More things about me...

A friend of mine was memed (how is that pronounced? meemed or mimmed?) asking for quirky things (read: neuroses) that people may not know about him. We had been pondering it and in doing so I was thinking about what mine may be… I know there are more, but this is the first I came up with.

1) I don't like walking on grates of any kind on sidewalks, I will go out of my way to walk around them. Which can truly annoy those whom I am walking with, driving them batty. I once had to go into the interstitial space of a building we designed, which the entire floor was made of grated material and I had to go... I hated every moment of it, and don't remember anything we talked about because "grate grate grate" was on repeat through my mind.

2) I don't like fruit salad because I don't like fruit touching each other. It gets all mushy and I don't like the blend of tastes it develops. I like fruit plates... but not the salads. On the same note, I don't like food touching on plates (with the exception of breakfast food), and because of this I really don't like gravy because it is almost creates "plate-soup”. I will generally eat through one item on a plate prior to moving onto the next thing, so the flavors don't get too combined in my mouth... this habit has lessened a bit with age, but still I have a tendency to do it. Growing up I would never drink anything but water with my meals for the same reason, I didn't want the beverage to interfere with the taste of my food... I now will drink a cocktail/wine/beer with a meal... but other than that it needs to be water...

3) I don't like long nails on myself. It bothers me if I can see my finger nails over the tips of my fingers. I have never been a nail biter, but I try to always have a nail file handy, so I can try and keep my nail tips trim...

4) I almost constantly carry a dictionary with me in my handbag (I also have a dictionary lying next to my bed). I like to be able to look something up immediately. I, however, rarely will look at the pronunciation of the word while looking up the definition, thus I often mispronounce words. Hyperbole was pronounced "hyper-bowl" for too long, until I was called out on it. Pseudo was pronounced "suede-oh" growing up... embarrassing... AND you would think that since I have dictionaries at my disposal I would be able to spell correctly or at least look it up. I don't and thus I misspell words horribly. I will type long emails and my blog post in MS Word and paste them into the email/ Blogger so I can attempt to catch as many grammar and spelling errors as possible... but that still doesn't help.

5) I can't type. I chat, email and blog all day but cannot type. I cheated in my typing classes in middle school, and have been paying for it ever since. I use my pointer and middle finger on either hand and thumbs for the space bar.... LaLo hates it and can't watch me while I type (she is VERY proper in her typing)... but she’s says I give her a headache as I seemingly still type 90 words per minute, in a convoluted mess across the keyboard with four fingers of fury...

6) I pick up phobias from people, mostly because I never thought about them seriously until someone points them out to me... then they begin to bug me too...