Tagged Again!
Well my favorite Kitty, Phain, tagged me with this one so I'll play along.
Name 6 Weird Things About Yourself
Well I suppose the first two things fall into the category of strange obsessive compulsive behavior.
1. I have a strange habit of checking my garage door after I leave. Sure, I have carelessly driven away with the door up a few times. But most times that I leave home I will pull out and check that the door is closing in my mirror but for some reason I fell the need to back the car up in the street after I have pulled out just to have another look.
2. Ever since I was a kid, I have done a couple strange things. I always retrace my exact steps around things. It has to do with a strange "balance" thing I suppose I have. If I get up and walk across a room even in an unfamiliar place, I will go back to where I was along the same path going around things in the reverse order that I got there. Sometimes I even drive like this.........strange huh? Maybe related to this I have always had a thing where if I touch something with my right hand I like to touch it with my left.....even if I brush against something this applies. Yeah.....weird.
3. Pennies are evil. I hate pennies. Please don't give them to me at the register because I will hand them right back to you or I will leave them stacked on the counter neatly. Pennies - no thank you.
4. I hate Olive Garden. Don't ever ask me to eat there. This restaurant is like eating pennies.....(I know someone is gonna give me flack about this but.....)
5. My close friends know that when I leave my name for a reservation at a restaurant you won't find George on the list. The name you will find is Tyler. If they need a last name it will be Durden. Astute movie buffs will immediately recognize this as the name of the character Brad Pitt played in Fight Club, one of my all time favorite movies. Tyler represents the "other" side to all of us. He is the back of the sheet of paper. He is the reflection in the mirror. I use this name just for kicks but also to let people wonder if they are meeting me or someone else.....how do you know who I am? Are you shure? In Tyler's words from the movie:
"All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not. "
6. FM radio is kinda pointless in my opinion. I refuse to listen and to that point all of the presets in my car are programmed to the lowest FM setting. I was on a date once and the woman programmed my presets for me. It was our last date.
Bonus - Two great books:
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter. Carter is a ivy league law prof that writes about a character that could very well be himself in fiction. The cool thing about it is that it is told from the perspective of an upper middle class African American ivy league prof that has mirrors a lot of my own experiences in life. The read will give you a view of Black America or "the darker nation" as he puts it that you just don't find in the mainstream media. The plot is what is stand out though. The main character has a father that is up for a Supreme Court nomination and is killed. The thriller is told with chess as a backdrop as the father and son love the game and are deep into the technical strategy terms that novices would never know. The chess terms explored mirror the plot and what is going on. Very challenging read but an awesome thriller as the main character unravels the murder.
The other book is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Henry has the ability to travel through time mostly backwards but sometimes forwards. The book does not really dwell on the technicalities of this nor should the reader - it is a biological oddity. One day he meets a woman for the first time yet the woman has known him all her life (get it......he has not traveled to meet her yet....). They fall in love and marry and the story is told in diary form with times and dates and with entries from both characters. Read this one and go on the ride......it's really about their relationship and love. Ever wanted to meet yourself as a kid?
Name 6 Weird Things About Yourself
Well I suppose the first two things fall into the category of strange obsessive compulsive behavior.
1. I have a strange habit of checking my garage door after I leave. Sure, I have carelessly driven away with the door up a few times. But most times that I leave home I will pull out and check that the door is closing in my mirror but for some reason I fell the need to back the car up in the street after I have pulled out just to have another look.
2. Ever since I was a kid, I have done a couple strange things. I always retrace my exact steps around things. It has to do with a strange "balance" thing I suppose I have. If I get up and walk across a room even in an unfamiliar place, I will go back to where I was along the same path going around things in the reverse order that I got there. Sometimes I even drive like this.........strange huh? Maybe related to this I have always had a thing where if I touch something with my right hand I like to touch it with my left.....even if I brush against something this applies. Yeah.....weird.
3. Pennies are evil. I hate pennies. Please don't give them to me at the register because I will hand them right back to you or I will leave them stacked on the counter neatly. Pennies - no thank you.
4. I hate Olive Garden. Don't ever ask me to eat there. This restaurant is like eating pennies.....(I know someone is gonna give me flack about this but.....)
5. My close friends know that when I leave my name for a reservation at a restaurant you won't find George on the list. The name you will find is Tyler. If they need a last name it will be Durden. Astute movie buffs will immediately recognize this as the name of the character Brad Pitt played in Fight Club, one of my all time favorite movies. Tyler represents the "other" side to all of us. He is the back of the sheet of paper. He is the reflection in the mirror. I use this name just for kicks but also to let people wonder if they are meeting me or someone else.....how do you know who I am? Are you shure? In Tyler's words from the movie:
"All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not. "
6. FM radio is kinda pointless in my opinion. I refuse to listen and to that point all of the presets in my car are programmed to the lowest FM setting. I was on a date once and the woman programmed my presets for me. It was our last date.
Bonus - Two great books:
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter. Carter is a ivy league law prof that writes about a character that could very well be himself in fiction. The cool thing about it is that it is told from the perspective of an upper middle class African American ivy league prof that has mirrors a lot of my own experiences in life. The read will give you a view of Black America or "the darker nation" as he puts it that you just don't find in the mainstream media. The plot is what is stand out though. The main character has a father that is up for a Supreme Court nomination and is killed. The thriller is told with chess as a backdrop as the father and son love the game and are deep into the technical strategy terms that novices would never know. The chess terms explored mirror the plot and what is going on. Very challenging read but an awesome thriller as the main character unravels the murder.
The other book is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Henry has the ability to travel through time mostly backwards but sometimes forwards. The book does not really dwell on the technicalities of this nor should the reader - it is a biological oddity. One day he meets a woman for the first time yet the woman has known him all her life (get it......he has not traveled to meet her yet....). They fall in love and marry and the story is told in diary form with times and dates and with entries from both characters. Read this one and go on the ride......it's really about their relationship and love. Ever wanted to meet yourself as a kid?
posted by Booster MPS at
8:43 PM
5 Comments:
i can just imagine you stacking pennies...
um, yeah, you're weird alright - thanks and umm..it was nice knowing you...bye!
how the hell do I block someone??
;)
ummm i'll set your presets for you!! LOL!
I have come to the conclusion you are WAY too smart for me...how are we friends?
the penny thing threw me for a loop. I've never met someone who is like weird about money. You got me on that one...ya wierdo. LOL. Kidding.
Well I respect your wishes regarding the Olive Garden, and I won't ask why you hate it.
I agree with the other comments about the pennies, and how they are lined up. I understand giving them back beacuse you hate them, but to stack them....
I think that is pretty funny that you use a different name when making reservations, but to use a name of a character from a movie...even funnier! I did see that movie, but didn't remember Brad Pitt's characted name. How many looks have you gotten from that??? LOL
a story for you...
while waiting for a table at Outback one night (yeah i know, don't hate) i giggled to myself when i heard them call out 'table for griswold' - but i didnt' say anything to our group. 20 minutes later - my friend says to another 'dammit clark - when are they gonna call your table?' i spit my drink out from laughing so hard - they'd left the name from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as our groups name!!!
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