quirks.

10 quirky things about a generally non-quirky girl:

1. my hair. [i have this strange thing about my hair, which to this day no hairdresser has truly diagnosed. basically 1 out of every 20 strands of my hair is kinky and in a zig zag pattern. i mean crimped as if some microscopic elf took a crimping iron to a few pieces of my hair while i was napping. i spend lots of time looking for these rare strands and playing with them when i am bored.]

2. i like math and i am creative. [nothing makes me happier than figuring out a math problem or completing a complicated bookkeeping project. i also went to a Conservatory of the Arts for Drama, write a blog and know my life would be much more complete if spent on a movie set. i am still waiting for the two parts of my brain to meet perfectly in the middle.]

3. i skip showers. [i used to hate admitting this but honestly, it’s just a quirky thing about myself i have learned to accept. there has to be a reason or an urge to get me in the shower. like a first date or a sweaty workout. hey, my skin and hair are better off for it and i shower when i need to. so there.]

4. i love Q-tips. [i have to use Q-tips every single day. if i go on a trip and forget to bring them, i will take a cab to find a convenient store in the middle of the night or raid my friend’s medicine cabinet like a drug addict. i am indeed addicted to that little bit of soft cotton swirling around my ear.]

5. sometimes i see a visual of what people are saying. [this is probably from years spent transcribing what people say on reality shows. every once in a while you’ll be talking to me and i am totally listening and interested and really in it and then i notice your words appear across your forehead like a scrolling marquee in Times Square. thanks E! Entertainment.]

6. i sleep in one tiny spot of a huge bed. [i have a California king bed, i’m 5’2″ tall, and i live alone. the size of my bed is amazing and there isn’t a moment that i don’t appreciate it for all its worth. every evening i look at it and sigh and can’t wait to crawl in. i turn back the covers, slide into my little piece on the right side, go to sleep and wake up in the exact same place. there’s a country called the left side of my bed that i’d love to visit someday.]

7. i can’t stand biting a fork. [the texture and sound and feel of my teeth chomping down on a fork…oh my god i am freaking out just thinking about it. oy. i tried to talk about it and i just can’t. my apologies.]

8. i am really unhappy without avocado on my sandwiches & salads. [if i am ordering a sandwich or salad somewhere and they have run out of avocado it ruins my lunch. i am totally serious. i’ll still get the damn thing and begrudgingly eat it and continue on with my life, but my lunch and my day are pretty much ruined. i kind of need avocados to breathe.]

9. i will always wait until the last second to fill my gas tank. [since the age of 16, when all poor parents must release their children out onto the highways of the world, i refuse to put gas in my tank unless it is 99.9% empty. okay, maybe there is an exception to this rule on a long road trip or something. but in daily life the car must be about to putter to a stop before i pull into a gas station. no idea.]

10. i only write reminders on Post-Its. [i find myself making lists and reminders more and more often as i get older and i take on more jobs and clients and bills and all sorts of life crap. the quirky thing is i cannot and absolutely will not make a note of anything unless it’s on a Post-It. the few times i’ve veered from this pattern i completely forgot the reminder so apparently Post-Its are the only thing holding it all together.]