Tagged

Ok. I don't usually do blog-chain things, BUT. I kinda liked this one, because I had to think about it. It wasn't a list I could just rattle off the top of my head, and who - without a paid therapist - doesn't love an excuse to get all self-reflecty?

You see, Ali of Cheaper Than Therapy tagged me to do a 9 Weird Things Meme, in which I am to share 9 of my personal quirks, and encourage you to do the same. I'll get the ball rolling, at the risk of sounding way too self-involved.

1. I can't fall sleep if a drawer is cracked open in my room. Forget about a closet door. I will get out of an insanely comfortable bed, half-freezing in the air conditioning and ninety-nine percent asleep, rather than go through with it.

2. I have an ideal natural audio volume. A notch above or below, and I might get cranky.

3. I like food done right: If a sandwich doesn't include lettuce, tomato, pickles, melted cheese, sauteed onions and mushrooms and a slew of condiments, I'm not why you'd bother wasting the calories. Every now and then Y will present me with such a sandwich and I'll forget that any other foods exist as well as for what purpose.

4. When I decide I want or need something done, the ensuing gratification has to be immediate: the non-excuse behind many obviously self-administered haircuts over the years.

5. I often crave extreme darkness. Can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face dark, not neglected-to-open-the-curtains gloom. My idea of bliss.

6. When I watch someone crawl through a tunnel or get locked in a room in a movie, I have to actively remind myself that I can still breathe.

7. I read magazines back-to-front and I have no idea why.

8. I change my clothes so often before leaving the house that when I actually do end up wearing the first thing I've put on, I congratulate myself. Out loud - in the form of a question: Y, aren't you proud of me for wearing the first thing I put on?

9. I remember my lines from a play I did in the fourth grade. Should you ever mention them in my presence, I'll probably also remember your phone number, address, and social security number. For life.

And I'm supposed to stop there.

I tried not to dish out 9 of my top neuroses or insecurities or obsessive compulsions, no small feat. And now I want to hear from you. You don't have to give me 9. But for the love of God, comment! Let's have it: what makes you weird?

And those of you with blogs, in particular:
Lisa, Jackson, Kate, WriterGirl, and Scribbit.

No, you don't have to.

But you know you wanna.