6 weird things about you

[mapsedge]

Ganked from starwyse...

Once you are tagged you MUST write a blog entry about your 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next six people to be tagged and list their names.

1. There is a constant dialog going on in my head, not all of it positive. That's why I don't really like silence while my hands are busy: unoccupied, my mind will begin to play out scenes, and sometimes the lines find expression out loud. Books on tape, baby!


2. I have an almost pathological fear of being locked out...of anything. When I get out of my car at the office, you will see me pause, my hand on the open door. I'm taking inventory: keys in hand? Good. Door unlocked before I close it? Good.


3. if I don't know how long it's been there, I find the act of picking up a damp dishrag from the bottom of a sink disgusting (especially if it's wet enough to have water running from it), but can hold a handful of large nightcrawlers without blinking.


4. If I dream about a sexual subject, it rarely gets to the actual sex part. (Yeah, that sucks.)


5. Musically, I hate performing unplugged, especially if I'm solo. I like the richness a mic and decent amp can give me, mostly because I don't think I'm as good as people tell me I am.


6. I resent my father, even more that twenty years after his death, for being a pacifist instead of providing me the means to kick the collective ass of the kids who tormented me in junior high. I intend to teach my children to not only defend, but to escalate. True, violence never solved anything, but it made the room a lot quieter.

Tag: aerie13; purpledumbass; retdet

Comments

[thebruce.livejournal.com]

7. You are a part-time unwitting psychic.

I was thinking of point #6 today as I was mowing grass. Some advice I gave my oldest stepson when he was getting picked on about two years after we moved to the States. I, too, resented my folks for not teaching me when the proper time to fight was, or how long "sticks and stones" was s'posed to apply before getting a bigger stick of my own. So when the time came that the boy dreaded going to school, I explained to him how to deal with it. He did, and there was a fight, and my boy won. But the aftermath....now, there's something to deal with. From the other kid's parents, from the school, and nowadays even from the police. And then the kid will generally get a bunch of his friends and they'll jump your kid after school at the ballfield, when there's no help around. Fortunately in our case the boy could also avoid trouble when he needed to by his glib manner and smooth talking.

Some points to consider long in advance of when you'll need 'em ;)

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the simpler days of personal responsibility are long gone aren't they? "What? My daughter broke your son's nose? Did he also tell you he's been groping her in the hallway? No? Well, then, next time it's be his arm, and after that, it'll get bad."

Serious, now, your comments are well taken. It's a good reminder for a dad who tends to be reactionary on good days.

[aerie13.livejournal.com]

Just six???

I totally relate to that dishrag thing. Ew. I get aggravated with anyone who leaves a washrag in the kitchen or bathroom just all balled up and wet.

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

Okay, attach a separate sheet if you need more room :)

I totally relate to that dishrag thing. Ew.

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

Okay, attach a separate sheet if you need more room :)

I totally relate to that dishrag thing. Ew.

Yeah, I can even relate it to a single incident when I was a teenager. My mother wasn't much of a housekeeper, and dishes would pile up. One day, deciding to do something about it, I picked up the dishrag out of the bottom of the pile and the water coming from it was viscous, like dirty vegetable oil. That image flashes through my mind every time I reach into the sink and find a dishrag there.

[aerie13.livejournal.com]

That makes things crawl around in my stomach.