Quirks.

Dandelion

Hello forum members.
I just posted on the full moon thread about how I am going to get a photo of the Dalai Lama and hang it on my wall where I intend to meditate. I like his face, it makes me feel happy and content. My thoughts are that spending a bit of time looking at him will be good for me before I begin to meditate. It got me thinking about little quirks we all have, if you would like to share them (Buddhist related or non Buddhist related) please feel free to do so here!

taiyaki

I like to use the bathroom (poop) then shower afterwards.
When I cannot shower right after a poop then its very irritating.
But life goes on.

I can honestly turn into koala alternative personality.

I like to make clicking noises at my girl friends cat.

I have one dimple on the right side of my cheek.

Thought I'd share.

Dandelion

@taiyaki I don't share the toilet quirk, but I can understand it. "May your toilet behaviours be in line with the time you shower, amen."

Dimples are endearing!

I talk to my cat constantly, and I answer for him. I have to remind myself NOT to do this when guests are round.

weighted

I suppose my major quirk is also talking to my cat, but I suppose many cat owners are guilty of this.

taiyaki

cats just know things.

i'm not crazy right? haha

Jeffrey

I have a heaving cough thing sometimes after I eat. (rarely now since new medicine) Its like I am wretching and it is because I need to feel energy in my solar plexus. Sometimes I am like a wraith and I cannot feel the energy flowing in my body. It's a form of stress and responds to messages, light music, aromas, and baths.

My body is telling me something in some ways because when I gave up drinking I would have that wretching thing when it was a needful beer, compulsive, but when I was joyful to drink I didn't have the wretch.

Same thing with coffee. I asked my doctor and he thinks its an emotional thing too. I had half a mind to bring some coffee grounds so I could do my wretch (at the office).

I also got addicted to twirling q-tips in my ears. A lot of things with stress in my own way.

weighted

@taiyaki There is the much hackneyed stereotype of crazy cat ladies (and men).

Dandelion

@taiyaki There is the much hackneyed stereotype of crazy cat ladies (and men).

I am one of them. Lady version, not man version. I can't sleep if Dandelion isn't tucked up in the bed with me.

Dandelion

Attachment *sigh*

ThailandTom

Quirks, I have quite a few actually but I will list one. It is that when I go to use the restroom, every time I spit into the toilet before doing a number 1, I do it without thinking and don't know why lol...

taiyaki

I'm also balding slowly but surely and oddly i am okay with it.

also trying to grow a gnarly stash.

BonsaiDoug

I just posted on the full moon thread about how I am going to get a photo of the Dalai Lama and hang it on my wall where I intend to meditate.

I too have his photo on my altar. And here's the short version of the Long Life prayer for HH Dalai Lama:

"In the land encircled by snow mountains
You are the source of all happiness and good;
All-powerful Chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso,
Please remain until samsara ends."

And in Tibetan:

Gang ri ra wä kor wäi zhing kham dir
Phän dang de wa ma lü jung wäi nä
Chän rä zig wang tän dzin gya tsho yi
Zhab pä si thäi bar du tän gyur chig

BonsaiDoug

And I believe the only quirk I have regarding my meditation is that I begin and end sittings by renewing my Refuge Vows.

Lady_Alison

I sing to my cat and dress her up. I like to twirl her around and dance cheek to cheek...until she bites back.

I wait until she is under the covers at night and fart on her. Then I trap her in.

I also have dimples.

I have been called eccentric, high energy, and passionate.

I have esoteric and philosophical conversations with strangers in grocery stores.

I go where the wind takes me, there is no order whatsoever.

I collect female friends, its a hobbie.

I can still do cartwheels...I do everyday.

I run 15 miles a week.

My bowel movements are like cloakwork...I use wet wipes @taiyaki.

ThailandTom

When I look at lights I sometimes sneeze, I think it is genetic. I also like writing stories and messages on banknotes, and can move my tongue into really strange positions, kind of like tongue yoga.

Dandelion

I just posted on the full moon thread about how I am going to get a photo of the Dalai Lama and hang it on my wall where I intend to meditate.

I too have his photo on my altar. And here's the short version of the Long Life prayer for HH Dalai Lama:

"In the land encircled by snow mountains
You are the source of all happiness and good;
All-powerful Chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso,
Please remain until samsara ends."

And in Tibetan:

Gang ri ra wä kor wäi zhing kham dir
Phän dang de wa ma lü jung wäi nä
Chän rä zig wang tän dzin gya tsho yi
Zhab pä si thäi bar du tän gyur chig

Thankyou for that @BonsaiDoug I like that. It inspires me to do a painting!

Dandelion

Quirks, I have quite a few actually but I will list one. It is that when I go to use the restroom, every time I spit into the toilet before doing a number 1, I do it without thinking and don't know why lol...

Now, that IS quirky!

Lady_Alison

I have a superpower : pain, sadness and suffering.

I use it to change the world.

Lady_Alison

I'm also balding slowly but surely and oddly i am okay with it.

also trying to grow a gnarly stash.

What is a gnarly stach?

Mustache?

BonsaiDoug

Thankyou for that @BonsaiDoug I like that. It inspires me to do a painting!

Please share when you're done. ॐ

ThailandTom

correctomondo

taiyaki

I'm also balding slowly but surely and oddly i am okay with it.

also trying to grow a gnarly stash.

What is a gnarly stach?

Mustache?

yeah trying to grow one.
i don't want to look like a dirty hippy.
but lets do it.

Lady_Alison

@jeffrey...my husband has never forbidden me anything but he got a bad ear infection for using qtips and basically told me to get rid of them. He was told how bad they are by his doctor.

So...umm. I have a small pink case that holds about 40 and I hide them like it's crack. I use them when he s not home.

They feel sooo good!

Jeffrey

@jeffrey...my husband has never forbidden me anything but he got a bad ear infection for using qtips and basically told me to get rid of them. He was told how bad they are by his doctor.

So...umm. I have a small pink case that holds about 40 and I hide them like it's crack. I use them when he s not home.

They feel sooo good!

Lol

Lady_Alison

I'm so glad that aging, and grey hair or balding is gradual. Even nature or God can be loving kindness. Gives us enough time to accept it.

Arjquad

Hmm... I have a few, I have to use the bathroom before I shower. Everyday the only thing I eat or drink is 1 bottle of green tea at noon. I have been using the same mechanical pencil and pen for 4 years.

Dandelion

Hmm... I have a few, I have to use the bathroom before I shower. Everyday the only thing I eat or drink is 1 bottle of green tea at noon. I have been using the same mechanical pencil and pen for 4 years.

http://j-walkblog.com/images2/great-big-stuff-3.jpg

Dandelion

@Lady_Alison what are qtips?

Dandelion

Thankyou for that @BonsaiDoug I like that. It inspires me to do a painting!

Please share when you're done. ॐ

ok I will...

Arjquad

@Dandelion This is a q tip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_swab

Dandelion

@Dandelion This is a q tip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_swab

Oh I see. Over here on this little Island we call them cotton buds. @Lady_Alison my husband hides his stash from me as he shoves them so far down his left ear hole in order to 'feel the tickle', he is addicted to it. Well, not addicted in the sense that he has to do it every 5 minutes, but he enjoys it. I always tell him off lol!

Lady_Alison

@Arjquad if she doesn't know maybe it's a good thing.

Dandy...it will curl your toes in ecstacy. Bored Housewife pleasure.

taiyaki

btw how are you supposed to clear out ear stuff without q tips?

Lady_Alison

HHahahaha...I take Dylan's side!

Lady_Alison

@taiyaki..special ear cleaning drops and warm water. Debrol I think it's called.

Dandelion

btw how are you supposed to clear out ear stuff without q tips?

I've used cotton buds for yrs and they have never given me poorly ears. I don't think you are meant to put them too far in though, I think that's the key, unless of course you are @Lady_Alison or my husband and want to get your tickle fix!!

taiyaki

are there benefits to having clogged ears?

Dandelion

are there benefits to having clogged ears?

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I await patiently for @Lady_Alison to answer

:bowdown:

Arjquad

btw how are you supposed to clear out ear stuff without q tips?

I hate them. Bad memories of my mom shoving them in. I like to use high water pressure from a function of my shower head. It feels really good. Not sure if it damages the ear drum or not, oh well.

Lady_Alison

Lol...well, my husband says I can't hear well so tha should tell you that you need them cleaned out either in a doctor's office or thru a drop medicine otc

But I don't care if he divorces me..yea I think that tha was one of the few times he threatened me with divorce.

He almost needed surgery.

Dandelion

btw how are you supposed to clear out ear stuff without q tips?

I hate them. Bad memories of my mom shoving them in. I like to use high water pressure from a function of my shower head. It feels really good. Not sure if it damages the ear drum or not, oh well.

I'm starting to wonder if I am actually missing out on something. I'll let you know tomorrow after my shower and experiment with the cotton buds.....

Jeffrey

I was hearing a weird noise in my ear like a rattling so I resolved to stop using the q-tips. I can still hear though so far I like the sound when you bite your teeth together and there is kind of a deep sound in the ear from the bone.

Dandelion

I was hearing a weird noise in my ear so I resolved to stop using the q-tips. I can still hear though so far I like the sound when you bite your teeth together and there is kind of a deep sound in the ear from the bone.

Ewwww @Jeffrey!!

Lady_Alison

So I hide them in a pretty inconspicuous case like it's drugs.

Lol..damn, I don't need a daddy!

Dandelion

So I hide them in a pretty inconspicuous case like it's drugs.

Lol..damn, I don't need a daddy!

I'd love to keep a diary, but I am terrified that at some point it will be found and read. Maybe I need one of your inconspicuous cases @Lady_Alison!

Lady_Alison

@jeffrey..why don't you do a otc ear drop treatment...they sound clogged and you could get an infection.

Dandy...if you start it can become addictive.

Lady_Alison

Dandy, I have a journal..I leave it open and naked to be read...my hubby finally put it away and said "put up your shit, I have already lived everything you write about "

I have no shame. Go ahead, start one. You can get a safe box.

Lady_Alison

I feel bad for my hubby. He is an understanding, kind soul, I'm just insane, wild and free.

Dandelion

Dandy, I have a journal..I leave it open and naked to be read...my hubby finally put it away and said "put up your shit, I have already lived everything you write about "

I have no shame. Go ahead, start one. You can get a safe box.

Start that blog

Jeffrey

@Lady Alison, I think that if I just don't disturb them the tissue will heal. At one point we were out of q-tips for a year and I had broken that habit. The problem is that there are q-tips again, so I will have to be mindful when the urge happens again.

Dandelion

@Jeffrey, please don't make your teeth crunch it sounds painful!