So, didn’t you miss my semi regulary soul stripping in the form of tags/memes/questionnaires? I sure did. But don’t fret, for bApH tagged me… This here tag is of the “tell us something about yourself” variety – 6 quirks of mine are what is asked for.

Surprisingly, this is pretty hard… I shared so much of myself on this blog already, I don’t know if there’s anything you don’t know yet. Which is not sad at all, but a wonderful sign of my charming openess. Or something.

Right. Moving on…

1. I get extremely uncomfortable, when I leave the house without a book. Even when I know I won’t have time to read. The furthest distance I can go without one is the way to the cigarette vending machine round the corner. But only, if I go right back home, where my bookshelf is waiting for me.
2. I hate starting something after it’s already begun. If I haven’t seen the first episode of a TV show, I won’t watch it. If I haven’t read the first book in a series, I won’t read any of it. If a movie is on I wanted to watch and I’m five minutes late, I won’t watch it anymore (exception: if I’ve seen it already, it’s fine).
3. I keep all ticket stubs from cinema visits and theatre visits etc. I stick them into my calendar, where they are preserved for eternity.
4. Speaking of calendars, every year I get a different kind of calendar (1 page per day, 1 week per page, 1 week on two pages etc.). Then I cover every free space (like the cover and the unecessary pages with things you never look at anyway, like international codes and holidays in other countries) with pictures cut out from magazines (like movie stills or other stuff) and pictures I printed out (like webcomics). Then it’s ready for use. Of course, I have a pretty extensive colour code for the things I write in there. [Yeah, I know… I’m a freak…] I don’t leave the house without my calendar either (see 1.).
5. One thing that could make me turn away from the European Union as a concept is that I miss getting stamps into my passport. Seriously, it’s a year and a half old now and I still haven’t got one…
6. When I come home in the evening, the first thing I do, is get undressed. Usually, I spend my evenings (when I’m alone) in my underwear. I fear that one day I will share my mom’s quirk – when she’s tired she needs to get out of her clothes (she usually wears a night gown). She can’t even stand the rings on her fingers then.

So… I think that’s it. As most people in my blogosphere are either tagged already or haven’t been on their blogs for ages due to lacking working internet connections, I’ll leave this one up for grasps. Anyone, who wants to do this, please feel free to feel tagged and leave me a link/trackback so I can see what your quirks are (or answer in the comment section, if you don’t have blog/don’t want to put it on your blog).