exploring our eccentricities [Archive]

sarahkate

10-01-2003, 01:29 PM

Good topic Rustell :) I could go on & on with this one forever.

Where do I start?

My food issues are the biggest annoyance to everyone around me (boyfriend, family, friends) ...I have been told by most everyone I know that I am crazy/annoying/frustrating/a brat/etc. because of these issues, and this is why:

1. I really don't like most kinds of food, I am EXTREMELY picky.
2. I hate eating meat, but I will eat chicken (boneless, skinless white meat only!) and hamburger or turkey once in a while...I won't eat deli-style meat either - only cooked stuff :)
3. I can't eat hamburger if I cook it - someone else has to cook it for me - and it has to be VERY VERY VERY well done.
4. When I feel hungry I usually want one thing only - and if I can't have it I can't really force myself to eat something I don't really want.
5. Or sometimes I am hungry but I don't want ANYTHING - nothing seem appetizing so I whine & get cranky & piss people off!
6. Usually when I get hungry I am STARVING and I want food RIGHT NOW...I don't want to wait to cook something..which leads to more frustration... and when I do finally eat I will eat a whole bunch & usually won't feel full!!

Ugh..I am really annoying. I feel bad & it has caused so many arguements between me & my boyfriend or me & my parents...but it's not something I can change...it's just me & luckily my boyfriend & my family are patient & calm for the most part so they have learned to put up with me & my crazy ways. I really wish I wasn't so picky, or wish I didn't have to eat....but I don't see that changing ever!

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-01-2003, 01:35 PM

Well, I am like you and unlike you, Sarahkate. Like you in that, when I have something in mind, that is what I must eat, and if I don't get it, I pout. Nothing else can substitute. Also, I am usually ravenously hungry by the time I decide to eat.

Unlike you because I am not picky overall. I like all kinds of food. Also, eating is my favorite thing to do in the whole world.

The only kind of food that grosses me out is old food. I hate leftovers that are more than two days old. I always think I am going to get food poisoning.

siafu

10-01-2003, 01:40 PM

i do not like any even numbers except maybe 2 and 84.

7 is cool.

9 is kind of too big.

i have this numbers obsession.

edited to add...oh yeah...i like 5 a lot. and eleven. so i think it's a prime number preference perhaps.

Sirius

10-01-2003, 01:42 PM

2. I hate eating meat, but I will eat chicken (boneless, skinless white meat only!) and hamburger or turkey once in a while...I won't eat deli-style meat either - only cooked stuff

oh boy...I am a bit spoiled...in one of these other threads you may recall that I said I should be a vegetarian, but my lack of love for vegetables prevents that.

so...growing up, when we had fried chicken my mom always picked the meat off of the bones for me. If I touched the bone I'd freak. Well, um, Brian does that for me now. I can't pull the meat off the bone.

A few years ago I decided to have Thanksgiving at my house. It was almost a failure because I got sick when I started to pull the stuff out of the turkey. Again, Brian to the rescue.

I don't eat red meat, fish or seafood, and until earlier this year I didn't eat salad. I eat: chicken, pasta, potatoes, bread, pizza, green beans, corn, apples and oranges. It's amazing the variety of meals you can come up with from that selection.

sarahkate

10-01-2003, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by girl-who-loves-sharks@Oct 1 2003, 03:35 PM
The only kind of food that grosses me out is old food. I hate leftovers that are more than two days old. I always think I am going to get food poisoning.
Me too! I am always paranoid that everything is "too old" to eat - even frozen stuff!

Oh - another little food quirk about me - when I eat french fries or home fries (fried potatoes or whatever you want to call them) I MUST have ketchup! If I don't have ketchup I just feel wrong...like I am breaking the rules! And not to mention they taste much better with ketchup.

Wow...I just keep thinking of more & more weird things about myself-- another thing is that I have separating things - like ice cubes! If I take the ice cube tray out I must always take an even number of ice cubes...and I have to take ones that are touching...I don't like leaving one all alone.

At some point in my childhood I came up with the notion that EVERYTHING had feelings, even ice cubes!

Wow..I scare myself sometimes. :P

MsMundane

10-01-2003, 01:50 PM

I see everything as a gender...

Examples:
The number one is male...
The color blue is female...
My red scissors are female...my blue are male
My phone at work is male, my phone at home is female...

This is an actual condition but I forgot what it is called...

Most of the time I ignore it, but it sneaks in on me often...
Every letter of the alphabet is a different gender to me, so imagine my confusion when i'm writing... not only do i have to make words, I have to see that theyre different genders ....

Sometimes I feel like I'm from Mars...

~doniece

Cuilanië

10-01-2003, 01:53 PM

Originally posted by sarahkate@Oct 1 2003, 09:47 PM
At some point in my childhood I came up with the notion that EVERYTHING had feelings, even ice cubes!
Hey, don't feel bad about yourself! When I was a kid, I thought my dad was going to die at age 33 just like Jesus, and I threw a fit on his birthday because I thought he was going to keel over! I was 5 years old.

I have plenty of strange little quirks, not the least of which is never remembering the cool things I think up when the time comes to type, write, or say them...

sarahkate

10-01-2003, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by Rustell@Oct 1 2003, 03:42 PM
I eat: chicken, pasta, potatoes, bread, pizza, green beans, corn, apples and oranges. It's amazing the variety of meals you can come up with from that selection.
Wow Rustell! You must be my long lost twin! That's just about exactly what I eat too! I do like a lot of vegetables though - but not salad so much because I don't really care for lettuce. My favorite foods are definitely pasta, potatoes & bread. Hmm..can you say CARBOHYDRATES?? :P

One time my friends & I went to Friendly's for lunch - I ordered a chicken oriental salad that came in one of those edible bowls. Everyone teased me because I asked for the salad with no lettuce! The waitress smiled, but said they could do that. Then she came back & told me they were out of the edible bowls (my favorite part of the salad) so ended up having a plate of chicken pieces in teriyaki sauce, mandarin oranges, and chow mein noodles with sweet & sour dressing......my friends won't let me live that down - but it was the best "salad" I ever had!

If you lived closer to me Rustell I would invite you over for dinner & we could feast on pasta & potatoes with not a hint of meat in site! :)

hainlam

10-01-2003, 01:55 PM

now that you mention it..

I have this friend that is constantly biting down on her thumbnail.. it is really annoying.. why? I don't know, it should not bother me in the least.. but she does it so much it leaves ridges on her nails..

as far as I go.. I am admitedly quite different.

I have a hard time eating at other people's houses.. I have to know the person really well.. potlucks not among close friends, equally freak me out.

I can't use public restrooms. I know a lot of people who have a problem with this.. so I don't feel that weird about it.. plus I feel I have good reason.. because when I was on a road trip to Florida one spring break, I contracted Hepatitus (not the std variety, the viral one A).. anyway, I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and literally wanted to die.. and I know I got it from some filthy restroom or hotel. *as a side note- I would advise everyone to get the vaccine)

I also can only poop in my own house, and when no one else is there.. I must be alone

Sirius

10-01-2003, 02:22 PM

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

SarahKate --We've found a match for sure...each of your posts reminds me of something else....

I can't eat French Fries without Ranch Dressing.
And I can't eat grass, er, lettuce without Ranch.

And...when I go out to eat and the meal is chicken, potatoes and vegetables. I substitute the veggies for another potato...

"So, you want no vegetables, and instead want mashed potatoes and french fries with ranch." "Yep!"

Curlita

10-01-2003, 02:29 PM

I name things. This is a family trait. We named sudafed tablets "Clyde." My typewriter was named Thelma. My computer is named Frankie (the first one was named Bucky). The printer at work is named Ethel. My car is Sparky. Most of my plants also have names (Dewey, Julia, etc.)

nymphette

10-01-2003, 02:39 PM

i do not drink milk as a rule-i think it tastes a little like blood, especially if is isn't completely ice cold... i will, however crave it once in a while, and then i have to have it, and i will drink like a liter, glass after glass... i can't drink milk if i have thought about it being sour though... if i think 'hm, i wonder if this milk is okay'... then it is too late.. in my mind it is spoiled already.. i can watch my hubby or son drink it down and enjoy it and it still won't convince me that it is okay... same thing with bread... any sign of mold and i am out of there... if i see a little crumb on the side and think 'is that mold?' and take a closer look, it doesn't matter if it is a crumb, byt the time i see what it is, or isn't, it is too late, i can't eat it!!! if anyone else even makes a comment about it i can't drink or eat it... i dont' look at the best before date either because if it is anywhere NEAR it i can't touch it...

the smell of cooking meat makes me ill, unless there is garlic in it...this got worse when i was pregnant, but i have always been sickened by the smell of cooking meat... has to be hid by strong spices...

i also have to get up and check things (this is a part of OCD though, not just an idiosyncrasy) in the middle of the night.. if i think 'did i lock the door?? yes, i did' then i still have to check it... i cant' convince myself that i actually DID check it otnight, even if i can specifically tell myself, 'well yes, when you got those tylenol, you checked it.'... i have to do it becuase i obsess over it... makes my hubby crazy!!!

can' think of anything else right now, the thought of maybe grabbing a nap when harrison goes for his in twenty minutes is just TOO appealing right now.. mmmmmm.... sleeeeeeep.....

robyn

gwensmom

10-01-2003, 03:08 PM

I am a terrible slob and throw things all over the place. I know where they are so I don't care. Every few weeks I go through and clean it all up. My husband, on the other hand, picks crumbs off the floor and is a clean freak.

I cannot abide the sound of the vaccuum cleaner when someone else is running it! It makes me want to go insane and bang my head against the wall. If I'm running it, I'm not bothered. But being a slob, I never rarely touch it and my husband always makes sure he uses it when I am home to hear it. :angry: Let's hope he doesn't vaccuum the week that I have the attitude adjustment lmao!

I won't eat some foods because I don't like the way they feel in my mouth. Like raw celery. icky strings!

I have bitten my fingernails on and off for my whole life. I was able to quit for a long time when I first met my husband and was trying to get his attention. He bites his too, so I challenged him to a contest to see who could quit first. We both had nice fingernails and got manicures for our wedding. but now we are both biting again!

I also can only poop in my own house, and when no one else is there.. I must be alone

My husband and I both have the quirk of having to go whenever we are in the library. The public library that is. We can't figure this one out at all.

Seusomon

10-01-2003, 03:24 PM

Gee, I feel almost normal. :P

I used to play with my hair constantly - curling the part of it that was on the back of my neck behind my right ear. I don't do that anymore, but I've started chewing my tongue.

I like to hold my face over a cup of hot coffee and blow on it so that the steam goes into my eyes. It makes me feel like I'm somehow getting caffeine directly into my body through my tear ducts. No one else understands how good this is.

Laurasia

10-01-2003, 03:29 PM

Loud noises make my jumpy. Not like loud music, but if someone taps the wall or something too close to me, I get all nervous and upset for a while.
I pick my nails until they bleed. I've been trying to stop since I can remember. If there is a nail with enough length to pick, it has to go. I will even unconsciously pick my boyfriend's nails when I am nervous! Right now I have two open little cuts on my fingers from picking my nails too much on Monday, my first day at my new job.
I don't eat any meat. Not because it is gross, but because I feel too guilty about the animals getting killed. I will eat eggs (from cage free hens) and milk/cheese though, so I guess I must not care that much! The people at my new office have started calling me "The Veggie."
I am extremely paranoid of drinking old milk. I smell milk, check the date, smell it again, and even make someone else smell it or taste it first sometimes before I will put it in my cereal.
I am afraid of clowns. Because of the movie IT (which I saw when I was a kid), I can't take a shower without worrying that a clown is going to come out of the drain! It's ridiculous and impossible, but I can't get the image out of my head.
That's enough for now...

Cuilanië

10-01-2003, 03:33 PM

Originally posted by Seusomon@Oct 1 2003, 11:24 PM
I like to hold my face over a cup of hot coffee and blow on it so that the steam goes into my eyes. It makes me feel like I'm somehow getting caffeine directly into my body through my tear ducts. No one else understands how good this is.
I beg to differ! that's the best part of my cup of coffee - that, and the first very hot swallow, I swear I can feel the caffeine hitting my nerves! LOL

I like to drink my coffee/tea/whatever hot, and to take my showers, hot nearly to the point of burning. I get strange looks for finishing coffees within 5 minutes of pouring them...

Lilac

10-01-2003, 06:50 PM

I have a lot in common with a lot of you guys!

I'm a very, very picky eater. I don't like to touch meat. I don't like any food on my plate to touch and mix, either. I just really don't like to cook in general and if it werent for the fact that I have a growing son, I'd probably give it up entirely and subsist on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Of course, those sandwiches have to be on made with VERY fresh wheat bread, CRUNCHY peanut butter and Welch's grape jelly.

I also do not like public restrooms and often retch when I enter one. I cannot stand to hear or smell some complete stranger going to the bathroom.

I'm obsessive about my yard. I cant even explain it. I mow just about every other day. Everything has to be just...so. I am constantly pruning, weed wacking, dead heading, mulching, repairing fence, and what not. However, the last week or so has been an extremely busy time and I've had to let it go. And it's driving me nuts! I've actually been fantasizing about mowing my grass. I get some sort of deep satisfaction from seeing freshly mowed grass next to a patch that hasnt been mowed yet...and then to go mow the longer patch down. Also, when I mow, I try not to kill any bugs. I will stop and wait for crickets, grasshoppers and moths to get out of the way.

Speaking of bugs, there lies another eccentricity of mine. I don't kill insects. I like having spiders in my house. I name them. Sometimes I'll catch them and put them outside...sometimes I'll just let them coexist.

Oh...and I can't spell or put a complete sentence together. I never cared for english class. I always blew it off and concentrated on math and science, my academic loves!

venus28976

10-01-2003, 08:40 PM

I get bothered by people who crack their knuckles or click their nails together...makes me want to jump out of my skin.

I hate misspelled words and have been known to edit other peoples spelling although I've gotten better about it.

I hate getting up in the morning. I hit snooze numerous times. i don't do this as much anymore, but i used to look at my alarm and if it wasn't an even number i'd wait until i looked and it was even to get up

I pick my nose....nasty I know.

I'm a picky eater too. I could live off of carbohydrates but they're not healthy. I don't care much for meat or veggies. However I'm trying to change my eating habbits because I need my protein and potassium and fiber and iron in my diet.

nymphett- I used to have to check the doors to make sure they were locked too even if I had already checked them. And having someone else check them didn't wokr for me either. I thought they were lying to appease me. Even if I heard the sound of the door locking I wasn't satisfied. If I didn't check them I would wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go to sleep yet I wouldn't get up to check them. The only way I would sleep was if my dog was awake. If he was asleep I'd stay awake until he woke up. But I'd never wake him up either. This went on for a long time when I was a child. Thank God I outgrew it. However I still have these tendencys sometimes. Very annoying.

I watch way too much TV.

I'm a total slob and hate cleaning with so much passion that I'll do just about anything to avoid it.

I bite my nails if they are uneven or chipped to try to even them out....I used to be a huge nail biter...gnawed them down to the quick

-I bite my lips to the point that they bleed....can't seem to break that habbit

-I also pick at my cuticles and hang nails.

-Can't sleep without my sound machine...I like the babbling brook sound best

-I don't really like to be touched....This didn't go over well when I had a b/f...It's hard to explain to your b/f that you can't stand being kissed....BIG problem. I'm working on it though

Geez...I really do sound nutty.

atomic_cocktail

10-01-2003, 08:55 PM

I bite my lips until they bleed as well.... I can't remember the last time my lips were smooth

I am obsessive about having clean ears and use qtips all the time

I never fold and put away laundry... I always have this super huge pile of clean clothes that I shuffle through pick out my outfit and then throw it in the dryer while I take my shower... when I come out it smells fresh, is wrinkle free and toasty!!

I'm picky about meat. I buy boneless skinless chicken breast and once in awhile a ham if it looks really unfatty to me

I always itch and pick at my scalp... yucky I know

I have to have clean fingernails

I always crack my knuckles

and about a 100 other million things I'm sure... but I can't think of them.

Ashley

10-01-2003, 09:20 PM

4. When I feel hungry I usually want one thing only - and if I can't have it I can't really force myself to eat something I don't really want.
5. Or sometimes I am hungry but I don't want ANYTHING - nothing seem appetizing so I whine & get cranky & piss people off!

I have to agree with you on this. I guess it's not a usual thing, but sometimes if I want one thing, nothing else will do. And I'm not hungry for anything else. Also, I get your #5 all the time, I'll be really hungry but all the food at my house doesn't look good so I don't eat anything. Or I honestly can't think of anything that sounds good to eat. It's very odd.
i do not like any even numbers except maybe 2 and 84.
Weird, I have this too. I don't like even numbers except the #'s divisable (spelling) by 10. I know this may sound very, very odd.

This reminded me, I don't like clubs and diamonds when it comes to cards. I found this when I was little. I use to play solitaire a lot and I would always group the spades and hearts together and the clubs and diamonds together. Don't ask me the logic. I like spades the best, then hearts, then clubs then diamonds.
I won't eat some foods because I don't like the way they feel in my mouth. Like raw celery. icky strings!

I have this problem, but not with celery. I love bananas, but seriously can't stand the thought of the stringy things on them. I get really paranoid when I eat a banana out of the peel (I usually cut it up) cause I think one of the strings is going to sneak into my mouth. I also can't stand the peels of grapes, they make my mouth feel funny. And finally, spinach. I don't know what it is, but it leaves this weird film on my teeth, it's like they're scratchy. It really creeps me out, I have to brush my teeth immediately after eating it.
I will even unconsciously pick my boyfriend's nails when I am nervous! Oh man, I used to pick at my split ends and when I was nervous or twitchy I would start to do it to Adam's hair. It used to drive him crazy.

I also have to have clean nails, I don't know what it is. I think I'm a bit neurotic. I pick at my nails, cuticles, bite my lips, used to pick at my split ends (hairs too short now and don't have any anymore) and have to have smooth nails. I can't stand when a nail is breaking and it catches on everything. Ooh, Nervousness deprived and posting much too long of posts lately.

AlienSpy

10-01-2003, 10:52 PM

Fun thread!

My biggest phobia : vomit. Since my dogs are sick quite often I got used to it... But I absolutely cannot bear to see or hear people throwing up. If I'm watching a movie and I think that someone is going to throw up, I have to either turn down the volume, close my eyes or leave the room. I was so mad and upset when I watched Angela's Ashes because there were at least 4 characters who threw up during the movie. I prefer to feel sick for days instead of vomitting once and feeling a lot better right away. Last time I threw up? 12 years ago, when I was 11.

I can't stand fingernail files. The noise makes me cringe. I'll do anything not to hear it. Once there was a woman in the bus who was using one... And I had to cover my ears and close my eyes - I think I even started to sing in order not to hear the awful noise. If I hadn't done that I would have had to get out of the bus.

When I feel sick (nausea), I have to chew gum. If I'm feeling really bad and I don't have gum, then I start to panic.

I hate killing insects because they're living creatures and I don't feel I have the right to kill them. On the other hand, I hate spiders and I hate having ants in the kitchen. My boyfriend doesn't mind killing them but I've cried a couple of times because of that. I guess I'm overly sensitive. But really, who am I to decide that these creatures must die? I don't want them to be dead, I just want them to stay outside the house!

I can't stand bad breath. I brush my teeth too many times. I always carry a pack of gum. When someone who has bad breath is standing close to me I often take a piece of gum and then offer them one. I don't tell them that their breath stinks, I'm more subtle. :rolleyes:

We do sound kind of insane with all our weird habits, don't we?! haha :P

Julie

sarahkate

10-02-2003, 08:10 AM

Originally posted by atomic_cocktail@Oct 1 2003, 10:55 PM
I am obsessive about having clean ears and use qtips all the time

Me too! I hate feeling like I have wax in my ears. ick.

I also have a REALLY bad obsession with removing "eye boogers" (or eye crusties or whatever you call them)! Not only from myself, but my boyfriend in particular, and my dog & my cats too! I can't stand eye boogers!! When I notice them they must be removed immediately!

I will just be sitting there talking to my boyfriend and I will notice something in the corner of his eye & I will just go right for it....it freaks him out everytime. I guess it would freak me out too having someone's finger go straight for my eye.

Everyone is always grossed out that I pick my cats' noses too!! Hey! They have boogers & they can't blow their nose...someone's gotta pick 'em!! :P

You know..I never realize just how strange I am until I see it written on paper! It's nice to know I am not the only one with weird habits though :)

stargal1998

10-02-2003, 08:21 AM

I can't eat a bunch of things all at the same time. Like, I eat the main dish first, then veggies, etc. I can't just take a bite of a burger, then eat a green bean or a fry. The burger HAS to be eaten first...

And I always rotate my plate as soon as I get it, just a quarter to a half turn clockwise, depending on the way the plate was put on the table.

Lilac

10-02-2003, 08:32 AM

I am WAY too anthropomorphic with my animals! You don't even want me to elaborate on this one! Just trust me! To me, the dogs, horses and goats are my children and are treated as such.

I HAVE to read before I sleep. I cannot fall asleep unless I have read a little from a book. And I always have a book. I'm never without. I mean, as soon as I finish one book, I have one right there and ready to start.

The first thing I do in the morning, before I even have a cup of coffee is sweep the kitchen floor. This is another one of my obsessions. If I see even a single dog hair on the kitchen floor, I'll get out the broom and sweep the whole thing. Sweeping gives me kind of the same satisfactiona s mowing.

I cannot stand to have a zit or blemish on my face and if one appears, I'll pick at it until I have it bleeding. Disgusting, I know.

I like the smell of my dog's feet and ears.

I like the smell of the horses when they sweat.

I'm very good at blocking people out. If I'm at work and feeling antisocial (which I do A LOT) I can literally block someone out of my sight and sound. Someone can be sitting next to me, trying to carry on a conversation and if I'm in "block mode", this person does not "register" to me.

I have almost no fear. Strange, but I'm really not afraid of many things.

siafu

10-02-2003, 08:52 AM

i feel the same way as nymphette about milk. i can drink some the first day it's opened, and if i reason with myself, the second day, but the third day? yikes. it's probably spoiled.

crazycatlady

10-02-2003, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by girl-who-loves-sharks@Oct 1 2003, 01:24 PM
Chewing noises, especially gum-chewing and cracking, drive me INSANE.
Those are probably my biggest pet-peeves. Most of mine are sound-related, come to think of it. Gum chompin or cracking, open-mouth chewing, constant throat clearing... actually just the sound of some people's voices makes me want to scream.

I have to have a book with me and at least 2 pillows, if not 3, before I can sleep. Right now I have to sleep with earplugs because the cats like to play at 3 am and John grinds his teeth.

I'm a terrible slob but HATE it when other people are messy in my house.

I hate it when I say, "I really want to watch this show" and John wants to talk about how cute the kittens are or anything else. He's in the room to be with me, and not paying attention to the show at all, so he just starts talking if something crosses his mind. He also stands in front of the TV to show me stuff. I watch about 2 shows pretty regularly a week, so it's not like I'm asking for a lot...

I'm greedy. If there's a giveaway, like the Clinique bonus day or something, I want three bags. I end up giving most of the stuff away, but I want, want, want stuff like that.

hainlam

10-02-2003, 10:40 AM

I am also obsessed with ear wax and boogers..

I will even go as far as to pick my son's nose.. I hate boogers..

Seusomon

10-02-2003, 10:43 AM

I don't have any quirkiness about food - and sometimes get exasperated with people who do.

Yes, I pick my nose - but don't really see it as "eccentric".

OK, here's a good one - I own a phone, but I usually don't answer it. I usually feel that whatever I'm doing (artwork, reading, cooking, or just looking out the window) is more important than the phone call.

crazycatlady

10-02-2003, 10:45 AM

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I am too, but NOTHING compared to John. Whenever I talk to him from home, he tells me that one of the cats says Hi, or says they love me, etc.

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Me too! I added that to my eccentricities list, but had to chime in with a "ditto" for you!

Sirius

10-02-2003, 10:50 AM

OK, here's a good one - I own a phone, but I usually don't answer it. I usually feel that whatever I'm doing (artwork, reading, cooking, or just looking out the window) is more important than the phone call.

Ditto. Bad thing about living with someone else though. Brian doesn't like talking on the phone, but worse for him is the sound of a ringing phone. So, he has picked it up and handed it to me so many times. It annoys the heck out of me. We even have caller id, but usually as soon as the phone rings I holler "I don't want to talk to anyone right now!" so he will not pick it up... we are on are way to becoming recluses...which is scary since I have always been very social...

Cuilanië

10-02-2003, 11:17 AM

Originally posted by atomic_cocktail@Oct 2 2003, 04:55 AM
I bite my lips until they bleed as well.... I can't remember the last time my lips were smooth

I am obsessive about having clean ears and use qtips all the time

I never fold and put away laundry... I always have this super huge pile of clean clothes that I shuffle through pick out my outfit and then throw it in the dryer while I take my shower... when I come out it smells fresh, is wrinkle free and toasty!!

I'm picky about meat. I buy boneless skinless chicken breast and once in awhile a ham if it looks really unfatty to me

I always itch and pick at my scalp... yucky I know

I have to have clean fingernails

I always crack my knuckles

and about a 100 other million things I'm sure... but I can't think of them.
hehe, breanna, now we sound like almost-twins.

Except for the food thing, I don't have any issues with food. As long as it's well prepared, I'll eat it, whatever it is. I'll try anything once, and if I really don't like it, then I'll know why. Except for raw onions, not that I don't like them, but I've discovered my digestive tract has a lot of trouble putting up with them. That's the only food intolerance I have.

Oh, and I pick at the skin of my fingers, mostly my thumbs, when I'm anxious or nervous. Then I can't stop because I don't like having bits of dry skin sticking up, and end up needing two weeks to heal them from one little episode.

I crack not only my fingers, but my wrists, my toes, and my ankles, too.

I always turn my plate so the main item of business will be towards me.

I sometimes eat dessert before the main course.

stargal1998

10-02-2003, 11:31 AM

I have voices for everyone I know. And when I tell a funny story or even speak about that person, I have to do that particular voice for them. I didn't even realize that I did it until I was at work. My boss laughed when he heard me speak like our target audience, and then said something like 'you just know that our customers sound like that, don't you?' And I blushed because I never realized that I did it as much as I did.

The house can be a mess, but if one DVD or video game is out of place I go nuts, and I have to alphabetize them by title. (I have a seperate shelf for boxed or double DVD sets and they're all organized).

I used to alphabetize all my DVDs (and VHS movies) by the studio. Jurassic Park would go under 'universal,' etc. I don't do that anymore because my friends and family thought I was nuts, but to me it made sense.

I know the 10 plagues by heart, and can recite them at the drop of a hat, thanks to 3 years of catholic school (good thing I only went for 3 years, else I would've memorized chapters of the catechism!).

Sirius

10-02-2003, 11:39 AM

I think a lot more people alphabetize their movies and cds now. People used to think it was odd, but it's become more common. I do alphabetize my cds within the multi-disk cd player though.

I have a friend who organized his movies by links...Sleepless in Seattle would be between Courage Under Fire and Big because Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan were in it and one of them was in each of the others...

Oh, and don't leave me alone with the candy at the party. I have to turn them so they are all facing the same way, and I have been known to start separating the M&M's by color....

Cuilanië

10-02-2003, 11:46 AM

M&Ms... I EAT them by color!!! LOL Sometimes I get cute and do patterns - two of this color, two of that...

I need to occupy my hands when I'm in a social situation, like drawing with my nails on a styrofoam cup, rolling and folding a piece of paper or napkin, turning all the "Apéricubes" (foil-wrapped cubes of flavored, processed cheese) to face the same way and arranging them by color in neat little rows...

I doodle on my notes in meetings, so it usually looks like I'm making copious notes - lately, I sketched 5 ATCs that way.

Oh, I alphabetize my CDs too, and separate them by musical genre (classical, jazz, movie soundtracks, and the rest). And language - all my French CDs are to one side together.

OHPossum

10-02-2003, 12:33 PM

Man, I just started checking out this forum (normally I just check PIF's and reviews...) and I am hooked! I thought I was the only one who....(ya, what everyone said)

I am really disorganized and lose things and my solution is to put NOTHINg away so I can see it (or its pile) which makes total sense to me but it makes my partner bonkers. I like my piles.

I can only sleep on the left side of the bed, and I can't fall asleep without either my partner or my dog next to me. Really. When I am away from them, I have to sleep with a hot water bottle inside a pillow case.

My biggest pet peeve is when people refer to their own parents as "Mom" or "Dad"
without saying "my" first. Like their Mom is the universal Mom: "So I went to Mom's last night..."
For some reason, this INFURIATES me.
Other things that set me off:
Ketchup bottles on tables in restaurants that are there before I ask for it (usually crustry and nasty)
When people say "myself" in the wrong way: "If you have issues with this, speak to Dan or myself" instead of "Dan or me" I am kiind of crotchety, I just realized...

Sirius

10-02-2003, 12:37 PM

Oh...it really bugs me when people refer to and call their wife as Mom or their husband as Dad...maybe if I had children I would understand that...but it bugs me...

OHPossum

10-02-2003, 12:40 PM

Getting in bed with street clothes on. Either take it off, or put on something clean, a clean T shirt or boxers that haven't been sitting on public busses,

ew gross, when my partner falls asleep on the bed and then gets inside it without changing into PJ's ewwwww

Lilac

10-02-2003, 12:45 PM

I have a lot of stored energy and if I'm not active I'll start running, twirling, do ballerina leaps all through the house...like a dog or cat that just suddenly leaps up and starts to run around. It either drives my son crazy or cracks him up (in which case he and the dogs will join me.) Or sometimes I'll go outside and just run, run, run, climb a tree, jump on the trampoline, climb to the top of my silo or something. It's always something very spontaneous...and I don't even know myself what I'm going to do until I actually do it! A couple night ago I went out at like 11:30 PM and started to swing feverishly on my son's tire swing! (And no, I'm not on drugs!)

I have this thing about my feet. I hate to have dry skin anywhere on my body, but especially on my feet. And I hate callouses. This is really gross, but if I feel a callous forming, I'll take a razor and cut it off. Then I limp around for a day or two while it heals.

I bite my tongue, lips and inside of my mouth when I'm nervous.

I have to have an incense burning at night while I'm in bed reading.

I also hate to talk on the phone. My friends all know that if they call me, they had better have a darn good reason, because I hate chit chat.

I pick off any scabs I have on my body, making it take forever for any injury to properly heal.

OHPossum

10-02-2003, 12:48 PM

Oooh, the phone.
I refuse to answer it on the first ring, even if I am right there. Don't want anyone to think I am sitting around waiting for the phone to ring!

Lilac

10-02-2003, 12:49 PM

Oh yuck! Street clothes in bed! That bothers me bigtime, too! I have to have fresh, clean jammies and clean sheets! I'm neurotic about my sheets! I change them like twice a week, sometimes more!

Cuilanië

10-02-2003, 01:11 PM

Originally posted by OHPossum@Oct 2 2003, 08:33 PM
I am really disorganized and lose things and my solution is to put NOTHINg away so I can see it (or its pile) which makes total sense to me but it makes my partner bonkers. I like my piles.
My room has just reached "path state" because of this... Sure sign that 1. I don't share my room with anyone at the moment and 2. it's that time again... finish cleaning it and chuck out the dross!

OHPossum

10-02-2003, 01:36 PM

But that's just it: I LIKE my piles, and when things are put away I l;ose them!!!

Cuilanië

10-02-2003, 02:53 PM

Oh, I like mine too, it's just that it's gone a bit too far, and I need to make space to make more piles... LOL

venus28976

10-02-2003, 08:05 PM

I also never answer the phone on the first ring....my mom got me started on this. I actually prefer not to talk on it if I can avoid it.

I'm a huge slob and love piles because I lose everything....I'm uniquely organized. However my videos, CDs and books are all in alphabetical order. I my art stuff is all sorted into various drawers and boxes. And my stickers are sorted by category and my papaer is sorted by color.

I watch way to much TV....it's background noise for me and it helps me mellow. I went a week without TV or internet and let me tell you it was hard...really hard.

I pick at scabs on my scalp and body acne and pimples. I don't like bumpy things on my body. Yeah so i'd rather have them bleed....makes a lot of sense I know <_<

when I sneeze I never just sneeze once...I can sneeze up to 20 times in a row...not something I do on purpose...something I inherited from my dad....his record is 30 sneezes in a row....really hate it too.

And like most of us here I'm addicted to nness and now chain games. LOL

Katiekat

10-03-2003, 08:34 AM

Ha! All you anti-phone people would drive me nuts! One thing that annoys the crap outta me is when someone just lets the phone ring & ring, especially if they're sitting right next to it. A co-worker of mine does this and I want to strangle her. Just answer the damn phone already!

I also pick at my cuticles. If there's a little piece of rough skin, it's gotta go. (My dad does this also, so I blame heredity.)

I must, must, must use lotion on my hands and face every single time I wash them or get them wet. I have to. If i don't, the feeling of dry, tight skin will make me go insane.

I scrape my fork on my teeth when I eat. I can't help it.

I save movie ticket stubs for no apparent reason, other than I can't throw them away.

I cannot sit in an office chair the "regular" way -- I usually fold a leg up underneath me and sit like that, or on my knees, or cross-legged...

I must have lip balm with me at all times. I get very nervous when I find that I've lost it or left it at home.

I can't stand the sound of "crunchy knees." When my mom walks up a flight of stairs, her knees make this awful crunch sound, and it just makes me cringe. I can't go up stairs at the same time she does. Or, if i have to, I will talk really loud and fast or go "BLAH BLAH BLALALLALAHAHHALALLAISH!" to drown it out.

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Note about an earlier post: Someone was saying how they see the gender of objects and letters...this is called Synesthesia. The brain sort of "crosses wires" so that the person experiences 2 senses at once (color also has taste, letters have colors, words have texture, etc). I'm totally fascinated by Synesthesia.

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-03-2003, 08:53 AM

Things that drive me nuts:

*People who don't even attempt to pronounce words or names correctly. A woman I work with, for instance, called one of our employees "Donald" even though her name was Danyelle, just because she was too lazy to figure out how to say it.

*Finger-snapping just for the hell of it. My bf walks through the house snapping sometimes. My brother used to do this, too. Makes me crazy!

*Humming.

*Tuneless whistling.

*Unnecessarily flowery language. Just get to the point, man.

*Soup-slurping. I heard an NPR piece about how slurping noodles is "polite" in Japan and decided that I could never go there.

:blink: :blink: :blink:

Lilac

10-03-2003, 08:55 AM

I feel EXTREMELY guilty if it is a nice day outside and I can't get out and do something. I absolutley cannot get any housework done if the weather is nice because I have to be outside.

Which leads to this - I "think" I have seasonal effection disorder...I think that's what it's called. It's when you get all nervous and anxious when the weather is bad and you can't get out. Kind of like having a bad case of cabin fever or a severe case of claustrophobia of being in your own house.

I'm very childish.

I absolutely have to have a fan running when I sleep, even in the middle of winter.

I'm moody

I hate to blow dry my hair. When I'm getting ready to go anywhere, I have to get a shower and wash my hair like 2 hours before I go because I have to let my hair air dry.

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-03-2003, 08:57 AM

Oh yeah, it's called Seasonal Affective Disorder, actually. I have it too. If you have health insurance you might be able to get a light box for free. They are weird. I didn't think it would work, but it does help somewhat.

Lilac

10-03-2003, 09:00 AM

A light box? What does it do, exactly? I'll try anything!

siafu

10-03-2003, 09:11 AM

I know the 10 plagues by heart, and can recite them at the drop of a hat, thanks to 3 years of catholic school (good thing I only went for 3 years, else I would've memorized chapters of the catechism!).

i read this and my brain went...water to blood, frogs, lice, flies, cattle disease....

i'm a big dork!

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-03-2003, 09:12 AM

(from alaskanorthernlights.com)

How does light therapy work?
Light therapy involves exposure to intense light, which enters the eye, hits the retina and is transmitted by nerve impulses to the pineal gland which controls melatonin secretion, and thereby sets the body's internal clock, or circadian rhythm. Depending on when the light is presented, the circadian rhythm, which controls sleep timing and daytime alertness, is shifted ahead or delayed. Bright light therapy rapidly reduces daytime melatonin levels and may enhance the effectiveness of serotonin and other neuro transmitters. Bright light therapy consists of sitting close to the light box with eyes open so the light shines on the user's face. Looking directly at the light is not necessary. One is free to read, write or eat a meal while staying oriented towards the light. It can be a pleasant time to meditate, or listen to music. Sitting within the 10,000 lux range, 20 to 24 inches, for a 30-minute session soon after awakening is enough time, and equals sitting in the 2,500 lux range or at about 40 inches for a 2 hour session. Intensity levels are changed by moving towards or away from the light. Treatment can last between 15 minutes to three hours. Once adjusted to light therapy, one gets a fairly good intuitive feel for adjusting the session length to get the desired results.

A positive response usually begins 2 to 4 days after beginning light therapy, and it could take up to several weeks to get the full beneficial effect. If patients do not respond to treatment, they may need a longer duration of morning light, or a trial of evening light. Some people can skip treatments for one to three days, occasionally longer, without ill effects, but most have symptoms returning quickly when treatment is interrupted. Light therapy can make our winters happier, healthier, less stressful, and brighter!

Redandpinkdaisy

10-03-2003, 10:16 AM

Originally posted by crazycatlady@Oct 2 2003, 11:31 AM
I'm a terrible slob but HATE it when other people are messy in my house.
Agreed ! Sure, our house is messy, but that doesn't mean come over and leave your trash all over. Asswipes.

I can't stand when people chew with their mouths open, either. That one seems to be pretty common, I think.

I don't like to pee with the door closed. I have to now, since we live with Ryan's dad, but when I lived at home I never did.

I am pretty sure I'm obsessive-compulsive but no one listens when I talk about it. I count things....people, movies, cars.....over and over again. Example: I'll be watching tv, and there will be 2 people on the screen. I'll count them, and then the people in the room watching tv with me, and I'll kind of count in circles.

It bothers me when people take ONE shower, dry off, and think the towel is dirty. You can reuse it, and it makes less laundry for me to do !!

I also get irritated when someone turns the heat up to like 78 cause it's cold, and then when it gets oven-like in here, they turn it down to 65, only to reapeat the up-and-down over and over again. For shit's sakes, set it at a nice, normal medium.

My movies are in alphabetical order except for sequels, which are right behind the first movie (which is in alphabetical order.)

I think some of these could go in the rants section. Whoops. :)

Lilac

10-03-2003, 10:17 AM

Thanks Shark Girl! I'm going to ahve to talk to my doctor about that! Like I said...i'm willing to try anything!!!!

Cuilanië

10-03-2003, 10:39 AM

I sit on chairs in strange ways, too - one leg folded over or under the other, cross-legged, I've even knelt on a chair on occasion. This drives people crazy because I do it at dinner when I'm at other people's places, or even at the restaurant.

I can't eat with my glasses on. Nothing should come between me and my food. <_<

Sirius

10-03-2003, 10:46 AM

I sit on chairs in strange ways, too - one leg folded over or under the other

I sit with my right leg folded with my right ankle under my left leg. And I have gotten up and fallen in the floor because this position has put my right foot to sleep. Yet, I still do it.

On the cleanliness front...I have gotten up and cleaned the screen on friend's television sets when they invited us over to watch movies, mumbled, "Sorry, I just couldn't take it anymore" and sat back down. To which my friend, who is hispanic shouted, "Hey, you made all the people white!"

Cuilanië

10-03-2003, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by Rustell@Oct 3 2003, 06:46 PM
On the cleanliness front...I have gotten up and cleaned the screen on friend's television sets when they invited us over to watch movies, mumbled, "Sorry, I just couldn't take it anymore" and sat back down. To which my friend, who is hispanic shouted, "Hey, you made all the people white!"
:lol: LOL!!! :lol:

Sirius

10-03-2003, 11:26 AM

Oh boy, here's another one...

I have had people assume I work at the music store because I start alphabetizing out of place cds....

gwensmom

10-03-2003, 11:39 AM

I have had people assume I work at the music store because I start alphabetizing out of place cds....

I do this too mostly with books because I worked in a bookstore. I also worked in a store with kid's clothes and toys. I hate it when things in stores are out of place and always get uncontrollable urges to fix them.

If there has just been a big sale and the department is total wreck I will leave and not shop there.

this is strange considering my house is a disaster area!

VeronicasLovebug

10-03-2003, 11:52 AM

I can't stand the feeling of lotion on the palms of my hands...drives me crazy...and in the winter, the skin on my knuckles starts to dry out, and crack...and so i take the lotion and squirt a lil spot of lotion on each of my knuckles...then take one finger, and rub it in lol...i'm weird :blink:

Sirius

10-03-2003, 11:53 AM

yep, i find myself putting stray clothes back on hangers at the clothing shops to.

and I bank face my money. . .

oh, and my pen holder on my desk at work has two compartments, only multi-colored sharpies are allowed on the right, regular ink pens on the left.

gwensmom

10-03-2003, 11:55 AM

Rustell it's a good thing we are online friends because you would hate me! If you came to my house I would have to call an ambulance.

VeronicasLovebug

10-03-2003, 11:57 AM

Originally posted by Rustell@Oct 3 2003, 12:53 PM
and I bank face my money. . .
I do this too lol :P

Sirius

10-03-2003, 12:02 PM

The only reason you'd have to call the ambulance is because you might attack me when I started compulsively organizing. Again, something I get from my mother.

Right now, my house is a wreck though. When I got home last night, I cackled this weird insane laugh and told Brian, "If any of our friends and family stopped by they'd think we'd been abducted and replaced by aliens." He said, "I know, it's a mess isn't it." "Yep" and we happily plopped on the sofa and ate ice cream. Oh, the living room is clean, so we did go to the "clean" room, and blocked the rest out....

And, one thing I am totally not a neat freak on -- I keep my vehicle clutter free, but it hasn't been washed or vacuumed in months.

Seusomon

10-07-2003, 04:14 PM

just thought of another little eccentricity of mine. I refuse to wear a watch, even when it would be very helpful to do so, as when I'm traveling. I just hate the symbolism of having every minute of my day ticked off by something literally strapped to my wrist.

nymphette

10-07-2003, 04:59 PM

re: phones....

i will never answer the phone if i don't know who it is calling and want to talk to them... if i am ON the phone and i get a 'beep' then i will either ignore the beep or tell the person i am talking to that i have to go because i have another call, hang up, let the phone start to ring, so call display will tell me who the 'beep' was...... and then i will decide if i am going to answer the phone... sometimes i dont' want to talk to someone on the phone and it isn't because i dont' want to talk to someone, i just don't want to talk on the phone... know what i mean??? drives my husband nuts!!!!

if someone puts me on hold i will hang up if they dont' come back withint about ten or fifteen seconds... i was talking to them first, and they can either tell the next person they are on the other line or come back to tell me they have to take the other call... so i just hang up, why should i waste my time sitting on hold??? if they have something more to say to me then they can call me back.. and i will decide if *I* have something more to say to them!!!

re: milk...

yeah, i forgot, and i can't LOOK at the milk when i pour it (if i have to drink it) because if i see a bubble as i am pouring, well, it is a lump, not a bubble and the milk is bad... and you can't tell me otherwise...

my house is always clean, but it is almost never TIDY... i dust and sweep and wash regularly, but i don't always put stuff away... like laundry for example.. and the pile of three loads i have sitting on my love seat... <sigh> though i always make sure that i hang anything that might wrinkle when it is done in the dryer or washer...

i always put my fork and/or knife and/or spoon down in between bites.. i hate it when people sit with their utensils in their hands and chew or make dinner conversation.... not sure why that bugs me but it does!!!

if i order something in a restaurant or even a fast food place, it HAS to be made the way i order it- if it is wrong, i will send it back... anything from gravy or dressing on the side to no pickles or cheese or whatever!!! if i am eating out, which does NOT happen a lot in this household, let me tell you, it better be made how *I* want it made... if i am paying for it, i want it done right!!! i can screw it up myself at home for FREE!!!!

i can't say 'nanaimo' properly unless i stop and think about the word before i say it... i just have a mental block or something about the n-n-m in it.... usually comes out like 'manaimo'...

robyn

Lilac

10-07-2003, 05:21 PM

[QUOTE=nymphette,Oct 7 2003, 10:59 PM] my house is always clean, but it is almost never TIDY... i dust and sweep and wash regularly, but i don't always put stuff away... like laundry for example.. and the pile of three loads i have sitting on my love seat... <sigh> though i always make sure that i hang anything that might wrinkle when it is done in the dryer or washer...

Me too, Nymphette!

kittymao

10-07-2003, 09:43 PM

Oo. What a fun thread!

~ There are certain things that, when I touch them, I can feel them on my tongue. Especially velvet, velour and most plastics. It's kinda creepy- I can thumb through fabrics and the I touch a velvet and I spaz out, retract my head, stick out my tongue and shake my head, going BLEAH! really loud. My BF does this too.

~ I pick at myself. Scabs, zits, ingrown hairs, sunburns, hangnails, blisters- you name it, I will rip at it- usually until i fix it, or until it's no longer a bump ( meaing it gets red and swollen). Especially my face. Every time I look at a mirror, I have to do somethign to my face. I will do it to other people too, especially my BF. I've been called a " monkey " becuase of it.

~ As stated in several threads, I have paranoia out the yin-yang. It has a lot to do with my youth. But I can-not walk down the street without my pepper spray, or my knife. I am convinced that everyone is staring at me, that everyone hates me, and that everyone means to do me harm. Hard to make friends. I also don't go out much, not unless I am with someone I trust.

~ I love being organized. I do the Piles thing. But they are neat piles. All the stuff will be face up, and they will be straight piles. Or at least in perfect with and angle to each other. And everything will be in perfect composition. Like tiny pieces of art. I have been spotted on it on many occasions- especially restauraunts.

~ I become obsessed very easily. People, places, things. I will dream of them, and work on them obsessively. Several times, If I am working on a project taht I'm obsessed with, I will carry it with me on my person until it is complete.
If It's a person, I will query everyone I know they know about casual things about them, and compile a full "file" about them in my head. I will also collect things they may have owned, or possessed and discarded. But that's pretty much as far as I go. I don't stalk them, but if I run unto them on my own errands, i consider it fate.

~ Also, I grow my pinkie nails, and them only. Every other nail is clipped to the edge of the pink, and my pinkies grow freely. It's been that way for 7 years. They regularly stay at about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch long. And I don't do cocaine. :blink:

~ I can mimic animal sounds so well, I can confuse the animals. Chicken clucks, Goat bleating, Cat meows, dog barks, Crow caws, birdcalls. I can't really explain it, I just do it.

I think that's enough for now.

mokistar

10-07-2003, 10:19 PM

I do not eat the bottom end of the banana no do I let my children (The end that is left when eating a banana) in fact I peel the whole banana and take it off before I eat it. If there is any browning in or on the banana I will cut at it till there is none left. I am VERY particular about this. I think if I had to eat the end of a banana I would be bugged for days.

OHHHH and does anybody do the m&m thing...you know like make sure the amount of colors is equal when you eat them. I get bad because I actually think "I dont want the green one to feel intimidated because it's the only green one." LOL I swear I am not crazy just too much 'pretend' as a child!

kittymao

10-08-2003, 01:42 AM

yea- I do the candy thing too.

I'll pour a handfull and then eat each color one by one. Especially if each color has a flavor. Sometimes I'll put them in color-pairs ( if one color doesn't have a pair, I'll get one from the package) and then eat one of each colors, leaving "widows" behind. And I eat one-by-one. I never eat more than one.

As for food, I will eat each Item, one at a time. like, Fries, burger, then Drink.
I think it has to do with food purity- I like to enjoy the taste of each thing.

Cuilanië

10-08-2003, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by mokistar@Oct 8 2003, 06:19 AM
OHHHH and does anybody do the m&m thing...you know like make sure the amount of colors is equal when you eat them.
All the time.
I'll eat at the other colors until they're all equal, then eat one of each until I'm done.
Or I'll save the red ones for last (carried over from those Smarties commercials...)

Sirius

10-08-2003, 10:16 AM

have you been to the m&m store where you can buy the m&m's by color? they also have an online site for that....

i did a baby shower for a friend a while back and i did all primary colors, so for some of the snacks i have bowls of blue m&ms bowls of red m&ms and bowls of yellow m&ms...i bought 4 of those 3 pound bags to be able to pull it off (it was still cheaper than ordering them pre-sorted at $8 a pound)....so Brian and I were eating green, orange and brown m&m's for a while....

Lilac

10-08-2003, 10:18 AM

I'm not particular about my M&M's. I just scarf them down.

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-08-2003, 10:30 AM

Oh man, you all crack me up. Especially kittymao. :blink: So kooky! But in a good way-- don't get paranoid, kit.

I suck my thumb. It's still incredibly comforting. I do it, especially, while I drive. People are always staring at me on the highway. And I still have a baby blankie: blue, like Linus, and I carry it around at home.

I can't stand to be indoors with the lights on when it's dark outside if there aren't closed window-coverings. I totally think people are looking at me.

I think I am psychic about music. I can think of a song, something you don't often hear, and it will come on the radio within the hour.

Cuilanië

10-08-2003, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by girl-who-loves-sharks@Oct 8 2003, 06:30 PM
I can't stand to be indoors with the lights on when it's dark outside if there aren't closed window-coverings. I totally think people are looking at me.

I think I am psychic about music. I can think of a song, something you don't often hear, and it will come on the radio within the hour.
I'm like that, too - have to close the drapes, even though my windows currently face a blind wall. But for some reason, it doesn't bother me if the window's open.

And the music, too - it's often happened to me that I'll be singing a random song, not something I usually sing, and turn on the radio... And that song is playing. Weird.

I don't wear a watch, either.

My handwriting changes wildly depending on my mood and inspiration. It can go from tiny and nearly flat to huge and chunky...

Sirius

10-08-2003, 05:41 PM

i go back and forth on the watch thing...i had to consult it regularly for placing stock trades before so i had to where a watch...and now that I can get away without wearing one, my wrist feels empty without it...so i just ignore it...maybe i need to get a watch-width size bracelet...

another odd thing...i've always had this desire to find "my" ink pen...sort of a signature pen that I always use and write with and love (love being used loosely here) but i have yet to find it....i'm getting to the point where i think i need to start finding feathers to make my own because i've tried about every pen i can find in the stores....

Cuilanië

10-09-2003, 07:43 AM

Originally posted by Rustell@Oct 9 2003, 01:41 AM
my wrist feels empty without it...so i just ignore it...maybe i need to get a watch-width size bracelet...

another odd thing...i've always had this desire to find "my" ink pen...
That's funny, because I have this one heavy-ish bracelet I avoid wearing on my left wrist, because even though I haven't worn a watch in maybe a year and a half, I find myself flicking my wrist to look at the time whenever I do wear it there... :wacko:

About ink pens, too - my ex was like that. The pen had to be just right, and the nib just so, and I remember the fit he threw when he dropped his beloved pen and the nib was ever-so-slightly bent out of shape...

I believe I've found 'my' pen - it has a wooden body with metal trimmings. I've got to go try it, and I'm afraid the store won't carry it anymore.

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-13-2003, 12:57 PM

When other people do embarrassing things around me (or even on t.v., as long as I am witnessing it) my eyes water.

When people are talking about diseases or injuries, I feel like I am going to strangle. If I am wearing a turtleneck or choker, I have to pull it away from my neck. I have only known one person who shared this trait, and that was my friend Tara. We call it "neck attack."

Sirius

10-13-2003, 01:01 PM

feel like I am going to strangle. If I am wearing a turtleneck or choker

I can't wear turtle necks or chokers because they make me feel like I am going to strangle. And, I tried that scarf around the neck thing once too -- it lasted about 3 minutes. Good thing I live in a warm climate!

sarahkate

10-13-2003, 01:15 PM

Hmm...I have never experienced neck attack.........
but that reminded me of one of my other "quirks"

Once in a while I will be walking through a shopping mall, or the grocery store, or some other indoor retail place & I will all of a sudden have an itch attack!! Really! My whole body just becomes insanely itchy.......so bad that I have had to leave in the middle of a shopping trip many times. It really is a bit scary to me, because I don't know why it happens. I have never seen a doctor about it but friends & family have suggested it may be caused by anxiety/stress because of being in a crowded place. Really I don't FEEL anxious though. Crowds sometimes bother me, but not enough that I would think it would cause me to be so itchy. And the weird thing is that it only seems to happen in some sort of indoor retail place. It doesn't really happen to me at home, or outdoors, and it has even happened to me in the mall a few times when it was totally empty - I was shopping all alone at like 10 AM on a weekday morning so there were VERY few other shoppers so there would have been no reason for me to be anxious. So....I don't know...I"m stumped but it is definitely one of my biggest & most confusing eccentricities!! And it's painful too! :( Sometimes I am so itchy that I scratch soooo hard that my skin turns all bright red and then it's sore because I scratched it so hard! I am such a fruit-loop!

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-13-2003, 01:51 PM

Oh, ouchy! That sounds pretty miserable, Sarah. There must be some explanation for it. Sounds like a nervous system thing. How often does it happen? Maybe it's triggered by a high frequency sound that would only be in a retail place. I don't know much about that, but it seems plausible.

sarahkate

10-13-2003, 02:22 PM

It's totally random.....sometimes it won't happen for weeks or maybe even a month or two......but then other times it will happen more than once in a week. It's the strangest thing. I probably should see a doctor about it......but I'm not big on going to the doctor's - especially for something that is not life threatening :P

I do have really sensitive dry skin, so I guess it's possible that it's something in the air in retail stores. I'm starting to get itchy just thinking about it! Eeek!

Redandpinkdaisy

10-13-2003, 06:05 PM

I'm itchy from reading your posts ! Eep. Whenever someone talks about a disease or something, I'm certain I've got it for awhile. My mom's boyfriend's kids had lice a while back and even though I wasn't even around them for long, as soon as my mom told me I was scratching my head and I just knew I could feel the lice. As it turns out............no lice. Eh.

Also when SARS was going around, I got really sick one night, I was clammy, was throwing up, diahrrea, etc. I felt AWFUL - and then remember that package I got from Asia.

'OH MY GOD ! I've got SARS ! I'm so stupid !! Why did I chance it ? now I'm going to die, and everyone will say What a dumbass ! She died from swapping ! '

Obviously, I'm not dead....and don't have SARS, but boy did I think I did.

kittymao

10-14-2003, 01:12 AM

~ for some strange reason, I am extremely dramatic. I love watching movies, and pretending I'm in them sometimes. Especially Horror and sci-fi. And I have a terrible habit of pretending that real-life events are actually parts of movies- my BF and I sound so much like Quentin Tarantino Dialogue to me.

~ Due to my animation roots, I am an avid people-watcher. I like going to amusement parks and WATCHING people, rather than riding the rides. I also observe people on the street and my friends, and if you know me well enough and get me to fork over my Character Design book, you WILL recognize people. Which is why so few people see it. ( my own boyfriend has not seen a whole CD book, and I'm finishing #7.)

hm. Is there more?

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-14-2003, 05:57 AM

Oh yeah, Daisy, I thought I had SARS too. I am such a hypochondriac. Every year I insist that I have West Nile Virus. (I get a stiff neck and I am convinced.) And smallpox. Shortly after 9-11 I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic I was taking for bronchitis, and I thought it was smallpox. Yeesh. :blink:

venus28976

10-15-2003, 06:51 PM

I went to Canada and came back with a cough and fever and other strange symptoms....everyone joked that I had SARS. I thought I did too. Then again I have some fatigue thing that no one can figure out the cause for, so hey, maybe I am crazy. :0

I have a ton of candles that I have never lit because I am afraid to light a match.

I can copy any type of handwriting that I see in front of me...I made a quote book for my sis and it has about 50 different handwriting styles in it that I wrote in

I can't draw from my imagination but I can reproduce any image that I see in front of me.

I'm addicted to TV.

I have a bit of a death/destrction fixation that I play out in bizarre lucid dreams in which i place my dream self in very strange situations.

I can make myself break out in hives just by thinking about them.

Oh yeah, Sarakate- is there anything specific you eat or drink prior to your attacks even days prior, also, any connection to your cycle. I had something similiar happen and discovered I was allergic to caffeine whihc is surprisingly common. I'm more susceptible to attacks at certain times in my cycle to.

sarahkate

10-15-2003, 07:00 PM

I have a ton of candles that I have never lit because I am afraid to light a match.

Ha! No way! I thought I was the only Pyro-phobic (is that an actual term??) person out there. I am so afraid of fire. One time in 6th grade science class we had a test where we had to light a match & then light a bunsen (sp?) burner. I was sooo scared. I managed to light the match but I blew it out the second I lit it! :lol: I have managed to light lighters but usually I will have someone else do it for me. Good think I don't smoke huh?! :)

Oh yeah, Sarakate- is there anything specific you eat or drink prior to your attacks even days prior, also, any connection to your cycle. I had something similiar happen and discovered I was allergic to caffeine whihc is surprisingly common. I'm more susceptible to attacks at certain times in my cycle to.

Hmm...good point. I never really thought about a food related allergic reaction. Next time I have one of my psycho itch attacks I will have to keep a little journal of what I have eaten prior to it. I really wish I could figure out what it was....cause it is really strange.

That reminds me of something else.. (YES! Yet another sarahkate eccentricity!)..
When I am stressed out or upset or nervous the skin on my chest gets big blotchy red spots all over it. They aren't really hives I don't think.....it isn't raised welts or anything....it's just my skin turning red in blotchy patterns....it's very weird. Sometimes it happens for no reason too...or if I scratch an area on my chest or neck......then everyone freaks out & says "Oh no! what's wrong with your skin." I really do have some wacky crazy skin I tell ya!

kittymao

10-16-2003, 02:55 AM

Just thought I'd add this. It's REALLY creepy, but don't be afraid.

I have a fixation on Suicide. Mostly with jumping into the path of an oncoming vehicle. I constantly think about jumping in front of them as they approach. I wonder about just leaping, or just dropping my bag and seeing how I would fly, or what would happen to my body. My muscles get tense, and i get the urge- it'll be the only thing I feel and think about as the vehicle pulls up- and I just stare at the road (or tracks) until the passing vehicle breaks my concentration.

Sometimes I think about falling too. Not so much. I like to put my forehead against the Glass windows and look down, and imagine falling- like flying, and hitting the pavement...

But I'm not scared about doing it. I do love living. It's just- i guess teh Threat of Death makes Life more interesting to me.

sarahkate

10-16-2003, 06:49 AM

Wow. that is creepy.

i suppose it's just some sort of unusual *fantasy* or curiosity.... just don't ever act on it! We would miss you too much kittymao!

gwensmom

10-16-2003, 08:09 AM

Sometimes when I am very tired or frustrated I wish I could crash my car into something. There is a big dumpster outside a construction site on a street I drive on every day. When I pass that thing I feel like just ramming into it.

Either that or drive off the Memphis-Arkansas bridge into the Mississippi river.

But, like Kittymao, I would never actually do it! I want to stay around a lot longer. Plus I am chicken.

cindi1023

10-16-2003, 09:11 AM

I've had so much fun reading about everyone's quirks... I thought I was the only one with some of these!

Like SarahKate, I am also compulsive about eye-boogers. My own, other people's, and my cats. One of my kitties also get really gross nose boogers, and I HAVE to help her get rid of them!

Like AlienSpy, I HATE nail files & also emory boards. The sound of someone filing their nails is like fingernails on a chalk board to me. If I even think about it too much, I can hear the noise in my head and I get shivers up my spine.

Like Lilac, I can completly block people out. It makes my husband so mad! If I'm watching TV or reading or working on something that requires my concentration, I go off into my own little world and can completly block him out. I also do it at work... one of my coworkers got really mad at me one day -- we were the only people eating lunch in the breakroom. We had been having a conversation, then I was reading something in a magazine. Apparently she kept talking to me, but I didn't hear a word she said! I didn't even notice when she left the room in a huff!

As for food, I'll eat pretty much anything, but some foods I can only eat certain ways. If I eat Lucky Charms cereal, I have to eat the cereal first, then eat the marshmallows color by color. When eating the Girl Scout Tagalongs cookies, I eat off the chocolate coating first, then the peanut butter (but only on the outside ring), then the cookie with the peanut butter in the middle. Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls have to be eaten in this way -- first bite off the chocolate ends, then eat the outside chocolate layer, then unroll it and lick out all the cream filling, then eat the cake part. When I eat bread of any sort, I eat the crust off first, which means I eat sandwiches in a circle!

I have a weird adversion to untreated wood. I HATE the feel of it. I guess it comes from playing the clarinet for a VERY short period of time in elementary school. I can't use wooden spoons, and I don't eat anything on a popcicle stick. It also applys to paper, but only if my hands are wet or damp. If I have to touch it, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard...

I compulsivly chew on stuff... pens, pencils, straws, then inside of my cheeks. I used to bite my nails, but finally got over that. Now my pinky and ring finger nails grow really long (the others all break), so my sister teases me about having cocain nails... But because of my adversion to nail filing (see above), I can only cut my fingernails... so they're usually all different shapes on the ends.

My husband and I are both very messy people. Like so many of you, we live in a house full of piles. But I'm compulsive about having certain things in order -- all Books, CDs, DVDs & Videos have to be in alphabetical order (although the CD's are also broken down by genre). All of my clothes in my closet are hung by type and by color. My art supplies are meticusly kept neat. Everything else is a total disaster. I can't claim that our piles have any sort of rhyme or reason... we're constantly looking for stuff...

I have something that's kind of like a reverse fear of heights. I can be up very high and not be afraid, but if I'm standing somewhere and look up at something very tall, my knees buckle & I start sweating. It's like I feel like the ground is coming out from under me...

Medically, I have a very rare neurogical condition called cataplexy. Everyone who hears about it thinks I'm making it up, but it's real! When I start to laugh, my brain short-circuits and I fall down. Sometimes I'm able to control it a little better, and I don't actually fall, but I start jerking like a fish out of water. And what's bad is -- I think THAT's funny, so it makes the whole thing worse. My neurologist wanted to put me on some GHB-derivitave to help with the condition, but I think the drugs are worse than the symptoms, so I keep falling down and jerking around like an idiot! :D

cerwinrhiannon

10-17-2003, 02:56 AM

I have an obsessive fear of death. I hope there is
something after (reincarnation being my choice), but
I have to "see it" to be convinced.

I hate slow drivers, and my husband's shrill whistling,
most TV shows, radio talk shows, many Republicans
(I apologize to any here, my husband is what I call a
"typical Republican" and I am probably somewhat of
a "typical Democrat." Needless to say we don't talk
politics much, to avoid screaming arguments.

cerwinrhiannon

mysundown15

10-17-2003, 03:28 AM

Let's see.... there's just so many! Hahaha...

I'm a chronic dancer. I'll be on line in the store and I'll just start dancing in place. It's really annoying to my friends. They'll be like "James, if you don't fucking stop dancing I'll break your legs". So I'll stop temporarily, but 5 minutes later I'm dancing again. One really, really embaressing moment was on a school trip into NYC and I was dancing with this manequin in Macy's, but she was wearing like a tube top, and as I was dancing, the top came down and the principal just happened to look over at me dancing with the topless statue. It was kind of hard to live that one down...

I worry about things that won't happen, and I get so worried that they do happen. For instance, I tell myself "I'm gonna fail that math test", but I know the material like the back of my hand and there's no way I'll fail it. But, I keep worrying and worrying and finally when the test does come, I go bonkers, hyperventilate, sweat like crazy, shake, throw up, and fail the test.

I cannot go in elevators higher than around 3 floors. To me, the whole big heavy box hanging from a little cable thing isn't too comforting. I think "Hmm, well, 3 floors, if it falls down, there's a chance I might survive. Any higher, I'm definately dead if it collapses." I stayed in this hotel on the 28th floor, and I took the elevator to the third floor, then got off and walked the stairs the rest of the way. It was so tiring. Down for breakfast, up for a clothes change, down for shopping, up for lunch, down for a show, up for a movie, down for dinner, up for bed. I was going up and down at least 10 times a day. I guess it was good exercise though.

I look around for fire code violations when I'm at places. Hmm, this building doesn't have enough windows. If they overcharge me on this shirt, I'm reporting them. Same thing at school, I'm in my counselor's office and I'm thinking "There's no way out of this room. There's one door, no windows and we're in the center of the building. We're going to die!" And I start panicing. Holy shit, the fire sprinkler on the ceiling looks rusty, I doubt that will save me. Well, worst comes to worst, I'll use the counselor as a shield from the flames. She's had enough life.

I love playing with my money. I love going into my bank's website and just doing money transfers between my accounts. I feel like I'm going to Geneva to free up a few million to fund some genetic research or emptying my off-shore accounts. Muahahaha. 100 to Checking. 200 to Savings. 500 mailed to me. I really get freaky when I'm doing it. I just transfer back and forth. Finally, my bank got tired of me fucking with their systems. Now I'm limited to 6 online transfers a month. Hmmph!

That's it for now, I have tons of others though.

pantiesontherod

10-17-2003, 06:05 AM

i have a similar thing to kitty mao and gwensmom
if im on a cliff - ill purposely not stand near the edge - because i have this almost overwhelming desire to jump off - i can feel myself trying to push down sooo hard onto the ground - yet the other bit of me is wanting to leap. Same thing when im holding a knife - its all i can do to stop myself plunging it into my stomach and twist - i get white knuckles holding onto that knife so hard - same with anything sort of like that.

When anyone talks about peaches, pears and especially mangoes (even though i hate mangoes)
i get this tickle right from my mouth down the back of my throat.

I used to not dream - i would only have what i would refer to as "texture dreams" - they were like little films of textures - like a slide show or an animation - with flashes of different textures. - these textures used to "feel" - or make me feel - they could make me feel anxious, scared, sad, teary, happy, giggling, relaxed - it varied - sometimes they were like extreme close ups of something - like right in the corner of a room (not that it was obvious) i just knew somehow. I was scared of going to sleep a bit - because of the yucky ones - now i wish i had them again (interestingly i have been dreaming - 'normally' since i started taking anti depressants)

I hate looking at eyes up close - it makes me feel like there are pins going in mine and they water - its the worst feeling (ive been trying to get an immunity to this byy looking at ashley's avatar - oh it makes me sick just thinking about looking at eyes.

OOp i almost forgot- the whole reason i wrote here - i am petrified of mirrors in the dark - looking at them - walking past them - does anyone else have this?

Its funny - i was thinking

Reading this topic i was thinking to myself - ' wow these guys are a bunch of wacky fuckers' - *exact thought- :o ;) - but im still envious of all your idiosyncrasies
:P :blink:

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-17-2003, 06:34 AM

Somebody-- I can't remember who it was-- told me that whenever they are in a room they have to figure out where they would land if the building suddenly turned sideways or upside-down. I really wanted to adopt that trait, but I haven't been able to make it a habit yet.

cindi1023

10-17-2003, 06:50 AM

pantiesontherod Posted on Oct 17 2003, 07:05 AM
i am petrified of mirrors in the dark - looking at them - walking past them - does anyone else have this?

OMG -- I am too! Mine comes from having a totally irrational child-like pee-your-pants fear of ghost stories & horror movie stuff.... Mirrors scare the bejezus out of me because of that Bloody Mary story (stand in front of the mirror in the dark and say "Bloody Mary" 3 times while turning around in a circle) and the Candyman movies... It doesn't matter how old I get or how much I KNOW that nothing is going to happen to me if I spin around in circles in front of a mirror (other than getting dizzy, tripping and busting my ass!)-- I'm still TERRIFIED!!!

Cuilanië

10-18-2003, 06:32 PM

I'm a chronic dancer as well. I've never been threatened about it, though. I love to dance, I miss having a place to go dancing every other week or so here... 1. It's all too expensive, huge cover charges and all that. And 2. I can't stand the music played in the clubs, anyway. I want my Cafe Campus Thursdays back!!!

I also have those insane destructive urges, like standing too close to the edge when the metro comes into the station, and wondering what it would be like to poke my arm/leg/head or jump in front of it... Or go for a walk on the train tracks... Wanting to leap off any kind of high places... Wanting to step in front of cars... I realize I sound suicidal - I'm not, I promise - I just get these weird impulses, like I need the adrenaline rush or something.

Dalmaney

10-19-2003, 12:23 AM

I used to totally have the death-wish with jumping off of high things... and then I went bungee jumping. That cured that right up; no more curiousity, just a vivid memory of what it feels like to think I was going to die.

I use words no one else does. Like tonight I said "beautious". Just on its own as an exclamation. Or I make up words. I heard that if you use a word three times, it becomes a real word. I like that.

I always check out what the best way to rob a place would be. Sometimes when I'm paying for my groceries, the manager (or whatever) comes by with this ugly leather purse collecting the cash, and all I can think is "All I'd have to do is wait until she collected all the money, grab it, run outside and get in my getaway car." And then have a person to give the money to, so that when I got caught, I could be all "What Superstore?". I do it in banks, too, but they usually have much more strict security.

Sirius

10-19-2003, 12:56 AM

I don't visualize robberies but I visualize marketing strategies.... things like when I need to take my car to the dealer for repairs I think they should but me in one of their newer models while mine is there, as a sort of test drive. I do it all the time, but I didn't think much of it until a few years ago when Brian and I both were working downtown, we were leaving work and going through the part of town that has prostitues, they were on the opposite side of the street, and I started going on and on to Brian about at 5pm they should be on the side of the street where it is easy for the business men leaving downtown to pick them up and I went through a fifteen minute spiel of prostitue marketing strategies...to which Brian replied, "Um, they are probably prostitutes because they don't put that much thought into things like you do." Oh, sorry if Brian just offended any prostitutes you might know.

medeous

10-19-2003, 10:30 PM

i can't stand spiral staircases or suspension/rope bridges. i've literally had to get on my hands and knees and crawl, crying, off a bridge.

i can't walk near the edge of a balcony or down a non-enclosed staircase without becoming terrified of suddenly wanting to throw myself off. i don't WANT to throw myself off, but i'm afraid that i might not be able to stop it. i've been told this is an actual phobia, bathophobia: an abnormal fear of looking into very deep places...?

hard soled shoes are scary to me. i have to rough them up a bit or put some rubbery stuff on the soles before i can wear them.

my m&m's, fruit snacks, skittles, smarties...all must be arranged by columns of color, in rainbow order and anything that doesn't fit get's eaten first.

any candy wrapper that is square will immediately be folded up into a tiny origami fortune teller.

i absolutely cannot go to sleep for the night with my earrings on.

i will NOT pick up my phone unless i know who it is and what they want.

i will NOT answer my door unless i know who it is and what they want. i've cowered in terror for a good half hour after the knocking has stopped and then stealthily crept to the door to see if they are still lurking out there, trying to catch me.

i bite my lips and the inside of my cheek. i've almost always got little sores in there. it's a wonder i ever get kissed when i look like a leper. :blink:

i cannot touch raw meat of any kind. i cannot bear the smell of it cooking. if i smell it cooking, i can't eat it. i won't eat any meat unless it is extremely well done....crunchy is about right.

eggs must be scrambled and dry...any gooey ooziness makes me want to puke.

i pull out hairs that don't look like they belong...this drives my daughter crazy and she won't let me do it to her anymore. she's afraid i'll make her bald.

i can't pee if someone is talking to me.

Cuilanië

10-20-2003, 04:44 AM

i bite my lips and the inside of my cheek. i've almost always got little sores in there. it's a wonder i ever get kissed when i look like a leper.
So do I... Although for me it's more like constantly chewing tiny bit by tiny bit. I'm trying to get myself to stop. I figure, I've stopped biting my nails, I'm getting a handle on biting my cuticles, I guess I can kick this, too.
I don't think I'll ever stop twirling my hair, though. It's the habit I've had the longest (to hear my parents speak of it, and from my own vague memories...) Even cutting it short hasn't stopped me. When my head was shaved, I used to rub it instead...

I don't like revolving doors. I don't use them if I can help it. I tend to keep my arms very close to my body and walk in small, quick steps when I'm in one. It's completely irrational, I know there's no way my limbs will get stuck, and still those things give me the creeps. I've no problem with escalators, though.

It's not very eccentric, I guess, but the very idea of dating a guy named Adam makes me cringe...
Not because I don't like the name (I do), but because of my own name.
Can you imagine? "Let's invite Adam and Eve over for dinner..." - gaaaack! :wacko:

girl-who-loves-sharks

10-20-2003, 06:57 AM

any candy wrapper that is square will immediately be folded up into a tiny origami fortune teller

Yes! I do this too. I really thought I was the only person over age 12 who made these.

Sirius

10-20-2003, 11:04 AM

Can you imagine? "Let's invite Adam and Eve over for dinner..."

Oh, the jokes would get old. I knew twins named Barbie and Ken who SWORE their parents didn't realize when they named them Barbara and Kenneth that they would be Barbie and Ken. Of course, if your parent's named you after dolls you'd probably swear the same thing.

I also avoided dating anyone whose last name was Russell.

Rustell Russell....that would have been annoying.

The photographer at my wedding was Al Alexander.

sarahkate

10-22-2003, 01:26 PM

Hmm...I guess I'm glad that my name is Sarah now. I could really marry anyone.....I don't think Sarah would sound funny with any last name...well except maybe for Lee. Sarah Lee. AGH. My mom was actually going to choose Lee for my middle name....good thing my dad stopped her!

want to know some more sarahkate eccentricities? I thought so! :lol:

ok...let's see....

I hate socks. I will not wear them to bed....no matter how cold my feet are. I especially hate black socks (they are ok if they have some sort of printing/design on them though I guess)....I hate men's "tube socks" ....I hate the word "socks."

I MUST sleep with a blanket/comforter all year round. It can be a hot humid summer night but I still need my down blanket on me. Not only do I need the blanket.....I need to be snuggled into it like a cocoon.

When I have eaten too much and I feel full...like Thanksgiving Dinner full... I always feel like if I eat something sweet & sugary it will help make my stomach feel better....and the funny thing is ...it usually works!

I love ketchup & spaghetti sauce.....but I hate tomatoes.

I love honey mustard sauce......but I hate mustard...and I hate honey.

:blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:

Kelly

10-26-2003, 01:25 AM

I want to play too.

I can't stand people throwing up either. Ick. Just... no. I don't want to think about it.

Everynight before I go to bed I have to check the door. I can't just look at it and see that it's locked, I actually have to go over and feel the bolt.

I sleep with a fan on every night. Even if it's freezing in my room, I'll turn on my fan, I honestly can't sleep without the noise.

I can't stand it when people pull the skin of their fingers/the cuticles away from their nails. If they're just doing their nails and I see them do it I freak out. I can't stand it.

I'm sure there's more, let me think about it.

gwensmom

10-26-2003, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by sarahkate@Oct 22 2003, 02:26 PM
....I don't think Sarah would sound funny with any last name...well except maybe for Lee. Sarah Lee. AGH. My mom was actually going to choose Lee for my middle name....good thing my dad stopped her!

I wish someone had stopped MY parents! I was named after my grandmothers Sarah and Rosa Lee. So I DID get stuck with "Sarah Leigh" and originally went by both names as we are big on double names here in the south. By second grade I had dropped the Leigh on my own.

On rare occasions, relatives and people who have known me from infancy will call me Sarah Leigh and I think it's funny. It makes me feel like I'm 4 or something.

medeous

10-26-2003, 10:32 AM

my own is sarah ellen, but my family is goofy and it gets turned into sallerina, sari, serena, sarai, serefina, serendipity, sarah lee, sarahellen watermelon, and oddly enough, pissant (by my brother <_< )

bluecrayon

10-26-2003, 10:49 AM

Goofy???? That's my favorite word!! I want to be in your family medeous!

I am loopy as heck and sometimes forget my shoes when I leave the house. I have actually gotten several blocks away before I realize I don't have them on.

Cuilanië

10-26-2003, 11:43 AM

Sometimes I start down the stairs to go to work wearing my slippers... I forgot to dress one morning, as well (I was very foggy - barely awake!).

Ear-wiggling cracks me up. :)

Here's a good one - when I'm reading, I create mental pictures of the things described, only I create them in mirror-image. It happens every single time. It never fails. I realize this when the author gets around to giving a directional indication, and I'll be, "That can't be right! There's a wall there! ...Oh. Did it again." Then I have to reverse my whole mental picture.

sarahkate

03-17-2004, 10:40 AM

I love this thread. It seems to have been neglected for quite some time, so I thought I would bump it up in hopes some of you newbies (or anyone for that matter) have interesting "quirks" you want to share with us :P

I have already shared more in this thread than anyone ever wanted to know about me I'm sure, but here's another thing about me (I don't think I mentioned this before, but I'm too lazy to go read through my posts again at the moment to be sure):

I have remote keyless entry on my car. Every time I get out of the car in a parking lot I lock it, but within 10 seconds or so as I continue walking away from the car I have to stop almost everytime to either click the lock button again or run back and check the locks to make sure they went down because I guess I have really bad short term memory. It happens to me about 95% of the time that I lock my door in a store parking lot, I just all of a sudden can't for the life of me remember if I pushed the lock button or not, and of course I go back and check and see that the doors were locked all along. :P

nymphette

03-17-2004, 10:52 AM

i cant' remember what i've told in this thread, so if i repeat, i am sorry.... :P

i can't touch mold- i have a sort of phobia about it... if a loaf of bread on the counter has mold on it, i can't even pick up the bag and throw it away... and if i am eating bread and even think it might be moldy, all of a sudden i can taste it and cn't finish eating!!! ditto for milk- if i even think it might be sour, all of a sudden it IS sour, and i cn't drink it.... i dont like milk to begin with, so....

i am a compulsive lock checker at home... i'll wake up in the middle of the night and think 'did i lock the doors?' and then i have to check, even if i am sure i remember doing it, i convince myself that it wasn't that night i locked but the nigh tbefore and i have to get up and do it....

i have a very obsessive compulsive personality... it gets pretty bad sometimes....

cryptaesia

03-17-2004, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by sarahkate@Oct 22 2003, 02:26 PM
Hmm...I guess I'm glad that my name is Sarah now. I could really marry anyone.....I don't think Sarah would sound funny with any last name...well except maybe for Lee. Sarah Lee. AGH. My mom was actually going to choose Lee for my middle name....good thing my dad stopped her!

want to know some more sarahkate eccentricities? I thought so! :lol:

ok...let's see....

I hate socks. I will not wear them to bed....no matter how cold my feet are. I especially hate black socks (they are ok if they have some sort of printing/design on them though I guess)....I hate men's "tube socks" ....I hate the word "socks."

I MUST sleep with a blanket/comforter all year round. It can be a hot humid summer night but I still need my down blanket on me. Not only do I need the blanket.....I need to be snuggled into it like a cocoon.

When I have eaten too much and I feel full...like Thanksgiving Dinner full... I always feel like if I eat something sweet & sugary it will help make my stomach feel better....and the funny thing is ...it usually works!

I love ketchup & spaghetti sauce.....but I hate tomatoes.

I love honey mustard sauce......but I hate mustard...and I hate honey.

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in high school my best friends name was sarah leugh mason and we used to bug he by calling her sarah lee cos she hated it so much.

personally i f@cking hate ignorant drivers that think they rule the world. i dont drive, never have driven and will probably never drive. i hate drivers that dont respect pedestrians. ones that cut off the side walk to turn out, ones who dont bother to look for people walking before they turn, ones that cut you off.

cryptaesia

03-17-2004, 10:58 AM

also, i must sleep with a pillow over my head....

jackiethestamper2

03-17-2004, 10:59 AM

From what I can see we have a few obsessive compulsives in the house.
I am somewhat like Melvin (As good as it gets) Jack Nicholson and Hellen Hunt.
I need to count things. I will only eat 3 cookies or five cookies, I will go back for more but only in those amounts. The only time I am not this way is when doing my art or on the computer. The meds help too! I have to have balance or be symetrical. I will straighten curtains and pictures (but I hate to clean) . Ok now don't all go running for the hills! :wacko:

kmfdmchick

03-17-2004, 11:15 AM

hmm..where to start.
if someone tells me somethin wrong with my food, ill taste it even tho they are lying.for example, if i think about itching,ill start to itch. like now! lol cuz i mentioned it.

i have this thing about not bathing or washing my clothes if they dont smell. i guess its cuz its a waste of time or maybe cuz i dont want to waste water. so ill wear the same thing like 3 times in a row and when it smells,it goes in the washer. no one says i smell,so im good so far.

i take meds for anxiety and a d d..but i usually forget to take the medicine and start to get anxious..go figure lol.

ill say random things and all of a sudden bust out laughing for literally 5 minutes...likewise..i can chill and all of a sudden become hyper.

i check the house for ghosts before i go to sleep cuz i see them all the time. i shut all the doors in the house to keep them in thier rooms.

Meika

03-17-2004, 11:24 AM

I have a lot of food issues.
I pick my food aprt when I eat it. I have done this since I was a child but I'm not sure why. My sister remembers me doing this when I was a toddler. I look at everything closely for variations in texture and color. For example if I eat a piece of chicken I have to pick out all of the little veiny spots and reddish brown spots. I just cant eat them. When eating fruits and vegetables I carve out any little bruise or imperfection no matter how small. The list goes on and on.

I also have a hard time with my food touching on my plate. When I was little I had a Tommy Tippy cup and plate to eat from. The plate had sections. The story goes that once the plate was falling apart and my parents took it away I wouldn't eat. My Dad was Air Force so he brought me home one of the mess hall plates with the neat little sections to see if that would work. It did and I started eating again. To this day I flinch a little if someone serves me a plate with food touching. I'll eat the food but the parts where the food touched stay on teh plate. I just eat around those. I end up with a sort of peace symbol left on my plate a lot of times. :) I never eat gravy on a plate of food because it spreads around too much and touches everything else on the plate. Just thinking about that too much gives me a lump in my throat. That goes for pretty much any kind of sauce too. I won't have eggs and panckaes on the same plate either (all that syrup touching my eggs ew) and I can't stand to have my salad on my dinner plate.

Just thought of another one. I HAVE TO have panties on when I sleep or I cant go to sleep. I feel like I am going to wet myself if I'm not wearing underwear.