As you probably recall, Frances over at Unyielding tagged me a week or so back to list out six weird things about myself. This was HER list:
My weirdness according to my husband is that I actually enjoy looking for "things" on his skin to scratch off. I have to say that is true as shameful as that is.
Another weirdness is that I only like using pens that "feel" nice to write with. I have a pretty big collection
That collection comes from "borrowing" from cashiers, customer service attendants, waitr staff, and hostesses. I leave nicer tips if the pens are very cool!
My toes don't touch. Yes, I was teased. I have small "nubbins" for toes and the pads are round like a tree frogs. I love sandals despite.
I have small feet and I love show shopping because my size is always available and I can try the "display" show and not have to fish thru boxes.
I am incredibly vain yet I hate my body. I can't pass a mirror with out primping. I drive with the rear view pointed at me. (I use the sides properly) Apparently this is hereditary as I noticed my sister does the same, but then again, she looks just like me! LOL!
Ok, that's it! I hope you enjoyed a look at my weirdness. I embrace it and well, I think that you should too... well, your own weirdness... not mine... that'd be weird... LOL!
And that started it all! I had a lot of trouble figuring out what to write about myself, but finally came up with:
1) I prefer writing letters to talking on the phone. I just love written words flowing out onto a sheet of paper (or, these days!, neatly clicking across my computer screen).
2) Given my druthers, I would stay up all night and sleep all day.
3) Well...actually, now that I think about it, we REALLY don't need to go back over THAT one again! (Admitting to it the first time was, perhaps, one time too many!)
4) I like collecting blankets.
5) My husband says I use weird sayings. I don't think "slow as Moses" or "Hurts like sixty" are unique. Lots of people use such phrases...it isn't like I just make them up!
6) I get engrossed in books to the point that I am totally oblivious to everything else around me.
7) I only like bananas if they are smothered in peanut butter.
8) I can take 11,000 photos in one two week vacation without even giving it a second thought.
Sooo, now that I have recapped my own weirdness and chronicled France's post which began it all, I thought you might enjoy reading about everyone else's strange traits!...
My sister-in-law, Jan, (who doesn't have her own blog, poor soul!) left her list in the comment section of my original post:
ok i looked at some lists to try and see what kind of stuff and all i can think of is-
1)I have a wierd sis-in-law and she has 3 wierd children.
2)i hate to press the shift key.
3)i don't like cold butter(i think that must be wierd 'cause my kids both love it and we had to eat it in grade school)
Darcy from Batgirl's Superfantastic Blog Site wrote:
AAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH I'VE BEEN TAGGED!!!!!!!!! *MOAN*
I have to write 6 weird things about me.
1. If I have an empty stomach and drink lotsa water and jump up and down you can hear the water slosh in my stomach!
2. I can lay on my stomach, bend my legs over my back and wipe my nose holding a kleenex with my toes.
3. I've read "Eragon" 11 times and "Eldest" 9 times.
4. I DESPISE math (My cousin thinks I'm weird 'cause I don't like math and I think he's weird cuz he's a math whiz.)
5. I LOVE shoot 'em up movies. (Dad does too! He has at least 50 John Wayne movies. He got me hooked on 'em!)
6. It doesn't bother me if my glasses are filthy and all out of whack.
Ashley at Hannah for Christmas wrote:
I was tagged (first time ever, BTW) by a fellow adoptive blogger mom at Dumplings Three and asked to list six strange things about myself. Here goes:
1. I love cheesy pop music - I particularly like the songs on my Partridge Family and a Brady Bunch greatest hits CDs.
2. I began reading at a really early age (somewhere between 3 and 4), and I can't walk or drive past anything in print without reading it.
3. I used to bite my nails, but I don't anymore; instead I chew on my cuticles to relieve tension.
4. I struggle to throw away anything that has writing on it without reading it first, and I seldom throw away letters; because of that, I have tons of boxes of cards letters from friends, several dating back to when I was in third grade.
5. When I was a child, I would get upset if my mom made a PB&J sandwich and put the peanut butter on the wrong side (I think I liked it on the top); flipping the sandwich over didn't fix it (can you say, "type A personality?").
6. I am related to Jesse James.
Lisa at the unlisted blog Nurses' Notes, wrote:
Well, some weird things about me are as follows:
-I CAN NOT STAND FOR MY PILLOW ESPECIALLY, JACKET, SCARF OR GLOVES TO TOUCH THE FLOOR, EVEN IN MY OWN HOUSE! AND I CAN NOT STAND FOR MY HUSBAND TO EVEN HAVE HIS FEET NEAR MY PILLOW OR THE HEAD OF THE BED. AND I CAN NOT STAND FOR HIM TO PUT M Y PILLOW UNDER HIS ARM PIT WITHOUT A SHIRT ON!!!! SICK!!!
-I like certain things to be PERFECT --- like I can't leave any wrinkles in the covers.
-When I start a project I will stay up all hours of the night and day until it is completed -- then get mad when anybody helping tires out and wants to go to bed.
-I am extremely impatient! Instant gratification!
-I like for things to be perfectly in order not semi perfect. For example I do/did not want my husband to sit on the couch before anyone comes over, because he will make a wrinkle in the couch cover.
-Some people might think it is weird that I have my clothes all laid out the night before including the sock and undies -- my scrubs are always on a hanger with everything in the pockets with my name badge attached ready for work or school the next day I have to go in.
-There are so many weird things about me I just can't think of them right now.
Val from Happy Girl(s) wrote:
I've been tagged! It had to happen, sooner or later! :)
Monica, over at "Dumplings,Three" has tagged me to respond to a "Six Things That Are Strange About Me" questionaire.
I think it might be harder to find 6 things that AREN'T strange about me, but o.k... since she asked....
1) I hate the word "Spanish". I love Spanish food, Spanish people, Spain, etc etc, but I hate hate hate the sound of the word.
2) I can not bear to touch those recycled cardboard drink holders they hand out at drive-through windows. They're like nails on a chalkboard to me.
3) I can pick things up, and write with, my toes. I can remove Kevin's pants with them too.. not that this is a picture you need in your head...
4) My fingers curl into fists when I yawn.
5) I could pretty much live on heavy whipping cream, sipped out of the carton. Unwhipped. And yes, I know it has 50 calories per teaspoon. But I love it.
6) I'm my own cousin. Really. Trust me.
Oddly, Monica said it was hard for her to come up with her list. It took me all of about 5 minutes. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you that, eh...?
MK BookWorks at The Adventures of Empress Fussy Pants had this to say:
1. I don't like (I mean really don't like) when food boxes aren't opened properly. I like the boxes to be neat and not all torn (which can also make things inside the box stale).
2. When I misplace something I can not do anything else until I have found it - including sleep or eat. I should just misplace everything.......
3. I buy three different toothpastes every time. One is for the Empress, but the other two are for me and DH. I can not share toothpaste with my DH. HE is a squisher, cap leaver-offer, dry-crusty-paste-leaving-in-the sink sort and I am decidedly not. He is also a minty-fresh and I am a cinnamon or vanilla mint (but only if I can not find cinnamon).
4. I have a pile of books near my bed and I am usually reading all of them at the same time. Same for mags, and a few periodicals.
5. I can not sleep or actually do anything without lip balm nearby. I seem to have perennially chapped lips and must have balm or lipstick on and available to reapply all the time. I have been known to get out of bed and go downstairs to restock. I also can not retire for the evening without a bottle of a particular brand of spring water (Schmoland Schpring). There is actually a really funny story about this that has to do with almost costing me my graduate degree! Someday I will write it up.
6. I do not like to drive my car without my little seat belt adjuster. I am short (5') and the seat belt chokes me if I do not use one. My old one broke and so far the replacements have fallen short of my expectations... I use them because I must - but it is cramping my Super Mom Mini Van-ness to have to use the substitutes until I find the right ones.
If you are reading this AND you blog.. consider yourself tagged!! BTW Dumpling's Mom - I totally would have put your second item: Sleep all day and stay up all night - but I do not consider that weird!! LOL
Patrick at Adoption Log wrote:
Oh no! I've been tagged by a fellow blogger on the weblog 'Dumplings, Three'! Now she has given me the impossible task to list 6 things that are strange about me.
At first I thought that was easy, but the more I think about it, the more difficult it gets! But...after a couple of sleepless nights I've come up with a list.
So behold...6 strange facts about myself:
1.
Each Saturday morning I write down the measurements of the energy meters in our house. So I register the water, gas and electricity measurements. Then I put them in an Excel sheet and I can see our water and energy usage in a chart. Many people think that's a bit exaggerated to do that, but I like to look at cool and nifty charts, and get aware of our energy usage at the same time. And at the long run, it saves money on the electricity bill! Ha!
2.
Place a bag of delicious 'drop' near me, and it will mysteriously disappear. At that same moment I gain some weight, twice the weight of that bag. Don't ask me why or how, it just happens!
3.
People who know me, see me as a nice, quiet, shy, peaceful guy, who cares about people and the world we live on. And that's what I am. Really. But ... then they find out about my 'other side'. Mwuhahah! I love to watch the most gory, bloody, scary horror movies, I like playing violent computergames and I enjoy listening to loud, noisy death/nu/doom/black/stoner metal. A weird combination, I know. But I truly am a nice guy. Really!
4.
I can wiggle my thumbs in such a way, that they kind of get dislocated or locked. It looks gross, but it doesn't hurt at all. I really like it, to make people press on my thumb, so they can feel it snap into place again. When they respond by a loud: 'EEEEEWWWWWW!', then I am a happy man.
5.
Toiletpaper hanging from a roll, always has to be OFF the wall. Not against it, see the picture to find out what I mean. When I encounter an incorrect roll of toiletpaper, I instantly change its position into the right one. No matter where I am.
6.
Actually, I'm over it now, but I have been afraid of turkeys. Yes, I do mean these ugly, horrible, dangerous, wild, vicious, mean, clucking, gobbling, raving mad, set for world domination, big birds!! When I was a young kid, a nasty experience at a pet farm with one of these deadly creatures altered my perception about these horrible beasts. I still don't like them, but I don't avoid them anymore. Thanks to my wife I 'learned to live with them'.
Phew! It was fun to look for strange things about myself, but I can conclude, I'm quite a normal guy actually....
Patrick also wrote:
Oh nee! Ik ben 'getagged' door een collega blogger van de weblog 'Dumplings, Three'! Het betreft de Engelse versie van deze weblog, maar toch, voor de volledigheid schrijf ik het ook maar op de Nederlandse versie op. Ik kreeg de onmogelijke taak om 6 dingen te noemen die 'vreemd' aan mij zijn.
Dat lijkt gemakkelijker dan het is. Hoe meer ik erover nadacht, hoe minder ik kon bedenken. Maar gelukkig, na twee slapeloze nachten heb ik zes punten gevonden...
Dus zie daar...6 vreemde dingen betreffende mijzelf:
1.
Elke zaterdagochtend schrijf ik de meterstanden op van de electriciteits-, gas- en watermeter op. Om ze daarna te verwerken in een Excel sheet. Op die manier zie ik ons water- en energieverbruik in een paar grafiekjes. Veel mensen vinden dat overdreven, maar ik kijk nu eenmaal graag naar mooie grafiekjes! En uiteindelijk bespaart het ook nog eens energie! Zo!
2.
Plaats een zak met drop in mijn buurt, en de zak zal binnen korte tijd op een mysterieuze wijze verdwenen zijn. Tegelijkertijd is mijn gewicht dan ineens toegenomen met ongeveer twee keer het gewicht van die zak drop. Vraag me niet hoe of wat, het gebeurt gewoon!
3.
De mensen die me kennen, weten dat ik een rustige, zachtaardige, verlegen en wat stil persoon ben, die geeft om de wereld en de mensen op die wereld. Zo zit ik in elkaar... maar.....niet iedereen heeft weet van mijn 'andere' kant. Mwoehahah! Ik hou van gore, vieze, bloederige, enge horrorfilms, ik speel graag geweldadige computerspelletjes en ik luister graag naar harde death/nu/doom/black/stoner metal. Een wat vreemde combinatie, maar toch, ik ben een heel erg lief mannetje! Echt!
4.
Ik kan mijn duimen zo bewegen dat ze uit de kom schieten, of op slot. Dat ziet er niet plezierig uit, maar het doet geen zeer. En wat dan heel leuk is, is om mensen tegen mijn duim te laten drukken, zodat hij weer terug op zijn plek knakt. En dan geniet ik van de verafschuwde blikken en uitroepen als: 'IIEEEEKKS!!'
5.
Toiletpapier moet zo op de rol hangen dat het papiertje VAN de muur AF hangt! Dus niet TEGEN de muur. Zie het plaatje voor de duidelijkheid. Wanneer ik een toiletpapierrol zie die dus niet goed hangt, dan draai ik die meteen om. Op welke wc dan ook. Dat MOET gewoon zo.
6.
Nu ben ik erover heen, maar ik was bang voor kalkoenen. Jawel, ik bedoel die vreselijke, agressieve, gemene, terroristische, wilde, dodelijke, razende, klokkende, lillende fliebertjes achtige grote vogels! Toen ik een klein mannetje was, heeft een ervaring met deze levensgevaarlijke beesten mijn blik op deze bloeddorstige misbaksels ietwat veranderd. Gelukkig, dankzij Alinda ben ik er nu overheen. Ik vind ze nog steeds verschrikkelijk, maar ik vermijd ze niet meer. Ik kan nu 'met ze leven'.
Poe! Het was wel leuk om zo eens te bekijken wat er vreemd aan me is, maar uiteindelijk valt het allemaal wel mee, ik ben een heel normaal doorsnee persoon eigenlijk.
Too cool! I wish I could keep two different blogs up and running in TWO DIFFERENT languages!!!
Debbie at Gallant Family's SUGAR AND SPICE And All Things Nice About Adoption wrote:
I've been tagged by Monica and was asked to list 6 weird things about
myself. It shouldn't be hard I'm sure I could come up with many more! So here it goes.
1. I live on an Island but I cannot swim. I almost drowned once so I kinda lost my courage.
2. I can drink coffee late at night and have no problem sleeping. Maybe because I take a triple triple!! warm milk is good to help you sleep.
3. I can hold my hands in front of me and make one go clockwise and the other counter clockwise simultaneously .
4. I am no doubt one of the only women I know of who hates talking on the phone, If you are
going to talk longer than 5 min. get in the car and come visit.........bring coffee.....triple triple.!!
5. I don't mind the smell of skunk. Yup that's weird for sure.
6. I have been caught crying over a TV commercial, on more than one occasion.
One example was a MasterCard commercial, little boy at the golf course first thing in the morning practicing hitting the ball, standing at the tee he makes an amazing shot that lands 2-3 feet from the pin and slowly rolls as the little boy squints and winces his nose in eager anticipation and that it rolls into the hole and he is amazed at his talent, he looks to his left then to his right no one was there to witness his hole in one and his little heart drops then from behind he hears a hand clap and turns around as the greens keeper turns the lawn tractor back on and continues to cut the grass. The little boy puts on a proud grin as if to say now they will believe me.
There really are some things in life money can't buy ! And for everything else there is MasterCard.
RedMaryJanes at The Seventh Diamond wrote:
I have twirled my hair all of my life.-especially when I am tired.
I sing while I drive-I mean I really belt it out.
I talk to myself.
Every morning I am worried that my hair rollers are still plugged in. I check them at least twice and sometimes I make Tim check them.
There is almost as much creamer in my coffee as there is coffee.
I am usually cold, especially in the winter. Regardless of what the thermostat says.
(sadly, the images that proceeded each item in her list, did not copy for me.)
Amy at To Bring My Daughter Home wrote:
Well, Monica over at Dumplings, Three decided I needed to lighten up. She's absolutely right! I'm supposed to list 6 things that are weird about me. (Only 6?)
1. I sing Italian arias in the shower. "Il mio bel foco" is a standard. Sometimes I switch to Turandot and "Nessun Dorma," if I'm feeling up to it. Except I forget some of the words and end up la-la-ing the melody instead. My mom warped my brain with Broadway showtunes as a child; occasionally one of those will creep in to the repertoire. I've had a crush on Harry Connick, Jr. since I was in junior high school, so sometimes I sing his music in the shower, too.
2. I get a perverse pleasure out of winning Scrabble when playing my husband (who is very good, and a much nicer player than I am). I like knowing all the weird two-letter combinations, and the few Q words that don't need a U.
3. I'm rather proud that my daughters don't like Barbies or Disney Princesses. I personally have a collection of porcelain dolls representing various strong women of history - Susan B. Anthony, Sacajawea, Pearl S. Buck, Marie Curie, Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Tubman, and many others. They stand near my desk like little feminist voodoo dolls. There's not a single Asian woman among them, though, which irks me - and the series went out of production a while ago, so it won't do much good to complain to the historical society that produced them. Anyway, Sarah is hoping to be Medusa (again) this coming Halloween, and we've looked at the Greek myth together. (I think it's a hoot, although tying all those snakes into her hair and spraying it green took ages last time!) Taking Medusa's picture standing next to all her tulle-wrapped, sequined, pink fairy princess classmates is satisfyingly fun, though.
4. I love to garden, but I'm not very good at it. Well, I love the IDEA of gardening, but tend to put off pruning and pulling weeds. I can give you the scientific names of the dead plants, though. :)
5. I have some infrequently practiced, somewhat peculiar talents. I play bassoon, various percussion instruments, and the piano, I can juggle 3 objects, I can twirl "devil sticks," and I can do a pretty good routine with a drill team Tall Flag. Well... I can do most of these after practicing up a little. And don't ask me to wear the short skirt I used to for drill team - my high school figure was a lot better for that! Oh, and I can tie knots in cherry stems with my tongue. At least if the doctorate doesn't work out, I can join the circus. My children find me very entertaining. (That will switch to "embarrassing" once they get a little older.)
6. I find hauling telescopes and optical gear through prickly-pear infested fields in the darkest dark of Nebraskan nowhere to be a fun way to spend a week with my husband. So - we're compatibly weird. :) (We haven't been to the Nebraska Star Party in a couple of years, though - hoping to get back soon!)
Well - that's six. I didn't get to talk about my five cats, my "interesting" crochet projects, my homemade aquarium CO2 production devices, or that I actually enjoy doing minor plumbing and electrical repairs. I'll save those for later, I guess.
M at To China and Back with her adorable new puppy(!) wrote:
So, 6 things that are strange about me (of course, there are likely more!!):
1. I love wedge fries with melted cheddar cheese on them, and the dipped in Blue Cheese! YUM. Sis and BIL teased me this weekend saying it was a 'craving' (that being paper-pregnant), but really... it isn't! I tried it at BW3's one day and was hooked. Clogged arteries and all... that's why I run! hehe.
2. I love fabric, and I have a TON of it. ;-)
3. I don't care about having laundry sitting in the family room, but I hate having a dirty kitchen. Ok, so maybe that isn't strange... but it is true.
4. I'm not a morning person, but I'm not a night-owl either. I like the middle of the afternoon, early evening the best.
5. I can't sleep if my face is cold. So, if the room is cold and even if the rest of me is warm, I have to turn up the heat until it feels warm in the room or I can't sleep. Yes, I'm odd.
6. I would rather watch my favorite TV shows than a movie when I'm by myself. Not sure why, but I'm too lazy to put a movie in the DVD player, and I just prefer to watch movies with other people.
Lisa at A Comforter is not a Bedspread...and Other Observations says she plans on incorporating her list of strange things in a future post. We'll stay tuned!!!
Vivian at Bits and Pieces wrote:
You know, when it rains, it pours :-) Just as I finally got around to do the 10 things for Lesley, before I was done I got tagged by Monica to do six strange things about me. I'm happy to oblige.
1. I can wiggle my ears. It's said that this is quite uncommon since the muscles that control the ear wiggling are not active in most people. (by the way, Monica, my son is eight and his blog link is the second on the right -- Otter World. There isn't much going on there since he doesn't write a whole lot yet, but if he knows there is an audience I'm sure he'll be much more motivated to update more often.)
2. Given the opportunity, I can be completely addicted to romance novels, and I always cry buckets at the sad part of the story (there is always at least one).
3. I read old newspaper and magazines. The oldest paper in my current stack is from September, and I have New Yorkers from the late 90s that are still waiting in queue to be read one day.
4. I have close to 9,000 unread emails in one of my accounts, down from over 12,000. I will eventually go through all of them and delete most.
5. I'm completely anal about things going to the right place, especially in my kitchen. Just last night I was brewing over my inlaws putting dishes in the wrong places. I should be glad that they spend time with Henry and even wash dishes for me, but it bugs me to no end to find lids on the wrong pot and soup spoons stacked with tea spoons.
6. I can only talk about my work in English but if I need to memorize numbers they are in Chinese
Andrew at To Love, Honor, and Dismay is considering revealing his six strange characteristics in an upcoming post...again, we will stay tuned!!!
Vivamusica at Words Dry and Riderless wrote:
I’ve been tagged to describe six strange things about myself. I think everybody considers him/herself to be strange on some level; at least we’d like to think that we’re unique. I had thought that this would be an easy task, but as I’m sitting here thinking about it, I’m finding it quite difficult. And I’m prolonging having to start typing about my “weirdness” by going on and on with this introduction. One of my fears is that I would be discovering that my unique mix of strangeness might not be so unique after all. Then, there is that parallel fear that maybe yes, I am indeed crazy. (Okay, enough rambling, and onto the task at hand.)
1. I name a lot of things in my life, as in inanimate things that have no way of responding or communicating. I’m not going to reel off most of the things I have named, but will give you the more “romantic” examples. I have names for the trees outside my parents’ house. The cherry tree outside my bedroom window is “Blossom,” while a tree around the corner is “Boo” (after To Kill a Mockingbird). I used to talk to the trees at night, before going to bed. I mean literally – talk out loud to them. I also have a name for the moon, but, strangely enough, not for the sun. (And, I know, trees are not “inanimate” -- far from it.)
2. There must be an electromagnetic field that surrounds me. I’ve been known to turn on electrical devices by simply entering a room. I had freaked out a roommate by turning on my computer thus, without even touching the computer itself, or the desk that it was sitting on. I also beep whenever I go through airport security. I always try to guess which body part it would be, because it’s different almost every time. I expect one of these days, I’m going to be strip-searched before being allowed to board a plane. Clocks within my house always go out of whack, not because of the batteries dying or anything. For the longest time, I was convinced that I had a “clock ghost” that followed me around and tinkered with all of my watches and clocks, but now, I’m attributing it to my strange electromagnetic aura. At least, that’s what I tell myself. Until someone comes up with a better explanation, this is all I have to go by.
3. On that slightly paranormal note, I admit that I have heard music in my head before. Not as in having a song stuck in my head all day, but actually physically hearing music that is not there. I have, on more than one occasion, gone into my room to turn off my stereo, thinking to myself, “Now who had gone and turned on my music?” Then, I would realize that it was all in my head, that the stereo wasn’t even on. I could even have said which CD and track had been playing. And no, I don’t have fillings in my teeth that could have picked up radio signals. (I’ve never had any cavities, which in itself is strange, especially considering that I don’t take very good care of my teeth, and I definitely do not watch my sugar intake.)
4. Have I freaked everyone out yet? How about a weird food one now, before you all run from me in horror…. When I was little, I used to eat Kraft singles slathered with peanut butter, not on bread, but just like that – peanut butter on processed cheese. I also went through a phase where I made everyone give me the skin off of his/her chicken, and ate only the skin, sans the meat. Nowadays, when I’m down, I eat nothing but chocolate ice-cream and stoned wheat crackers, preferably unsalted ones. And, people who know me well would know I’m in a mood based on the way I nibble at my crackers. I guess the only way to describe it would be that I “pare” away at the corners with my teeth, working my way in. I take forever to eat a single cracker when I have the blues.
5. I’m painfully shy, and do not do well in social situations, but I love giving presentations, even in front of large crowds. In high school, I adored having to do oral presentations, and would always go over the time limit and overwhelm the class with my barrage of diagrams, audio-visual aids, and many a time, my watercolours. (I liked to use my school projects as an excuse to paint, and would find some way to incorporate watercolours into my English, Social Studies, and Science presentations.)
6. Phew, last one already. Whenever I need to de-stress or calm myself down, I would write out poems that I had memorized through the years. I have a mini library of poetry in the back of my brain, always ready to be channeled from mind to hand to page. I’m not sure why this activity always makes me feel better, as though the chaotic world is not that chaotic after all.
* Yes, I’m back after my doldrums. I can never resist a meme.
Wow! I feel like we all know each other so much better, now!!!
5. Debz over at Sugar and Spice and a Little Rice because she had this hilarious character on her blog Monday, and I just wanted a good excuse to steal it and put it on my blog, too! (See, the reasoning? I have to PUT the illustration here so that you will understand why I am TAGGING her! Works, doesn't it!!!) 
