I'm It

So Sybir has tagged me for 8 random facts/habits about me. So here goes ...

1. I hate bugs. They gross and freak me out. In fact, I feel nauseated just writing about them. I scream like a little girl when a large one comes near me and go into a panic mode. I can't kill the big bugs because I get too grossed out feeling and seeing them crushed. I usually trap them in a cup and throw them outside, which sucks because sometimes they hit their hard little bodies against the cup, which ... well, you guessed it ... makes me sick.
2. I hate change. I'm a creature of habit. Unlike the proverb that you need to bend like the reed, I'm an oak that's needs to get totally uprooted and replanted to accept change, though many times I have broken in half because I wouldn't bend, but that's for another list.
3. Chips and dip are my weakness. I love going to Tex-Mex joints where they serve fresh chips and salsa and queso dip. Even if I'm not hungry, I can eat the whole basket and then some.
4. I've been writing stories since I was in elementary school. My first stories were plays that my friends and I performed using puppets and usually involved a murder mystery.
   
5. I'm a big Seinfeld fan. I love that show. I quote the show regularly and know when I find kindred spirits in a crowd of strangers when people recognize the quote. Favorite Seinfeld quote: "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things."
   
6. I also quote lots of movies and cartoons—thanks in part to my husband and his friends who used to quote certain sci-fi movies and The Simpsons. It's become a part of my vocabulary. Again, a great way to break the ice when I meet new people. Especially those who are pop culture geeks like me. Favorite random quotes: "Taste like burning." "We thought you was a toad." "They turned me into a nute. A nute? Well, I got better." "You're a daisy if you do." "He was a bit high-strung." "I'm not dead, yet." "Screw you guys. I'm going home." "Game over, man." (I've actually put worked of these quotes in my stories.)
7. I miss Angel and Buffy so much. I started reading the Buffy comic book so I can get my fix.
8. I never, ever tag other people. So the buck stops here on the random facts about me. I never do chain letters or e-mails, so don't send me e-mails that say "you're going to die or have horrible luck if you don't send this to a million friends in the next minute." Sorry don't respond well to chain letter threats. Now if a large bug was sending it to me ... then another story altogether.