Things you do in life that look funny from someone else's point of view

acting out a scene in my head for my characters in a story to figure out their postions (where they would be standing or how they would act) On multiple occasions I got asked if I was seeing people, talking to ghosts, possessed, summoning a demon, in need of a hospital, or if I was hearing voices. Just a heads up, I was not doing any of that. I was trying to act out a scene so I could get better perspective. It just so happens no one wanted to play along.

I make it a goal of mine every time I am walking home from kendo practice I will try and pet a stray cat. This normally involves me crouching next to a dumpster and making kitty calls to lure him out in the open so I can pet him.

I don't even know what you mean by that? Do you mean using your shadow to see if you have flyaways? I thought that was normal