This morning as I was getting ready for work, I couldn't find anything to wear, b/c, as usual, I have to do laundry. Anyhow, I pulled out this shirt from the bottom of my drawer, and as soon as I started to put it on, I remembered that I had this shirt when I lived in Belfast. It all came back to me. I could picture myself picking this shirt off the floor in my Belfast bedroom and hurrying to put my wet hair in a ponytail to go next door, one of the only other buidlings on the mountain, to work. I remember buying it when I was preparing to go to Belfast. I remember living in Chicago when I bought it, the shop I bought it from, the el train I took to get there, the picture of me with one of the kids I worked with where he's wearing a Santa beard and I'm wearing this shirt. People often good naturedly (as least I hope its good natured!) tease me about having a memory like Rain Man. Lately, I've found that although I do remember a lot, there is a lot I've forgotten. Talking with Mike, it was so funny to see how we each remembered different things about shared experiences. With Jana this weekend, some of the things she brought up, I still don't remember, but I told her that it makes sense that that would have happened, but I just don't recall it. When stuff like that happens, it blows my mind b/c I feel like I've suffered some kind of blackout or something. How can I have experienced something and not remember? It is also like a gift, a new memory for me to add to the collection. Another piece of my past added to the collection. That's why I looooove old photos, as you can probably tell. A snapshot of the past, recorded forever. That's also why I looooove taking photos. So they will one day be the reminder that jogs my memory about that awesome time we had, which is so clear in my mind right now, but may not be in years to come.
Yeah, so I'm a nerd, what else is new!
This commercial cracks me up! It's funny just by itself, but the guy in it kind of reminds me of Ronan, just b/c he's white and skinny and being totally cheeky!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4tXCs4KgmU
Pasted in from myspace blog 3/23/14