So I am afraid of an Ax Murderer coming to get me in my sleep.
And I cannot go to sleep if our comforter is upside down or the top is not facing the top of the bed.
Or if I don't have the correct pillow and pillowcase and my stuffed pig hamball
Lots of people are like that, right?
I noticed another one of these quirks last week. I couldn't sleep, so I decided to give the couch a try to see if it would help. Problem, you ask? The yard light was on. It was casting an early, shadowy light all around the yard.
Problem?
What if I SEE the Ax Murderer coming?
I mean, it is good and all to hear the Ax Murderer, but to actually see him? No. No. No. Not good. I mean, who wants to see their life slamming to an ax-y end before they ever had another bowl of popcorn?
I could not sleep until I had shut the yard light off, so I could only hear the Ax Murderer if he decided to make an appearance. {He didn't.}
Other quirks I have? Let's see:
• If I sleep at your house and you have a clock that ticks, I will take the batteries out. I can't stand the sound of clocks ticking at night. This is not a problem if I visit for the day.
• I never shut cupboard doors or put lids on tight. Right now? There are 16 lids in my refrigerator, half screwed on.
• I have a terrible attention span. If you spend more than 15 minutes in my presence, you will immediately see this. In fact, yesterday, when teasing me about this a coworker said, "I no longer am surprised when you start fiddling or shaking or looking around the room while we are talking. I know that is what you do."
• I don't like to eat meat off the bone. I can handle it if it is {lots of 2 letter words there, huh?} all packed and stuff, but off the bone? Makes me feel all...odd.
• I could not read the 3baybchicks blog for like, 3 days after she posted this post. I had to make sure it was far enough down the page that I could no longer see it when I arrived on the site, as it make me all sick to see these pics. Especially that eyeball one. I still get shivers thinking about it.
• Although I don't like them; I don't like to kill bugs. I killed a bee last week, and felt terrible. Same with the bird that flew into my car this morning. I feel like a murderer (a car one, not to be confused with an ax.)
How about you? Do you have any special quirks? Are you with me on not being able to look at the ham that has olives in it because you think little eyeballs are looking at you? At 29, do you have an intense fear of large, creepy people dressed up as easter bunnies or other characters?
While out on a solo run, do you have your escape/fight plan all planned out in case of a rabid kidnapper coming to get you? knowing full well you'd just pee yourself instead of fighting Complete with the karate kicks, punches and eyeball gouges you'd use?
63 comments:
I am laughing so so hard right now! You are a funny lady!
You are too funny! I'm sure an axe murdered won't kill you. It will probably be a machete weilding murderer.
We are WAY too much alike. I posted about my quirks a while back. Maybe I'll have to re-post it and think about some new ones.
You are hilarious! I think I might have to write a post about my issues just to make you feel better *wink*
Let's see I have to check all of the doors before I got to bed.
I never leave the garage door open I do not want someone coming inside my house.
I use to sleep with stuffed named Hamlet.
Have a great day.
Oh-I definitely have quircks. I can only watch TV with the volume on an even number...except for 7 and intervals of 5. My closet is out of control color coordinated. If I don't get out of my car the EXACT same way every time I do something ridiculous like leave the keys in with the engine running (seriously). There are others---but I'll stop there:)
Oh my gosh..this was too funny! I know I have some quirks, but not like this!!
Well, I know that I need to have the closet doors closed when I'm sleeping because I'm scared that if they're open and I happen to glance at the closet in the middle of the night, I'll see someone standing there! Hey..maybe it could b the ax murderer! LOL!
when i get paper towel from a dispenser i have to pull the lever an odd number of times. i also count the steps when going up them and have to end on an odd number. i also hate taking the entire paper cover thing on a pringles can. i open it enough to get out pringles and then put the cover back on when done. it drives my hubby nutso because he thinks it's a full can. i do not like my food touching. i will not eat it if it does. even a little bit. i heart the separated plates at family functions. okay i'll quit now. because I am starting to feel odd! oh and yes i dream about how the murderer is coming to kill me. what my plan is and how to execute it.
I can't think of any strange things, though I definitely have some. Most of my crazy quirks go in cycles, like now it is all about reading every minute of every day. And yes, I did like the Twilight series!
Ooh, I just remembered some.
I always sleep with my arm over my head, and I can't sleep with a pillow....and if my arm is not comfortable over my head, I take that pillow that I do not sleep on and place it over my face.
Hmmm, would that make it easier for an ax murderer to suffocate me? Maybe I will have to stop that little quirk.
First, I sleep with a bear. Mostly because my tiny elbows will hit awkwardly otherwise (at least, that's what I tell myself).
And I stopped sharing my strange quirks because when I told my husband that as a child when I rode in the car I had this strange habit of lifting my toes as we drove by a road or driveway on my side of the car, kind of like I was jumping over it. He DID NOT understand.
And now thinks I'm very odd.
We've all got 'em.
They have medication for your quirks ;) Just teasing!
I'm with you on the bed thing - I can't go to sleep unless I am getting into a made bed. I will make it at midnight if I have to, but the covers need to be right.
Also, I have an issue with 13. I can't put a book down if I'm on chapter 13 (or a multiple of) or a page ending in 13 or a multiple of. So many nights have been spent staying up later, just to pass 13.
Also, when I'm a passenger in the car, I look at other's license plates and try to think of people's names I know that have the last 2 initials.
You're not alone in your weirdness!
You are hilarious!!! I am the same way with my comforter also. The tag needs to be at my hubby's feet. If I'm napping on the couch I have to sleep with a pillow, coat, rolled up blanket, anything squishy that fits under my chin so my head doesn't fall to the side. I also have to watch TV with my shirt over my chin. I put my left leg in my pants first...ALWAYS!!
I'm sure there's more, but I don't realize it.
You are so funny :) Anytime I drink pop out of a can, I have to "sip the puddle" that is left in the rim, so no pop is ever on top. I make my husband "sip his puddle" every time he takes a drink of my pop, or anyone else for that matter. I have to have the volume on the radio on an even number. I have many, many more...
Okay Woman! If that other post was so freaky, why'd you link us all to it? And in order to link to it, you had to go hunt it down. Think that through?! ha ha ha
I did go check it out and it's not freaky. I left them a comment saying you're just weird...oops, I mean QUIRKY! =0)
Yea, I'm VERY QUIRKY too! Must be why we like each utha! =0)
Sara's my fwind!
When going to bed the covers can NOT touch my foot or I won't be able to sleep. The closet light has to be off and door must be closed. If I wake up in the middle of the night I can NOT look in the direction of the closet (scared I'll see someone or something). When getting out of the shower there is an order for which my lotion goes on. If not I'll feel sticky and need another bath. Geesh! I need medication. LOL
you are way to funny! I feel the same about ticking clocks. My parenat have a ton! And everytime ZI visit they have to turn all 16 off....yes 16!!!!
I think my 13 yo is adopted--from you. You just described him in lurid detail.
No lids on in my fridge either. It bothers the husband to no end. I went for years refusing to eat anything still attached to the bone. Eventually the urge to eat won out.
I must say that with your attention span, I am very impressed that you can run more than 3 miles:)
Oh and you forgot to add that you are wierd and count things!!! Like windows, or window trim. That is quirky!!!
Quirky or not though.....I love ya!!!
Girl, you are so random, but you crack me up! I hit a bird on Sunday and I freaked out as I watched it hit and feather plume out of the underside. I was praying it was not stuck in the grill so I didn't have to see it when I got out!
Oh - I have this quirk about the shower curtain touching me while I am showering.. eww.. just freaking ewww..
LOL You remind so much of myself! And I can't eat meat off the bone either. Just the thought of eating a chicken wing grosses me out!
OMG, we really are quirky twins. I have all of those OCD tendencies. Including the bug thing-see the post I put up last night, and you'll see why, lol! Oh-it's my husband's biggest pet peeve that I don't fully screw on lids or close my cell phone. I have many more on top of the ones you posted.
we could never be roomies...i have to have all doors shut and things on tight. hmmmm...well, i guess that's why i'm quirky!
You are so hilarious. I came here via MckMama's NMM Mr Linky. I did not get a chance to post mine, but you are one quirky lady. I do have my own quirks. I count stairs. I count letters in words. And syllables in sentences. I have to have all doors in the house closed at all times. I have to have all blinds in my house turned up on the bottom floor and down on the top floor so that potential ax murderers can not peep in my windows.
I have no quirks. None. Nope, not me.
Like, it's not a quirk that I have to turn on the light to go to the bathroom at night...just in case a snake crawled up the plumbing. I don't want any old snake biting me on those exposed parts, ya know.
And, when I come to your house to spend the night, it's really not quirky that I have to know that you have working smoke detectors. Not that I'm coming to sleep at your house or anything.
When I eat M&M's or Skittles or something like that, I don't have to eat them in pairs because it's a quirk. Nope, I do it because it evens out in my mouth. Yeah, that's the reason. And, just why do they always package them in odd numbers? Huh? Why?
Oh, and it's not a quirk that I can't be out in public with headphones on my ears. An ax murderer might sneak up on me and I wouldn't be able to hear them.
See? No quirks here.
I have to touch every single nugget before I pull it out of the microwave to serve to my son.
I can't stand jelly in the peanut butter jar and vice versa. And bread crumbs in the butter just about throws me over the edge.
I don't understand why I am the only person in the house who appreciates the beauty of an organized pantry. I mean really- how can you put the chip bag on the cereal shelf and not think something is wrong?
When I go to the grocery store I always park in the same aisle or I can't find my car when I get out of the store.
love the post!
i can't sit in my glider rocker unless the pillow is in it. under my left arm. and it's not just because it's a rocking chair either... i usually have it locked so it doesn't rock. and i can sit fine anywhere else without a pillow...
and every night before i get into bed i have to put on chapstick, take a drink of water, and put lotion on my hands. and that's every time i get up during the night too. even if i just got in bed and had to get up for a minute. so the night that i had to get up with ryan 8 times?! yes... i was super hydrated!
I only hold my child on my left hip...he is too heavy and apparently the right side isn't strong enough and I don't feel like making it stronger by holding him.
I leave cabinets opened.
LOL I love this post! I sleep with a base ball bat under my bed ( I totally get the axe murder thing)
You are way funny:)
I take packages on the gracery store shelves from the back of shelf. That one in front has been oogled, sneezed on, and touched by everyone on the planet.
I don't drink milk if there is less than an inch left inthe bottom of the gallon. I will either cook something with it or put it in my children's cups... because well yeah, I don't care if they drink it. I just don't wanna.
ew ew ew why did you do that, i looked at the eye!! It was MOVING!!
Ugh. Anyway, i like all my books to be arranged in categories- favourite books, murder books,biographies,photography books etc.. And sometimes when i was the ants down the sink i whisper under my breath, 'sorry guys'..i cant sleep if my feet are not on the bed,completely under the covers, in case a hand reaches out from under the bed and grabs my ankle.and if im reading a really scary book, ill hide it under another book when i go to bed, and my nana does that too! There, see, you arent THAT bad...really...i swear...
WASH the ants down the sink.... oh i also have a thing about correcting spelling mistakes...is that a 'quirk'
You are a hoot! I could not stand living with you with the cupboard doors open and the lids not on tightly. What if something turns over? I'm nervous just thinking about it.
I, on the other hand, am perfectly normal. I mean, it's not a big deal that there are at least 3 pairs of shoes in the basket at the front door because I hate wearing shoes on carpet. It's also perfectly normal to neurotically sort through baskets of toys on a weekly basis and keep the Legos separate from the Lincoln Logs which must be separate from the velcro fruit. I means seriously, perfectly normal.
You crack me up!!
Kristin
I won't eat meat that still looks like a body part! And I don't like to kill bugs, either -- they get a free trip outside -- unless they're roaches or mosquitoes. Yuck.
You are SO FUNNY!
I don't drink the last sip in any cup - never. All my cups have a little left on the bottom. Weird, I know.
I'm hosting a blog carnival this week. Stop by and check it out. I'd love to have you play along. It's open to all and the winner will be receiving 4 tickets to a museum.
-FringeGirl
The lid thing would make me crazy. CRAZY. I'd pick up the pickles from the fridge and BAM they'd fall on the floor and spill everywhere. I'd yell at you, you'd get all upset and defensive, I'd swear, you'd cry. Then we couldn't be friends anymore. *sigh*
;-)
You and that nasty ax murderer. He must be driving you crazy! I don't kill things either, well I'll kill the occasional flea or tick if the doggies get one in the woods....they were hurting my babies, you've got to pay!
I am sure I have quirks, now I am going to sit down to think about them...
THAT was hilarious!! I TOTALLY have a kidnapper flight plan. I think this is all a result of lifetime TV.
This was fun to read...and we seem to have a lot in common! My husband installed a motion detector light in our backyard after a neighbor reported to us that someone had come into his backyard in the middle of the night and stole some things. Our bedroom oversees the backyard so anytime the light comes on, I totally freak out, wake my husband up and MAKE him check to see if someone is in our backyard. So he's been leaving the light off lately which freaks me out even more because what if someone does come into our backyard and the light doesn't come on, we won't know there's some wierdo in our backyard. My husband is ready to commit me to an insane asylum.
Again, you are always here for a good laugh. I agree with the short attention span and now that I have had a kid my memory is shot as well. Now I am an opposite it in that I can not sleep in a quite house if my husband is not home, I guess we can say that is when I can hear the ax murders.
Thanks for the laughs and have a great day.
Love it! I was cracking up. Made me start thinking about my own quirks though and I think I have entirely too many of them! I'm going to "copy" your idea (as we teachers are prone to do anyway) and do a "quirky" post on my blog. Of course I'll have to link to yours so you can have all the glory :)
Something for you on my blog today!
hey its the little things that make us special...RIGHT?!?!?
Hoping the last week of school is going well
I'm convinced there is a character limit to the amount you can type in the comments section, so I won't even bother telling you about my plethora of quirks.
I can tell you that I 100% agree with you on eating meat off the bone....if I'm ever stuck in a situation where that is served to me, my dear hubby has to cut it off for me.
And as for the escape route while running, I always have my cell phone handy and my other hand within reach of the mace spray safety-pinned to my water belt (I was followed once while running, so I take no chances).
Enjoy being quirky, it's what makes us...well, us :)
Oh my goodness - are you my long-lost twin? I too cannot sleep if my comforter is not on the right way and I need my sheets to be tucked in just right and I have 4 or 5 favourite pillow cases I use on my pillow otherwise I can't sleep and I'll get up to change it! I also worry about ax murderers (or bad people with guns!) breaking into our house, but you know what? The baby gate that is on at the top of our stairs at night actually brings me some comfort, because I figure he'll have a hard time getting it open so I'll at least have time to run into my children's rooms to get them and run back into our room and lock the door behind me and then push the big bureau in front of the door and then call 9-1-1 and then go hide in my bathroom with the door locked. You see? I have it all figured out!
By the way I loved this post so much I think I will blog about it tomorrow or some day soon! If you don't mind!
And I'm following you now, too! ;)
I totally love your quirkiness. It makes you cute. And I am not trying to pimp myself here but my post today is about one of my quarks that actually ended up hurting me.
ok. I thought about this all day yesterday and decided I needed to confess my oddities, I mean
"quirks" too.
I can't stand if there's time left on the microwave. Those blinking numbers drive me insane. My husband does it on purpose now just to tease me.
I always count the number of stairs in any given staircase. The next time I go up or down them, I have to start on whichever foot allows me to end on my right foot...weird!
I can't stand for my heels to rest on the mattress. I sleep with a pillow under my feet so that my feet hang off the edge of the pillow, but don't touch the mattress.
I can't sleep if the covers are tucked in. My feet have to be uncovered or they feel trapped.
I put all our paper in a recycle bin in the laundry room and have even started breaking down the cardboard food boxes and putting them in there too! I can't stand when my husband puts a piece of paper in the TRASH!!
Yikes, I'm strange...thanks for making me think of some of the things that make me unique :)
I can't stand wooden kitchen utensils, and I like to sleep with one foot out of the covers. My husband will only get out of bed if the clock is on either a 5 or 0--like 6:40 or 6:55.
I am always afraid an ax murderer is going to get me. :) Or a rapist.
I have to have the comforter the right way also, I always need a blanket of some sort, even in the summer. I can't stand when people scrape their teeth on their fork. I have to write with a certain kind of pen at work or else my hand hurts (but I think it's in my head). I have to sleep with the door closed and the fan running.
Quirks - Hmmm! I think that could be a novel in and of itself.
My husband laughs that I think everything takes 5 minutes. I could want to remodel the whole house and think it is just a weekend project.
Well, I'm going to keep checking out your site for just 5 minutes - in my language that could be years.
Now you have me thinking about ax murderers!
http://mycellcalledlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/just-note.html
Quirky is my middle name! I put laundry baskets in front of my bedroom door when my hubby is out of town, just in case the axe murderer finds me!
Boy, hearing about others odd quirks sure does make one feel better, eh? I have to have the left side of the bed and I always put on any clothing starting with my left foot, arm, etc., otherwise, it just feels weird. I know I have more, especially since they drive the hubs nuts, but I will have to think on it.
I'm going to have to do a post like this myself. I'll give you a shout-out when I do it! But, just so you know, I would totally take the batteries out of the clock in the spare bedroom for you! And I'll make sure the comforter is just right when you come visit!
How often does stuff get spilled in your fridge from not screwing on the lids?
You are so funny... I could probably do a whole post on my quirks but it would be long and I would have to think on it for awhile... maybe I'll do it though.
I totally always have escape plan when I am alone. I am constantly checking around me and have my keys separated between my fingers so i can jab someone (like I would actually have the guts!) with them (saw it in an email once).
I used to walk to work (it only took like 5 minutes) and I looooved the days when it was raining or gonna rain cause that meant I could take the umbrella and use it as a weapon should anyone approach me.
I am a major scardy-cat so most of my quirks have to do with that.
I'm all about an escape plan when running too.
I definitely share the comforter and "light on" quirks. I would probably have to make the rounds closing all of your cupboard doors though!
Time to go run off and list mine... hmm let's see...
holy moly! I just clicked on my worst fear!! I was like "this cant be too bad" dsfnmksdbfhdskjfhjks!~ I hate seeing things up close. it really grosses me out and makes me feel antsy!! the eyeball! fdslfkdsflk BLAAAH! Okay. I'm really done freaking out. It reminds me of this up close picture of sea sponge that was in our science books in elementary.. bleeeeeeeghhh!!
Anyways, I was blog hopping! Thanks for letting me into your world :)
xo! Ash
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