Thursday Thirteen 8/28/08 - 30th Edition

I've been tagged by Danielle and also tagged by Bellamocha to divulge 6 unspectacular quirks about me. Surely there are a bucket load of them, but here are 6 for each, plus 1 because it's time for Thursday Thirteen, and efficiency makes me hot (bonus quirk, that one doesn't count).

1. In a fix and without cream/milk and sugar, I will gladly put ice cream or whipped cream in my coffee. Sometimes it's good to be in a fix.
   


2. When I feel icky like I did when I had a cold last week, I crave comfort foods from Japan like ochazuke (rice soup), okayu (rice porridge). Since I didn't grow up in Japan and only lived there as an adult, it really doesn't make a ton of sense.


3. I've never seen Star Wars, but I'm saving it for my wedding night as a special gift of myself since I kind of lost the other one.
   


4. I often watch TV shows online and sometimes watch whole shows from start to finish, like watching The Hills (yes, reality trash, junk food for the mind) from Season One all the way through the current Episode 2 of Season Four in just over the past week. The addiction is all right here (except for the missing S3E21, but that's here ) if you are in the market for a mindless new addiction:
   
   
   


5. I love The Dick Van Dyke Show (Netflix rocks with the Watch Instantly option), and I am on Season Two, but shows had way more episodes per season back in the day.
   


6. I keep the toilet seats closed because I have cats. Yes, they hate water, and so that makes zero sense.


7. I don't wear shoes in my home and kind of breathe heavy in a bad way when others do. I've mentioned this in passing here - another "Japan thing."


8. I usually just can't quite follow action-adventure movies. Or science fiction. Fantasy, too.
   


9. The language in which I speak to Tom 90% of the time is only roughly based on English and is more based on gibberish revolving around fish, ducks, pee, lily pads, Tuesdays, rice, and a few other key terms.
   


10. The end of the toilet paper rolls under my roof must pull from over, not under. It's just the right way.
    


11. The subtitles on my TV are always on because I can't hear jack shit, and, yes, I've mentioned this previously as well.
    


12. I own an old piano that I grew up with but that I cannot house where I live, so my sister has had it in her living room (in different houses) for about the past 15 years, though nobody in her house knows how to play piano. I can only barely play, but I do enjoy it.
    


13. I once owned a VW Bug. With a Rolls Royce hood. Until it caught fire. Remind me to tell the rest of the story someday.

I'm not tagging 6 bloggers, but anyone is welcome to play along, and if you link back and tell me, I'll link to you as if I'd tagged you. Sound fair?

Here are the rules:

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules on your blog.
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.
6. If you participate, let the person who tagged you know you’ve posted your quirks!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others' comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!