OK, the rules sent by notalptrixie

Rules: "The first player of this game starts with the topic "five weird habits" of yourself and people who get tagged need to write an entry about their five weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and link to their web journals."

1. When I take a shower in the morning, I close the drain in the tub and shower with the lights off. Because of all the darkness and all the white noise from the shower spray splashing and trickling down into the water below, it feels more like a meditation chamber. My morning showers usually take at least 30 minutes, because usually I'm half-asleep and the shower helps wake me up. When I'm getting ready to go out at night or showering at the gym however, those showers are usually much more "quick and dirty". I hop in, lather up rinse and get the hell out.



2. I hate carrying around and accumulating coins. All the quarters, nickels and dimes go in my drawer at work for use in the vending machines otherwise I don't like carrying change around with the exception of pennies, if I have any I make it a point to carry at least 4 pennies in my pocket and us them to even out the change so I don't get any pennies back when I pay cash. I happen to have change in my pocket I always try to give exact change so I don't get any back.



3. In order to wean myself off caffeine, I've been taking 20-30 min naps during my lunch break. Now the nap has become a habit instead of the can of red bull during the work day. There are of course times when I can't break free from work like those useless but mandatory lunchtime meetings or training classes. If I don't get my nap, I definitely need the caffeine.



4. Although I usually can't afford to drink martinis all night when I go out (they usually cost $10-$15 a pop), especially if I go out for a series of weekends back to back, for my first drink, I have to have at least one Grey Goose Martini (Super Premium Vodka), prepared shaken taken straight up, no vermouth and with 2 olives (blue cheese stuffed is preferable) and/or 2 cocktail onions if available. For my next drinks, if I need to scale down, I switch Absolut or Stoli martinis which are slightly less expensive or I get a Vodka on the rocks (usually Absolut Citron or whatever premium they happen to have) which is even less expensive. If it's open bar and they are dishing out bottom shelf swill, mixed drinks only w/ no straight shots allowed, then I usually get vodka w/ soda. As the night winds down, if I'm at a nightclub with a 5am liquor license and I'm pulling an all-nighter I switch to red bull and vodka around 3-4 am as needed. If I'm the designated driver I switch to Amstel Light after that first martini. Beer, especially light beers are pretty much like water to me if I drink it at a normal pace because I get a very mild if not an almost non-existent buzz.



5. I have an unusual smoking habit in that that's tied largely to my drinking habit. I only smoke when I am drinking, which for the most part means I only light up on the weekends when I happen to be out. I'd say that I'm more or less a "social" smoker, but there are times I smoke to be anti-social especially nowadays where you have to go outside of a restaurant or establishment to light up, if the company I'm with bores the fuck out of me I can step to the bar section which hopefully allows smoking or I step outside to contaminate my lungs. I do need to have a mild buzz going if I'm smoking otherwise I actually feel the pain in my throat and lungs when I inhale. There are times, however when I'm designated and I'm on beers with a minimum buzz, I feel the hurt more, but I also can distinguish the nicotine buzz from the alcohol buzz. It's kind of weird, like an alcohol head spin but more hyper, like drinking too much caffeine but with a scratchy throat. I also tend to smoke a lot more when I'm bored out of my skull at a club or bar.

I'm a bit hypocrite though, because smoking is admittedly a nasty habit, I hate how my clothes and hair smells after a night out drinking and smoking and if you are a female smoker and you plan on kissing me, for fuck's sake please chew on a mint or a piece of gum or something after that smoke, especially if you smoke those nasty ghetto-ass menthols. I promise to do the same after my smoke. If someone else is lighting up and I'm smoke-free that day I get bothered by the smoke, of course I don't bitch about it like the pure non-smokers do because that's also fucking annoying, but being on both sides of the fence, I try to be considerate and smoke downwind of a non-smoker or people in general if I'm in a smoking-allowed establishment. I agree with smoking bans in the workplace, most public places and especially restaurants and places where there are kids around, but for the love of fucking god and all that's good, you bitches better leave the bars, nightclubs and taverns alone because I need my nicotine with my fucking alcohol. You fucking militant Nazi smoking-ban activists need to get donkey punched because you would outlaw peace-pipe smoking on Native American reservations if you had the chance. Here's a suggestion, leave smoking in all the liquor joints and stay the fuck away from there because second-hand drinking is also proven to be bad for your health because of the chance after a few martinis that I'm going to Bruce-Lee Cross-Kick my nice shiny boot up your ass. That's not going to feel healthy at all, but it will take your mind off all that second-hand smoke won't it?

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