Katie Doyle, Girl About Town

Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 - 10:58 p.m.

I have been tagged - my first time! - by Connie to list 5 weird things about myself. I have to stipulate to the caveat that I, too, have a somewhat skewed sense of normal, so I probably actually do a lot of stuff other people think is pretty weird that I consider perfectly fine behavior. So here are 5 things I think all you buttoned-up folks might find...odd.

1. When I am alone, I often sing "Figaro" like the guy in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "The Rabbit of Seville". Funny voice and everything. I do not limit myself to that one song.

2. I am afraid of werewolves. Seriously. I know they don't exist. Doesn't matter. I blame the first grade birthday party for my friend David Wood, wherein David's father put on a wolf mask and scared the living hell out of me when my mother came to pick me up. The creep factor was added to when I read a short story which turned out to be about them in 8th grade. "There's always a tree between you and it."

3. When I was little, I thought my stuffed animals came to life while I was sleeping and wanted to be loved. Because of that, I do not ever touch a stuffed animal in a store, because I don't want to get its hopes up that it's finally finding a home. If for some reason I end up picking one up, 98% of the time, I buy it. If I don't, I whisper to it not to worry, that someone will come along who will take it home and love it.

4. I will not touch pictures of snakes. I am just that afraid of them. (snakes, not pictures of snakes)

5. I do not ever watch a person I love and am saying goodbye to walk or drive away. I do not watch people disappear around corners, thru doors, or down airplane gangways. If they die, I don't want that to be the last memory I have of them. This holds true for everything, even if the person leaving is only going down to the corner for coffee. If I realize I watched the person walk away, I run after them and say goodbye again. This is due to too many goodbyes being the last time I saw a person.

Peace out,
Katie

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