when reflected in Olver, and constantly blames the rest of his men for the child's womanizing.

I'm more of a Perrin fan. I can relate to him.
I hope Jordan can wind this all up fairly soon, he's not in the best health. Last I read his cancer was active again and if I remember correctly it was fairly aggressive, don't remember what kind.

[Bliss]

My fav. character is Mat Cauthon.

Ditto. even more, I name ALL my systems and machines for characters out of sci fi or fantasy novels or movies (every tech has it's naming convention), and my work machine (it's mine.) is named Matrim for mat.

I'm more of a Perrin fan. I can relate to him.
I hope Jordan can wind this all up fairly soon, he's not in the best health. Last I read his cancer was active again and if I remember correctly it was fairly aggressive, don't remember what kind.

Well then the hells angels will spit in his grave.. you know at a signing event a few hells angels came to him and told him they'd dessecrate his grave if he dided before finishing the series?

[Kitten in the box]

My weirdnesses. (kinda REALLY weird)

1) I like to smell a deck of cards before playing with them
2) I will smell erasers if I can get ahold of them. I like the smell.
3) I am known to eat frosting right out of the can
4) I have eaten cake mix instead of making a cake with it
5) Once while I was bored I put on gloves and played crap baseball....I grabbed a dog turd and hit it with a bat into my mom's closed window...she got pissed
6) I laugh at weird and goofy sounds
7) I have sampled the pets' food prior to feeding to them to make sure it was "ok"
8) I will sometimes turn on a video game just to repeatidly kill off my character.
9) I have popped in a movie in my dvd player just to see the end credits
10) When I eat Zingers or Ho-Ho's I eat the cake part first then I eat the tops.
11) If I am watching Judge Judy and she keeps cutting off the one whom she is speaking to I will yell out "Just shut the hell up Judy and let him/her finish"! (I did that today at work)
12) I get enraged if I see a fight on Jerry Springer and the body guards break it up.
13) If someone farts outloud I will say 'Doornob' (usually its to my friends or cousin but I have said it outloud one time and then had to change it around real fast when the person who farted said "huh?"
14) Once for a voicemail on my cell phone I let loose this real loud long burp.

thats all I can think of for nows

[ArenaBoy]

More weird things about me.

I am obessed with Beck, I listen to his music 24/7 with the Red Hot Chili Peppers every now and then. (Beck is my avatar by the way, sorry it's small but I had to resize it.)

Any facial hair I grow, I end up rubbing it like Pai Mei from Kill Bill. I don't know why but I just do it.

I've been in some kind of painful accident yet I've never broken a bone in my life.

I know way too much about Che Guevara.

I am a pacifist yet I own 3 swords and a pocket knife.

Any musician I discover, I go and learn about and find as many songs as possible.

EDIT:

I can sleep through the loudest noise, you could drive a tank through my house and I won't wake up.

I can read very fast and remember the plot of the book I read.

I love the movie Pulp Ficiton.

I can match the voice of the vocalist whenever a song is playing that has vocals in it.

I read Stephen King books at night, my friends tell me that I'm going to go insane because of it.

I do not have a MySpace, Facebook, or personal weblog at all. I don't even want one.

I am a vegetarian but will eat bacon if I get the chance.

Every year, I always grow my hair out. A year later, I cut it.

If anyone makes one suggestion to me about my hair I get upset over it.

[BusBus]

-My cats tend to eat better than I do.
-I do not like mushrooms, but I love Money's Mushroom patties
-I will not eat blueberry or peach yogurt, cottage cheese, seafood or oatmeal due to the texture
-however, I do like tuna
-I can cross one eye
-I cannot whistle either
-I cannot roll my Rs. This is quite apparent when speaking French or German
-I take German classes for fun
-I do not like channel surfers (TV or radio)
-When given options, I tend to pick the more difficult of the two and will not budge at all (i.e. driving a manual car instead of an automatic, picking the hard crosswords, taking the harder math classes etc etc)
-I love travelling (I have been flying since I was three weeks old), but flying in an airplane scares the shit out of me.

That's all that I can think of for now.....

[Bella_Vixen]

I worry things to death.

If I think something can possibly can go wrong, I will worry about it going wrong.

What makes this weird? The more I worry, the better everything turns out.

:confused:

[Kitten in the box]

more stuff weird about me;

1) I eat bubblegum....chew it and swallow it.
2) I HATE grapefruit but like grapefruit juice
3) Gave a used tv guide as a gift to my cousin for a birthday present
4) I have eaten raw bacon
5) thew a fish head at my cousin's fiancee (now husband) in the resterautn becase he was being weird.

[Argabarga]

-Most of these come from my Mom, who means well, but will never understand me. Most of my friends know I'm sligtly off kilter, and are fine with it.


- I go down to the railroad tracks just to watch trains
- I don't date, don't plan on getting married, and hate kids.
- I refuse to eat anywhere you can't wear blue jeans and hawaiian shirts to
- I regularly forget my age, weight, height and phone number, because nobody asks me for them.
- I don't drink
- I drive cars old enough to vote

[Kitten in the box]

1) Will meow back to a kitten on tv when no one is around
2) Had a full blown conversation with my cousin's cat when it kept meowing at me
3) Once I consumed an 8-shot expresso (no sugar or creme) from starbucks, a redbull, and some hot chocolate before going to work....(that was breakfast)
4) got into a "fistfight" with myself when I was bored and punched myself in the jaw and almost knocked myself out
5) threw a billy club into the air and it came down and smacked me in the forhead by accident.

[RavenStarr]

I worry things to death.

If I think something can possibly can go wrong, I will worry about it going wrong.

What makes this weird? The more I worry, the better everything turns out.

:confused:

Bella The exact same thing happens to me. If I worry about something to dearh it turns out I had nothing to worry about to begin with.

Just thought of a few more:

I have a fear of mice and rats. Now what is weird about this is even though I know their in my house. I saw mouse droppings and heard one rummaging around under my sink. So long as I don't see them I'm okay. Seeing one makes almost have a heart attack.

Okay the other one is I'll think of something and a minute later totally forget. Like that other thing that makes me weird. I was going to post about it and forgot.

[Spiffy McMoron]

2) Had a full blown conversation with my cousin's cat when it kept meowing at me.

Heh. I used to do that all the time with my roommate's cat.

3) Once I consumed an 8-shot expresso (no sugar or creme) from starbucks, a redbull, and some hot chocolate before going to work....(that was breakfast)

Funny story time...

This was a couple of years ago, just after Red Bull was approved for sale in Canada. I was up until 3 in the morning, finishing an essay, and I needed to go to bed. So I did-but I needed to be up at 7:30 to make it to my class the next day. So I stopped by 7-11, bought a Red Bull, and a Big Gulp coffee (24-ounces), chugging both in the 5 minutes it took to get to school. I was about halfway through class, and I remember thinking, "This Red Bull stuff is a load of crap!"

About halfway through class, my friend remembers seeing my leg start uncontrollably skaking up and down, like the needle in a sewing machine. Also, in my sleep-deprived mind, I couldn't take off my winter jacket, because that would completely dirupt the class, and I would fail. So I kept getting hotter and hotter, and my leg continued to shake faster and faster. After class, I was so hot, and so full of energy, I actually took a swan dive off of a stair railing into a snow bank.

[Caveat Emptor]

1)
2) Had a full blown conversation with my cousin's cat when it kept meowing at me


Has anyone heard the radio ad for Fresh Step litter?

Cat:Meow!
Owner: What's that, girl?
Cat: Rawr!
Owner: You couldn't find your litter box?
C: R----aaaa----wrrrrmmeeeoooww!!!
O: You couln't find your litter box so you hitchhiked to Area 51, boarded a U-2 spy plane bound for the Far East, while flying over the Himilayas took a picture of what looked like your litter box, parachuted down, found it was a
backpack belonging to a Sherpa, hoboed down the Trans-Siberian Railroad, found the Dalai Lama swimming in a Calcutta hotel and asked him where your litterbox is?

:rolleyes:

[Becks]

-I cannot roll my Rs. This is quite apparent when speaking French or German


Hah, you should've seen me in high school, especially senior year. I was taking both second year French and second year Spanish.*

I couldn't (and still can't) roll my R's, yet the teachers didn't seem to care much. :shrug:


*I was taking them both, right after the other, and I'd speak French in Spanish class, and vice versa. And then there was the time I was doing the Spanish pronunciation of "que" in French class. My teacher finally asked me why I did that, and I had to explain.

Another weird thing about myself...I can make PERFECT left turns, but I don't really make right turns all that well.

[NightAngel]

I become mesmerized by stupid stuff like Disk Defrag.

I don't really want to sit there and stare at defrag for an hour but I just can't walk away either.

[tintaglia]

whats weird about me? Well:

I too re re re re re read books, if a new one in a series is due, i'll re-read the rest to be ready
I like to re-buy books, esp if theres a different cover to my other copies (but will usually buy it any way)
Tea should be enjoyed at boiling temp (with no less than 2 sugars) with a snickers bar
I am sure I am numerically dyslexic (i get 7s and 4s confused which is fun cashing up)
I hate people i don't know seeing me eat (hubbis family all thought i was anorexic for the first year they knew me)
I walk into rooms and forget why
I forget what i'm saying halfway through saying it
I love musicals
My music hero is lonnie donnegan (i hit 30 next year)
If i am talking to someone who has an accent, i tend to pick it up