Creatures of Habit

The Boy Satellite

oh yeah, and i sleep with a pillow over my head. have to. every night, ever.

otherwise it takes me hours to fall asleep.

also, it gives me great resists against axe murderers.

crwth

i bite my nails like it's nobody's business

and it is nobody's business so back off

Yukira

I twitch, or drum my fingers.

I find out strange ways to play the Underground theme from Mario.

I've started knocking my right middle finger's second knuckle against my left ankle bone just to hear the thud.

Framling

Every morning, when I leave for work, before I shut the door behind me, I check to make sure I have four things: my wallet, my phone, my keys, and my employee badge, which also has my bus pass card thinger on it. Those are the four critical things. But the thing is, when I'm doing the check, I do it as a count. I know I need to check for four things, so I don't end up forgetting to check for one thing or another, because I would have to only check for three things. It's sort of a mental checksum.

mully

after having a dream, i can't stop thinking about it all day
i do consider this a habit, because i could probably get myself to not do that, but it's difficult

like, last night i had a dream that i was wrongly imprisoned, escaped at an opportune moment, then made all the right decisions - used my cc to take out a lot of my money so i couldn't be traced past that usage, bought new clothes with it and burnt my old ones (and shoes, which i bought in 1.5 sizes too big since they knew my shoe size previously so i couldnt be traced through my tracks)...

and for some reason, i called moriveth ... and when i called, he was like "yeah about those birds you wanted, you can have them for the price we agreed.." and i was like "no no mori i just escaped from jail i can't take your birds anymore!"

HyperAquaBlast

Whenever I leave somewhere or a spot I do a pat down on my front and rear pockets. This way I am sure my keys, phone and wallet are not left behind or left in a trunk or something.

Thing is if you catch me mid-pat down then it looks like I am spanking myself.

crwth

HyperAquaBlast wrote: »

Whenever I leave somewhere or a spot I do a pat down on my front and rear pockets. This way I am sure my keys, phone and wallet are not left behind or left in a trunk or something.

Thing is if you catch me mid-pat down then it looks like I am spanking myself.

hey i do this thing

we are the same

let's do lunch

Blake T

Speaking of dreams I had a dream about Sheri last week.

She for some reason in the hospital and Vivienne and I were visiting her.

Stale

I don't have any compulsions.


Nope.


Not me.

mully

another habit: reading the forums 10 minutes past when i should be leaving for work

heh ... off i go

CrackedLens

Framling wrote: »

Every morning, when I leave for work, before I shut the door behind me, I check to make sure I have four things: my wallet, my phone, my keys, and my employee badge, which also has my bus pass card thinger on it. Those are the four critical things. But the thing is, when I'm doing the check, I do it as a count. I know I need to check for four things, so I don't end up forgetting to check for one thing or another, because I would have to only check for three things. It's sort of a mental checksum.

i do this too

i shake the keys (1)

touch phone in front left pocket (2)

touch wallet in back right pocket (3)

ok all there i can leave

Sara Lynn

Stale wrote: »

I don't have any compulsions.


Nope.


Not me.

One time, I used one of Stale's loofahs, and he beat me with a switch in iambic pentameter until I replaced it so he could have exactly the same amount of loofahs as dicks he's sucked in his lifetime.

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mully wrote: »

another habit: reading the forums 10 minutes past when i should be leaving for work

heh ... off i go

I do that too.

Stale

Sara Lynn wrote: »

Stale wrote: »

I don't have any compulsions.


Nope.


Not me.

One time, I used one of Stale's loofahs, and he beat me with a switch in iambic pentameter until I replaced it so he could have exactly the same amount of loofahs as dicks he's sucked in his lifetime.

NO WIRE HANGERS EVER

Charles Kinbote

I actually have for-real compulsions

as in tics

you guys

ChicoBlue

I've got tacs.

crwth

you can get with tic

or you can get with tac

Stale

I obsessively count and track everything around me. Even the insignificant. Especially the insignificant.

I craft escape plans for any space I'm in.

I plan out and rehearse conversations with as many permutations as I can. Even mundane conversations.

I have to have a matching amount of body wash and loofahs.

Cowardly

I do the checking things on my person thing, tapping my phone, wallet and mp3. Some times I'll forget im holding my phone, and freak the fuck out until I realise where it is.

I also plan out and rehearse conversations, but mostly in my head. I think of retorts to conversations and such.

ChicoBlue

Stale just sits around counting neutrinos.

The Lovely Bastard

ever since that beetle burrowed in my ear, I got a new habit:

anytime anything is flying anywhere near me, I cover my ears

DrZiplock

I have a very very hard time sitting with my back to the door in a restaurant/bar/etc.

My grandfather couldn't do, my uncles can't do it and neither can I. I get visibly uncomfortable. It's to the point where most of my friends and chelsea will just give me the seat or know better. Except for the one friend's wife. No no, she refuses because "it's just silly, what could happen?"

Phone is always in right front pocket, keys in left front, wallet in left rear.

I iron t-shirts.

Hmmm...what else? I mean, I have things the way I like them in places like my kitchen, but I don't consider that a habit or a tick...that's just efficiently knowing that I can grab a knife from the block and know what I'm pulling out.

Fire Truck

Well, generally, I wake up in the morning feeling like PDiddy

Put on my glasses, I'm out the door I'm gonna hit this city

Before I leave I brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack

Cuz when I leave for the night I ain't comin' back

Dulcius_ex_asperis

My morning routine is exactly the same erryday -- wake up, hit snooze, 10 minutes later wake up for realsies, pop my back, sigh, get out of bed, walk to bathroom, put toothpaste on toothbrush, take off all pajamas, get in shower, brush teeth/tongue while wetting hair, spit, put toothbrush up, rinse mouth, scrub a dub hair, wash face, wash body/add conditioner at the same time, rinsey-rinse, out, use one towel to dry off, moisturize, brush hair, wrap hair up in towel, make lunch, put on makeup, take hair down, style hair, put on clothing/shoes, grab lunch/phone/keys, go to work.

I'm pretty boring in the morning. If my boyfriend leaves and I for some reason have to crate the dog before I go to work it seriously throws off my whole day.

Other habits:
-biting my nails
-sitting on my feet while at a desk (my boss says "who sits like that? chickens")
-popping my knuckles/back/joints in general
-apparently I raise my eyebrows a lot when talking
-meaningless/weird hand gestures

I also clean out my ears compulsively. I have to force myself not to because for a while i did it like 3x a day and got a skin infection -- inside my ear -- which totally sucked ass.

Don't do what I did.

DrZiplock

Yea, I tend to clean my ears a bunch. Also, lots of knuckle and neck cracking.

risumon

I have a ring on my right ring finger that I constantly have to touch or twist or otherwise manipulate. I do this throughout the day, many times unaware of it. Always surprises me when I don't have the ring on and go to do it.

Charles Kinbote

DrZiplock wrote: »

Hmmm...what else? I mean, I have things the way I like them in places like my kitchen, but I don't consider that a habit or a tick...that's just efficiently knowing that I can grab a knife from the block and know what I'm pulling out.

HyperAquaBlast

Oh yeah that reminds me that I do a lot of hand gestures. I do like fake sign language when I talk.

Like if I am describing a square with a screw at each corner then I will make little pinching nipple fingers like I was trying to unscrew the screws. Or saying I was walking somewhere then I make a little person walking finger display.

It scares me when I catch myself doing it while talking over a phone or something cause I realise how weird it is and it doesn't help describe anything.

DrZiplock

Well...I don't consider it a tic either.

Sara Lynn

I have a bad habit of primping anytime I'm near something reflective.

lostwords

Oh my god, you can get a skin infection from cleaning your ears too much?!? D: I go through like 6 qtips every day. Basically any time I go potty, I use a q tip while standing

the cheat

yeah that wax in your ears ain't just for show. it has a purpose, and that purpose is germ warfare.

Munkus Beaver

I have to read something while I eat alone.

I have to.

Also if I use the restroom.

It doesn't matter what.

I'll read the label on the cleaning fluid if I have to, dammit.

iamthepieman

My life is void of habits. Unless you count sleeping or eating in general to be habits. I mean I do a lot of the same things but rarely at the same times or every day.

I would like to say it's to keep life fresh (or to avoid assassins) but it's really just because I am unorganized and undisciplined.

Munkus Beaver

I snap my fingers at traffic lights.

When it changes, I feel like a god.

When it doesn't, I feel silly.

I feel silly a lot of the time.

Local H Jay

i eat the skin off the edges of my fingers
i mess with my hair all the time
i sit in ONE spot on my couch, it is MY spot and everyone knows this
i have it timed so i can leave and be at my job in ten minutes, and can do it consistently unless there's no parking in which case UHOH
i never remember to charge my phone
i forget my phone at work/home/park bench
i drop my phone atleast once a day
and i am bad with money

Fire Truck

I used to always kiss my palm and put it on the roof of my car whenever I was going through a yellow light. I've mostly trained myself out of that now

Usagi

I can't sleep at night if I haven't brushed and flossed my teeth and washed my face

also, I always count stairs as I walk down them but never up

Koshian

I smoke, but I'm trying to quit that

I have something of an oral fixation too, so I'm nearly always chewing on or biting something, especially when I'm nervous or stressed out

smoking serves as a good replacement for that, but I'll usually default to my fingers if there's nothing handy

Koshian

haha, I just noticed that I'm chewing on my blanket

whoooops~