Better weird than strange, right?

I was tagged by the beautiful Momo to list five weird things about myself. Just five? HA! The people who love me the most admit that I'm a pretty weird person-- something about the beat of my own drum. The difficulty will be in narrowing the list down.

I'm a friggin' weirdo: Five weird things about me

1. I have a fear of peepholes. I have a lot of little phobias, but this one is pretty weird. Every night I double check that the door is locked before I go to bed. However, I am so afraid of seeing someone standing outside through my peephole, that I run down the hallway, lock each lock, and run away from my door and climb into bed as quickly as I can. The idea of seeing someone standing on the other side of my door completely freaks me out. One of my biggest fears is to look out my window and see someone looking back at me; I think this is just a variation on that.
   


2. If sailors rode in the car with me, they'd abandon ship screaming. I won't let someone ride in the car with me while I'm still trying to make a good impression, that is unless they are impressed by creative, wild swearing. Battling Atlanta traffic day in and day out has really unleashed my swearing capabilities. I realized I had a problem when a guy tried to cut me off and I slammed on my horn, stuck my head out the window, and just screamed the foulest things that I've ever heard in my life. He simply stared at me wide-eyed and I didn't even realize what had happened until it was over.
   


3. I scratch my neck when I'm concentrating. It began sometime around calculus in high school and just never stopped. When I try to figure out how much to tip, when I'm reworking a sentence, or when I'm trying to fix the double f**king margin bug for IE6, I have my nails to my neck. This isn't a problem for most people: when they scratch an itch, the marks almost immediately disappear. However, I'm so fair skinned that the marks will stay for hours. People will ask me what's wrong, who attacked me, where the hickey came from, etc. It becomes embarrassing to tell strangers that I did it hours before. They examine my nails and see I have none. That's how sensitive my skin is.
   


4. My favorite smell is clean laundry. I love doing loads of laundry. And because of my sensitive skin, I can only use detergents that are free of dyes and perfumes. Therefore my favorite smell is scentless laundry. Fresh from the dryer.


5. I can't take a picture without licking or being licked by someone. Okay, so I can, but it happens more often than not. I could fill an entire photo album with this theme. Here is a sampling from 2006 alone:
   
   
   
   
   
   

So that's my selection. I choose not to tag anyone for this, but if you do it, be sure to let me know so I can give you a link.