I will now follow suit and add to the interesting confessions and quirk telling lists that my friends have created on their blogs , thus furthering the idea that we are all INSANE (hysterical laughter....Because we like the insanity!) Thanks to Lisa for this awesome idea!!!
Here is a list of a few of my many quirks/confessions:

• I have an unusual, illogically angry reaction to any song by Gloria Estefan. I can't stomach anything that she says or sings. It's like Pavlov ringing a bell for the dog to salivate, only he wired me for tense anger and nausea at the sound of Estefan's voice.
• I can smell fall. I know when it is coming, just like people can forecast rain by the creaking of their joints. Fall is my absolute favorite season which is why it's stupid that I live where I live-in this autumnless city!
• I love to travel, especially to different countries where I can absorb new cultures. I try to go out of country every year, or at least every other year, but I am terrified of flying! It doesn't help that one of my friends is an engineer who does flight testing at Lockheed and he is also terrified of flying. After all, he knows the "idiots" who patch up planes. Still, I either put myself to sleep with medication or I drink wine before and during the flight in an effort to sedate myself; traveling is THAT important to me. I have held hands with complete strangers when flying solo, when the other two options are not available.
• I do not like cold, smelly lunch meat which makes sandwich eating difficult at my house. I say peanut butter or bust! If I do get snookered into eating a cold cut sandwich, I have to carefully dissect it - all extras have to be eaten separately, on the side. This is true for hamburgers, too, only I will eat cheese on a hamburger, whereas cheese on a cold sandwich must be removed immediately. Rich proudly orders, "a cheeseburger with not a damn thing on it" for me at the drive-through. (true love, sigh) I will only eat pizza if it is plain cheese, otherwise snap on the dissecting gloves.
• My favorite food is toast.
• I am shy about contributing my opinions in a collegiate setting or forum(which is why it's ironic and brave that I've joined a salon group), but I love to speak in front of and interact with students in a similar educational venue. In my defense, kids are a lot more forgiving...
• I love the dictionary, but I'm horrible at spelling and at retaining vocabulary.
• I am more devoted to my state than to my country (is that treason?), and my Texas flag is bigger than the US one in my classroom (I think that is against the law). I did not actively participate in the flag selection process, so this is simply a coincidence... Big Brother is watching! :) Oh, and don't tell anyone that I was actually born in New Mexico (sorry Annie...).
• I taste dirt in my mouth when I read American literature - I taste vomit when I read Faulkner. (Sorry to Christine for signing us up for a class where the pre-reading is Faulkner... I swear I didn't know!)
• I am long winded and have said "I" way too many times here... Better wrap this up.