Five Bizarre Habits of the ZenFo Pro

Girl on the Blog hit me up with a tag this morning, so I feel it is my gentlemanly duty to respond.

Consider yourself tagged.

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Five Very Weird Habits of Mine

1. During the Winter, I keep my house at a balmy 60 degrees, 57 degrees at night.

I get more complaints from female houseguests than male houseguests. Recently, I had two female houseguests, Jen and her traveling companion. I offered to let them take my warmer, second floor bedroom. They said they were fine sleeping on the couch on the colder ground floor.

I awoke to find both women in my bed, THX quality Surround-Sound snoring. Before anybody gets too caught up in some idea that this is a guy's fantasy scenario, let me point out that hyperactive women give off way too much body heat and tend to twitch like chihuahuas whilst sleeping. You'd think two gals who spend the majority of their workday in varying stages of (un)dress could handle cold.

I moved back down to the couch downstairs. I can hardly sleep when the temp. gets above 70 or so. I am not a frigging space heater. That's why I always offer my guests the upstairs.

2. I have a tendency to eat the same thing for months on end.

Eating is mechanical for me. I gave up soda last year. Processed sugar for 2005. I've eaten at least 200 pounds of butter beans since October.

3. Eating beef would probably kill me.

For some reason, my grandmother and I are both allergic to something in beef now. Probably the hormones or agricultural antibiotics. I've been to the emergency room twice because some idiot at a sandwich shop accidently put roast beef on my sandwich.

4. I'm Such a Nonconsumer...

The total value of household furniture (3 bed, 1.5 bath) is probably about $400, excluding books, music, and musical instuments.

I have two bedrooms that are never used. I don't have them heated.

I have a couch. No other seating, besides kitchen table chairs.

5. I Cry Watching Ken Burns' Baseball

Yes. I cried. And I once watched the complete series in one sitting. The orgins of baseball are so interesting, and 19th century baseball was one a research interest of mine.

How many times does a baseball fan get to learn about the old American Association or the Players Association or Old Hoss Radburn or the 1901 Baltimore Orioles?

I also cry watching Field of Dreams...the Burt Lancaster-saves-the-little-girl part always gets me.

And I cried when the Red Sox won the series, when the the Marlins beat the Cubs in that amazing NLCS before that.