Real Kato Blog: Are You Weird Like Me?

Does anyone else do these things?

Sometimes I send myself an e-mail to remind myself to do something later. But then I instantly forget that I've done it. Seconds later, when the "you've got mail" indicator pops up, I get excited because I think someone has sent me an e-mail.

Sometimes I smell my fingernails, kind of like Mary Katherine Gallagher, though I don't put my hands in my armpits first. It's not that they smell good... I'm just trying to figure out what I've got caught under them.

Sometimes in the middle of a shower, I forget whether I've already shampooed or not. After I shampoo again to make sure, I feel guilty that I might have wasted some shampoo.

Sometimes there are two things I think I need to do at the same time. I start moving to do one thing, then I change my mind and move to do the other thing, and I end up spinning around in circles a couple of times before I have to make myself stop.

Sometimes I spin around on purpose, in the middle of my living room. For no good reason. Usually I just do it once, and then ask myself, "Why did I just spin around like that?"

Sometimes I eat my entire dinner standing in front of the refrigerator, with the door open. There's some convoluted logic that tells me it's easier to hold cheese, salami, a carton of orange juice, a bottle of mustard, lettuce, and bread in my hands all at the same time, rather than putting things down and eating at the table.

Sometimes I sing one line of a song over and over and over. It's often something from Etta James' rendition of "At Last" or Perry Como's version of "Winter Wonderland".

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All of these things happen in private, when I'm alone. In public I appear to be pretty normal (at least, I think so), and it can be exhausting to maintain the illusion.

Okay, Internet(s)... time to share. What weird things do you do when no one else is looking?

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Comment #1 from Travis Tidmore (Guest)
2005 May 16 - 11:29 pm : #

I actually tend to hum the theme to Sanford $ son quite often, whether in public or private. The strangest part is I've Never Seen Sanford $ Son!!!

Do Do doDo Do Do Dodo Dodo Do!

Comment #2 from Travis Tidmore (Guest)
2005 May 16 - 11:30 pm : #

That should be Sanford & Son both times, apparently I can't tell the difference between a money symbol and an anpersan (Also I don't think I can spell anpersan)

Comment #3 from Speaker (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 12:11 am : #

sadly, i do all of those things except the eating in front of the refrigerator, that one my dad does...

Comment #4 from Scott H (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 12:18 am : #

I am afflicted by the forgetfulness in the shower as well. At least, I think I am.

Comment #5 from Jenn (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 1:01 am : #

Heh, a guy near my parents has a veritable junkyard in front of his house, and when I drive by it, I get the song from Sanford & Son in my head.

I have forgetfulness in the shower, except instead of not remembering if I shampooed or not, I sometimes forget to rinse out the conditioner. I will think later on, "wow, my hair looks like ass today" and then remember I forgot to rinse. Of course, I always have this revelation in the middle of the mall or something.

I tend to be obsessive (this goes back to feeling guilty about wasting shampoo) about everything, but especially the utilities, mostly water. When I hear my husband running the water while he shaves, it takes everything in me not to barge into the bathroom and shut off the damn water, already.

Comment #6 from Crouching Hamster (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 3:38 am : #

Who knew OCD was that prevalent?

Comment #7 from Melinda (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 9:34 am : #

I talk to myself alot in French Sometimes I slip and do this around people. It really freaks them out. And sometimes I get on a kick of singing the Gumby theme song in French Have no idea where this comes from. Maybe my high school French teacher warped me :)

Comment #8 from Cori (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 12:08 pm : #

My father hums two lines of 'Have yourself a merry little Christmas' over and over. Me, I get different songs stuck in my head all the time (ear worms). Today it's a Joydrop song whose name I don't know.

I also forget if I've shampooed sometimes, and do it twice; I also occasionally forget if I've conditioned and use my soap as conditioner by accident.

I will also spin around sometimes because I'm caught between two tasks.

I'm with Jenn; it drives me nuts when people waste water. Or throw out perfectly good recyclables.

Comment #9 from Javi (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 10:26 pm : #

i have to have all my bills facing the same way, arranged by denomination and within the denomination by the design (new twenties always go behind old ones). i am out of my trifold phase.

whenever i consider any two choices for any situation, the third one of "you could always just kill yourself right now and end it all" pops up without fail.

anytime i run across a three syllable word i immediately sing it to the tune of "volare."

for a period of seven days i left the keys to my car at the office every single day and had to walk back from the parking structure to get them.

five out of every seven days, i have to go back and check to make sure i locked the front door of my house.

whenever i call my wife and don't hear back from her immediately two things happen, one, i call her compulsively, trying both her home and cell phone until i get and answer and two, i assume she has been killed. one time i composed her eulogy while i spent two hours calling her and leaving messages. she finally called me back, very annoyed and informed me that she had been at a movie.

to this day i am incapable of counting or performing basic arithmetic in english - i always have to switch back to my native spanish and do it out loud.

Comment #10 from Speaker (Guest)
2005 May 17 - 10:52 pm : #

whenever i call my wife and don't hear back from her immediately two things happen, one, i call her compulsively, trying both her home and cell phone until i get and answer and two, i assume she has been killed. one time i composed her eulogy while i spent two hours calling her and leaving messages. she finally called me back, very annoyed and informed me that she had been at a movie.

you too!? i am not alone! (only instead of movie, insert "bathroom" or "shower")

oh, i missed the part where you wanted OTHER things we do...well, i don't eat fruits or vegetables...haven't since i was young, it's mental...i almost vomit just thinking about eating them. Sometimes when i'm lying down on my side, what ever arm is exposed to the air, i stretch straight up and lock it in place, it's odly comfortable, but my wife thinks it looks weird. i twitch with the best of them........um what else....

does picking your nose in the car, convinced no one can see you even though your windows are glass, count?

Comment #11 from jen (Guest)
2005 May 18 - 7:31 am : #

javi, it makes me wonder what kind of life you lead that you instantly jump to the conclusion that your wife HAS BEEN KILLED. i mean, i do nearly the same thing, but i'm always convinced that my husband has been killed in a car accident, or had a random heart attack, or something common and possible like that.

who have you pissed off that you're convinced that they're out to get her?

Comment #12 from olafandyjon (Guest)
2005 May 20 - 9:51 am : #

That's just crazy.

:)

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