Why do we make rituals and patterns out of things? Some make sense (contacts go in before you put goo in your hand for your hair - no matter how much you rinse your hands, that goo always ends up in your eyes if you change the order). But we create patterns for things with no purpose. When eating cashews, I have a habit of eating all of the broken pieces first before I eat the whole ones. I will shake the tin around to find all the broken pieces first. It's not like they taste different. What I find more concerning is the fact that I get an overwhelming sense of frustration if Larry swoops in and scoops up a handful of nuts. Hello? Someone was working hard over here, dividing up these nuts that obviously need separation. And there he is, just chomping away, broken piece here, whole nut there. He does not have a cashew eating system, and this annoys me. And then I catch myself, why do I care? THEY ARE JUST NUTS. Or, am I just nuts?
For the two of you who may actually read this, do you have any similar crazy habits? (I know you do, so just give 'em over, already!)
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-I fold my receipts perfectly in half, then in half again...even if they are headed to the recycle bin later.
Ummmm.... You want me to list my rituals? All of them? Huh, I don't think I want everyone knowing how crazy I am. But, I'll give ya a little taste:
I have 6 drink coasters in my Living Room. I got them in France, and they have pictures of Paris on them. They are always stacked in the following order (Top to Bottom):
1. Montmartre / Sacre Couer
2. Notre Dame
3. The Seine
4. Place de Concorde
5. Eiffel Tower
6. Metro Station
Are these in order of worst to best, in an attempt to use the good ones only in case of emergency-6th-drinking-glass-sweating?
No The Metro one is my favorite, but the Sacre Couer is my second favorite. The Metro one is on the bottom b/c it got screwed up almost as soo as we got home from Paris.... Maybe I will commission you to procure a new set for me while you are there. At any rate, it's a convoluted Best-On-Top approach so as to see my favorites most often. Don't Judge, Cashew Psycho.
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