I've been tagged.

So angie tagged me with the task of listing 6 "little known" things about me. Here goes:

1. There are certain phrases and sayings that play in my head when I here specific words or in certain situations. Some come from Sesame Street, others from movies, and the rest are probably just stuff I heard over and over growing up. Some examples:

Whenever I am in an awkward situation where people around me are contentious, I think, "And I just stay out of there way. J." It's from an old Sesame Street clip. I blame that little quirk on my Pa.

I can't here the word "Forever" without hearing Squints Paladoris from the movie Sandlot saying it over and over- "For-ev-er. For-ev-er. . . "

Whenever it's dark and then someone flips on the light the phrase, "And then there was light," goes through my head. Again, I blame that one on my Pa.

I could go on and on but hopefully you get the point.

2. I hate feeling like my hands are dirty, or sticky, or anything in between and I have a hard time thinking about anything else until I have a chance to wash them. For example, I am practically incapable of eating a meal without a napkin or paper towel because I have to be able to wipe my hands immediately after practically every bite especially if I am eating something with my hands. Or if I touch any money- coins make your hands smell gross and dollar bills are just nasty and disgusting and probably have gonorrhea on them. Or if I pet a dog. Or if I hold hands with a small child- that commercial with the kids whispering to each other their "dirty secrets" definitely doesn't help!

3. When I was little I couldn't say my R's. Speech therapy about halfway through elementary school solved the problem but when I get really tired I revert back. "There" becomes "thew," "birthday" becomes "buthday," "here" becomes "heo," etc. (Jeff finds this particular amusing, especially when it happens when I am working hard to convince him of something and it is totally undermined by a mispronounced consonant!)

4. I suck at multiplication tables. I still don't know my 12 times tables past 12 x 5. And the 13 times tables aren't even a possibility.

5. I hate the smell of popcorn. It makes me want to throw up. I can eat about 2 handfuls at home if it's warm. At the movie theatre I can eat as much as a bag of sour patch kids allows with a half a patch to 2 popcorn puffs ratio allows.

6. If I cry really hard (or throw up), I am left with little red dots all over my eyelids and around my eyes. After I have had a good emotional outburst I always check in the bathroom how many dots I have-- it's become my demented litmus test to how upset I was and/or am. For example, my cry on Monday left me without about 10 and as of Tuesday night before bed there was just 1 big one left.

So that's 6. Kind of embarrassing. No wonder my dad calls me "Quirkstina."

Oh, I'm supposed to tag some people . . . lori, tristen, jace, and gwen. Have fun!