i am neurotic.

I like to do crossword puzzles and they are usually numbered. Well, I go through the book and pick the numbers that correspond to a certain age and then say…”I will be married by this age” or “I will have kids by this age” and then if I complete the puzzle and do not look up any answers, I know that it will happen. After I get all the good numbers, I will randomly pick numbers I like for whatever reason and then think similar more random scenarios.

Sometimes, when I buy, say, a planner, and then I buy another one because it’s better, I feel really bad for the old one and I feel so bad for it that I end up switching back and forth between them because I don’t want one to get sad or jealous.

I only believe in karma when it comes to gum. I will never throw the gum I am chewing onto the ground, because if I do then next time I go outside I will step on someone else’s spit out gum.

every time something bad happens to me, i believe that it’s karma and i’ll look back and try to justify what had happened. if i cant justify it, i have to twist the situations around so that i feel better.

I always carry a lucky condom in my wallet. Always, for all presentations and lectures. Lectures go bad, if I am not carrying it.

I can’t talk under bridges. I think that it’s superstition but i’ve never met anyone else who does the same. The only thing i can say is “shhh” to somebody who is trying to talk to me because i fear for their safety. I know nothing will happen but i can’t bring myself to break the habit.

Forgive me for the nature of this one …. when i was a child and first being potty trained, i well, had a bad day (diarrhea). So, the next time i went to the bathroom (by myself) i crossed my fingers to hope for a more successful go. Not once since that day have i not crossed my fingers before going #2. I am 28 years old

Whenever I notice that the clock says 11:11, i have to stare at it while making my wish to make sure i stop wishing the second it changes to 11:12, because I think that if I wish past 11:11 it will be canceled out.

I know someone who still does that thing where you hold your breath when you pass a graveyard and don’t exhale until the next white house. I mean, she’s 27. And still does it.