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[cherry]

Want to hear something funny?

I cannot, for the life of me, remember how old I am. I am not joking. It has been a problem for years. I can never remember if I'm, say, twenty, or twenty-one. I couldn't remember at 18/19 either (oh, I knew I was old enough for legal drinking at 19, but I couldn't remember if the drinking age was 18 or 19).


For example: The last two or three weeks, I've been telling people I am 20. It was recently pointed out to me that I have, in fact, not been 20 for the last four months.

Taxonomic classifications? Bernoulli's equation? Random and useless information? No problem. Ask me my age, however, and I am lost. My mind, she is falling apart even more quickly than I had anticipated.


Are there any little silly things that you guys forget? I'm not talking about normal things (though if I had a dollar for every time I'd misplaced my keys -- well, let's just say that Christmas shopping would have taken care of itself this year, and I'd be providing a round of bubble tea for my friendslist).

Are there any odd, random things that you misplace or forget or get confused? A quirk of mine: I can't say 'astronomer.' It comes out 'astromoner' every. time.


Oh my goodness, I am every stereotype ever.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Words. I'm really, really bad with words and names for things. I'll be talking and then start going 'and it's the thing with the thing and the thing. Y'know? It has channel 7 and pictures and news and things?' or I'll have to resort to calling a cup a water recepticle or something. I do it all. the. time. Occasionally, I"ll only be able to remember a word for something in another language. It's a pretty normal thing to forget but it's really bad and happens all the time, especially when I'm tired.

I also get really caught on words when I'm stuttering and have to actually spell it out, since I can't say it for the life me. I also appear to have a strange stutterign induced inability to read latin aloud, but that's just weird. And something that seems to have transferred to other languages on occasion.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hee. I've pulled the 'meet at the time at the place with the thing' once or twice myself.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I do it all. the. time.

BTW, I love the C.J icon. My housemate sold me on the West Wing a few weeks ago and they're just started showing the sixth season on tv here. *waves hands* CJ! Josh! Growned-up Charlie! Leo! Poor Jed!

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

i can't remember anyone's birthday and i cannot say the phrase "strict scrutiny" to save my life. it always comes out "scrit strutiny" or something and then i cry, usually in front of my con law professor.
also, there have been several (read: many) times this semester when i could not for the life of me remember what year it was.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Awww. *snugs* At least, for me, 'astomoner' rarely comes up in class or casual conversation.

Also, OMG, someone suggested I try to add years and my birthday to figure out how old I was, and I was confused, because my math kept telling me I was 22, which, no. Turns out it is not yet 2007.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

Are there still stats you can rattle off? Like your social or your date of birth? I have found myself doing math from my DOB sometimes when I get the brainfuzz. I get the confoozleds on the age sometimes too.

Also, there are magic elves that live in my house and misplace my keys. Professionally. Oh and pens.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I just tried doing the 'adding the years' thing, and got myself rather confused, because math kept telling me that I was 22.

Only, it's not actually 2007 yet, is it? *loses*

Also, there are magic elves that live in my house and misplace my keys. Professionally. Oh and pens.

Heee. I will be at the student office at school, and I will be ready to leave, then I will pat my pockets down and pause. Before I've even opened my mouth, I sometimes get: "You lost them again?"

[firebird308.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I forget what year it is. x.x

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I just tried doing the 'adding to get your age' thing, and I got the year wrong myself.

[firebird308.livejournal.com]

No, I meant, I have trouble remembering what year it currently is. I keep going "...Is it 2006 or 2007?" ^_^;

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, so did I. I got the maths wrong because I was thinking it was 2007.

[firebird308.livejournal.com]

I thought you were talking about birthdates and ages and augh.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I've been getting my age wrong since I was nineteen, and it just gets worse. I am apparently 22 now, but once had to be convinced of this fact through Maths as I was rather certian I was 21.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

*nod*

I attempted to convince myself through maths that I was 21, but kept coming up with 22. This is because it is not actually December 2007 yet, as I am not the proud owner of a time machine, yes.

[claire.livejournal.com]

I often forget my age, too. Sometimes I think I'm a year younger than I am, or a year older. It happens mostly about 3 or 4 months before my birthday, I'll just randomly think I'm the age I will be once I've had my birthday. Usually then a couple of weeks after my birthday I think I'm a year younger again. Sometimes 2 years. I blame my advanced age for this, but I can't remember what that age is ;)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Most excellent. *high fives*