Sunday, August 31, 2008

Another question, another day

I'm wondering if I'm the only person who does these two oddball things, and perhaps what they mean. I *have* found over time that NONE my own unique idiosyncrasies are either my own or unique, so that should count for something.

First. I used to do this when I was little and bored on a car ride. As we'd drive along the street, I'd mentally draw a line between a car on one side to the car on the other. The moment the line connected, I'd mentally blow both cars up. Sometimes I still do it, but mostly I'm plotting how I could REALLY blow up the cars that are actually being driven.

There are two variations to this mental imbalance. The first is drawing mental lines in between poles or signs on the sides of the road and clicking them off, and the other is drawing mental lines between cars.

Still with me?

This other is a recent manifestation perhaps derived from when I was with my ex. The first couple of years, I had the only car between us and because it was an insane car, I drove everywhere. My ex always picked the radio station (I'd say 75% of the time it was the same one) and I never, ever changed it. So that's a bit obsessive, but sweet, too, in my sicko mind.

The recent peculiarity is this: When I get home late at night from work (and I only do this then), I click off my radio before pulling into my driveway. But I can't turn it off on a "bad" word. It has to be something good or fun or some such. So if it's, let's say, "Stupid Girls" by Pink, I wouldn't be able to turn it off on the word "stupid," but "girls" would be fine. And if I don't get it turned off in time, I HAVE to wait for a new "good" word.

There you have it. A brief glimpse into my head.

Scary, ain't it?