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Guineverelyndy

16th May 2007, 03:05 PM

kamikat

16th May 2007, 03:39 PM

Being true to my Italian heritage, if I can't move my hands while talking, I can't express myself.
I'm the exact opposite, when it comes to feet. I can't have my feet covered when I'm sleeping, even in the cold. I also can't stand shoes in general. Wherever possible, I go barefoot.

Guineverelyndy

16th May 2007, 03:49 PM

I'm not a big fan of shoes so much, either. Unless, of course, my feet are looking nasty to me.

ufonium2

16th May 2007, 03:55 PM

I don't like hot food. I will cook something, get it out of the oven, and throw it straight in the fridge to cool it down. I don't like hot drinks, either.

Xpycoctomos

16th May 2007, 04:05 PM

I am terrible at remembering names. I'm a Spanish teacher so remembering over 100 names is part of the job. The year's almost over and I still mess up with a couple students. I can know everything about them.. but their names just don't always come to me right away. I hate it because it makes some students feel like I don't think abou them at all and that's not the case. I feel bad about that.

I am terrible at thinking on my feet (this goes for names too). I lose track of what I was just talking about because my mind will get distracted sooooo easily.

I'm clumsy.

Xpycoctomos

16th May 2007, 04:08 PM

Oh... I've gotta share this with y'all. It's not general quirk of mine but it is emblematic of my general absent-mindedness described above:

So this morning I am teaching in 1st hour and my student points out to me that I am wearing two DIFFERENT shoes!! A brown tennis shoe and dress shoe! We laughed so hard. I was so embarrassed and told my class that that will be one for the yearbook. Luckily my wife (who is currently looking for a teaching job) was home this morning so she brought in my other shoe. Otherwise I would have had to have gone through the entire day with two different shoes!

silouanathonite

16th May 2007, 04:23 PM

when I sleep at night, I have the whole portion of one of my legs hanging outside of the comforter or blanket. If it's really cold, I put it back in.

I also fart in my sleep. Sometime without me knowing it.

Let me know if this too much, but I pee sitting down instead of standing up. I have a choice in the matter, so why not. Especially late at night when I have no clue or what's going on, I leave no mess & the seat is always down.

I cannot pick one and just read & finish that one book. I'm currently reading about 6-8 books at once.

Guineverelyndy

16th May 2007, 04:26 PM

silouanathonite said: "I also fart in my sleep. Sometime without me knowing it.

Let me know if this too much, but I pee sitting down instead of standing up. I have a choice in the matter, so why not. Especially late at night when I have no clue or what's going on, I leave no mess & the seat is always down."

Oh my word...I'm at work right now and I'm trying really hard not to laugh out loud....that's hilarious!

Guineverelyndy

16th May 2007, 04:43 PM

Guineverelyndy

16th May 2007, 04:44 PM

I don't like hot food. I will cook something, get it out of the oven, and throw it straight in the fridge to cool it down. I don't like hot drinks, either.
I think you're the first person I've ever "met" who has said that! That's funny. :) Have you always been that way?

Knowledge3

16th May 2007, 04:54 PM

Sometimes I get lost in my thoughts and drift off into space. This happens when I pray the ascetic prayers.

elizabethevangeline

16th May 2007, 05:15 PM

Gee, I was thinking that many, many quirks are evident in this forum :)

My quirk is I think I'm normal. I also don't have any good embarrassing moment stories. A friend (w/counseling degree) says it's because I laugh at inappropriate, sometimes perverse, times-therefore storing the memory of my embarrassment in a different part of the brain than where it's "supposed" to go! And so it gets lost. :)

I'll stick my feet out of the covers but I need my torso covered!

elizabethevangeline

16th May 2007, 05:16 PM

Sometimes I get lost in my thoughts and drift off into space. This happens when I pray the ascetic prayers.
This happens often when I'm talking, with or without my hands.

Silentchapel

16th May 2007, 05:25 PM

I prefer praying on rosary as opposed to prayer ropes (note: NOT praying the rosary, praying ON rosary). I just like the sound of beads. Prayer ropes are so well-behaved and silent. And boring. :)
I hate throwing away food - to the point I refrain from eating stale bread only if I see fungi on it.
Give me savory instead of sweet anytime. Sour and bitter can come only in combination with sweet.
Sometimes I put my tea in the fridge to make the ACTUAL ice tea.
I can't refrain from cuddling the cat when I see her sleeping in some cute overload pose.
When bored/nervous, I scratch these scars I have under my hair. Also excess skin around/on my nose (leading to me having slightly reddish nose). Anyone making Rudolph reference will be instantly put on my 'to die of hemorroids' prayer list.
Sometimes I daydream so hard that I get overexcited and start running (if outside). If inside, I just walk in circles quickly.
I generally don't notice people I know on the street.
When I listen to songs, I usually plan how to draw a verse that catches my attention. This occasionally happens when I find a prayer verse I like. Psalter is especially drawsome.
The longer I talk the louder I get.
I generally walk very swiftly.
When someone says "(Dear/Good) God!" or "Jesus!" I usually turn and say "Yes?"
When someone says "my *** huts" (meaning: I couldn't care less) I usually respond with: "Oh, you've got syphillis?" In the similar manner, when someone says "my *** hurts" (same meaning), I respond with: "Oh, you've got hemorroids?"

Anatole

16th May 2007, 05:44 PM

I lived in Texas the first 25 years of my life, so I say a lot of words wrong (I use Texas slang) so I get laughed at a lot.
I also sleep with my feet out of the covers.
I have the messiest car ever, (drink cups, clothes, coats, candy wrappers, receipts from stores, etc.).
I have tons of almost empty laundry detergent containers laying around in my laundry room. (can't throw things away if there's still a little in the container).
I hang dry all of our clothes. ( except underwear, socks, & towels).
My closets are stuffed to capacity.
It takes me exactly 2 hours everyday to get ready.
I prop a pillow under my left arm when I sleep.
I repeat myself a lot when I talk to people.
I have a radar detector in my car because I drive way over the speed limit.
I pull away fast at lights and stop signs.
Every morning when I get up, I have to have 2 cups of coffee, and get a back massage in my human touch massage chair.

Guineverelyndy

16th May 2007, 05:44 PM

I walk really fast, too. The harder I'm thinking, the faster I walk. Drives people who are walking with me absolutely crazy.

I prefer cars with a manual transmission because then I feel more like a race car driver. Oh, and I drive very fast.

I do laugh at my own jokes, although I try to at least wait until others are laughing first. Hey, if I didn't think it was funny, I wouldn't share it!

I have a tiny crease across my nose because when I was a little kid, I would itch my nose by rubbing it in circles. Can't do that anymore because it's pierced. ;)

Komnenos

16th May 2007, 05:48 PM

My biggest quirk is forgetting to close the light at the restaurant so evrey night when I come home my Brothers will say 'Hey Alex! did you remember the lights?!' and 3 out of 5 times I will have to go back! :D

Nichole

16th May 2007, 06:04 PM

****I can't stand the use of "y'all"! It drives me crazy and in the first place..........who is y'all anyway?
****I have to sleep with one foot under the cover and one out!!!!!
****I love to have it cold. I like to crank the air conditioner up and then get one of our big mink blankets (from Korea) and cuddle up underneath it and sleep!
****I love to watch Sponge Bob and I love to go to the animated cartoon movies!
****I like to only drink Starbuck's coffee. If I am at someone's house and they make some generic stuff, I have to choke the cup down and then decline refills.
****I don't like to get my fingers dirty when eating. I usually eat everything (pizza, finger foods, etc.) with a fork and knife. I hate eating left overs and I CAN NOT stand crumbs.
****I love Suduko and I have several books, but I will start one and get stuck and put the book away. Just like I like to read and I when I get to a boring part in the book, I put it down and usually never finish reading it (I currently have 5 books started).

ufonium2

16th May 2007, 06:33 PM

I think you're the first person I've ever "met" who has said that! That's funny. :) Have you always been that way?

For as long as I can remember. And it's not a phobia or anything--I will eat food hot if it's socially appropriate to do so--but I prefer it cold or room temperature. Hot beverages, though, are a different critter. I don't understand why anyone would drink hot anything. It's nauseating to me.

Anatole

16th May 2007, 06:35 PM

My family has reminded me of some more...
I have a phobia of germs, so I am a chronic hand washer. (wash my hands about every 20 min. or so)
I use latex gloves when I clean the house, esp. the bathrooms.
My cabinets are also filled to capacity.
I sniff a lot (must have sinus problems).
I am very open (will pretty much talk about anything to anyone).
I like watching people get operated on, on the surgery channel. I also like trauma in the E.R.

Greg the byzantine

16th May 2007, 07:14 PM

1) When I speak fast, I mutter what I have just said outloud to see if it made sense. My sisters say I look crazy when I do it.

2) I hate using forks, If it was up to me it would be socially acceptable to eat with your hands.

3) Without some sort of white/background noise I can't go to sleep. This also goes for the fact that complete silence disturbs me, I need to hear airplanes, and cars, and creaky floorboards, crickets in the summer, the hum of the airconditioner, or the hiss of the steam-heat.

4) My hands need to constantly be doing something. I don't think there has ever been a time where my hands are busy doing something, either playing with my own fingers, or clicking a pen, or twirling a pencil , or doing something.

5) I brush my teeth, and shave while in in the shower. Believe it or not I have had some of my most prayerful moments in the shower as well.

6) My bed is next to a wall and I like to stick my head in the crack between the wall and the bed when I got to sleep. I also like to put the covers and pillows over my head, but I like to have my legs exposed.

7) I eat leftovers for breakfast.

8) I have this tendancy to lick my knife while I am eating. I have never cut my tongue, but my mother still yells at me for it.

9)According to my family I snore verly loudly.

DonVA

16th May 2007, 07:39 PM

--I'm a nut when it comes to yardwork, but I'll complain about having to do it right up to the moment I start, then I can't stop.
--I have to set a timer to turn the TV off after I fall asleep. I can't get to sleep without the TV, and it has to be some mindless sitcom so I don't find myself getting interested in it.
--Sometimes I interrupt when I think the other person has completed their thought, only to find out that their thought was much deeper than what I had just responded to!
--I drink more coffee than humans should be allowed to consume. I drink it all day.
--I can be impatient, mostly with myself, but I'm working on that.
--I can't bring myself to buy something "new" if I still have one that works (take this 20 year-old refrigerator, for example).
--I can't stand greasy streaks on the stove. It's a new cooktop, it should look like new. ;)
--I only like milk in cereal.

Michael the Iconographer

16th May 2007, 09:35 PM

I am about as quirky as can be. But I am off to work right now so I will have to leave you guessing as to my quirks. Luckily of the two people from TAW who have actually met me, one doesn't acknowledge my presence anymore and the other is not currently posting, so I guess am I safe from others blabbing my quirks for me.

Dust and Ashes

16th May 2007, 09:40 PM

You know, it's really hard to get to know people on an internet forum. Partly because of the lack of body language, partly because of just the medium itself, but also partly because all the weird/fun/cute/annoying things are hidden.

So what are your "quirks"? :)

Here are some of mine:

I am notorious for walking into a kitchen (or bathroom) and leaving all of the cupboard doors open after looking for something. I won't even notice.

I'm a freeze-baby, and I've found that one of the fastest and most convenient ways to remedy this is to simply put my fuzzy bathrobe on over my clothes when I'm at home. Looks retarded, but it works!

I'm terrible at finishing non-fiction books. I'll get to a part that makes me think, put the book down to think about it, and forget to ever pick it back up again.

I have to have my feet under the covers when I'm sleeping and the covers have to have a certain weight to them, even in the summer.

There are a couple - anyone want to share? :D

Actually, this medium makes it a lot easier for me since I suffer from Aspergers Syndrome and can't read body language anyway. I can pick up a lot from the "tone" of peoples' posts and the patterns of their "behaviour" on the forums.

My biggest quirk is that I am a deliberate slob. I choose to be a slob to avoid the slippery slope of OCD that could easily grab hold of me.

Oh and I LOVE fried peanut-butter and banana sandwiches. :yum: :yum: :yum:

nutroll

16th May 2007, 10:21 PM

I am terrible at remembering names. I'm a Spanish teacher so remembering over 100 names is part of the job. The year's almost over and I still mess up with a couple students. I can know everything about them.. but their names just don't always come to me right away. I hate it because it makes some students feel like I don't think abou them at all and that's not the case. I feel bad about that.

My advisor on my thesis was the same way, I had him as a professor for 3 semesters, and met with him every few weeks, but he had no idea what my name was. And yet he could remember what I had written on page 4 of my thesis if I asked him about it. I'm terrible with names too, but lack the gift for remembering other things about a person as well...

nutroll

16th May 2007, 10:22 PM

Dust and Ashes

16th May 2007, 10:27 PM

****I can't stand the use of "y'all"! It drives me crazy and in the first place..........who is y'all anyway?

Y'all is a contraction of "You all" which is Southern for Youse guys.

And if you like Sudoku, get a Nintendo DS and Brain Age. I love the Sudoku on there. It lets you put possible answers in each square, then eliminate possibles as you solve other squares. It's awesome fun. I like the Brain Age puzzles and training too but not as much as my wife. She does it every day. I guess that could be a quirk as well.

Philothei

17th May 2007, 12:53 AM

-I am messy.... when I have to... although pretty neat when I have the time off work that is.
-I do not like messy kitchens and dirty bathrooms, I keep them clean.
-I am stuborn when others drive and I give directions i instist I know the way even if I am not sure... (my bad). :(

-I do not watch tv. (hate it with a passion)
-I also have one foot in and one out of the covers (is that a TAW thing?...lol...).

_I never sleep on my stomach
_I do not like sleeveless tops...
_ I do not talk to strangers and neighbours (I am not rude just not interested...) even if they strike up conversation...
-I never drink any type of soda drink
-I take very short showers, I do not believe in emptying a whole tank...
-I straighten my hair every other day that takes me an hour to do.
-i crack my nuckles.. (sorry...)
-i wear shortsleeve at winter time...

Ph.

EmperorConstantine

17th May 2007, 12:54 AM

I am known to not look people in the eye. If I do, I will start laughing for some reason.

I am known for extreme (yet appropriate for the moment) sarcasm.

I am known for leaning in my chair. All the time.

More to come.

Philothei

17th May 2007, 12:55 AM

And I am like Xrisostomos... forgetfull too:) I went to drop off my dauther with slipers and pyjamas once....lol... realizing it just as I was going back home....

EmperorConstantine

17th May 2007, 01:00 AM

If I hear something, I am reminded of something else.

I sometimes talk with my hands.

And I think I'm forgetful...:scratch:

:doh:

AJB4

17th May 2007, 05:41 AM

- I gave up biting my fingernails out of habit a few years ago, but I still do it instead of cutting my fingernails with clippers.
- I despise cooked carrots in meals - they MUST be raw.
- I crack my knuckles too much (I'm trying to give that up).
- I sometimes repeat something I've said to someone else in a whisper to myself.
- I'm only 16, but I have some strange fear of getting lines on my forehead. I try not to raise my eyebrows when I'm conscious of it (this, and the one above it are the weirdest of all).

Xpycoctomos

17th May 2007, 07:14 AM

- I sometimes repeat something I've said to someone else in a whisper to myself.

I'll often do this too. I will also rehearse conversations in the privacy of my car or when I think I'm alone... the worse thing is that i will rehearse conversations I have already had. I think this is in an attempt to convince myself that it went better than it really did. Usually these are when I am trying to express a belief (in a debate, an argument or just an amiable discussion). So, oftentimes if in the real conversation that preceded my presentation was not very slick, but I know I still got my basic point across, what I say afterward by my lonesome is quite slick with the perfect words and such. And I let myself believe that my original presentation was really that awesome. lol

Michael the Iconographer

17th May 2007, 08:23 AM

I believe I met you at the Clergy Brotherhood Icon show briefly, although I can't say I observed any quirks in that time period.
We did meet at the Icon Festival very briefly, and you probably didn't notice any quirks then. I guess I was on my best behavior! LOL!

Guineverelyndy

17th May 2007, 09:22 AM

Man, these are awesome! And I do far too many of these things as well....

Here are a couple more that I thought of:

*I can get ready for work in fifteen minutes (and usually do).
*I hate going to bed at night and I hate waking up in the morning.
*I have a habit (I think it's both good and bad) of taking my own ideas and theories and those of others and completely ripping them apart to figure out where they're weak. I will sit and do this for hours sometimes - just get kind of lost in it. I do it to my own ideas so often and I'm so used to it that I forget that it sometimes offends other people when I do it to theirs. :p
*I am usually very, very quiet when I meet people for the first time.
*I can't stand small talk. I think it's incredibly boring.

Sothron

17th May 2007, 11:03 AM

I need a fan on and blowing across my face in order to sleep. Even when it is winter or cold.

I never sleep with my feet outside the covers. Someone once grabbed my foot when I was a kid, either my dad or someone in the boy scouts, and pulled me out of the bed when I was asleep. Never have felt comfortable enough to leave my foot outside the covers since then.

I do not smile unless I make a point to do so. I was abused as a child and one of the things that would provoke a violent reaction from either parent was if they "caught me" smiling and they were in one of those violent moods. I used to smile a lot when I was a kid but that was slowly beaten (literally heh) out of me over the years. That's what emoticons are for though right? :)

I have to have doors locked if I am by myself or just at home. My parents would often storm into my room and abuse me with no warning and they disabled the locks in the house to keep me from locking the doors to keep them out. So now I have to have all doors locked.

I hahve to have windows closed and the drapes/curtains/blinds drawn down. My dad once when I was about seven was looking in at me through my bedroom window and thought I looked like I was "up to something" so came he in through the window and beat me. I remember I was doing something truly nefarious at the time: playing with my He-man action figures.

I am mildly paranoid in that I think people are "looking at me" and it makes me worry what they may be planning even though I know its a completely irrational feeling. If you think its from child abuse, well, cookie for you. :P

I have to sleep on my right side facing out towards a fan. This isn't because of abuse but just a natural leaning.

I don't like to wear clothes. I like to wear nothing but underwear, very comfy shorts and socks with no shirt if I can.

I'm probably mildly OD in that I have to have things a certain way when I'm eating or doing something stationary. I have to sit a certain way, have the drink sit here, have my fork there, have a napkin there, and other general small details that somehow become monumentally important if I can't quite get them the way I like.

Anatole

17th May 2007, 11:19 AM

Sothron- It's so sad to hear about your abuse as a child. It sounds like you still are very much haunted by this.
Are you getting some kind of counseling from your priest?

Sothron

17th May 2007, 11:29 AM

Someone here encouraged me to detail all of the things that happened to me but I don't feel comfortable doing that. For one thing it seems too "internet attention needy" (even though I know none of you would think that of me) and frankly some of the details are just not fit for public reading.

I have talked to two fathers of the church our mission came from but honestly its very hard to make real connections with them when I've never actually met one and the other can only come so often because of the travel needs put on him to minister several missions all over. They both have been very helpful, especially considering the first time I confided in anyone my abuse it was my old Methodist pastor who laughed at me and told my parents I was "making up stories" about them. After that series of beatings I never mentioned them to anyone until I was married.

The problem I have is trying to escape the survival mentality I was forced to adopt to try and avoid as much as possible the irrational stimuli that produced the abuse. My quirks, which I have more of but are more private and I won't mention them here, almost all come from a small child trying to understand why Christian parents would so arbitrarily abuse a good kid (modesty aside) who didn't actually do anything. I can't drop them and I'm afraid it would take some kind of therapist to try and overcome them.

I do not hate my parents I might add and we actually have a pretty good relationship at this point. They never talk about the abuse and indeed claim it never happened if I ever skim the issue with them. They want no forgiveness because they do not think they did anything wrong. So I forgive as much as I am capable of understanding and constantly pray to Blessed St. Patrick to pray for me to gain just some of the love and forgiveness he had with all those who enslaved and abused him. :crosseo:

Xpycoctomos

17th May 2007, 11:31 AM

*I can get ready for work in fifteen minutes (and usually do).
20 here... but usually 25.

*I hate going to bed at night and I hate waking up in the morning.

This is totally me.

*I have a habit (I think it's both good and bad) of taking my own ideas and theories and those of others and completely ripping them apart to figure out where they're weak. I will sit and do this for hours sometimes - just get kind of lost in it. I do it to my own ideas so often and I'm so used to it that I forget that it sometimes offends other people when I do it to theirs. :p
I think that's a great quirk.. but as you say, it's good to have tact when using it on others. :)

*I can't stand small talk. I think it's incredibly boring.
I can stand it, but I agree that it is immensly awkward especially when you think of "Why?" and the reason behind it is not as obvious as why we migt debate (to prove a point) or compliment someone (so they feel good about themselves) or ask questions (because you really want to know). Something that has helped me not hate it as much as it that small talk, I think, is our cultural way of simply saying, "Hey, I see you're a person and I respect you as a fellow human being to the point taht I am willing to take some time out of my day (even if it's a few seconds) to say "I acknowledge your existence." It's that... and the fact that a lot of us hate that awkward dead silence in the elevator and so many prefer to exchange awkward silence with awkward small talk. lol

Xpycoctomos

17th May 2007, 11:37 AM

BabyLutheran

17th May 2007, 11:45 AM

In the summer, I like to sleep without covers, but I always have to have a small piece of the sheet over my body, like a little corner across my midsection!

I almost always need the bathroom fan on in order to get to sleep because I am such a light sleeper.

I am a slob, but only to a point, then I become upset with the mess and clean it up completely

I have become hooked on coffee like DonVa. I drink about a half gallon a day. The funny thing is, I sleep a lot better now than I did before I became a coffee addict.

I can't go medium on anything, I am either totally hot on a new hobby, or I burn out on it and never do it again.

That is why my wife thinks I am just in my latest obsession phase with EO, and once it passes I will come to my senses and go back to being a Protestant again!

Sothron

17th May 2007, 12:00 PM

Man, I'm sorry about all that you've had to go to. It's sad to know that this is more frequent than I would like to believe.

I appreciate the thought. Trust me I wish I didn't have to go through that either. ;)

Michael the Iconographer

17th May 2007, 02:48 PM

Ok, here go just a few of my quirks:

I refuse to eat pasta of any shape or kind.
Even in summer I must have a light blanket on me to sleep, although I like to have my bare feet unconvered.
During Steelers games I have to be wearing some article of Steelers clothing.
My 8 foot icon painting table is always a total disaster.
French fries are just an excuse to eat bbq sauce for me.
Wings are an even bigger excuse for bbq sauce.
Any time a Billy Joel song comes on the radio, I must sing along.
I love to debate which romanesque paintings are icons and which are not when in an art museum.
When in art museums I look for paintings with dogs in them, and it is an added bonus if they have King Charles Spaniels in them. (There are more of such painting than you would think)
I love Star Wars, almost too much.
I am writing an icon of St. Oliver d'Ancone, an Benedictine Monk who was canonized just in time to make it licit for me to write his icon. (think about the names of my dogs)
I refer to Beethoven as "The Great Ludwig Van."
I do a very funny looking dance every time the Steelers score a touchdown.
When I get very excited, I tend to speak in German.
I hate folding laundry and tend to let 5 or 6 loads build up before I give in and fold them.
I am a far right conservative, yet almost half my friends are flaming liberals.
Ok, enough dirt about me.

EmperorConstantine

17th May 2007, 03:40 PM

I have an odd history.

I don't trust people easily (got stabbed in the back in 2nd and 3rd grades).

I consider myself a Democrat with Socialist leanings, yet can sometimes "motivate" people to work hard.

I'm in high school ROTC and this next year I will be promoted for the... fourth time.

SeraphimSarov

17th May 2007, 05:02 PM

I refuse to eat pasta of any shape or kind.

!!!

:mad::mad::mad:

Michael the Iconographer

17th May 2007, 05:23 PM

One that just drives my parents nuts, I love Karo Dark Corn Syrup on my pancakes and waffles!

Dust and Ashes

17th May 2007, 05:59 PM

One that just drives my parents nuts, I love Karo Dark Corn Syrup on my pancakes and waffles!

Growing up, one of my all time favorites for breakfast was to take a dollop of butter, cover it with Golden Eagle brand syrup and mix it well with a fork, then sop it up with hot, fluffy, homemade biscuit. :yum: :yum: :yum:

I also like "soakbread" which is just a biscuit soaked in a cup of coffee.

Michael the Iconographer

17th May 2007, 06:05 PM

Dust and Ashes

17th May 2007, 06:06 PM

Yuck!

But wait, I haven't even given you Mawmaw's chit'lin' recipe yet!

Greg the byzantine

17th May 2007, 06:09 PM

Growing up, one of my all time favorites for breakfast was to take a dollop of butter, cover it with Golden Eagle brand syrup and mix it well with a fork, then sop it up with hot, fluffy, homemade biscuit. :yum: :yum: :yum:

I also like "soakbread" which is just a biscuit soaked in a cup of coffee.

:yum: That sounds delicious.

Sometimes when I want something quick for breakfast I will toast a piece of white bread and spread some butter on it then pour Aunt Jemima Pancake Syrup all over it.

I sense this might turn into yet another food thread ;)

Komnenos

17th May 2007, 06:12 PM

No ! youre missing the greatest food sensation ever! French fries with lemon juice and oregano sprinkled on them!

SeraphimSarov

17th May 2007, 06:14 PM

I have to remember to try that. That sounds good.

Komnenos

17th May 2007, 06:17 PM

I have to remember to try that. That sounds good.
Good? IS OUTRAGE! There SPECTACULAR! :D

SeraphimSarov

17th May 2007, 06:18 PM

I can hardly make that claim without having tasted it, can I? :P

IS MORE OUTRAGE!

Greg the byzantine

17th May 2007, 06:30 PM

No ! youre missing the greatest food sensation ever! French fries with lemon juice and oregano sprinkled on them!

:yum: Delicious.

I stand by th fact that Olive Oil, lemons, garlic, and Oregano can make anything taste Amazing.

Anatole

17th May 2007, 06:40 PM

Guys go to favorites list, remember this thread is about quirks! You've all let your hungry stomaches take over another thread! LOL

SeraphimSarov

17th May 2007, 06:49 PM

My fiancee complains that one of my quirks is that everything goes back to food... :)

Michael the Iconographer

17th May 2007, 07:14 PM

Guys go to favorites list, remember this thread is about quirks! You've all let your hungry stomaches take over another thread! LOL
You haven't been arround long enough to notice that we (especially me) have the ability to totally derail any thread we want and turn it into something totally different than what it started off being! :D We have can take a thread about classical theology and have it wind up being a thread about classic rock! :P

Anatole

17th May 2007, 07:18 PM

You haven't been arround long enough to notice that we (especially me) have the ability to totally derail any thread we want and turn it into something totally different than what it started off being! :D We have can take a thread about classical theology and have it wind up being a thread about classic rock! :P
I see that!!!

Michael the Iconographer

17th May 2007, 07:24 PM

I see that!!!
It is a skill that I am quite proud of, and one of my biggest quirks! :D

BTW, would it surprise you to know that while I was still in Ohio the deacon's wife was constantly correcting me for talking to the woman who will be building my icon website during Divine Liturgy?

Anatole

17th May 2007, 07:30 PM

It is a skill that I am quite proud of, and one of my biggest quirks! :D

BTW, would it surprise you to know that while I was still in Ohio the deacon's wife was constantly correcting me for talking to the woman who will be building my icon website during Divine Liturgy?
No, that really doesn't surprise me!

Michael the Iconographer

17th May 2007, 07:33 PM

No, that really doesn't surprise me!
I always say "thee" instead of you during liturgy and once during liturgy she turns to me and says to me "it is not 1620!" LOL! :D

Anatole

17th May 2007, 07:46 PM

I always say "thee" instead of you during liturgy and once during liturgy she turns to me and says to me "it is not 1620!" LOL! :D
LOL!!!

Komnenos

17th May 2007, 08:42 PM

'I stand by the fact that Garlic,lemons and Oregano can make anything taste delicious"
Bravo Gregorio mou! :D Another quirk is never finishing ALL of my food. even if their is a little bite left I won't be able to finish it!

Thekla

17th May 2007, 11:29 PM

This is hard ... I am a bundle of quirks !

Feet out from covers

read too many books at once, find them "too exciting", need to finish some

too much coffee (sleep deprived for 21 yrs. as of March 07 :))

sometimes run off when our kids misbehave (so they won't hear me laugh)

raised in a family where quirks were "accepted"

fail to eat breakfast, then wonder why I'm tired ...

no reception on tv

procrastinate ... or the opposite

hate computers, use them

get nervous when we run low on olive oil

racer

18th May 2007, 08:09 AM

How much time to you all have? LOL! I guess probably many of my quirks are obvious just by how I present myself here. But, my two most notable quirks (to me that is) are 1) I like to sound out words backwards, not outloud but in my head as I drive down the highway, watch TV, etc . . . . don't know why. Second, I leave partially empty (or full, depending on whether your a pessimist or optimist) Dr. Pepper cans sitting everywhere!

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 08:33 AM

I tend to call my parents and friends when it is convenient for me to call them, and that is sometimes at rather strange hours.

Ioan cel Nou

18th May 2007, 08:48 AM

I always say "thee" instead of you during liturgy and once during liturgy she turns to me and says to me "it is not 1620!" LOL! :D
Oh, she should come to Barnsley! We still have thee etc. now, though I only use them occasionally. An example would be a common local way of saying goodbye/See you later, which is 'Si-thee' (Short 'i' on 'see', 'thee' instead of 'you', and run together so it sounds like one word. I wonder what the Liturgy would sound like rendered in a Barnsley accent?

One of my quirks is my switching accents for dramatic effect, so for instance I'll imitate a Romanian accent when expressing good natured annoyance with my children (from my wife), and say something like 'Ah keel yu!', and even sometimes slip into thick Moldovan peasant phrases, though those are actually in Romanian (ma2000 would probably know the sort of thing I mean) when my brother does something particularly stupid I'll use Barnsley 'Ee, tha's got bree-ans, lad', comedy Gestapo-German accents aren't unusual either. Depends on the mood. Most of the time, I pretty much speak standard english with just a twang of the Arctic Monkeys about it, though.

James

Guineverelyndy

18th May 2007, 09:03 AM

These are great!

I also leave empty/half-empty cans of soft drinks all around.
While in college, my housemates and I had 22 different accents that we would speak to each other in. I don't do it anymore because there's no one around to get the joke. :(

Thekla, I love this one: "get nervous when we run low on olive oil". LOL!

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 09:06 AM

comedy Gestapo-German accents

I would love to hear that! Is it based on Hogan's Heros?

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 09:08 AM

Thekla, it is a quirk for me to always have my feet out of covers in the summer?

Ioan cel Nou

18th May 2007, 09:16 AM

I would love to hear that! Is it based on Hogan's Heros?
No, more an exaggeration of my mother's accent via Herr Flick from 'Allo, 'Allo.

Come to think of it, it's not uncommon to find Moravian accented German (Taitschland, for instance, as my great-grandfather would have said for Deutschland), slavic accents (I'm particularly fond of referring to the cat as 'ze kyet') in general, and a rather over the top French (inspired by my cousins) being used as the mood takes me, either.

One thing I can say for the nigh on incomprehensible accent of my home town (Barnsley) - it did make for a much easier time with Shakespeare than many of my classmates had!

James

Anatole

18th May 2007, 09:16 AM

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 09:20 AM

No, more an exaggeration of my mother's accent via Herr Flick from 'Allo, 'Allo.

Come to think of it, it's not uncommon to find Moravian accented German (Taitschland, for instance, as my great-grandfather would have said for Deutschland), slavic accents (I'm particularly fond of referring to the cat as 'ze kyet') in general, and a rather over the top French (inspired by my cousins) being used as the mood takes me, either.

One thing I can say for the nigh on incomprehensible accent of my home town (Barnsley) - it did make for a much easier time with Shakespeare than many of my classmates had!

James
The last time I went to Germany when I came back I had a german accent and a number of americans asked me if I was German. Nicht! :D

EmperorConstantine

18th May 2007, 09:24 AM

One of my quirks is my switching accents for dramatic effect, so for instance I'll imitate a Romanian accent when expressing good natured annoyance with my children (from my wife), and say something like 'Ah keel yu!', and even sometimes slip into thick Moldovan peasant phrases, though those are actually in Romanian (ma2000 would probably know the sort of thing I mean) when my brother does something particularly stupid I'll use Barnsley 'Ee, tha's got bree-ans, lad', comedy Gestapo-German accents aren't unusual either. Depends on the mood.
I also do that!

Sometimes I'll do an old lady English accent or a Scottish accent. If telling a story that needs a Fr. Vasily like comment, I'll do the Romanian babushka accent.

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 09:26 AM

Fr. Vasily!!!!! :bow: :bow: :bow:

EmperorConstantine

18th May 2007, 09:31 AM

Fr. Vasily!!!!! :bow: :bow: :bow:
Sometimes I can't help but wonder: if Fr. Vasily was a real person and visited the US with Patriarch Alexi II, who would have the longer line for receiving a blessing? :D

Ioan cel Nou

18th May 2007, 09:31 AM

The last time I went to Germany when I came back I had a german accent and a number of americans asked me if I was German. Nicht! :D
Where'd you go? One time I came back from visiting my mother's friend in Hessen and on my return got told off by my mother for using 'gell'. 'Proper' (i.e. north, in my mother's view) German would have 'nee'. As in 'Schmeckt's gut, nee?' Do you know 'gell' at all? I think to my mother it was about as bad as if I'd come home saying y'all in English. (Although personally, I'd find a Berlin style 'Ik bin yeyongen', much worse).

James

Xpycoctomos

18th May 2007, 09:35 AM

Where'd you go? One time I came back from visiting my mother's friend in Hessen and on my return got told off by my mother for using 'gell'. 'Proper' (i.e. north, in my mother's view) German would have 'nee'. As in 'Schmeckt's gut, nee?' Do you know 'gell' at all? I think to my mother it was about as bad as if I'd come home saying y'all in English. (Although personally, I'd find a Berlin style 'Ik bin yeyongen', much worse).

James
I visited a stayed witha friend in Wanfried, Hessen. Probably never heard of it since it is VERY small. It is RIGHT on the old border and it was really interesting to see that. Anyway, I loved Germany. The culture, the people, the geography. it's my peeps, what can I say!

Ioan cel Nou

18th May 2007, 09:41 AM

I visited a stayed witha friend in Wanfried, Hessen. Probably never heard of it since it is VERY small. It is RIGHT on the old border and it was really interesting to see that. Anyway, I loved Germany. The culture, the people, the geography. it's my peeps, what can I say!
I don't know Wanfried. The places I know are Bad Nauheim, Hanau, and Frankfurt (and I also went to quite a lot of other places nearby whose names I forget). Strangely, for someone of Saxon/Sudetenlander stock, I haven't been to Niedersachsen since I was three or the Sudetenland ever, but I have been to Hessen, Bavaria and Schwaben on more than one occasion.

James

Theophorus

18th May 2007, 10:48 AM

I also sleep with a fan.
I stand when I eat.
I am anti-knick knack.
I prefer analog to digital with just about everything except television and the internet.

I despise plastic.

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 11:56 AM

Why analog over digital?

Theophorus

18th May 2007, 12:34 PM

Why analog over digital?

It's more natural. With digital, music, photography etc, something always gets lost in translation. Plus digital encourages a certain type of creative process that is different than the analog approach...

Don't get me started... it's all quite esoteric and..um..

well...quirky. :)

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 10:52 PM

It's more natural. With digital, music, photography etc, something always gets lost in translation. Plus digital encourages a certain type of creative process that is different than the analog approach...

Don't get me started... it's all quite esoteric and..um..

well...quirky. :)
I do like film pictures over digital pictures.

Thekla

18th May 2007, 11:28 PM

I prefer analog to digital with just about everything except television and the internet.

I despise plastic.

Me too !

The other day, we listened to a cassette tape I made from a record 25
years ago ... no comparison for "rich" sound !

My husband used to give me gift subscriptions to "8 Track Mind"
for my birthday :)

Thekla

18th May 2007, 11:37 PM

I also leave empty/half-empty cans of soft drinks all around.

Me, except its coffee cups ... :)

Thekla

18th May 2007, 11:38 PM

Thekla, it is a quirk for me to always have my feet out of covers in the summer?

Not to me its not !!! ^_^

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 11:40 PM

Not to me its not !!! ^_^
:D

EmperorConstantine

18th May 2007, 11:40 PM

I think records should be resurrected (usage wise)

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 11:40 PM

Inspite of the fact that I have great controll over my hands when doing art and woodwork, I can be clumsy at times.

Thekla

18th May 2007, 11:45 PM

Inspite of the fact that I have great controll over my hands when doing art and woodwork, I can be clumsy at times.

That just means you're an artist !

Theophorus

18th May 2007, 11:48 PM

I do like film pictures over digital pictures.

Yes, and processing film or taking a picture is thought out differently than planning for manipulation in photoshop. Film actually captures light, or at least its effects; digital just "recreates" the effects.

Me too !

The other day, we listened to a cassette tape I made from a record 25
years ago ... no comparison for "rich" sound !

My husband used to give me gift subscriptions to "8 Track Mind"
for my birthday :)

Digital music sounds lean and hollow to me.

8 tracks rock.

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 11:49 PM

That just means you're an artist !
How is that? Are most artists that way?

Michael the Iconographer

18th May 2007, 11:50 PM

While I can see the beauty of film photography over digital (even though there is a place for digital photography), there is NO WAY I am going to get all nostalgic over LP's, 45's and cassette tapes.

Thekla

18th May 2007, 11:55 PM

How is that? Are most artists that way?

Actually, some that I've known -- yes...

But really, I think its about pulling everything together to realize a task ... and that's a gift ...

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:01 AM

Actually, some that I've known -- yes...

But really, I think its about pulling everything together to realize a task ... and that's a gift ...
Sometimes I wonder if being an artist is a gift or a thorn in my side?

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:03 AM

8 tracks rock.

We have an old brand new player waiting to be installed in a car
(for 12 years) ....

Fave 8-track in my tiny collection: an Iggy Pop bootleg tape with Willie Nelson recorded over it :D

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:05 AM

Sometimes I wonder if being an artist is a gift or a thorn in my side?

My opinion, its both. Anything with value is like that. But its also a way of seeing the world that is lovely !

Theophorus

19th May 2007, 12:07 AM

While I can see the beauty of film photography over digital (even though there is a place for digital photography), there is NO WAY I am going to get all nostalgic over LP's, 45's and cassette tapes.

Maybe you should hear an LP on one of these.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t99/chopin139/lp2.jpg

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t99/chopin139/lp1.jpg

Theophorus

19th May 2007, 12:09 AM

We have an old brand new player waiting to be installed in a car
(for 12 years) ....

Fave 8-track in my tiny collection: an Iggy Pop bootleg tape with Willie Nelson recorded over it :D

Drool...

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:10 AM

My opinion, its both. Anything with value is like that. But its also a way of seeing the world that is lovely !
There is a definite price to be paid for being an artist. Very few people alive understand us.

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:11 AM

Okay, Theophorus -- what IS that ?

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:13 AM

There is a definite price to be paid for being an artist. Very few people alive understand us.

... it can make life quieter ...

Theophorus

19th May 2007, 12:13 AM

Okay, Theophorus -- what IS that ?

A record player. :D

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:14 AM

Who needs needles skipping records and cassette tapes needing to be rewound?

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:15 AM

... it can make life quieter ...
If you choose to let it, yes.

Theophorus

19th May 2007, 12:16 AM

Look at the base and platter on thse suckers, there is no skipping
rewinding a tape is a small price to pay.

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:17 AM

A record player. :D

^_^

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:18 AM

Who needs needles skipping records and cassette tapes needing to be rewound?

Thats what 8 tracks are for !

Theophorus

19th May 2007, 12:19 AM

Thats what 8 tracks are for !

:clap:

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:21 AM

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:24 AM

I am sorry all, but I love having my entire music library stored in my ZUNE MP3 player for me to flip through and play while driving. It makes driving so much easier, and makes it so much easier for me to find the music I am searching for.

Oh my -- I'm afraid thats way over my head -- but I can appreciate not having to search for buttons while driving !

Theophorus

19th May 2007, 12:25 AM

I am sorry all, but I love having my entire music library stored in my ZUNE MP3 player for me to flip through and play while driving. It makes driving so much easier, and makes it so much easier for me to find the music I am searching for.

You sacrifice true nirvana for convenience..

(I warned you that it was truly quirky ;))

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:27 AM

If you choose to let it, yes.

We used to have a bookstore ... the sort of books we carried kind of
"pre-selected" the people who walked in the door.

Those were rather cozy years for us

Theophorus

19th May 2007, 12:27 AM

Oh my -- I'm afraid thats way over my head -- but I can appreciate not having to search for buttons while driving !

Speaking of analog over digital, I'll take a knob, switch or a dial any day over a button...

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:29 AM

Oh my -- I'm afraid thats way over my head -- but I can appreciate not having to search for buttons while driving !
I appreciate not having to fumble through my cd collection while driving!

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:29 AM

We used to have a bookstore ... the sort of books we carried kind of
"pre-selected" the people who walked in the door.

Those were rather cozy years for us
What kind of books did you sell?

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:38 AM

What kind of books did you sell?

mostly small presses, lots of literature, art and film books

alot of those publishers are gone

most of our customers were "serious readers", some artists too ...

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 12:41 AM

mostly small presses, lots of literature, art and film books

alot of those publishers are gone

most of our customers were "serious readers", some artists too ...
I am a very serious reader. There are two books that are very challenging for me to read which I am slowly working my way through. I am also reading the life of Sir William Wallace.

Thekla

19th May 2007, 12:45 AM

I am a very serious reader. There are two books that are very challenging for me to read which I am slowly working my way through. I am also reading the life of Sir William Wallace.

You coulda been a custumer .:)

Same -- I like books that make me work a bit.

My son really likes Scottish history !! if its the same Wallace ...

Michael the Iconographer

19th May 2007, 05:48 AM

You coulda been a custumer .:)

Same -- I like books that make me work a bit.

My son really likes Scottish history !! if its the same Wallace ...
Of course it is the same William Wallace! I just got done with a life of King Robert the Bruce which was very informative, but it spun him in a very positive light and there are plenty who saw him as being a tad cowardly prior to Wallace's actions which finally spurred Bruce into action.

racer

20th May 2007, 09:44 PM

Thekla, it is a quirk for me to always have my feet out of covers in the summer?
Hey, I do that too . . . . . :eek:

racer

20th May 2007, 09:45 PM

I always have to have a fan on in the room when I sleep (and not a quite fan), I need the noise, I can't sleep if it's quite. I also can't sleep if it's blowing on me, so I have to aim it away from me.
:doh: Me, too, again . . . . :sorry: Winter or summer, 'cept I have to have the fan blowing on me! But, it is mostly for the noise.

racer

20th May 2007, 09:47 PM

I don't know Wanfried. The places I know are Bad Nauheim, Hanau, and Frankfurt (and I also went to quite a lot of other places nearby whose names I forget). Strangely, for someone of Saxon/Sudetenlander stock, I haven't been to Niedersachsen since I was three or the Sudetenland ever, but I have been to Hessen, Bavaria and Schwaben on more than one occasion.

James
Well, my brother did a tour in the Army in Augsburg, Germany. The most common phrase he used on me was dum kauf! (sp?) And, yes he did finally tell me what it meant. :o

racer

20th May 2007, 09:50 PM

That just means you're an artist !Any Andy Griffith fans here? Do you remember the episode where Barney's cousin comes to town and he is so clumsy he breaks everything and Andy just gets so disgusted with him. Then he finds out that the boy can whittle (wood of course) amazingly well?

racer

20th May 2007, 09:51 PM

While I can see the beauty of film photography over digital (even though there is a place for digital photography), there is NO WAY I am going to get all nostalgic over LP's, 45's and cassette tapes.
I love the black and white movies that are so old, they crackle . . . .:)

Michael the Iconographer

20th May 2007, 09:54 PM

I love the black and white movies that a so old, they crackle . . . .:)
Not me. I don't like LP's and 45's that crackle when you play them. I want clean, clear sound. I do like film photographs, but that is a different story.

racer

20th May 2007, 09:56 PM

Not me. I don't like LP's and 45's that crackle when you play them. I want clean, clear sound. I do like film photographs, but that is a different story.Well, then I guess you can go for the what are they called, remastered DVDs of the classics? I've still come across a few of those that crackle.

However, when it comes to my music, I like it clear and crisp. I like to be able to hear the words, even though sometimes that's still a chore.

Michael the Iconographer

20th May 2007, 10:04 PM

Well, then I guess you can go for the what are they called, remastered DVDs of the classics? I've still come across a few of those that crackle.

However, when it comes to my music, I like it clear and crisp. I like to be able to hear the words, even though sometimes that's still a chore.
Is The Empire Strikes Back considered a classic?

racer

20th May 2007, 10:12 PM

Is The Empire Strikes Back considered a classic?
LOL! I'm not sure if it is, yet. But, I would venture to guess that it will be someday. However, I'm pretty sure that ET is a classic.

But, I was more referring the some slightly older classis, um, like the original War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Day Mars Invaded the Earth, etc . . . . :sorry: :o

Um, I guess that's another on of my quirks, when I talk about loving classic movies, I usually mean the very cheesey sci-fi/horror movies. Ever hear of the Day of the Triffids?

Michael the Iconographer

20th May 2007, 10:25 PM

LOL! I'm not sure if it is, yet. But, I would venture to guess that it will be someday. However, I'm pretty sure that ET is a classic.

But, I was more referring the some slightly older classis, um, like the original War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Day Mars Invaded the Earth, etc . . . . :sorry: :o

Um, I guess that's another on of my quirks, when I talk about loving classic movies, I usually mean the very cheesey sci-fi/horror movies. Ever hear of the Day of the Triffids?
If ET is a classic, then the Empire Strikes Back is a classic. The Empire Strikes Back set the bar for all special effects. It totally changed the state of the art and it was a far better story than ET!

racer

20th May 2007, 10:27 PM

If ET is a classic, then the Empire Strikes Back is a classic. The Empire Strikes Back set the bar for all special effects. It totally changed the state of the art and it was a far better story than ET!
Well, I guess that will depend on who is defining classics . . . but, I certainly won't argue with you. :angel: I can tell this is something you are quite passionate about . . . . . ;) :thumbsup: ;) :thumbsup: (JK, BTW)

Michael the Iconographer

20th May 2007, 10:32 PM

Well, I guess that will depend on who is defining classics . . . but, I certainly won't argue with you. :angel: I can tell this is something you are quite passionate about . . . . . ;) :thumbsup: ;) :thumbsup: (JK, BTW)
It is the best of the Star Wars trilogies, and a far better movie than ET! LOL!

racer

20th May 2007, 10:39 PM

It is the best of the Star Wars trilogies, and a far better movie than ET! LOL!
Okay, okay. I have a confession. I watched the very first Star Wars . . . um . . . three times at one theater in one night, and fell madly in love with Luke Skywalker. However, to this day, I haven't watched a-single-nother Star Wars movie.

But, to improve you mood and affirm you claim here's a link that clearly considers the Star Wars movies classics:

http://www.sandcastlevi.com/movies/sf-1970s.htm

Of course, it mentions a few others that are more to my liking. Ever watch Westworld?

racer

20th May 2007, 10:41 PM

Okay, okay. I have a confession. I watched the very first Star Wars . . . um . . . three times at one theater in one night, and fell madly in love with Luke Skywalker. However, to this day, I haven't watched a-single-nother Star Wars movie.

But, to improve you mood and affirm you claim here's a link that clearly considers the Star Wars movies classics:

http://www.sandcastlevi.com/movies/sf-1970s.htm

Of course, it mentions a few others that are more to my liking. Ever watch Westworld?
Should I be embarrased to say that I've seen all of those movies on that page with the exception of the Star Wars sequels and prequels? :scratch: :sorry:

Theophorus

20th May 2007, 11:17 PM

Should I be embarrased to say that I've seen all of those movies on that page with the exception of the Star Wars sequels and prequels? :scratch: :sorry:

Well maybe, since I have seen them too. So which was your favorite on that page?

And speaking of black and white films, how about Dr. Strangelove?

racer

21st May 2007, 08:48 AM

Well maybe, since I have seen them too. So which was your favorite on that page?

And speaking of black and white films, how about Dr. Strangelove?
It's close between Westworld and Logan's run!

Theophorus

21st May 2007, 10:41 AM

It's close between Westworld and Logan's run!

Westworld and Silent Running for me.

Theophorus

21st May 2007, 10:47 AM

It's close between Westworld and Logan's run!

Westworld and Silent Running for me.

Komnenos

21st May 2007, 12:14 PM

Guns of Navaronne :D

Michael the Iconographer

21st May 2007, 05:46 PM

I photograph all of my icons on slides for use in enterring them into competitions, exhibits, etc.

DavidBryan

22nd May 2007, 01:31 AM

Xpycoctomos -- you and I are alike in several ways, then! Along with teaching Spanish, I'm known to forget a name or two, too...one of my best students is named Precious. Been calling her that all year, no problem, but the past couple of weeks have caught me wanting to call her PATIENCE! :confused:

Anyways, other stuff--

I crack knuckles and twirl parts of my goatee when I'm nervous or absentminded. Ditto popping my nose (grosses wifey out).

Making LOOOOONG prefaces to the main point of something I'm saying. Anyone who has read my longer posts on my blog will get that; I tend to talk the way I write...or vice versa...whatever...I need to learn to answer "yes" or "no" or "whatever the direct answer to your question is" FIRST, THEN elaborate on that IF the situation calls for it.

I've inherited my mother's (in)famous four-hour sleep cycle...that's just all I need. 'S'all she's ever needed.

YAY FOR ACCENTS! My kids (as in, my students) ask me to speak Spanish with British, Scottish, Indian (as in dots, not feathers), Gringo American, and, yes, even Ebonics accents. Knew all those years in theater would be good for something.

I sometimes get so caught up in daydreams (usually disturbing ones, in this case), that my face expresses whatever disturbed emotion I'm experiencing. My wife lets me know she sees it ("You look mad again. Whatcha thinkin' 'bout?").

I eat to stay awake.

Michael the Iconographer

22nd May 2007, 05:08 AM

I let laundry build up until it becomes critical for me to wash it.

racer

22nd May 2007, 07:24 AM

Guns of Navaronne :D
Sorry, but I don't think that one was on this particular list . . . . . :sorry:

Dust and Ashes

22nd May 2007, 07:34 AM

Breaking Babylon

22nd May 2007, 08:43 AM

Like a lot of others here, I don't like to sleep with my feet out of the covers.
I have to have the fan on or I can't sleep, mostly because I have to have some kind of noise.
I also need SOME kind of light. But not too much light. As long as it isn't pitch black.
I don't like to leave the house without a hat on.
I love scents. I randomly buy cologne and body spray.
If I see a mirror I have to look in it.
If I'm excruciatingly bored, I'll just go to sleep for awhile.
I love to sleep. Mostly because I tend to wake up at least 3 times a night.
I try to find a deeper meaning behind most things.
That thing with David about facial expressions reflecting daydreams? I do the exact same thing all the time.
I was never good with keeping money until recently.
I'd normally rather listen than talk.
People tell me I'm an 'old soul'. It's easy for me to make friends with people older than I am, and hard to with people younger.
I like to 'sauce things up'. I don't eat many things without adding some type of condiment to it. I think ketchup with mac and cheese, brown beans, eggs, and other various foods is really good.
I'm very introverted.

I'm sure I'll think more up later.

Philothei

22nd May 2007, 09:50 AM

I let laundry build up until it becomes critical for me to wash it.
I am one of those sometimes too ....lol... or I need to have someone to do laundry with...

it is so boring really ...
Philothei

Matrona

22nd May 2007, 09:53 AM

I use fabric softener AND dryer sheets. What can I say, I love fluffy things. :)

Anatole

22nd May 2007, 10:01 AM

I use fabric softener AND dryer sheets. What can I say, I love fluffy things. :)
I use a lot of fabric softener too! One time my sister in law stayed at our house and in the morning she was on our couch sleeping. Come to find out, she is allergic to fabric softener and the sheets had so much in it that she was breaking out in a rash. I felt so bad, but she didn't tell me beforehand!!!

Xpycoctomos

22nd May 2007, 10:36 AM

Making LOOOOONG prefaces to the main point of something I'm saying. Anyone who has read my longer posts on my blog will get that; I tend to talk the way I write...or vice versa...whatever...I need to learn to answer "yes" or "no" or "whatever the direct answer to your question is" FIRST, THEN elaborate on that IF the situation calls for it.

This is me totally... completely... in every way. wow. I was actually thinking last night that my goal here should be to get to the point and write shorter posts.

LOL... and I just wrote this to agree with you!

John

Michael the Iconographer

22nd May 2007, 07:24 PM

I am one of those sometimes too ....lol... or I need to have someone to do laundry with...

it is so boring really ...
Philothei
I either have to have a good movie in to fold laundry, or have good music on my radio.

Guineverelyndy

23rd May 2007, 03:24 PM

Man, this thread got loooong since I checked it last! I guess I have some catching up to do. :)

I thought of some more of mine:

I'm really bad at remembering birthdays other than those of family members and whoever I'm dating.
I don't get scared very easily, but tornadoes freak me out entirely.
I never make my bed. What's the point?
I usually hide the things I am good at from people until I know them pretty well.

racer

23rd May 2007, 03:28 PM

I let laundry build up until it becomes critical for me to wash it.
I just let laundry build up . . . :sorry:

racer

23rd May 2007, 03:35 PM

Man, this thread got loooong since I checked it last! I guess I have some catching up to do. :)

I thought of some more of mine:

I don't get scared very easily, but tornadoes freak me out entirely.

Well, try living in tornado alley? Actually, where I live in Oklahoma is called "Tornado Alley," because precisely six (6) point something-or-other miles strait north of main street in our iddy-biddy town is the exact center of Oklahoma. Interestingly, the Native Americans have always said that our town, Paden, OK. (history note: our town is name after US Marshall Paden Tolbert. Ever see the Kevin Cosner movie Silverado?)won't ever be hit by a tornado because it is situated between two rivers. Deep Fork River and the North Canadian River. So far, we haven't been hit directly, yet the town west of us has. This kind of puzzles me, because I believe it is situated between the same two rivers that Paden is?

BTW, another quirk of mine is that I sometimes ramble on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on . . . . . :o
I never make my bed. What's the point?
I agree.

Guineverelyndy

23rd May 2007, 03:44 PM

Well, try living in tornado alley? Actually, where I live in Oklahoma is called "Tornado Alley," because precisely six (6) point something-or-other miles strait north of main street in our iddy-biddy town is the exact center of Oklahoma. Interestingly, the Native Americans have always said that our town, Paden, OK. (history note: our town is name after US Marshall Paden Tolbert. Ever see the Kevin Cosner movie Silverado?)won't ever be hit by a tornado because it is situated between two rivers. Deep Fork River and the North Canadian River. So far, we haven't been hit directly, yet the town west of us has. This kind of puzzles me, because I believe it is situated between the same two rivers that Paden is?

BTW, another quirk of mine is that I sometimes ramble on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on . . . . . :o

I agree.
Hey, I love Silverado! I've seen that movie dozens of times.

For the record, the reason why I'm so scared of Tornadoes is because I got hit by one. So, I will never, ever EVER be moving to Tornado alley. :)

Laundry is such a disappointing chore to me. I always feel this tremendous sense of accomplishment that I actually WASHED my clothes, and then I realize that I'm supposed to FOLD them too? Again, what's the point? Where's the justice!

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 05:46 PM

I just let laundry build up . . . :sorry:
Eventually you are forced to do laundry and fold it, no?

racer

23rd May 2007, 06:35 PM

Eventually you are forced to do laundry and fold it, no?
Um . . . this isn't the thread where we are telling outrageous lies is it? :scratch: :o :sorry:

racer

23rd May 2007, 06:36 PM

Um . . . this isn't the thread where we are telling outrageous lies is it?
Ooooops . . . . :doh: that thread is in OBOB forum . . . . see ya later :wave:

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 06:38 PM

Um . . . this isn't the thread where we are telling outrageous lies is it? :scratch: :o :sorry:
LOL! That bad, eh?

racer

23rd May 2007, 06:46 PM

LOL! That bad, eh?
Okay, I will confess even though you guys would never really have to know certain things about me, but my name is Lisa, and I am an alcoho . . . .(ooops, wrong thread again :o ) I am a terrible housekeeper. I haven't always been this way, but one husband, three children and 24 years of marriage later . . . I quit.

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 06:53 PM

Okay, I will confess even though you guys would never really have to know certain things about me, but my name is Lisa, and I am an alcoho . . . .(ooops, wrong thread again :o ) I am a terrible housekeeper. I haven't always been this way, but one husband, three children and 24 years of marriage later . . . I quit.
LOL! My x wife never did my laundry for me or folded it for me.

racer

23rd May 2007, 06:55 PM

LOL! My x wife never did my laundry for me or folded it for me.
That's just not right . . . . sometimes I wash my husband's clothes . . . right before he puts them on. ;)

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 06:59 PM

That's just not right . . . . sometimes I wash my husband's clothes . . . right before he puts them on. ;)
She refused to do that, refused to do alot of things and yet at the same time insisted yard work was a mans work. In the end I got tired of it all, along with a few other stunts she would pull.

racer

23rd May 2007, 07:03 PM

She refused to do that, refused to do alot of things and yet at the same time insisted yard work was a mans work. In the end I got tired of it all, along with a few other stunts she would pull.
Well, I just don't know what to do with my daughter, two or three nights a week, I call her and I say, "What are you doing?" and she goes, "Oh, I'm doing laundry," or "I'm ironing." :doh: What's up with that? Who is teaching her these things? :swoon:

racer

23rd May 2007, 07:04 PM

In all seriousness, I am sorry to hear that your marriage was so bad for you! My husband and I have been married 24 years (this September) and we started dating when I was a sophomore in highschool. I just don't know what I'd do without him?

Khaleas

23rd May 2007, 07:15 PM

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 07:17 PM

But yard work is a man's job! :P
(I only do it when I'm alone and the man is off somewhere else).
If that is the case then I expect the dishes to be done, my laundry to be done and ironed and meals cooked atleast sometimes. The fact is the x had a huge double standard on things all based on her previous marriage, and that was completely unfair to me.

Anatole

23rd May 2007, 10:00 PM

That's just not right . . . . sometimes I wash my husband's clothes . . . right before he puts them on. ;)
I have to agree, I do the laundry for everyone in my family. My daughter knows how but chooses not to. My husband and my son wouldn't even know where to begin!!!

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 10:21 PM

I have to agree, I do the laundry for everyone in my family. My daughter knows how but chooses not to. My husband and my son wouldn't even know where to begin!!!
I have to know how to do laundry. I lived on my own from my senior year of HS through meeting my x-wife...

Anatole

23rd May 2007, 10:31 PM

I have to know how to do laundry. I lived on my own from my senior year of HS through meeting my x-wife...
Greg is going to live at home all 4 years of college, but I'd better teach him soon how to do a lot of stuff, because when he goes to seminary he won't have mommy there!

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 10:36 PM

Greg is going to live at home all 4 years of college, but I'd better teach him soon how to do a lot of stuff, because when he goes to seminary he won't have mommy there!
I actually learned to do laundry about sophomore year of HS when my sister ruined a pair of dress pants of mine by washing them in hot water and my mother refused to make my sister buy me a new pair so I refused to let anyone but me touch my wash from that point on.

Anatole

23rd May 2007, 10:48 PM

I actually learned to do laundry about sophomore year of HS when my sister ruined a pair of dress pants of mine by washing them in hot water and my mother refused to make my sister buy me a new pair so I refused to let anyone but me touch my wash from that point on.
That's a thought, maybe I'll have Kelsey do his laundry, she would more than likely mess something up!

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 10:50 PM

That's a thought, maybe I'll have Kelsey do his laundry, she would more than likely mess something up!
Just don't pin the idea on me!

Anatole

23rd May 2007, 10:51 PM

Just don't pin the idea on me!
O.K. I promise!

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 10:56 PM

O.K. I promise!
Yeah, I can just see it now, getting nastygrams from Greg saying that I was the mastermind behind the plan to get him to do his own laundry! LOL!

Anatole

23rd May 2007, 11:02 PM

Yeah, I can just see it now, getting nastygrams from Greg saying that I was the mastermind behind the plan to get him to do his own laundry! LOL!
LOL!!! You better hope he's never your priest!

Michael the Iconographer

23rd May 2007, 11:07 PM

LOL!!! You better hope he's never your priest!
I will make sure of that, so that I am not the subject of a sermon one day!

racer

24th May 2007, 07:19 AM

Well, all three of my chillens', including my son, and now my husband know how to do laundry!

Anatole

24th May 2007, 08:08 AM

Well, all three of my chillens', including my son, and now my husband know how to do laundry!
You are a wonderful role model for me!!!

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 04:59 PM

Well, all three of my chillens', including my son, and now my husband know how to do laundry!
That is different than my x-wife who refused to do my laundry for me, but also refused to help do yard work.

racer

24th May 2007, 05:02 PM

That is different than my x-wife who refused to do my laundry for me, but also refused to help do yard work.
Okay, I have a few questions:

1) Who is she?
2) Where does she live?
3) Is it within driving distance of central Oklahoma?
4) How tall is she?
5) How much does she weigh?
6) Can she fight?

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 05:13 PM

Okay, I have a few questions:

1) Who is she?
2) Where does she live?
3) Is it within driving distance of central Oklahoma?
4) How tall is she?
5) How much does she weigh?
6) Can she fight?
She is in Columbus, Ohio, a solid 4-5 hour drive from Pittsburgh. A safe distance away from me I feel. LOL!

racer

24th May 2007, 05:32 PM

She is in Columbus, Ohio, a solid 4-5 hour drive from Pittsburgh. A safe distance away from me I feel. LOL!
And . . . . it appears. She is a safe distance way from me . . . . oh, shuckydarn! :doh: :tutu:

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 05:35 PM

And . . . . it appears. She is a safe distance way from me . . . . oh, shuckydarn! :doh: :tutu:
Yes, darn, she deserves to be smacked for the stunts she pulled toward the end of our relationship.

racer

24th May 2007, 05:40 PM

Yes, darn, she deserves to be smacked for the stunts she pulled toward the end of our relationship.
Sometimes people just lose their minds and just go plain stupid!!! There's just no accounting for it. :confused:

Anatole

24th May 2007, 05:42 PM

Yes, darn, she deserves to be smacked for the stunts she pulled toward the end of our relationship.
I am curious to know what she did, but it sounds like it's a sore subject!

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 05:49 PM

I am curious to know what she did, but it sounds like it's a sore subject!

I can't discuss that in public. PM, sure, but not in public. Just let it be known that when an Orthodox priest tells you your marriage is toxic and to not be suprised if it ends and thus to prepare yourself for the distinct possibility of it, you know there is a really serious problem. And NO, I am not going to listen to any lectures from ANYONE on the sanctity of marriage. The healthiness of my soul is more important than a marriage.

racer

24th May 2007, 05:54 PM

I can't discuss that in public. PM, sure, but not in public. Just let it be known that when an Orthodox priest tells you your marriage is toxic and to not be suprised if it ends and thus to prepare yourself for the distinct possibility of it, you know there is a really serious problem. And NO, I am not going to listen to any lectures from ANYONE on the sanctity of marriage. The healthiness of my soul is more important than a marriage.
On a lighter note, your dogs are adorable! We have a male Maltese named Riley, a female Jack Russell (my grouchy little baby) named Mia, and a Black Lab "cur" mix named Pepper. My husband is totally devoted to all three of them. However, we've decided that we're cursed, because everytime we bring home a 4th dog, one of the "originals" dies tragically. We no longer tempt fate . . . . . :help:

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 05:57 PM

On a lighter note, your dogs are adorable! We have a male Maltese named Riley, a female Jack Russell (my grouchy little baby) named Mia, and a Black Lab "cur" mix named Pepper. My husband is totally devoted to all three of them. However, we've decided that we're cursed, because everytime we bring home a 4th dog, one of the "originals" dies tragically. We no longer tempt fate . . . . . :help:
MY dogs think they are the kings of my house. They have a theory "the divine right of michael's dogs to his dinner" theory. It is such a silly theory and there is no truth to it, but they are convinced it is true. Thus they bark and harass me until they get a small bite of what I am eating, and if I don't share with them they bark and harass me for upto an hour after I am done eating. The redhead (Oliver) is my best dog friend alive. I have had him since shortly after I left seminary. I am still not convinced that my gaurdian angel is not trapped in his body.

racer

24th May 2007, 06:01 PM

MY dogs think they are the kings of my house. They have a theory "the divine right of michael's dogs to his dinner" theory. It is such a silly theory and there is no truth to it, but they are convinced it is true. Thus they bark and harass me until they get a small bite of what I am eating, and if I don't share with them they bark and harass me for upto an hour after I am done eating. The redhead (Oliver) is my best dog friend alive. I have had him since shortly after I left seminary. I am still not convinced that my gaurdian angel is not trapped in his body.
Well. . . ahem. . . my dogs think I'm the Queen . . . . ;) (truth is, they worship my husband . . . and I wonder why he speaks sweeter to them than me . . . . :scratch: )

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 06:03 PM

They don't think I am king, I think they think I am the head dog or something like that! Esp the little one-who is at the right bottom of the picture in my sig-he follows me arround alot, as if I am his leader.

racer

24th May 2007, 06:05 PM

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 06:10 PM

My sister has a Yorkie. I babysat him for a week. :doh: She said he was a "lap" dog. I can handle a lap dog . . . you know, a dog that "lays quietly" in your lap and sleeps. However, apparently for her "lap dog" means a dog who sits in your lap and laps YOUR FACE ninety miles an hour non-stop.

Then . . . how do you get angry with an animal, one that doesn't even really know you, who loves you that much?

It was a loooonnngg week. :)
You have not a had a kiss from a dog until Oliver kisses you. His tongue hangs 4 inches out the left side of his mouth at all times. Needless to say his dog kisses are long and wet and sloppy and gross.

racer

24th May 2007, 06:18 PM

You have not a had a kiss from a dog until Oliver kisses you. His tongue hangs 4 inches out the left side of his mouth at all times. Needless to say his dog kisses are long and wet and sloppy and gross.
Uhkay . . . :sick: eeeeeeeewwwww . . . . . . I hope you keep your mouth closed . . . . . :help:

racer

24th May 2007, 06:22 PM

Uhkay . . . :sick: eeeeeeeewwwww . . . . . . I hope you keep your mouth closed . . . . . :help:
Actually, I've always heard that a dogs mouth is cleaner than a humans, do you know . . . . is that true or is it an urban legend . . . . . :scratch:

Anatole

24th May 2007, 06:29 PM

Actually, I've always heard that a dogs mouth is cleaner than a humans, do you know . . . . is that true or is it an urban legend . . . . . :scratch:
Not the dog next door to us, she eats her own poop!
Yuck!!!

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 06:48 PM

Not the dog next door to us, she eats her own poop!
Yuck!!!
I am glad I did not have food in my mouth when I read that!

Anatole

24th May 2007, 07:56 PM

I am glad I did not have food in my mouth when I read that!
It's really gross, but that one weekend that I had to watch the dog, it was real convenient because she always cleaned up her own mess in the yard. I couldn't get to it quick enough. She'd dump and eat.

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 08:14 PM

It's really gross, but that one weekend that I had to watch the dog, it was real convenient because she always cleaned up her own mess in the yard. I couldn't get to it quick enough. She'd dump and eat.
Tikhon once sniffed his own poop, but he never ate it! I am glad of that because the dog always likes to sneak kisses across my mouth whenever he can.

Vasya Davidovich

24th May 2007, 08:34 PM

This isn't about dogs or Mike's ex-wife ...

... I thought I'd respond to the OP.

While I sleep, I roll a lot, wrapping myself in my sheets. I end up swaddled, cocooned.

My wife tells me that I am terribly particular and methodical about everything I do, with few exceptions.

I need to have my back to a wall when I am sitting in a restaurant.

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 08:36 PM

Dust and Ashes

24th May 2007, 08:45 PM

I mix cereals. I like cheerios and cornflakes, bran flakes and honey bunches of oats, etc.

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 08:59 PM

I mix cereals. I like cheerios and cornflakes, bran flakes and honey bunches of oats, etc.
Where did you learn to do that?

SeraphimSarov

24th May 2007, 10:06 PM

I mix cereals. I like cheerios and cornflakes, bran flakes and honey bunches of oats, etc.
I do that too! It's a great way to break up the monotany and make it seem like your cereal supply is lasting longer! :)

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 10:13 PM

I do that too! It's a great way to break up the monotany and make it seem like your cereal supply is lasting longer! :)
You mean there is more than one person who does this?

SeraphimSarov

24th May 2007, 10:14 PM

Does this surprise you?

Michael the Iconographer

24th May 2007, 10:23 PM

Does this surprise you?
Not really, considering Chex Mix is a staple at most parties.

Vasya Davidovich

24th May 2007, 10:33 PM

LOL! What are the exceptions to your being terribly methodical and particular? Do tell! :D
She says, "You don't pick up your towel off the floor after a shower, and you leave shoes and socks everywhere."

There you go.

- Vasya.

SeraphimSarov

24th May 2007, 11:56 PM

Not really, considering Chex Mix is a staple at most parties.
Chex Mix is a staple, period!

Shubunkin

25th May 2007, 12:41 AM

I don't have any quirks. ;)

Well, maybe a few.

I sleep in a cocoon wrapped up in my favorite comforter.

I secretly live in the 1890s. :)

I wouldn't watch TV at all if it weren't for "Little House on the Prairie" and "Star Trek, Voyager" and maybe the reruns of X-files too. :)

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 04:50 AM

She says, "You don't pick up your towel off the floor after a shower, and you leave shoes and socks everywhere."

There you go.

- Vasya.
LOL! Maybe we should be asking GDE what the exceptions are and not Vasya?!?! :D

Dust and Ashes

25th May 2007, 07:26 AM

Where did you learn to do that?

It was quite by accident. I was running short on one kind of cereal so I added a different one to fill the bowl. After mixing, I thought, Hmmmm...this is good and I had a new quirk. :D

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 12:54 PM

It was quite by accident. I was running short on one kind of cereal so I added a different one to fill the bowl. After mixing, I thought, Hmmmm...this is good and I had a new quirk. :D
So what cereal combinations work best with each other?

Guineverelyndy

25th May 2007, 12:57 PM

Eww, I hate cereal. *sticks tongue out* I'm glad some people like it though so those companies stay in business. :)

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 12:59 PM

Eww, I hate cereal. *sticks tongue out* I'm glad some people like it though so those companies stay in business. :)
Then what do you eat for breakfast when you don't have time to cook?

Guineverelyndy

25th May 2007, 01:12 PM

I usually get ready for work in about 15-20 minutes. I don't eat breakfast. :)

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 01:17 PM

I usually get ready for work in about 15-20 minutes. I don't eat breakfast. :)
I can't make it through the day without having a bite to eat first.

Guineverelyndy

25th May 2007, 01:20 PM

That is what the bowl of mini candy bars at work is for!

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 01:22 PM

That is what the bowl of mini candy bars at work is for!
That much sugar would do a number on my system...

Guineverelyndy

25th May 2007, 01:24 PM

That much sugar would do a number on my system...
Yeah, I'm not sure why I don't weigh about 200 pounds. :D

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 01:28 PM

Yeah, I'm not sure why I don't weigh about 200 pounds. :D
I am comfortable at my weight, but I would not mind losing 15 more lbs, but to do that I need to cut back on the pop and sweets consumption.

Guineverelyndy

25th May 2007, 01:30 PM

Yeah, when I stop drinking pop, I usually drop ten pounds in two weeks. No joke! I should do that...I'm just so addicted!

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 01:31 PM

Yeah, when I stop drinking pop, I usually drop ten pounds in two weeks. No joke! I should do that...I'm just so addicted!
I have dropped 12 over the past year being on my feet more, but if I totally cut the addiction to pop out of my life I would drop another 10. But then my clothes would be too loose...

gzt

25th May 2007, 01:32 PM

I never eat breakfast, either. I'm considering changing that, though, but it would be quite a change in lifestyle.

Guineverelyndy

25th May 2007, 01:33 PM

I have dropped 12 over the past year being on my feet more, but if I totally cut the addiction to pop out of my life I would drop another 10. But then my clothes would be too loose...
Yeah, well, if I dropped ten pounds then my clothes would FIT!

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 01:34 PM

I never eat breakfast, either. I'm considering changing that, though, but it would be quite a change in lifestyle.
Breakfast is good for your soul!

gzt

25th May 2007, 01:34 PM

that and pop/candy, too. it is just so hard to resist? It's a sad game that we play.

Michael the Iconographer

25th May 2007, 01:35 PM

Yeah, well, if I dropped ten pounds then my clothes would FIT!
No, I have dropped 12 and my clothes that I had gotten a bit heavy for now fit loosely, so if I drop another 10 none of my jeans or khakis would fit without a belt!

Guineverelyndy

25th May 2007, 01:35 PM

I never eat breakfast, either. I'm considering changing that, though, but it would be quite a change in lifestyle.
Same here - I would probably have to actually wake up earlier, and I don't know that that will ever happen.

I used to eat breakfast as a kid - all sorts of weird stuff since I didn't like the traditional breakfast foods. I remember eating big slices of ham and...pickles. But not together. I would get a whole napkin-full of dill hamburger pickles and eat them. I know, I'm weird.