PTSD

Well, if I have to...here they are

I had a hard time with this since lapses in English grammar don't particularly bother me (some of the best literature I read is written in crap grammar/dialects), I don't have pictures on my walls (though I, too, straighten them and, E, your cats are horrors at that! I straighten books in bookstores too), and I own one towel and even that is fading and bleached so no folding needed.

But, here's 5 I can remember right now:

1. I wear my socks inside out. Don't know why, I just do. They are more comfy that way.

2. I like frog-shaped jewellery and obsessively search for such. This was rather troublesome when living in Northern Australia since frogs (cane toads, to be precise) are major pests there and are often the target of teenagers (which I was, once) who run their utes over the animals. This results in a (allegedly highly satisfying) "plop" sound and lots of gooey materials.

3. I like writing backwards. That, to me, has a symmetry lacking in "regular, left to right" writing.

4. I step over piles of dirt and dust on pavements and footpaths. In Nepal, the dust piles are supposed to represent ghosts being swept out of peoples' houses and if one steps on them, then the ghosts can enter you/your house. I'm not sure if that would really happen but I'm not putting myself forward for experimentation.

5. I read the end of books before buying them. I started when young and ruined the kids' version of Romeo and Juliet by telling my classmates how it ended (This was grade 4). There were a lot of tears as a result. I figure, if I'm paying money for a book, I'd better know how it ends. That's why I don't much like films. You can't see the ending of films before you buy them (well, not if you're at the cinema). The Harry Potter books are the only ones I've resisted reading the endings of, so far.

So there yous go. I won't tag anyone but leave it up to our readers to write/make up their own idiosyncracies.

posted by Priya @ 1:40 PM