Anal
People ask me ‘Dom’, because that’s my name, ‘Dom, are you an anal retentive?’ and I say to them ‘Ah, so you’ve met me then?’ That said, more than one person who has asked, or intimated that, has suggested that they like the way I look which leads me to think they need to take a look at their own sanity before questioning mine 
Regardless, I’ve always been somewhat anal, the only thing that changes is what I’m anal about. I have a strong sense of correct and incorrect (I wont say right and wrong as we start getting onto moral dodgy ground there and I tend to occupy a position some several light years to the right of most right wing extremists) based on guidelines that make perfect sense to me and if you can’t follow them then tough, when I get into power if the shooting doesn’t get you then the bayoneting afterwards will 
I have, in the past, been anal about how my tanks are lined up in computer games, how my chat windows look in World of Warcraft and me owning the most expensive and powerful gaming rig in the world at any given time. Currently I’m anal about how the flat looks (sorry Blue, only way to get and keep something like that, short of marrying an Anal retentive, is to become one yourself ) and having a routine in my life, which is controlled by my iPhone (it beeps at me many times during the day to tell me to do things like get up, go to meetings, have lunch, go home, go to sleep).
Some people think I need to relax, but I’m happy with being anal. It’s me and, along with my extreme sarcasm, it defines who I am. It also helps me with my pedantry (being pedantic is so much easier if you’re analy retentive to start with ) which is another large part of my life. It’s what gives me the cutting wit that passes for humor on this blog which, incidentally, you lot seem to like and people seem to like me so I can’t be doing too much wrong.
So yes, I’m anal, I’m proud of it I relish in being an anal, sarcastic, pedantic git, but then I suspect most people are, they just try to hide it. Instead of telling us true anal retentives to relax I think they should embrace their own anal tendencies. Join us… you know you want to
An ex-boyfriend of mine was anal .. so much so that once, the guy he lived with had a curry and mid-way through went to the loo to sit and ponder life, he expected to come back some 20 minutes later to finish his curry. He did, only to find that it had been cleared away, put in the fridge and the plates etc washed up by anal-ex!
But as I recall on at least one occasion your anal desire to have everything ‘just so’ meant that when the real battle started you were wiped out completely. Still makes me laugh.
The problem with you type A people is you erally want to be type B people but just cant relax enough to make it happen, so then you become over defensive and try and claim you’re happy being type A. It’s tragic really.
What you need to do is, relax.
Also, I’m very pedantic and I’m not anal.
Does a smiley now count as a full stop as well if it’s at the end of the line or are you just getting lazy?
‘cutting whit ‘ you spelt ‘wit’ incorrectly.
Cat - this is why I couldn’t live with anyone apart from a significant other where you’re willing to compromise more
Jas - It’s word press and the way it handles smilies, it tends to remove the punctuation after them if I forget to put a space between it and the smiley. And that game of starcraft was years ago - are you ever going to let it lie?
ms20 - I don’t know what you’re talking about
My spelling sucks big style 
I LIKE YOUR FACE!!!
Erm… quite. Surely that would be more relevant on a post where you can actually see my face
Gosh i had a mission getting into your page and being able to comment. Anyhoo….
I like to think that being anal is just about being black and white about things. Its nice to know where you stand with people and being anal about certain things means that people know where they stand with you. Its all about being particular. I am very particular. I know what i like.
I am not one to trapes around shops searching for something if i see something i like in the first shop i go in. I know what i like and i buy it. Particular/anal and being black and white.
I think the cromulence of commenting on your face when it cant be seen is undeniable.
And no, I shant let it lie, given that you brought it up only 6 months ago it would appear you’re still bitter about it.
Oh come on. I was set up. You picked a map that you knew I’d never played and knew required flying units safe in the knowledge I’d not make them until later in the game. I get my own back in 4 days though
I’m abstaining from this debate on the grounds of a) we’ve already had it and b) eventually you’ll go ‘Meh’ and refuse to play anymore
So the offical girlba line is ‘no comment’
I don’t remember discussing gibbja’s flagrant abuse of the system to beat me before
You picked the map, I didnt know you needed to fly, but I did explore and found out, as opposed to obsessively placing and replacing my building until they formed a perfect grid. Your anal nature caused you to lose. Badly.
And I’ll take any use of the word ‘Meh’ it’s derivatives or analogues as implicit acceptance of the fact.
You miss the point, the grid isn’t the issue, the issue is free movement of troops throughout the base and optimum cover from static gun enplacements. You may have killed all my little men and destroyed all my buildings but it was done in such a way as to be artistically, morally, and aesthetically suspect so claiming it as a win is going a little too far.
Is there an anal, sarcastic, pedantic git club charter or constitution? I can just see the arguments about what to include and what to leave out. You’d argue over where to hang it. I’m afraid I can’t possibly join you unless I know all the rules in advance. I also want each rule justified please.
We tend to operate in isolation. It’s the only way to make sure it’s done properly.
In other words (to Paraphrase Pratchett) you’re just playing silly buggers while you’ve still got all the peices?
So your closing statement of “Join us… you know you want to” was deliberately misleading?
I feel betrayed.
Not deliberately misleading. I had already qualified it with the statement that you should embrace your own anal qualities, thus suggesting that you should rejoice in your analness and become one of the anal but not implying that we should form some kind of group, club or society. After all, we’re all far to anal to accept the others rules
I was being anal!
And I was being smug since I get to edit out any imperfections