I watch movies over and over. Not in a row...just if theyre ever on. I have seen Pretty in Pink and Cant Buy me Love so many times. It's almost like I can't help it. I must watch the movie that I know. And I usually still laugh at the funny parts and cry at the sad parts. Working Girl. Ghost. Uncle Buck. Wizard of Oz, Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias. The list goes on and on--there's a million. What does this say about me? That is a type, don't you think? The type that watches movies over and over. Then there is that type that will only watch the movie once. "We've seen this." It's the biggest waste of time they've ever heard. "Hurry, change the channel before we lose another second of our lives."
Could being a movie repeater mean that I'm a sentimental person? I dont know. I'm kinda thinking OCD. Part of me does relate the movies to certain eras of my life, but another part of me just needs to get the fix. Something about the movies that I know really well...maybe it's less concentration for me. I can half watch, or notice new things. Maybe I'm just lazy. I think I just like to know what is coming. Maybe it represents some kind of insecurity, a need for control or familiarity. Hmm. I dont like thinking that. I'd rather think I have a disorder of some kind. ;)
I really do think I have some level of OCD though. I do some strange things. For instance, since I pretty much have to tell you now, unless I want to just delete all this nonsense. Anyway! If I am knocking on your door, or hammering a nail, or taking the stairs, or giving the dog a little pat, I am counting. Yes, Im a counter. I like 7. When things end on seven, I get this little satisfied feeling. Sometimes when I'm passing out handouts in class, I pass out 7 even though there are only 5 people in the row. It's just better. I dont have to think about it. My fingers just flick 7 pages. A bit more weird, on the highway, if I'm in the right zone, my fingers must tap out the lines on the road. I don't count. But Im taking note of each one. Bam, bam, bam, accounted for. It gets complicated and the spell is broken when I get into multiple lanes... or if a good song comes on. It's not like I have to stare at the lines. You see them, don't you? I watch what Im doing. Im really a normal person. Really.
