It's okay, GBW, you're allowed to embrace your weirdness. It's fun!
Hell, I think everyone has some bit of oddness about them. And no, I don't think you're bat-shit.
HOT-shit, perhaps.
Jane, I saw ET as an adult, so I didn't think it was all that creepy. BUt thinking about it, I can see how it would have that effect on a kid.