Tagged for a MeMe!

I was tagged by Carri at Sixteen Sisters to do a meme as follows:

The Rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you. (See above.)
2. Mention the rules on your blog. (Here they are.)
3. Tell about six unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. Tag six fellow bloggers by linking them.
5. Leave a comment on each of the six blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Fellow bloggers I am tagging: (hope they play along!)

Laura
Tedra
Cassi
Lianna
Jill

Let's see what quirky, unspectacular things we can uncover!

1. I carry (in my purse) a list of the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. I would really like to read all of them but haven't gotten very far along on reaching that goal. Unfortunately, our library has very few of them. In fact, on a library visit I could find not one on the shelves. Isn't that pathetic! I suppose if I ever get serious about this endeavor I will have to break down and buy them or find a better library.

2. I hate public restrooms! If you ever see me in one don't be surprised if I have my shirt over my face. I can't stand the smell!

3. I have a serious pen fetish. This one goes way back. I'm kind of picky about pens I use. I guess it stems from the days of copying things down. When I was in middle school I spent my lunch hour in the library feverishly copying quotes out of Bartlett's. I collected them! I also liked to transcribe albums. Even going as far as copying down the words from the Nixon/Kennedy debates from an album I checked out at the downtown Houston library (now that's a library!) It's all about the way the ink flows baby!

4. I (like Carri) have the problem with leaving my house for a trip without cleaning every nook and cranny. The refrigerator, polishing furniture, hell, once I even organized my recipe book. I'm getting better though...really, I am!

5. I have a little bit of a problem with throwing towels out. Seriously, I have some towels that are about 25-30 years old! We use them as hair towels but honestly you could watch TV through them.

6. And finally...oh, yes, I could go on...but I won't bore you any longer. Last unspectacular quirk of mine...I would love to own and operate a petting zoo. It just keeps getting weirder, right?