much belated
A while ago etrangere tagged me for that 'five weird habits' thing, and I rudely didn't do it, because I couldn't think of any weird habits of mine. I have revised this stance.
1) When thinking introspectively about myself, I always frame the thoughts as imaginary conversations with people I'd like to sleep with. The result of which is that sometimes when I'm not paying attention in theology class, it's because I'm envisioning myself discussing the details of my psyche with sexy acquaintances with whom I rarely speak. This makes me feel less self-absorbed when I spend time thinking about the wonder that is me.
2) I lie pretty much all the time. I tell ridiculous, transparent lies and sneaky lies to avoid confrontation. I also tell little lies for no reason. Today, I told my coworker I'd never read the Communist Manifesto, while pretending to be deeply ashamed of this failing. I am, however, very good at coming off as a little too honest for my own good when it suits my purposes.
3) I take my school notes with glittery pens in a variety of pink, heart-themed notebooks that I buy off eBay. (This being the current model.) Sometimes people see these, mistake them for diaries, and are very disappointed with the content is largely scribbled mathematical formulas, interspersed with whiny comments about how tired/hungry/bored/distracted I am.
4) Unless it is to a good friend or family member, I will spend hours agonizing over the greeting and closing of any letter, including two sentence e-mails to my professors. 'Dear' is a little to close to 'dearly beloved' or 'dearest', but just starting in with the name is so abrupt, etc. It's the closings that kill me though. 'Sincerely' is so stilted. 'Yours faithfully' seems to grovel. 'Thank-you' although a favorite isn't always appropriate. 'Regards' seems out of place in a letter that doesn't address concern for the addresse's state of being in the body. 'Yours' sounds awfully like 'Wishing you were naked in my bed' (but I often end up using it anyway, having convinced myself that I'm the only one who thinks it a rather intimate way to close a letter). And of course, if the letter being composed is a reply, one simply cannot use the same closing as the first letter.
5) I brush my hair about once a week, when I can find my hair brush.
1) When thinking introspectively about myself, I always frame the thoughts as imaginary conversations with people I'd like to sleep with. The result of which is that sometimes when I'm not paying attention in theology class, it's because I'm envisioning myself discussing the details of my psyche with sexy acquaintances with whom I rarely speak. This makes me feel less self-absorbed when I spend time thinking about the wonder that is me.
2) I lie pretty much all the time. I tell ridiculous, transparent lies and sneaky lies to avoid confrontation. I also tell little lies for no reason. Today, I told my coworker I'd never read the Communist Manifesto, while pretending to be deeply ashamed of this failing. I am, however, very good at coming off as a little too honest for my own good when it suits my purposes.
3) I take my school notes with glittery pens in a variety of pink, heart-themed notebooks that I buy off eBay. (This being the current model.) Sometimes people see these, mistake them for diaries, and are very disappointed with the content is largely scribbled mathematical formulas, interspersed with whiny comments about how tired/hungry/bored/distracted I am.
4) Unless it is to a good friend or family member, I will spend hours agonizing over the greeting and closing of any letter, including two sentence e-mails to my professors. 'Dear' is a little to close to 'dearly beloved' or 'dearest', but just starting in with the name is so abrupt, etc. It's the closings that kill me though. 'Sincerely' is so stilted. 'Yours faithfully' seems to grovel. 'Thank-you' although a favorite isn't always appropriate. 'Regards' seems out of place in a letter that doesn't address concern for the addresse's state of being in the body. 'Yours' sounds awfully like 'Wishing you were naked in my bed' (but I often end up using it anyway, having convinced myself that I'm the only one who thinks it a rather intimate way to close a letter). And of course, if the letter being composed is a reply, one simply cannot use the same closing as the first letter.
5) I brush my hair about once a week, when I can find my hair brush.