Weird Habits
 

I never really noticed my own weird habits until my friends adapted them. I find bits and pieces of my friends in the course of my day.

I have a habit of randomly repeating what others have said as an insult. Example:

Friend: I was having troubles with the toaster this morning.
and I would reply "You are a troubled toaster"

I also take on some of my friends habits. Example:
One of my friends randomly uses a new jersy accent in her words, now I have no reason at all to be using a new jersey accent and connecting my words. She says "Ya Y'are" just randomly.

It's just weird when you find bits and pieces of your friends in yourself.

Re: Weird Habits
 

What's wrong with saying "yeah y'are"? It's not my fault that my dad's side of the family (whom I spent most of my time with as a young child) is from New Jersey! ;)

Yeah, thanks to you I insult people with random things ... ... ...

- Katie

I think I say "dude" too much.

Oh well, I'm from Northern California, we're supposed to do that...

At least I don't go around saying "hella" all the time...

Um...weird habits...

I randomly poke people in the sides or arms, but now as I keep doing it more my friends have all started too...

And there is my random hugging...

I also have random sayings of mine that my friends also now copy...

I also pick up thinks from them...

Re: Weird Habits
 

accent what accent

Me and my friends used to say 'hella' alot...where did that originate, i dont even know?

Cali :)

A fair amount of people say 'hella' around here too ... :confused:

- Katie

if we end up going to a cali regional i might have to bring back the 'hella'

we dont say it as much as we used to

When I don't know somebody's name I tend to use DUDE

yeah, I tend to pick up on words and phrases which I hear other people use often. This has ranged from "dude" to "yo" to even "hella" at one point or another. Kind of a tribute to the diversity of the place where I live, ya?

just for clarification about "hella"...

despite the fact that no doubt, a so cal band, had that song that I detest so greatly: hella good (oh dear, I went screaming out of the room everytime i heard that song), its specifically a northern california thing. you can watch all us southern california people cringe everytime we hear anyone say that word...especially since i'm now in the dorm environment where its a mix of northern and southern california.

as for weird habits, being self diagnosed as obsessive compulsive, basically everything i do is weird. alphabetizing, color coding, organizing, rearranging everything! Baking randomly is another weird habit: 4 dozen cookies, 3 dozen rice krispie treats, 2.5 dozen pumpkin muffins, 1 pumpkin loaf, 4 dozen brownies in one day! The list is too long to list all the other stuff...

there is a brand of off-road headlights called Hella...

I read The Great Gatsby a little while ago, and now I'll call people "old sport" from time to time... it worries me...

I came back from Nationals last year and I started saying Y'all not only that but i have a habit of calling people Kid if I dont kno their name even if they are older---dont ever call a senior kid as a Junior they tend to not like it--hehehe--and I tend to have the worst comebacks--which I will not repeat now---of course with me being from MASS i have some odd Bostonian habits from my relatives from time to time I call Soda-Tonic

Yeah, that's true but on our team, there is one person that calls everyone "kid." Even the freshman and sophomores on our team dislike that name. I don't even like it.

(<-----Junior)