Dirty Little Secrets

So I was tagged by two people, The Salt Lake Friends and The Florida Friends. Since it is the same thing, I'll just poop it out in one giant brain strain.

I am supposed to tell about 6 quirks I have. This will taking some thinking. *sigh* I just got off work! I don't want to think. . . .

1. I love to color things. I can't draw at all, but give me a picture and lots of cool colors and I am perfectly happy coloring it in. I used to do this a lot more, but not so much now. I don't like to color in simple pictures to often, I like the really complicated pictures. I can make the world so much prettier in a picture than it is in real life.

2. I will use an electric heater year round. I have one under my computer desk that I will turn on to keep my feet warm. I do this even if it's 102 outside and 90 inside. In the winter, I will take the heater with me, and make sure it's blowing directly on me as much as possible. I've been doing this since I was a kid. It's like wrapping up in a really big comforter.

3. I like to pick at peeling things, especially paint. I have to look at other things that aren't peeling if I need to keep my hands off of it. I have even gotten down on the floor of my work and peeled the sealant off (it comes off in big sheets because it needs to be redone). It drives me crazy!

4. If you have a bunch of small things that need to be organized into a certain space, I will happily immerse myself in it for hours. I come up with all sorts of convoluted systems to make something fit. But put me in a big room or house and tell me to organize it, and I will just organize the books. I can't stand big organization projects.

5. Speaking of books, I have to have books, even if I never read them. A room doesn't feel finished to me if there isn't at least one bookshelf full of books there. The bigger the area, the more books it needs. My goal now is to have at least one book shelf of books in every room that we frequent in our house. I just need to get more books, and probably a few more shelves too. And I'll keep any book given to me, even if I know I'll never read it. I love, love, love books.

6. I cover my mouth with my hand when I'm reading a book or reading something on the computer. Fingers under my nose, maybe off to the right a little, and my chin on my palm. I don't even realize I'm doing it. I don't want to do it because I'm worried it will cause my chin and cheeks to break out, but it hasn't happened yet.

So now I tag. . . .well, all the people I know who blog and would be willing to do this have already done it, except The Geologist Friend. You know who you are; tag, your it!