So, What Are your wierd habits?

[Jester]

-If something says "shake well" I will shake my whole body.

I often do this when bartending, though not in response to someone saying "shake well," since no one ever says that to me at work. But when I am shaking a drink that requires vigorous shaking (a mojito, a martini, a margarita, a manhattan, or any other drink that starts with "M"), I often do a full body shake, just to amuse the bar guests. If they have a sense of humor, it works.

* I can type extremely fast, using all my fingers... despite the fact that I only learned how to type in primary school.

Hell, I didn't learn how to type the right way (i.e., with more than my two index fingers) until junior high. Now I type faster than just about all my friends, male or female.

My alcohol capacity would make Oliver Reed proud. I have always had to pay a lot of money to get paralytic; I have even been known for drinking men under the table.

Sounds like a challenge to me. Bring it on!

I love Shakespeare. I can discuss it for ages with people; sadly, there aren't many people who do this.

You and my little sister would get along famously. I got her "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" for her birthday.

Twice.

(I tend to forget some things.)

I won't ever drink water, cuz it tastes of nothing.

I am also not a fan of water, drinking it only when I am bicycling, I am ill, or I am very, very, hot and sweaty....and in the last instance, I still prefer Gatorade.

I can't stand well done meat. I always have to have my steak so rare that it's practically mooing. I also love it when it's oozing blood.

Medium to me is overcooked. This includes steak, burgers, bacon, and liver.

[Jester]

Whats interesting about what I do is I am using teams based on the Mid 1990s, so I have the Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques in the NHL and the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL for example.

You might want to update your list, since the teams you mentioned are now the Carolina Hurricanes, the Colorado Avalanche, and the St. Louis Rams....and have been for many, many years.

By the way, I feel I should warn you: the Houston Oilers are now the Tennessee Titans, the Los Angeles Raiders moved back to Oakland, the California Angels are now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (don't ask), the Winnipeg Jets are now the Phoenix Coyotes, and the Minnesota North Stars are now the Dallas Stars. Also, there are now football teams called the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans; baseball teams called the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Florida Marlins, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Colorado Rockies; basketball teams called the New Orleans Hornets, the Charlotte Bobcats, the Miami Heat, the Toronto Raptors, and the Memphis Grizzlies (I know there are no grizzlies in Tennessee--again, don't ask); and hockey teams called the Minnesota Wild, the Nashville Predators, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Atlanta Thrashers. Not sure how long they've been around, but you may want to add to your hockey list the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Amusingly, of the 22 teams named above, 12 have won or appeared in their league's championships since the mid-90's....while the Chicago Cubs have still not appeared in the World Series since 1945. (At least some things never change.)

(Note: It kind of worries me that I can cite all of the above merely from my head.)

[cewfa]

You might want to update your list, since the teams you mentioned are now the Carolina Hurricanes, the Colorado Avalanche, and the St. Louis Rams....and have been for many, many years.

By the way, I feel I should warn you: the Houston Oilers are now the Tennessee Titans, the Los Angeles Raiders moved back to Oakland, the California Angels are now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (don't ask), the Winnipeg Jets are now the Phoenix Coyotes, and the Minnesota North Stars are now the Dallas Stars. Also, there are now football teams called the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans; baseball teams called the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Florida Marlins, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Colorado Rockies; basketball teams called the New Orleans Hornets, the Charlotte Bobcats, the Miami Heat, the Toronto Raptors, and the Memphis Grizzlies (I know there are no grizzlies in Tennessee--again, don't ask); and hockey teams called the Minnesota Wild, the Nashville Predators, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Atlanta Thrashers. Not sure how long they've been around, but you may want to add to your hockey list the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Amusingly, of the 22 teams named above, 12 have won or appeared in their league's championships since the mid-90's....while the Chicago Cubs have still not appeared in the World Series since 1945. (At least some things never change.)

(Note: It kind of worries me that I can cite all of the above merely from my head.)

Oh, I know this. This is intentional because I am getting ready to buy a 2 in 1 emulator that plays NES and SNES games. So my games will be played on NHL 94 (SNES), NBA Live 96 (SNES), Tecmo Super Baseball (SNES) and Tecmo Super Bowl (NES), hence the outdated teams.

Kind of as an experiment, I am going to create the stats and attributes of current greats and put them into these games (where able, I know I can on NBA Live 96 and the Tecmo games, not sure about NHL 94), so LeBron James will play against Larry Bird and Peyton Manning might have to go up against the Purple People Eater defense of the Minnesota Vikings in the 70s. I think it would be interesting to see Sidney Crosby play against Dino Ciccarelli and Keith Primeau. Or, maybe for shits and giggles have Derek Jeter face Denny McLain. All this just to make it interesting.

[Cazzi]

It's yummers; especially toasted. XXD

<adds to list of things to try...>

[Squeaksmyalias]

You might want to update your list, since the teams you mentioned are now the Carolina Hurricanes, the Colorado Avalanche, and the St. Louis Rams....and have been for many, many years.
[/I]

NOoooOOOoooo! They will forever be the whalers!!!!!! Jester I never want you to ever say that again. Use their proper name. The Hartford Whalers. *hugs jersey and puck and rocks back and forth*

Oh another habit. I don't let go of things easily.

[Becks]

I stare at people and time it to see how long it takes for them to freak out.

[Treasure]

- I talk to inanimate objects - like when the pans shift in the drainboard - I look at them and say "Well who asked you?"

- I think out loud / talk to myself, and carry on a conversation with someone else

- I grew up in a house full of D&D gamers - don't F**k with us.

- I KNOW fairies are real, and often have to bribe them w/ booze to get stuff back.

- I also have fussed @ the fairies, and friends look at me like I'm growing a 2nd head or something,

- I name my plants, sometimes obvious names, like Ivy

- my favorite color is purple, but I actually wear very little clothing that is colored, but my jewelry is almost always something purple

- my favorite necklace is a dragon holding an amethyst marble, and he has a personality, and has been known to scrape/scratch or otherwise attempt to injure males that he disapproves of.

- I still sleep w/ a teddy bear, sometimes even when sharing the bed w/ a SO

- my mother and i can communicate and no one else in the room has any idea what was just said.

- if someone mispronounces a word, i can't help but say it correctly

- if someone asks me how to spell a word, i write it, in cursive in the air, like i'm holding a pen/pencil

- i cannot stand to be in the car, with all the windows rolled up - even in the summer in austin tx, i will have the ac on, and the window's down..

- i too named my car B.T. (baby tank)

- I'm southern, so every body is "babe, baby, hun, huney, sugar, dear(est/ie) luv, darlin' "

- i sing with songs i know on the radio, crank it up to annoy the other cars on the road, but if some "thumper" rolls up on me, with nothing but bass booming out of his car, i will throw on some bagpipes, and drown his hip-hop crap out!

-i balk at spending 20.00 for any article of "normal" clothing, 50+ plus is insane, however i think nothing of spending 80-150 on "play clothes" in the form of fabric for A costume for the RenFaire.

- i too am a minimalist when it comes to my makeup, usually just eyeliner, sometimes lipstick (which i never reapply during the day) but I practically collect nailpolish.

- i love to paint my nails, esp in the summer, including my toes, and will often have my fingers one color and toes a different color

- i hate cleaning my own kitchen, but have no problem doing it at someone else's place - in fact its kinda how i meditate - or the closest i get to it.

- I'm pagan, in the Celtic tradition, and allergic to Oak, (this is universe's idea of a joke, not mine)

- another one that says "thank you" or "you're just now figuring this out?" or "your point...?" or "you say this like its a bad thing" when someone tells me i'm weird

- despite being a Rennie/Pagan/Goth/Hippie I'm not a kinkster, and just don't get most fetishes

- I like being outside, when the weather is pleasant but i hate bugs of any kind, flutterby's are not bugs, and i call them flutterby's b/c butter doesn't fly, and they flutter by

- i also pop my knuckles frequently, and my neck

- at 4ft10 i think nothing of asking tall people to hand me things off the upper shelf at home, but in stores, i'll try to creativly problem solve, esp if i'm in the aisle alone, but if there is another woman and a taller guy w/ her, i will usually ask her if i can borrow him, as i can't reach (this usually gets a laugh, and "honey go help her") and then I continue to play the helpless damsel as I thank him sweetly, before continuing on...

- at home before asking Dad to come hand me something out of a cabinet, i use a spatula or wooden spoon to knock it into my hand, esp soda bottles - i use the handle of the spatula (think pancake flipper type, not bowl scrapper type) to roll the bottle down to me. I've also used burger tongs for boxes on the top shelf.

- i'm not a fan of raspberry anything, but 2 of my favorite alcoholic beverages have raspberry in them: Razztini (like a long island ice tea, only w/ vodka and razzmatazz) and a Neapolitan (1/2 pint of Limbic Framboise (sp??) and 1/2 pint Guinness - in that order, other wise they stay layered, and the flavors don't mix, and i can tell if it was made right b/c the 'head' from the Guinness will be pink if it was)

- i tend to ramble and give more information than you asked for, but its all interrelated, i promise.

[Mishi]

- I KNOW fairies are real, and often have to bribe them w/ booze to get stuff back.

Sure you're not bribing the Nac Mac Feegle? :P

[Ghel]

I thought of a few more.

I like strawberries, but not strawberry-flavored foods.

I like raspberries, but not raspberry-flavored foods. Especially blue raspberry. Yuck!

I swear at inanimate objects (especially computers) to try to get them to do what I want. And it usually works.

I stare at people and time it to see how long it takes for them to freak out.

<adds to my list of things to try...>

[Treasure]

Sure you're not bribing the Nac Mac Feegle? :P

I had to look that up - um.. i haven't read that far into the Discworlds yet, just finished Mort, (if that tells you anything).

Um.. My fairies, like me, are Scottish/Irish - ergo - like booze

that's all i know... and it works

[dalesys]

I had to look that up - um.. i haven't read that far into the Discworlds yet, just finished Mort, (if that tells you anything).

Um.. My fairies, like me, are Scottish/Irish - ergo - like booze

that's all i know... and it works

More like Naggeneen, the Irish clurichan that visits Callahan's?

[protege]

I've named my car. (Theresa)

I can't take credit for my car being named Melanie...my neighbor's 8-year-old daughter did that I can take credit for having a pair of Radio-Flyer shop vehicles named Alana and Morris. One got its name from a series of letters (AL4N...) stamped into the frame, the other because it was two-toned blue...which happened to be my grandmother's favorite color, and Morris was her family's name. So far, the only "unnamed" vehicles in the fleet, are the MG and a '59 Radio-Flyer. That one is usually referred to as "the '59." Boring, I know

Speaking of the MG, I find myself telling it to "knock it off" when it decides to stink up the garage with petrol fumes! I also find myself telling it to "don't look at me like that" when I mention that certain parts are in the mail. But, after reading many posts on the message boards, I'm not alone

I too have conversations with the kitties...and usually get "Meow" as a response.

[Mishi]

I had to look that up - um.. i haven't read that far into the Discworlds yet, just finished Mort, (if that tells you anything).

That was one of my favourites, along with Hogfather. I lent the Hogfather mini-series DVD to my brother-in-law and his stoner friends and it was "waaaay too trippy" for them!

[Magpie]

... the Winnipeg Jets are now the Phoenix Coyotes,

Don't update that one just yet :P

- I talk to inanimate objects - like when the pans shift in the drainboard - I look at them and say "Well who asked you?"

-i balk at spending 20.00 for any article of "normal" clothing, 50+ plus is insane, however i think nothing of spending 80-150 on "play clothes" in the form of fabric for A costume for the RenFaire.

- at home before asking Dad to come hand me something out of a cabinet, i use a spatula or wooden spoon to knock it into my hand, esp soda bottles - i use the handle of the spatula (think pancake flipper type, not bowl scrapper type) to roll the bottle down to me. I've also used burger tongs for boxes on the top shelf.

Wait... talking to inanimate objects is odd? Next you're going to tell me that most people don't have long conversations with squirrels or their houseplants. (Some people have furbabies. I have warned both mom's that that planter by the window currently holds their grandbabies.)

Ok, you need to remember, that $150 is not for the costume, or for clothing. It's for several months (at my hand-sewing pace) entertainment. And then you get a free outfit from it!

Be careful about how you bring things down from the cupboards. My grandmother once was involved in a prank that involved loosening lids to get revenge on the girl who never bothered to use the stool (like the job required) to get the cannisters on the top shelf.

And I've been known to send my husband to help people with tall stuff. I'd do it myself - I'd have been perfectly able to LIFT the suitcase - but it looks really stupid to almost get it and then have to ask for help yourself. (There were some teenaged girls on the train, and they were trying to put their luggage up top themselves, and tipped the one suitcase in, so it was a real job to get it down).

[Treasure]

Ok, you need to remember, that $150 is not for the costume, or for clothing. It's for several months (at my hand-sewing pace) entertainment. And then you get a free outfit from it!

I don't sew - mom does.... its not entertainment until its done when i wear it to the faire.

Although i did make a "half-cape" (hip/wrist length) out of bunny-fuzz that i had to hand sew, b/c the fur can't go through the machine, and mom can't sew bunny as she's allergic; i finished it in the hotel room the friday night we drove down. i started it probably 6 wks earlier.... maybe less - i have had offers to buy it... i say no. 1 its custom fit for me, 2 i'm proud of it, 3 i will quote some ridiculously high amount like 800.00 just to scare them off.

But that 150 is for the fabric, and trim, and lining, and boning, and thread, and bias tape, and grommets, and cording, etc etc etc but does not usually include accessories/jewelry. (or shoes)

I have some that get worn over and over and over again, and some that when they were done, for whatever reason don't quite fit right so don't get worn too often.