Carleen Thinks I'm Quirky

I got tagged this week by blogpal Carleen Brice, so here goes . . .

Link the person who tagged you.
Mention the rules in your blog.
Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.
Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs letting them know they've been tagged.

1. The only TV show I watch with any regularity is The Dog Whisperer, and I don't have a dog. I haven't even lived with a dog since I was a teenager.

2. I'm really bad at names--so bad I've blanked on the names of dear friends, even close relatives--although I've never forgotten the names of my children or the DH. At least not yet.

3. I can't function until I've had my morning tea. Since the DH usually provides this isn't a problem. But when I get up early to write or he sleeps in, I'm a jet-lagged Zombie for the several hours until he gets up to make me tea, because it rarely occurs to me that I could actually propel myself into the kitchen combine boiling water with a teabag. (That's because I can't function until I've had my morning tea.)

4. I live in Los Angeles, the ultimate car city, and I no longer drive.

5. Which is likely a good thing considering I can get totally lost without even realizing it. I used to call the DH all the time asking him to look things up on a map because I was heading the wrong way fast. When I traveled to England with ERF (and she was but 13) she quickly took on all navigational tasks after realizing I was completely hopeless. What I need is a GPS implant. It's not a directional thing because I can almost always tell you where the ocean is (west), but it's like I have no directional memory.

6. I come from a long line of eccentrics so I think I'm normal. Honestly. It also means I can't come up with anything else for this. Those who know me, please feel free to add anything to the comments and I won't take it personally. Well, probably not. ;)

I tag: ParisPirate, Mel, Maria, ERF, MaryF, and Tessa.