Overdue Quirk Tag

So I believe I have technically been tagged twice on this and like so many things, it was put on my "To Do Later" list (it's amazing what's on that list). So here goes...

1 - I am a pyro. I love playing with fire. I love the smell of spring burning. When we go camping, it's my job to collect the firewood while Mike sets up the tent. This is really only because I know the sooner the firewood is collected, the sooner I get to light the fire. I am not particularly good at lighting fires either, but that may just be a subconscious attempt to keep me playing in the fire. Now we have a wood-burning stove and use it as our primary source of heat in the winter (the heat envelopes you). I am generally the one that lights and tends the fire and unfortunately I have the scars to prove it. I think it's hereditary. My great-grandpa was still doing spring burning in his 90s.

2 - I have a thing with 11s, but you now know that.

3 - I LOVE MILK. Breakfast is not complete without it. I drink 2 gallons per week. I will sometimes turn away from chocolate if I don't have milk to wash it down with.

4 - I can't really drive a stick shift and I didn't really learn how until I was 26. My parents didn't own cars with standard transmission when I was old enough to drive so I didn't have to learn then. My cars had always been automatic. I did learn to drive a tractor as an early teen, but killing the tractor in the middle of the field (or running it into the ditch while your grandpa tries not to laugh at you) isn't quite the same level of stress as killing a car in an intersection. I was forced into driving a stick when I was an Area Soil Scientist in Ogden, UT. I had an old Dodge truck with a hydraulic probe/auger attached to the back of it that was used for sampling soil. I didn't have to use it much, but sometimes it was an absolute necessity because you can't just dig a hole that 10 feet deep wherever you want just because you want to know the soil texture. I taught myself to drive this truck by driving around the empty parking lot of Iomega (remember zip disks?). It was a great way to break up the time in the office. My first trip that wasn't just down the street and back from my office was to Logan. The trip went well and I was able to take back roads all the way to the office in North Logan and thereby avoiding the humilation of killing a big Dodge truck with a hydraulic probe in downtown Logan. I haven't driven a stick since the ol'Dodge, but could probably do it if I absolutely had to.

5 - I am a recovering Reality TV addict. The list of shows I have seen every episode of is long and a bit embarrassing. I am proud to say watching much less these days.

6 - I have a really good memory for phone numbers. I used to be better, but cell phones are starting to affect that only because I never have to dial some numbers.

7 - I hate having to call people on the phone when it's for nonpersonal or business reason. I can strike up a conversation face-to-face with just about anyone and experience no anxiety in doing so (I have years of waitressing to thank for that), but my heart will beat hard and fast and I then turn into a toungue-tied idiot that doesn't make sense. It's not like that all of the time, it's just really annoying when it does.

OK, there's my 7. This quirky girl is now going to go take a shower not that it's 2:30 in the afternoon. It seems to happen a lot at this time of day.