Anika Stole My Title*

Because I actually have been referred to as quirky before (in the form of: "You remind me of my ex girlfriend... all quirky and stuff," said by a guy I was dating) I thought I'd go ahead and do this thing even though I wasn't tagged.

• I can't buy the product that I looked at in the store. I have to look at/examine one, and then take one from the waaaaay back of the shelf with a perfect box to add to my cart. Same goes for makeup, 'cause ew, think of all the lipsticks you've rubbed all over the back of your hand to test the color...
• Okay, I rub lipsticks on the back of my hand to test the color.
• Warehouse stores like Home Depot and Lowe's put me in a really bad mood. I walk through the door and feel like punching people. It's like magic!
• I have to let cheese puffs/balls and Jell-O dissolve in my mouth before I can "chew" and swallow them.
• I love pretzels and orange juice together.
• I always ask for butter in the middle of my bucket of popcorn at the movies, as well as on top.
• When I bring my empty dinner plate into the kitchen, no matter how stuffed I am, I have to take one last bite out of the pot/dish/whatever.
• As you can see, I talk a lot about food (and eat equally as much).
• I buy plants knowing full well that I have No Green Thumb Whatsoever, and so they all die.
• I can only fall asleep on my stomach, hugging something (at home, it's my old teddybear, but when I'm out it can be a rolled up sweatshirt or pillow) in my right arm and holding something in my left hand (at home it's a tiny stuffed Pooh- elsewhere it's usually just a part of the blanket, bunched up).
• I dance and sing in the car like no one's business. Once my friend's boyfriend was driving next to me for a whole mile (that's 1.609344 kilometers for the Canadians), honking and trying to get my attention, and he said I was too busy gettin jiggy wit it to notice.
• I look things up to satisfy my internal monologue all day long. I wonder if the hangers I ordered on Home Shopping Network have been shipped yet? Oh! They have! Where was the last daparture scan? Oh, I just wrote "mile," but I think Canadians use the metric system like the rest of the world... I wonder how many kilometers are in a mile? I wonder if anyone sent me an email? How about this email address? And this one?
• I make up words for things, and then take great pride when I hear someone else use them. Examples: In college, the pile of clothes surrounding my bed was referred to as my "moat." I call people's pubic hair their "pet." When it is au natural, or just in need of a good trim, it is An Unruly Pet.

Okay, I'm all out. Except for the quirk that I love hearing people talk about me (god, what an awesome subject!), so if you know me well enough to add any, go ahead and put them in "Comments."

* Quirky Quirkerson