Ollie Ollie Oxen Free

I can't really fathom what is stopping me from generating a post, any post, even a stupid one at this point in my life but no, I just can't formulate my bazillion thoughts into cognitive sentences right now.  Sometimes I get this way. It's not your fault, and I'm not depressed or upset or anything like that. I'm just quiet and insular and well, being the Me that I am sometimes. But don't you worry for a second that I'm not out here nosing around everyone elses business though, because I so am. I'm all over the blogosphere in a lurky, hanging out behind the hibiscus kind of way, reading and laughing or crying or protesting right along with all of you.

My Life as a Hotfessional is one of my favorite blogs out there and thanks to Ree for providing me the foot to the ass that it appears I need to jump-start this blog again. I've been tagged for the Six Quirky Things Meme. I did a seven things meme once, but this one only calls for six and I am chock full 'o quirks and could possibly fill all of the empty pages from here to infinity so this should be fairly easy to write.

You can guess the rules: post six quirky things about yourself, tag six others*, comment to say you did it.

*My social anxiety kicks in on the tagging. I feel like I'm imposing or something, but here goes my version: 

1.  I am a voracious reader. I read food labels, billboards (out loud, yes, I know it's annoying), informational packets on places or things that I don't give one single solitary shit about and I also read ALL of the paraphernalia, because it's our civic and ecological duty to read it otherwise it is paper waste, that comes along with the credit card bills or your electric bill or whatever.

2. I'm always looking for ways to save money. Back when I was single with three small kids I often had to play the $20 For Groceries For A Whole Week game and I guess I've gotten used to being frugal. My new thing is the electric bill. Now that I know (*see quirk #1) that electricity is charged based on kilowatt hours and that the rates fluctuate and are higher when the most amount of energy has to be exerted to produce such power (during daytime hours when most of the population is active and businesses/offices are open)  I try to do our clothes washing and drying, which is the largest electric user in our house besides heat/ac (those little newsletters can be quite informative), at night or on weekends (lower price per kilowatt hour.) I don't care if I'm up at midnight drying somebody's gym shorts, I'm sure I'm saving hundreds of dollars.

3. I have bat ears. I am sensitive to sound and seriously can not held responsible if I slap you right in the face for eating cereal with your mouth open. It's a birth defect. Or for scraping your metal spoon against the ceramic bowl too many times. I can't say what that number is exactly but if you go past it YOU WILL KNOW.

4. I am an expert packer. I travel light but smart, not too much or too little. I love the packing part of a trip but highly dread the actual traveling.

5. My favorite childhood blanket was crocheted by my grandmother and was made to fit the exact rectangular dimensions of my baby crib. I used that blanket every day until I was 9 or 10 and while being long enough,  it was narrow - only the width of a baby crib. The only way to achieve full body coverage was by tucking the tips of one short end under my toes and lying perfectly straight on my stomach with my arms tucked in, palms on my upper thighs. If it is cold this is still my preferred sleeping position.

6. I can belt out a tune like nobody's business but have stage fright so badly that only a handful of people have ever heard.  

Now tag, YOU'RE it.