Confessions of an Eccentric Mind

[uhavemel]

I got this idea from another site and it's fun to see what different classes of nutters we all are!!! So 'fess up...here's some of mine. It will help pass the time until new LOST tomorrow. :D

I abhor crowds!! I hate when people bump into me and touch me. And because of that, I am nearly done with my Christmas shopping this year.

I like eating all the doubled up potato chips out of the bag first. They are extra crunchy and delicious.

I have never mowed the lawn...ever! I don't even know how to start the damn mower.

I have phantom tastes. Some random taste will just pop into my mouth/head without eating the food. It's usually something tasty like apple pie or butterscotch pudding. Sometimes it's something disgusting like pork rinds. ewwww...

I truly believe I will win the lottery one day.

I have no fear of snakes but if a buzzing insect comes near me I will flail around and scream like a little girl.

My ears get hot and turn bright red when I'm nervous or angry.

I hate milkshakes.

I pop/crack my neck, fingers and toes all the time.

I have incredible road rage.

I am directionally retarded.

[jefmoret]

When I was young (6-7 years old) I had a fear that when I sat on the toilet, some phantom hand would come up from the plumbing and rip off a portion of my bottom.

I used to bite my toe nails.

I absolutely will not eat cabbage....except cole slaw, which is amazing.

I was brought in for questioning by the police once, as I was suspected as an accessory to armed robbery.

I like my scrambled eggs with maple syrup on them.

I have had only 6 headaches my entire life. (I am 33)

[scottq74]

I think every illness (no matter how minor or major) can be healed with a scalding hot bath.

I think I've seen every episode of Little House on the Prairie. (When I was a kid, I had a baby sitter that watched the reruns religiously.)

I HATE the movie Charlotte's Web. It's one of my kids' favorites, but every time Wilber cries, "I don't wanna die... I don't wanna die!!!" I head straight to the kitchen and microwave some bacon.

I had that toilet phobia, too... only I thought it was a rat that was going to come up out of the toilet!

Every time I see a spider, I freak out and think it's either a black widow or a brown recluse.


...No wonder I don't like Charlotte's Web. Besides Whiny Wilber, two of its main characters are Charlotte (a spider) and Templeton (a rat)

[MoreLikeHurleyThanYou]

I have been badly electrocuted 5 times. 3 of which while at work. I worked the reest of the day.

I have a fear, not of heights, but of looking up at tall things.

Every Wednesday for 5 months, I ate a steak before watching LOST. I took great pains for three days in marinading the steak, cooking it, and making an artificial crabmeat topping for it. If I didn't do it right, I was a little sad.

I cannot eat dinner if there are cabinets or drawers left open in the kitchen. They bother me too much.

[kaudrey]

I don't eat fruit of any kind, but will drink OJ, apple juice, cranberry juice, whatever.

I don't like any kind of seafood.

When we were kids, my sister and I would dip our french fries into our milkshakes, instead of using ketchup. :eek

To eat cereal, I fill a bowl with milk, add a little cereal, eat it, and then add more cereal, and keep repeating, so the cereal doesn't get soggy.

Why are all of my things so far food related?

I have had insomnia for about 2 months now.

I stopped getting headaches after I had Lasik surgery 3 years ago.

When I travel, I bring a little pink stuffed pig with me (OK, I'll admit to being 36).

I am left-handed, but I play golf right-handed, except for putting, which I do left-handed. I also play pool right-handed. I do everything else left-handed.

:) Karen

[jncar]

As a child I developed a taste for Cheetos puffs dipped in applesauce, and I still like it.

I go to the toilet at least three times (within quick succession) before going to bed.

I generally avoid Asian food (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, etc.) because it almost never includes cheese. How can you have a whole cuisine devoid of cheese? It just seems wrong to me.

I never answer the phone if I don't recognize the caller ID.

When travelling, I do everything possible to bring my own pillow. I can't sleep well without my own pillow.

I have lived within an easy distance of quality ski resorts for my entire life, and have never once been skiing (I'm 27).

I saw the movie JAWS when I was a little kid (8 or 9) and I have been terrified of swimming ever since--not just the ocean, even deep swimming pools scare me.

To this day, I can't turn off the lights in the basement and then slowly and casually walk up the stairs--I have to run quickly, out of a lingering fear that something hiding in the dark will get me.

[Dharmit]

I have a phobia about leaving my house. If I have to run errands, leave for a work assignment or even grocery shop, my heart starts pounding and I feel sick to my stomach. Strangely, I never feel this way if I'm going out for a social activity or vacation. It's only errands and work.

I hate being touched unless it's my husband or my son giving me a hug. Friends and family who try to hug make me freeze up.

I love to cook and cook all meals for my family, but I can't tolerate anyone being late for a meal. If I cook it and it's getting cold, I get really angry and my blood starts to heat up.
I try telling myself to calm down, that it's their problem if they eat cold food, but I can't help feeling angry.

[jagermyster70]

I generally avoid Asian food (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, etc.) because it almost never includes cheese. How can you have a whole cuisine devoid of cheese? It just seems wrong to me.

lmao....totally agree, you have to have cheese!

Ok, I've left a cartload of stuff in the middle of Walmart and walked out more than once because the place makes my anxiety level go sky high.

If there is a bee in the car, I will stop and get out no matter where I am.

I can't eat a raw onion without gagging.

[uhavemel]

the place makes my anxiety level go sky high.

I hate Wal-Mart too. It is the HellMouth!!! I go to the store at the crack of dawn just to avoid all the stupid people. And even that sucks because they are stocking the shelves and you either can't get to what you need or it isn't on the shelf yet. >:

[/rant]

[scottq74]

I hate Wal-Mart too.

I used to be that way about Wal-Mart, but somehow I've gotten over it.

I still don't like to go into Home Depot or Lowe's. I think it has something to do with the lighting and the way the noise echos off the concrete floors and high ceilings.

[NokomisIsABadRobot]

First of all.... I see myself in all but 2 of the opening posters comments. and you seriously need to get outta my head!!8o
Also
I wont use the toilet paper if its hanging loose from the roll. I tear that piece off and throw it away...
I never drink the last drink from anything...
I MUST shake the milk so that it circulates through the hollow handle so I can feel how cold it is before I pour it...
also obsessed with checking expiration dates especially on dairy products. ..
I've stood in a cell on death row...
If you name a show 'Everybody loves Raymond; I will hate Raymond just to spite you...
I would rather die 1000 deaths from eating preservatives than make a home made meal. ..

[uhavemel]

I see myself in all but 2 of the opening posters comments. and you seriously need to get outta my head

LMAO

[Lost In His Eyes]

I pop/crack my neck, fingers and toes all the time.

Me too, my friends think it's sick, especially when I crack my neck!

I love the smell of new shower curtains. LOVE IT!

When I drive, I talk to myself alot and yell at the other cars on the road. The cars, not the drivers... I'll yell things like 'Yeah, you better move blue car!'

I hate when people flip their eyes lids or touch their eyes... and yet I have contacts and have no problem touching my own eyes.

I don't like people touching my face, at all.

I always set my alarm clock on a 2. Like if I have to be up at 5:30, I'll set my alarm for 5:22 or 5:32.

... I know there are more things that I do that are weird, I'll have to think of them and get back to ya! :D

ETA: I thought of some more!!

I have to switch back and forth between black and blue pens because I get bored with the color and need something new. (I have a beloved red pen that I take to every class!)

I hate having any of the drawers of my dresser open, they're always closed, unless I need to get something, of course.

I always lock my bathroom door, because I'm always paranoid that someone will walk in on me.

I have a deep hatred for dentists, orthodontists and doctors. (and yet I LOVE Jack...) :lol

If I see a price scanner in a grocery store, I always have to scan at least one thing... It's just too fun!

I always chase after seaguls if they're in a huge flock on the ground anywhere near me. And I yell at them.

:eek Holy hell, that's a long list! :rollin

[Clementine Kruczynski]

Where to begin?? We'll make this one a short list and add more later.

--I have a huge bubble, don't touch the bubble, don't touch me. I hate people touching me. Maybe it's because I'm so ticklish and my friends knew it so in 6th grade they would sneak up and attack me. Never been the same since.

--I have a thing against talking on the phone, don't know why just do.

--I love fry sauce. For anyone who doesn't know what that is (pretty much everybody) it is a mixture of ketchup, mayo, and a few other secret ingredients. I put it on fries, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, etc. Mmm..

When I think of more I'll post them.

[rosalind711]

I hate being touched unless it's my husband or my son giving me a hug. Friends and family who try to hug make me freeze up.

I am there too. I do not like to be hugged. The only person that I don't mind hugging me is my little brother.

I wave at random people while driving or riding in a car, just to see if they wave back.

I set two alarms, one electric and one battery powered and check those alarms 20 times before going to sleep.

I always wear socks to bed.

I was in girl scouts for 8 years and I have never once been camping.

I really like to say the F word.

I really like to burn things. I can control my impulse, but I have been known to sit down and burn everything in my purse but what was in my billfold.

I have never mowed the lawn...ever! I don't even know how to start the damn mower.

I am right there along with ya!



I have horrible and I mean horrible handwritting. It looks like that of a first grader.


I hate left overs.


Up until this year I had never seen the original Star Wars movies.

[16L43]

I HATE caves or enclosed places with a lot of people...

Pick-up trucks to me are--well--pick-up trucks. Rubber mats on the floor, hand crank windows, a minimum of sound deadening, vinyl seats, four wheel drive where you have to get out in the muck and mire and lock the front hubs and most of all, a four speed manual transmission. I don't quite know what to call these pimped out abominations the manufacturers call "trucks" these days but trust me, the first time you go off road in one of them, you'll find out how easily plastic, aluminum and beer can metal bends or breaks. Also, if you're not building houses on a job site, no four door pick up trucks...

I can't stand fruit cake but invariably I'll end up with three or four of the things every year. They make great targets for the Remington 870 shotgun...

I love grease under my fingernails. Makes me feel like I've done something useful...

There's this vinyl smell my new traffic safety vest has. I LOVE that smell--if it were made into a cologne or something, I'd buy it in a minute...

I hate instant mashed potatoes...

I love to drive fast. Which is bad when I'm in my personal vehicle. I need to watch that...

I don't own a suit or tie, except for my uniform. I hate the damn tie...

[NokomisIsABadRobot]

I always lock my bathroom door, because I'm always paranoid that someone will walk in on me

oh what I wouldnt give to pee just once without one or both cats coming in to watch. (and/or bite my butt check as I sit there)
(dont ask)

and I lurve fry sauce. Growing up thats what us po folk used on our salads when we couldnt get the real deal!!

I cannot wear socks to bed...
I must sleep with at least a sheet on me even if it's 101 degrees in the room. ..
I sometimes feel I have special powers when a slow poke ass driver is in front of me and I mentally 'will' him to turn. and he does. ..:D

[Brian]

Hey 16L43! Nice to see you again!

[16L43]

^^^

Glad to check in...

I should be sleeping since I start a new "special detail" Thursday but I'm too wide awake to sleep. I'm pretty sure the pursuit through one of the local apple orchards and dodging deer the entire way, just before clock off time, had something to do with it...INTENSE is the only word I can think of...

[I like to listen]

Eccentric
Adjective
1. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics".
2. Not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles".
Noun
1. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
2. A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case".


www.websters-online-dicti.../Eccentric (http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Eccentric)

Aspects of personality are not Eccentric, they are personal tastes and behavior.

IMO,
0.000000000000000000001% of the people in the world are true Eccentrics. Everyone else falls somwhere in the grey or white areas. Eccentrics avoid the spotlight.

[uhavemel]

Thank you for the vocab. lesson, ILTL. Very informative...

I hate left overs

Ditto

And, Nokomis, that would be one dead cat in my house! :lol

[The Swan]

Im sooo anally retentive, god i could list here all day ut heres a short list of why im odd.

1) My CDS are not only sorted by artist but also by genre,style and chronologically. Ie all my Joy Division CDs are in the order of when they were released and next to them i have my New Order CDs in order. I cant have them out of order.

2) All dvds must be stored in genre, ie all comedies together. Within comedy i have sub divisions for Adam Sandler films, Will Fereel etc and all those are in the order they were released.

3) In my wardrobe all clothes are sectioned off. T-shirts i wear with jeans in one place, t-shirts for shorts another, then jumpers, then work shirts, then normal shirts etc.

4) Before i smoke a cigarette i have to tap the filter twice on the table or on the back of my hand. (I do this because my dad used to smoke roll-up cigaretes when i was young and he did this to make the cigartte more tight)

5) I have socks for work, socks for home and socks for sport. I WILL NEVER WEAR WORK SOCKS AT HOME OR VICE VERSA.

6) I have to check the lock on my door twice.

7) I will not shower untill i have brushed my teeth and washed my face.

I could go on but im sure you think im odd enough already!!!

[mystjade]

1. I have several nicknames (in real life) including but in to way limited to Bug, Peanut, and Boss. None of which anyone knows the origin's to.
2. When I was 13 I went so far as to fill out the forms to legally change my name to Electra (this was pre-movie)
3. I have a bad habit, of saying Love-ya before leaving my family. It's almost superstitious. Ie; Even in the middle of fighting with my brother, I will have to say it. So will he (although he once modified it by adding 'I hope you get run over by a truck'- afterwords)
4. I have called ben afleck the spawn of Satan
5, I avoid sports on TV (other then Olympics and x-treame sports) I have been known to through a post super bowl Party to celebrate the end of foot ball season (Please don't kill me - I have nothing against others watching football)
6. If I do not have too much on the go I get depressed, even during the Holiday's.
7. If I do not for more then an hour a day, my legs rebel, and itch to move well I try and fall asleep

[NokomisIsABadRobot]

And, Nokomis, that would be one dead cat in my house!

Oh NOOOOOOOoooooo!!:eek

you must remember, that I am lucky my cats let me stay in my house.;)

[Lost In His Eyes]

I wave at random people while driving or riding in a car, just to see if they wave back.

I don't wave to people I don't know. If I'm out by the road, waiting for a car to drive by so I can check my mail, and the driver of the car waves to me, I don't even wave back. I just act like I didn't see it. I'm mean. :D

[aerosmithchickey]

ILTL should be named "I Love To Correct Everyone's Interpretation of a Thread"

Anyway....

I will say instead of eccentric, here are my odd behaviors...or some of them...

I hold a pillowcase in my lap when watching TV and I stick the edge of it under my fingernails one at a time in this weird rythmic way, can't really explain it, done it since I was a child, and I'm now 33.

I hate when I know I am right and others (my husband) is wrong, like when we are watching something and he swears a person on this show is the same as on some other show or movie and I KNOW it's not the same person, I get really mad.

I always take the piece of cake with the most icing

I hear people use incorrect grammar or say words incorrectly and I go mad. I don't always write grammatically correct, obviously, but when I hear or see it done wrong I go crazy.

I throw out any cold food or dairy product on the day of it's expiration, no exceptions

Socks are forbidden to be worn in bed in my house, my kids aren't allowed to wear socks to bed, either, lol...I taught them that from the time they could understand what a sock was!

When I ask someone "how are you?" I simply want them to respond with, "I'm fine", I completely zone out when they start telling me about their problems.

I am obsessed with the letter O or the number zero. I tense up when writing them because I need them to be perfect circles, not lopsided in any way. When I doodle, all I write are O's in a big group like this OOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOO

You get the idea....have I achieved freakhood yet?

[uhavemel]

have I achieved freakhood yet

Nope, not yet!!! But this is a lot of fun. :D

[Celtic Ceilidh]

No wonder we're all so obsessed with Lost. We're all just obsessed!

My family and I love Thanksgiving leftovers so much that even if we eat somewhere else on Thanksgiving Day, I'll make a big turkey dinner anyway the next day. (Cook like crazy then eat it for a week.)

I write and throw a ball with my left hand but do almost everything else right-handed.

When I was small I was afraid I'd fall through the opening of backless stairs.

I hate heights if I'm not completely enclosed. I don't ski because the way down is not worth the ride up. jncar saidI have lived within an easy distance of quality ski resorts for my entire life, and have never once been skiing It looks like you and I live near each other. (Hi neighbor.:D )

I hate telling people where I'm from (Utah) because inevitably the next question is, "Are you Mormon?" No and I'm not a polygamist either, thank you very much.

[Dharmit]

I hold a pillowcase in my lap when watching TV and I stick the edge of it under my fingernails one at a time in this weird rythmic way, can't really explain it, done it since I was a child, and I'm now 33.

OMG! I thought I was the only one to do that. I can't go to sleep unless I run the edge seam of the pillowcase or blanket under my fingernails. That stiff little slice of material just comforts in some way. My mom told me that I started doing it as a baby with my kitty blankie when I sucked my thumb. I also do it when I'm watching TV or reading. I never even think about it now, but I do it every day.

I also like to wave at strangers to see if they wave back. I also smile at people walking or driving by to see if they smile back.

[Lostaboutlost]

From first page, MLHTY-
I have a fear, not of heights, but of looking up at tall things. Whoa I used to have that! When I was in D.C. I suddenly remembered how afraid I was of looking at the buildings. Like, I'd look down at the ground so that I wouldn't see them.

I have an obsession with the number nine.

It's common for me to refuse to like people if I didn't like their first impression.

I've become a bit of a teenage annoyance. When I'm with my friends we are behaved but... misbehave. :\

[Celtic Ceilidh]

My Lucky number is 11. I was born on the 11th day of the 11th month on my cousin's 11th birthday.

When I run I have to listen to Celtic music.

[Clementine Kruczynski]

In the past two years my hair has been: orange, copper penny, blue, chlorine green (as the blue was washing out), red, pink, and several shades of blonde (my natural color)

I'm directionally dyslexic. I couldn't tell you which way is north and it take me a little bit to tell you which way is right. The only way I could tell you which way is North is because I live by mountains that run North to South. For any of you who play Hallo I've tried and failed miserably at playing that game because I can not steer the damn person around. Can't control toy cars either, not bad at the real things though.

[Bekka]

I hate when I know I am right and others (my husband) is wrong

Aerosmithchickey, I don't have a husband, but I am the same way!

Hey wait....maybe that's why I don't have a husband. :lol

Oops, forgot to add my weird stuff:

I make my bed every single day, even though nobody but me will ever see it. I just have to have it looking neat for any time that I come into the bedroom.

I never close my bathroom door nor turn the light on; the hall light is right outside so I just leave it on any time I am home and awake. (Ah, the perks of living alone!)

I have taken to wearing my fuzzy slippers instead of shoes lately when I leave the house to grocery shop or go visit my mom. They're just soooo much more comfy--and why should I go to the trouble of wearing shoes, anyway? So far nobody has ever said a word to me about it. Maybe they think I just have really big, fuzzy shoes. hehe!

At night when I'm trying to sleep, I keep turning over in circles (ok, probably a lot of people do this, but anyway); I start on my back, then switch to right side, then on stomach, then left side, then repeat. I do this to try to "get comfortable" so I can get to sleep---but get this: I can never remember the next day WHICH POSITION I was able to fall asleep in...so the cycle continues....

More as I remember them. OH! I know:

I have a HOARD of USA Todays. I bring home from work the issues I don't get a chance to read, and they are REEEALLY starting to pile up. I keep telling myself I will read them, or at least the parts I like to read (first couple of pages on front section and entire purple section), but so far they just sit there. Why can't I just throw them away??!! (I also have a nice pile of E Weekleys going, but I know I'll read them eventually.)

Ok, that's all for now. :p

[NokomisIsABadRobot]

If I have a bad dream about you (as in, you piss me off during it) I WILL carry the grudge for about 3 days so best not to approach me.

When I eat cereal, I have to dunk every single solitary piece of cereal in the bowl under the milk before I take one bite.

I love horses. Own 2. My favorite thing about them is watching them run and listening to them crunch their hay.

[I like to listen]

ILTL should be named "I Love To Correct Everyone's Interpretation of a Thread"
Anyway....

A new fan :rollin

[uhavemel]

I thought of another one. I have "White-Coat Syndrome". Which means that anytime I have to go to the doctor's office I get really anxious about it. If I don't write down EVERYTHING that I'm going there for I will completely forget it. My mind goes blank. I hate doctors!!! :\

[shootingstar05]

I love fry sauce

Me too! I've never met anyone that knew what it was since I moved out of Utah.

I have to bring a list to the doctor's office too, uhavemel.

When closing cupboards, after they are closed I tap them. It's like a twitch or something.

I don't like walking on shadows. Makes me feel like my throat is closing up.

I have a thing about symmetry. I'm just going to leave it at that.

When I come home after the house has been empty, I check the closets to make sure no one is hiding in them.

I look out the windows constantly, but I don't know what for.

[rosalind711]

If I have a bad dream about you (as in, you piss me off during it) I WILL carry the grudge for about 3 days so best not to approach me.

OHH ME too!

[NokomisIsABadRobot]

I have taken to wearing my fuzzy slippers instead of shoes lately when I leave the house to grocery shop or go visit my mom. They're just soooo much more comfy--and why should I go to the trouble of wearing shoes, anyway? So far nobody has ever said a word to me about it. Maybe they think I just have really big, fuzzy shoes. hehe!

I am so calling Stacey and Clinton on you!!:p

[Lost In His Eyes]

I can fall asleep with the lights or tv on, but if the hall light is on outside my bedroom, it drives me nuts and I can't sleep. I just hate that it comes in under that crack beneath the door and it drives me insane!

[Tera]

I am terrified of people in costume and refuse to go near them.

When I set my alarm clock I need to check that it is set about 4 to 5 times ((sometimes more)) to make sure its set.

I cannot stand to wear socks in bed...drives me crazy!

I hate the feel of polyester ((I know it's spelled wrong)). It gives me goosebumps.

Along the same line of that, I also hate emery boards. I can't stand the feel of them on my nails...just like nails on a chalkboard to me. ICK!

[Clementine Kruczynski]

Me too! I've never met anyone that knew what it was since I moved out of Utah

I'm still waiting to move out. Does anyone from outside of Utah know what fry sauce is?

[Druzliah]

Well, I like to eat all the teeny tiny cheetos out of the bag. You guys can have the rest.

I really hate bugs that come in mass army amounts.

I talk smack to all the drivers in this Los Angeles traffic but they will never know it.

I fidgit my hands or feet when im nervous or bite my lip.

I know more about the cartoons my kids watch than they do and like it.

I like tofu.

I have never been on a bus and plan on keeping it that way. I once walked for 3 1/2 hrs home to keep from getting on the bus when my car broke down (everyone I knew was at work) a block from home a friend had gotten my message and picked me up.

When I was young (6-7 years old) I had a fear that when I sat on the toilet, some phantom hand would come up from the plumbing and rip off a portion of my bottom.
It's a snake for me! I don't like them for fear I might have to use the toilet and not know its in it, and it will try to get me! AHHHHCK.:x

Wallmart is a BIG CLUSTER (Blank) I too cannot stand Wallmart. Won't go, don't care how much I can save, I am ready to leave it as soon as i walk in the door. Makes my head crazy.

I like tuna with A-1 sauce, strange but amazingly good.

I like to watch people, and read their moods, watch how they handle themselves. I find it interesting.

I go to my refrigerator frequently just to look in it.

When I was little, if I thought the boogie man was under my bed that night, I would have to sleep stiff as a board in the very very center of my bed. No head, or feet, or arms, NOTHING could be near the edge, and I would have to pull the covers over me as if the bed was made. For some reason I felt he couldn't get me if I did this.

[Bekka]

Dru: I love the tiny cheetos, hate Wally World, and fear a toilet snake, too! :D

As far as the fridge, I find myself standing there looking in it--when there's hardly anything in there! I'm serious; there will be, like, a bottle of water, a container of mustard, and a package of crackers, and I will stand there and keep looking at all three for no apparent reason. Maybe I think the water will turn to wine, the crackers to a big steak, and the mustard to a nice steak sauce. : \

[Lost In His Eyes]

I go to my refrigerator frequently just to look in it.

:lol Me too! I'll check the fridge for food, then if I don't find anything I want I'll check all the cupboards. Then, even though I KNOW there's nothing I want in the fridge, I'll go look in there again!

[MoFo PoLo]

*gasps* I'm not the only one who has that weird fear of something coming of the toilet when sitting on it!

I don't like socks. I take them off every chance I get.

I MUST MUST MUST always read before I sleep.

If I say a word repeatedly for a while, it loses all meaning to me.

I think puree fruits aren't fresh fruits.

[Lost In His Eyes]

If I say a word repeatedly for a while, it loses all meaning to me.

If I repeat a word or name over and over, it starts sounding really weird and it freaks me out! Like one day I was repeating the name Rachel over... it got really weird.

[wickedsweet]

If I'm running errands that I don't have to actually get out of the car for I never wear shoes no matter how cold it is out.

As much as I love my family I sometimes miss being a barhopping slacker with a ton of boyfriends.

Whenever I leave the house I always call home and ask whoever's there to check the coffee pot even though I know I turned it off.

I have never had the flu or the chicken pox.

I keep buying books even though I have more than I'll be able to read in the next 2 years.

I can remember every word to every song I've ever heard but can barely remember my own phone number.

I refuse to call and order a pizza or to change an appt. or about anything having to do with my utilities.

[Lost In His Eyes]

I refuse to call and order a pizza or to change an appt. or about anything having to do with my utilities.

I hate calling people too. I just don't like phones. I'm so phone retarded, it's not even funny. I barely know how to use a phone book! I've tried looking for businesses in the residential section...

[Magical Trevor]

I hate going to meet someone at a pub or somewhere and they're late. I always end up walking round the block or wherever it is until they turn up rather than wait on my own.

[uhavemel]

I have a horrible aversion to chicken nuggets and sausage. My son LOVES chicken nuggets and it's nearly his only source of protein. :vomit: Who knows what they put in that stuff?

[MJBinNC]

I make my own chicken nuggets. Cut chicken breasts into pieces...make breading from toasted bread crumbs, salt, pepper, parmesan cheese, and some parsely....bake for about 15 minutes @ 400º.

See....I have an aversion to boxed food. I make just about everything from scratch.

[uhavemel]

You are such a good mommy, Mary. I'm too lazy to make everything from scratch all the time. I can cook, I swear, I just take the easy way out. :)

[MJBinNC]

I can't NOT make everything from scratch. First - I hate all processed foods Second - my son is allergic to ALL corn products....therefore eliminated 99% of packaged foods

sufferer of the disease....SPCD (shrunken post count disorder)

[NokomisIsABadRobot]

See....I have an aversion to boxed food. I make just about everything from scratch

I have an aversion to making anything from scratch!! Somebody has to keep Hurley in his millions..
(cooking only boxed foods) :)

[MJBinNC]

I also have an aversion to stupid people. (And that is a hinderance in a tourist town)

[Lost In His Eyes]

I annoys me when people talk too quietly... SPEAK UP!

[MJBinNC]

Yes....mumblers are very annoying! Also add people that have no volume control and always seem to be shouting. Just as bad as those that mumble

[uhavemel]

Wow, Mary! I'm allergic to corn as well and people don't realise it's in freakin' everything---High fructose corn syrup is taking over the world. :mad:

[Lost In His Eyes]

I HATE when people say 'I seen that!' omg, that annoys me sooo much...

[MJBinNC]

Wow, Mary! I'm allergic to corn as well and people don't realise it's in freakin' everything---High fructose corn syrup is taking over the world. :mad:
Oh - we should really talk sometime! It is a big problem for my son. Like I said, this is one of the major reasons that I make things from scratch. Tell someone he is allergic to corn...so what do they try to give him? Tortilla chips! Corn tortilla chips! Idiots.
Oh - we eat almost all organic stuff too due to the additives (and also this stuff is labeled better as to contents)
Did you realize that baking powder is corn based?

[uhavemel]

Nope! Had no idea. I am not so allergic that I can't eat anything w/ corn in it. A bite or two of corn bread won't kill me but I did notice when Connor was a baby and I tried using corn starch in his diaper that I got a couple of hives on my face. Weird! I never even knew that just by touching it I would also have a reaction. I hate allergies. :mad:

[Lost In His Eyes]

I only like the spiral Mac and Cheese. I won't eat the original kind, it's gross.

[MJBinNC]

I make it "home-made" with whatever type of pasta my kids want....I can do spiral

[uhavemel]

I only buy shower curtains that you can see through. I can't stand not seeing outside the curtain when I'm in the shower. Psycho freaked me out as a child.

[batmoody]

I always make my deposits at the same bank, through the same ATM. If there is a line there and another is empty, I dont care...it has to be that one.

I love the smell of the glossy packaging on frozen meals.

I always go to bed with socks on, but when I wake up, they are on the floor.

[Lost In His Eyes]

Bumping because this was a good thread.

And I want to say that I've found that I am very OCD about some things... especially at work. I freak out if the menus aren't stacked the right way, and I hate when the ketchup bottles don't all face the same way, with the labels showing. D r i v e s m e c r a z y . . . .

[uhavemel]

Thanks for the bump...I thought this thread was long forgotten. :D

I need to have all my bills in my wallet in order (large bills to small bills) with all the President's faces going in the same direction.

[TheTempest]

OCD? I think I invented the word...

Every time I walk on one of my oriental rugs, I have to straighten any tassels see out of place.

ALSO... When I use the Ladies room, I'll shut off the faucets with a paper towel and use that same paper towel to open the door.


Oh, and... I like to iron.

[merry slug]

WHERE HAS THIS THREAD BEEN ALL MY LIFE????

I can't eat sandwiches. Take all the pieces apart, and I can eat them all separately, though.

Whenever I cross railroad tracks I raise my toes up, even if I'm driving.

[Lost In His Eyes]

Thanks for the bump...I thought this thread was long forgotten. :D

I need to have all my bills in my wallet in order (large bills to small bills) with all the President's faces going in the same direction.

Same with me! It gets so confusing if they're in any other order! Then you have to search for what you're looking for.

And ever since I was little, I got annoyed when people would use MY crayons. They would eff everything up! I always put the crayon I was using back in the spot where I got it from.

And I don't like letting people borrow my things. Not even a pen.

[ZIA]

Where has this thread been? Where do I start?
I will never drive with my car doors unlocked.
I think I usually have road rage, but I love to drive.
I hate Wal-Mart but I think it's a free freak show.
I swear like a drunken sailor quite a bit.
I think flip-flops are without a doubt--an "official" shoe. (I also hate socks!)
Everything has to be nice and neat and in it's place-but my clothes in the drawers look like a tornado just blew by.
All the closet doors have to be closed before I go to bed.
I only write with black rollerball pens if possible.
I sometimes wish I was LOST on a beautiful island somewhere....

I could go on and on....lol!
Zia

[merry slug]

All the closet doors have to be closed before I go to bed.


Okay, are you all ready for just how weird I am?

When I was younger my closet had two doors. One night for some reason I only partially closed them - the left one 3/4 closed, the right one about 1/3 closed. I looked at it, and thought, "This is important." Then I went downstairs and watched the premeire of (the original) Battlestar Galactica - my first TV show/guy (Dirk Benedict) obessions. I couldn't miss an episode.

From that night on until we moved away (after I graduated from High School) I could NOT go to sleep until the left closet door was 3/4 closed and the right closet door was 1/3 closed.

[uhavemel]

teehee Merry :)

I slept with a stuffed Garfield until I was 16-17 years old. He was falling apart or I would probably still have him! *sniff*

[ZIA]

Okay, are you all ready for just how weird I am?

When I was younger my closet had two doors. One night for some reason I only partially closed them - the left one 3/4 closed, the right one about 1/3 closed. I looked at it, and thought, "This is important." Then I went downstairs and watched the premeire of (the original) Battlestar Galactica - my first TV show/guy (Dirk Benedict) obessions. I couldn't miss an episode.

From that night on until we moved away (after I graduated from High School) I could NOT go to sleep until the left closet door was 3/4 closed and the right closet door was 1/3 closed.

I think that's great and I am SO HAPPY we're all weird here @ LOST TV!
Zia

[Lost In His Eyes]

I always smell things before I try them for the first time. Even if it's a drink, I smell it first. :)

[I Like Freckles]

I share Mel's hatred of crowds. Actually, it's more a hatred of stupid people. Malls are the worst, especially around the holidays. I have to continuously restrain myself from just deliberately crashing into the obliviots who make random direction changes and/or generallly walk around like they're in a complete daze.

[ZIA]

I share Mel's hatred of crowds. Actually, it's more a hatred of stupid people. Malls are the worst, especially around the holidays. I have to continuously restrain myself from just deliberately crashing into the obliviots who make random direction changes and/or generallly walk around like they're in a complete daze.

Oh my God-I hate stupid people. Speaking of stupid people-I also hate tweekers! Did I mention that?
zia

[merry slug]

I share Mel's hatred of crowds. Actually, it's more a hatred of stupid people. Malls are the worst, especially around the holidays. I have to continuously restrain myself from just deliberately crashing into the obliviots who make random direction changes and/or generallly walk around like they're in a complete daze.


Do you find you're always the one doging everyone else? I've found the solution for that! (It works in grocery stores, too - even the ones down here with all the old people crowding them) --

Don't make eye contact.
Appear to be fascinated by what's in the store windows/shelves, or thinking of something else entirely... You'd be amazed at how the crowds part in front of you. I think it's an unconcious "dominance" issue from when we were Neanderthals - if someone walking towards you is aware that you are aware of them - then they want you to move.

[I Like Freckles]

I find myself always dodging people mainly because I'm always moving faster than them. And I'm cursed with enough courtesy to not just give in to the urge to let an inattentive, slothlike moron see what happens when a rapidly moving 200 pound object slams into them because they're not watching where they're going.

[uhavemel]

^^^^http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/uhavemel/giggles.gif

I can not/will not put my son in a shopping cart unless I have first gone over the nasty, germ laden thing (the buggy not my son ;) )with a disinfecting wipe.

[Bekka]

YOU ARE ALL NOT ALONE! I'M JUST AS F*CKED AS YOU!

LIHE, I must face all labels the same way too, and line things up. I will also organize a mess by stacking papers neatly in size order with the smallest things on top, and line things up on a desk or table. I have been known to do this at a virtual stranger's house. I just can't handle a sloppy mess.

Mel, bills in order = me too.
Tempest, tassels on rug? I MUST straighten them...although I despise ironing, have never owned an iron, never will, and if I ever have a job where they require ironing of clothes I will promptly quit.

ZIA, your post sounds just like me too, except for the sloppy clothes in drawers. But the rest is totally me! We have sliding closet doors, one further back than the other (of course) so his side has to have that part of the door and my side has the front-most side, but I ALWAYS have to close them, any time of day. I am constantly going behind him and fixing the closet doors so they are "right."

LIHE, I smell things too!! I totally do that. Freck laughs at me, but I WILL NOT try a new food unless I gave it a good whiff first.

Mel, when in public I agree it's smart not to make eye contact with vampiric salespeople. It's time suicide.