I've been tagged!!!

[shiredancer]

I was tagged for this meme game by daisy_gamgee, so a-posting I must go. *mumblemumblelet's see, what am I supposed to do firstmumblemumble* Ah, okay:

"Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 weird habits of yours" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 5 quirky habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names."

Five quirky habits? I have to come up with five quirky habits??? Ummm, I don't think I have that many... *looks innocent*. I shall do my best.

1. I have to do my morning grooming in exactly the same order every day, every time, or I get all kerfluffled. *Sigh* Okay, that's not too quirky -- everybody's that way, right?

2. I do a lot of things by count, and if my count is thrown off I have to start over. You know, 100 strokes with the hairbrush, or the pick, or whatever it is I'm using on my hair that day. And when I hand-sew, for hemming or mending or whatnot, I have to make five knots in the end of the thread, and three knots to tie it off on the fabric. Things like that -- there are lots of other examples. Oh god, OCD much?

3. I prefer to eat salads with chopsticks. Actually, I prefer to eat with chopsticks in general, whenever I can.

(My family just came home, and when I asked them if I have any quirky habits, they drew a blank. See??)

4. Okay, Peter *did* think of one for me: I tend to have an itchy scalp, so while I'm reading on my laptop I can spend hours combing through my hair with my fingers, pulling out loose strands and giving this really satisfying *tug* to my scalp. Eeeuw, maybe.

5. And here's my one *really* quirky habit -- I tend to think rather strongly, and sometimes I accidentally let my thoughts play all over my face, or even start to vocalize. Like, I'll relive conversations or arguments, sometimes thinking of all the things I should have said or done, and before I know it I'm practically acting the whole drama out. Ditto for anticipating upcoming events or meetings or whatever. Sometimes I'll get so involved in my inner dialogue that I won't realize I've said something out loud until Peter starts giving me odd looks. Then I have to laugh it off with "Oops, just thinking out loud." Only, sometimes, it's so intense and involved, I swear I'm in the beginning stages of Tourette's Syndrome. *hopes not* Because, yeah, it happens while I'm walking down the street or something, and I realize I'm grinning like an idiot because I'm off on a tangent somewhere, or frowning, or looking tragic, or wherever my thoughts have taken me. Then I furtively look around to see if anybody's taken any notice (which, thankfully, they don't seem to). Let's hear it for the inner life, huh?

And now, I get to tag five other hapless souls. How's about linaelyn, estellongshanks, anneheart, haleth, and arnie1967? (Of course, you don't have to do this if you don't want to -- I'll completely understand if you're quirk-free.) *g*

Comments

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

Quirk-free? MOI?

I fear not.

But It's hard to think of specifics, isn't it?

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Yeah! I know there have been a thousand times when I've laughed something off as "just one of my special quirks", but try to think of one under pressure? Nahhhhh.

[haleth.livejournal.com]

But... my quirks! They'd be all exposed! And, like, naked and stuff.
:-D

Nah, really I'm just lazy. But I'll try to think of something.

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Yeah, it did take a bit of effort to do this. Like I said to Lin, I know I've laughed a million things off as "just a quirk", but actually sitting down and trying to think of them? Doesn't work very well!

[nonniemous.livejournal.com]

Oh, geez, that entire talking-to-yourself-and-getting-into-it-so-much? Oh yeah. *g*

And you don't have quirky habits, you are just quirky--in all the best ways.

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

LOL! That's what Kidlet said, too -- she couldn't think of any specific habits, just that I was quirky in general. "And oh yeah, what about that whole thing about doing Lord of the Rings online??" (She has a rather dim notion of what I'm actually doing online, thank god.)

Hey, you do the vivid-life-inside thing too? Cool! I'm not alone in the universe...

[realdaisygamgee.livejournal.com]

#5--All. The. Time. My family has finally understood this, and they usually assume I'm writing something, just without the notebook in front of me. I don't think my job will ever learn to deal.

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

*Starts to goggle* Really??? Wow, I was afraid thought I was the only one who did that. I'm suddenly starting to feel better -- like, it's one of those things we-who-go-online do...

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Hey, I've been tagged! ::hugs Sally:: I'd be more delighted but now I have to put my quirks on display. Oh well.

Btw, Quirk #5? Oh yeah, totally know that one. ::blushes::

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Holy cow... *really goggles* I'm so amazed -- 3/5ths (so far) of the people I tagged share that quirk! It really goes to show that there are some common characteristics in us types who have gone online, huh?

But just think -- if you continue the meme, it will spread it over to the Sentinel lists! *hugs*

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

Make that 4/5ths.

Me too! It's really embarrassing in the grocery store, too.