Isn't it funny how the things you tell yourself you'll never remember and just forget very soon are the things you wind up remembering just because you obsessed about them? I can still remember something from last Thanksgiving about which I remember saying to myself, 'It's not important; I'll just forget it, anyway.' Well, um, I haven't, and it's quite annoying, really, because it makes me feel like I'm remembering crap from 9 months ago and forgetting important stuff because I just don't have enough room. *sighs* And it's also really annoying when there's something you want to remember, but just keep forgetting (for me, it's the differences between crocodiles and alligators. Er. Dunno exactly why that's important, but whatever). And then you think about the junk that you do remember and want to forget...
Oh man, yes and yes. I'm often amazed at the stupid shit I remember, but sometimes it does actually come in handy like, well I can't think of anything right now but. yeah. There are definitely things that I'm always forgetting too. I mean, why do brains work like that? I don't get it.
ps. The main identifying difference between crocs and alligators is apparently jaw shape and tooth placement (no I didn't remember either, I googled it). :D
Yeah, I know there are three things... one is freshwater vs. saltwater, and also their snout -- if it's sort of bulb-y or if it's rounded. And yeah, the teeth, something like that. But I have a hard time remembering which characteristic goes to which animal. I -think- that the alligators are freshwater with the pointed snout, but I'm not sure. :P
It's the first book of her's I've read and now I'm a bit worried that I've read the best one first. I hate it when I do that, gets my expectation up to high.
So much so it does. So much. I love coming across sentences or paragraphs and being able to say 'that right there, that's what I want' (White Oleander had a lot of bits like that for me too). It's like not being alone in the world or something, that someone else's brain works in a way that clicks so perfectly with mine.
This brings to mind a sort of lovely flailing and 'swish and flick' and makes me think math is like magic (which to me it kind of is as I have no head for it). And I also can't help but think it's cute.
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ps. The main identifying difference between crocs and alligators is apparently jaw shape and tooth placement (no I didn't remember either, I googled it). :D
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The Passion, though, it and stuff like it make me want to write better than I do, you know?
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So much so it does. So much. I love coming across sentences or paragraphs and being able to say 'that right there, that's what I want' (White Oleander had a lot of bits like that for me too). It's like not being alone in the world or something, that someone else's brain works in a way that clicks so perfectly with mine.
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And now I can't draw sine functions without flailing about like a penguin trying to fly.
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*re-kilters you*
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