Friday, June 13, 2008

Quirk Tag

Christine has just thrown down the "tag", and so I am going to really let you in on some gross stuff that will probably change your mind about me...or not, maybe just confirm your suspicions.  

Here are six quirks that I can think of off the top of my head, I am sure I have many more that you may feel free to add.  Please be kind.

1. I am not sure this is a quirk, but I like all my money to face the same way in my wallet, upright, and always in ascending denominations.  I also provide this service free to Mike.

2. I can eat the same food over and over and over and never get tired.  For like five or six years, yes years, I ate Mr. Goodcents three to five days a week, always the same sandwich, always the same way.  Then something happened last year, I stopped eating Mr. Goodcents, just kicked it like a bad dog.  Then this week, I had it two times...I will have to see what I do next.

3. I always see the number 714 recurring in my life.  I always notice it when the sequence happens.  I see it not only on clocks two times a day, but in weird places.  I used to think that the universe was speaking to me and that these numbers must mean something...July 14th always peaks my interest.  I was kinda nervous about the year 2007 thinking something would happen and now the year 2014 looms...are they linked somehow?  I was also nervous about my 7th and 14th wedding years thinking something was going to happen.  I now think the universe is just screwing with me because nothing ever happens with 714 except I keep noticing it.

4. I play a little license plate game that I made up myself.  I will look at a license plate and make up words and phrases as they hit me, for example my friend used to have a license plate with XHY in it, to me that is ex-honey, so ex-boyfriend or girlfriend.  My old license had the letters SYA, which I translate into See Ya.  The words don't have to match the letters, it is just the first thing I think of when I see the plate.  I always see my families initials in plates and those are special...I saw MSA the other day and I see two cars with JWM.  Funny?  Quirky?  I don't know.

5. I don't like to borrow books from people because I feel too much pressure to read the books that I borrow and that takes all the fun out of it for me.  I don't mean to offend my good friends, but if I read it, I am going to own it.  A line from my favorite movie refers to this concept.  A book was loaned to a guy who never returned it, and the owner of the book is so mad that he stops being friends with the guy.  The owner is asked, "Would you loose a friend for the sake of a book?"  The owner replies, "No, but he has."  So you see, by buying the book, now I don't feel the pressure of reading the book and the pressure to return the book.  I keep all my friends.

6. Now this one is gross.  GROSS, GROSS, GROSS.  How do I know?  My kids tell me, and so has Becky.  When I go to Chick-Fil-A, I always get their Chicken Nuggets (see quirk #2) with Polynesian Sauce.  If I am eating in the comfort of my home (never when I am in the restaurant), when I have dipped to the bottom I always lick the container clean.  There!!!  Are you happy!!!  I am a gross pig who licks sweet and sour from the container!  Not so cultured and refined!!

These are just a few.  I am sure there are others.  

Now I don't have six people to tag, but I have five.  So I am going to tag Sandra, Natalie, Katie, Jana, Janis.  

The Rules: 
-Link the person(s) who tagged you
-Mention the rules on your blog
-Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
-Tag 6 following bloggers by linking hem
-Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blog letting them know they've been tagged.

5 comments:

Natalie said...

I have a comment for each quirk. (maybe)

#1. Yes. That's a quirk if there has ever been a quirk in the history of quirks that would headline the quirk dictionary.

#2. That's a gift. I get sick of food so fast. And all the really great stuff is too far away.

#3. That's weird. Creepy even.

#4. I'm amazed that you haven't had more accidents. :)

#5. Do you believe in libraries? :) They let you renew online. No guilt. I've had the same three books for almost 2 months and have only read about 3 pages of one of them.

#6. I read this aloud to mom and she's horrified. hahaha. No! I did the same thing with McD's sweet and sour sauce. YUM!

Jana said...

Do you not know that I don't run - thus I don't play tag. Okay, fine, I will play your game. But it may take a few days because I brain is still not quite up to the quirk it should be to play tag.

Fun to run into you last night ... oh, wait, I don't run.

Natalie said...

Christine has the coolest link to awesome blog backgrounds... you have to go check it out. It's so easy! Much MUCH easier than the site I used before! Or, you could just wait a few more weeks until I'm there to do it for you. hahaha. Only like 7 or 8 weeks now, right? Ding. Becca needs to get those pictures to me! Better go call her.

Natalie said...

I posted a funny blog about you. It's called "Old Emails". Check it out. hahahahaha

Jana said...

Just FYI - I have completed my tag. For you. Because I love you.