Weird things you do, that only seem weird since someone pointed it out to you (or another poorly worded thread title)

I thought everyone did this!

The only thing that would be weirder than that would be to make a Trekkie-like schwoop! sound with your mouth as the doors opened.

But what happens if the door doesn't open? Without the hand movement you might walk straight into it! I've always assumed that the reason I do the hand movement is so that the door sees me before I'm too close, to give it plenty of time to open, if it's a slow opener.

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"i hate it when you think you're going to throw up but it's just a sneeze"

*blank stares from friends"

I have a weird habit of taking a sip of water, then kind of swooshing it about in my teeth and cheeks like a chipmunk, before swallowing. Its a holdover from when I had braces I think. Keeps my teeth bloody clean though! But someone pointed it out once and I have felt conscious of it ever since.

Also, my strange knock kneed walk (but I cant help this, my legs are all out of whack).

oh, and i lean really close to people when having a normally-volumed conversation - this is definitely a symptom of going to too many gigs (and apparently talking through the band, for shame!).

and i look over people's shoulders during conversations, at nothing at all, and for no real reason other than an indefinable sense of insecurity and nervousness.

wow, i'm a bundle of fun!

i do this! if i want it to stop i have to make a concious effort with my feet (heel0toe heel-toe heel-toe) like a young girl trying on high heels for the first time.

I do this too. Sometimes it's so extreme it looks like I'm dancing in a really half-arsed manner.

Huh. Yeah I guess that is weird...

There are two messy piles of yellow sticky notes on my desk, organized/stacked in some mentalist hierarchy. Examples: one note with 3 movies I need to see again plus a few pre-NewYear resolutions I'm making (yeahyeah); list of songs for a mix cd for someone; list of winter boots I found online plus note to self to call friend; graphic novel of interest, page sizings for layout of something, plus, in a row: "Brian Eno, 8-Mile!, Harold and Kumar, Out Hud, Kelley Polar." And I keep the "good ones" - eventually they get transferred to, like, a "file" that I look at only when I clean up that particular shelf or move house. wtf, ah well.

I had an ex-girlfriend who would do a little sitting down dance when she was eating good food after being really hungry beforehand. She was cute.

I do this too!

haha rrrobyn i do this too. i rationalised it with the fact that pieces of notepaper is lighter and thus easier to carry around.

Yeah, I do that also and I have a notebook! More than one, in fact! I keep having to rip pages out of them to make stacks that I can make organized computer files out of, because I wind up jotting things down in no discernable order.

My husband pointed out to me recently that I need a major and dramatic life change every six months or I get really, really bored. Since he pointed it out to me, we've managed to whittle down 'major life change' to something smaller like holiday, new phone, rearrangement of furniture or similar, which is good because in the past I've left partners, moved house, changed jobs, etc. I think I'm getting better.