Thursday 13 #672 – Quirky Much?

1. I like my paper money to be organized. When I leave money on the table at a restaurant, all the bills must be facing the same way. If Duty leaves it all a mess, it really bothers me. Yet, I live amongst constant clutter and that doesn’t irk me at all!

2. The more books I buy, the more secure I feel. I don’t even have to read them. Just buying them and having them strewn around the house makes me feel safe.

3. I cannot watch a movie from anything but the beginning. If I’m flipping channels and come upon something I want to watch, if it’s already begun, I won’t watch it then. Gotta start from the beginning.

4. So given that, I find it odd that I refuse to believe I need to learn the foundations of things before I move on to the next step. Join an organization? Have no clue what it’s about? Doesn’t matter! I think I can run the thing in about five minutes. Learn all the Reiki hand positions? Oh please. That’s for neophytes. I must be freeeee, I tell you, FREEEE to do what I want!! We breech babies must jump right in and GO! (winks at the PiK)

5. I often drink coffee right up until I go to bed. The caffeine doesn’t bother me at all. Of course, I do make some not-too-strong coffee so maybe I’m not getting a full hit of it as I might if I had a triple latte or something. Still. I take coffee up to bed. There. I’ve said it.

6. When I organize things and put them all away, I can’t find them. When I’ve got all my piles around me, I know just where to find everything. The more piles, the better. (Do you think this will be an issue when I’m old(er)? Will I be a crazy cat lady just hoarding things in piles?)

7. Speaking of hoarding, I have a thing about boxes. I love them. It kills me to throw a good box out. Do I use them? Sometimes but not always. I just like them. (I put them in a pile with all my other stuff.)

8. I cannot stand to talk on the phone despite having 20-some years in an industry where that’s all you do. I hate it. (Roommate Greg says it’s par for the course of anyone who works in that arena. His father was the same way.) Still, it’s almost gotten to where I cannot bear for anyone to call me. (I think that moves out of quirky and over into neurosis, though)

9. I can eat the same thing every day for lunch and it won’t bother me at all. In fact, if I ate cereal for dinner every night, that’d be fine too. I’m very simple in my food requirements. (Either that or I’m lazy.)

10. I am enormously happy in the silence. When I’m home all day alone, I have no radio or tv on at all. I can’t stand the tv being on in another room. Too much noise and stimuli. I’d be happy at a silent retreat as long as I can have my books, coffee, internets and piles

11. If I am suddenly awakened in the middle of the night, I am exceedingly polite. Ask PiK. I am more polite while I’m asleep than awake. That’s pretty damn quirky, ain’t it?

12. I remember the names of all my grade school teachers. We even had one in 2nd grade named “Miss Mountain” – I used to joke that she got married to a guy named Frying Pan. (Oh shut up! I was 7 years old! You want the comedy channel, for pity sake?) But yep, can name all the teachers in order. HA! You know you wish you could. :)

13. I can’t bear to drive to work (an hour each way) without my Stephanie Miller podcast. Best $50 I ever spent! I save up shows I don’t get to listen to so I will have some on the days when she’s not there. (How quirky (and desperate!!) is that??)