Really, I can’t. Within an hour or two, it will stop. I’ll replace the battery, and it will stop again. When I was 12, I begged my father to get me this way cool Benetton watch (I knew he’d never get me a Swatch) and I didn’t have it on a day when I needed to replace the battery. I got sick of it, so I stopped wearing it. The only watch I won’t kill is a pocket watch.
So a few years later, I meet my biological mother and grandmother. Turns out my grandmother couldn’t wear watched either-she’d kill the battery. We don’t know why, but somehow, neither of us could wear anything with a battery close to our skin.
We’re weird that way. I can also lick my nose with my tongue.
Recently, I picked up Mutants-On Genetic Variety and the Human Body. It’s a really good read that’s tied in with a lot of the reading I’ve been doing on diseases lately. I’ve been on a science kick. I’m curious about the little things that make people different, along with the big things. Sure, hairy babies are interesting, but so is that thing you and your sister can do with your ears.
So, this month’s Event! is this: Tell me what makes you a “mutant”-what makes you special, what sets you apart. What can you, members of your family do that’s not “normal”. What sets you apart-what makes your family your family. In my case, I discovered that aside from the battery thing, we all have these insane bushy eyebrows. So I suppose in the wild, I’d be safe from invading pieces of dirt.
Tell me a story. Tell me how this “oddity” affected you, or even how the lack of a common oddity shaped your life. Or tell me about strange Aunt Ethel who spoke to her verdant plants.
Once again, no judging, just a random generator in Excel. Entries due for March 9, Rosalyn’s birthday, and bonus day. WOOT! The winner will have me venturing into the wilds of Canada to mail this book to their doorstep.
And Eden, I’m expecting something good from you. 
I forgot to add-write this up as a post on YOUR site, linking to this post. Beautiful dreamer, that’s the most disgusting thing I’ve heard today.
My stepbrother was the one with the oddity. He had some kind of bumpy thing behind one ear. When he pushed on it, a foul odor was emitted from his ear. I mean foul enough to clear out the entire room in a matter of seconds.
We never found out the cause of this little malformity. I do remember he used it as leverage when he wanted to get back at one of us for something. Or if he wanted one of us to do something we wouldn’t ordinarily be willing to do, all he had to do was lift his hand to his ear, and we’d squeal, “Ok, ok! I’ll do it!”
beautifuldreamer
http://bdreamer.squarespace.com/
So I’m reading this in my feed & thinking, “It’s a shame I can’t contribute. I have no weird talent, no unusual aversions.” Then the call out! Well now I have to think of something you evil little woman.
When I sweat I smell like pink grapefruit. Does that count?
hell, make something up. Maybe you’re crazy like Flora?
Damn, mine is about my husband. I’ll have to ask him if it’s OK if I post it, LOL.
Nobody’s crazy like Flora. Not even you
Pink grapefruit?
Beautiful dreamer: a friend of mine has a weird little hole near her collarbone that she has to clean or it stinks. Something she was born with–I’m off to google and see if I can find the name.
It’s almost like an extra sinus cavity
I can control my fingers at the top joint.
ok, that right there actually triggered my “squick” meter Joys…
oy and vey…
The only odd thing I can think of about me is if I put perfume on my skin it always smells like celery. It doesnt happen if I put it on my clothes or my hair. Just on my skin. Weird but true.
Two words: manic depressive. That’s ALL kinds of special mutation right there.
You always make me laugh, just fyi.
RYC: i wouldn’t say i’m “dieting” per say, more like limiting my intake. There’s nothing i don’t eat that i’d normally eat… i’m just learning portion size and eliminating that wretched bored/anxious emotional binge eating fest that happens once every week or two, throwing off all my good deeds for that 5,000 calorie binge. But alas, i’m learning though frustrated.
Kassie,
Does it give you the sudden urge for a salad? Just wondering.
http://misspudding.blogspot.com/2007/02/mutant-olympics.html
Karrie -
The hole could have been a branchial cleft cyst. Alyssa had one when she was born. It ended up getting infected at about 2 and she had to have it removed. But, contrary to the name, it was a little hole or dimple on her chest right above her collarbone. Now the scar is her “special bump”.
My head is so small that I have to shop for hats in the toddler department. And when my husband got my engagement ring sized the jeweler made him confirm three times that my ring finger was a 4. I couldn’t bring myself to admit that it’s really a 3 3/4 so I use my wedding ring to hold the other on.
And I have a vaguely bird-shaped birthmark right above my left wrist.
I’ve got that crazy watch issue as well. The swatch from Expo ’86 is one watch that actually worked for me for a number of years. On that watch, I had the opposite effect- I never had to replace the battery. I seemed to charge it myself.
This is Joyce (Chronicles of Blunderview) I have a feeling its going to publish under my husband’s name
what a topic, i wish i could think of something sensational .. but i can’t.
my significant other and i both have an affliction that i’ve never seen anywhere else: we’re unable to burp. sounds lame, but it can be a real nuisance, bubbly drinks are sure to get us a hiccup or even stomach cramps.
oh, and he can wiggle his nose. not just like, flare his nostrils, no, he wiggles the tip, like some hedgehog or something.
that watch thing doesn’t seem to be so unusual, my oldest friend from childhood days has the same problem.
oh, and reading joyce’s comment reminds me of something: i seem to be able to charge not batteries but people. if someone is really low on energy and i’m feeling quite energetic i can touch him or her and i can feel the energy flowing like a very weak electric current, a slight tingle. i did this for half an hour with a friend who had a brain tumor and was very thin and weak. afterwards she felt stronger than she had in weeks, but i was a little shaky and ravenously hungry for two days afterwards.
has anyone had a similar experience? haven’t hear of it before.
then again, reading how you feel like rosalyn draies your energy, maybe this is something everyone experiences in some form or other …
Beautiful dreamer – I dont have the urge to eat salad. I was on a year long nothing but salad diet once. Bleck.
Maybe its just my sense of smell. I wonder if anyone would be offended if I just asked around, Hey would ya mind smelling me?
Mine’s barely worth and entry and it took me a few days to even think of it, but my little toenail points straight up and is triangular. Like a little tent.
Haha Jason my H was born with triangle toenails! I had to finally take her to a podiatrist this past summer and have them fix one of her big toenails. It never grew in right and kept getting ingrown.
My daughter is considering adopting a baby boy born yesterday, and he has triangular shaped toenails. Are there any other abnormalities associated with this? Someone said it is because of a dietary deficiency of some sort of the bio mom, and that inside his body are other abnormalities that may not show up until later. Do you have any information that can help us?
Any reply would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Mary MacDonald
My post on a body that is strange on strange, plus art:
http://threemoons.blogspot.com/2007/03/pulsate.html
Thanks for a wonderful prompt to do some much needed introspection.
i’m being one of the lazy bastards as i’m not too sure how to link to you in a post…
anyway i was just reminded that i have this area above the beginning of my butt that has a real kind of indentation and you can feel the tail bone. it’s definitely unusual as i have checked other people who do not have it. i hope i’m describing it right. it’s right above the butt crack. a few years back i found out (through conversation, not physically looking) that my sister-in-law has the same thing as me! i guess i’m closer to having that tail we all used to have than most people.
Recently I met my birthmom and we have MANY similarities..It’s almost more like a twin than a mother.We will always say the same things and I just recently visited her for the first time and throughout her house I noticed we both share the exact same taste.Even though we are miles away we have alote of the same things in our house right down to the tiles on our floor.Alote of things you would have to be witness to to see…my husband and hers are both quite shocked. One of the things we both do and cant explain why is look at the clock at 11:11pm or am we dont know it is that time but always know and sure enough we look up and..there it is. I have done this as long as I can remember and always thought it was freaky,but know knowing she also does that is just extreamly freaky…
There is sooo much more too!
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