Kathi via Sally via Stella (I think) has tagged me, so here goes:
The Rules:
- Link to the person who tagged you.
- Mention the rules on your blog.
- Tell about six unspectacular quirks of yours.
- Tag six fellow bloggers by linking them.
- Leave a comment on each of the six blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.
I am having trouble with the “unspecatacular” aspect of this meme. A quirk implies uniqueness and that is a good thing, right?
Maybe not.
Quirk means weird. So what things do I do that are unique to me but cause eyebrow raising and possibly draws sighs of varying degrees of resignation from others?
- I like to use the same locker at the gym. It can really throw off the enjoyment level of my workout if I arrive to find my favorite locker bay fully occupied and I have to hunt for a new space for my stuff.
- I get songs stuck in my head and have to listen to them over and over until I am completely over them. This means that I track down said tune, make sure it is on my iPod, and I play it until BabyD asks if we can please listen to something else. (It drove her dad crazy too). Rob is the same way about this but since I “get it”, it hasn’t caused any issues.
- I only wear runners or hiking shoes. Even when I go out for dinner or to a gathering – I try to get away with not wearing “dress shoes”. I am like the princess and the pea when it comes to footwear. Everything but runners makes my feet hurt. I feel every bump and rock and crack in the walk.
- I read the endings of novels before I reach the mid-book. It doesn’t spoil the enjoyment for me.
- I dislike getting dirty but sweaty doesn’t bother me at all.
- I clean/tidy/reorganize when I am upset or need to work my way through a mental activity that isn’t coming out as I had envisioned.
And that’s it. Nothing earth shattering.
I think I have a few regular readers who haven’t been tagged by name on other blogs regarding this particular meme. UK, Gnukid, Daisyfae, Silver, Girl to name a few. Love to have you join in, but anyone who would care to share their quirks is invited to do so here or at homebase, but please link back in the latter case.
anniegirl1138 
Got the music one – sort of…. when i’m learning to play a new song, i obsess over it until it’s embedded in my brain.
as for the ‘cleaning’ quirk? next time you’re feeling a need to work through something, there’s always a mess at my place!
Girl, I was in the wrong size bra too. So I just gave them up completely.
1)At 36, it still bothers me to sleep with the closet door open, so I don’t.
2) I don’t like to use the phone; I’d rather communicate in text via chat or e-mail or blog comments or actual hand-written letters. My mother is also anti-phone, so I think it may be genetic.
3)I love to get the mail. I’m disappointed if E gets it instead of me. The only time I’m okay with it is if there’s a package by the door for me to get; packages trump bills. 🙂
4)I recently realized I was one of that “majority of women” who was wearing the wrong size bra. I bought new ones in the right size, and my daily comfort level has been much, much better.
5)It takes a fair amount of willpower for me to not change the direction of TP at people’s houses if it’s coming under the roll. I like it over.
6)Clutter makes me crazy. When I was a kid, I’d clean my room before I could play in it. My choice. Now that I have a home office/inner sanctum, its the same. If it’s untidy, I can’t relax.
Marsha, I think kids would love meme writing assignments and maybe even coming up with their own to share.
I so get the “songs” quirk. For a while, after Don died, I felt like Aly McBeal. I would hear a song in my head (the same song) for different situations or when I would meet up with different people. I never really thought about my quirks until I received this meme–if anyone is curious they can read them there. I wonder if memes might be fun for my middle schoolers: just one day a week. We would really get to know them as people better. What do you think?
M
Very unique quirks. Not too weird at all. 😉