Boomerang
About two weeks.
Two weeks of perfect, photographic memory, thats about how long it lasts anymore. I'd like to say my memory simply diffuses gradually and in years I have no more instant recall, but that isnt how it happens. After two weeks my memories sit ankles crossed, hem straight and slightly below the knee, waiting patiently to be asked back into the conscious mind.
There are some bad consequences to this, like unwittingly dating the same people twice. Date 1000 (randomly picked as a name, since I've forgotten exactly where I left off on the sequential date numbering scheme) and I started dating about a year ago. And really 'dating' is too strong of a word for what we were doing. Nice enough, attractive, fun, secure but at my age I know if someone is a yes, no or maybe and I know it PDQ. Date 1000, no. But what the hell, its not like I had time for or interest in anything more. So off we went. We only saw each other maybe once a month, that might be why it took me 11 months to realize we had done this before, 9 years ago.
It was the Smokey and The Bandit Trans Am I saw in a magazine ad that triggered the first message to my recall. Wait, I know this car, I've been in it, many years ago someone I knew had a car just like that. Then the gridwork started to assemble; a vocal inflection piece, a tendency not to listen piece, a Peter Pan in size 13 boots piece. Its good that I at least keep pictures of some of them. Thats when I drug out the 90's pictures and there, circa 1996, was Date 1000. Dammit!
So now I've decided to barcode imcompatible dates and install a scanner at the door. If one gets close it should just send me a subtle message.
Warning, Boomerang.
Dating Dallas
posted by Jim at 12:27 AM
10 Comments:
That is a terrific idea! Apple should develop the software. It can be a hybrid between iTunes and iPhoto. You can make lists of your favorites, it will tell you the last time you saw them, how many times you've seen them, and you can rate them on a 5 star scale.
12:35 PM
Adam, thats brilliant! How about a fingerprint scanner disguised as a door handle that cross references FBI databases, that would be useful.
Phase 2 could be the DNA sample collection with simultaneous access to GenBank to weed out those with 'crazy' genes :)
LOL.
5:24 PM
LOL, Jim, you should have been there, you could have taken the picture since I dont think that expression on my face has ever been captured. :)
It was a heavy Caipirinha night!
5:26 PM
How do you know GenBank. Are you a secret science geek?
8:46 PM
Catchyouontherehab,
Excellent! You are in charge of all writings that come from the ticker tape (since you are the best writer) :)
Memory loss can actually be a good thing I'm finding. And when it isnt a good thing its at least entertaining for other people.
9:45 PM
Hi Adam,
I have RasMol on my laptop so I can gleefully rotate the chimeric oncoproteins encoded by the bcr-abl oncogenes which of course form a beautiful and scary tetramer exhibiting unregulated and continuous Abl kinase activity.
Yeah, I think science geek applies :)
Working on a Masters in Bioinformatics.
9:48 PM
hehehe RasMol. Well I have GeneSpring, Vector NTI, and FlowJo on my computer! HA!
10:16 PM
LOL, curses to you and your high-powered software. Double HA!
11:14 PM
I can't stop laughing. Was there nothing more than his CAR that was familiar to you, Jim!?
11:58 PM
LOL. Yes Scott. Isnt it funny how the small things trigger a memory. Or in this case something big, black, loud and shiny.
12:34 AM
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