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"This hilarious and spellbinding collection of people's quirks, tics, and superstitions provides a Presidential-level pardon--clearly, you are not alone."--Davy Rothbart, author of Found, contributor to NPR's This American Life
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If you can't get through the day without checking to see if your front door is locked three times. Or you can only eat sandwiches or toast cut diagonally because triangles taste better. And the worst part is that you have to do all your neurotic habits discretely because you don't want other people to know. Fear not, you're not alone. iamneurotic.com is a collection of anonymously submitted neuroses revealing the habits that we take care to hide from others. While sitting in the bathroom stall waiting for everyone to leave, author Lianna Kong realised her own neurosis: she can't use the bathroom when other people are around. "I am Neurotic" was born. What started as a blog where Lianna and her friends could share and joke about their own neuroses turned into a form of confessional therapy for others. People eager to unburden themselves of their hidden habits began to anonymously confess their neuroses and in turn learned they were not the only ones to sniff their floss or avoid the cracks in the sidewalk. The same kind of thirst for voyeurism that drove people to gobble up the Post Secret books will bring them to this book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
"I Have To Eat Cheetos With Chopsticks..."
29 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback
Lianna Kong has compiled a great little book of idiosyncrasies which have been posted anonymously on her web site. They are funny, and there is no editorial judgement or mockery of any of these odd behaviors, although many people may be relieved that they aren't as strange as they think. The book consists of about two hundred neuroses illustrated with brilliant color photographs taken by Matthew Stacey.
The behaviors themselves range from quirky to startlingly bizarre. There are too many great entries to mention all my favorites, so I've chosen two that fascinated and amused me to provide the gist of the book:
"I have to transfer the brain of my old toothbrush to the new one. I do this by holding the heads of the toothbrushes an inch apart and making a buzzing/zapping noise. Then I wobble the new toothbrush to show that it received the old one's brain."
And my personal favorite:
"When I eat colored sweets (Skittles, Smarties, etc.) I have to arrange them by color, then pull out enough of them to create a Fibonacci triangle before I eat them (in ascending numerical order). Any excess sweets that do not fit the pattern have to be eaten in one go before I can start on the patterned sweets."
This is a funny book that is not critical of odd behaviors, but celebrates them as humorous quirks. I recommend it for anyone self-conscious of peculiar harmless behaviors, or anyone who wants a good laugh.
The behaviors themselves range from quirky to startlingly bizarre. There are too many great entries to mention all my favorites, so I've chosen two that fascinated and amused me to provide the gist of the book:
"I have to transfer the brain of my old toothbrush to the new one. I do this by holding the heads of the toothbrushes an inch apart and making a buzzing/zapping noise. Then I wobble the new toothbrush to show that it received the old one's brain."
And my personal favorite:
"When I eat colored sweets (Skittles, Smarties, etc.) I have to arrange them by color, then pull out enough of them to create a Fibonacci triangle before I eat them (in ascending numerical order). Any excess sweets that do not fit the pattern have to be eaten in one go before I can start on the patterned sweets."
This is a funny book that is not critical of odd behaviors, but celebrates them as humorous quirks. I recommend it for anyone self-conscious of peculiar harmless behaviors, or anyone who wants a good laugh.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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26 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback
This is a great book to flip through for a quick laugh, whether you're sitting on the couch, lounging around on your bed, or sitting on the toilet waiting for someone else to leave so you can finally go. The fantastic photos accompanying each neurosis serve as humorous backdrops, illustrating the futility/hilarity of your everyday life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Jang
4 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Denitively not what I expected. It is a "book" about small "stories", with not serious content. It is amusing but that is all.
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