5 weird things about yourself

Lets see

1. I am interested in genealogy and have been tracing my family tree for a while now (not weird I know, just not what an average 26 year old Brit should be doing)
2. I have also had an interesting in The Luftwaffe in my time.  I'm anti-war, so that's not the reason I'm interested in such things.  The aircraft and the pilots were exceptional.
3. I have a Computing and Information Systems degree
4. I like some George Formby, Paul Robeson and one song by Perry Como
5. I once balanced a tray, a menu, 2 empty pint glasses and a wooden box, containing salt, pepper and other condiments, on my head for about 2 or 3 minutes without dropping any of it








Edited by Geck0 - August 21 2006 at 02:47

This thread was made for me!



Ok, maybe not... I can't really think of many "weird" things about myself. Rather, I have trouble pinning a solid identity on myself (thanks in large part to uneven and sometimes conflicting personality traits), and will often find myself seduced by the need to feel accepted into a certain identity (e.g. "I'm a proghead!") while having a need to question the status quo and set myself apart from the crowd. So it's more that I am enigmatic on the whole, instead of being essentially "weird".

That's not to say there aren't any weird things at all...

1. I've survived both kidney cancer (as a baby) and kidney failure (at age 13). I am a kidney transplant recipient and have neither of my original kidneys left. I spent much of my youth in the hospital and being sick

2. I have a B.A. in Linguistics from the 3rd best school in the world (at least on the graduate level) for Linguistics—University of California, Santa Cruz.

(person: "what's your major?"
me: "Linguistics."
person: "ohhh.... ....interesting."
me: "yeah... um, do you know what Linguistics is?"
person: "uh... no.")

3. I've played guitar for 6 or 7 years but I have seldom learned a song. 99% of the time I use it to try to write music or just jam around for recreation.

4. I'm very shy and introverted. I hate meeting new people and talking on the phone. I REALLY REALLY hate taking any kind of social initiative.  Alas, I'm kind of a loner...

5. I'm a perfectionist. (Maybe that's not so weird per se, but it's all I can think of right now)



Edited by xtopher - August 21 2006 at 03:34

heyitsthatguy wrote: Okay, I'm kinda improvving this, but here goes, they may not be that weird, who knows:     2.I've never gone out with, kissed, or even hugged a girl

I think I have a phobia of crane flies, I hate them!  Moth's I don't like either, but they're more tolerable than crane flies!

1. I look normal, yet also listen to metal... never stops to surprise people
2. I have an Arcturus poster on my wall
3. I love Hogarth-era Marillion
4. I like the English language more than my own mother tongue
5. there's no #5

Blacksword wrote: Only five things?? Sure you dont want an essay..? 1) I had an ingrowing toenail removed when I was 15. The remaining nail is squared off like a Scrabble tile. 2) I have a small white lump on my right shoulder, which seems to be slowly getting bigger. I guess I should I have it looked at. 3) I had my first grey hairs at 18. 4)I have a phobia of moths. 5) I am 37 years old and I'm still not married, and I dont hold a full driving license.

Edited by darksinger - August 21 2006 at 06:56

1. I'm fascinated by all kinds of wildlife - just as well, since our ramshackle house is crawling with bugs, and we've had blue tits nesting under the floorboards & a bat in the kitchen....

2. I used to be a scientist but chucked it in to live a poor but happier life in the country....

3. I also used to work in a tree nursery, and that's why my garden is full of rare & interesting trees (some of them still alive, even  ), as well as various odd plants grown from seed collected (not by me) from remote parts of the world...

darksinger wrote: Blacksword wrote: Only five things?? Sure you dont want an essay..? 1) I had an ingrowing toenail removed when I was 15. The remaining nail is squared off like a Scrabble tile. 2) I have a small white lump on my right shoulder, which seems to be slowly getting bigger. I guess I should I have it looked at. 3) I had my first grey hairs at 18. 4)I have a phobia of moths. 5) I am 37 years old and I'm still not married, and I dont hold a full driving license.   after reading this and another post, I have come to realise you are Adrian Monk, the great detective...    i love bugs. I used to own two tarantulas (Millie and Stacia) and I'm the sort that everyone calls to remove spiders, bees, beetles and such. one memory someone had of me in the seniors issue of the high school newspaper in '86 was that i was the one with a green worm in class one day (i was removing it). i love bats, too. awesome creatures. they are all over the place down here now...

Bats I can cope with. I've managed to convince myself that their sonar means they will never fly into me...

We get lots of little bats flying above the trees outside my house this time of year.
    

I once got into bed... saw a baby bat lying against the wall and the quilt and I immediately leapt back out!

I wasn't best pleased and when I put the light on, it started to fly around the bedroom, not good!

Now I have a problem with bats.