Today I thought I would be really random. This post isn't truly random, though, because I've been thinking about it for some time now.
You probably already know this (I doubt it'll come as a newsflash), but I am quirky. I'm a little strange. By the world's standards, I'm downright weird. Lately it seems that I have been noticing it more than ever before. Some days I embrace who I am, quirkiness and all. Other days, I struggle with feeling so different from those around me. One of the amazing things about blogging, however, is that it has shown me that, believe it or not, there are a lot of girls out there who have the same interests, hobbies, standards, and beliefs as me.
I've come across people who are obsessed with sunsets just as much as me. And girls who are my age and haven't met Mr. Right yet (and refuse to settle for less). And girls whose favorite book is "Pride and Prejudice." And those who believe that classic movies are almost the only ones worth watching. These things have been really encouraging to me and have caused me to continue blogging. So without further ado, here are six examples of my quirkiness (because today is the 6th :):
1. I can't bring myself to watch TV episodes out of order. If I'm watching reruns on TV it doesn't bother me, but if I'm watching one of my series on DVD, it does. Even if it's an episode that I don't particularly like, I can't skip over it. I have to watch them all in order. :)

2. I despise the sticky residue that some price stickers leave on books. That is one of my major pet peeves and it drives me crazy. As soon as I buy a new book, I automatically peel off the sticker. I can't stand to leave it on there...it makes it seem like it's not mine. I feel the need to bond with a new book. :) But I hate, hate, hate it when the sticker is one of those cheap flimsy kinds that leaves sticky gunk and tiny pieces of the sticker behind after you pull it off. And then the sticky gunk attracts all kinds of dirt. And then you put the book in your bookcase, and when you pull it out again, it has welded itself to the back/front of a neighboring book. Seriously, a sticker that pulls off cleanly is not impossible...some bookstores already use that kind. Why can't the others do the same? *rant over*

3. I am a collector. I collect many things, such as books, CDs, and DVDs. I also collect all sorts of pretty old magazines or pictures or paper scraps that I think I might possibly use some day in my journal (which has become a journal/art journal/scrapbook kind of thing now). This is a sample of my case of CMOCD (classic movie obsessive collecting disorder):



6. I love a few of Lynyrd Skynyrd's songs. Yes, those long-haired, 70s, southern rock guys. It's sort of a cultural thing here, I guess. My dad loved them when he was younger, and I really like a few of their songs ("Sweet Home Alabama," "Freebird," "Simple Man," "Mr. Banker"). If any band or musician comes around here and plays "Sweet Home Alabama," the people here hoot and holler and sway so much that you would think you were in Alabama. Never, ever tell anyone who was born and raised in our part of Virginia that we really shouldn't be considered a Southern state (didn't you know that the last capital of the confederacy-for precisely 7 days-was in a small town in Virginia?). We have a serious dose of Southern pride. :) And I guess Lynyrd Skynyrd is just a small part of that.


Until next time,


I like this. :) And really, I don't think you're as strange as you might think (or at least, if you are, almost all of the people I know--me included--are just as strange). I am totally with you about the book stickers--I have always HATED that! (Also, sunsets are my favorite thing ever and the Lake District is very high on the list of places I want to visit someday!)
ReplyDelete2) I hate those stickers. they drive me crazy, and I feel like they mess up the book.
ReplyDelete5) I started my bucket list a few months ago, and I have it up to 65 now. The only two that I have marked off are tour a castle and go to an archeological dig. I hope that I can work on that :)
I never realized my classic movie obsession had an official disorder name, LOL! I recognize so many of the DVDs in that picture as belonging to my collection too.
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