So, What Are your wierd habits?

[Andara Bledin]

What do I do that isn't weird?

Hm, I say "thank you" when people call my werid, strange, bizarre, or the like.

When I walk, I balance my steps so I have the same amount from each foot on any type of paving, shadow, etc. If I'm going down stairs and the top and bottom steps have stripes, I will make sure that one foot hits the top stripe and the opposite foot hits the bottom. This can be a bit difficult since more often than not, there are an odd number of steps. >.<

I don't let my food mix unless it's very specific things. Like my corn goes into my mashed potatoes.

I have an elaborate "mary sue" saga that's been going on in my head for the last 30+ years.

If it's soft and silky/satiny, I must rub it.

My left thumbnail is smooth because I rub it against my lips all the time.

I listen to NIN to bring me out of a bout of depression.

Easy listneing, soft jazz, and other similar types of music make me want to break things.

I cannot sleep without my hips being covered by a blanket, sheet, shorts, something. Don't care about the rest of my, but my hips have to be covered.

I vocalize when I yawn - usually some form of purring or other similar sound.

I use non-English words and phrases for specific situations. And in a few cases, I use completely made-up words. Nobody I work with has commented on this - I think they've all grown used to me after 15 years.

I must have a Dr Pepper as one of my first drinks of the day.

I fall in love with fictional characters, but only if they don't already have love interests.

... I'm sure there are lots more, but not that I can think of at the moment.

^-.-^

[Evil Queen]

The ultimate weird! I find all of these "weird" habits mundane and normal!

[JLG]

I talk to myself in the shower.

I have a conversation with my cat and answer for him in a different voice.

When I get out of bed if I don't like the time on the clock I wait until it changes.

I make enough food at dinner to take leftovers for work but hardly ever take them because I really don't like leftovers.

When I want the day at work to feel like it is going faster I pretend I am on a reality show about retail and the stupid customers they encounter on a daily basis.

[NiennasMaid]

When I walk, I balance my steps so I have the same amount from each foot on any type of paving, shadow, etc. If I'm going down stairs and the top and bottom steps have stripes, I will make sure that one foot hits the top stripe and the opposite foot hits the bottom. This can be a bit difficult since more often than not, there are an odd number of steps. >.<

I do that too!! Everything must be in groups of four, starting with the left foot on 1 and ending with the right foot on 4. It's been that way ever since I was about 7, and I have no idea why. I don't even think it's OCD, just a bizarre habit...Actually, wait, I think I do remember how it started. I got to wondering one day if the left side of the body ever felt left out since most people use their right hands and feet more. So I tried to use both equally so it wouldn't feel left out...

I was a WEIRD kid.

[Misanthropical]

1. I also thank people who call me weird and strange.

2. I check the locks on the doors and windows at least 10 times a night.

3. I still eat animal cookies out of the little box with the string handle. Most cashiers think they are for my cubs. The little snots hoard money, they can buy their own!

4. I will still throw salt over my left shoulder if I accidentally spill it. My cubs now do it and it drives Mr. Mis nuts.

5. If the chess set pieces are scattered and no one is playing, it will drive me so nuts I have to fix it the way it should be.

6. It bugs me if I leave the house without wearing my very sentimental necklace. My daughter has laid claim on it when I die. Did you all think I would have a normal daughter?

7. If I can't find something I will keep searching all day and night to find it. I can't just let it go.

8. I also hate deja vu. I know nothing good will come of it.

9. I collect stuffed animals. My mother (when we were still talking) went on a rage about how cheap my husband is, since he only bought me a teddy bear and her newest husband bought her an expensive ring. I stopped her in her tracks when I told her that I asked for the bear. I would much rather have stuffed animals than jewelry, so Mr. Mis isn't cheap, he gets me what he knows I would like to have.

10. I agree with the other poster on not having my feet off the bed when I'm sleeping, there might be something scary waiting to grab me under the bed. See Calvin and Hobbes about scary things under the bed.

11. I have to have all closet doors tightly closed and all drawers on the dresser closed before I can sleep.

12. I'm not Catholic, but I still say a prayer to Archangel Michael before I go to sleep. It's more strange than you think since I'm Agnostic.

13. I keep a Bible under my pillow, which is also strange for the above mentioned reason.

14. I can not stand to have my feet covered when I sleep.

15. Like Evil Queen, I'm a Accidental Ninja. I scare the crap out of people so much that there are rumors that I can teleport myself.

16. When eating out, I will decide what to have for dessert first.

17. I will pretend not to know my husband in public and then walk up to him and ask if I can go home with him.

18. I will dance in the rain with my cubs.

19. I get a sense off of objects and have put things that were awesome and on sale back on the shelf because of the vibe I got off of it when I picked it up. Mr. Mis knows I get a sense off of things and people and does not question it.

20. I still have a night light. If my husband is away over night, I sleep with the bedroom lights on.

21. Again, if my husband is away over night I sleep with a teddy bear.

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

[Cazzi]

Hmm my weird habits seem quite tame compared to some

1. I talk to my guinea pigs & ask their opinions on things.
2. I have a king sized bed & (mostly) no one to share it with so I make a nest in the middle with lots of pillows and sleep there.
3. I have trouble picking up the telephone to call people, even people I know well. I have a friend who's currently trying to cure me of that one though
4. I procrastinate a lot in some things, others I just get on with it.
5. linked to the above... I find it so hard to talk about whats really important to me, even to the one person I can talk to "anything" about. In a lot of ways its due to upbringing (controlling father) and marriage (similar) but I'm slowly getting the hang that I matter for me, not for what anyone else thinks.
6. I read everything.. including packets & jars etc. I get frustrated with that these days as I'm starting to have trouble reading small text on coloured backgrounds so I'm probably regularly seen scowling at things too
7. I have to drink my cups of tea with the tiniest amount of milk possible, but coffee with a fair dollop of milk.
8. I carry on trying to fix my computer problems long after I'm frustrated to the point of tears & have a horrendously painful neck from the stress.. I just don't like to be beaten by my machines!
9. I play FPS games to combat stress & get over bad days, by imagining the face of the person who pissed me off being glued to the zombies/aliens/whatever characters I'm shooting.
10. I prefer cold crisp weather to scorching hot.
11. I have a totally weird SOH that some people just don't get.
12. I'm another one who says thank you when being called weird
13. I eat piles of chopped fruit with meat & cottage cheese etc rather than the traditional salads/veg.
14. I day dream a lot. I can get so engrossed sometimes that I've often wondered how I've got from home to town or from the changing rooms to swimming the length of the pool.
15. In fairness to 14, I don't drive, I never want to drive, I tried it & it scared me silly!
16. Every time I try to declutter my house I seem to end up with more stuff. But, no matter what the state of tidiness of said clutter, I can usually put my hand straight on what someone else is looking for.
17. I dye my hair, but never wear makeup. The other girls at my last job all thought I was weird for not slapping on the warpaint
18. I hate having my photo taken, so practically everyone in existence (including my facebook pic) has me either poking out my tongue or pulling a silly face.
19. I always put my right sock on first.
20. I tend to use full words rather than abbreviations/acronyms when talking about things like computer/networking terms for instance... normally because I get the acronyms muddled up In the same vein, a lot of the time I read numbers backwards!
21. In running this list though a spell checker it seems that everytime I type THE it comes out as TEH

[AdminAssistant]

Reading these made me think of more:

- I love to drive. My favorite summer evening activity is to hit a quiet highway out of town, put on a favorite cd, and just drive and sing and look at the stars.

- I grew up in a tin can with no central AC in the Arkansas delta. Heat really does not bother me, and no, it does not get that hot or humid in Kansas. (People also think there are a lot of mosquitoes here. Pansies.) On the other hand, snow is a great evil that should be eliminated from Planet Earth.

- I have a stuffed rabbit that was given to me when I was 6 years old. (It's a Patch-Up Pet, if anyone remembers those.) I still sleep with it on the nights that I'm not with the SO.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Re: corn and mashed potatoes

People eat those separately?

I can't sleep with socks on but my feet must be covered by the sheets. I also can't sleep in long pants. I need to pull the sheet/blanket up over my shoulder. Even in hot weather, I have the sheet pulled all the way up. With the fan blowing right on me...

[Jester]

I also thank people who call me weird and strange.

I have been known to do this for years or, alternatively, when they call me weird or strange or odd, I'll merely look at them and ask, "And your point is...???"

When eating out, I will decide what to have for dessert first.

I have had customers from time to time who go one step further and actually have dessert before their meal.

I will pretend not to know my husband in public and then walk up to him and ask if I can go home with him.

THIS is filled with awesome!

In a similar vein, back in high school one friend and myself would occasionally stage fake "drug busts," which basically involved me grabbing him in the middle of the hall, throwing him up against the locker, and yelling some coppish bullshit. It never failed to get reactions. Especially since he played along, which was important, since he is 6'4" and I am 5'8". And part of the reason it worked so often was because we went to a rather large high school and a lot of people didn't know either one of us, since he was a freshman and I was in my first year there (as a senior).

I prefer cold crisp weather to scorching hot.

And I am the complete opposite. When I lived back in Arizona, I had a tradition that the first day it hit 110 or more, I would go bicycling. The last time I did this, it was 2 in the afternoon, the temp was 113 in the shade (we don't have too much shade in Phoenix), and I pedaled about 40 miles. Fun shit!

I have a totally weird SOH that some people just don't get.

What does "SOH" mean?

I dye my hair, but never wear makeup. The other girls at my last job all thought I was weird for not slapping on the warpaint.

Two words: Fuck 'em. You do what you want, and let them worry about their own fucking war paint.

21. In running this list though a spell checker it seems that everytime I type THE it comes out as TEH

I have a similar problem with "Toronto." 90% of the time, it seems I type "Toronot" or "Toronoto." I don't know why.

On the other hand, snow is a great evil that should be eliminated from Planet Earth.

Agreed! And THAT is one of many reasons I live in the tropics!

[sarasquirrel]

i dont like mixing my food much. i like to eat everything separate BUT

i like to moosh my peas in with mashed potatoes, or corn

i also like to dip my french fries in my frosty. SO GOOD. (sometimes i'll even dip the chicken nugget in...yummm)

i cant stand the heat/humidity, nor the cold/windy

give me 70 degrees, and puffy white clouds

BUT, i dont think i could ever live somewhere without my definitive 4 seasons

i procrastinate, that was a problem in school

my room is always a disaster, but im almost a neat freak at work

[Plaidman]

Even more from me.

I hate touching alot of stuff with my fingers if its wetty or greasy, which means yes, I eat pizza and chicken legs with a fork and knife, yet I love to burn candles, and stick my fingers in the hot wax, spread on my hand. Lately I been doing it on my chest for some reason, I also loved to put it in another warm spot, but not only is that very adult, its a an extreme rarity to do so.

I also love to put on plastic gloves and stick it in a warm bottle of water. The senstation of my hands in water but not getting wet is awesome. However, it had drove alot of my customers to give me strange looks if I was doing it there in the middle of the night.

[Food Lady]

I've been known to do weird stuff in my sleep, such as punching my friend in the face, having conversations, or taking drive-through orders when I worked at KFC. I also sleepwalk, and have woken up with injuries. Milk goes on the left top shelf, always. Eggs are directly below. I can't whistle, never could. I cut my own hair, never go to salons. I always have the car radio on, even on a 2 mile trip. In fact, I have a TV or radio on 95% of the time I'm home and awake. Mocha lattes often substitute for meals in my life. I brush my teeth in the shower. I wear a big cocktail ring on my left ring finger as an everyday piece of jewelry. It7s theonly finger it fits, and I feel no need to size it to my other hand. I have no favorite color, but my favorite pattern is paisley and my favorite number is 3. Oh, and I've never named my cars, but I've named my plants. The palm is Bert and the pothos is Edna.

[Midnight12]

If I am going to buy something thats going to be in my house or room for a long time (such as furniture or some baby item) I have to smell it. as in a new bed mattress. I have to get my face into it and SMELL IT. I know new smell and i know new but been sat on, farted on or some nasty person HAD to "test it" new. and by test it i mean decided not to take a shower before testing out the floor models.
(my therapist says something really awesome or really traumatic must have happened to me as a kid that involved intense odors or scents for me to act like that. meh)

I have to touch said new things coming into my house. (not groceries i could care less) but say a new blanket or new item of clothing. I don't touch everything when trying to pick it out, but right after its gotten home and if washable right out of the dryer. The fluffyness of some stuff is awesome to me.

Dust. Every saturday is dusting day, the house could be spotless I will STILL DUST my room and the precious precious backwards playing PS3....
I will wipe down the controllers every two weeks as fingers leave oil and dirt.


yeah, sanitizing. I have a thing with that, somewhat ocd, somewhat of me learning to "see dirt" and that I don't want my daughter touching that dirty thing. when all it is is that it got left out too long and is probably fine.
Every two weeks I wash EVERYTHING in our bedroom. Wash the crib, bed anything that can be washed and febreeze the heck out of things that will never fit in the washer/dryer (like curtains, pillows etc...the cat. Just kidding)

yet I will skip a bath once in a while, or not make my daughter bathe if its been a pain day (she is teething) odd. and I am by far from dirty, not a gardening person, not much of an outside person. (I go out, get my sun for the day, go back in) I think I drove DH nuts with my cleaning lately as i wasn't like this before she was even conceived


don't like getting my hands wet for long
don't like petting my own cat sometimes because of her hair texture
claim certain furniture as mine, won't sit in other furniture much if other people use it. out of all the couches and chairs I only use one couch and maybe two chairs as MINE

[Fire_on_High]

Weird habits...where to start...

I talk to one of my cats as if he's completely able to understand me. More often than not, he certainly seems able to. He'll do precisely what I ask him to do, without any cues like pointing or tapping. None of the other kitties seem to respond nearly as well to this, sadly.

I'm picky to the point of OCD about how my bags are organized in MMOs. One bag for potions and food, another for pending upgrades and things to be mailed out, quest items stored in a specific spot, etc.

Anytime I play the Wii, I constantly keep retightening the Wiimote strap.

I always sleep with one foot hooked outside of the covers.

[Plaidman]

I have a major addiction the the McRib sandwhich. I hear Burger King is going to do something like that. I hope so. I cant get enough of it.