cravings/obsessions and other dysfunction

[fascination]

I cannot get enough hot sauce (also cheese and wine)

I simply have to play certain passionate songs over and over and over

I must work out

I cannot get in the car without a drink

[and123]

and this is something we want to share publicly because....? :cool:
(misery loves company) http://foldies.wtms.net/kiss2.gif
some quirks I'd rather keep to myself http://foldies.wtms.net/whistling.gif

[LucyDiamond]

I cannot start the day without having diet coke or diet pepsi (my source of caffeine)

I simply have to play certain songs over and over and over (this changes as the mood strikes me)

<I'm sure I'll think of more.>

[quixotedlm]

I'm with and123. Lotsa stuff I can't share.

Some quirks -

I have to weigh myself every day or every other day.
Drink lotsa water.
Count calories.
Must dance.

[SPratt74]

I'm big on Mountain Dew. I have to have one when I wake up, but then I'm good after that for a long time.

I'm really big on listening to music before I go to bed.

I have to shut out every light in my room before I go to bed, or I can't fall asleep. I've never had nightlights or anything like that.

I'm sure I'll think of more, but these are the main ones. ;)

[fascination]

and this is something we want to share publicly because....? :cool:
(misery loves company) http://foldies.wtms.net/kiss2.gif
some quirks I'd rather keep to myself http://foldies.wtms.net/whistling.gifoh sure...leave me hangin' out here like a ding dong all by myself....thanks a bunch

[tanya_the_dancer]

I hate it when I turn off lights in my bedroom but there is still light in the hallway.

[and123]

Ok fine.... here's one:
when I eat colored candies (M&Ms and the like), I analyze the colors and rearrange them so that there is an equal number of each by eating the excess colors first.

[fascination]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove it...and I don't think any less of you either ;)

[quixotedlm]

I cannot get in the car without a drink

please don't drink and drive.

[fascination]

silly..iced tea or bottled water

[samina]

am trying to come up with something... really trying... should i feel bad because i'm the least neurotic person i know? :rolleyes: oh, but the stories i could tell from when i was younger... yeesh.

here's something idiosyncratic i've never been able to overcome -- i am utterly horribly grossed out by bad table manners, specifically very loud & open-mouthed chewing. also partly mesmerized... "how can they DO that???" have wondered so often why it affects me so... my father's bad, and everyone on his side of the family (in greece) is just... well, it's beyond description. i have to do deep breathing to be around this kind of behaviour.

other than that, i have all sorts of strong preferences, but i'm not in the end tied to them.

[meow]

:rolleyes:If I share then someone might try to have me committed. Is there a cat asylum? Or a psychiacatrist?;)

[Peaches]

Oh, jeez. Where to start...

[NURDRMS]

This drives dh nuts...I love the taste of blackberries but HATE crunching the little seeds when I chew.

[fascination]

:rolleyes:If I share then someone might try to have me committed. Is there a cat asylum? Or a psychiacatrist?;)I'll protect you:rolleyes:

[fascination]

let's see...I can rarely sleep without earplugs.......

[waltzgirl]

Invariable morning routine:

Get up and make big cup of tea.
Back to bed with laptop.
Check email.
Check DF.
Check ebay watch list.

[samina]

Invariable morning routine:

Get up and make big cup of tea.
Back to bed with laptop.
Check email.
Check DF.
Check ebay watch list.

yah, but is that compulsive or dysfunctional for you? sounds quite common & pleasant to me...
:)

[waltzgirl]

Day just doesn't seem right if I can't do it. Ebay was down yesterday and I felt antsy all day. Nuts enough for you?

[Peaches]

I asked DH about this. He says I have a helluva lot fewer things now than when he met me.

I will listen to a new favorite song/album on repeat (with nothing else) until I get sick of it or something takes its place. (Listened to 2 AT cd's, and nothing else, for several months that way when I came back from Bs.As.)

I used to be obsessive about having bottles of stuff (lotions/perfumes, etc.) lined up in a particular order--descending size--when in college.

I used to be obsessive about shirt buttons--if there was a button, it should be buttoned. Quite thankfully over that...had several guidance counselors quite worried and in contact with my parents.

Have to have the volume in my car set at some multiple of 5. 48, 49...bug the daylights out of me. Has to be 40, 45, 50, etc. Drives me nuts that the max is 63 (rarely drive with it lower than 50, and that's only in the morning when loud noises bother me).

If there's multi-colored candy, I have to sort it all out and arrange it neatly before eating it. Then, I have to eat it in some order.

Huh...wow...there are a lot more that I used to have which I can't actually list now.

[SPratt74]

Oh I used to be very into butterfly items. I didn't decorate with butterflies, but I would buy like necklaces and things like that. And I used to be into angels. I'm not any more, but I was into both things when I was younger.

[samina]

that is a great list, peach. i just love the candy & volume things. as for listening to something til you get sick of it... meh... that seems perfectly wonderful to me. total immersion/aborption... love that.

[quixotedlm]

I asked DH about this. He says I have a helluva lot fewer things now than when he met me.

I will listen to a new favorite song/album on repeat (with nothing else) until I get sick of it or something takes its place. (Listened to 2 AT cd's, and nothing else, for several months that way when I came back from Bs.As.)

I used to be obsessive about having bottles of stuff (lotions/perfumes, etc.) lined up in a particular order--descending size--when in college.

I used to be obsessive about shirt buttons--if there was a button, it should be buttoned. Quite thankfully over that...had several guidance counselors quite worried and in contact with my parents.

Have to have the volume in my car set at some multiple of 5. 48, 49...bug the daylights out of me. Has to be 40, 45, 50, etc. Drives me nuts that the max is 63 (rarely drive with it lower than 50, and that's only in the morning when loud noises bother me).

If there's multi-colored candy, I have to sort it all out and arrange it neatly before eating it. Then, I have to eat it in some order.

Huh...wow...there are a lot more that I used to have which I can't actually list now.


You have OCD. :doh:

[samina]

You have OCD. :doh:

uh... duh! lol...

[Peaches]

Come to think of it, I used to get on candy kicks. Had to have a particular something (Peanut Chews, Swedish Fish, Chewy Sweet Tarts, etc.) every day or functioning didn't happen. I'd have to wear out that craving before I could go without it.

Come to think of it...I'm like that with breakfast, too. Went through a bagel kick, a biscuit kick...currently at the tail end of a grits with cheese kick.

It's all fun and games until your friends start tormenting you by re-arranging the bottles on your dresser at school. No kidding.

[Peaches]

You have OCD. :doh:Definite tendencies, yes.

[quixotedlm]

Come to think of it...I'm like that with breakfast, too. Went through a bagel kick, a biscuit kick...currently at the tail end of a grits with cheese kick.




i'm going thru a starbucks tomato mozzarella insalata phase now. i even make it myself to save on $$'s.

[Peaches]

When I was really little, I used to tie everything in knots. My parents still tease me about it. I have very vivid memories of tying knots all the way down the ties that keep the little bumper things attached to the crib rails. Whatever they're called. Drove my parents nuts.

16 sets of ties, and I had to go through and tie them all, all the way down. Just granny knot after granny knot after granny knot. I had to, I couldn't have stopped myself if I tried. The strings were meant to be knotted, to keep things in place...had to knot them completely.

I don't know how many times I got in trouble for that...

[samina]

okay, that's it... can't take it anymore...am done with work... all this food talk on an empty tum is more than i can take... gonna pull a fasc & have some cheese w/ shiraz over ice & call it a day.

adieu & farewell... :):car:

[quixotedlm]

okay, that's it... can't take it anymore...am done with work... all this food talk on an empty tum is more than i can take... gonna pull a fasc & have some cheese w/ shiraz over ice & call it a day.

adieu & farewell... :):car:

I'm already missing you :rolleyes:

[anp73ga31]

Ok fine.... here's one:
when I eat colored candies (M&Ms and the like), I analyze the colors and rearrange them so that there is an equal number of each by eating the excess colors first.

1. I will admit to doing this. I also do it with munchkins(donut holes at Dunkin Donuts, my fav!). Freaks my sister out because I have to put the same-type holes together. Hey, I like to see how many of each I have left so that I can make sure I get equal of each!

2. I have to have chips and cheese dip at my fav mex restaurant at least once a week. I think they put something addictive in that stuff! (to balance it out I have a taco salad with it, lol!)

3. I hate it when I turn off lights in my bedroom but there is still light in the hallway. ME TOO!!

4. I simply have to play certain songs over and over and over (this changes as the mood strikes me) ME TOO!

5. I put off going to bed as long as possible. My mom has always maintained that I dread going to bed, but I'm not sure about that. I just remember all my life it taking me forever to get to sleep(my brain just keeps churning!)...I'm so envious of those who can just get in bed and fall asleep! Maybe I do dread having to get up [tired] and go to work in the morning, but the actual sleeping part is lovely, though I sometimes have very weird nightmares, based mostly around my many, many fears. Guess that should be my next one....

6. I'm an overly fearful, worried, stressful, self-concious person. Which is why dance is so good for me! Makes me less self-concious, makes me temporarily forget my fears and my worries, and gets rid of some of my stress. Not all, but some. Which makes me think of another thing my mom has always said: that I have never, ever relaxed. I'm always tense....not good on the neck/shoulders, of course, I can attest to this!

But enough about my weirdness. Ya'll need to think of so more so I forget how insane I am. lol!

[Larinda McRaven]

Ok fine.... here's one:
when I eat colored candies (M&Ms and the like), I analyze the colors and rearrange them so that there is an equal number of each by eating the excess colors first.

Yup, same here!

[and123]

I also say to myself "OK, I'll stop eating them when I get a particular color" (hoping of course that it's a rare color and at the bottom of the bag....:rolleyes:)

[meow]

I'll protect you:rolleyes:

Thanks fasc. I need all the protection I can get.:friend:

[meow]

I truly can't start listing the stuff I do as then the thread would end up being called "Meow's nuts - Lock Up That Cat!"
Seriously, I do have OCD :doh:

[fascination]

well, okay...I am not asking here for officially diagnosed stuff...just quirks

[fascination]

wouldn't want anyone to share something that wasn't fun for them ;)

[fascination]

yah, but is that compulsive or dysfunctional for you? sounds quite common & pleasant to me...
:)
lol, plenty of compulsions and dysfunctions are fun...I am not neccessarily going for horribly destructive here;)

[fascination]

Definite tendencies, yes.
meh, it makes you interesting...

more for me: cannot put fiction down until it is read...cannot sleep etc..

[Joe]

I asked DH about this. He says I have a helluva lot fewer things now than when he met me.

I will listen to a new favorite song/album on repeat (with nothing else) until I get sick of it or something takes its place. (Listened to 2 AT cd's, and nothing else, for several months that way when I came back from Bs.As.)

I used to be obsessive about having bottles of stuff (lotions/perfumes, etc.) lined up in a particular order--descending size--when in college.

I used to be obsessive about shirt buttons--if there was a button, it should be buttoned. Quite thankfully over that...had several guidance counselors quite worried and in contact with my parents.

Have to have the volume in my car set at some multiple of 5. 48, 49...bug the daylights out of me. Has to be 40, 45, 50, etc. Drives me nuts that the max is 63 (rarely drive with it lower than 50, and that's only in the morning when loud noises bother me).

If there's multi-colored candy, I have to sort it all out and arrange it neatly before eating it. Then, I have to eat it in some order.

Huh...wow...there are a lot more that I used to have which I can't actually list now.
You know they have medication for that now...

[Peaches]

You're not paying attention, people. I've improved!!! A LOT!!!

[fascination]

he's in one of his sensitive moods today

[fascination]

okay...so now, about ME ;)

pro always says when you have a problem it isn't enough to just know it and decide to do better...you have to have a strategy...so here is my starting strategy:

(and it's not acceptable to laugh, you people)

instead of cheese and wine everyday, I start with it either being a cheese day or a wine day.....

and I am not kidding...and since it is friday, I think today will be a wine day...then maybe, just maybe, I can throw in a "neither" day

[Peaches]

Is that what that was?...

[fascination]

have you read the rest of his posts for today?

[Peaches]

okay...so now, about ME ;)

pro always says when you have a problem it isn't enough to just know it and decide to do better...you have to have a strategy...so here is my starting strategy:

(and it's not acceptable to laugh, you people)

instead of cheese and wine everyday, I start with it either being a cheese day or a wine day.....

and I am not kidding...and since it is friday, I think today will be a wine day...then maybe, just maybe, I can throw in a "neither" dayWhy the need to get rid of cheese and wine?

Can you cut down on both, so you can have both every day?

What about finding a substitute?

Or find something to do to completely disrupt your routines when normally you'd be having some?

(Listen to me...offering advice about quitting something...and have yet to finally quit smoking... So...er...feel free to disregard, however politely or impolitely you wish!)

[Peaches]

have you read the rest of his posts for today?
Er...no.

[fascination]

um...b/c I have issues about moderation with both...all or nothing kinda girl....but, I think this is a good start...I also like my routine so I don't think that will work just yet...but if I can have just one to be obsessive about at a time I think I will feel less deprieved (and less fat)...which is, btw, the motivating factor...they are my last two dietary dragons to slay

[Peaches]

Ah...understood. It's all coming together now.

[fascination]

Er...no.
gol...check out AT...want to punch him...in an affectionate way

[Peaches]

Yeah, saw that. Didn't register as anything particularly unusual.

[fascination]

yea well, she did

[cornutt]

Have to have the volume in my car set at some multiple of 5. 48, 49...bug the daylights out of me. Has to be 40, 45, 50, etc. Drives me nuts that the max is 63 (rarely drive with it lower than 50, and that's only in the morning when loud noises bother me).


Nah, that's not obsessive. If you were really truly obsessive, you would only set it to prime numbers. :nope:

[samina]

Nah, that's not obsessive. If you were really truly obsessive, you would only set it to prime numbers. :nope:

cute.

[fascination]

he's the best

[samina]

yep. so glad to have him back on the boards...

[and123]

Shall we start a Cornutt love-in thread? :cool:

[samina]

go to, and123...

[cornutt]

Shall we start a Cornutt love-in thread? :cool:

You are entirely too kind... :oops:

(As for how it is that my name is turning up on a thread about dysfunctional obsessions... well, you'd have to ask my DW about that... :banana:)

[Peaches]

Well, then, can you call her over to the computer, Cornutt? We've got a few questions for her!

[Peaches]

yea well, she did
Don't most people seem to react that way to Joe when the first join D-F? Perfectly normal, really. (I can say this, b/c I don't have to deal with it as a mod! :p)

[fascination]

yes...they don't understand lol, that being called stupid isn't personal...can't really blame em...

[cornutt]

Well, then, can you call her over to the computer, Cornutt? We've got a few questions for her!

Oh there you are. I hope you haven't been outside reprogramming your car radio...

As for my DW, she is incognito at the moment. Probably watching someone spin down some disgusting bodily fluids. But I can already tell you that the answer to all of your questions is: Yes. Or maybe, No. Depends on what the question is, actually.

[Peaches]

yes...they don't understand lol, that being called stupid isn't personal...can't really blame em...Wasn't blaming...just commenting that it seems to be the normal trajectory of things. Almost as predictable as steak, tots, and cotc.

[fascination]

yes....completely consistent

[Peaches]

Oh there you are. I hope you haven't been outside reprogramming your car radio...

As for my DW, she is incognito at the moment. Probably watching someone spin down some disgusting bodily fluids. But I can already tell you that the answer to all of your questions is: Yes. Or maybe, No. Depends on what the question is, actually.
Lol. No, no reprogramming of the radio. (Don't use it, actually.) Slight change in the work situation which drastically curtails my posting time.

Aren't you sneaky...

[fascination]

personally, I haven't seen it curtail you much ;)

[Peaches]

Early mornings, late afternoons. Not so much during the day.

[fascination]

me neither...must be why I don't notice much

[fascination]

I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT cheese

[danceronice]

I must exercise. Especially if I eat. Then I have to exercise more. If I'm not sore, I haven't done enough. (This may fall under a clincally diagnosable OCD-related disorder.)

I get fixated on particular CDs or movies and watch them over and over. Then I get bored and forget them for ages.

I frequently crave carbohydrates. And once in a while I just have to have buttercream frosting. I think it's the texture more than the taste. I will seriously go buy a Shaw's "cake snack" (a single-serve piece of sheet cake) just to eat the frosting. Nothing else will satisfy the craving.

I have other fixations/cravings, but let's leave those private. Especially since if I say any of them, I know a couple people who read these forums who might stumble across it would find them all very amusing and would never let me hear the end of them. EVER.

And I have to do certain things certain ways in a certain order, especially at work. Do not get me started on doing the dessert plates and what order I have to put stuff on and which way things are pointed. Apparently my boss got a reference call from someone I interviewed with that he told me about. He described me to them as "obessive compulsive." She then asked him what my strengths as an employee are and he claims to have said, "Didn't you just hear me? She's obsessive-compulsive."

[lcdancesport]

I used to have strange habits as a child, like turning a light switch on and off so many times, stepping outside of a room with the same foot every time, and I wouldn't like to turn so if I turned so many times one way, I'd have to turn that many the other way to balance it out, oh and I liked to count how many words were in the sentence.

Luckily I don't do any of that stuff anymore, now most of my obsessions are with food or just keeping things organized. I don't feel right when my place gets too messy, then I go on a cleaning binge.

[elisedance]

please don't drink and drive.

I don't think fasc meant an alchoolic drink - though it coulda read that way..

spider solitaire on windows at level 3

[elisedance]

DF has become a bit of an obsession in itself...

dancing, along with 99% here!

grilled tomatoes - but you knew that...

[lcdancesport]

Mmm hmm dance definitely. That's one obsession I won't give up, along with dark chocolate!

[elisedance]

Apparently my boss got a reference call from someone I interviewed with that he told me about. He described me to them as "obessive compulsive." She then asked him what my strengths as an employee are and he claims to have said, "Didn't you just hear me? She's obsessive-compulsive."

cute.... :)

[Irisida]

I WILL crave dancing to the point of curling up into fetal position and rocking back and forth when my partner is away for more than 4 days.... which is probably hardly surprising to anyone here, lol.

I use music to take myself to rock-bottom emotional state in order to then feel better, even if i initially start out feeling only a little sad.

Oh, and i'm obsessive about constantly updating my ballroom music - in fact, i dont think i can listen to music in public places without trying to fit a dance to it. interestingly, most songs fall in either the rhumba or the foxtrot categories.

So, as far as ballroom goes, i'm definitely a lost cause. :D
and lovin' it.

[bordertangoman]

I WILL crave dancing to the point of curling up into fetal position and rocking back and forth when my partner is away for more than 4 days.... which is probably hardly surprising to anyone here, lol.

.


a bit extreme, I would say. Why don't you do what I do: just put on some music and dance on your own; last night I went on shamanic bender with the Saami music of Mari Boine.

[fascination]

I WILL crave dancing to the point of curling up into fetal position and rocking back and forth when my partner is away for more than 4 days.... which is probably hardly surprising to anyone here, lol.

I use music to take myself to rock-bottom emotional state in order to then feel better, even if i initially start out feeling only a little sad.

Oh, and i'm obsessive about constantly updating my ballroom music - in fact, i dont think i can listen to music in public places without trying to fit a dance to it. interestingly, most songs fall in either the rhumba or the foxtrot categories.

So, as far as ballroom goes, i'm definitely a lost cause. :D
and lovin' it.welcome...love it

[elisedance]

last night I went on shamanic bender with the Saami music of Mari Boine.

so give us the youtube link....

[bordertangoman]

so give us the youtube link....

http://www.myspace.com/boine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYevBLUtuLc

youtube doesn't show my favourite tracks

http://www.mariboine.no/

best listen to her on amazon

[elisedance]

No, you nut, of YOU dancing to boine! Although I will check into her music...

[bordertangoman]

No, you nut, of YOU dancing to boine! Although I will check into her music...

what a strange request and I'm not sure its possible to film the twylight region betyween worlds and if i knew i was going to be filmed I would have done it somewhere more auspiciouslike on the top of a mountain or deep in a wood. Sadly its hard to get far enough away from poeple

[elisedance]

what a strange request and I'm not sure its possible to film the twylight region betyween worlds and if i knew i was going to be filmed I would have done it somewhere more auspiciouslike on the top of a mountain or deep in a wood. Sadly its hard to get far enough away from poeple

I do agree - but I was under the impression that almost everything is being filmed in at least some parts of England. You may want to check utube just in case.

[bordertangoman]

I do agree - but I was under the impression that almost everything is being filmed in at least some parts of England. You may want to check utube just in case.

well if you see someone dancing with the head of a reindeer stag that's me.

[lcdancesport]

I'm craving some coffee and a dance, and not in that order!

[elisedance]

well if you see someone dancing with the head of a reindeer stag that's me.

wearing it or in an AT embrace?

And how does that guy follow eh? I bet he would get lots of points at a dance comp :p

[Irisida]

a bit extreme, I would say. Why don't you do what I do: just put on some music and dance on your own; last night I went on shamanic bender with the Saami music of Mari Boine.

I will have to try it. I initially learned ballroom (standard) by following and have been with that same partner i learned it from for 2 years now, so I suppose i just can't imagine dancing without him.

and yes. i'm a bit extreme and more than a bit idealistic.

:D

[Irisida]

welcome...love it

thanks!

[samina]

hey, welcome to DF, irisida. :)

[lcdancesport]

Welcome to DF irisida, I think you'll like it here.

[JEM]

Must have chocolate every day - sanity saver!
Must dance something every day - even if only a few minutes of practice.
Cannot leave the house w/out mascara - just can't!

[elisedance]

Earrings that match my outfit. But you probably knew that too...

[lcdancesport]

Welcome to DF JEM :)

[yippee1999]

Oh my lord!! I do the exact same thing as 123 with the M&M's. I guess it's like an OCD thing. I'll determine first which color has the most excess and I'll eat those in order, until all the higher # colors are brought down to meet each other. And then I'll continue until they are ALL brought down, and I have the exact same number of each color. Then I usually eat in the order of your standard color chart...red, orange, yellow, green, blue, light brown, dark brown. Repeat. Until they are all gone.

Honeycomb Cereal is one of my guilty pleasures, and on the rare occasions I buy it, I eat it in a certain way. Once I pour some into my bowl, first I'll eat the "defective" ones....the ones that are broken or badly mishaped. Then once all the bad ones are gone, I'll eat the smallest ones first and save the largest for last.

I think I have a number of OCDs. :-(

Another is...I will put license plates "in order". I do it so automatically sometimes. I'll look at a plate number, say "D9X 4HB". While I'm not a sauvant or anything, I will do my best to quickly apply the right number to any letters in the plate. So "D" = 4 (4th letter in alphabet). "X" = well my brain immediately knows it's just short of 26. "H" is probably somewhere around the number 11. So to put the plate in "order", it would be "BD49HX".

[lcdancesport]

They still make light brown M&Ms?? I haven't seen those in forever.

[yippee1999]

..not sure on the light brown M&Ms. It's been a while. :--) I was much more apt to eat mass-produced candy many, many years ago. Now I just each "chocolate" as in the "good stuff"....ideally Belgian!

[Joe]

No, light brown M&Ms have gone the way of the dodo. I think they were booted in favor of blue?

[lcdancesport]

I think so too Joe, I remember when they mixed the blue and purple M&Ms in the bag and let the public vote on which color they liked better. Funny how they don't have purple in there regardless, it's the only color missing from the rainbow.

[samina]

i liked those light browns... :(

[lcdancesport]

i liked those light browns... :(

I know, I mean the flavor was so different from the rest of the colors. :-P

[Joe]

I think so too Joe, I remember when they mixed the blue and purple M&Ms in the bag and let the public vote on which color they liked better. Funny how they don't have purple in there regardless, it's the only color missing from the rainbow.
'coz brown is in the rainbow too. ;)

[lcdancesport]

Maybe they only had brown so they didn't copy Skittles :p

[Peaches]

I'd have thought that M&M's predated Skittles.

[elisedance]

I think you are right P.

Googling I came accross this delight:
"Generally speaking, when it comes to Light Brown M&M extinction theories, there are basically three schools of
thought. The first one suggests that a giant meteor hit the planet, nearly killing all M&M's,
but ultimately only hurting the other species. The second theory,
known in the field as "Color Displacement", uses the fact that a new
species of M&M's emerged about that time, the migthy Blue M&M, whose
settled in the homelands of the Light Brown M&M's. Followers of this
theory speculate that the Blue M&M's invaded the Light Brown M&M's,
killing them and taking their villages for settling. The third theory,
known as "Evolution", suggests that the Light Brown M&M's underwent
evolutionary changes, because of potential changes in radiation from
the sun that would only affect Light Brown things. Under this theory,
the Light Brown M&M's are actually the ancestors of the current day
blue M&M's."
http://bookarchives.tripod.com/mm.html

[fatimarobs]

cheeseburgers are my weakness.

[samina]

welcome to DF, fatimarobs!

[Kassia]

But only the other Canadians will know of what i speak when i say Hawkins Cheezies!
I can't seem to get enough of them!! I think they are even a cure for migraines...

[nucat78]

Hawkins Cheezies!

I think my dog had that but the vet put him on some meds and it resolved.

[Phil Owl]

Listening to William Shatner "sing" :D

Looking for owls in my travels (I actually spotted 2 Great Horned Owls this past week)

Chocolate

Pizza w/ pineapple & ham

Dance-wise, HUSTLE!!!!!

Playing a fretless bass with NO markings on the fingerboard

Composing and recording snarky instrumental music that pokes fun at the record biz and such.

Blogging and among other things, ridiculing Fox News and highlighting odd/hilarious occurrences

I quack like the Burgess Meredith Penguin on Batman when something is ridiculously funny or just plain ridiculous.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/ProgOwl/penguin1.jpg



Good Gawd Y'all, I DO need professional help! :D

[tsb]

one i don't mind sharing is that i tend to sing along whenever i hear michael buble songs. i also have every song that he ever recorded - included the three albums he did in vancouver before "michael buble".

also, i tend to be a purist when it comes to ethnic cuisine - especially sushi.

i drive with the top down unless it's raining. but if it starts raining, i keep driving - you stay drier that way.

i can go to a dance venue, dance only once or twice and be completely happy (but the few dances tend to be with my favorite partners).

[fascination]

I cannot drink coffee without skim milk and I have to drink it in a mug not in styrofoam...and I have to drink wine in a glass......I generally need earplugs to sleep...

[hereKittyKitty]

Unsweetened tea (unusual here in the south) no ice, 6 packets of splenda.

[fascination]

:shock::shock::shock:six???? wow

[fascination]

no wonder you're such a sweetie pie

[hereKittyKitty]

:shock::shock::shock:six???? wow

I'm trying to cut back. Its down from 7:D.

[Peaches]

Oddly free from cravings and obsessions right about now. Except DMD, which is really less of a craving, and more like just something necessary to start the day. (Perhaps that's beyond the point of cravings...)

[etp777]

Heh, How'd I know the letters DMD would be in a post by Peaches, esp in this thread. :D

[Peaches]

Heh, How'd I know the letters DMD would be in a post by Peaches, esp in this thread. :DHa! See, I don't think you've been around enough to know some of the threads where my insanity really comes out. Really, the normality is just a carefully crafted image. ;) I'm kinda nuts, actually.

[soshedances]

I have a few...

I do the sorting food and eating each evenly thing with M&Ms, Skittles, trail mix, granola, dried fruit, you name it.

Can only take notes in black pen, never blue, and never ever in pencil. Then must obsessively color-code them!!

Will obsessively listen to one song/artist/album....heaven.

I'm obsessive about matching. I match jewelry to clothes, can never not match (I even bought a watch that came with several different bands so those can match too). Also refuse to mix gold and silver jewelry. AND will never wear black and brown together (I know, they're both neutrals and it's technically ok) unless they're in a print, in which case my pants/skirt and shoes will all either be black OR brown, never mixed.

I put in/take out my contacts right first, then left. Also put my shoes on right first, then left. Ditto with earrings.

I'm sure I have more, but will refrain from listing them all for fear of sounding like a neurotic mess.:rolleyes:

[fascination]

meh...you sound fine to me ;)

[soshedances]

Thanks, fasc.

[fascination]

lol...course...my assessment of normalcy is...lol...suspect...but you're welcome

[soshedances]

True...I have a friend who says normal is only a setting on her dryer ;)

[fascination]

one of the reasons I like pro is that his view is that normal is dull...of course that was prior to three years of dancing together....not sure he'd answer that way now ;)...but dh would and for that, I am eternally grateful

[Zhena]

Does this count?

I just spent a good part of the evening making up a chart of the skirts and tops I am taking to dance camp, and listing which pieces go together. I want to avoid reaching the end of the week and finding the only clean tops only go with the skirts I've already worn several times. I'm planning to change tops three times a day (morning classes, afternoon classes and evening parties) but I need to avoid bringing extra clothes I'm not going to wear.

I want to keep to one suitcase, but because the venue is a little primative we have to bring our own towels and bedding (thank heavens for compact camping towels and hostel-type bedsacks -- but I don't know what I'm going to do about a pillow ...) so I don't have room for any "just-in-case" clothes.

Actually, for most major trips, I try to chart my clothes in advance, accounting for possible changes in weather and availability of laundromats ... is this organized or obsessive?

[Zhena]

Oh ... and I do the sorting, counting thing too. The order (once I have taken care of the "excess" so I'm down to the same number of each type) is in order of preference ... I eat the ones I like least first so that I end with the taste of the ones I like best.

I used to think I was the only one who did this .... it's nice to know there are others out there.

[bordertangoman]

Does this count?

I just spent a good part of the evening making up a chart of the skirts and tops I am taking to dance camp, and listing which pieces go together. I want to avoid reaching the end of the week and finding the only clean tops only go with the skirts I've already worn several times. I'm planning to change tops three times a day (morning classes, afternoon classes and evening parties) but I need to avoid bringing extra clothes I'm not going to wear.

I want to keep to one suitcase, but because the venue is a little primative we have to bring our own towels and bedding (thank heavens for compact camping towels and hostel-type bedsacks -- but I don't know what I'm going to do about a pillow ...) so I don't have room for any "just-in-case" clothes.

Actually, for most major trips, I try to chart my clothes in advance, accounting for possible changes in weather and availability of laundromats ... is this organized or obsessive?


This sounds like one of those maths problems we had at school

[Joe]

Y'all must be part vampire!

[JEM]

Have to write w/blue pen - no black, and no gel.
Cannot leave the house if bed is unmade - ick.
Towels must be folded a certain way.

[lcdancesport]

Bed needs to be made.
Checking email.
Dark chocolate.

[nucat78]

I am a compulsive email checker.
I must have Pepsi or Pepsi-like cola daily. Not a Coke fan for some reason.
Color of socks must match pants.

[Phil Owl]

Sing like William Shatner :nope:

[danceronice]

There is nothing wrong with sorting candies by color and eating them in a particular order. Nor is there anything wrong with keeping food divided on your plate and eating it in a particular order. It's called having a system. There is nothing wrong with having a system.

(Remember somewhere upthread I mentioned OCD? Just a little.)

[Peaches]

Nor is there anything wrong with keeping food divided on your plate "I'm a military man! I like a military meal!"

[Zhena]

Y'all must be part vampire!


Who? What? I don't see a connection between lining up candies and bloodsucking creatures of the night. What am I missing? :confused:

[samina]

Oddly free from cravings and obsessions right about now. Except DMD, which is really less of a craving, and more like just something necessary to start the day. (Perhaps that's beyond the point of cravings...)

it's less of a craving and more of a body percentage...:cool:

[QPO]

Dutch Licorice/Peppermints
Mahjong

[Joe]

Who? What? I don't see a connection between lining up candies and bloodsucking creatures of the night. What am I missing? :confused:

Quote: (http://www.draculas.info/vampires_traits/)
Old folklore from Eastern Europe suggests that many vampires suffered from a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder , being fascinated with counting. Millet or poppy seeds were placed on the ground at the grave site of a presumed vampire, in order to keep the vampire occupied all night counting. Chinese myths about vampires also state that if a vampire comes across a sack of rice, s/he will have to count all of the grains. Aside from the Muppet character of Count von Count on television's Sesame Street and a fifth season episode of the X-Files titled Bad Blood, this characteristic seems to have largely disappeared from popular culture.

[Spitfire]

Listening to music on this computer, and imagining that I'm dancing to it.

[Peaches]

Listening to music on this computer, and imagining that I'm dancing to it.No fair counting this as a dysfunction. Particularly not here on D-F.

[samina]

nope... i keep trying to think of something. i could tell some stories about when i was younger, tho, heh.

[gracie]

Learning to do rumba walks really well and watching videos over and over. It makes me feel a little nauseous, LOL!