There are 6 Weird Things About This Girl

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Tracey, here's to you ... 6 weird things about me per your request.

1. I read books, and I like them. And I like reading multiple books at the same time that are of completely different genres and different languages (too bad I don't know more ... but I will!!). Like right now, I'm reading Chris Patten's Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs, 35x33: 33 Things to Do Before You Turn 35 (a Chinese book) and 1000 Most Important Words by Norman Schur, in which I learned that radar and laser are both acronyms, of "radio detecting and ranging" and "light amplification of stimulated emmision of radiation," respectively. Yeah, I didn't know that. Yay for learning.

2. I have weird dreams. No, no, not scrary ones, exactly -- maybe only once in a while. These ones I have, they just look like little adventures straight out of The X-Files. Examples: search for killer bees, dual with evil futuristic pirates on their spaceship, befriending moving statues, ... yeah, you name it.

3. Another note on dreams: they are sometimes bilingual, as in they would be in part Chinese, part English.

4. Have I told you about the jellyfish? Yeah, I have had jellyfish, and I like it. What about the raw oyster? No? Oh, well, that's pretty good with soy sauce. The sparrow's nest? Crab's brains? Frogs?

5. Some of you might know this already, but many people consider it weird. I love mice. I LOOOVE them. I think they are some of the cutest little creatures on earth, and I've had 13 pet mice at a time.

6. I have a thing about public bathrooms. I never sit on the toilet seat; I practice the invisible chair thing. I always make sure that nothing of mine touches the sink when I wash my hands. And I always open the door with a paper towel and make sure that my hand doesn't touch the door handle. Phobic? Maybe a little.