Having a Fiddle

[DoctorWhat]

1) If I'm holding a pencil/pen/marker/anything hand-sized and cylindrical, I always twirl it around my fingers...

2) If there's ANY kind of music near me, while I'm sitting down, my feet start tapping to the beat. I don't even notice it anymore, but it annoys the crap out of some people...

3) Similarly, I often find myself "drumming" on any surface available to me. And I'm pretty good too, finding new spots to make different sounds, until I've got an improvised "drumkit" Usually I just use my legs, and the varying motions I perform with my hands create a wide variety of sounds. The weird thing is, I can't drum. I've tried, but I get confused and mix stuff up... Sure that'd go away with practise (lots of practise), but I just can't seem to get it. The thing I do is more like beatboxing, I suppose: wider variety of sounds, and you don't actually need to be able to drum to do it.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I hum to myself, sometimes I even do it in public without knowing it. I've gotten some strange looks.

I also like to crack my fingers and neck as well as tug on my fringe.

 

[Jajarra]

When I read the title, I thought it would be something about owning an actual fiddle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle]. I was a little disappointed.

On topic, I play with my hair, shake my leg, hum, crack various bits of my anatomy, mostly hands and neck, tap various flat surfaces, twirl pencils, all that good stuff.

1) If I'm holding a pencil/pen/marker/anything hand-sized and cylindrical, I always twirl it around my fingers...

2) If there's ANY kind of music near me, while I'm sitting down, my feet start tapping to the beat. I don't even notice it anymore, but it annoys the crap out of some people...

3) Similarly, I often find myself "drumming" on any surface available to me. And I'm pretty good too, finding new spots to make different sounds, until I've got an improvised "drumkit" Usually I just use my legs, and the varying motions I perform with my hands create a wide variety of sounds. The weird thing is, I can't drum. I've tried, but I get confused and mix stuff up... Sure that'd go away with practise (lots of practise), but I just can't seem to get it. The thing I do is more like beatboxing, I suppose: wider variety of sounds, and you don't actually need to be able to drum to do it.

If the drumming you've tried is with drumsticks and the sort, that might explain why you get confused. If so, I'd suggest trying conga drums [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conga_drums] or something similar. I've found that the motions I do when drumming with my hands are pretty similar to the ones my dad uses when he plays.

 

[Raineheart]

I tend to do more with my mind, examples being;

Instead of cracking fingers or biting fingernails I would wonder why Bruce Willis' bald dome is so majestic.

Instead of shaking my legs I would think about how awesome Pride And Prejudice would be if it was written by Joss Whedon.


Basic stuff like that.

 

[Jackalb]

I tend to do more with my mind, examples being;

Instead of cracking fingers or biting fingernails I would wonder why Bruce Willis' bald dome is so majestic.

Instead of shaking my legs I would think about how awesome Pride And Prejudice would be if it was written by Joss Whedon.


Basic stuff like that.

That's Daydreaming, I think we all do that at some point.

 

[rt052192]

in class i stand pens right side up to try and balance them, its fun i guess

 

[EeveeElectro]

Pull down my top because I'm paranoid I look fat.
Pull out my dead hairs, which gives me headache.
Put things in my mouth and chew them until past recognition.
Playing with my hair.

Best avatar EVER!

I play with my lip piercing :]
Also have a tendency to chew my hair...
Click pen tops.
Tap things...
Punch people...
General annoyance to the world I am :|

Wai thank j00.
I used to chew my hair, but my dad shouted at me and showed me a story about a girl who died choking on her hair, so I haven't since. Plus it's too short now =.=

 

[Nicos Amblecrown]

I constantly adjust my glasses and then immediately afterward rub my thumb and forefinger down the sides of my nose. I know it's a nervous tick because now that I typically wear contacts, I still do the same same motion, even though I'm not actually adjusting anything!

Other than that, I occassionally chew on my bottom lip and crack my knuckles, but nothing to the degree of the glasses thing.

 

[Klarinette]

I actually play a fiddle, you posers.

I play a Viola

OT: I chew the inside of my lip (which I really hate). I bounce my legs while I'm sitting. I bite the skin around my nails. I pick at my split ends (which I reeeeeally fucking hate, but can't seem to stop doing, and I won't cut my hair because it's really long and I'm psychotically protective over it). All these awful habits I wish I could stop. Maybe I'll re-program myself if I sleep for two weeks or something. I dunno...

I constantly adjust my glasses

This. With my forefinger, up the bridge of my nose, all nerdy-like. I even do it while I'm not wearing my glasses. Ugh.

 

[bluemistake2]

Pull down my top because I'm paranoid I look fat.
Pull out my dead hairs, which gives me headache.
Put things in my mouth and chew them until past recognition.
Playing with my hair.

why would you care that your fat?
OT: i bite my nails

 

[Smokeydubbs]

I drum on things, and bob my legs. I occasionally pick at my teeth, like I have this little crevice on one of my teeth that just catches all of my attention at times. I try not to bite my finger nails in public. When I'm home I have nail clippers near me at all times, I can't go a day without trimming my nails... And I bite the inside of my mouth/tongue.

 

[Flight]

I play with my hair, crack my knuckles and bite my lip.

 

[Beartrucci]

Because I am a drummer, I am always tapping a little beat on things around me. Always. If I'm not making a beat with my hands, I'm usually moving my feet as if I were hitting the bass drum pedal.

 

[Dr.Susse]

I used to push my hair back but since I got it cut I realise every time I do it I made a mistake.

 

[DP155ToneZone]

Kegels and finger independence exercises.

 

[ShroomMinus]

Pull down my top because I'm paranoid I look fat.
Pull out my dead hairs, which gives me headache.
Put things in my mouth and chew them until past recognition.
Playing with my hair.

Best avatar EVER!

I play with my lip piercing :]
Also have a tendency to chew my hair...
Click pen tops.
Tap things...
Punch people...
General annoyance to the world I am :|

Wai thank j00.
I used to chew my hair, but my dad shouted at me and showed me a story about a girl who died choking on her hair, so I haven't since. Plus it's too short now =.=

Lol XD
I heard that story, but it's a fabrication...
There is no way you could swallow that much hair in one go XD
Unless you used a fork and ate it like spaghetti :]