The Long Road

05/12/2005 Archived Entry: "yet another “so I was watching a movie” entry"

So I was watching Elektra (super generic, avoid), and turns out that Elektra and her sidekick have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). It wasn’t really a big part of the story, just something for the two of them to bond over and to have this weird montage of E setting up her daily routine. Then they began talking about how they used to count things obsessively (windows, footsteps, etc) and that triggered a memory for me.

Back in grade 3 and/or 4, I used to do this thing where I’d start counting the number of syllables in random statements people made. I’d start counting on the pinky finger and re-iterate through the statement until the last syllable was counted on my thumb. This went on for a while until one day I thought about it and realized that most statements would have to be counted 5 times, those statements which had a number of syllables divisible by 5 had to be only counted once. This revelation was huge, it made me realize how much time I wasted just counting bloody syllables; a statement with 9 syllables would require a total count of 45! Eventually, I don’t know how long it took exactly, I was able to will myself to not do it anymore, but every once in a while I have this strange urge to count syllables.

I’ve realized for a while now that I have a lot of characteristics that are associated with OCD but as evidenced by Elektra and her sidekick, it makes me prime material to become a legendary Martial Arts Master!

Replies: 3 comments

With an urge to count syllables?...
I think becoming a poet's more likely. ;)

Posted by Arshwana @ 05/12/2005 02:06 PM EST

*YAWN*

Posted by dAN @ 05/13/2005 04:12 PM EST

bastard..you better like the next one

Posted by Rayne @ 05/14/2005 01:14 AM EST