soc_puppet | Six weird things meme

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zanile5 to list six weird habits/things about myself. ...Ignoring most of the rules, because while I am interested in everyone's little quirks and stuff, I don't want to really force people into it. (See how I defy you, society! Ahahahah! ...I'll be good now, really.)

Thing the first: I am a doodler. Doodling itself isn't that strange of a hobby from what I know, but I think I might be on the extreme side of things. I do the normal things, like doodling in page margins (though rarely on fic paper), but the urge to doodle or create art goes beyond that for me. I've had rather worrying urges to doodle on sheet music for Quire, possibly because it's not on a stand with a wooden instrument between me and it, and instead usually sitting in my lap with a pencil very near-by. It can be quite distracting. It goes even beyond this, though, in that I have the urge to paint overwhelming pictures on everything from blank walls to cielings. (Am I jealous of Michelangelo? You betcha!) It probably doesn't help that we had a number of school murals.

Thing the second: I am a trichotillomaniac. Trichotillomania, for those who missed it any of the few times I talked about it before, or who forgot, or for whatever reason don't know, is the act/habit of pulling one's hair out to reduce stress. So yes, those cartoons do have a basis in real life. Trichotillomania usually goes much slower, though. It's usually one hair at a time. Trichotillomaniacs are usually teenage girls, and they usually pull hair from their head. I was further unusual in that I not only started around fourth grade, but that I concentrated mostly on my eyelashes. (It started with that eyelash-wish thing, and then escalated to nasty proportions.) At one pont, my eyelids were practically bald. I was weaned off of it with the promise of a very nice praying mantis hand puppet, that I still have somewhere. These days, thanks in part to meds, I mostly leave my eyelashes alone. Though I do want to look into waxing eventually...

Thing the third: I have a very good memory. This can cover anything from classwork to dreams. It's possibly also why I tend to ignore my homework for entirely too long 9_9a

Thing the fourth: Insomniac at least since preschool :D ...Which is really nothing to brag about, but the fact that I recognized it by the time I was in grade school might be.

Thing the fifth: I'm really fond of bugs and other creepy-crawlies. Except beetles. For some reason, those just really get under my skin. Other than that? I'm not only cool with them, I think they are cool. I've been known to coo over spiders and house centipedes.

Thing the sixth: I am extremely good at taking tests. If I knew why, I'd share my secret. As is, I have two theories, both of which are probably wrong for all I know.

Anyway, how 'bout the rest of you? You have six weird/interesting habits/things about you? Great! I wanna read 'em!

On a different note, I finished that Axel/Reno picture :D;;;