So nobody has ever told me I'm normal, right?
Shamelessly lifted from Chris.
1) Black Pen. I will only write with black pens, preferably bold. No fine point girly-girl stuff for me. Fat black ink in fat black pens with cushy finger rests. Sometimes, I have to write with a red pen for work and it haunts and disturbs me for days afterward. (Hello? Paging Dr. Freud?")
2) Ashtrays. I smoke. I know this is dirty habit that also smells and it really bad for you. And me. Nonetheless, smoking remains one of my favorite hobbies, so just SHUT IT, okay? After two butts are in an ashtray, I not only empty it, I Windex it with a paper towel. Four butts in the Family Size ashtray are my limit there. Gatherings where lots of of us smoke, well, I kind of freak out about the density of the contents and it takes a lot for me to not jump up and compulsively empty the ashtrays. NOTE: Yes, yes, I have set trash baskets and my trash compactor on fire with this policy, yes I have.
3) I am a secret Country Music Fan. This is a recent development in my personality as I was a die hard punker in high school, love New Wave and 80s music, saw the Dead 18 times in concert, and all of a sudden, I like Gretchen Wilson, Toby Keith (who is totally hot, by the way) and oh, I would never admit this verbally in public anywhere, that I am a sudden country music fan, and I still love all the new wave punk stuff, as well. How do I reconcile this? I've become musically bipolar.
4) All lights in any room I may go into after dusk must be on. Except when I am trying to sleep, then it must be as dark as the farthest closet in the smallest corner of hell.
5) I must sleep on my right side with the covers pulled up over my ear so the monsters don't get me.
hahaha...#1 sounds like me.
#2 is the exact opposite of me, because of the whole fire hazard thing. No one is allowed to empty my ashtray until it has sat overnight (a friend of mine set her trashcan on fire once).
Posted by: dragonlady474 | August 17, 2005 at 10:23 PM
LMAO! Yes... The ashtray thing is extreme. I get yelled at constantly about this. I'm a guy and I don't empty the damn things until they are FULL. So I get to hear "Empty that disgusting thing!" everyday. "But Hun, it's not even half full yet, what's the big deal?".
The lights... I'm a creature who could endure perfectly well in the dark 24 hours a day. I like it to be dark when I'm watching a good movie and even when staring at my computer in the evening. Oh no, EVERY light within reach has to be on! Every bulb has to be lit! It's a compulsion I swear it is. LOL
- Musings from Lisa's Husband :D
Posted by: Martin | August 17, 2005 at 10:52 PM
lol...I get the creeps sometimes and have to do the same thing. Flip on every light in the house and go looking around until I'm sure everything is okay. And it never fails it's always when the kids are spending the night somewhere and John is working late. All I have are the birds for protection and all they'd do is a wolf whistle at whoever is there.
Posted by: dragonlady474 | August 17, 2005 at 11:06 PM
LOL... We have finches. Not much help there unless your being attacked by a spider! (a small spider at that).
Martin
Posted by: Martin | August 17, 2005 at 11:13 PM
On a post on my site I was talking about how my male cockatiel learned how to pick up the string to his perch and let it go so that it collides with the water bowl and makes a ding/bell sound. He takes spells where he does this OVER AND OVER again. It was cute the first 100 times aghhh.
Posted by: dragonlady474 | August 17, 2005 at 11:21 PM
Finches are not that smart. Trust me. If they can FIND the water they are doing well! But they are very cute in the fact that they are very attached to each other. They prune each other and snuggle up while one sleeps and one keeps watch.
Martin
Posted by: Martin | August 17, 2005 at 11:30 PM
awww all of the birie stories makes me want to rush out to the pet store and pick a pair of them up...As far as the pens, I am the same way Lisa, I have a certian kind that just "feels right" and I get picky too... Maybe it's a office workers thing..? and ashtrays, I am not that anal about, But Ryan drives me crazy becuz he'll fill that baby up until you have no place to even stub one out... grrr....
Posted by: Lana | August 18, 2005 at 12:29 AM
Lana, birds are great pets. There's one waiting for you at the pet store right now. :)
Posted by: dragonlady474 | August 18, 2005 at 01:29 AM
I like fountain pens. I can never keep up with cartridges, so I compromise with fat black pens. I hate fine points.
Posted by: vero | August 18, 2005 at 01:48 AM
Interesting! Glad you shamelessly lifted :-)
Posted by: Chris | August 18, 2005 at 07:02 AM
I will admit I am anal about my pens too. My absolute favorites are the kind the drug reps give out with the names of meds on them. I had a Viagra one that made me laugh every time I used it. I get attached to them and when they run out of ink, I am sad.
If ANYONE reading this has access to mass quatities of pharmaceutical pens, please e-mail me - I will give you my home address AND pay the postage. Please, I beg of you.
Posted by: justin | August 18, 2005 at 01:45 PM
lol..sounds like we should start up a chapter of Ink Pens Anonymous.
Posted by: dragonlady474 | August 18, 2005 at 03:52 PM
Don't come to my house, Lisa. LOL. We smoke in the garage & the stainless steel ashtray is usually full before it gets emtpied. I've never bothered washing it, either. If you ever come to Texas, though, I'd run to Wal Mart for a glass ashtray & then set some Windex out there on the table!
Posted by: Carri | August 18, 2005 at 08:53 PM
OMG, Carri, too funny! We all have our little "things" don't we?
Posted by: Lisa | August 18, 2005 at 08:57 PM