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July 27, 2005
I got tagged!
Karen tagged me!
id·i·o·syn·cra·sy
Pronunciation Key
n. pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies
A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
Write down five of your own personal idiosyncracies. Then, if you wish, tag five people from your live gerbil or friendslist to do the same.
Here we go... Prepare yourself.
1. I won't eat any candy that will change my tongue colors. No Green Apple Blow Pops, no Blue Raspberry Air Heads, no Grape Jolly Ranchers. If it's not red or pink, I just won't have anything to do with it (unless it's candy that won't dye my mouth...). Somewhere along the line, I decided I didn't want attention drawn to my tongue and that was that. Suits me just fine now, since I ended up having a preference for cherry and strawberry flavored things anyway, but I deinitely remember it being quite a concious decision when I was younger. It stuck.
2. I need to chew food evenly. For some reason, I can't deal with the feeling that one side of my mouth has been doing all the chewing... Therefore, I find myself actually making an effort to distribute my dinner equally between both sides of my mouth.
*Sarah pauses for a moment to take in the realization that she will need some serious therapy after completing this exercise.*
Moving on...
3. I am constantly writing nonsensical notes on scraps of paper... Lists, numbers, thoughts. Anything that is on my mind that I decide must be written down so I can remember later. My purse is constantly filled with these scraps of paper covered in words and numbers that I never seem to read again before throwing in the recycling bin once a week.
4. I get incredibly ill tempered when I am hungry. And we're not talking a little on the grumpy side - I get mean. I make a serious attempt to snack on little bits of food and candy throughout the day at work so I can keep my job. It's so commonplace that if I snap at the Bune, he immediately asks me if I'm hungry rather than engaging in an argument with me. 9 times out of 10, the answer is yes.
5. I don't "high five". I think it is dumb and I just won't do it. When faced with someone attempting to high five me, I decline. They insist. I refuse. They demand an explanation. I've discovered that people get very defensive about the high five. I'm convinced that something about the feeling of being "left hangin' " causes an individual to regress to the age of 8 when these actions had a very significant meaning.
Okay - cat's out of the bag, people. I'm crazy! Yipes. Only thing left to do is ride my bike over to the loony bin. But, before I go, I gotta tag some people:
Christine, Sandra, Anne, Gina, Heather - you're it!
I'll admit that I am secretly hoping that these tags will result in more neurotic and strange behaviors than those I just listed so I might feel a little less insane.
Posted by Sarah at July 27, 2005 1:34 PM
Posted to 100 Things About Me that you Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
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You are toooo funny. I must say there are at least 2 things from your list that I do also...maybe different reasons, but they are there just the same...lmao
Posted by: Christine at July 27, 2005 3:40 PM
Chews food evenly...now that's...interesting. :)
Posted by: Karen at July 27, 2005 6:53 PM
i try to stay away from candy that turns my tongue colors but I can't help it. Damn you blue rasberry flavored blow pops! Damn you to hell!
I also am not so keen on the high five. but people take is sooo personally if you just leave them hanging. I try to explain to them that I just don't believe in them and they get so touchy.
:P So I just end up giving in and doing this half-assed, limp wristed one back.
But yay, I've been tagged. I heart memes.
Posted by: Sandra at July 27, 2005 11:14 PM
Unfortunately, I have no idiosyncracies... HAR HAR HAR! I'll start workin' on zee list pronto!
Posted by: Heather at July 28, 2005 9:13 AM
Ooooh! I have so many, I don't know where to start! Don't worry, I'll ponder it over and only post the big 'uns!
Yes, yes, corset top, mrrrrrrrrrrooooooowww!
We'll be 2 sexy ass bitches fo shure!
I
m a vegetarian now. (please, I need to lose weight and I like amy's organic tv dinners and can count the calories.) So I'll be bringing something delicious yet meat free.
i promise, no mock duck, not dogs or nayonaisse!
Posted by: christine at July 28, 2005 4:29 PM