My fictional world
It is probable--not just possible--that I have the worst memory in the world.
Really. It's true. There are amnesia victims out there who have a better grasp on their pasts than I have.
For example: today I'm on a plane, just sitting there reading Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper (a really good book, by the way) and I glance up to see a guy walking down the aisle, moving to the back of the plane (we were still in the boarding process.)
Immediately I start the "do I know him?" "I think I might know him?" "Is he someone I know?" arguement with myself. Then he smiles at me so, yes, I do know him.
Or he was wondering why I was staring at him.
So then I spend the entire duration of the flight trying to figure out where the heck I know that guy from?????
I even consider violating federal aviation law and calling my friend Crazy Beth to see if I could describe him and have her confirm whether or not he was an OSU guy.
Well, cut to us at the baggage claim and him saying "So do you get back to Stillwater much?"
Bingo!
He IS an OSU guy!
But I couldn't tell you his name if my LIFE depended on it.
I'm pretty sure I had multiple classes with this person for multiple semesters. I'm pretty sure I remember more about the actual classes than about the people who sat beside me during them.
How sad is that?
But, on upside, I had an excellent GPA.
I've read a lot of good books lately. How about you?
-Ally
Really. It's true. There are amnesia victims out there who have a better grasp on their pasts than I have.
For example: today I'm on a plane, just sitting there reading Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper (a really good book, by the way) and I glance up to see a guy walking down the aisle, moving to the back of the plane (we were still in the boarding process.)
Immediately I start the "do I know him?" "I think I might know him?" "Is he someone I know?" arguement with myself. Then he smiles at me so, yes, I do know him.
Or he was wondering why I was staring at him.
So then I spend the entire duration of the flight trying to figure out where the heck I know that guy from?????
I even consider violating federal aviation law and calling my friend Crazy Beth to see if I could describe him and have her confirm whether or not he was an OSU guy.
Well, cut to us at the baggage claim and him saying "So do you get back to Stillwater much?"
Bingo!
He IS an OSU guy!
But I couldn't tell you his name if my LIFE depended on it.
I'm pretty sure I had multiple classes with this person for multiple semesters. I'm pretty sure I remember more about the actual classes than about the people who sat beside me during them.
How sad is that?
But, on upside, I had an excellent GPA.
I've read a lot of good books lately. How about you?
-Ally
posted by Ally Carter at Wednesday, April 04, 2007
6 Comments:
Actually, I was re-reading I'd Tell You I Love You last night. My back was killing me, so I just relaxed and enjoyed the ride. =) Can't wait for the next one now, and here I was just getting over my sequel-lust.
As for the memory thing, you ain't got nothin' on my husband. He didn't remember my name the first three times he met me. And HE had a crush on me! Every time we met, we'd play the name game, where I'd give him my name one letter at a time and he'd try to guess it.
I still married him, so I guess he must be a good guy. =)
My whole family's that way. A lady walked into a restaurant on Sunday morning once, smiled and had a conversation with us, and no one in my family remembered her name until at least four hours later.
We'd seen her at church not thirty minutes before.
(But hey, it's all about the GPA, right?)
I'm being extremely eclectic in my reading right now. Going back and forth between Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer and Slander by Ann Coulter. (And I just now noticed how frighteningly similar those names are.)
I had the same problem in college but I can't blame the GPA for my lack of recall...
Wait... OSU???
Are you from another country? I am from Texas. We consider Oklahoma passport country ;)
To think I was enjoying your blog too...
Daryl Andrews is missing out...OSU is the place to be!!! LOL
And for the record, Miss Ally, you should come visit me in Stilly! We'd go get cheese-fries at Joe's... :)
Yeah, I know you don't have time for stuff like that...but it'd be so much fun!!!
Ally! I can totally relate to your memory woes. Example: I am a bank teller. I remember everyone's account number EXCEPT my own. I believe that we as human beings have selective memory. We push things out that we deem unnecessary information.
I am currently reading JD Robb's In Death series. I'm really hooked ont the crime novel genre right now.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a big fan of your books and I'm so jealous of you going to Oklahoma State University!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm jealous because of one of my favorite book series,midnighters,which you should read ,too like spy high. It reminds me of your book but it has boys in the school,too. email me back: at; stackmj@hotmail.com,my mom's e-mail,actually.
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