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Thursday Thirteen (TT#21)

Thirteen Things That Creep Me Out
1. Sanjaya on American Idol.  ICK!  I can’t listen to him or look at him.  Even his nasty little smile gives me the chills. 

2. Heights

3. Peeps, the nastiest Easter candy ever created.  I literally can’t stand to look at them.  Of course, it’s a huge joke at the EDJ and people were always putting one on my desk–or even inner-office mailing me one.  Ugh!  One of the many joys of now telecommuting from home!

4. Snakes, boring, but true.

5. Spiders.  I usually can’t even stand to kill one.  Let alone catch and release.  EEK!  I go away and hope it’s magically gone when I get back.  Unless it’s in the bedroom or the shower, and then I must see that little critter dead.

6. Feet.  Yes, I hate feet, even my own.  *shudder*  The grossest thing in the world is seeing a man in sandals.  Double EEK! 

7. Checking the mail–if there’s a SASE.  “Dear Author….”  Yes, some days I’m afraid to check the mail.

8. Hay maze.  I was once trapped in one (I was maybe five years old) and I will never do it again!

9. Calls from daycare.  “Your daughter stuck an eraser up her nose and we can’t get it out.”

10. Puncture or gaping wounds.  After my Mom, brother, and his ex-wife were in a car accident, I sat for hours in Mom’s room.  Bloody head, scratches, broken wrist.  None of that bothered me.  She had blood on her shoes, on her jeans, everywhere.  I was fine.  I went next door to check on the ex-sister-in-law, and she lifted up the Band-Aid to show me where the turn signal on the steering wheel had punctured her knee.  And I hit the floor.  A sick lady in the other hospital bed got up and helped me to a chair!  :oops:

11. Massages.  I just don’t like to be touched by strangers.

12. Chiropractors.  Even the “good” ones, not scam artists.  The snap crackle pop is enough to make me ill.  I’ve never been, and I never will unless someone gives me lots of happy pills first.

13. Child molsters.  :evil:

 

 

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50 Responses to “Thursday Thirteen (TT#21)”

  1. Christina Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 7:51 pm

    I agree with most of these! Except for the daycare one; I don’t have kids yet :) Creepy list!

  2. Lisa Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 8:09 pm

    The story about the hospital made me laugh out loud! We all have our weirdnesses, don’t we?

    Anyone barfing or fixing to barf makes me run for the hills. Just eww. Yet, I have been to a chiropractor and would go again in a heartbeat. It felt soooo good. (Same for massages too!)

    Have a great Thursday!

  3. Amy Ruttan Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 8:40 pm

    Alot of those things creep me out to. Feet are nasty, so are belly buttons. YUCK!

    Child molesters, well, I know alot of things involving cattle prods that I would like to do to them.

    And the mail thing … oh ya, especially lately.

    Great list! Happy TT!

  4. Stacy Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    I love peeps. But, I totally agree with #13!!

  5. Nancy Bond Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 8:54 pm

    Ooo…great list! I concur with many of the things on your list, but most especially #1. He seriously CREEPS me out, too. But, he’s around for another week at least. Happy TT!

  6. Joely Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

    Christina, kids can be VERY scary!

    Lisa, I’ve been barfed on, pooped on, peed on. By both kids and dogs. So that doesn’t bother me much. That Man loves the chiropractor and is always trying to make me go. Nuh-uh!

    Ack, Amy, how could I forget belly buttons?? I hear you on the mail. *sobs*

  7. Thomma Lyn Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    Ugh, “Dear Author” form rejection letters creep me out something fierce! *shudder* And ew, chiropractors — nothing against them personally, of course, but I loathe the thought of being popped and cracked.

    I laughed out loud about you being creeped by Peeps! :D

    Fun list! I have to say, I like snakes and spiders. LOL!

    Happy TT, and thanks for coming by my Thirteen!

  8. Kim Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    I’m with you on all of these! I don’t even like it when my husband’s feet touch mine under the bed covers. Gross!! And bugs? Forget it! If I happen to muster the courage to kill one, I leave my husband’s shoe on top of it so he knows to pick it up. BTW, they cannot be flushed…they have to be squished first. Otherwise they might crawl back out! :)

  9. Susan Helene Gottfried Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 9:02 pm

    I’ve clearly been doing this too long; rejection letters don’t bug me (they’re an excuse to move on to the next name on the list!).

    But when the phone rings and the caller ID says it’s the school, my stomach drops. Even though it’s usually not terrible. (the one day that it was a problem scarred me pretty good.)

    Happy TT!

  10. Joely Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

    Stacy, show me a peep and I run away! :-)

    Nancy, ARGH. I didn’t see AI tonight, but I feared the worst. I can’t stand that guy! Thank goodness for Tivo so I can fast forward through his lousy performances and weirdo ways.

    Thomma Lyn, there’s been some discussion on agent blogs about their rejection letters. Honestly, all I see is “Dear Author” and I’m done. That’s enough. Who cares what the rest says?

  11. Wylie Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 9:10 pm

    I’m totally with you on #6!! My hubby came in with a pair of toeless sandles one day and I tucked a Kleenex all around the tops. Have people no toe-shame?
    I’m with Susan on rejections. I kinda like them because I know I can move on to the next thing. Better than getting NOTHING at all, which sometimes happens. Or maybe I’m just a sucker for punishment.
    Peeps? Really? But they feel so good when you squish ‘em!

  12. Joely Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 9:16 pm

    Susan, I definitely do move on to the next name on the list. I think rejections will always bother me at some level, but most of the time I’m not devastated any longer. Some “special” ones zing me, but the general agent queries, no. “Dear Author” and lets move on already.

    Wylie, ha, I’ll have to remember the Kleenex trick! The “nothing at all” does suck, because on some level, there’s that tiny bit of hope that maybe, just maybe, the ms is still under consideration! That tiny little precious hope! Meanwhile, your query is stuck in some mail chute in Ohio, never to see the light of day.

    I did cut one’s head off (Peep, that is) and send it back to the person who inner-office mailed it to me. That was fun. I squished it, too, but only after it was back in the envelope.

  13. armywife Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 9:53 pm

    huh. i was always a big fan of peeps. mostly to bite their heads off first (i know, that’s so bad), but also to put on top of hot cocoa. they just sort of melt in a fun way like mini marshmellows. sorry to hear they creep you out…

    happy TT

  14. Lisa Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 9:53 pm

    I’m so with you on the puncture wound. Even the thought of removing the thing makes me queasy. Earring used to squick me out, yes, even my own, because of this.

  15. Terra Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 10:42 pm

    I am with you on most of that stuff. At least the spiders, feet and the … Wait I think it would be better if I just said snakes don’t bother me… The rest are gross and/or agravating.

  16. L-Squared Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 10:44 pm

    LOL #1 - Sanjaya creeps me out too! And I definitely agree with you about Chiropractors - they’ve always creeped me out - I can’t stand all that popping. Oh, and of course #13 - that should creep everyone out, even if you don’t have kids.
    Happy TT! :-)

  17. Nicole Austin Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 3:30 am

    Great TT! Feet are yicky. I’ll never understand people with foot fetishes!

  18. Danielle Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 3:43 am

    Happy TT
    Enjoy the day

  19. rhian Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 5:46 am

    i totally agree with the massages - though i do love ‘em when they’re given by people i know…as long as no one touches my feet. The feet are off limits even to the husband.
    If Peeps are those nasty yellow chick looking things I agree - they’re right up there with halloween candied corn. Gag.

  20. Christine d'Abo Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 6:40 am

    Chiropractors freak me out. Don’t go near my neck unless you are rubbing it. :) And I can’t handle heights at all. Not even a step ladder. *shudder*

  21. Douglas Cootey Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 8:09 am

    Great list! I have to admit I like a visit to the chiropractor. But I’m with you about peeps! They are sickly sweet, but my wife loves them and now so do some of my kids. Speaking of sickly sweet, Sanjaya needs to go Sanjayonara. Nice kid, but he’s so out of his league. Vote for the Worst is a cruel site for helping him stay on the show for the wrong reasons. But it won’t last much longer. He’s up against some real powerhouses and every week the votes for the BEST keep consolidating for those powerhouses.

    My Thursday Thirteen
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    ~Douglas

  22. Wanda Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 8:55 am

    Rember that giant-assed spider we saw in Tucson? We walked around it. And, I don’t mean we stepped over it or stepped around it. We walked maybe a block or two out of our way to go around it?! That was one huge, ugly and intimidating spider. Even if a person had the gumption to kill a spider that size, what kind of mess would it leave on your shoe?

  23. Emma Petersen Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    1. LMAO! These one cracked me up!
    2. Okay with heights!
    3. thank you! their cute but digusting. :P
    4. I actually like snakes. :D
    5. I try not to kill them but sometimes fear gets the better of me.
    6. I know a guy with the same phobia. LMAO
    7. I’m trying to check my mail on a more consistent basis. Once every two weeks just wasnt cutting it.
    8. Hay maze? Is this a maze literally made of hay? I would be dead. If the hay fever didnt get me the claustophobia and panic would.
    9. No kidlets as of yet.
    10. Surprisingly okay with them.
    11. My oldest sister is the same way.
    12. Never been to one.
    13. Hate isnt a strong enough word.

    Loved your list! Especiallly number 1! I’m still laughing about that one!

  24. Ciar Cullen Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 9:33 am

    How about clowns and freak shows….

  25. Diana Castilleja Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 10:04 am

    No doubt on the Spiders! Hatehatehate them! I will kill one if it dares to look at me wrong.

    Child molesters, yes! Line ‘em up for the firing squad.

    Protected heights I’m cool with, like glass elevators. Ladders on the other hand. Forrgettaboutit.

  26. Carol Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 10:18 am

    I’m with you on most of them. I kinda like feet, though. I’ve never heard of a hay maze.

  27. Kristi Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 10:31 am

    You’re, like, the 15th person I’ve seen blogging about Sanjaya…and I have to say I agree with all of ya - he shouldn’t be there! :)

    Happy TT!

  28. Reen Lyons Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 10:36 am

    Ewwwwwwww. Feet.

  29. Ann Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 10:51 am

    There’s a website where a group of peeps are shown visiting their local library: looking things up on the computer, asking for help at the reference desk, photocopying their little butts, and getting smooshed by a book that falls off the shelf. :o ). Maybe that would help you overcome your peepophobia.
    Ann
    P.S. My list is up.

  30. Jaci Burton Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 12:05 pm

    Sanjaya’s on my last nerve.

    And my boys hated those peeps when they were younger. Said they tasted like sand, so they were henceforth called ’sand bunnies’. *snicker*

  31. Tempest Knight Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    Yep. That #1 is definitely in my list of creepy things. Or I’d rather say his hair is creepy. Hahaha!

  32. Angela Giles Klocke Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    You HAVE to love Peeps — you MUST! ;)

    I can’t STAND spiders. I won’t ever live in Florida again because of how big they are - and the fact that no amount of pest control can control them!

  33. Starla Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

    I’ve been fortunate enough to avoid a hay maze, but I can imagine it being a little terrifying, especially when you are really little.

    I can pretty much agree with all of these, especially the feet one. I hate everybody else’s feet accept my own.

  34. Michelle Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

    Yeah - I gotta admit that a lot of these creep me out too. Especially spiders and child molesters. Not so much feet and I love massages! LOL

    PS My Mr. Linky thingy is up now so you can come back and enter your info if you like. :-D

  35. Crystal Jordan Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    The snake thing isn’t boring. There’s a reason so many people are scared of them…they’re creepy!

  36. Joely Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    L-Squared: I can’t believe Sanjaya is still around! Even if people are deliberately voting for the worst singer.

    Nicole: foot fetish = squick.

    Rhian: Yep, those nasty yellow chicks! Gritty and creepy and sickening sweet. Although I personally don’t mind candy corn.

    Christine: I don’t even like neck rubs. I’m too afraid That Man will hurt me accidentally.

    Danielle: Thanks, and you too!

    Terra, gross and aggravating, definitely!

    Lisa: Earrings never bothered me until Littlest Monster’s ear got infected. it was so gross!! No more earrings.

    ArmyWife: HA! Biting their heads off definitely works for me, as long as I could spit them out. :-)

    Kim: Me either, no footsie EVER. That’s why I always wear socks!

    Douglas: I heard about people voting for Sanjaya deliberately to make the worst win. I hoped it was an urban legend. :-(

  37. Joely Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 4:10 pm

    Wanda: That spider was the size of a platter! Or at least a dinner plate. *shudder*

    Emma: I agree, hate isn’t strong enough a word for child molesters. Grrr!

    Ciar: Clowns don’t bother me, really. Sanjaya MAKES American Idol a freak show!

    Carol: A hay maze is where they take bales of hay and make tunnels that you have to crawl through. Creepy, sneezy, dust and hay everywhere. Awful. Then get trapped where you can’t go forward or backward and you’re too little to push the hay bales apart!

    Rene: Foot haters unite!

    Diana: Glass elevators make me green if they’re more than a few stories up. Don’t ask me about the St. Louis Arch either. *cringe*

    Kristi: Let’s hope Sanjaya gets voted off SOON. I will cry if Melinda or LaKisha get booted because of idiot voters skewing the results.

    Ann: I don’t think it would help, although a coworker did give me a stuff bunny peep a few years ago that is pretty cute.

    Jaci: Sand bunnies! ha! That’s absolutely right. They’re so sugary that they’re gritty.

    Tempest: His hair makes me gag, although it’s become his trademark. Weird hair is definitely better than coming on stage barefoot though like that one guy who got voted off early.

    Angela: I CAN’T! Note to self: don’t move to Florida!

    Starla: I dreally don’t even like my own feet. Another reason to always wear socks!

    Michelle: I wish I loved massages–I hear they’re very relaxing.

    Crystal: I loved Indiana Jones for that very reason!

  38. Mark Caldwell Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    #3 I can really understand. #7 - look on it as collecting letters to embarres publishers who turned you down when you’re a success.

  39. Joely Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

    Mark: Another peeps hater! Yay. While I am getting an embarrassingly good sized stack of Dear Authors, I could each day that I write a success. That’s all the matters in the end to me.

  40. GutterBall Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 6:57 pm

    Don’t ask me about the St. Louis Arch either.

    Heh. I remember the brother and I crowding at the window, trying to see all the little Ant People scurrying around the base while you crouched in the very middle of the room, moaning, “It’s moving! Mom, it’s moving!”

    Of course, that memory could be faulty. For the right price. *wink*

    I personally can’t wait to try the new air-bridge thingy at the Grand Canyon. Woot! It’s this big glass tunnel sprawling out over the canyon so you can see all the way to the bottom from mid-air. I can’t WAIT!

  41. Gabriella Hewitt Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    Okay, snakes definitely do it for me. Insects and repitiles bigger than my thumb are guaranteed to cause major goose bumps and complete melt down. Yuk!

    On the rejections, there’s always that bit of adrenaline that comes with seeing the envelope, but I have to say I’ve learned to move on.

  42. Tabitha Darling Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 9:15 pm

    definately #1

  43. Joely Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    Sis: Oh, it was definitely moving. But the highlight of that trip was when I finally got up the nerve to kneel on the little bench and look out the window, when our nameless brother snuck up behind me, and pushed me so hard I banged my head into the glass. I lost at least ten years off my life. And you’re INSANE. Ain’t no way, no how, I’m stepping out on GLASS above the fricking GRAND CANYON.

    Gabriella, yep, a little bit of adrenaline, and then you shrug it off. I can say one thing: the post office LOVES me. :-)

  44. Tabitha Darling Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 9:26 pm

    Thanks for stopping by and by the way Peep will make me throw up if I look at them.

  45. Jill Says:
    April 6th, 2007 at 9:18 am

    Peeps?? Do you have a reason why?? Cuz I understand why people tease you about this!!

  46. Joely Says:
    April 6th, 2007 at 9:42 am

    Tabitha: Me too!

    Jill: It started as just an aversion to the grit. Weird textures in my food gross me out. Now, I can’t stand to look at them because I feel that “sand bunny” taste in my mouth again.

  47. nancy Says:
    April 6th, 2007 at 10:34 am

    I am a reflexologist, love to get a massage and even my kids see the chiropracter. Will you still like me?

    Sanjaya? ICK!

    I dislike spiders, too. My son captures them and takes them outside.

  48. mitchypoo Says:
    April 7th, 2007 at 12:58 am

    I use to agree with several of these, especially the feet one, but I broke down and got a pedicure and now it’s such a luxury and feels great and I have cute toes! Same with massage and chiropractors. They are good for you, be good to yourself. My TT is 13 Embarrassing Moments for Mitchypoo! Come by if you get a chance.

  49. she Says:
    April 7th, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    I’m with you on the height’s… I know it’s all in my head, but my knees knock so loud when my feet aren’t on the ground that it’s a constant source of amusement for friends and family. Hard to believe I used to scamper up trees like a monkey!

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