i am neurotic.

I didn’t realize I was doing it, but my coworkers pointed out that whenever I would put something up on my cube wall with push-pins, I would select (from the multi-colored box) all one color for each paper I put up. And, I had set colors for types of papers (yellow for planning, green for personal pictures, etc). They thought it was funny to switch the push-pins. I HAD to change them back. I’m so sad they know this.

Things grouped in clusters remind me of skin diseases and utterly creep me out. This can include rain drops on a window, leaves fallen on the ground, etc. One day years ago my brother took a marker and covered his hand with dots, and I couldn’t even speak to him. It’s still an awful thing to remember!

Whenever I’m walking on the street or anywhere with cracks in the concrete. I have to step on every crack, if I miss one I have to go back and step on it. If I go home knowing I missed one. I feel wicked guilty. I feel like I will be cursed.

I cannot sleep with total silence, my noise creator of choice: a small fan.

I can’t use the napkins from fast food restaurants to blow my nose: they are folded asymmetrically.

When I\’m in an elevator with others I will only hit the door close button once, but if I’m alone will hit it excessively often pretending that I’m being chased.

In the dining commons at my college we have ladies that serve us our entree (there are other sections: deli, grill, pizza, salad bar) where you just help yourself. well it’s my first year and i can tell a lot of the little old ladies don’t like me because i can’t stand when one thing i’m eating touches another. so i always ask for my vegetables or whatever it is to be put into a bowl.

I have this big fear of forgetting things. I constantly use post-its to write down little lists of things i have to do, things i need to get, music i want to download, or even things that interest me. I can never have any of these same things on the same post-it and every list has to be a different color. Needless to say, I own a lot of post-its and my planner is filled with them.

My cell phone & remote controls must be placed under my pillow when i go to sleep.

I recently got a new laptop and with it I also bought the compressed air to get rid of dust. Problem is now, I have to clean it every time I use the computer and I see a dust particle, it is necessary for me to blow air on it for at least five minutes.