Thursday, August 14, 2008

Quirks

Lori did this on her blog and I thought it sounded like fun. Here is a list of 7 quirks (all of which I may or may not have mentioned on here before:)
1. I love commercials where animals are given human traits (talking, dancing...) No idea why. I most recently liked one where California Cows enjoyed an earthquake.
2.I am endlessly fascinated by water. Honestly, it can be a disgusting stagmire pond and I'll still have to go stare at it. If it looks even remotely clean, I'll wade in it. If I'm on a bridge I'll stop halfway across and just look down at the water forever. Kenny is sweet and indulges me- he has come to understand that if there is water within 100 yards of me, I will go over and look at it. The funny part is I'm an awful swimmer.
3. I am slightly agoraphobic. I never feel truly at ease in wide open spaces. I am happiest when crammed in a tight, secure spot. Growing up, I would sleep squished between my water bed mattress and the bed frame.
4. Slightly linked to #3, I hate birds of prey. Mostly because they hide in wide open spaces and can attack from any side. Vultures majorly creep me out.
5. I love cleaning bathrooms. I think it is because they are easy to measure when you are "done". A kitchen, I will never feel is completely 100% clean, there is always more to do. A toilet, however, can be definitively clean. That and it involves water (see #2), albeit toilet water.
6. I have a major weakness for online debating. I have forbidden myself from any online debate forums. My pregancy.org bulletin board (a group of us ladies that all had babies due in May) have all commented that I'm quite the online debater. But man, what a way to waste time!
7. I love taking tests. Especially english tests. It's like a game.

I'll go with Lori's method as well- rather than tagging other bloggers to post 7 of thier quirks on their blogs, I'lll invite folks to leave quirks in the comments of this post. Yes, that means you may need to comment on my blog. You know who you are;)

6 comments:

Lori said...

Good quirks indeed joo.

Lori said...

Also, I dont know if there's a person alive that's not afraid of vultures. They look like mutilated turkeys of the underworld.

Anonymous said...

yes, lovely quirks. me i dont have any. :) jk. i like the mattress one. hilarious.

Kristi said...

I don't have any quirks!!! Wait...uh you lived with me for a while I am sure you can think of MANY!!! Well here's a few:
-I won't sit down on public toilets, and I open and close all public bathroom doors with paper towles (ok maybe that is more OCD than a quirk...but what are quirks if not OCD related!? hehe)
-I MUST go to the bathroom right before getting in bed. If it takes me 15 minutes to get to bed AFTER going to the bathroom, I go again - I hate getting up at night to go ugh
-I can't go to bed in a messed up bed. The sheets must be tucked in and the comforter has to be on top, not all intertwined etc
-I cant sit a whole day in my office chair without sitting with shoes off, indian style, legs to the side, crisscrossed in some wierd manner...etc...
Well I guess I will stop embarassing myself here hahaha
;)

Chris Kline said...

Freak! Ha. So if we put you in a wide-open space with birds and no water, and near a dirty kitchen, you'd be in big trouble. My quirk is Buick drivers. 'nuff said.

carol said...

I'm with Kristi. I can't stand to sit with my feet on the floor. It just isn't natural! Other quirk, I'm continuously counting. Especially how many steps I've taken or how many stairs I've gone up/down.