Wednesday, May 27, 2009

My Subconcious Habits.

The other day I was talking to one of my roommates about quarks. I listed mine off to her and was surprised at how many there were. When I'm not thinking about them, they come easier. Anyway, I know I've posted this kind of thing before but I'm not sure I covered these...Oh well, if I have more (which I'm sure I do) I'll add them later. And maybe, if you share some of yours with me, it might jog my memory.

1. I check my cell phone at least four times every night, just before drifting off into sleep, to make sure that I set all three of my alarms correctly.
2. When I check the mail, I unlock the box open it and when there is nothing there I shut it, lock it, unlock it, and check it again. Always. I have no idea why.
3. Even when I was young, I always had to have my door shut and I always know when it's open. Like a draft comes in or the noise is louder or something. Sometimes, when I'm conscious of it, I try really hard to keep it open that way I'm not literally shutting out the world.
4. I have a bad habit of picking apart my nails. Ever since I got braces I stopped biting them, but now I just pick at them.
5. I have to watch the toilet flush before leaving the bathroom.
6. I can't stand leaving the house with any of the lights on (that is, when no one is home).
7. I always have music playing.
8. Whenever I got out of my car I would stand there (typically in the dark after a long day at work) and make sure that the lights went out.
9. I play with the tips of my hair. I like the sound and then I like the feeling when I brush it against my lips -It drives me crazy, though. And I'm sure that anyone who knows me well enough knows that I do this. How could you not?? I've tried to quit, but I can't seem to shake it.
10. I check my facebook, my personal email, my school email, and my bank account at least five times a day, in that order.
11. I like chewing on my tongue.
12. When I shower I follow a very specific pattern.
13. I always put my right shoe on first.
14. I like to straighten things. Last semester I was playing a game of cards with my roommates and I kept straightening the discard pile. I didn't notice I was doing it until my roommate pointed it out. I guess it's just impulse.
15. When I sit I slouch.
16. When I dish up my food I have to eat it in the same position that I dished it up in (like, say when I dish up the potatoes on my plate and put them closest to me, I have to eat with my plate in that same position, with my potatoes closest to me) and so I think it's funny to rotate people's plates when they're not looking.
17. I'm always cracking my knuckles (and sometimes my neck and back too).
18. Oh and here's something, but I'm not sure it counts. When someone does something funny and a friend or whoever is next to them mimics it immediately declaring: "Ha-Ha! You did this!" and then do it or say it again. Drives me nuts!
19. I always drown my ice cream in milk when I eat it.
20. When I need to cross at a traffic light I always have to press the "Walk" button (or whatever it's called) three times.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ha thats great! I love that blog!! The one with the "rotating peoples plates when thier not looking." That one made me laugh, I can just see you sitting there snikily rotating thier plates and then someone catches you and then they look at you like your crazy. I love you, Keep Writting!!

Mike and Marisa Compton said...

haha I have some weird quirks too. Like always brushing my "bangs" behind my ear. Only I just use my thumbs...not my fingers or the rest of my hand....just the thumbs.

Micah said...

I love this post!
I have noticed a lot of these ;)
Like you have turned my plate a few times... And then laughed!
I actually have a lot of the same ones!

Nancyann said...

haha, your quirks made me laugh, but jeeze I have quite a few too. Most of them have to do with weird organization/patterns. Like keeping the plates in the dishwasher separated by which set they come from and color coding my hangers...stuff that my siblings always make fun of me for...lol. oh ya, and I love that you rotate people's plates. Mostly because I'm sure none of them care at all, and yet you are humored by it, haha. You make me laugh Julia. :)