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[wickedflea]

Five quirky habits:

1. I often count to myself in German. Like if I have to put six quarters in the parking meter, in my head I'll say, "Ein, zwei, drei, vier, funf, sechs" as I'm feeding them in. That's about the only German I remember.

2. Say I'm buttoning the cuff on my left shirt sleeve. I have to contort my left hand and grab the cuff to be able to button it with the other hand. I can't just hold my arm out and button the cuff.

3. Sometimes, just for the everloving hell of it, I'll reach across and shift gears with my left hand while steering with my right.

4. I always keep score at basketball and baseball games, but I've hardly been to any since I left MS. I miss my Dawgs. :(

5. I often make a clicking noise with my mouth, like you'd do to a horse or something, when I walk past someone at work. Like, you know, we've passed each other a thousand times that day and have said our hellos, but I need to acknowledge them by making flickded noises. I have not the slightest idea what that's about.

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[jdawgspi.livejournal.com]

4. I always keep score at basketball and football games

My friend Art does that. I find it charming.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Der, I meant to say baseball, not football! But yeah, I've been doing it ever since I was a little guy. People always seem to wonder what I'm doing. =)

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

I remember doing that as a kid. SS to 1B, etc. :)

[theodicy.livejournal.com]

:speeds up into a fast trot:

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Giddyap!

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

I take it you know that's Mutt Lange speaking in German at the beginning of Rock of Ages. Hee.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Yep, I think I'd heard that. That was my favorite part of any Def Leppard song. ;)

[deadflowers.livejournal.com]

you are not alone. i do one and three.

do you wonder if others notice your clicking sounds? do they anticipate it?

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Well, for a long time I didn't think much (if anything) about it. I was aware on some level that I did it sometimes, but that's about it. But then someone here referred to it one day--she said something like, "When you do that clicking noise, it reminds me of . . ." You know, "you do," like I do it all the time. So now, I haven't really thought about whether others anticipate it, but after I notice that I have done it, I sort of wonder if they're thinking, "Yap, there he goes again."

I am mad.

[deadflowers.livejournal.com]

i remember once being conscious of the fact that i pursed my lips when in the same acknowledgement of presence situation.

we've already said our hellos and can't rightly ignore each other. it's an interesting phenomenon. wonder if it's been studied.

[lulu-girl.livejournal.com]

I count to myself in German and Latin just for the fun of it...not that I can remember much else regarding either language. I'm such a geek.