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Friday, June 4, 2010

Quirky Me!

The other day, as I was talking to my friends, I asked them "Do you ever talk to yourself? Aloud" and one of them said "Never!"...hmm... Well, it was quite a surprise to me, because I thought it was natural to do so... when no one's around, that is!! my friends thought i was funny, and cute for doing that. I think its just a kinder way of saying " You're queer, but we love you" . Anyway, that got me thinking about my quirks.
I thought I'd share them with you.

  1. I talk aloud/think aloud when I am alone at home or walking somewhere, even when I'm riding my scooter on a lonely stretch.
  2. When I'm in a public restroom and there are cubicles, I always take the 2nd one. Never the first or the last!
  3. If I am walking to a meeting or somewhere that I'm a little nervous about, I count my steps. I dont remember the final number, and I most often get the numbers all muddled up, but I just start over... i just count.
  4. When I see a burning candle, I have an irresistable urge to dip my little finger in the wax.
  5. I love love love water, and I love getting wet - be it in the rain, a swimming pool, the beach or anywhere else where there is water.
  6. My most fervent prayers and conversations with god are done in the bathroom, while showering.
  7. I am a visual thinker. I am horrible at math and have pictures for all numbers from 0-100. After that, only important numbers (I deem them important) have pictures like multiples of 5 and numbers like 101, 911, 365 and such.
  8. I dream everyday. I even remember dreams from my childhood. My dad is a psychiatrist and so he encouraged me to share my dreams at the breakfast table
  9. I talk, laugh, cry and sing in my sleep. I dont sleepwallk but I sleep sit.
  10. I once sent my mom an SMS at 4 am in the morning, in my sleep because in my dream, I had just come home after para gliding and I wanted to tell her I was safe home. I got a call at 6am the next day from a very worried mom who wanted to know where I went at 4 am!!!
  11. I can hold semi-meaningful conversations with other sleep talkers (my parents, cousins and husband are witnesses to this)
  12. I'm lazy. I'd rather take the elevator than climb stairs.
  13. I am very touchy, huggy and kissy with my family but not so even with my closest friends.
  14. I believe in happily ever afters and i cry at movies (even ones like 300)

hmmm.... thats all i want to share for now, but there are more.

I AM quirky.

5 comments:

  1. - I just loved the public toilet bit boz for some strange reason I do so too. Never the first for me! Maybe I just assume it's the first, closest and so the most urgent ones just dash in, and at times may not quite make it till the seat. That makes it over-used and under-cleaned..whatever the reason it's not for me.
    Reading through it once again there are a few more of the quirky stuff that I indulge in, with a little variation.
    - A burning candle and I just cannot stop myself from doing a quick swing of my finger through the flame. Used to be a big thing during my school days, passing your finger through the bright orange flame. It still excites me.
    - Water, water...any day for me. The rains are my personal favourite. The first showers and there I am smiling and dreaming.
    - Horrible at Maths is ME. Though I never got creative enough to dress it up with visuals. Nice idea!
    - Sleep talking..am so glad I haven't got there yet. How oh how would i keep all those secrets, all those fantasies I hope to live some day. It's probably the only time I don't talk. Thank God for that!
    - I am lazy though I drag myself up the stairs in my unsuccessful efforts at shedding post-preg kilos.
    - I love crying at movies.

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  2. I love that you were able to gather all the thoughts in one place! It would be great to see more!

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  3. O! my! eerie.. the list is pretty much the same for me. Except maybe talking in sleep and public toilets. I never use public bathrooms.A 20 hr flight and iw ills till hold it till I get home.. ehehe
    About talking to myself. I do when I am homesick and want to hear/speak in Malayalam.. I do that when I am alone in the kitchen cooking. I crack jokes and laugh at it.
    I may look absolutely crazy if someone saw me at it. But i am sane enough to do it when i am alone.

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