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matt
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16 Sep 2009, 11:40 pm

I did this for many years but don't seem to do it anymore.

While listening to people talk I would draw their words in the air using my finger. I would draw each whole word with one continuous stroke, but the letters were print letters, just with the lines of one letter continuing into the next letter.



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16 Sep 2009, 11:41 pm

matt wrote:
I did this for many years but don't seem to do it anymore.

While listening to people talk I would draw their words in the air using my finger. I would draw each whole word with one continuous stroke, but the letters were print letters, just with the lines of one letter continuing into the next letter.


I practice kanji that way :) But the stroke order is important, so I separate them.



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17 Sep 2009, 12:14 am

drumming and tapping out rhythms.
often in odd time signatures like 5/4 and 11/8.
I do it most of the day, except when I am actively engaged with something with my hands. I usually manage to curb this behavior during social situations where it would seen as inappropriate. usually....


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17 Sep 2009, 8:09 am

My desk at work looks like a toysRus with lots of things to stretch, twist, build, smash, etc.. When go to meetings, I usually bring toys & coloring crayons for everyone to play with so I don't look so weird (I work for a government regulatory agency).



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18 Sep 2009, 3:38 pm

jessmc wrote:
You guys will like this one. I type in the air. Constantly. Usually just a repeated random word that has nothing to do with the situation or my thoughts. I will just be standing with my arms down at my sides and typing words over and over again.

I "type" in air or on a desk, except I'm actually playing a tune on the piano. What's even stranger is that in real life I wouldn't play that tune on the piano. I would probably play it on the fiddle.


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19 Sep 2009, 1:31 am

I tap a lot. Sometimes I rock a little or pace when I'm standing up waiting for something, but mostly I just tap.


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19 Sep 2009, 1:47 am

drumming with my leg all the time, also i do pace ALOT all the time i also bite my nails :lol: these are most common things i do at public,if alone ,lol even when writing this message i pace time to time


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