Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
at dinner- i eat entree first, then sides, making sure as much as possible that the entree is not touching the other food. . .for fast food, hamburger first, then fries, then coke; i like wine with food for pairings, so i've relaxed that routine when wine is present
my friends give me the hardest time for doing the same thing with food. at chinese food restaurants its the worst, because i cant have other foods touching each other. i will keep every thing on a plate till i have eaten the first thing and then so on. the number of questions i get about this is ridiculous.
the exception might have been on friday night sal - i cant remember if i ate all the french fries first (or most of them) and then the omelet. i was a bit out of it - so thats probably not normal behavior on my part.
i also have my credit cards in a certain order and always keep them in the same place same order.
i still take off my shoes before walking into most peoples houses (i think this stems from the fact that one of my exes was japanese and his mom had a rule for no shoes in the house EVER). and i never wear shoes in my own place. they are all stacked in a ridiculous order by the door. and the shoes all have a certain/spot order for them. converse in one section, then slip ons, then boots, heels, etc. my clothing used to be arranged in colors but my closets are too small.
i dont think most of this is that strange, but its prob not that normal either.
and i once played 'stuck in a moment you cant get out of' at a job repeatedly for 2 hours. and the worst was i had no clue, and my co-workers wondered what the hell was wrong with me. they wanted to see how long i could listen to the song without ever consciously noticing. after 2 hours they all flipped out. i think i actually do that kind of stuff a lot - just tune out things completely.
