[Hnk999]

Well, I just remember Ed or some other mod once saying that random threads with a random topic usually got the most replies so... This one is about old and new habits and things you do without reason. I got a lot of these. Here are mine:

When I eat candy bars, chips, french fries, or anything like that I always cut it in half with my fingers and sometimes will continue to cut it in half and then eat it. I never just bite into things like that when they're whole.

I eat my salad seperate from the dressing. I tip the salad into the dressing and then eat it. Also, with gravy and biscuits I usually have it seperate like the salad and do the same thing. I only started to sometimes eat it with the gravy on it a few months ago in summer.

I scratch at my head a lot. I've done this since summer. I do it when I'm thinking about something, nervous, or just need something to do.

I ate cereal without milk until months ago. I can't believe I missed out on the GOODNESS of CEREAL AND MILK! I eat it almost every day now.

I started to take showers a little later than most did because of my habit of having a towel that I'd cover my face with when my hair would be rinsed. When I'm at the pool, I most likely will go back and forth because I keep getting splashed. I don't use that towel thing anymore though. I usually just wipe the water away with my hands or something.

When I was in kindergarten, I used to suck on the top of my shirt.

In second grade after I got lice, I always would look in my hair and if I thought I saw one small clump, I'd just pull it out. This made my hair get really knotted and hard to brush.

I've never truly went to bed with all the lights off. Until I was about 10 I had a lamp that I would always put on. Now, I have my T.V. on. My own paranoia makes it impossible for me to go to bed in total darkness. Darkness has always made my imagination go wild. During the summer when I was at my house, I'd almost NEVER go to bed with the lights off.

Until last year, I used to rock back and forth because I constantly needed movement. A few people would ask me why I did that. Only when I was reading a book would I stop doing that. I stopped the rocking thing because after secretly staying up at night, my fifth grade teacher talked to me in the office in the fifth grade suite and mentioned from her experience as a Special Ed. teacher that the rocking thing was sometimes common in people with emotional problems. That made me stop.

This one has to do with the above thing. I still kinda need movement. Sometimes when I got off the high, fast swings from last year I didn't feel kinda dizzy. After getting rid of that swinging movement, no amount of running or walking in circles helped. Sometimes when I'm reading a book or my thoughts get too fast-paced to keep me still, I pace around. That usually happens because my mind never truly slows down.

I told you I had a lot! I think I have more, too! O.o I may share those later. XD!