i am neurotic.

Report your neuroses here.

When I eat salads, I must eat the lettuce first. Then I separate all the toppings into piles and eat them one at a time in order from least liked to most.

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When I was little, I would apologize to my stuffed animals if I dropped them or something, so they wouldn’t kill me in my sleep. I also tried to evenly divide my attention among them so no one got lonely or jealous, and tried to kill me in my sleep.

When I was little, I would apologize to my stuffed animals if I dropped them or something, so they wouldn’t kill me in my sleep. I also tried to evenly divide my attention among them so no one got lonely or jealous, and tried to kill me in my sleep.

Totally me.

Totally me.

Well, it obviously worked, as you have yet to be murdered by stuffed animals....

When riding in a car on the highway, I feel compelled to imagine a ball bouncing over each telephone/electrical pole in succession. Uneven spacing is a serious problem, as the imagined ball is sort of sluggish. This will go on until I start grinding my teeth and eventually force myself to stop.

OMG I totally do this. Except for the tooth-grinding part because the sound of tooth-grinding makes me want to jump out of my skin. (D has recently started grinding his teeth. Which is apparently a thing that babies DO because having teeth is a new and interesting sensation, but HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I HATE IT SO MUCH.)

I think my view of tourists has been influenced by growing up in a city like LA, because really the tourists are going to the same places as the locals (Disneyland, etc). But I always think for all the tourism LA is really not an easy place to see in a brief visit.

Also I am so amused to find the pizza discussion still going on. We do like our food here, don't we? Anyhoo, glad to know Zachary's is still making the great pizza, I've never had it anywhere else. And I don't think I've ever had a proper Chicago style deep dish, only those fatty, thick crusted ones sold in most chains.

Speaking of pizza, I want to go to lunch at Osteria Mozza at some point. It sounds like amazing pizza. But I need to get on the stick and make reservations--I figure DH and I can make it a date.

That site is totally worth a closer read tommyrot, but my first reaction is that a lot of people out there don't know the difference between a compulsion and a neurosis.

Speaking of pizza, I want to go to lunch at Osteria Mozza at some point. It sounds like amazing pizza. But I need to get on the stick and make reservations--I figure DH and I can make it a date.

S and I have been talking for several months about making a similar date for Osteria Mozza.

my first reaction is that a lot of people out there don't know the difference between a compulsion and a neurosis.

Yeah, that struck me too.

I seem to recall from my college Psych class that "neurosis" and "psychosis" have been abandoned as technical terms by psychology people. Or am I thinking of "manic-depressive"?

Also I am so amused to find the pizza discussion still going on.

Pizza is the new muffuletta.

I love it. The judges are librarians and booksellers, and that makes it even sweeter, I think.

That's awesome, Allyson. Congrats!