Hey what's your weirdest habit?

[yufei]

Alright, this looks fun! What's your weirdest habit(s)?It'll be really interesting to see how many pianists or musicians share the same weird haibts!
Let me just start with mine..

1. I chew on pens or pencils when I'm thinking.(yeah i know, gross haha)
2. I love to smell books. Any book!
3. I talk to myself when I'm alone. Self answering my questions sometimes
4. When I memorise something I tend to walk round and round, pacing up and down

So, what weird habits do you have?

[thalbergmad]

I have a habit of scratching my nuts in public.

Thal

[pianistimo]

you're really wierd (just kidding).

i also talk to myself when trying to learn something.
my kids say that i make funny faces when i'm on the computer.
i used to read books only for the most interesting sections - going through 10 novels in a matter of 5 minutes.
then, again, i would also read a complete novel of michner at a very young age (maybe 11). 
my mind sometimes won't stop twirling and i have to use certain tactics to concentrate on one thing.  basically, no noise.  i think best at 2 am.

[yufei]

cool! When I'm infront of the computer I'm expressionless. Even if I read a hilarious joke somewhere on the net, I won't burst out laughing!perhaps just a weak smile or something.

[nortti]

 - I concentrate better when I lean back and forth in my chair. Sort of like how blind  people often do. It doesn't happen when I'm playing, though. Maybe I don't concentrate enough then..
 - I used to love the smell of my fingertips.
 - I always let my hair grow long enough that it starts to be disturbing. Then I cut it short and let it grow again. It's about a 3-4 month cycle.
 - I like to be weird.

[sharon_f]

When I am stressed out or nervous or anxious or bored, I count. usually backwords. Now, since I know this is a behavior that is associated with autism, I do it in my head so no one will notice and think I am strange.

At work, I have a tendency to make little stacks of paperwork which seems to bother everyone around me.

The other habit I have, which is actually a non-habit, is I never put things back where they belong, so I am always misplacing things like my keys, wristwatch, glasses, etc. This, along with my habit of major multi-tasking, makes everyone aournd me think I have AADD.

[franz_]

3. I talk to myself when I'm alone. Self answering my questions sometimes

Idem dito!!!

[ahinton]

I have a habit of scratching my nuts in public.

Thal

That's not such a weird habit for a squirrel (see Pianophilia)...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

That's not such a weird habit for a squirrel (see Pianophilia)...

Best,

Alistair

Mentioning other sites to which there might be illegal content is against the forum rules.

Apart from getting banned from other fora, i would be interested in your weirdest habits.

(Thal)

[jre58591]

Mentioning other sites to which there might be illegal content is against the forum rules.

what about those long-winded discussions to eradicate those illegal files? i havent bothered reading through all that garbage.

[thalbergmad]

what about those long-winded discussions to eradicate those illegal files? i havent bothered reading through all that garbage.

You must find the time it is rivetting.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Thal

[jre58591]

You must find the time it is rivetting.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

from what i can see, youre sure having a fun time. i may join in come nightfall.

[quantum]

So randomly, I also like the smell of books (as long as there's not mould growth).

I like to be extreemly organized.  In my study area, a pen must go back in the same division of the pen organizer (not the one next to it because those are for mechanical pencils, and not the organizer beside it because those are for markers and hilighters). 

I like collecting concert progammes for those concerts I attenend.  They are mainly divided in 2 categories: booklet, and loose sheets.  They are in chronological order. 

[ahinton]

Mentioning other sites to which there might be illegal content is against the forum rules.

Against the rules of which forum? This one? Anyway, since there "might" be "illegal" content on almost any forum, should one assume that the mention of any other forum on this or any other forum is, at least potentially, "against the forum rules"?

Apart from getting banned from other fora, i would be interested in your weirdest habits.

That is not a habit, weird or otherwise; nor is joining or contributing or not contributing to this or other fora.

I do not know why you would be interested in any of my habits, weird or otherwise, although that is presumably one of your prerogatives, just as it is mine to keep them (if any) to myself. I suppose that, for most "normal" people (not that I would dream of insulting the good members of this forum by so describing them), my weirdest habit is composing; the extent to which that may reasonably be classified as a weird habit in your own personal view is something that you will be able to decide for yourself when you come to Jonathan Powell's recital on 11/11, at which I much look forward to meeting you.

Best,

Alistair

[netzow]

When I get excited about something I fold my arms across my chest and affect pull on them, I usually make some contorted expression on my face too. Needless to say this makes people as questions and or look at me wierd when the see me do it.

[aliena]

Oh Lord I love this forum.. I cant play a damn note on any single instrument and yet I feel right at home in this thread.. you are all nearly as weird as me.

I knew if I searched I would eventually find a place to call home.  Dark depressing and mysterious black grey and white forum.. let me in.

I love all you weird musicians - how weird is that?

I think I may stay for a while.

[aliena]

Oooer!!

How weird is that?  It wont let you say damn! 

[aliena]

By not letting me say damn.. some people will think I said something far worse that damn.. 'cus the word I said had 4 letters in it and its been blocked out with only 3 little stars..

I wonder what happens if I say a really long bad word like bugger?

[aliena]

Wow!

It's OK to say bugger.. but not OK to say d*mn!  This is the coolest forum on the planet!

Oh yeah.. my weird habit is testing out bad word detectors on forums - does anyone know if this one is multi lingual?

I can swear in English and Italian, Arabic and French!

Rock on my dark mysterious forum with weird people...

[rc]

I sometimes stack things.  Like being at a restaurant, making these towers out of empty glasses, cutlery, salt shakers, menus...

[berceuse]

I'm sorry but I just can't get past the smelling books comment. I just find it extremely funny. Although, I confess, when I was younger I used to smell video tape cases. (how's that for strange?) You know, the plastic kind that you open like a book. Did anybody else do that?


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[nanabush]

I chew on paper clips, it's a habit... I STILL HAVE BRACES!!!! in my pics i never smile with my mouth open, i hate them... i always chew paper clips, use kinda like a toothpick, sometimes i crush them into a little ball, the result being a bunch of broken brackets on my braces   ... but ya everywhere i go i got a paperclip in my mouth

[lau]

this aren't habits, but they're just wierd:

if there is fuzzy covers I can't rub my teeth on them, I would rather die before doing that

I hate touching paper, it gives me the chills

I can't stand watching people eat cold cereal, I have to leave the room

I think oreo cookies taste like a shed, yet I like them

[ahinton]

I hate touching paper, it gives me the chills

Do you have a resident page turner when you are practising, then?

Best,

Alistair

[aliena]

The coolest thing about this forum is that you get ignored!  Thats just weird!  I love it 'cus it means I am free to carry on with my weirdness and no one gets pissed off with it!

Piano is right up my street!

[thalbergmad]

The coolest thing about this forum is that you get ignored!  Thats just weird!  I love it 'cus it means I am free to carry on with my weirdness and no one gets pissed off with it!

Piano is right up my street!

There you go, no longer ignored.

Happy??

Thal

[aliena]

Thal, I was not unhappy being ignored - it was quite refreshing not to be hounded by bigots as I have been elsewhere..

However, it is also nice to be accepted for being a bit weird - I see I am in good company! 


I am currently reading up on your posts.. I like to sus out my victims carefully.   

[infectedmushroom]

- I concentrate better when I lean back and forth in my chair. Sort of like how blind  people often do. It doesn't happen when I'm playing, though. Maybe I don't concentrate enough then..
 - I used to love the smell of my fingertips.
 - I always let my hair grow long enough that it starts to be disturbing. Then I cut it short and let it grow again. It's about a 3-4 month cycle.
 - I like to be weird.

We have the same weird habits! 

[pianowolfi]

i like to go to "Who's online", click the refresh button every minute and enjoy to see the changes coming up

[jre58591]

i like to go to "Who's online", click the refresh button every minute and enjoy to see the changes coming up

same here!

[lau]

Instead actually looking in each category I just go straight to "who's online" But don't click the refresh button instead just click the little yellow who's online again, it does the same thing as refresh, but easier.

[pianistimo]

what does that do?  put them in alphabetical order.  (must go do it).

my weirdest habit is mourning people i didn't even know.  right now, because of quantum, i am mourning shigeru kawai.  i think he must have been a good man to produce the good kawai that i have.  i love kawai's.  i think i'll send a card.  where do i send it? 

[nanabush]

Everything's gotta be grouped in fours... if I scratch my head once, ill scratch it three more times... I'll take four sips of a drink before putting it down... if I touch a hot stove, i'll literally touch it three more times to satisfy myself  ... I got a speeding ticket today, I was trying to get 4000 RPM on my car, and I was already goin the limit, so I went quite a bit over, and got a massive fine.....

[pianistimo]

four seems to be the common theme here.  now, let's go back to your earliest childhood memories.  do you remember any common theme of four here?  perhaps it sooths you in some way.  repetition is a soothing mechanism.  did you need four blankets?  or did this thing about the number four surface when you turned four?  did anything happen on your fourth birthday that was extremely important?

[nanabush]

The oldest memory of "four" was in this suuuper old computer game called cozmo... some martian guy sidescrolling game... the level four had the most kicka$$ music!  I'm pretty sure that's not what triggerd it though.  I dunno why four seems so complete, sometimes I actually try to force myself not to finish it but I just can't help it, everything has to be in four

[pianistimo]

you could be a quite interesting subject to study.  i really believed the level four music thing.  you should stick with your story.

[nanabush]

  haha, 'interesting subject', makes me sound InSaNe!!!

[Waldszenen]

I read The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost both upside down.

As in holding the books upside down.

[quantum]

I read The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost both upside down.

As in holding the books upside down.

Which reminds me.  I reguarly attempt to read upside down. 

[nortti]

 - In school I want to either be the best or the worst in the class. Being in-between is really annoying.
 - When I get excited about something I shake my hands (as if playing tremolos...) It sort of releases the tension caused by the excitement. I can resist doing it if someone's seeing but it doesn't feel any good.

[yufei]

it must really amusing to watch!(no offence yeah)

I have another weird one: I sleeptalk in unknown languages.

is that weird?haha

[jre58591]

I have another weird one: I sleeptalk in unknown languages.

is that weird?haha

you speak in tongues?? perhaps you are possessed.

[pianowolfi]

it must really amusing to watch!(no offence yeah)

I have another weird one: I sleeptalk in unknown languages.

is that weird?haha

That's cool. You should record it and then try to identify the languages.

[BoliverAllmon]

I count things, actually everything. I have been counting things since I was ten years old or so.

I don't step on cracks.
I have to have things super organized.
I have to have things in symmetry with each other.

Overall I tend to be very obsessive compulsive.

boliver

[thalbergmad]

I tend to fart in the bath a lot to create my own bubbles.

Proper bubble bath is very expensive in England.

Thal

[ahinton]

I tend to fart in the bath a lot to create my own bubbles.

Proper bubble bath is very expensive in England.

Thal

But is your homemade variety as effective as the shop bought stuff?

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

But is your homemade variety as effective as the shop bought stuff?

Best,

Alistair

It is even better.

I will mail you some.

Thal

[nicco]

It is even better.

I will mail you some.

Thal

Bombs in the mail is not to be joked with.

[thalbergmad]

Bombs in the mail is not to be joked with.

Not a bomb, it is essence of Zookeepers boots.

Thal

[gilad]

I have really annoying habit!!! of losing the bones that I bury in the garden, man i hate that so much!!!

My real weird habit is actually picking the little fluffy things off clothing, bed sheets, socks etc. I have always done it since i was a 3 yeard old, i still do it. sometimes i make a real mess, leaving little fluff balls all over the place, and i get really embarrassed, i have to clean it all up. I just love the way they feel under my finger nails.
I also smell all food before i eat it. People dont seem to appreciate my dog like behaviour in this regard. I dont actually rub my wet nose on it though like pooch would.
Oh god, i feel like im in therapy.