Tag!

Your blog has been tagged. People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own 6 weird things as well as stating this rule clearly! Three people need to be tagged and their names listed.

OK I've put this off long enough. This late in the game, I don't know who I'll be tagging back that hasn't already been tagged by someone else, but for now I'll at least share 6 weird things about myself. In no particular order:

1. Whenever I wash dishes by hand, I have to do this after I add the soap to the sink: I turn the bottle upright and before the soap gets settled again, I give it a little squeeze which makes tiny bubbles fly around. Discovered it by accident once and have been doing it ever since.

2. I remember asking my mom one time (before I was old enough to operate the washer and dryer myself) why she returned my folded laundry to me inside-out. She said that that was the way it was put in the laundry basket and if I wanted it right-side-out I should put it in the basket that way. To this day, I try to remember to do that. My family does not. However, when I do get around to folding laundry, 95% of the time everything is returned to its right-side-outedness before I can fold it. My husband has told me that he doesn't care if he has to turn his shirts out right before putting them on, but I still feel a pang of guilt if I fold a shirt inside-out. This is also for practical reasons. We have 4 dozen T-shirts of approximately the same size, with different pictures or words on the front. I have to see what's on the front of the shirt to determine its owner.

3. I dip my grilled cheese sandwiches in ketchup. This is something I didn't realize was weird until I was in 3rd grade, experiencing hot school lunches for the first time (previously I had to pack a lunch in my orange Tupperware lunchbox) and totally grossed out my table-mates. Before that day, I honestly thought everyone did this. I fail to see how it's that different from having ketchup on a cheeseburger, it's just meatless!

4. I am an incurable hair-twirler.

5. I have two piercings in my left ear, and one in my right. I did the third hole myself when I was 14, and never wanted to do the fourth because I knew I wouldn't be able to line it up precisely. A little lopsided (meaning the two holes in one ear and one in the other as they are now) is one thing, but if the fourth hole didn't match the third, well, that would just be annoying.

6. I am not, and likely never will be a registered voter. I have this irrational fear of being called for jury duty. I'd get a murder case for sure and I couldn't handle the disturbing images that a trial like that would involve. I prefer not having nightmares when I can avoid it, I'm not going to do anything to initiate them. (For this same reason I do not watch scary movies.)

There. I did it.