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JD The Jazz Doctor


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Hey!


I think there might be a similar thread to this somewhere back in the pages; but I thought the idea was worth revisiting: our odd quirks.


I think as time marches on and we age, in many ways we become set in our ways. But so too, we become more objective and see things in a clear light. We even discover our own quirkiness in the ways we approach things. And oftentimes this is a funny self-discovery.


So! What have you discovered that is quirky about you? You know, that thing that the teenage you would call "dorky" about the way you are now?


For me, I just recently discovered this. I like to cook and grill out. BUT the first part of this is that there MUST not be any dishes in the sink, AND the garbage must be taken out BEFORE I even begin the making of the meal.


Not so odd, BUT it had occured to me "well heck, I am just going to make MORE dishes that will end up in the sink waiting to be washed and MORE garbage that will fill up the rest of the bag. Why don't I wait until after the meal to do 1 big dishes clean up or 1 or 2 big garbage runs. It would seem more efficient.


Yet I can;t do it. Sink needs to be clean, dishes need to be put away, garbage needs to be empty before I whip a meal into shape.


WHY?


And do you have any similar quirks, or things that would seem to defy efficiency or logic like this?



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JD,


I dont think thats dorky, I think if you have to grill out in shorts, dress socks and sandals...thats would be dorky.


Your quirk just neans you wont have to be whipped into shape by a wife someday



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all there- sans the dress socks!


I think maybe this is a bachelor thing. Back when I was 25 as long as there wasn't snakes or roaches crawling from the ceiling and my beer was still in the fridge, I could live off of the beef jerky and pop-corn from the bar and lead a life richer than a millionaire. But as I've gotten older, I sort of gotten into the mind set that experience has taught me to think I've got the best way to do stuff. This might sound pig-headed, but I am open-minded. But what about the residual odd quirks that go along with that??


Here's another- buy your gas on thursday cuz if them sons &$* are going to raise prices, they do so on friday, the day most people get paid and need to fill up the tank for the weekend. That might be supersitious, or a bit trite, or even wrong? But this year, the pattern has been too coincidental to deny!


Again this is stuff done almost without thinking, like a knee-jerk reaction. Its only in catching myself doing this that I think "I can't believe it, I got quirks!" 


 



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Brushing my teeth is always a multitasking job. I will walk around the house and do a few things while brushing. It's SOOO boring to just stand there at the sink and look at yourself while brushing.

That's just one I can think of. I'm sure if I asked my wife what my quirks are I'd have a LONG list.



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DT - I do that. I walk around and open the blind or some little thing like that.

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DT-
That's hilarious.  I know what you mean about being bored.  I sometimes avoid showering because it is boring.  I get to it eventually don't get me wrong, but it's like c'mon.


JD-
This is you.
I don't have anything maybe cause I'm not old like you. 



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funny-


I just realized I've felt that Iam getting old for a decade. And the past decade has been one of the best of my life.


JD, overwhelmed with the true coolness of his bad self..............



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Speaking of showers and brushing my teeth, I often times brush my teeth in the shower.  I can rinse the conditioner out of my hair and brush my teeth at the same, and it saves me two extra minutes.  But I'm sure that, and a lot of my morning routine, comes from wanting to sleep in as long as possible and needing to save those two minutes so I can still get to work on time.


Speaking of showers, my quirk is that I can't shower or bathe without listening to music.  Either a CD must be in or the radio must be on, but the sound of running water alone will drive me nuts.  Another quirk I have is that I am permenantly attached to my sunglasses.  I will wear my sunglasses as long as it is a daylight hour, and if I'm inside or it's nighttime, 9 times out of 10, they'll be on top of my head.  Hey, at least I don't wear them to bed!



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I'm with you on the clean kitchen thing, JD.  I'm getting ready to bake some oatmeal raisin cookies and I'm going to do the dishes first.  It's 12:46 a.m. here and I just got home from working at the church picnic, so I haven't been home all day, but mysteriously dishes kept piling up.  Anyway, I have to be there at 7 a.m. tomorrow and have to supply two pies so I'm up baking and I figure if I'm up baking, I might as well make cookies.  Man I'm babbling.  Maybe I should just go to bed. 

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