weird things

Vasuki has tagged me to write 6 weird things about myself. He has no idea how tough a job it is. To pick from the multitude of my weird behaviors is a Herculean task.

Anyways...here are some things which I find unusual about myself.

The tortoise spell:

I walk slowly. What’s weird about that, you ask? Walk with me once and you will know! I don’t just walk slowly…I walk sloooooooooooooooooowly.

Over that, every few minutes, I will stop to look at the shape of some tree or some flower. I was called “gajagamini” by my friend Adlin!

Bidthoo-bidthoo:

This is one of my inherited (from my mom) weird traits. I am superstitious in a very weird way. I will stop my vehicle if a cat passes by, I never cross a pole when walking with a friend and if I stumble I will make someone hit me! But I will bend my belief to fit my convenience. If I am late, and a cat crosses my way, I will convince myself that spitting on the spot where it crossed is the antidote to the bad effect!And I say ‘touchwood’ after saying anything nice and ‘bidthoobidthoo’ after something bad!

When I was in school, I suddenly had this belief that if someone wishes you “best of luck” 5 times, you will do well in your exams/tests. In a matter of few days, the whole class would be going nuts with each other wishing “best of luck” 5 times.

About alphabets and fruits:

I relate to things by giving them a gender and certain character traits. So ‘A’ is a very good looking guy, ‘B’ his unattractive wife, ‘C’ a selfish woman, ‘D’ –her loud husband, ‘E’ and ‘F ‘–the kids of ‘C’ and ‘D’ etc. So Mango is a very proud snobbish woman and jackfruit was fat jovial man etc...

I would talk to trees, my scooty (I would apologize to it, if I braked hard), my laptop etc.

No, I am not nuts…just weird!

Daydreaming bolywood style:

My daydreaming is full of songs and dance sequences. I love listening to some hindi music and to imagine myself singing them. So if there is a song from DDLJ, I will be the one crooning with SRK not Kajol…sigh!

Love affair with inanimate things:

I am unimaginably possessive about my material things. I don’t like someone else touching my laptop…or using my comb. I never lend books or CDs. I am emotionally attached to them .They are like an extension of me-so it makes me very uncomfortable to lend my stuff. (Wouldn’t want someone else falling asleep with my book on their chest;) )

Err…I forgot your name

I can remember a whole lot of details. I can remember the lyrics if I listen to a song once

..I can remember in detail about what happened in 4^th standard…and all the talk I had with Vasuki…but cant for the love of God remember where I left my keys or what the name of the lady was whom I met yesterday.

I have a problem recalling names or faces. The problem is I am day dreaming almost always. When I meet a person, I am thinking what animal this person resembles, whether tippu sultan costume would look good on him etc etc, that I fail to recall the name of the man who looks like a sickly giraffe!

I know...you all have a lot of observations about me which you think is weird but then who is to say what is considered “WEIRD”?