Getting to know you... Part 2

[Pacion]

What, if anything, is "quirky" about you, that if you didn't reveal it here and now, in this thread, no one would ever, ever know/guess about you :lol:

- I find it "uncomfortable" to write with a pen that does not have it's lid on, at the other end :oops: the pen feels very light and unbalanced in my hand otherwise. It also has a practical side - I do not lose the pen covers as much as other people do :lol:

- I often put down my mobile/cell phone and find that in order to find it again, I have to call myself on the landline, to hear it ring, and then try and chase it! :lol: The difficulty then arises when I have it set to beep just once so I might find that I have to "call myself" 2 or 3 times, until I have pinpointed where the beep is coming from :mrgreen:

- have difficulty using chopsticks :oops:

- I love, make that adore :!: eating icecream with a fork :oops: I know, when it melts, it slips through the prongs of the fork but, I really enjoy it :oops: :lol:

- I can't whistle :( :lol:

That's all for now :lol:

[pygmalion]

This reminds me of the early days with my SO (back when we actually used to talk and listen to each other :? ). At least once every day or two, I'd ask him,"tell me something about you that I don't know." It was a wonderful way of getting to know him. Wow. :?

[Pacion]

Now, you know so much about him, he is like a comfortable shoe :?

[TemptressToo]

1. I always eat salad with dressing on the side (and always Ranch) dipping my fork into my dressing and then into the salad (which contains NO onion, black olives, croutons, peppers or tomatoes).

2. While eating, my fork is in my left hand with tongs facing down (opposite of most--most people eat tongs facing up).

3. I do not eat any red meat or seafood. Just chicken and occasionally I'll have a piece of bacon.

OK, those are all of my eating quirks for now...the rest of my quirks would take up the entire page. :)

April

[pygmalion]

Now, you know so much about him, he is like a comfortable shoe :?

Either that, or a stinky old shoe. LOL.

[DancePoet]

Oh my...aren't stinky old shoes suppose to be thrown away? ;)

[pygmalion]

*irrepressible giggle* No comment. :lol: :lol:

[ShyDancer]

Quirky things about me....hmm..

ok

I always sit with my left leg tucked under me...even in public :oops:

My towels must be folded widthways twice and lengthways 3 times...there is hell to pay if I find square shaped towels in the cupboard!

The roll of toilet paper has to roll outwards.

I smell everything before I eat it.

I read magazines from the back page in.

I wont drink water unless its bottled when I am interstate.

I think thats enough weirdness for today!

[pygmalion]

My towels must be folded widthways twice and lengthways 3 times...there is hell to pay if I find square shaped towels in the cupboard!



I'm similar. Widthways only once, lenghtways three times. My towels also make nice, comfy rectangles. 8)

[Genesius Redux]

2. While eating, my fork is in my left hand with tongs facing down (opposite of most--most people eat tongs facing up).


That's the correct way to eat--I was taught that by some English friends who were more refined than me.

[Genesius Redux]

I roll my underwear like a scroll when I put it away.

[johnnywalker]

This is something I used to do but have forcibly stopped myself from doing -

I have a large book collection and I used to place the books on the shelves in height descending order, from left to right in their respective categories.


I now quite enjoy having a slightly disorderly look to the bookshelves.

[ShyDancer]

This is something I used to do but have forcibly stopped myself from doing -

I have a large book collection and I used to place the books on the shelves in height descending order, from left to right in their respective categories.


I now quite enjoy having a slightly disorderly look to the bookshelves.

I do that! I cant help it, when they are all haphazard it drives me crazy.

But then again....my entire DVD collection (stands at about 120) is alphabetically in order, except for the shelf of movies that have sequels...

[etchuck]

This reminds me of the early days with my SO (back when we actually used to talk and listen to each other :? ). At least once every day or two, I'd ask him,"tell me something about you that I don't know." It was a wonderful way of getting to know him. Wow. :?

And how long (in terms of days/weeks) would this exercise last?

I know for me, I'd probably keep people up at night if asked that question. I did that with one past ex.

[pygmalion]

What's wrong with keeping an SO up at night? :wink: :lol: :lol:

[etchuck]

It depends on what you do... ;) ;) ;) anyway...

[johnnywalker]

This is something I used to do but have forcibly stopped myself from doing -

I have a large book collection and I used to place the books on the shelves in height descending order, from left to right in their respective categories.


I now quite enjoy having a slightly disorderly look to the bookshelves.

I do that! I cant help it, when they are all haphazard it drives me crazy.

But then again....my entire DVD collection (stands at about 120) is alphabetically in order, except for the shelf of movies that have sequels...

He He...my CD collection is in alphabetical order. I also hate it when people don't return the CD to it's correct case. In fact, like in some music stores, the CD i'm playing will usually have the case standing on the entertainment centre beside the CD player as though it was being advertised. I even thought of buying a stand similar to the ones for collectible plates where I could place the CD. Now is that sad or what?!!!

[Genesius Redux]

He He...my CD collection is in alphabetical order. I also hate it when people don't return the CD to it's correct case. In fact, like in some music stores, the CD i'm playing will usually have the case standing on the entertainment centre beside the CD player as though it was being advertised. I even thought of buying a stand similar to the ones for collectible plates where I could place the CD. Now is that sad or what?!!!

My CDs are arranged by genre--and I even distinguish between periods of classical, classical and early music, etc. So my baroque music is separate from my romantic music. Also they're alphabetized, within those categories.

I also have vinyl--and they're arranged in the same way.

My bookshelf at work has a similar organization. It's generally arranged according to academic disciplines--psychology, literature, history, archaeology, anthropology, philosophy, etc. But I run into problems with that too. Do Freud and Jung belong with psychology, philosophy, or literary modernism? Do works of criticism belong mixed in with works of literature from the same period, or do they need a separate space?

All the books are pulled out so that their spines are flush with each other. They're arranged so there's a little space in front of them so I can put other stuff.

Every semester, the office gets ritually cleaned and purged this way. But 16 weeks later, there's usually junk over the floor, so you have to step around books and papers to even move. Piles everywhere. But I also know where everything is.

:twisted: :?

[salsachinita]

Piles everywhere. But I also know where everything is.

That's the state my studio/en suite is in........does it reflect my state of mind, too :? :oops: :lol: ?

[johnnywalker]

My bookshelf at work has a similar organization. It's generally arranged according to academic disciplines--psychology, literature, history, archaeology, anthropology, philosophy, etc. But I run into problems with that too. Do Freud and Jung belong with psychology, philosophy, or literary modernism? Do works of criticism belong mixed in with works of literature from the same period, or do they need a separate space?

All the books are pulled out so that their spines are flush with each other. They're arranged so there's a little space in front of them so I can put other stuff.
:twisted: :?

I'd forgotten about having them flush with the the edge of the bookshelf. Yes, i'm the same with that too. It looks neater is what I tell friends. As for genre, I try to have all similar genres grouped but have also found this to be difficult with books that cross genres. It's enough to drive you insane trying to work it out. I think i'll just adopt the Dewey system.

[delamusica]

the Library of Congress system should be easier for you then - no thinking involved. if you look them up, most of your books should already be assigned call numbers that will be theirs in every academic library. so you don't even have to decide for yourself how to group them. :wink:

[spatten]

My CDs are arranged by genre--and I even distinguish between periods of classical, classical and early music, etc. So my baroque music is separate from my romantic music. Also they're alphabetized, within those categories.

I still think the best method of CD, or music oranziation is autobiographical as suggested in High Fidelity. Pure Brilliance.

My quirky behaviour - freaking out if I can't find my cell phone. Even though I am by no means a techno geek - I feel so lost without my phone.

[Bob]

Quirks?

I love to quote movie lines (or misquote them to make them fit).

I love to be where people were never intended to be (in a cave, on a rock wall, under water, flying, falling... etc). And I love to find the places where the sidewalk ends.

I rarely see the world the way everyone else does. If I were to go to a tennis match, I would be the one person in the stands who is looking left when everyone else is looking right.

I am really tough in kick boxing class (ohh, I'll kick da HELL outta that bag! Yeah! ) but I still run from the geese in the parking lot.

[Sabor]

LOL .. ok people, seek immediate help :shock: .. please.. i'm concerned :lol: :wink:

oh Pacion.. that wasn't for u love.. u r way past any help :bandit: :lol:

[Pacion]

oh Pacion.. that wasn't for u love.. u r way past any help :bandit: :lol:

Sabor :roll: I wonder why the following words come to mind :roll:

Moonlight was made for a June night
And June nights were made , dear,
for love and romance
For heavenly kisses, for lips sweet and tender
On this night of splendour
You're so far away

Come closer to me so I can see
heaven in your eyes
Come closer to me so I can be
close to Paradise

Thrill me with your kisses
Let me learn what bliss is
Kiss me once and then we'll kiss and kiss again
And life will be divine

Come closer my dear
So I can hear
music in my heart
I've waited so long to hear
the song that youre love will start

Darling I'll adore you :shock:
Live my life just for you :shock: :shock:
All I ask is this
please give me one more kiss
and whisper you'll be mine :twisted:

Come closer to me (etc!!!!) :lol:

Nat King Cole

:tongue:

[Sabor]

hmmmmmm.. so .. what are u wearing right now? :mrgreen:

[Swing Kitten]

don't make me get the hose!!!

[danceguy]

Panty hose? Oooh, the very thin and sexy kind that lets us see sus piernas hermosas? :P :D

Si sabor...yo un coquetador tambien...pero es mi vida! :wink: :twisted:

SG

[Sabor]

LOL.. ayyyy keep it up hermano.. u get no problemas from me :wink: Viva Scorpios! :ladiesma:

[Pacion]

:roll: :headwall: :headwall: Thanks for nothing! SK and ScorpionGuy :!: As if Sabor needs anymore encouragement! Honestly! :tongue:

:nope: <= especially for you Sabor :lol:

[Sabor]

hmmm.. i see.. 8)

so is it true when a woman says 'no' she really means 'yes' and versa vica? :ladiesma:

[danceguy]

I think its more a woman can change her intent in the blink of an eye..guys gotta play by the rules, but women get to change them whenever they want! Not fair if you ask me! :roll: :wink:

At least we're honest with our intentions...every lady I have asked to explain to me how they think has said "don't bother trying to learn, we're crazy!" :banana: :uplaugh: :banana:

SG

[salsachinita]

:roll: :headwall: :headwall: Thanks for nothing! SK and ScorpionGuy :!: As if Sabor needs anymore encouragement! Honestly! :tongue:

:nope: <= especially for you Sabor :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: Any lurkers/visitors stumbling across this part would get the idea that we are nothing but a bunch of hormon driven teenagers :roll: !

[Pacion]

I think its more a woman can change her intent in the blink of an eye..guys gotta play by the rules, but women get to change them whenever they want! Not fair if you ask me! :roll: :wink:

When you guys stop leaving the toilet seats up and the toothpaste caps off, you can then have the right to change your mind ... maybe :wink: :lol:

:tongue: Sabor

lol Chinita. I am a teenager at heart :banana: I don't know what those two have for as their excuse :mrgreen:

[volleybgrl]

Quirks?

All my money (bills - USD) have to have the presidents' heads facing the same way in either decending or ascending order.

I can typically remember song lyrics word for word, but can't remember what I did last night.

I buy childrens' books (though I have no kids) when I find them funny.

I'll puff up my cheeks with air for no apparent reason (sometimes in the middle of teaching a class!)

When doing work while laying down on my stomach, I have to twirl something with my feet (usually a pillow).

I'm sure there are more...but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

[danceguy]

When you guys stop leaving the toilet seats up and the toothpaste caps off, you can then have the right to change your mind ... maybe

I always put the seat down, even in my own house (and I live alone)! Many women have expressed their thanks for this. :)
Hmm, same goes for the toothpaste caps...so may I change my mind now pretty please? :roll: :D

lol Chinita. I am a teenager at heart I don't know what those two have for as their excuse

My only excuse is to flirt with YOU! :kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::k issme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kis sme:

Pacion -

With kisses that engulf me,
You are wild and sultry,
This woman from the land of kippers.
Her shoes are on fire,
Burn with me, my desire
Dressed in her sexy plaid knickers.
When I see you dance,
You put me in a trance,
Is this meant for romance?
I'd love to get in your...*bleep*

Sabor - take it away! :D :P

SG

[Laura]

I have two friends who have been living together for about six months now and the woman complains about these exact things. As someone who has been married for almost nine years, I think they should just get over it. But anyway, the solution to the toilet seat problem is to get a cat. There's no question of leaving it up or down in our house: we have to put it down or else the cat will play in the water, and will splash it out of the bowl onto the floor.

For the toothpaste caps, get Mentadent or anything else in a pump.

Now that that's out of the way, we can get down to what people are REALLY fighting about when they complain about these nitty details.

My quirks are:

I hate being late, to me being late is the same as being lost...except you're lost in time rather than in space.

Before I go through a toll booth I arrange the bills so they all face the same way, and I always say 'hello' and 'thank you' to the booth attendant.

If I make a stupid mistake when I'm dancing in a lesson I'll swear. I've got to cut down on that one 'cause you never know who is listening....

My feet shrink and swell about half a size in either direction on any given day, so I keep all sorts of pads and elastics in my dance bag so that I can adjust my practice shoes accordingly.

I've got a lot more, but that's enough for you. I need to maintain some kind of level of mystery. Or something.

[Pacion]

lol SG and Laura.

If I make a stupid mistake when I'm dancing in a lesson I'll swear. I've got to cut down on that one 'cause you never know who is listening....

Try replacing the swear word(s) with something like "apples and pears" :lol: You will have to make a conscious effort initially but the reaction on people's faces when they expect the air to turn blue, especially if you have just stubbed your toe rather painfully, is priceless :lol: I say "sugar" :oops: :D

[Bob]

I would avoid things like "GET OFF MY FOOT, BISCUIT!" if the music is loud though..

:P

[Pacion]

My only excuse is to flirt with YOU! :kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::k issme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kissme::kis sme:

Sabor - take it away! :D :P

Sexy plaid knickers? :shock: I have heard many things said about plaid but sexy in the same sentence? Now THAT is a first :lol:

Now, if you two butterflies think that I am going to fall for any of your "honey coated words" you have another thought coming :twisted: okay, maybe just the one to "make your day" :wink:

[DancePoet]

I line up the clasp of a pen cap with the words on the side of the pen.

I don't own a cell phone (most feel I'm truely weird on this one).

I put toilet seats down (mom taught me well), toothpaste caps on, and role the remaining paste towards the nozzle.

When cleaning my house I always start with the bedroom, then the bathroom, then the kitchen, and then the living room.

I hang my clothes in my closet by type of item and then use the colors of the rainbow with white on the left and black on the right.

My bookshelves have books of the same heights placed together, bindings flush with very little space on the edge, in alphabetical order by author and type.

My albums are stored alphabetically by artist/group. My Cd's are stored by type of music. (Maybe I'll make up my mind someday, but maybe is the operative word.)

I'm a procrastinating pack rat that attempts putting more into the time available then is practicle. (Yet I am improving on all three of these!)

[Swing Kitten]

a quirk that I'm glad I have now is that I habitually remove all my shedded hair from the shower when I'm done... it's the only way to go!

[Laura]

That's not a quirk, that's good behavior.

[Pacion]

:lol: Yes, cats are known for their good grooming :wink:

[squirrel]

I throw my clothing all over the house... for at least two hours before I arrange it nicely in the closet. I wash immediately any plates or cutlery after eating and before having my coffee. I am careless with documents (have just lost a very important paper needed for tax declaration) and can never find them!

[tsb]

I roll my underwear like a scroll when I put it away.

what's underwear?

[Bob]

~snip~ I wash immediately any plates or cutlery after eating and before having my coffee. ~snip~



And after the coffee do you read fortune's in the sludge at the bottom of the cup?

[Christina75]

Ok, I was hesitant about posting anything on this topic. I'm working on getting my compulsions under control. :) I think I'll just share a weird quirk from my past.

I didn't learn to tell time (on a regular non-digital clock) until I was about 12 or 13. I'm not sure why, I must have missed the lesson in second grade on telling time. lol

To this day a tiny part of me panics when someone asks the time. I think I'm not going to be able to read my watch. :lol: :?

Christina

[Genesius Redux]

Whenever someone asks me about right or left, I have to mentally put my right hand over my heart like I'm saying the Pledge of Allegiance. That way I can tell right from left.

[Pacion]

I have a scar on one of my hands. One of my childhood memories is asking my elder sister which hand the scar was on, so that I could use the scar as a reference point to remember my left from my right :oops:

[salsachinita]

You guys have NO idea how relieved I am to hear that, GR & Pacion...!

I am incredibly bad at telling my left to right, so when I give directions (as a passanger to a driver) I always panic a little (I won't mention how many times this resulted in arguments with my exs :roll: ) then point it instead.

This, obviously, made it really hard for me to learn dancing at the start, let along trying to read all these great discriptions of steps/moves from some of our threads :oops: ......

[salsachinita]

Just thought of one: I always eat fruit before a meal. About half an hour before, never after.

The theory is that fruit acid isn't good when your stomach is busy trying to digest your meal. I used to have a lot of problems, but since I've started eating this way it's been all good 8) .

[Christina75]

Ok, I thought of another comment for this thread. My parents have a new puppy and the other day, Mom was telling me how they are trying to teach the puppy some tricks. She mentioned that she has never been able to throw a frisbee. We laughed about how something so simple eludes her and it got me thinking, I've never been able to hula hoop. I don't think I'm a very good salsa dancer and I wonder if the two could be related? :lol:

Christina (no hips) :lol:

[Genesius Redux]

You just gotta swish your hips around and feel the music, Senorita!

[Bob]

and what about for the Salsa? :?

[MacMoto]

Here's a quirk of mine:

I'm bilingual but can remember telephone numbers only in one language or the other, not both. Once I have a number in one language, there's no way I can relearn it. When I moved house 12 years ago, I made the mistake of remembering my new telephone number in the "wrong" language, and the only way I could give people my new number in English was to write it down first and read it out. When I moved again 7 years ago, I made a conscious effort to remember my new number in English first (then I get stuck when I have to give the number in the other language...).

[Phil Owl]

I can imitate the calls of six species of owls thus far (Barred, Great Horned, Eastern Screech, Long Eared, Saw-Whet, Great Grey)

I collect miniatures pertaining to owls, steam locomotives, guitars (my fave are cherry-red Gibson SG's), and looking for ones of a 1963 Ford Galaxie.

Can't roll my tongue to save my life

Can speak some "Cat" (I live with 2 of 'em)

I quack like the Burgess Meredith Penguin on Batman if something is ridiculously funny.

I can also snarl like a panther/leopard, but not very loud though (it can do a number on your throat).

[pygmalion]

Did you ever find that Batmobile? All I could find was brand-new ones. Apparently, there's a recent/ongoing Batman cartoon show, complete with vehicles. So, when googling, that's what I found. I wonder if I used the right search terms? :roll:

[Phil Owl]

Did you ever find that Batmobile? All I could find was brand-new ones. Apparently, there's a recent/ongoing Batman cartoon show, complete with vehicles. So, when googling, that's what I found. I wonder if I used the right search terms? :roll:

Not yet, but I haven't given up the search though.

[Bob]

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to ones courage."
-- Anais Nin


^ That is awesome.

[pygmalion]

Thanks, Bob.

I like your signature line, too. There's a lesson in there for me. 8)

[DWise1]

- have difficulty using chopsticks :oops:

When I took a date with me to my Japanese history class' night out in Little Tokyo (in Los Angeles), she asked me if I knew how to use chop sticks and I picked them up and used them the first time (though I borrowed heavily from the Vulcan salute).

About 30 years ago I got a plastic "ivory" pair of Japanese chop sticks and I've always kept them in my briefcase "just in case". I used them a few times to eat yoghurt when there weren't any spoons available. I figured I could because a then-recent yoghurt commercial showed Japanese businessmen eating their yoghurt with chopsticks. I soon discovered that the secret is to not stir it first. And when I would snack on cookies at work but wanted to keep my fingers clean (I'm a programmer), I would use my chopsticks, much to the amusement of my Chinese co-workers.


As for a quirk, I talk to animals. In their own language. Mainly dogs and cats, but I had a lot of fun once messing with a rooster's mind. I don't know what I'm saying, but they seem to get a kick out of it. Our current dog vocalizes a lot, so we can really get into it at times.

[having now read through the rest of the thread]
Whenever I gripe to myself about something or curse, I lapse into German. For decades, that was the only way I could ever practice it. Now where I work we have a few Germans, including the CEO, so now I have to watch what I say.

And having been a Mexican for the past 28 years (by marriage, at least for another five months), I often lapse into Spanish in conversation, from habit while visiting with her family -- mainly just simple statements and responses, nothing elaborate. Though I try to avoid it if I know that other person doesn't speak it, but I don't always succeed. Our salsa class is conducted in both English and Spanish and I find myself following and responding to the Spanish more often than to the English.

And 30 years ago in karate and then aikido we would count off in Japanese. Ever since then until just a few years ago when I would need to count off in calesthenics or stretching exercises, I would always do so in Japanese. Always stretching out and groaning the go (5) and ju (10) because that was always when we would put a little extra effort into the stretch.

Though my counting in dancing has always been in English, even for salsa.

[Sagitta]

Here's a quirk of mine:

I'm bilingual but can remember telephone numbers only in one language or the other, not both. Once I have a number in one language, there's no way I can relearn it. When I moved house 12 years ago, I made the mistake of remembering my new telephone number in the "wrong" language, and the only way I could give people my new number in English was to write it down first and read it out. When I moved again 7 years ago, I made a conscious effort to remember my new number in English first (then I get stuck when I have to give the number in the other language...).

And the second language, the other language, the language other than English is?

[Bob]

One of my quirks is that I love to entertain myself.

Like shouting "Hassan Chop!" when hitting the bag in kick boxing class.

When the instructor asked me what I was doin, I replied (in a bad accent) "Looney tune style, berry berry dangerous"

I ended up having to do 50 push-ups while everyone else was practicing round kicks (my favorite.. ohh well ~I~ was entertained).

[DWise1]

How could I forget my ace, number-one quirk?

Insatiable curiosity and a desire to learn. Whenever a question comes up, no matter how trivial (or rather, especially if it's trivial), I have to look up the answer right away.

¡Viva Google!

[pygmalion]

Wanna be a moderator? :roll: :wink: Google. It's what's for dinner. :google:

[MacMoto]

Can't roll my tongue to save my life
The rolling R sound has been a curse of my life -- can't do it, keep needing it (first Russian, then Scottish, now Spanish) :(

I can do musical gurgling though :wink: -- now that's an ultimate useless talent :lol:

[pygmalion]

Musical gurgling? I have to ask. How did you discover that talent?

[MacMoto]

When I was in the school choir. Gurgling at different pitches was prescribed as part of vocal cord training, and while I was at it I realised I could gurgle-sing a full song. :lol:

[pygmalion]

Man! In my choir, all we ever did was hum ... or clap ... or occasionally sway. But no gurgling. I feel cheated! :wink: :lol:

[DWise1]

Can't roll my tongue to save my life
The rolling R sound has been a curse of my life -- can't do it, keep needing it (first Russian, then Scottish, now Spanish) :(

I can do musical gurgling though :wink: -- now that's an ultimate useless talent :lol:
You just might learn it in Spanish, where the R is made with the tip of the tongue against the back of the teeth (apico-dental), almost like the D, and the RR is the same except you flutter the tip of the tongue.

Just out of curiosity, how is the R made in Japanese?


And I apologize ahead of time for the off-coloredness of this old joke, but I cannot fight the many associations that bring it up:

An American orders a drink in a bar, where the barmaid is Scottish. Marvelling at how she repeats his order (which had a number of Rs in it -- personally, I love the sound of a Scottish or Irish woman's accent), he remarks at how well she can roll her Rs. She giggles and explains that it's because of the high heels.

[as I duck the well-deserved slap for that]

[pygmalion]

Yup. Well deserved. :roll:

[DWise1]

Well, there goes my shot at moderator-ship.

Would it help if I told you that I just now ran Google while waiting for the thread to display?

[pygmalion]

:lol: Sorry. You blew it, pal. :wink: :lol: It's a mostly thankless job, anyway. :lol: 8)

[ratherbdancing]

All of my shirts in my closet are all separated by color. All of the color "categories" are then in order from dark to light.

[pygmalion]

Just shirts?!? :shock: What about all your other clothing and accessories? :eyebrow: :wink:

[ratherbdancing]

Just shirts?!? :shock: What about all your other clothing and accessories? :eyebrow: :wink:

Yeah so I do do that too. I just didnt want to come across as being overly organized. :wink:

[Sagitta]

What about degree of formality, type of material...

[ratherbdancing]

Sometimes- I dont have as much time as I use to but I still do at least try to put tee-shirts together, and dressy shirts together, and sweatshirts together etc.

[mambo_munkey]

Okay lets see, some people would classify me as a "perfectionist" and I suppose I can be at times, so I guess I've developed alot of wierd quirks as a result.

1.) In my closet all my hangers are plastic, all the shirts face the same direction and are all on the left side. All my pants are on the right side and grouped by type (jeans, pj's dress pants etc)

2.) I ABSOULTELY CANT STAND dry sponge underneath my fingernails :x . (ie: those nerf basket balls made out of sponge) becuase it feels to me like bits of it get stuck under my nails and I cant get it out :!:

3.) And lastly, you know those weight scales they have in the doctors offices? the ones where you get on and have to use the balance mechanism at the top to slide left and right until you find your weight? We have those where I work for people to use at thier will but I cant stand it when they don't put the balance back to zero becuase eventually it messes up the calibration and ruins it for everybody!

[JohnEZ]

Hmm... quirky.

1: I hold an incredible amount of useless information. My grandmother seems to think I should stand on a corner with a box of random facts selling "Data-2 for $0.50."

2: I am incredibly clumsy... I could trip over the flowers in the rug.

3: I simply can not do any work in a messy room, yet I am a very disorganized person.

[luh]

i love recieving letters, hate to write them,
but if i do, they get around 16 pages long, (so never ask me for a letter if you don't want to read 16 pages of my boring life! :D)

sucked my thumb way to long, and now I'm still putting pens and pencils in my mouth and chew on them, especially when i sit:oops:

i always have to do something with my hands, love to use a biro, and annoy everyone around me with it.

have to have always music around me, even if i want to take a nap, or want to do homework, just all the time

I'm sure there is more, but i can't remember it
luh

[quartertothree]

ok, i saw this post earlier today, and i decided to take a few hours to think about things and then come back to the post. so here is the master list (its long, you've been warned):

--I cant remember anything from my history book, but after more than 5 years, i can remember every word to any backstreet boys song, even down to the arrangment.(i'm not exactly proud of this one, very ashamed actually, but i was young and impressionable, so you'll have to excuse me) :oops:

--I wont eat meat, and the thought of Jello makes me sick. not really sure why though. If I am putting away groceries, and i have to touch the meat to put it away, i wont do it, someone else does. I dont know why , i just cant.

--I'm a potato junkee. Scalloped, baked, fried, tater-totted, I like em.

--When i'm at school, I always have to be writing something. i'm always jotting down lyrics (usually frank sinatra or showtunes or something), but i hate taking notes.

--I'm perfectly fine having clutter in my room, but if i decide to straighten up one little thing, i have to pick up EVERYTHING untill its spotless.

--I am full of random information, espectially movie facts.

--I can link any actor to any other actor (usually). its like "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" without the Kevin Bacon. Its insane how intricate these things can get, you have no idea. its a great talent to have really.

--If there is a towl hanging over the top of the shower that keeps the shower curtain from closing all the way, i get really annoyed.

--I get uncomfortable talking to people around my own age sometimes, but i have no problem talking to people a lot older than me.

--Its too much hastle to subtract things, its much faster to just count up.

--I took German in school, but then switched to Latin, so now when i conjugate latin verbs, i automatically translate from english to german to latin.

--I was definatly born in the wrong decade, i should have been a 40's kid.

I told you it was going to be long, wow, i'm very very flawed.

[Rosa]

Welcome, quartertothree! :D

OK, if this one's being revived, I'm joining in:

I am always late. I'm not proud of it, and it annoys the heck out of my nearest and dearest, but that's just me. Late.

I often don't reply to emails or phone messages from friends (much as I love them) for ages :oops: Then I start getting emails saying things like "Rosa, I'm worried about you! Are you OK?" and I feel so guilty I make an enormous list of people I want to contact and spend an entire day phoning and emailing just to catch up.

I'm not good at distinguishing left from right. Yet I'm a first-class navigator and I can read a map upside-down with ease.

I love to go outside in the middle of the night and look up at the stars and ponder the vastness of the universe (most of all in Spain, where the nights are warm and clear...)

Rosa :)

[LindyQuest]

I'm not good at distinguishing left from right. Yet I'm a first-class navigator and I can read a map upside-down with ease.

Rosa :)

Me neither! I've always driven people crazy when they ask me directions to somewhere, because I have to physically stand up and turn my body the way the street goes, so I can tell if I'm supposed to go left or right.

Other quirks:

- I hate going down escalators. Up, no problem. But I won't go down an escalator unless there is absoletely no other way to go downstairs. When I was in 7th grade I had to be physically lifted onto an escalator by some helpful shoppers so I could go downstairs to catch up with my family...talk about embarrassing...

- I can read and write upside down.

- I keep all my clothes in my closet facing the same direction, with different sections for each category of clothing.

- I don't like different kinds of food to touch each other on my plate, but I make exceptions for certain food (like turkey, mashed potatoes, and corn are allowed to be mixed up).

I know there's probably more, but I can't think of them right now...

[kansas49er]

I never answer the phone if I am home by myself. I always let the machine pickup. ALWAYS!

[Sagitta]

I never answer the phone if I am home by myself. I always let the machine pickup. ALWAYS! Me too, unless I have caller id and see it is a friend. :cheers: :)

[Mitra]

Oooh, always got to love quirks, its what makes us human ^_^

-can't touch chalk, the dryness or any really dry matter drives me insane

-i always look at my caller id before answering, if i even answer it atfer looking >>

-i can't have posters that have people's eyes or mirrors in my room, or at least within the main path of where i walk in my room

-all my food on my plate has to stay separate and i only eat one after another, never start on one without being done with the one before it first

-i chew on my lips when i am reading, really trying to get over that one, my lips have bled at times from it ><

Yeah, I'm an odd duck ^_^ But most of my habits I have slowly been weaning off of.

[Tenshi_no_Pocky]

Are you sure you even wish to know? lol :lol:

Well... let me see... something you may not know just by reading my comments... uhh...

- I aspire to soon go into fighter-training for Loch Cairn. (coreographed battle scenes with swords... won't get to fight with a real sword for several years... for now its all fake but made to entertain and I get to wear armor and a crotch piece! lol) The crotch piece worries me because depending on design.. it can feel reeeaaallly awkward. I can't seem to get used to some.
- I think dead things are cool, poke it with a stick! tee-hee I like gore galleries to ... studying how other cultures treat their dead and such. Nothing bad because it is a beautiful thing.
- I eat sushi... LOVE IT! squid, octopus, and such... love it all but one thing... I CANNOT STAND SEA URCHIN! I prefer jellyfish over sea urchin anyday. lol
- And the only thing that gets me reaaalllyyy mad... is when a person is so judgemental that they won't even talk to another person due to differences or misunderstandings. If they give a chance, different story... but if no chance is given, it just makes me mad.

I think that is about it....