The 6 Weird Things Meme

I gets all my tags from Chris, whose name I always spell with a "t" at the end before I correct it.

People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly! In the end, you need to choose 3 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment on their blog that says they have been tagged and tell them to read your blog.

1. I obsessively highlight, un-highlight, and re-highlight blocks of text while I am reading them. I'm quite the fidgeter, and this is one of the many fidgeting techniques I employ while sitting idly at the computer. I will also double-click random blocks of text to see what within them highlights when double-clicked. By the time I finish this post, I'll have probably highlighted these words 10 or more times.

2. I have a superstition wherein the location of my keys is tied to my fertility. The first time I locked my keys in my car, I got a positive pregnancy test that night. The second time I did it, I got a positive pregnancy test 2 weeks later. I am beyond terrified of getting pregnant again, so every time I get out of the car, I check at least twice to make sure my keys are on me, even though I know I just put them in my purse or in my pocket.

3. I think Ace broke something in me when he came out. I used to hatehatehate scary movies. I think the last one I saw in the theaters was The Others. I'd spend the entirety of a scary movie, or even a scary show like Supernatural, behind my afghan peeking out through the holes, then spend the rest of the night turning lights on and freaking out at every noise. Since Ace was born, that's not really the case. I watched The Exorcist on Halloween, something I could never do all the way through. I've watched The Sixth Sense and What Lies Beneath all the way through without turning away. Never happened before. So last night, I rented The Omen (the new one... mmm, Liev Schreiber) and only had to look away once. One scene made me startle pretty violently, but just because it was one of those cheap horror film effects where something jumps out and makes a loud noise. I hate those.

3b. I think he also broke my terror of spiders. I'm still not a big fan, but they're starting to crop up in my house and I've been able to kill two of them - those big ol' wolf spider buggers - so far, when before it was a girly shriek and a high-step to another room. I'm still not to the point that I can pick up the aftermath though, so I still leave the corpse cleanup duty to Drew.

3c. I'm also not as afraid of the dark as I was before Ace was born. The nightlight in my room is starting to work my nerves, and most nights I want to get up and turn it off, but I'm just too gosh darned comfy to get up. With all this newfound maternal bravado, I may be able to get near a haunted house one day.

4. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people contract the already contracted "I'm gonna" into "Ahgunna" or "Uhngunna." For some reason, people saying that really grates my nerves.

5. I think I'm really addicted to the internet. I can spend hours goofing around, checking and rechecking sites, wasting tons of time. The other night, I popped on at 11pm to check my e-mail really quick, and before I knew it, it was 1 in the morning. What's sad is that I check the same 5-6 sites over and over again. I used to be REALLY bad, spending 8-9 hours at a time in chat rooms. I don't do chat rooms anymore, but I still forego lots of responsibilities in favor of goofing off on the internet.

6. I love porn.

Okay, not really, I'm just having a hard time thinking of a number 6.

Oh wait! I just thought of one. Porn makes me want to throw up, so last but not least...

6. I have a very serious phobia of throwing up. I know, nobody is an especially big fan of barfing, but the idea of it makes me want to cry. I've only thrown up twice in my memory - once I got food poisoning when I was 12, and once when I got REALLY drunk when I was 21 (Terri, I know you're laughing). I was sobbing that time, horrified, and said I'd never drink that much again, and in fact haven't been more than buzzed since. A lot of people will make themselves throw up if they're feeling horrible knowing that it'll bring immediate relief, and I am absolutely not that way. I will do anything to make myself not throw up - I will sit on the toilet for hours willing it to come out the other way, I'll glug Emetrol and Pepto at the same time, fan myself, stick my face in ice water, anything to avoid throwing up. I used to also be afraid of being around people that were throwing up, but having three goddaughters all barf on me (awww) kinda sent that part of my phobia packing.

I wanna know what's weird about (yes, it's 3 times as many people as the meme dictates, but the meme gods will forgive):

1. Drew
2. Dave
3. Angie
4. Rob
5. Danielle (yes! she is with blog!)
6. Vicki
7. Cristi
8. Emily
9. Nina
And anyone else who desires. This one was fun.

I ain't leaving comments in all of y'all's blogs. Too lazy.