MidlifeSlices™ — who has had a terrible week, I’m sorry to say — has issued a challenge to list six peculiar traits. Since I’m in the midst of a bad case of blog-ical stenosis, I’ll bite:
1. I sing little songs when I’m in the bathroom. I have since I was a child. (No, I won’t tell you what the songs are. That’s TMI.)
2. I like to eat white, bland food: puddings, mashed potatoes, pasta or rice with butter, divinity, meringues. It makes me feel safe.
3. I sleep with my feet uncovered most nights. If they’re covered, I feel like I can’t breathe.
4. I won’t eat home-cooked food unless I know who made it. Church or neighborhood suppers are a nightmare. And please don’t leave cookies on my doorstep. I’ll just throw them away.
5. Lately I have been obsessed with true crime shows on cable. Last Saturday I watched A&E, ID and TruTV for 12 hours straight. The world is a cesspool. Sociopaths abound. Trust no one.
6. The first thing I read in the papers in the morning is the obituaries. Also a carry-over from childhood.
Hmm. A bit morbid, I think. (I have others, but if I listed them, someone would likely alert the authorities.)
What are your oddities?
October 21, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Hey, that is a really interesting list. Thank you!
October 21, 2008 at 2:18 pm
That’s probably why I am fundamentally unsuited to blogging. I worry constantly not just about posting, but even commenting. When I do sometimes I don’t log back in for several days for fear of reading coldly later what I said or thought at the moment when I felt inspired, offended, enthusiastic, neglected or was just riding my high horse.
October 21, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Tomorrow I am definitely not going to be able to peek in…
October 22, 2008 at 11:17 am
Your oddities make me like you even better….
October 22, 2008 at 11:51 am
Oh, Jane, you would!