ive never had a very good memory, although people often tell me i remember the most remarkable things. as for my past, my memory is quite spotty. i do, however, have many sensory memories. smells, tastes, sounds etc that remind me of very specific memories in my life. for instance:
•pantene pro v when it was in the tall maroon bottle. the smell of it reminds me of a summer when i lived in suwanee. i had a neighbor who liked me for a long time. patrick and i hung out with this other guy tj for the summer. i can remember going on a walk with tj with molly the dog between us. said neighbor saw us and thought we were holding hands. he then proceeded to hide under the caboose and not come out.
•the smell of a certain kind of bush reminds me of the big house in north carolina. i can remember what it looked like when you walked around the house from the trampoline to the front porch.
•that beyonce song that came out two years ago reminds me of
kyong. the last week she was in town jesse bought her the cd and we played it in her saab with the windows down and smoked cigarettes.
•when the moon is particularly big and bright, or small and dim, i think of
chris hood. he called me one time many years ago and told me to look at the moon because it was so beautiful.
•when i make miniature chocolate chip cookies from the tube, i think of my first best friend, april jackson. she always made miniature cookies and to this day, i think of her when i make them too.
•eating cookie dough reminds me of growing up with great friends like jessica jeffrey,
christi jervis, and
melanie osgood. we used to make a half batch of toll house cookies. keep it in the metal kitchen aid mixer bowl. put it in the freezer for 15 minutes. grab 3 spoons and a glass of milk and just eat the cookie dough.
•the song always by my baby by mariah carey reminds me of laying in
hopes bed and singing it on the top of our lungs.
•peanut buster parfaits from dairy queen remind me of
brittany logan. we used to spend almost every day together when we were younger. her gunny would pick us up on her cadillac i think it was. we would listen to music in the back and then stop at dairy queen. peanut buster parfait, no peanuts for me.
•the song run away train by soul asylum reminds me of my brother
patrick. i can remember a specific day riding in the car with him and my dad and kimberly on lindberg ave and that song coming on and talking about the video which shows a race car driver with a missing persons photo on the top of his car.
•the smell of bath and body works vanilla raspberry reminds me of the hospital in houston. i used that spray, soap, and lotion when i was there.
•the green day dookie album and the blue weezer album remind me of when my mom was at emory for her brain tumor. patrick,
sarah, and i drove in sarahs black truck to the hospital and we were listening to these albums at the time.
•apple cider vinegar reminds me of
nina. when we were in senior collection 3, nina was convinced that drinking apple cider vinegar was going to keep her healthy.
im sure i have many other memories but those are just a few that come to mind. anyone else want to share any memories like this that they have. please do.
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•when i hear le tigre or avril lavigne, i remember driving in bryana sortinos vw gti with
leigh, leslie, and bryana in savannah in 2002 and 2003.
•jolie holland reminds me of late night puzzling with
jessica dorman, cigarettes, red wine, and music on the ipod.
