6 weird things about me

Kiddo tagged me to write a blog post listing "6 weird things/habits about yourself." After much procrastination, I've decided to let 'er rip. Here goes nothin':

Weird thing #1
I'm afraid of belly button lint. Yes, it's bizarre. I've explained it before, so I won't go into it again. I think I'm getting better, though. At least now I can talk openly about it. I came out to my husband's family during a recent gathering and it turns out I'm not the only one who's afraid of something. His cousin's wife is afraid of praying mantises. I agree, they're kinda scary. Not as scary as BBL, though.

Weird thing #2
I have really bad luck with cars. A friend recently pointed out that I've had three different vehicles in the short 5-year period I've known her. *sigh* A lady took the whole front off my cute little Saturn, my Oldsmobile burned up in a freak fire, and now I own a Saturn VUE. Please keep your fingers crossed for me, okay?

Weird thing #3
As Ang said, "You get crazy nervous every time you go through an intersection." If you need an explanation for this behavior, see Weird thing #2. Furthermore, I'm not that great a driver, especially when there are other people in the car to distract me and make me nervous. I also like to drive fast. (My husband says I drive like I'm "running from the apocolypse.")

When people call attention to the fact that I drive like a maniac it makes me mad and paranoid about it. Now hear this: That only makes me drive worse. If you're ever in the car with me and I run up on a curb or nearly mow down a pedestrian, the best thing you can do is just keep quiet and hang on.

And, while I'm on the rant, many of the people who have criticized my driving are NOT much better than me. I mean, it's not too awfully tough to be a great driver if you never go over 30 miles per hour. *cough*Ang*cough*

Weird thing #4
I don't like it when people touch my mouse. I have a strong need to be the "driver" of any computer I'm looking at, so much so that I have to keep my hands in my pockets sometimes. I almost always have the strong desire to grab the person by the scruff of the neck and force them away from the keyboard. It's a sickness, I know.

Weird thing #5
I have trouble "driving" a computer while someone is watching me. It seems to take me a hundred years to navigate or accomplish a task if someone is looking over my shoulder. I believe this is related to weird things #2, 3, and 4. (Stop judging me!)

Weird thing #6
I get completely freaked out at the registers in any store. I feel so pressured. I feel like everyone in line behind me is boring a hole in the back of my head with their seething hatred of my slow payment and disorganized repacking of my cart. I'm usually red-faced by the time I pull walk away from the register. Sometimes I sweat. Of course, the more paranoid I get about the situation, the more trouble I have getting my receipt and debit card back in my purse and getting the cart loaded.

I realize this is very bizarre behavior. Sure, someone maybe be wishing I'd hurry up, but so what? I deserve to be there as much as anyone else! Why can't I remember that when I'm in the moment?

Want to know a few more strange things about me? Here's a post from the past, baby.

Passin' the torch
So, now I'm supposed to "tag" other people to do this little task. I tag Beakman, Brinley, Julie, Paul, Rex, and the White Man from Town. Let's see how many of you guys actually do it...

The rules are, once you've been tagged you have to write a blog with 6 weird things/habits about yourself. In the end you need to list 6 other people to tag and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment saying "You've been tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog.