Seemingly Unspectacular Quirks

If you can believe this, I was just thinking the other day that it's been a really long time since I've been tagged for a meme. For a while there me and most of the bloggers I know were getting tagged right and left, and it was exhausting. My last meme was in January and I didn't exactly mince words about being annoyed by it, in fact I launched a revolt.

However, when my wonderful friend Jennifer at Just Jiff tagged me recently, I was surprisingly happy about it. A meme is the perfect thing to lift the heavy vibe that's been happening around here, and that's very welcomed right now. So, onward now to the Six Unspectacular Quirks Meme.

Six Unspectacular Quirks (says who?)

1. I'm convinced that I hear music differently than everyone else. I hear every part, every beat, every instrument, every word. I hear them individually, and then I hear them together, and I do this unconsciously most of the time. There are songs that I will listen to over and over and over, and never get tired of because the energy, and magic, and emotion I feel in them never stops amazing me. Sometimes I ask people 'do you hear that?', and most of the time they don't. I feel sadness for them.

A few of these songs are:

- Incinerate / Sonic Youth
- Natural Beauty / Neil Young
- Mr. Tambourine Man / Bob Dylan
- There Goes My Baby / The Drifters
- May This Be Love / Jimi Hendrix
- Soul Meets Body / Death Cab for Cutie
- Toes Across The Floor or Walk / Blind Melon
- Gypsy / Fleetwood Mac

2. I sleep on my stomach because I don't like the weight of blankets on my toes.

3. I find an odd sense of accomplishment in popping blackheads... on other people. I don't do it often, possibly because I don't have a boyfriend who's back I can tackle. But, the next lucky stud who lands me is in for a real treat, because I'm very gifted.

4. I really only like to do things I don't have to do. I might be jazzed about doing something, but as soon as I feel obligated then I don't want to do it.

5. I have an unbeatable memory, for pretty much everything. Except for the things like math facts, which bore me.

6. I take pictures of what I'm watching on TV.



And now, the piesta de resistance, I get to tag six poor souls and fill them with guilt if they don't do this meme. I hereby tag:

* Deb of Missives From Suburbia - because she thinks I looked hot in mom jeans.

* Jenny of Mommin' It Up! - because cleanliness is next to Godliness, and she made sure I would be clean (and shaved) by sending me a huge box full of personal hygiene products she magically happened upon.

* Carie of Our Crooked Tree - because neurotic as she may be, her quirks are nothing short of spectacular, and I love her.

* Ed aka Zoe's Dad - because he's groovy and I dig it.

* James of Daddy Shack - because if he's not quirky then no one is.

* PG of Annoyingly Boring? - one word; payback.