Otherwise known as the long-overdue “I could be doing something else” meme.

What you have to do is to list any 6 weird things about yourself, then tag 6 other people to do this meme. Noel tagged me, so I shall do it anyway.

In no particular order of weird-ness:

1. I get very upset when I get asked a question that I cannot answer immediately. This is especially so if it’s a question that I should know the answer to. This usually applies to trivia questions and often involves remembering the name of a particular person. You can therefore imagine how upset I often get during You Don’t Know Jack. Heh.

2. In a restaurant, if my plate isn’t cleared when I’m done, I will keep on eating every last grain. Yes, indeed. I think it’s a dog thing, needing to clear up one’s plate before being satisfied. Thankfully, this doesn’t happen when it’s only a meal for two - I have the common sense then to head into conversation to occupy me instead.

3. I have a fascination with most things chivalrous. The movie Dragonheart was a huge influence on me for the longest time, because of the oath mentioned in the flick. To this day, I’m still stuck on the line “His might upholds the weak”. And yes, I still open doors for women, offer to carry their bags and (when I remember to) pull out their chairs for them to sit. All this even when they don’t appreciate it.

4. I really enjoy administrative work. I enjoy sitting at a desk for hours on a computer. I enjoy word processing, working with spreadsheets and databases, resolving basic IT issues (the more complex ones I refer to direcow) and just being an all-round Microsoft Office enthusiast. I’m REALLY weird that way, I guess.

5. I cannot believe how much of a mid-level geek at heart I am. True, I may wear a Starfleet costume to donate blood but I sure as heck do not seek to learn Klingon as a conversational language. I am a huge Marvel Comics fan, but I can’t quote to you exactly who was an Avenger in the 1990s. I love my wrestling storylines and WWE in general, but I can never remember who was champion, say in 2001, or who he fought at that year’s Wrestlemania. In fact, the only thing I’m geeky about is my Catholic faith… and even then I can’t quote to you the exact Scripture passage to substantiate my beliefs. I truly am a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.

6. I dream in story arcs. There are times when I’m forced to wake up early in the middle of a dream. If I recall the dream vividly and feel that it did not end to my satisfaction, then I will make it a point to dream from where I left off the next time I go to sleep. This can go on for a couple of days at a time. More recently, I’ve been having more vivid dreams that seem to take place in the same ‘dreamscape’. That is, I feel like I’m another person in another universe, and when I dream, I am always the same person in that universe. My dream counterpart is expecting his second child, by the way. The irony of course is that I can never remember the name of the child’s mother.

Okay, that’s done. In turn, I will tag slayer, direcow, kakita, raydance, bubbeemommee and hei, for the fun of it.