Seven things you've never wondered about me

A few people on the f-list have been doing that meme about personal quirks, so I thought, well, there's a few new arrivals here, perhaps I should do it too. So here we go:

Glow-in-the-dark things

I love glow-in-the-dark things. For my confirmation, I was given a glow-in-the-dark shrine of Lourdes. Every bedroom I've ever had has had glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling. My new alarm clock has glow-in-the-dark numbers. I'd like a glow-in-the-dark stripe painted along the walls of my house as a guide for walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Or, or glow-in-the-dark walls! How much electricity would that save at night?

Toast

I have very specific rules about the toasting and eating of, er, toast. It begins with choosing and placing the slice of bread in the toaster: the bread must have a "fluffy" side, which must be placed so it faces the outside of the two-slot toaster. While it's toasting, the knife must be prepared with the butter (or alternative spread), so that when the toast reaches optimum toasticity (a light tan, slightly bready, toast), it can be buttered as soon as it pops up; no delays at all. If more than one slice has been toasted... well, I think you get the picture. There are rules about which slice should be buttered first and which slice should be eaten first and how long it should be left to sit (until it goes cold, which seems to be quite controversial) and how to eat (around the slice, leaving the tastiest-looking part till last). People - people who are otherwise quite fond of me, even - find this routine both odd and annoying. It's probably quite obvious that I would never eat toast made by anyone else.

Jelly snakes

If offered a snake, I will always choose a yellow one (or green, if no yellow is available).

( And there are four more equally interesting things to come! )