Bring the Noise

I have been tagged. I am the proverbial it.

Very well then. Though it may prove difficult to limit myself to come up with the full five this game requires, here are my weird habits.

1. I like to dip my potato chips.

Now , you're probably thinking, what's so weird about that? Lots of people dip their potato chips.

True, but they dip their chips in, well, dip. Me, I prefer soup. Minestrone or tomato soup to be exact. The potato chips are always Cape Cod potato chips. Of course.

So yes. Instead of soup and bread, I have soup and chips.

2. I store my t-shirts in specific categories.

There are three piles in my t-shirt draw. First, there is the 'A-list' pile. These are my favorite t-shirts, the first to be worn (if they're not reserved for certain occasions, like my Red Sox t-shirts.) Next we have the 'mid-list' pile. There's nothing wrong with these t-shirts - some of them are pretty cool - they just don't quite make the cut for the A-list. Still they get quite a bit of wear. Finally, we have the 'C-list' pile. These are the old and worn t-shirts, the bland and boring t-shirts. These are the ones worn for any kind of dirty task, such as painting, or resorted to when I'm low on clean clothes to wear due to cutting it close with laundry day.

I can't recall exactly how long I've been storing my t-shirts in these fashion. I know it's been at least since college, as I can recall my then girlfriend laughing hysterically when I explained I was folding and putting away my t-shirts so deliberately.

3. I keep lists concerning books.

I'm sure I've blogged of this before, but what the hell. I keep lists concerning books. Actually I keep three lists concerning books. I am the Rainman of books and lists.

I have a notebook - an old composition book - wherein I list the books that I have read each year. The current notebook goes back to 1998; other, older notebooks go back to '91 or '92.

I also carry about one of those ever-so-handy Moleskin notebooks. In addition to random scribblings, favorite quotes and disjointed reminders, this notebook contains two ongoing lists: one of the books I'd like to find (for reference when I'm digging through a stack at the used book store) and one of the (many many) books I own that I haven't read yet.

There you have it: I am insane. Anyone want to hang out? Bwa-ha-ha-ha.

4. I always read two books at once.

Here we are with the book thing again. As an aside, please take note that I find great comfort in the description of bibliophilia as 'the gentle madness.' Really, I'm not in the least bit dangerous.

Anyways... I always have two books going at any time, one each of fiction and non-fiction. So I can, you know, switch back and forth, depending on my mood.

5. I cannot remain still and/or quiet while watching the Red Sox play.

During the course of nine innings I am compelled to jump, dance, pace, yell, hide my face and otherwise make a spectacle of myself. Even when on my best behavior I'm prone to sudden outbursts of profanity.

Bonus Fun Fact:

I loathe the band Green Day. Loathe them. I hate the fact that their extraordinarily derivative music is considered significant in any way. I hate the fact that the ignorant mistake them and their shite for punk. I abhor their moronic political posturing.

Thanks, I feel better now.

Oops, almost forget - I'm supposed to tag five others to do their own lists. I tag Heather, la whisky, Chris, and my cousin.