Quirky rituals

I always get paranoid building things, like treasure chests and stuff so I always re-glue about like 5 times even though they are good enough before...cant help it.

For a while also I used to try to count the lines in the street, like in the middle. I remember getting up to about 3,000 one time and my head wanted to explode.

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Originally Posted by Atomic Duck

Everything must be symmetrical. When somethings not symmetrical, especially if it would be very easy to change it to be symmetrical and no one's doing it, it bugs the hell outta me.

Yes. YES! My sentiments exactly. I know some things can't be symmetrical, but why not let things that can be, well, be?

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I try to memerize the road signs if I take the same route somewhere all the time.

It's hard.

I also, like many, dont like to step on lines. I dont know why...

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I usually blow my nose in the shower into my hands and then wash my hands afterward, then I don't have to blow my nose at all that day.

I also usualy toss inexpensive items into the air when I'm only carrying one thing, I like how they flip in the air.

Also the last of my Rituals I'm going to mention is where I lock my car every time I get out. I'm not joking, I usually drive a kid home from school everyday and even if he stays in the car, I usually lock it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

When I'm eating food like peanuts, M&Ms or other foods that are little bits and pieces I have near compulsive need to give both sides of my mouth equal amounts of the food, 1 for the right side, 1 for the left, so on and so forth.

When I'm in a car sometimes I will try and see if I can block certain things like signs, posts, and other small objects from view using one of the car's window pane dividers. STrange and I don't really know why I do it, but I suppose thats why I'm posting it in this thread.

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Originally Posted by Yggdrasil

When I'm eating food like peanuts, M&Ms or other foods that are little bits and pieces I have near compulsive need to give both sides of my mouth equal amounts of the food, 1 for the right side, 1 for the left, so on and so forth.

I used to do something like this, with the notable change that it would be done with any food. I would concentrate too much on the chewing of my food that I'd chew things equally distributed across both sides of my mouth.
This was stopped when I stopped thinking so much about what I was doing :\

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Originally Posted by Yggdrasil

When I'm eating food like peanuts, M&Ms or other foods that are little bits and pieces I have near compulsive need to give both sides of my mouth equal amounts of the food, 1 for the right side, 1 for the left, so on and so forth.

Wow, I forgot about that. I do that as well. I don't even know why, it just feels uneven if I don't.

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I don't think I do many.. but sometimes if I'm watching tv or a movie, and there's this word that gets stuck in my head, I spell it over and over again in my mind. Sometimes I try and 'type it' (no keys or anything.. just with the right fingers where they would be on a keyboard).

Also, I can't stand the feeling of flour so if I'm baking bread I have to wash my hands at least 20 times.

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I guess used to always lace my belt so that the buckle and the button matched up. And I like everything to be in nice big orderly piles or arranged neatly in a specific place when I tidy up - if there's some little tidbit that just doesn't fit in any category, I often throw it away. But most other times, everything else fits under the umbrella of vaniy. In general I'm a slob.

Musically, I'm full of quirks. I love to tap out guitar right-hand arpeggio patterns when I'm bored, or practice piano scales on my knee. I also love to bang my head when I'm listening to particulately passionate music. I look like a loony when listening to Rach's Sonata #2, and waltzes have me throwing up my head on the ONE of the ONE-two-three. And then, having recently discovered my latent perfect pitch abilities, I like to figure out what note stuff sound at. Like doorbells, busy signals and over-enthusiastic "Hi!"s. And it's true - most toilets flush on a E-flat...

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I have two bathroom rituals: I need something in between my feet and the floor (because I have an inaccurate and careless father) and between my ass and the water (read: toilet paper).

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I try to find patterns in numbers I see whenever im bored (in class, driving). Like I'll stair at the clock and its like 9:23... so I try to find a pattern with those three numbers.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Whenever I cut my nails, fingers or toes, I alway try to get it in one big piece off each finger. Then I wrap them in tissue paper and throw them away.

My shameful secret. I just don't like walking around my apartment and gouging my feet with pieces of nail.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by doodle

I try to do everything in sets of threes and sevens, due to some mild obsession with pseudo-numerology. I have a friend who has to do everything in even numbers - it gets annoying sometimes.

Yeah, I tend to do things in fours, it's really weird. Things have to be symmetrical too, or at least somewhat lined up. I don't mind mess as long as it's a somewhat "organised mess". I'm weird.

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Let's see... when sitting kinda bored, I always have one hand up on my shoulder: sort of a nervous habit I guess.

Online: I visit certain sites when I get online, those being: Mail, Fark.com, Gamingforce, Slashdot, and Deviant Art. Its only afterward that I start actually browsing the web.

I also HATE not knowing what time it is, so I always make sure to have a watch with me. If I'm waiting at the bus, it makes it much more bearable if I know that I have X minutes to wait, where X is however long it will take. This applies everywhere IRL. I just have to know what time it is.

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Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Every time I have a drink when I sit down to eat a meal, I always drink before I take any bite of food. Honestly, I don't know why.

Strange, I always drink everything up after I've eaten, I don't touch it during the meal.

Also, when going to bed I check my alarms (I have 2) some extra times. It even happens that I'm lying in bed and just have to check them one more time. Same goes for leaving the house when you're alone. I check the stove, the oven, the fridge, all lamps and all electronics LOTS OF TIMES before leaving the house. After that, I might check out the door one more time. It happens that I walk back to my house and check the door once more to see if I really locked it.

Everything on my desk has to be straight. The monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse and everything else has to lie in a perfect straight angle and with symmetrical space from each other.

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I don't have too many weird quirks... Though, I sometimes need to double and triple check stuff even if I know I've done it. I check if I have my keys with me when walking out of the door even if I just picked them up 20 seconds earlier, I always check my alarm clock when going to bed even if I did set it before going to shower... Things like that.

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I tend to make sure certain things are in even numbers. For example, if I'm listening to the radio or a CD or whatever, the volume has to be at an even number (if the volume dial is digital of course).

I always feel uneasy if it's at an odd number.

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- I make sure I'm constantly downloading something whenever I go on the net, or else it feels like I'm being unproductive

- Always check to make sure that I have four things when I go out: "Wallet, Ipod, Phone, Key" in that order and try to feel around to see if they're there throughout the day, many times over.

-I swing my backpack around or make sure that I'm always moving whenever I'm outside in case some is pickpocketing me and I don't know it, even if there are many other people around.

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i have to be totally symmetrical otherwise i cant stand it... e.g. i dont wear a watch because id need one on both arms...
Tom

I was speaking idiomatically.

I check my mail nearly 80 times a day. Not because I want new mail. Just because I can do it. Sad, yes.

Washing my hands nearly every hour. I'm certain Sassafrass was merely making an example, but I am that bad.

I drink well over 10 glasses of water a day, but because I like it and not because of all that dietition stuff people advise you to do. So I always have a water bottle in one hand or on my desk.

I'm unable to work in a messy environment, so I've grown the tendency of being a clean freak. It's a nice quality, yeah, but I've been called obsessive about keeping things in order so I should try and change that a bit.

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I'm extremely anal about my environment when I draw. All my paper, pencils, and pens have to be in the right place for easy grabbing and access. I dont know if this is a considerable quirk or not but I get VERY annoyed when someone stands over me while i draw. Unless I specifically say its OK I kind of consider it rude.

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whenever I adjust the volume on my TV, I have to have the little marker thing line up with the bottom of one of the letters in the word 'VOLUME'... like the middle of the 'M' or the end of the 'E'

also, I have to have something under me when I sleep. A pillow, my comforter, or even my arms... It's difficult for me to sleep without something tilting half of my body up a little bit... When I fall asleep with my arms under my chest I always wake up with no feeling in them, which is kinda cool. ^_^

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Originally Posted by Azral

whenever I adjust the volume on my TV, I have to have the little marker thing line up with the bottom of one of the letters in the word 'VOLUME'... like the middle of the 'M' or the end of the 'E'

also, I have to have something under me when I sleep. A pillow, my comforter, or even my arms... It's difficult for me to sleep without something tilting half of my body up a little bit... When I fall asleep with my arms under my chest I always wake up with no feeling in them, which is kinda cool. ^_^

same here... most of what you guys have posted are th esame for me...
lol at least im not weird...
Tom

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Originally Posted by Kishin

If I listen to music and walk at the same time, I have to step so my left leg hits the ground in 1st and 3rd beats.

Walking to progressive rock is hard because of this.

Haha! So do you like skip your foot every time then? For something that's odd time (3/4, 6/8) How about something that is in 5/4 time?

For me, when I go up or down a flight of stairs, I have to start with my right foot no matter what. It just feels awkward using my left foot to go up or down a flight of stairs.

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