5 things you never wanted to know about me.

[Soft*Silver]

I am very judgemental about people's yards and porches. I have MY opinion about what is tasteful and have been known to spout off to the point about gawdy items that my friends and family have nicknamed me the yard police...

I have plastic see thru mats on my carpeting...and on my living room couch and chairs. The ones on my couch and chairs are upside down so the prickly side is up. Its to keep the cats from climbing on them. To sit, you just have to move them....

I have a saddle in my dining room

I have to be given valium when I go to the dentist...even if its just for a teeth cleaning. That just started since I had shingles...

I had shingles ALL over my face...I felt like a monster...

[PinkieLee]

Well, let's see here....

I grind my teeth all. the. time.

I become easily lost in thought while driving. I will drive with my left arm and constantly rub it with my right... just like my mother.

Like Hollylane my morning rituals are borderline OCD. From what I do the minute I wake up, to when I walk out the door for work. My honey never needs an alarm clock, because when she hears me blowdry my hair, she knows it's 7:00am on the dot.

I play out different scenerios with people in my mind... and many times I've worked myself up to a point that I become physically upset over hypothetical arguements in my head.

Before going to bed, I will set & reset my alarm clock at least 3 times... just in case. Yeah, I do a lot of things in threes.

[foxyshaman]

I want to slap the back of people's heads when they walk and don't pick up their feet. OMG how hard is it to pick up your feet.... (not a button for me, nope not at all)

If you dump work on my desk, and don't have the courtesy to tell me, chances are, your work will get 'lost'.

When house cleaning, my kitchen has to be cleaned first. I cannot think with a dirty kitchen. (I don't even want to analyze that one)

Don't tell me you can't play a drum. It is a stick and a hide, not rocket science.

You can cancel your first appointment with me twice, after that, I don't take your calls.

[always2late]

1 - I absolutely HATE it when someone taps me on the shoulder, or back. It takes everything in me to refrain from breaking their finger.

2 - I cannot get into an unmade bed.

3 - I have a very hard time breathing through my nose because of a long-ago break. If someone covers my mouth completely, even as a joke, I panic.

4- I always thought I was a dog person...turns out I am more a cat person. Who knew?? (still adore my dogs though)

5 -I like tuna mixed with rice, mayo, ketchup, and hot sauce

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by KimbaYLRF

I sucked my thumb until I was 11 and only stopped because my dad threatened to send me to school with a diaper and bottle and a note for the teacher.

I sucked my thumb til I was about 10. I made a gentleman's agreement with my mother. I would quit the thumb and she would quit the ciggies. Guess who reneged? Guess who is still resentful of that?

Originally Posted by PinkieLee

I grind my teeth all. the. time.

I become easily lost in thought while driving. I will drive with my left arm and constantly rub it with my right... just like my mother.

Like Hollylane my morning rituals are borderline OCD. From what I do the minute I wake up, to when I walk out the door for work. My honey never needs an alarm clock, because when she hears me blowdry my hair, she knows it's 7:00am on the dot.

Another grinder here. I really need to get a thingy from the dentist for that. I did it as a coping mechanism during my childhood and I can't seem to stop. I do it when I concentrate hard on something, when I'm frustrated, when I'm sleeping, when I'm flat out angry....although then it turns into more of a teeth clenching thing.

I can remember specific instances of when I did NOT remember driving from point A to point B. It goes beyond getting lost in thought, I think, and sometimes scares the bejeezus out of me.

I'm a little short of OCD when it comes to morning rituals, but I definitely have a pattern and if something gets off kilter like I'm late waking up or something broke that I have to fix, then my whole day feels shot from the get go.

I am a goody two shoes about some things....like rules. They are usually there for a reason, so abide by them or I shall get snarky. Ebon has had to talk me down from giving someone a thorough lashing in a thread because they blatantly ignored the OP's rules for the thread. I critique the driving of others, loudly and sometimes with finger puppets, when they break the rules.

[uglyboi]

I like to lock Beasley out of the car and then drive off. Ok, I always come back!

I like to eat things past their expiration dates.

I love absolute perfect silence.

I think pineapples are a great conversation starter.

There is a robot dinosaur asleep in my closet, with its eyes closed and a fine sheen of dust on its ridged back.

[Hollylane]

1. I keep a jar of peanut butter and a clean spoon next to my bed.
2. I have a strong desire to yell "Towanda"when trying to merge in Portland area traffic, nearly on a daily basis.



3. I have watched the entire series, Stargate SG-1, more than 15 times.
4. I like something sweet with nearly any kind of meat.
5. My pets are more important than you, until I love you, and then you become equally important.

[Sassy]

1: I have odd noises/phrases that sound cat-like, from purring to hissing and everything in between. They come out in normal conversation. I make no apologies.
2: I dream very vividly. I can wake up myself and other people -- laughing or screaming -- because of a dream.
3: My toenails must be painted. I feel "naked" otherwise. Seriously, even in sneakers.
4: I love clothes and shoes but I hate getting dressed because I prefer my skin bare.
5: Sometimes conversation with me is more like getting a running monologue of what's wandering through my mind. And then my brain skips ahead and my tongue can't keep up and I tangent into the next thought without finishing the first one. My very good friends manage to keep up but passersby or newly introduced individuals sometimes just blink and wonder what they missed.

[bright_arrow]

1) I bite my fingernails, so my toenails are always painted. Sometimes I can go through phases where I don't bite them..and then it ends and I tear them off. It's gross, I know. When I stress a lot, I do it too.

2) I also quit smoking, but I love to stand next to people who do. Unless they have that stale tobacco smell, and then it just makes me want to puke.

3) I have a routine when I get up in the morning, and when I sleep in, it throws me off - even if I wake up with time to do what I have wanted. For this reason, I sometimes forget to put on deodorant, or put my glasses on..or remember the rings I took off, because that is a rare occasion

4) Dragging feet and what someone dubbed "eating noises" also annoy the shit out of me. My ex used to grind his teeth, and make loud 'smacking' noises when he ate..Death glares galore couldn't stop him. It really..really..really bugs me. But I am good at keeping quiet about it.

5) When I drive by myself I often blare the music and get lost in thought. I will be thinking about one thing and it will go to another and next thing I know I have switched lanes and got to my destination that was 30 minutes away and not know quite how I did it. Hella scary I also dance to said music a bit too much sometimes and it makes my truck shake. I do it shamelessly, head bopping and all..and making some drum playing on the steering wheel..People that stare are just jealous they can't relax and not care!

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Ebon has had to talk me down from giving someone a thorough lashing in a thread because they blatantly ignored the OP's rules for the thread.

My, my, isn't THAT interesting....

[Sachita]

great post here!

1- I am a perfume snob. What I wear and what I smell. Cheap bad perfume will cause me to leave the room.

2- I can shoot my shot guns ( 20 gauge and sawed off 12) very well.

3- I hate casual air wasting conversation. People who talk just to be talking

4- I won't drink cheap wine or vodka. I just won't drink.

5- I'm stubborn, hard headed and like being in control

[Amber2010]

1) I hate talking on a cell phone. I love texting but can't seem to get people to get that. "I am on a phone all day at work"
2) I am a very sore winner. I rub it in giggles
3) If you hurt me I may forgive but never forget
4) I hate to cook. I cook great but hate doing it.
5) I am one of the most stubborn people around.

[Deirdre]

1. My evening/bedtime/lounging-around-the-house clothes have to match. This means, for instance, that during the colder months my nighties, knee-high socks, and cardigans all have to match.
   
   
2. I have a fairly extensive collection of pig-items, including nick-knacks, statues, curtains, trivets, serving platters, cutting-boards, and even a stuffed pig I sleep with at night (and you'd be correct in the assumption that I do not eat pork. Ever.).
   
   
3. I think that astrology is a crock, but politely smile and nod when friends discuss horoscopes and signs.
   
   
4. I believe that linear time might very possibly be a human construct (an illusion), and that 'all' time could actually exist 'now', that is to say that past and future coexist at once.
   
   
5. I prefer the cold, rain, and snow to warmth and sunlight. Part of this is due to SSAD (Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder, the opposite of Winter SAD), a condition in which sunlight triggers depression and sluggishness.

[Inuus]

1. I am freaked out by the drains in stand up type showers. Ya know the round ones with little holes in them?

2. I dont like "inclusions" aka nuts in any of my cookies cakes brownies etc etc

3. I make up parody songs about my dog and sing them very off key to her yet she still loves me

4. I can't use any form of Capsicum. Not even black or white pepper major burnage of the mouth. So any hot peppers are totally off the plate for me. (thinking this would drive persi nuts *see above post*)

5. I can NOT drink the last of any drink...I will not drink the dregs ewwww just can't do it.

[JAGG]

I probably work too much. But I'm slowly changing that.
I don't like cats.
I have a lot of endurance and I rarely give up.
I love a butt massage.
I hate folding clothes.

[TickledPink]

I have OCD handwashing.

I will NOT drink after anyone, especially milk.

One of my feet has to be out from under the covers at all times.

I am addicted to Chapstick, I can't go more than 30 minutes without a fix!

I am from the South and I DO NOT drink sweet tea.

[Sparkle]

Originally Posted by SoNotHer

Of course I am sorry for the loss of your toenail, Sparkle, I lost a full set of toenails once borrowing smaller-sized shoes for a 10-mile run. But I am suppressing a laugh and of course want know part of the set, where you were standing, and what part you played...

Originally Posted by Ryobi

Probably the same piece that taught me to always wear steel toes for an in and an out.....always. I was standing mid-stage, playing the part of a stagehand. Now I'm wondering just how many people that set has maimed over it's running time. Its an awkward one.

Ooh a whole set of toenails! *that* is horrible.

...Pretty much exactly as Ryobi described.

It was get out (I wasn't wearing proper footware), we were dismantling the "tower" centre stage, it was like a wooden scaffolding made up of 4" x 4"s, one particularly large & heavy section came down squarely on my foot.
I was working as an assistant to the designer for that production.

[midwest chick]

I rarely eat desserts

I procrastinate little things, but tacke the big ones immediately

I am the second oldest of nine children

I have trouble with balance and proprioception at times--makes walking in heels an adventure!

My fingernail polish does not match my toes.

[JustJo]

How about 5 more?

...I rarely cuss in daily life, but when angry or frustrated I cuss like a sailor, especially when doing home repair/assembly/maintenance that I don't feel equipped to do.

...I am seriously technologically challenged. I only started texting in the last few years...and still prefer to let my son be the "IT guy" of the household.

...I am anal about the condition of the pool. It needs to sparkle, and there should not be any "stuff" on the sides or bottom. If the wind kicks up and blows in a little dirt or some pine needles...I may need to address that right away.

...I love DisneyWorld. Yes, I know it's a commercialized, over-priced, crowded, exercise in ultimate marketing. I do not care. I love it.

...I accumulate used batteries. I intend to take them in and drop them off at the home center, but rarely do. At the moment there are approximately 4 quart size baggies full of them in the garage.

Next???

[Hollylane]

1. I do not like the smell of old beer. Beer cans must be immediately disposed of outside. Though I recycle my pop cans, I cannot go and recycle them myself because the recycle centers smell like old beer.

2. When I take my car to the car wash, and it is extra dirty, I say someone else has been driving it.

3. When I am very stressed, I have a hard time not clenching my jaw.

4. I carry dental picks, toothbrush, and toothpaste everywhere I go.

5. I have to check that I have everything I need 3 or 4 times before I leave each morning. Even when I do this, inevitably I end up going back in the house most mornings, because I have forgotten something, or to make sure I locked things up, turned off the coffee maker, and unplugged the curling iron. I have been known to occasionally ask my roommate to go home during lunch (shorter drive for her) to make sure the house and pets are okay.