January 04, 2006

MeWeirdMe

So Margi's crazy in the head and she thought that not only could she tag me with this silly meme, but that her pregnant ass could outrun me! ;)

So, here we go, 5 weird things about me:
1.  I love acting like an idiot.  If you read this blog, you know that I love to use colloquialisms and Southern language (like ain't) and I'm a closet valley girl.  Like totally.  Dude.  I think it tends to disarm people.  When people (even my friends) hear I have a PhD, they tend to back off.  When they find out that I'm a goofball, it thaws them out.

2.  I have this OCD thing about even numbers.  Like when I eat M&Ms or Reese's Pieces, I have to eat them two at a time, both of the same color.  And yes, sometimes one goes on either side of my mouth.  When I was a kid, I used to be like this with everything, but I've managed to get it down to candy, for the most part.  I also count things compulsively.

3.  I am the remote control queen.  Most people think guys have the flipping itch, but I'm WAY worse than DH with it.  I also yell back to the TV.  Especially during football and hockey, at which point the language level falls to the gutter.

4.  I get really damn impatient with my entertainment.  I hate getting into a book or a movie and then finding it has a crap ending.  I fast forward parts of movies that I consider tiresome or embarassing (to the characters), and I can't stand poorly done situation comedy or pratfalls.  Not there aren't some great comedies and even some fabulous physical comedians, but if it makes me uncomfortable I hit the fast forward button.  It makes me really frigging grumpy.

5.  Ummmm... not sure what else.  I know I'm weirder than this. Huh.  Well, maybe more later when I think of something.

Posted by caltechgirl at January 4, 2006 01:55 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I can relate to #2 about eating the M&Ms and I'm also a movie and book ending critic.

Posted by: Chris at January 4, 2006 02:36 PM

I'm glad to know I'm not alone in that counting thing. :)

Thanks for playing, hon! *muah*

Posted by: Margi at January 4, 2006 03:30 PM

#2... oh boy, some similarities there! For the longest time I was into adding up numbers (phone numbers, house numbers, #s on signs) & striving for an even sum. I've backed off on that quite a bit, but I do still find myself grouping numbers in my head -- adding, finding patterns, etc. It can be annoying!

Posted by: Marie at January 5, 2006 11:41 AM