So, What Are your wierd habits?

[Plaidman]

Everyone has strange habits.

I tend to light alot of incense. As try as I might, I can't beat the habit of pronceing it correctly. I always tend to call it incest for some stupid reason. Drives mom and sis mad.

I've always tended to drink alot of my drinks with straws.

Lately I've been shaven with a lighter. Little fire on the beard. Doesn't catch on fire, but just hurts just enough to make it somewhat pleasurable.

I rarely sleep now. I tend to go into an meditation on my bed, I go into a dreamstate, like pretending to be batman (Yeah... I know), or being a hero. Sometimes I pretend to be a robot. Alot of times I'm pretending to be a villain to have revenge on all the bullies and other people that hurt me. Basically, I do that until It runs away on me. I'm still awake. I can hear my tv, or smell my incense, feel my cat laying on me, along with the intense pain when she lays on my hip, but it rests my body enough to function.

I text far more then I talk. I just prefer it really. I feel closer to texting. Though there are a few people I wanna talk to just to hear their voice.

Those are a few minor. I'd tell my major ones, but I don't wanna freak people out just yet. What are weird or strange habits you do? They may not be strange to you, but others would think so?

[Evil Queen]

Yay! I have a list!

I sleep with a teddy bear. Two of them in fact; Mr Theodor Edward (Ted E.) Bear and Charlie.

I'm in the process of training my dog to crawl ONTO the couch.

I have a red light up toothbrush.

I've named my car. (Theresa)

I talk to myself and scare the living daylights out of myself when I answer back!

I do, in fact, jump out of my skin when I scare myself.

I like my Dr Pepper with a slice of lemon and a scoop of Chocolate Ice Cream (it tastes like a tootsy pop!), though most of the time I forgo the ice cream.

I know enough in 4 different languages to get myself in trouble but not enough to get myself out of it. And I like it like that. So

I talk in my sleep (and have held conversations with people while asleep).

I have perfect etiquette training and I expect the same of others (in this day and age? Ha!)

When I get flustered I blow raspberries at people.

I celebrate both No Pants Day (this past friday, may 7th) and Talk Like A Pirate Day in the traditional manner; pantsless and with an accent!

I consider the costumes people wear to Rocky Horror events are tame.

I go grocery shopping in a myriad of costumes!

I like weird music. The weirder, the better! (Particle man... particle man....)

A good day is not complete with at least ONE attempt at freaking out the squares!

I dance in the grocery store.

And WalMart.

And the Parking Lot.

And the Bank.

I answer my phone with "Ahoy-hoy!" and "Allo, allo, allo!"

My answering machine says "Leave me a message and I will tell you the tale of the bucket!"

I sing in the shower and it's usually techno or Queen.

My idea of a good time out with friends includes bubbles, candy and lots and lots of wide open spaces.

I'm a member of the Fruit Mafia. I randomly deliver a piece of fruit to a friends' work space with a sticky saying "Courtesy of the Fruit Mafia" and nothing else.

I am an Accidental Ninja. I scare the crap out of my coworkers without meaning to.

I'm a chubby chaser.

I've been wearing the same shoe size since I was 8 years old.

I like hot salsa on my eggs in the morning, yet I don't eat breakfast.

I'm lucky if I remember to eat most days.

I have no patience yet I'll spend hours trying to glue a tiny warhammer to a 2 inch tall dwarf's hand.

I'm a girl and a gamer.

I'm insane!

I dance in the rain.

I gravitate to weird foods and must try them within moments of hearing of their existence.

I'm an extremest. For my birthday in the fall this year, I plan on throwing myself out of a perfectly good airplane (with instructor and para shoot of course).

I fly a kite on windy days.

I still watch cartoons. Justice League FTW!

I believe in ghosts and dragons and magic, but no god or "higher power". There is an "afterlife" and "reincarnation" though.

I think I'm allergic to the colour White and refuse to have anything white in my wardrobe. My house, while currently white, will be repainted a very pale blue because I am suffering from a "White Out."

I think most foods are greatly improved with a side of green chilie or otherwise spicy salsa.

Cookies are not a "sometimes food" but an "anytime food" and must be shared with friends for the best flavour. Including 4am.

The world is greatly improved with a splash of colour; like bright red or Electric Blue.

"Steampunk" is not so much a genre as it is my daily wardrobe.

My friends are more important and food, money or water.

I'm overly protective of my Snickers Supply.

"Chocolate" is not so much a dessert as it is a main dish.

I will do almost anything for a blueberry muffin.

I talk to my dog as if she understands me completely and I expect answers back (but rarely get them).

It's not unusual for me to disappear on my day off and not return or call or talk to anyone until my next shift 2-4 days later.

I'm from the south and hate grits.

I like peanut butter but hate peanuts.

I'm allergic to bell peppers but not green chilies, banana peppers, habanaro peppers or jalapenos.

I'm terrified of spiders, roaches and clowns. But zombies, ghosts and horror movies are okay.

I hate romance movies and love horror movies (as kinda stated above).

I save all my need to panic until after the emergency is over, THEN I have a complete mental breakdown.

I fear more things in the light than I do in the dark.

I hate roses but day lilies and daises are awesome.

....um, that's enough for now.

Oh, and if there's a song on the radio that I know/like I'll bop to it. No matter where I am.

[Plaidman]

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You are like, the offical hottest girl in existance as of now. (Along with many many many other girls here)

I totally wanna meet ya!

[Evil Queen]

Come out to New Mexico and you can. Or meet me at a 'Con.

I warn ya; I'm insane.

[Cat]

I'm still asleep from the show, so I can't think of all of them:

Every time I get or new bag or use an old one I haven't use in awhile, I feel like a 100% new me, and I like it.

When solo hiking, I like to pretend I an in Hyrule (no, I don't attack octorocks, just that I hiking somewhere cooler than my town)

I have two old stuffed kitties I just started keeping on my bed. Riley (one of the real cats) is jealous.

I too dance in the rain

I Star Spin. I feel comforted when I see Orion in the sky.

Talk to myself all the time

I sense objects have a 'spirit' or ' energy' and I keep them around (for far too long....I'm getting better!)

I talk to my cats, they reply back. In Meow. I think Riely swears

I hiss when angry or confused.

I plan my meals for the entire day when I wake up. There is an app for that. (I'm better about it on the weekends)

I love threads like this!

[Midorikawa]

I work underground in a data center, by myself most days, and I like that fact.

As much as I hate my current job, I'm still a workaholic. I'm fine with that, but it annoys the wife. :-P

I'm a packrat. If the wife didn't make me, I'd never throw anything away.

I still have my NES I got when I was 6. It still works, and it gets good amounts of play time.

I dabble. I'm a jack of all trades. I play guitar, synth, am a photographer, electrician, auto mechanic, programmer, carpenter. I'm an audiophile, beer geek, coffee geek, and then I drive to work.

I don't use qwerty keyboard layout. I use dvorak, and since qwerty is required for my job, I switch hit. I can still type about 50 wpm with qwerty.

I don't talk often, but I tend to be verbose when I do.

When hiking, I decide I don't want the weight of my camera bag, then inevitably kick myself for not having my camera.

...think that's about all for now.

[AnaKhouri]

I retired from anime cosplay when I turned 30. Sometimes I get an intense urge to cosplay, so I look at pictures of Man-Faye until it's gone.

I turned to RenFaire costuming because I secretly like to dress up in long skirts and braid my hair.

I drink juice right out of the carton. Gross, I know. But Husband doesn't drink it and Khan doesn't care.

I shower with the lights off.

Sometimes when I can't sleep I pretend I am a fantasy novel character who is making an arduous journey and just arrived at an inn and is sooooo tired...it works more often than not.

When I am at other people's houses and they have an old-fashioned stand alone wardrobe, I look in it. Just in case.

[Cat]

When hiking, I decide I don't want the weight of my camera bag, then inevitably kick myself for not having my camera.

I bought myself a Fuiji WP itty bitty camera for that exact reason....fits in my pocket and I don't feel the weight

[ShadowTiger]

I totally do too. There's nothing quite like breaking free of normalcy and proving to the world that weird can be fulfilling.

I don't have a list nearly as extensive as our Queen, (I think that's what I can honestly call her from now on.) but it's not unsubstantial.

• I do the whole "wolf" thing down pat. Whatever that means to you, the more power to ya. It ain't just a fanclub; it's a lifestyle and a wee bit of a religion.
• I take moral lessons and knowledge from anything and everything. Why give up a chance to learn and absorb information and become a better person?
• I can either read incredibly fast or incredibly slow. It depends on the book. I read the entire Sword of Truth series in half a year. I read the last book in maybe two hours. 650 pages. All on the bus. (I will never be able to recommend a book series more than that one.)
• I am tenacious through pain. Everything but a headache is a reason for me to plow onward, regardless of how severe it is. Headaches are just debilitating however.
• I'm fascinated by extremely smooth surfaces. Glossy piano wire or certain kinds of very smooth shiny fur that have no friction are wonderful against my fingers.
• I too have a stuffed animal in my bed. Some parts of it share the previous bullet point. It's one reason why I've kept it so many years.
• I don't classify myself as anything in particular. I keep myself free to explore any and all walks of life.
• I couldn't care less what you call me, as long as I know you're talking to me.
• I get confused very easily. I see people talking about stuff and wouldn't know what they're talking about. Contexts slip by me far, far too easily. I constantly feel out of the loop.
• I am an Agnostic Jew. I'm rather observant, but I don't really believe in God. I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO, but I can't. I need proof. Something to this effect.
• I hate a bit of tourettes. I don't know that it is tourettes, but it's probably just restless leg syndrome. Except it's restless everything syndrome. I'm constantly moving, shifting things a little for comfort. Probably why I'm always hot.
• I'm always hot. o.o' I love cool breezes. Even a little bit of heat makes me sweat profusely.
• I consider myself a very good comedian.
• I get distracted extremely easily. For example, I don't know why I listed the above bullet in this list.
• All cats absolutely love me. They love to sleep on top of me or around me. Dogs are okay too.
• I am far too accepting of things. Stuff doesn't bother me at all these days. You could walk up to me completely naked and I wouldn't care one bit. It would only be out of social convention that I wouldn't get close to you in case your boobs brushed me or something and you'd cry rape or something.
• My two greatest fears are irrationality and injustice. For example, if someone says "Sit down" and I sit, and then said "I didn't say sit down!!" that's one fear of mine. Another is if everyone else in the room agrees that he never said to sit down. That would take that fear to a whole new level of horrible. Then I hate all forms of worms. I dunno why. Parasites scare the hell out of me.
• I am not hetero or homosexual. I only think in those terms when dealing with the physical. Otherwise, it's the intellect and personality that I am attracted to. Unfortunately, that means finding a partner is very rare, as there will undoubtedly be many instances in which I am cheating on at least ten people at once by admiring a single person at that given moment.
• I prefer it darker than brighter. I wear sunglasses at night.
• I am extremely practical. I could be the next MacGuyver. It's always function over form with me. As long as it gets the job done, I do not care what it is.
• I dream of being another Damien Walters. I've always wanted to leap and bound over cars that are about to hit me instead of being run over by them. I am 0% of the way there though. :-/
• I am like 125% more rational than the people around me. I'm constantly thinking about reality and the relationship of absolutely everything to everything else that ever was and ever will be anywhere. It's a lot to think about, sure, but it happens very quickly and all at once. I have no time to put anything into words or paper. I could invent a time machine and immediately forget it because I can't write anything down. If they could hook my brain up to a machine, it'd overflow the hard drives in seconds.
• I have little to no doubt that my legs could kick through a brick wall.
• I like to count things in groups just to make sure that it ends up as an even number of those groups. I'd constantly find myself thinking "Okay. 4, 8, 12, 16, .. damn, 19. Okay, now in threes. 3, 6, .. wait, 19 is a prime number. ARGH." But I only do this because the things being counted all look very similar, if not identical to each other. I like a little bit of order to my life. Not knowing how many of something there are when I can easily just count them gives me a bit of a dissonance, y'know?
• I think I play Super Smash Bros in my sleep. I know I've woken up playing Melee before. I once woke up and the entire system was in the kitchen. I really can't explain that at all.
• I don't have a favorite band or genre of music. I only listen to individual tracks of music when the music was applied to a video of something awesome or really interesting. Then that music "picks up" the memories of how awesome the video was, and whenever I listen to that music, I think of the awesomeness. Every song on my iPod is like that.
• I have difficulties with relativism. Everything is far too subjective to be able to be calculated successfully.

[blas]

I talk to myself a LOT. It's pretty theraputic for me, actually. I live alone, so it's easy to do.

I do it when I get home from work, I do it when I'm getting ready for bed, and I especially love it on Fridays and Saturdays when I'm taking longer showers and longer to get ready so I can just let everything out in the open.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I rub the backs of my hands or my feet on smooth pillows or sheets. Said pillows or sheets must be cold. I can't stop myself.

I like to put the ears of cute furry animals in my mouth.

I love insects and spiders but have a cockroach phobia.

I can't stop buying shoes (except since I got laid off over a year ago, I have only bought them for my daughter. I don't wear a lot of shoes much anymore.)

If I see any mushroom, I will stop and inspect it. I will frequently smell it, and occasionally will lick it. I am infamous for doing this.

[Squeaksmyalias]

Well this could turn into a book...

Uh mad scientist tendencies, if I can I'm gonna take it apart, there is a laptop I'm waiting to croak so I can tear that sucker apart.

wild imagination, keeps me amused also means I come up with wild detailed explanations for things .

Collection of dragons, each have names and their own little personalities, they get moved around so they have better views of the house. I get odd looks for that because my room seems perfectly normal otherwise.

gargoyles fascinate me.

I feel the urge to greet new animals, I know all the dogs and cats on the block.

I get myself lost when I'm bored just so I can get myself unlost.

LOVE cartoons, looney tunes, justice league, GI Joe, (I liked the movie)

NINJAS!

I hate shoes but if I must wear shoes they must be very very cool shoes.

I get twitchy if I can't do something that I want to do right this very minute. Normally driving or drawing.

I have a stuffed vulture named Buzz, he rocks, nuff said.

I count the steps as I go up stairs, but not down them.

I like to be uber organized to the point that I get cranky but my room is a total and utter mess and I'm perfectly fine with that.

When I turn my air conditioner on in the summer I like it cold. So I tell my friends the penguins are coming to visit and I want them to be comfy. Now In the summer when I'm missing something I say the penguins took it because their margarita supply is running low and they are making me suffer until I restock.

I like drawing wings.

I keep plans for what I want to do for my future house, they get changed every so often. For example I want a collection of paper lanterns then when I get a house have a really cool back yard with lots of paper lanterns hanging.
I also want a hedge maze, I'm gonna need a really big yard.

I like to put my finger on animal's noses and go boop! I just got a shirt from lol cats that says that. I am beyond thrilled.

It was a weird habit but I can't do it anymore
I used to carry around the class rodents in my lap coat during my vo-ag classes, the only time they weren't on me was if I was working on machines, they would just sleep the entire time, or sometimes one would sit on my shoulder or sleep in my hoodie. I'd have up to four rats on me at a time. The teachers let me because by the end of the year who ever I had carried on me was very well socialized and easy to handle.

I will stop before I really get into the non habit area and in just plan strange.

[RayvenQ]

Uh mad scientist tendencies, if I can I'm gonna take it apart, there is a laptop I'm waiting to croak so I can tear that sucker apart.

I'm like that, the instant something breaks, I crack it open to see what's in there.

Another habit of mine is to get very excited about mundane things, so excited infact that I can't stop myself from either shaking my arms or waving them about (and they're not really things to get that excited about, like making a dirnk of tea or loading up a game)

I've also got a really bad habit of thinking, yes, of thinking, mostly of Warhammer 40K and space marines appearing in other media and what'd happen. The attachment demonstrates this perfectly.

I also walk around my flat with my eyes completely closed and I've never walked into anything yet

I also tend, unless it's absoloutley required, to use only my keyboard, so browsing websites and looking through files on my computer? I never touch the thing.

If I get some food that's composed of several different layers (cheesecake, trifle, shepards pie etc etc) I'll just mush the sucker up and enjoy all the flavours mooshed together.

[AnaKhouri]

If I get some food that's composed of several different layers (cheesecake, trifle, shepards pie etc etc) I'll just mush the sucker up and enjoy all the flavours mooshed together

That reminds me, I can't STAND for my food to touch. Especially applesauce touching anything warm. If I could I would have all my food served in like 14 separate bowls. But Husband won't let me so I just push everything apart.

[Jester]

Weird habits? Oh boy....where to begin.

I tend to think out loud. This sometimes drives my coworkers nuts. The best example of this at work is when my relief is coming on and I'm figuring out what I have to do before I leave. "Okay, I'll get you more ice, empty the bus tubs, grab some more beer, stock your glasses...." Meanwhile they're looking at me like, "What are you TALKING about? I know what you need to do, why are you telling me all this?" One of them actually vocalized it, and I just looked at her. "I can't help it. You know that."

Another odd habit I have as a bartender is I only pour with my right hand. Virtually every other bartender uses both hands, but not me. I have just never gotten used to pouring anything with my left hand. This gets me much grief from my coworkers, who one day dubbed me "The One-Armed Bandit." To my credit, even with just my right hand, I am usually pretty damn fast. I do not have any problem DRINKING with my left hand, though--I am an ambidextrous drunk.
When drunk, I do not puke or get into fights. I simply doze off. I have done this on multiple occasions while standing up and while holding a beer. I am known for this. One bartender I am friendly with dubbed me "The Narcoleptic Magician."

When I stretch, I vocalize it very loudly with a grunt or some other non-lingual verbal punch. I don't know why. I remembered this habit because I just did it before typing this paragraph.

I crack my knuckles and various other joints constantly, much to the annoyance of my friends and coworkers. This includes my neck.

I drive my truck and ride my bicycle "taller" than I am. In the case of my truck, that means my seat is back further than most people my height would have it. I have actually had people taller than me who, when driving my vehicle for whatever reason, have pulled the seat forward. In the case of my bicycle, it means I do not ride a bike that is "fit" for someone of my stature. Every time I've walked into a bike store and look at a new bike, the staff there situates me with a bike that is designed for someone my height, 5'8"...and I feel like I'm riding a little toy. My current bicycle is designed for someone 6' tall. And I couldn't be happier with it. I don't think this is a psychological thing, like I'm "trying to be taller." I'm just physically more comfortable driving and riding like this. I don't know why.

I too drink right out of the juice bottle, but since it is MY juice, I don't see a problem with this. And yet I have had people get annoyed with me for this. "Use a glass!" Why? No one else is going to be drinking this. Fuck off and leave me and my juice to our quality time together.

I twirl and toss stuff constantly. Keys, glasses, groceries, remotes, beer bottles, etc. I used to drive my mother nuts when I was a kid and would help her with the groceries. "Jester, no, not the--" "No, Mom, I wouldn't do that with the eggs!"

I always ALWAYS finish my beer. I do not, as so many people do, leave some at the bottom of the bottle. "It's backwash," they say. Learn how to drink better. "It's warm." Drink faster or get a coozie like I do. Otherwise you are guilty of alcohol abuse. The only time I do not finish a beer is that time, and all of you drinkers know what I'm talking about, when I get home from the bars, open up one more beer, and promptly doze off. In the morning, I will dump it down the sink and consider it a sacrifice to the Beer Gods. Because even I will not drink warm flat beer.

I HATE it when people chew ice. It drives me nuts. It is literally like the sound of nails on a blackboard to me. HATE. IT.

I almost always end phone calls with "Later. Bye." Even when leaving a voice mail.

I pick my nose right after I stick my finger up my butt.

I also tell outrageous lies sometimes to freak people out. (See above item.)

I eat a lot of food cold. There are two reasons for this. First, I am a slow eater, so oftentimes my food gets cold. Secondly, with leftovers, I despise the microwave. With the exception of a few foods, though, most food tastes just fine cold. (Eggs and french fries are notable exceptions.)

I forget things a lot. I just got back into this post to edit it and add something....and I forgot what I was going to add.

I forget things so much, my roommate no longer blinks when I leave the apartment and come back in five seconds later....four times in a row.

Oh yeah, now I remember. If I am really into a particular song, I will often play it repeatedly, over and over, while driving my truck. I have had to force myself not to do this when other people are in the truck with me, because it will drive them batty. The latest song to fall victim to this is the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter."

I've named my car. (Theresa)

Doesn't everyone?

The Jestermobile is Cathy, in case you're wondering.

My answering machine says "Leave me a message and I will tell you the tale of the bucket!"

I have been known to have strange outgoing messages on my voice mail myself. The most recent was my blender filling in for my cell phone to take messages. Right now, though, the outgoing message is very normal and boring, since I am looking for a new roommate and don't want to freak people out too quickly.

I am an Accidental Ninja. I scare the crap out of my coworkers without meaning to.

I had a boss like that years ago. Inevitably, you would be doing something you weren't supposed to be doing, and you would turn around, and there he'd be, with a "you're fucked" smile on his face.

I think most foods are greatly improved with a side of green chilie or otherwise spicy salsa.

That's not a weird habit. That's The Truth!

The world is greatly improved with a splash of colour; like bright red or Electric Blue.

You would love my ties.

I like peanut butter but hate peanuts.

I love tomatoes but hate tomato juice and ketchup.

I warn ya; I'm insane.

You say that as if we didn't know it already.

I don't use qwerty keyboard layout. I use dvorak, and since qwerty is required for my job, I switch hit. I can still type about 50 wpm with qwerty.

What is dvorak?

I can type blindingly fast for someone who has never typed as part of their work. I explain it to people who ask by saying "My mother was a secretary. My father was a typewriter." It's amusing when people don't get the joke.

I take moral lessons and knowledge from anything and everything. Why give up a chance to learn and absorb information and become a better person?

My seventh and eight grade science teacher, Mr. B, taught me the single most important thing I've ever learned: every day you learn something new. I have never forgotten that, and I have applied it to a lot of things that have happened to me, including bad things. Horrible ex-girlfriend? Sure. But it was a learning experience! (Actually being serious and not being sarcastic there, even though it kind of sounds it.)