Idiosyncrasies
Posted on | September 24, 2005 | 9 Comments
Allison tagged me yesterday to name a few of my idiosyncrasies. Simply saying idiosyncratic is a delight, so I had to play along.
1. I don’t put caps back on things properly. I set them on the tops of jars, but skip the screwing on step. This works fine for me. I’ve NEVER dropped a jar because of the lid not being screwed in, but my husband and countless roommates over the years have. I also rarely shut cupboard doors. This drives my husband mad.
2. I have really, really long legs compared to my short little torso. Hence, I never have pants that fit quite like I would desire. Sometimes too long, but mostly too short. It doesn’t help that I can’t be bothered with special dryer settings, or with, god forbid, hanging a special pair of pants over the shower rod. So everything goes on one setting, sometimes to my nicer apparel’s chagrin.
3. I can get obsessed with a new favorite food for like, three or four weeks and then can’t touch it. Last winter, I loved orange juice. I had it every morning, and every other time I was thirsty practically for about two weeks—even tossing in pineapple-orange, and mango-orange for variety. And then, one day, I couldn’t even look at the stuff. Can I just mention how INSANE this made my husband, who kept dutifully buying orange juice for another two months before he realized that there were SIX UNOPENED CARTONS OF O.J. already in the fridge.
4. I like things SWEET. I put 4 raw sugars in a grande latte. I eat honeycomb by the spoonful, and drown my pancakes in maple syrup. That said, I don’t really like candy at all, except Swedish fish on occasion, sometimes jelly beans. Chocolate on the other hand, doesn’t really qualify as candy and is in my book, a food of goddesses.
5. When I sit at my desk, or in a chair anywhere really, I like to pull my knees up to my chest. My feet are always resting on the seat of the chair, and as long as the weather permits, they are bare.
I am tagging anyone who wants to play.
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September 24th, 2005 @ 12:56 pm
You and I on that first one are exactly the same.
September 24th, 2005 @ 1:36 pm
My husband does the jar thing sometimes, and also leaves tupperware with one corner open, both of which drive me INSANE. Things go bad when they’re not sealed properly! SHUT THE JAR TIGHT! *grumble*
September 24th, 2005 @ 5:55 pm
fun list! i have the same problem finding pants to fit my too-tall legs (i have found, however, that jcrew caters to people like us). i also get obsessed with new foods (this month it is peanut butter toast for breakfast) and i never sit in a chair with my feet on the floor (this becomes a problem at the dinner table). i love finding these things out about other people – makes me feel less strange and more human. thanks for playing along!
September 24th, 2005 @ 7:06 pm
My huuby does the jar thing too, and he can’t quite manage to close drawers and cupboards either!
I wish i could sit with my knees up on a chair, unfortunately i have a rather large bump that stops me from doing so (for now anyway!).
September 25th, 2005 @ 12:28 am
My Dad was like you with caps on number one. That is, until my Mom reached into the top of a kitchen cabinet for her cooking oil and spilled it all over her head! We had something to go to that night, and she washed her hair like 4 times and never got it all out. It was hilarious–but I thought she might KILL my Dad–who still won’t admit he was the one who left the cap loose to this day. (Smart man…)
Let’s see…I’ll have to think on this for my blog. Thanks for tagging me! Hope you’re doing well!
September 25th, 2005 @ 12:36 am
Fun. I wanna play but am stuck at my moms for the weekend with two insane children who WILL NOT GO TO BED and think I may go jump in the ocean. Meanwhile, my husband is trying to put the deck back on the house and I am feeling very certain it won’t be done when we return and he will feel bad and I will feel bad and there will be sulking. So right now, I’m gonna just read and bitch and maybe sneak out of the house and run naked the six blooks to the beach and throw myself IN.
Wow. I just unloaded in your comments. I suck. You, however, are amazing, so just forget all that and focus on the amazing part. Kay? Kay.
September 27th, 2005 @ 4:48 pm
this is my first time being tagged! when I get home tonight I’ll write mine and post it over on my site.
September 29th, 2005 @ 8:40 am
2-5, I’m right there with you. It’s so cool to find out there are other people as strange as me!!
October 18th, 2005 @ 8:52 pm
How embarrassing. I just found this because someone linked to my site from this page. I never knew I was tagged and now you may never read this… SHOOT! How’d I miss it?
Idiosyncrasies…
-I am prone to putting my foot in my mouth. If someone’s around, I will choose that moment that they’re in earshot (unknowingly, of course) to talk about them.
-I hate pimento in anything except olives. Hate. It.
-I like having my head rubbed. A lot.
-I always feel like people are staring at me, even though they’re probably not. Or maybe they are. I don’t know.
-I’m really really tired right now. Can you tell by reading this list?? Ha ha! Let me know if you ever find and read this! I feel bad.