Today’s Daily prompt is “Which quirky habit annoys you the most, and what quirky habit do you love — In yourself or others“
Hmmm, I used to do these regularly once upon a time. Well my peeves aren’t that extensive:
- I am highly annoyed when I’m disturbed whilst reading, even if it’s a blinking receipt.
- I find it irritating when I have to begin from season one of a show when I find myself in the middle of the fifth one. If it really knocks me out then and there I’ll do what I must.
- When people put down books and shows/movies before they even give them a chance, especially when they feel it their responsibility to rant off to me.
- People picking their nose indiscreetly.
- Unbearably loud, stupid music.
- I lied, there’s probably lots more.
My habits are simple enough:
- I pace while I talking to myself to work out the effects of a high caffeine intake.
- I love socks, matching ones and odd pairs. I often have a pair in my purse next to an ever present book.
- I assign people into Hogwarts houses in my mind, depending on their personality.
- I bite my nails only under heavy stress.
- I tend to hoard useless things from time to time. Screws, old pen barrels, nails , my brother’s tiny cars, etc.
- I think of letters of the alphabets with their own genders and temperaments, numbers too.
- I don’t like to sit with my back to doors.
So there you have it folks bits of this mysterious jellybean! Have a go at the daily prompt if you haven’t already 😉
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I love how you’re aware of and honest about your quirks! I also find it annoying when people put down books or movies before checking them out or giving them a try, and on a somewhat similar note to your Hogwarts house quirk, I always attempt to analyze people’s personalities upon meeting them. (:
The thing about some of these quirks is that I’m usually unaware of them unless someone points it out or until I realize what it is that I’m doing at that moment, I really had to think about it. Extensions of the personality maybe? I don’t know. The sorting hat thing I try to do is faulty, people surprise me sometimes, would be much easier having the real thing though but there’s probably a law somewhere preventing one to sit magical hats on people. Thanks for coming by, Thomas (;
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Oh man I forgot to mention that I too heavily dislike sitting with my back facing the door, I want to see who’s coming in and the hoarding? I’ve heard about it a lot from other readers too, something to fiddle with while reading right?
Yep, I hate not knowing who’s come in behind me. Not really, it’s that I feel I’ll have some use for them in the future even though the purpose currently eludes me. My hands usually clutch the book’s covers, too busy to do anything else.
mmm! a part of yourself to discover eh? the keeping stuff part I mean 😀