Just a few quirks of mine...
Sleeping:
- closed ANY door. I cannot sleep with an open door. Period.
- when I sleep I MUST have the following: Alarm clock with red numbers, my giant teddy bear to cuddle with, and the sound of a ceiling fan/air conditioner running.
- I fall asleep really easily with vibrations. This is the ONLY way I will sleep heavily, like coma heavy.
household stuff(guess I really AM protected):
- use hands to go up stairs
- Go up 2 at a time (with feet) but my hands hit each step.
- I'm REALLY careful about going down stairs. I take forever, my legs shake. I go down with my feet parallel to the steps. I've never fallen down, so I dunno why I do this.
- I cannot STAND having the blinds open/pulled up at night. I swear, I get so fucking paranoid...
Computers/internets:
- I can see my computer monitor's refresh rate when nobody else seems to.. it hurts my head :(
- Can hear mechano-screams (described above as the TV with blank screen, it's just what I call them ;p)
- Compulsive highlight/clicker- CHECK.
- I always have to click somewhere on screen to make sure no links have borders and nothing is highlighted anymore.
- My taskbar buttons have to be in a certain order Left to Right (I love Firefox tabbing for this): Media player, Browser, notepads/etc. If they're out of order I always click the wrong ones from what I want.
- When typing, just like now, I have to have a space between the "bullet" and the text.
Public/social/food:
- I can't go out in public alone, always have to be with someone. Even to Drive-thru Burger King or go pump gas.
- I can't sit on the inside of a restaurant booth.
- When I open straws, I tear off a small piece from the end, loosen the wrapper a bit, then blow it off at poor [un]suspecting victim :)
- I then have to flatten the wrapper, fold it in half, fold it in half again, and again, until it's really tiny and then throw it at the same person :p
- When I eat variety candies (fruit snacks) I just CANNOT eat the same color consecutively. It drives me nuts.
- I can't eat those Whoppers, Malted Milk balls, or Butterfingers because of the tooth-grindy feeling I get from them.
- When eating Peanut M&Ms I have to bite off the outer shell, eat the peanut, then the outer shell. In that specific order. If I accidently break the peanut first I get sad :(
- I never understand people the first round, always say "huh?- reply/answer".. this really bugs interviewers :(
- I talk with my hands... I flail around like a retard when I'm trying to tell a story/explain something.
- If there are tiles, I can't step on 2 colors at the same time with the same foot. My foot has to land inside the borders of ONE tile. Unless somehow you get me distracted.
- When I'm at a movie, I always have to be on the right side if there's 2 of us, or in the middle if there's 3. If there's 4 or more I can't concentrate on the movie.
Living:
- I can't wear shoes without socks, even dirty socks.. But I HAVE to take the socks off when I don't have shoes.
- I have to let a phone ring twice before I'll answer it.
- Toilet paper: Flap on the OUTSIDE YOU FUCKING BASTARDS@!#@#12 (this one is important ;p)
Reading:
- When flipping through magazines I go back to front.
- When I'm reading stories I occasionally browse ahead, and if I catch something scary (like in that caver story) I get really nervous .. yet I still have to keep flipping ahead :(
Random:
- I hate dual diget numbers that end in "1"
- During cardgames (either with Poker cards, Magic cards, anything that involves holding/placing down) they all have to be lined up PERFECTLY.
...I'm learning to play Magic, and sometimes I forget to "tap" the mana cards, so my b/f does it.. I then have to rearrange them and line them up nicely.
- I always pronounce my T's correctly. Most people pronounce "later" as "lay-der" .. it's "lay-ter" to me.
- I CANNOT STAND BEES/WASPS/ETC. I will go out of my way to avoid them. The sound I make when one comes near me would make you shit yourself laughing. I also flail around like a little bitch.
- I fidget with my eyebrow hairs. A lot.
- I can't whistle, snap, or blow my nose (it causes my ears to pop VERY painfully for some reason).