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September 26, 2005
Idio Cin
Piggy and Tazzy have been doing this fun thing and they asked other bloggers to take part. I suppose I smell.... *sniff!* or something. They didn't ask me. After expressing the utter anguish of hurt feelers to them, they asked me to participate. Shameful, aren't I. Now I can say I am part of their motley crew. Whoopie! I have to list 5 idiosyncrasies of my very own and then tap 5 others out there to do the same. Here are mine.
Idiosyncrasy
- from The American Heritage College Dictionary:
1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity.
3. An unusual individual reaction to food or a drug.
- from The Oxford Dictionary:
1. Mental constitution, opinion, or mode of behavior peculiar to a person
2. Anything highly individualized.
Note: I've no idea if these are idios or not and don't care at this point. :-)
1. I have this thing about ziploc bags. I use them for everything -- from storing food in the fridge to using them for toiletries/makeup, etc. and my personal fave, I use them when I pack for a trip. Pretty much everything I'm packing is tucked into a ziploc. Clothing, underalls, shoes, etc. Where there's me, there's a ziploc. :-)
2. There are two things I say frequently that I'd like banished forever from my personal vocabulary. The first is "but anyway" and the second is "you HAVE to understand!" Each time either of them slips out of my mouth I want to go have my jaw wired shut so I don't have to hear it again.
3. I become shy when least expected. I don't do it purposely. It's just one of those things that happens to me, and usually occurs when one would expect the opposite -- an introvert appears when an extrovert is called for. Go figure. Friends have told me that I become shy at the weirdest times. *shrug*
4. I've been known to stand with my hands on my hips while speaking to a business associate. This managed to drive some former bosses of mine absolutely nuts, and they told me as much ("Cindy, you know I really hate it when you stand there with your hands on your hips.") Having done a bit of investigation on this body language, I found that it is actually non-threatening -- that it means the person adopting the stance is ready for action. Since I was in sales, I'd say that's not too terrible, is it. However, I've tried to break that habit so as not to inadvertently intimidate, though I am my own boss these days. :-)
5. I blush. There's absolutely nothing I can do about it. It is a dead giveaway of something I'm reacting to, erupting across my face like a neon light shining brightly in the night. I hate that it's so obvious and I can't control it. *blush* ;-)
Hmm... let's see who my 5 victims will be...
Susan at Spinning...
Oz at G'day Mate...
Joost!...
Blue at Partial to Grey
Loup at because I said so
Cindy
Comments
I suffer with the blishing thing too. Bright scarlet at the slightest thing. I can even feel my face prickling.
If there's one thing I wish I could change about myself, that would be it (even more so than wanting to be taller).
Brain matter deposited by: Piggy and Tazzy on September 26, 2005 1:28 PM
Arrrrgh! Damn keyboard. The key's keep moving themselves around when I'm not looking!
blishing=blushing, obviously.
Although I suppose it could have been my accent.
Brain matter deposited by: Piggy and Tazzy on September 26, 2005 1:30 PM
Think blushing is sexy :-)
And I will pick the gauntlet and write about my idio-thingies. Would be interesting if KensterJ would do so too or is Ken Idio-free????
Brain matter deposited by: Joost on September 26, 2005 3:55 PM
Joost - Ken doesn't have a blog.
P&T - no worries - I knew what you meant :-)
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on September 26, 2005 4:35 PM
Done (http://ozguru.mu.nu/archives/2005/09/idiosyncrasies.html)
Agree with Joost about the blushing.
Brain matter deposited by: Ozg on September 27, 2005 6:57 AM
Oz - cool! Thanks!
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on September 27, 2005 11:30 AM
Sorry... I didn't get this until just now... I've been a little overwhelmed...
I'm on it.
Brain matter deposited by: BLUE on September 28, 2005 12:53 PM
I did mine .. = ) Yesterday I think?? I dunno the days are starting to blur together. Thanks for tagging me - sorry it took me so long. = )
Brain matter deposited by: LOUP on September 28, 2005 3:22 PM