Everything's coming up Milhouse!

1. Recite a poem.
2. Read the first page to one of your favorite books.
3. Read the little blurb on the back of your shampoo bottle.
4. Do a tongue-twister.
5. Say something in a different language. 
6. Share an anecdote.
7. Do the rains in Spain stay mainly on the plains?
8. Summarize the last film/TV episode you watched.
9. Let us hear your ringtone and text message sound.
10. Tell a joke. 
11. What did you have to eat today? 
12. Talk about something that really scares you.
13. Talk about something that makes you happy.
14. What is your favorite word?
15. What is your least favorite word?
16. What turns you on?
17. What turns you off?
18. What sound or noise do you love?
19. What sound or noise do you hate?
20. What is your favorite curse word?
21. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
22. What profession would you not like to do?
23. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
24. If you’re brave enough, singing us a little song.

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE:

16. Something in school you hated doing and it felt like everyone else loved.

School dances and various other school events. “Are you gonna go?!”

Fuck no.

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE:

15. A habit you have that other people bug you over.

I peel the skin off my hands and feet. As in long, thick, strips of my own flesh. I am the one doing it and I no longer have delusions; it is disgusting. I’ve been doing it since I was 9. 

I have been, now, diagnosed with a form of Psychodermotosis which is a faucet of Dermatillomanic behavior (or put simply “skin picking impulse control disorder due to psychological reasons”). My case has put me in a number of therapy sessions as a kid, among other reasons, and in and out of doctors and dermatologist’s offices growing up. In around 1998 one doctor told me my hands might be allergic to water - which is fun to repeat and a easy answer to tell people when I don’t feel like explaining/talking about it/giving a shit, but that was the stupidest diagnosis for sure. The study of Dermatillomania hasn’t honestly come far from when I was 11, but it is better.

And my “habit” has gotten better too. Between the ages of 12-15 I was picking almost the entirety of both my hands and my feet to the point were sometimes just holding a pen or putting on shoes could be extremely painful. The nerves in my hands in particular are rightly damaged and I have the weakest grip on the face of the planet.

I am, honestly, working on focusing and coming to terms with what I do to myself and I have come a long way - but I still find people telling me to stop biting/picking/scratching when I wasn’t even aware I was doing it. What sometimes enrages me is that people don’t realize that picking is basically my default mode of existence - I don’t honestly know if I’ll ever get to a point were I will stop doing it entirely. Sometimes I get scared for when I get old; my body will stop healing itself and my skin will get thinner and even more frail - will I have open wounds on my hands at 70?   

So yeah. Picking is my biggest “habit” - but I also kind of swear a lot. I’m working on that too. XP

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE: 

14. A hobby you have/find interesting that other people bother you over/make fun of.

Role playing gets a lot of stares and scrunched up faces if I ever explain it. And while it doesn’t happen that often collecting comic books does sometimes as well - happened last night for the first time in a long time. Guy talks about organizing and reorganizing his vinyl collection and I’m all “I can totally relate! I’ll get these random urges to reorganize my comic books too,” and somehow I’m the fucking weirdo. Nice. Don’t talk about your hobbies with drunk people children. Especially when you’re sober. 

I don’t collect Super Dollfies or Ball-jointed dolls but I think it is a interesting hobby and I’m sure it creeps out/confuses a lot of people. Yaoi and slash “culture” are also super interesting to me but that is kind of a self-made “hobby” and I don’t really talk to anyone about it outside of a screen or talking at a conference.

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE:

10. A sport you don’t like, for whatever reason.

I really don’t care about American football, ultimate fighting, or tennis. Just flat out don’t give a shit. 

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE:

9. PC or MAC?

PC for most everything, but if I had a lot of money and time I would like a MAC for video editing/Final Cut Pro. 

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENEGE:

5. A habit you find disgusting. 

Chewing loudly. I’m talking about serious smacking. And while I’m at it, groaning while eating in general. Yes the food is tasty, we can all say so and make a few delightful noises but seriously - fuck off with the moaning and going “Uh!” and shit. 

IT MAKES ME RAGE. 

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE:

4. A hobby you “don’t get”.

I don’t get knitting. I understand it is a hobby, I understand that the purpose is to knit things. I just don’t understand the allure I guess? I don’t hate knitting or people who do knit, I’m just being honest when I say it seems really dull. And frustrating. But mostly dull. I bet it is super self-gratifying and fun if you like it. But you know. Opinion is opinion.  

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE: 

3. A Selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.

American Idol Anyone - I don’t care about contestants, winners, or judges. 

The Entire Cast of Supernatural - I wouldn’t feel the need to mention them except most recently it has become evident that I spent 70% of my tumblr time scrolling past Supernatural after Supernatural post to find posts I night actually give a damn about. Better now that I’ve unfollowed some people (SHOCK-AND-HORROR-WHAT-A-BITCH), but I still have some bitterness in me. 

Angelina Jolie - She does not astound, amaze, or amuse me. I sat through the Salt panel at Comic-Con while listening to some 6th Doctor audio plays on my phone. 

Millennium Trilogy Anyone - The books, the films, Stieg Larsson, Rooney Mara and/vs Noomi Rapace, Daniel Craig, David Fincher and/vs Niels Arden Oplev and/vs Daniel Alfredson; I just really lack interest. 

Taylor Swift - I really feel like she should grow up and become a big girl already. 

Lea Michele - I’ve had the unfortunate expereince of seeing her be interviewed my a multitude of talk show hosts for some reason and I just don’t like her. No real logic, I just don’t. 

UNPOPULAR OPINION CHALLENGE:

2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for.

The “real list” is much longer and very diverse in the reasons why a artist appears on it; here are the just the musical artists I severely dislike due entirely for the music they create (AKA people whose music makes me want to punch babies). 

Journey - HATE LIKE HITLER.

Katy Perry - Haaaaaaaaaaate. Hate so much.

Fallout Boy - An old roommate over played them when I never liked them to start. Their songs make little to no sense and all sound the same.

Jay Z - Mr. Mumbler Mumbleson who inserts “ha ha” too often in between repeating the same word, as if that is what makes them rhyme. 

R. Kelly - Makes me like Jay Z.

Christina Aguilera - Frustrating because she has a set of pipes but her music gives me hives. 

Unpopular Opinion Challenge:

1. A selection of television programs you do not care for.

I believe myself being both brave and very stupid by choosing to actually be honest with this challenge, and with this question in particular, as this is Tumblr and the fandoms will find me but here we are and here we go. 

Supernatural - I heard about how great a show it was and I bought and watched the first season. I personally didn’t find Sam and Dean interesting, or funny, or that attractive and I didn’t care for, or about, their road trip, mysterious mommy murder, or really anything about them or anything that ever happened to them. I realize that one season does not a entire series make, but that was just my personal experience with the show; and although I am always told “It gets so much better, the first season is the worst season!” I don’t think I will ever choose to invest more time in the series. I tired, I gave it a solid go I really did. All that plus the show is sexist as fuck.

Dexter - Again, watched the first season and found myself not interested in anything that was going on or anyone that was doing anything. It just didn’t click.

Sex and the City - I strongly dislike everything about this show. 

CSI Anything - Gagbarfhowdoesithavesomanygoddamnspinoffs?!

Lost - This is mostly just to annoy my sister; my persistent choice to never ever watch Lost is one of the most frustrating things in her life and I get twisted amusement from it, although primarily I am saving up the leverage denying her a fandom friend will one day get me. “Alright, I will watch Lost… But only if you watch The X-Files.”

I also have two strangely personal beefs with the show. First, we live in Honolulu and Lost would constantly order Pizza from Lee’s work and he’d have to stay late making the crew like 25 damn pies after closing and a lot of the time they wouldn’t even tip him - which is massive dickery considering they ordered pies often. Second, when Brain K. Vaughan went to write for them in the third season his comic Ex Machina (my favorite series probably ever) suffered because of it. NOT COOL LOST, NOT COOL. 

To be answered and completed with grace and understanding on both sides of opinions expressed: Let your opinions pour out, but you don’t have to be a dick about it now do you? And you may severely disagree with someone but are you really going to unfollow or bug them about it? That said, answer and read at your own discretion. 

1. A selection of television programs you do not care for.

2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for. 

3. A selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.

4. A hobby you “don’t get”.

5. A habit you find disgusting.

6. Something in school you really liked doing that everyone else bitched over.

7. Your favorite household chore.

8. Popular video games that make you go “meh”.

9. PC or MAC?

10. A sport you don’t like, for whatever reason.

11. A sport you really like, for whatever reason.

12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.

13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.

14. A hobby you have/find interesting that other people bother you over/make fun of.

15. A habit you have that other people bug you over.

16. Something in school you hating doing and it felt like everyone else loved.

17. The household chore that makes you want to shoot your own face off.

18. A selection of video games that you enjoy that perhaps you really shouldn’t.

19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.

20. Free rant on whatever grinds your gears at the moment.