Reasons I'm "weird"

I have epilepsy.

I've had heart surgery.

I choose not to date.

I love physics.

I love the classics.

My fashion style is unidentifiable.

I do not want children (and no, I'm not going to "change my mind" someday -- so stop asking).

Ice cream is more exciting to me than sex is. Well, pretty much everything is more exciting to me than sex is.

I love living in my old, "historic," but truthfully just old and constantly in need of fixing up, triplex.

I'm addicted to Law and Order.

My living room has "black people on the wall," which means it's decorated in an African theme and a lot of people don't seem to understand why I would choose that.

I want to attend grad school for practically everything (physics, classics, philosophy, computer science, math, history, anthropology, sociology, religious studies...)

Despite my choice not to be a mother (ever! stop asking!) I love working with kids as a teacher.

I'm happier coming home to my cats than I am to any human being.

I read textbooks for fun.

I have OCD... did I mention I have OCD? Because I have OCD. (Part of it is that I like things that come in threes or multiples of three, and I'm always counting. As well as straightening things up/organizing/cleaning -- Monk-style.)

I get incredibly angry when people use the word "gay" to mean "stupid." Gay is a sexual or romantic orientation, not a slang word.

Every day, there is a possibility that my driver's license might be taken away (because of the epilepsy).

I don't mind buying designer jeans from Buffalo Exchange -- in fact, I proudly wear the Rock & Republics, Citizens of Humanity, True Religion, and Paige Jeans I've found there. Despite the fact that other people have had their crotch where I now put mine.

Re: the above... I don't want anyone's physical crotch next to mine.

My favorite foods are tamales and calamari (though not together).

Even when I'm able to go home from work, I don't. I'm not a workaholic, I just like doing productive things.

Antigone Books is way better than any other bookstore I've ever been to.

I strongly believe that in a past life, I lived in Chicago and developed a deep love for the place, along with an affinity for the Cubs. I HATE the White Sox (sorry Rhett, if you ever hear about this).

I listen to the classical radio station in my car. Almost every day. Today I listened to jazz piano by Danilo Perez. The funny part is that when I'm at home, I crank up the punk/indie/indiepunk on my computer.

I can put a computer together (physically), and I'm a girl. Although, putting a computer together makes my dad so happy that I usually just watch while he does it.

I collect Hard Rock teddy bears from every city I visit. (I never got one in LA or Denver, so if anyone wants to FedEx me one, that'd be great.)

I like my house and my office to be dark -- just enough light to see what you're doing. Any more really bothers me.

I would be the happiest woman on earth if I had an Acura. Okay, that's an exaggeration, especially because they don't make the NSX anymore (and I don't know how to drive stick anyway). But seriously. Acuras FTW.

My fantasies/daydreams usually involve me being some incarnation of Greg Graffin.

...frankly, I could go on forever, but these are all things that people have responded to with comments like "really?" or "you can't be serious" or "wow, I've never known anyone like that" or "are you sure?" or "that's just weird."

I don't think I'm weird, I think I'm awesome. I wish everyone else could see that.

Yummm...

One of my favorite movies of all time is Hackers. (Yes, I realize how inaccurate it is, and yes, I realize how outdated it is.) Anyway, the point is that if geeks in real life were as awesome as Zero Cool/Crash Override... well, I'd be a happy woman.