TAGGED!

OK, I was tagged by both Ange and Maddy to do this meme. And since I hate tagging, I’m not going to tag anyone at all. I’m all about the whole “no obligations” thing.

Each player of this game starts with the “6 weird things/habits about yourself” and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird habits/things, as well as state this rule clearly.

1) Bad grammar and punctuation makes my skin crawl. Like honestly, I cannot read something that is riddled with crappy mistakes, and I can’t reply to something without first correcting the original bad grammar and punctuation. Txtspk pisses me off, as do people who are allegedly educated but whom cannot for the life of them spell even the most basic words correctly. I mean, honestly folks…you can’t tell the difference between there/their/they’re yet? Or affect/effect? Or even your/you’re? Do me a favor. Go away.

2) Hearing someone chew makes me really really angry. There’s a story behind this, but I won’t bore you with it. Suffice it to say that ever since then, hearing someone chew makes me so mad that most of the time I will just get up and leave the room.

3) I find joy in flossing. Like, I find my little box of floss and I’m giddy at the prospect of giving my teeth a good lashing.

4) I cannot look at a word or group of words without figuring out how to divide the letters up into equal-sized halves. For example, the title of this entry has already been turned into “TAG GED” in my head. This doesn’t really affect how I read books, I think mostly because I become engrossed in the story and am able to momentarily forget. But it affects everything else I do read…billboards, instructions, memos, chats, etc. This particular habit has affected my school life ever since I was about ten. I am still able to pull A’s, I just have to work about twice as hard as I really should when I’m studying, otherwise I get distracted by the parsing of words.

5) I can hold a grudge for an amazingly lengthy amount of time. And it’s not something that eats at me on a conscious level…like I don’t become this wretched, tortured soul as a result. I just find myself disgusted with them until my subconscious lets me know I’m ready to move on…when I’ve had a dream where I express a desire to mend fences, I know I’m ready to let go. The longest grudge I’ve held? It’s been ten years and counting.

6) I can find a Star Trek reference for just about every situation I encounter. This creeps people out at work. And secretly, I’m delighted by that.