Weirdness

[c9]

I was tagged by the highly-precise shotgun spray of thespos...

Six weird things about me:

1. I don't own a car, but I drive a rented one at least 2-3 times per month. (soooo much cheaper)
2. On my desk I have an iPod shuffle, an iPod 3G, and a Palm Tungsten T, none of which have been powered on in over a month.
3. It bothers me deeply that I'm not using &ly;ol> for this list, yet not enough that I'm going to fix it.
4. I feel a small amount of guilt that I didn't watch Deep Space Nine in university, and I am told missed out on some great episodes. (I still haven't)
5. I voice animals' supposed thoughts. As in, "Why won't you feed me, human?" Though I've never said that specific thing. This is very popular in my family, and leapfish finds it very weird. Until last Christmas when he did it. Ha!
6. When I learn that a friend smokes, it makes me feel physically ill and upset. If it's someone I've always known as a smoker, it just generally bugs me ("why are they breathing cancer-causing toxic banned substances by choice?") but if it's someone that I've known a while and then I see them smoking while drinking, for example, it really upsets me. I try not to take it out on them (anymore; ask my oldest friends) but I do get angry and depressed over it.

I tag you if your birthday is in April.

Comments

[ironmanjt.livejournal.com]

re: number 5, I do the same thing, even with stuffed animals:

"Mr Octopus is very sad you're ignoring him!"

(yes, I have a stuffed octopus....)

[c9.livejournal.com]

That's in the third person though! Totally normal. :-P

[rebelprince26.livejournal.com]

although my birthday is in april, there just isn't anything unusual about me. ;)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Oh Erik, there's something weird about everybody. You're hiding a deep dark secret right?

[thespos]

1. I have been thinking I should sell one of my cars. I have two because I was always concerned about one breaking down, and because I lived in BFE, getting a rental car was going to be nothing short of a miracle. But now, I don't even have a commute. I just can't decide which car I would part with, since there are cool things about each of them.

2. I have been considering getting a PDA, but you point out to me why I should not buy such gadgets.

4. No need to feel guilty. There were sufficient segments of DS9 that totally d r a g g e d... so now you have the benefit of compiling a list of the best episodes from your friends, so if you choose to rent or buy the disks, you can target your purchases.

5. My friend Sue does that all the time. LOL! We talk baby talk to the dogs, but she's the only friend of mine who would formulate a response from their side... especially when I am trying to discipline them:

ME: Quinn! You stay in the kitchen and you wait!
SUE AS QUINN: No! I'm gonna do whatever I want! You're not the boss of me!

:-)

6. Any idea why?

[c9.livejournal.com]

1. There are many areas of the world (sadly mostly concentrated in the suburban USA) where middle-class life without a car is nearly impossible. I hope I manage to dodge that situation, because I really don't want to become beholden like that to pavement. (Note: not aimed at you, aimed at the 50's ideas that created the pavement :-)

2. They're very handy, and I actually miss having one with me for primarily one reason: one place to have names, numbers and addresses stored. Currently, I have three, and it's painful to my OCness.

4. Yeah, that's on my long-term to-do list. Or even just downloading all of them, and watching them all, and saving the ones I like. Ditto for TNG -- at least with those I know already which ones to skip. Voyager I can skip completely.

6. I don't really know if this is it, but the story I tell is this: My father smoked from age 15 to 51. He was also a very type-A control-freak yell-at-the-kids alcoholic. Never any physical abuse of any kind, but the verbal yelling got to me (I'm so sensitive, he said, holding his arm across his forehead). Anyway, in high school Dad tried to quit smoking every year or two, and his smoking really bugged me once I was old enough to grasp how nasty it was and what it must be doing to his lungs. Somehow I placed all my anger at him into the cigarettes. When he quit, I was so happy. When he got angry and stressed and the nic-fits won, I got mad again. I don't remember the early parts of this cycle, but at the end it was a physical upset in my gut. When he finally quit for good, and ever since, he and I have had an easier time talking and relating, and I'm not nearly so angry or unable to communicate with him. I strongly suspect a lot of the high school years anger tied into me trying to deal with being gay too, but I haven't woven that into the story yet. :-)

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

On #6, that's a pretty familiar story.

My mother smoked like a chimney (also had a prescription drug problem) and was verbally/physically abusive. I'm deathly allergic to cigarette smoke, apparently. After my parents divorced and Dad and I moved out, it was amazing how my health problems went away. I still have an irrational anger toward my mother because of it... I think I developed the allergy as a psychosomatic response to her. I also avoid doctors and medication because of it, I think.

And yes, then there's the whole gay thing. I could write a book.