Jen tagged me to do this and while I usually abhor memes, I adore Jen and would jump right off that cliff if she suggested it, even gently. So:
The first player of this game starts with the topic “five weird habits of yourself” and people who get tagged need to write an entry about their five weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and link to their web journals. Don’t forget to leave a comment in their blog or journal that says “You have been tagged” (assuming they take comments) and tell them to read yours.
N.B.: I have a real problem with the syntax of the words “five weird habits of yourself”. I can’t help feeling that was either written by a toddler or a Frenchman with a bad grasp of English. So I’ve changed it to “five weird habits”, which is far less inelegant. You COULD say “five weird habits you have” but considering the context of blogging a meme, I find the “you have” to be redundant, although not as redundant AND badly worded as “of yourself”. Seriously, I shudder every time I read that.
1. Well, I guess that nails habit #1 into place. I’m really strict about grammar and spelling and syntax and have been accused of being an obnoxious grammar nazi by, like, everyone. Once, I had this blogger friend that used apostrophes incorrectly and as much as I liked the guy, I finally lost my cool at him over IM, yelling in capitals about how one should and shouldn’t use an apostrophe to contract a word. Inelegant syntax is worse than misspellings. Those are human errors. Inelegant syntax, it’s like nails on a chalkboard for me. I can’t help but correct it. If the president of Burundi were to approach me on a subject of international importance, I would rephrase his plea if it didn’t sound well-worded to me. Nevermind that the president of Burundi is probably excepted due to his questionable level of mastery in English. WHEVS, Burundi.
2. When I find something intolerably cute, I bite the inside of my cheeks. I have NO idea why I do this but I’ve done it my whole life. Maybe I’m trying to repress the urge to grab the cute thing (pet, baby, scene in a movie, Stuart) and squeeze the life out of it from hugging it so much, I have no idea. Stuart will see me do this when I’m being affectionate and he’ll tell me to stop.
3. I don’t like eating bananas the way nature intended, which is putting the big thing in your mouth and biting. I have to make small slices of banana and eat the slices. I don’t know why and DON’T READ TOO MUCH INTO THIS EVEN THOUGH YOU ALREADY HAVE, it creeps me out to put the thing in my mouth and bite.
4. I really love putting ketchup on potato chips. To be fair, I don’t eat potato chips all that often. Maybe once a month. But when I do, in the privacy of my own (or others’) homes, I will totally put ketchup on them.
5. I can’t watch devil-oriented horror movies. I can watch any other kind of spook or gore, but something catholic in me can’t deal with the devil plotlines. It’s too real to imagine the serious evil that people inflict on other people every day, and to attribute that to some maniacally laughing overlord just rattles my bones. Once, I read Rosemary’s Baby while all by myself in my dorm room, all in one sitting, and was so freaked out and horrified at the end that I went running out of the building, desperate to interact with someone and shake the terror from my nerves, and ended up sitting with a colleague from my lit class talking about fear and evil for a couple hours. We were never very close but I’ll always be grateful that he talked me out of it even though he barely knew me. That’s the mark of a good person. AS OPPOSED TO THE MARK OF LUCIFER. See? Freaked out.
I’m tagging Sarah Hatter, because I think she’s suitably quirky (read: neurotic) to have some funny things to share, and Joshua Norton for the same reason, even though I don’t think either of them will actually do it. And then Shana because I KNOW how weird she is. Weirdo.
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with you on the devil movies, I just can’t do them. too real?
So do you like ketchup-flavoured potato chips? Or do they only make those in Canada?
“strict about grammar and spelling and syntax…”
Except when labeling photos, of course. Instead of “Stuart and I” it should read ‘Stuart and me’ as the unspoken portion implies “This is a picture of…” which requires an object of a preposition and not a subject.
(I point this out very lovingly and gently, covered in chocolate and dipped in coffee.)
I said I cared about correct grammar, Fairy – I never said I was perfect. That happens to be my one weak point, because I never stop and check that I’ve got it right. Now that I’ve been publicly outed on that front, you can be sure I will!
Also, no, for some reason I DON’T like the ketchup flavored chips! Weirder and weirder, I get.
I’m the same with bananas. When I was a kid I used to chop them up into little slices, put them into a sandwich bag with some coconut, shake it all around hokey pokey like for a min and then eat coconut covered banana bits for a snack.
Found your blog via Minjarrah…been reading since Jan 05 (blog entries that is!) to pass the time at work for the last few weeks…will definitely be linking to u
I have to cut ALL fruit into little pieces. Apples, peaches… I don’t even like to eat strawberries without cutting the tops off with a knife. It’s better that way.
i have found lately that i harbor secret fascinations with writers who have utter disregard/hatred for correctness in spelling/grammar/syntax and the like. so much so that my own writing has now become barely understandable. oh, and i’m constantly misusing your and you’re. just for the rush.
Ketchup chips… my fav! Only in Canada, I’m afraid. Every time I visit my sister in SF she has me bring down a bag. But years ago before they had ketchup chips, we’d dip our chips in ketchup too.
Oh, Madame Hiboux, do I ever feel you about numero uno!! Incorrect grammar (both written and spoken)=nails on the chalkboard for me as well. Equally irritating: shoes that are not appropriate for one’s outfit. EEK!
well, krissa, along the lines of the grammar fairy and your quest to improvre yourself grammatically …
“Once, I had this blogger friend that used apostrophes incorrectly” – when speaking of a *person* it should be a friend WHO used apostrophes incorrectly.
by the way, this is a pet peeve i totally understand and endorse.
cool post, as always.
My roommate was just good-naturedly teasing me this weekend about potato chips and ketchup. As I lounged on a couch in the living room, she called out from the kitchen to see if I wanted any chips. I replied that I was all set.
“I’ll bring in some ketchup with me.”
“Oooh, in that case, that would be grand!”
Yet I don’t like the chips with the ketchup flavoring. Hmm.