Quirk Inventory

February 17, 2000

Vertigogirl's Quirk Inventory

Raking

All through the fall I wander around wanting to rake leaves. I loved raking leaves as a kid. The crisp fall air, the raking, the leaves. What could be better? It drives me crazy that no one in this city seems to think that raking leaves is an important chore. If it is done at all, the leaves get raked into the gutter to clog drainage pipes and generally make a gloopy mess. Since I ride my bike a whole bunch, this really pisses me off since the roads get so slippy. At some point I will buy a rake and start doing it myself. Vertigogirl, raking vigilante.

Office supply fetish

I know I am not the only one (Confessor and Tytalus), but I can't get enough of office supplies. I will happily wander around Office Despot for an hour looking at every single thing. I can never get out of there with just one thing. My special fetish is pens. I go to the pen aisle on a regular basis and fondle all the pens. Especially pretty ones with clear bits. I usually get about 5 minutes before someone asks me to leave. "Miss, put down the pen and come with me..."* I also love labelers. I always try to make labels when I am in the store, though they are usually out of tape because of people like me. I would totally buy a labeler if I could justify the expense. Everything in my house would have a label. It would start small with me labeling storage boxes and files, but would quickly snowball into label-madness - "fridge", "computer", "cat", "husband"...

Spring Crazies

Many people suffer from spring fever and start cleaning, sorting, purging etc. but I get it pretty bad. I just want CHANGE in the spring. This manifests as a house move every two years or so, physical reinvention - i.e. hair colour or length, tattoos - or a wardrobe overhaul** Even people I don't know extremely well say, "Kate, it's you and it's spring" when I mention feeling restless at THAT time of year. Strangely enough, it is mid February and I am totally fed up with my job and want to get rid of all our crap! (admittedly, we got rid of about 5 boxes worth of junk a few weeks ago. Yippee!)

Toilet Paper

I always put the new roll of toilet paper on the roll. Even when I am at someone else's house. It makes me mental to find a roll of toilet paper sitting on the counter or on the back of the toilet, more often than not all soggy and warped at the bottom. It takes about 2 seconds to remove the empty roll and replace it with a new one. Why does this seem like such a chore? It takes 2 seconds! "Twoooooooo ssseecccccoooooooonnnnndddddsssss!" Oh, and Soylent Green is people. * This has never actually happened.
** This has never actually happened either because I can't afford it, but I fantasize about it.

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