So, we're all (to some varying degree) creatures of habit right?
While i'd like to think of myself as spontaneous, flighty and somewhat unpredictable, (all adding to my 'imagined' mystique) the reality is that i couldn't be any less like those traits if i tried.
My friends that know me well, can all attest to my inability to be on time for anything, although i have improved on my +/- 1 hour-and-a-half latecoming to about 30 mins.
They are all well aware of my 'love affair' with cereals (i'd far rather eat a bowl of cereal than a cooked meal) which they attribute to laziness.
My obsession with watching the same movies, shows and series ad nauseum. (i also irritate them by skipping to favorite scenes with amazing dialogue)
My radio station channel hopping. (i'm just looking for a song that i like) My habit of dunking/dipping most edible or 'foodey' things into hot drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc...i know, i know, it's just poor breeding:wink and my narcissistic obsession with just "fixing myself" quickly before going out (inordinate amounts of time staring at myself in the mirror without actually doing anything substantially different.:biggrin1.
But i think i have a few good points.
I always squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom.
I put the seat up before taking a leak...and put it down after (i grew up with a single mom and two sisters...'back-of-head' slapping was a national past-time for them) and i always offer to make (a great) cup of tea when making for myself (you'd be surprised at how many people just don't offer).
But when thinking about certain of these 'quirks', 'foibles' and habits, probably best described as routines, i wondered just how dull life would be without a few minor annoyances to remember people by.
I often recall a certain friend who was incredibly O.C.D about the toilet paper being attached in such a way as to pull the sheets from 'under' as opposed to 'over'. I would often change the rolls in his house to his horror and often got asked to "stop fucking with the system" much to my amusement.
Another friend of mine almost always decided on clipping his toenails while we were watching DVD's and then proceeded to gather and scoop up the little 'nail shootings' pile from the couch and throw it out the window. (so wrong!)
Someone else i know had the weirdest 'technique' of making tea by adding milk to the cup with the teabag in and then the boiled water... this is just sacrilege! (A good cup of tea is an art....not for any old "oaf" to attempt).
Another friend who ALWAYS squeezed the toothpaste tube from the bottom often suffered my righteous indignation as a result.
And yet, these are often the fondest memories i have of friends and family, past and present. The kinds of memories that make me laugh when thinking back and re-calling the really simple kinds of 'drama' that they brought to my life.
So what are your (if any) habits good or bad, foibles, quirks, idiosyncracies that you know might rub certain people up the wrong way, or cause you to be remembered for them, more often than not with lingering fondness?
(BTW, i also steal biscuits from people's jars..... you could leave money's in the 1000's lying around and i'd turn my nose up at it, but a cookie jar full of cookie goodness is beyond my ability to resist temptation)
While i'd like to think of myself as spontaneous, flighty and somewhat unpredictable, (all adding to my 'imagined' mystique) the reality is that i couldn't be any less like those traits if i tried.
My friends that know me well, can all attest to my inability to be on time for anything, although i have improved on my +/- 1 hour-and-a-half latecoming to about 30 mins.
They are all well aware of my 'love affair' with cereals (i'd far rather eat a bowl of cereal than a cooked meal) which they attribute to laziness.
My obsession with watching the same movies, shows and series ad nauseum. (i also irritate them by skipping to favorite scenes with amazing dialogue)
My radio station channel hopping. (i'm just looking for a song that i like) My habit of dunking/dipping most edible or 'foodey' things into hot drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc...i know, i know, it's just poor breeding:wink and my narcissistic obsession with just "fixing myself" quickly before going out (inordinate amounts of time staring at myself in the mirror without actually doing anything substantially different.:biggrin1.
But i think i have a few good points.
I always squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom.
I put the seat up before taking a leak...and put it down after (i grew up with a single mom and two sisters...'back-of-head' slapping was a national past-time for them) and i always offer to make (a great) cup of tea when making for myself (you'd be surprised at how many people just don't offer).
But when thinking about certain of these 'quirks', 'foibles' and habits, probably best described as routines, i wondered just how dull life would be without a few minor annoyances to remember people by.
I often recall a certain friend who was incredibly O.C.D about the toilet paper being attached in such a way as to pull the sheets from 'under' as opposed to 'over'. I would often change the rolls in his house to his horror and often got asked to "stop fucking with the system" much to my amusement.
Another friend of mine almost always decided on clipping his toenails while we were watching DVD's and then proceeded to gather and scoop up the little 'nail shootings' pile from the couch and throw it out the window. (so wrong!)
Someone else i know had the weirdest 'technique' of making tea by adding milk to the cup with the teabag in and then the boiled water... this is just sacrilege! (A good cup of tea is an art....not for any old "oaf" to attempt).
Another friend who ALWAYS squeezed the toothpaste tube from the bottom often suffered my righteous indignation as a result.
And yet, these are often the fondest memories i have of friends and family, past and present. The kinds of memories that make me laugh when thinking back and re-calling the really simple kinds of 'drama' that they brought to my life.
So what are your (if any) habits good or bad, foibles, quirks, idiosyncracies that you know might rub certain people up the wrong way, or cause you to be remembered for them, more often than not with lingering fondness?
(BTW, i also steal biscuits from people's jars..... you could leave money's in the 1000's lying around and i'd turn my nose up at it, but a cookie jar full of cookie goodness is beyond my ability to resist temptation)