Is there something you do, and you know it's the right thing to do but people might think it's odd. I'd like to hear what that is. In fact, can you come up with ten such things.
I'll give it a try (and each goofy thing links to a much longer discussion:
1) Dig around in old out houses. There can be cool old bottles in there. As long as it hasn't been used for 80 years, you'd never know that's what it is. A few germs are good for you.
2) Plan for my own homelessness. Having a strategy for the worst case scenario makes sense to me.
3) Shake the camera when I take pictures. Especially with digital cameras, colored lights take on a whole new light when you make streaks out of them.
4) Tell stories about stupid things I've done. This I'm not sure about. One reason I suppose is that I know the topic so well. There's also a wealth of material.
5) Always sit when I go to the bathroom. It's a rest room. Okay, I was once a big boy. I'm past having to prove it, and aiming is a waste of time and effort.
6) Clean my plate. I take this to extremes. Every grain of rice gets eaten. If there's a roll nearby, I'll wipe up the sauce. It's a matter of principle.
7) Dumpster dive. Actually, I only grab things off the top. I've gotten some amazing things from dumpsters, and I pity the people who threw them away.
8) Dispense with any care for my immortality. Life doesn't have to be so confusing and complicated. It's really not.
9) Tease the trolls. It's spiritually draining, but sometimes I just can't resist the temptation.
10) Mix garlic with strawberries. I guess you just have to try it.
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well since my family doesn't understand my need to write
1. I write
2. I clean my plate
3. I will eat food that is slightly burnt because I do not want to waste food
4. Make dishes throwing in anything I have in the house that no one else will try
5. Wear a sweat suit to bed in the winter
6. repeat myself if I feel I have a good point to make
7. sing to release tension (my son hates it when I sing)
8. get up and go to bed when I feel like it
9. have 4 cats
10. keep cats even though I keep suffering from flea bites in the summer
Janie and I break into song at least 4 times daily.
Janie gets up at 6:45; me at 7. Few days are an exception, unless we need to get up earlier.
Anywhere short of 7 cats seems pretty normal to me, litters notwithstanding.
1) Twirl string, like the sensation, calms me down, have no idea why, figure it is better than taking drugs or carrying around a teddy bear or smoking. This is a private habit, not yet at the point of walking down the street, twirling string and muttering to myself. Yet. But worry that this is an indication of a "screw loose". Somewhere. Can't figure out where, though.
2) Keep enough supplies on hand for an emergency but the supplies lean heavily towards chocolate and canned chocolate drinks, popcorn. Not enough bottled water, keep drinking it when I am too lazy to go to the grocery.
3) Prefer not to wear underpants (do wear bra, sorry if this is more than you wanted to know). Yes, I know, gross, but true. On the other hand, WILL wear a very tight girdle, etc..if I have to dress up and want to look good.
4. Enjoy clutter. Yep, I admit it but I make a token effort to keep things in my family's "comfort zone" for cleanliness. Am happiest in rooms filled with books, whether on shelves or on the floor in piles. Feel nervous in rooms and houses that are too clutter-free.
4) Will reveal almost anything about myself if it gets a good laugh.
5) Talk to random people anywhere, grocery store, bookstores, etc.
6) Enjoy hearing sordid details of people's cellphone conversations, even going so far as to write down the best bits for possible use in a story. Shameless about listening vicariously to conversations in public spaces for same reason. Have even blushed in vicarious shame for the person telling about an indignity and then had to deal with inquiring waiters and waitresses wanting to know if I'm okay. When I blush, I REALLY blush.
7) Have been known to take things left out for the trash man, from old teapots to birdcages to shelves.
8) Fret about death and blow little aches and pains into "signs of serious illness". Lean towards full-blown hypochondria except that it would get in the way of writing.
9) Love catsup on nearly anything, except chocolate. Mustard is better for chocolate (kidding) but I do like cinnamon on chocolate ice cream.
10) Love peanut butter and banana sandwiches and peanut butter and mustard sandwiches. I think the latter choice may not be common, haven't really taken a poll.
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On yours:
3) Since I wash my pants after wearing them one day anyway, I can fully understand your policy.
4) Clutter rules. Rooms with a sofa, a chair a table a vase and two paintings creep me out.
5) My wife Janie talks to everyone. It's admirable. I can't do it; not living in among the skyscrapers.
6) I love listening to conversations, for those little tidbits I can use in writing later. Specifically, I remember using the phrase " . . . . and I'm here to tell you . . . " after hearing an older Jewish lady say it in the park one day.
7) I am a firm believer of reclaiming "trash". I can go on and on about the subject.
You're other points are quite amusing, but I can't relate : )
I don't need to reclaim trash: nothing ever seems to get thrown away in this house, so I can dumpster dive in the comfort of my own home.
I couldn't have better described our home, Bill. Thank you for the laugh.