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I have a quirk where I like stroking my facial hair without realizing sometimes. My girlfriend, hahahaha she often sleeps with one eye open, it is hilarious. I have before gotten out the DSLR with the flash and taken fotos. It has been a long running joke between us.
Not to go off subject, but forgive me, I will.... I heard this truth about cats years ago that I never forgot. "Our" cats don't think they're people. They think we are cats.
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zombiegirlbeating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wastelandVeteran
This is a fun thread!
I'm a little bit of a germaphobe... I have to rinse dishes at least three times over after washing them very thoroughly.
I hate the dark, so I generally have every light in the apartment on... drives my girlfriend crazy.
People always laugh at me because my normal sitting posture is half lotus. It has been for years, although growing up it was 'Indian style'. I can remember getting yelled at all through school for sitting in the desks this way. I switched to half lotus some years ago because I heard 'Indian style' compresses on your legs in a bad way, but the funny thing is that I prefer to meditate in Burmese posture. My normal standing posture is with my legs parted like a warrior pose in yoga. I find it more comfortable.
Side note: I mean no offense by 'Indian style' I just looked this up and apparently this is no longer PC and they call it "criss-cross-applesauce" now in school. Um, I'm not going to call it that... is there another term I am unaware of?
I'm a little bit of a germaphobe... I have to rinse dishes at least three times over after washing them very thoroughly.
I hate the dark, so I generally have every light in the apartment on... drives my girlfriend crazy.
People always laugh at me because my normal sitting posture is half lotus. It has been for years, although growing up it was 'Indian style'. I can remember getting yelled at all through school for sitting in the desks this way. I switched to half lotus some years ago because I heard 'Indian style' compresses on your legs in a bad way, but the funny thing is that I prefer to meditate in Burmese posture. My normal standing posture is with my legs parted like a warrior pose in yoga. I find it more comfortable.
Side note: I mean no offense by 'Indian style' I just looked this up and apparently this is no longer PC and they call it "criss-cross-applesauce" now in school. Um, I'm not going to call it that... is there another term I am unaware of?
Criss cross applesauce (I always call is cross legged - I wonder who made up the name applesauce?!) I often sit in (usually when I'm sewing) and it's not doing my knees much good.. I really need to get a meditation cushion!
Not to go off subject, but forgive me, I will.... I heard this truth about cats years ago that I never forgot. "Our" cats don't think they're people. They think we are cats.
Ahhh I see. Well, I don't have the heart to tell Dandelion otherwise so I'll just carry on being his mother lion *purrr*
I have a quirk where I like stroking my facial hair without realizing sometimes. My girlfriend, hahahaha she often sleeps with one eye open, it is hilarious. I have before gotten out the DSLR with the flash and taken fotos. It has been a long running joke between us.
Blimey! How does she manage that? Did that not freak you out a bit the first time you saw her do that?!
@dandelion - the internet tells me it might be SLI? I havent met anyone else who has this happen to them and there doesnt appear to be any clinical studies on it but I am informed that I'm not alone in this weirdness!! It happens mostly when I am musing deep in thought - sometimes I know it is going to happen - in the most extreme case, I had lights on both sides of the street go off as I approached and then come on again as I walked past - this carried on for about a mile or so and it was quite freaky for the person walking with me... its not frightening for me but I note it is unusual - never happens when I will it!!
There's also sometimes other weird things like the tv switching on or off or the volume or channel changing (rarer - and I tend to think its probably my neighbour's remote control or something??) - sometimes also I can 'tell' if something has an electrical component to it and find myself looking for the switch! Must be something to do with electricity somehow??!! Once I was watching a horror movie in the dark, alone and the tv turned off at a very nasty point... left me properly freaked in the dark... that one was scary - I'm not ashamed to admit that I screamed!!
L_A - pithy saying to capture a much more complex concept... so if I have established a long concept from experience, I can discuss without having to repeat every step of the logic or event again... so for the example above, when it happens I can just hum "Streetlight... its the only light I know" and my moment continues undisturbed by a clinging thought...
@Dandelion, lol na I just found it slightly weird and cute. That cliche saying sleepi with one eye open. The pictures she demands I delete but i won't, they are too funny and memories of good times. It is always the same eye, one time she was so knocked out I decided to see how much I could open it without her waking, I managed to fully open it without her waking up, strange
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
The Dalai Lama is the source of all happiness and good?
It sounds like your Gf can get into a deep sleep which is good. If someone started prodding round my eyeballs when I was asleep I'd wake up straight away!! Yes, I wouldn't delete the photo's either, priceless nice to see you back on here too!
@ Zero, I believe you my mind always gets in a funny absorption like a certain 'way' and then a horn honks from a car on the street. I used to think that the drivers could sense when I was doing something with my mind and that they were sensing something in the fields sort of a disturbance in the force and that they were dislodging me. But now I wonder if I am sensing something in their minds how you are startled in honking.
But more rationally it's a selection bias in what I notice. Nonetheless the horns honking prevent me to get sucked into another dimension (so far).
Thanks for sharing that @jeffrey... good to know there are other weirdos out there!! put a smile on my face esp not being sucked into another dimension!!
Your point on selection bias is a good one - that point stops me from going completely abstract / schizo... whatever...
Have considered it carefully for the light thing - its not selection bias there as it happens so often that others who know me acknowledge it when I dont - the tv and stuff I'm not sure about as it happens with so many signals flying about and it doesnt happen frequently enough for me to rule out selection bias...
When I was little, I HATED people looking at me so I would pull my dress up over my head if anyone started to look (which was quite often as I had bright ginger hair and was tiny), but thankfully I grew out of that... keeping to the dresses theme though... I only ever wear dresses or skirts. I haven't worn jeans or trousers for years. I used to scream if my mother ever tried to put me in them when I was younger, I hated them! I do wear pantaloons these days though. Has any one here ever tried to fly? Childhood quirks are funny. I used to try that all the time, I think I inherited the 'I want to fly gene' from my nan. When she was younger she wanted to be like Peter Pan, but she broke her leg trying to fly, from the top of the stairs to the bottom....
@Jeffrey...lol..is that why my cat follows me room to room, cries if I shower with the door close and nips my ankles when I'm trying to have intimate cuddle time with spouse?
Lol.. I've had her since she was 4weeks old. She was never properly socialized. I had to show her how to clean her tush with a damp cloth because her mother didn't want her.
@Jeffrey...lol..is that why my cat follows me room to room, cries if I shower with the door close and nips my ankles when I'm trying to have intimate cuddle time with spouse?
Lol.. I've had her since she was 4weeks old. She was never properly socialized. I had to show her how to clean her tush with a damp cloth because her mother didn't want her.
She's mine!
Awwww... that's very cute. She went to the right owner
I bore my wife with Science. I poop at LEAST 2 times a day. I am an insomniac, I only get about 3-4 hours asleep a night. I see dead people. Ha Im just kidding. If I drink, I prefer to do it alone so I dont make too much of an ass out of myself. I sing in the shower. I pee in the shower too.
@dandelion do you still throw your dress over your head?
London boys would love that.!
No, they might like it but I'm not sure Mr. Dandelion (husband, not cat) would lol @tbunton I bet lots of ppl pee in the shower. Everyone's naughty little quirks are coming out in wash here lol! If any one pee's in swimming pools, I really don't want to know ha! :eek:
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zombiegirlbeating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wastelandVeteran
When I was little, I HATED people looking at me so I would pull my dress up over my head if anyone started to look (which was quite often as I had bright ginger hair and was tiny), but thankfully I grew out of that... keeping to the dresses theme though... I only ever wear dresses or skirts. I haven't worn jeans or trousers for years. I used to scream if my mother ever tried to put me in them when I was younger, I hated them! I do wear pantaloons these days though.
You are the complete opposite of me! I used to behave in the same way when they would try to put me in a dress/skirt. I still don't really get the appeal... it's harder and inappropriate to climb a tree in a dress/skirt. And I just always think... if this is the day that the zombie apocalypse starts, I think I would wish I was wearing pants. :sawed:
When I was little, I HATED people looking at me so I would pull my dress up over my head if anyone started to look (which was quite often as I had bright ginger hair and was tiny), but thankfully I grew out of that... keeping to the dresses theme though... I only ever wear dresses or skirts. I haven't worn jeans or trousers for years. I used to scream if my mother ever tried to put me in them when I was younger, I hated them! I do wear pantaloons these days though.
You are the complete opposite of me! I used to behave in the same way when they would try to put me in a dress/skirt. I still don't really get the appeal... it's harder and inappropriate to climb a tree in a dress/skirt. And I just always think... if this is the day that the zombie apocalypse starts, I think I would wish I was wearing pants. :sawed:
*chuckles out loud* I tried tree climbing a year or so ago, I should have sold tickets for people to come and watch the debacle, I could have made a killing. I got stuck at about 4ft off the ground - utterly pathetic! If this is the day the zombie apocalypse starts I'm done for lol!
I can only eat pop tarts if I chew the edges off first then eat the middle.
Mmmmm Poptarts, I hardly ever see them in supermarkets any more, what happened to them over here in the U.K?? I know what you mean, the edges are not as fun
lol this thread is funny, quirks are cool, it adds something to our personality. ooops, the notion of self :eek: @Dandelion yes my GF can sleep with the snap of my fingers, well actually a 10 minute foot massage is a sure thing.
When I was younger, I mean around 2-4 I had some weird quirks. I use to be scared of the boiler as it was in my room, really quite scared in fact. I use to try and eat pebbles and stones whilst naked on the beach, and when me and my mum were in the que at the shopping market, I use to pick my nose and use to hold my finger out to show people haha.
lol this thread is funny, quirks are cool, it adds something to our personality. ooops, the notion of self :eek: @Dandelion yes my GF can sleep with the snap of my fingers, well actually a 10 minute foot massage is a sure thing.
When I was younger, I mean around 2-4 I had some weird quirks. I use to be scared of the boiler as it was in my room, really quite scared in fact. I use to try and eat pebbles and stones whilst naked on the beach, and when me and my mum were in the que at the shopping market, I use to pick my nose and use to hold my finger out to show people haha.
HAHA! I bet your mum loved you doing that lol! Boilers do make strange noises, it has to be said, so I can see why that might have been scary when you were little. Was it a pre requisite that you had to be naked whilst eating pebbles? That's funny!
I used to collect snails (yes folks, whilst wearing a pretty dress) and colour their shells in with felt tip pens (sorry about that, I was little and meant no harm) and try and make them race along the garden wall. I would always insist on checking for snails before getting in the car as I couldn't bear for the car to squish any of them whilst it was being driven out the driveway
Your artistic flare was there from an early age, just the snails had to endure it lol. Also your compassionate side, checking for snails My mum said I use to post woodlice through our letter box because I thought I was sending them home back to their family haha.
I used to really like to pretend. Sometimes my brother would indulge me and we would go into the pen in the back yard which was behind a wooden picket fence back against the next house over. The neighborhood many people had dogs and thus there were chain fences. So in that pen betwixt two types of fences there was I think some kind of rocks or perhaps chopped part of a tree lying on the ground. With the smell of the lawn clippings mulching I would sit on the tree or whatever and pull the throttle of the space ship telling my brother what was happening.
When I was three years old to five, I lives with my grandparents while my parents were sorting out their lives after a bad divorce.
I loved my grandfather and inherited his love of wisdom and fairy tales. He was a baby doctor and every night he would come home from work I would search his labcoat for a sweet he'd always leave just forme. I never saw him again after mymother came back into my life and took me away to live with her.
I married a philosopher major, who wears a labcoat everyday. Sometimes when I search his pockets, I find chocolate candy bars. . .
I may have on occassion worn a complete prairie dress and bonnet to school in elementary school, and as an adult i look forward to Halloween in a funny way
lol when I was about 18 and back in the UK, me and a friend Nick went over to see if our other friend Ben wanted to come out. His dad opened the door and let us in, we went upstairs and he was trying on his mums clothing haha.
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I heard this truth about cats years ago that I never forgot.
"Our" cats don't think they're people. They think we are cats.
I'm a little bit of a germaphobe... I have to rinse dishes at least three times over after washing them very thoroughly.
I hate the dark, so I generally have every light in the apartment on... drives my girlfriend crazy.
People always laugh at me because my normal sitting posture is half lotus. It has been for years, although growing up it was 'Indian style'. I can remember getting yelled at all through school for sitting in the desks this way. I switched to half lotus some years ago because I heard 'Indian style' compresses on your legs in a bad way, but the funny thing is that I prefer to meditate in Burmese posture. My normal standing posture is with my legs parted like a warrior pose in yoga. I find it more comfortable.
Side note: I mean no offense by 'Indian style' I just looked this up and apparently this is no longer PC and they call it "criss-cross-applesauce" now in school. Um, I'm not going to call it that... is there another term I am unaware of?
I express concepts in code words to reduce duplication in communication.
There's also sometimes other weird things like the tv switching on or off or the volume or channel changing (rarer - and I tend to think its probably my neighbour's remote control or something??) - sometimes also I can 'tell' if something has an electrical component to it and find myself looking for the switch! Must be something to do with electricity somehow??!! Once I was watching a horror movie in the dark, alone and the tv turned off at a very nasty point... left me properly freaked in the dark... that one was scary - I'm not ashamed to admit that I screamed!!
L_A - pithy saying to capture a much more complex concept... so if I have established a long concept from experience, I can discuss without having to repeat every step of the logic or event again... so for the example above, when it happens I can just hum "Streetlight... its the only light I know" and my moment continues undisturbed by a clinging thought...
L_A - hope it helps...
The Dalai Lama is the source of all happiness and good?
It sounds like your Gf can get into a deep sleep which is good. If someone started prodding round my eyeballs when I was asleep I'd wake up straight away!! Yes, I wouldn't delete the photo's either, priceless
But more rationally it's a selection bias in what I notice. Nonetheless the horns honking prevent me to get sucked into another dimension (so far).
Your point on selection bias is a good one - that point stops me from going completely abstract / schizo... whatever...
Have considered it carefully for the light thing - its not selection bias there as it happens so often that others who know me acknowledge it when I dont - the tv and stuff I'm not sure about as it happens with so many signals flying about and it doesnt happen frequently enough for me to rule out selection bias...
So far still in this dimension!!
Yes, add me to the crazy cat lady mix.
Wait, you kept the cat in the seperation?
I have to ask, does the cat love you more than the ex, thereby choosing you?
Lol.. I've had her since she was 4weeks old. She was never properly socialized. I had to show her how to clean her tush with a damp cloth because her mother didn't want her.
She's mine!
London boys would love that.!
I poop at LEAST 2 times a day.
I am an insomniac, I only get about 3-4 hours asleep a night.
I see dead people. Ha Im just kidding.
If I drink, I prefer to do it alone so I dont make too much of an ass out of myself.
I sing in the shower.
I pee in the shower too.
@tbunton I bet lots of ppl pee in the shower. Everyone's naughty little quirks are coming out in wash here lol! If any one pee's in swimming pools, I really don't want to know ha! :eek:
@Dandelion yes my GF can sleep with the snap of my fingers, well actually a 10 minute foot massage is a sure thing.
When I was younger, I mean around 2-4 I had some weird quirks. I use to be scared of the boiler as it was in my room, really quite scared in fact. I use to try and eat pebbles and stones whilst naked on the beach, and when me and my mum were in the que at the shopping market, I use to pick my nose and use to hold my finger out to show people haha.
I used to collect snails (yes folks, whilst wearing a pretty dress) and colour their shells in with felt tip pens (sorry about that, I was little and meant no harm) and try and make them race along the garden wall. I would always insist on checking for snails before getting in the car as I couldn't bear for the car to squish any of them whilst it was being driven out the driveway
I loved my grandfather and inherited his love of wisdom and fairy tales. He was a baby doctor and every night he would come home from work I would search his labcoat for a sweet he'd always leave just forme. I never saw him again after mymother came back into my life and took me away to live with her.
I married a philosopher major, who wears a labcoat everyday. Sometimes when I search his pockets, I find chocolate candy bars. . .
Strange. . .and sad, and beautiful.
Do you listen to public radio prarie companion show, by any chance?