Is It Just Me?

Haven't blogged much lately.  Between school athletics, work, Twitter, and Blip.fm my time to type in a post has been reduced.  However, tonight I feel motivated.  For you see, over the last few days I have been told by some that specific beliefs, habits, tendencies, etc. that I have are very unique to me.

My first reaction was shock.  Me, different than everyone else?  Bah....pshaw!

Then I decided to put my "quirks" to the test.  I will list them for all, and let others tell me how odd I am.  So, below is my attempt to capture the 10 most often identified oddities that are me.  Each oddity has a scale of 3 value.

 

  1 = Everyone is like that

  2 = Hmmm, that is a bit unusual

  3 = Holy crap, you really need some couch time

With all this in mind, I present:  

The 10 Question Goof-O-Meter

1. I must be the last person to leave a room or walk in a group somewhere.  _____
2. My towel must be in the same place each morning.  _____
3. I Have to clean my ears each morning...right after I brush my teeth. _____
4. Related to #3, I must be able to do my morning "ritual" the same each morning. _____
5. Currently, my most personal possession is a small blanket that must I sleep with. _____
6. I HAVE to be able to sleep with one foot outside the covers...at all times. _____
7. I must sit at the same place at the dinner table each night. ______
8. I have to be the one that gets things out of the fridge once dinner starts. _____
9. I have been known to put something "back where it belongs" then take it from there before I can use it. _____
10. When leaving the bathroom, I take some paper towel, open the door using it, then discard when I have exited.  _____

A "normal" score would, of course, be 10.  When I score myself, I come up with 22.  (4 3's, 4 2's, and 2 1's).

Let me know how you scored me.  I will be "patiently" waiting.  (which means I should have an 11th item, describing how impatient I am regarding feedback).  

I Must Confess

It is time for me to come clean. I can live with this burden no longer. I must be honest about my past....

Throughout the majority of my life (including current), I have been a complete dork.

There, I said it.

There are a few who read this blog that grew up with me. They can easily validate that I was as backward, shy, and nerdy as anyone they ever met.

I know my blog "persona" is one of cool, hip, witty, edgy, and happening....right???? Well, I am telling the world tonight that this is all a lie. I am no more cool or edgy than Captain Kangaroo or Mr. Green Jeans. OK, they were sort of cool. But I'm not.

Anyway, I am guessing some are thinking...."He is being modest. He could never be as dorky as he is describing. No way." Yes, way....and here is some proof to back me up:

1. I graduated from high school salutatorian, and from college Summa Cum Laude, not because I am overly smart, but because I spent most of my waking hours in the library reading. Why? BECAUSE I HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
2. I did not have a date in college. Girls avoided me like the plague. LIKE THE PLAGUE. Four years of my so called prime unspent. do you think my impersonation of a dog throwing up scared them off?
3. In high school calculus, I sat behind one of the prettiest girls in school. I would blush and hold my head down when she would turn around to hand papers down our aisle.
4. Reflecting on college, I am most proud of the assembler program I wrote that worked the very first time I tested it. OUCH.
5. Once I was out on my own, I tried to reinvent myself by actually creating a social life. By the second party I attended I was being compared to Kermit The Frog. Not some cool or smart person....but a freaking puppet frog.
6. I actually liked Rick Springfield music more than Judas Priest. It hurts typing that in.
7. The only musical instrument I could ever play was spoons.
8. I spent so much time playing the original Mattel hand held football game in high school that I was unbeatable. I actually thought it was cool when someone would say, "How much do you play that game??"
9. I actually spent money buying a Fart Machine....last year.

Now, if examples 1-9 have not convinced you, this should do it. Below is my picture, lifted from my college ID.

Your honor, I rest my case......