Lost in Translation

I really like that movie, Lost in Translation, but that's not what this is about. This one's about music. I really like music, a lot, but there's this problem. Since I do have short term memory, or lazy memory as my mom likes to call it, I've never learned all the lyrics to one song, except probably some hymn they made us sing in twelve years of Catholic shcool, but that wasn't by choice. That was more of the soundtrack to us passing notes in chapel or scribbling notes on our plaid skirts. Off-track again...

So, yeah, I don't know the words to most songs, but I genuinely enjoy those songs. Like this one, by Postal Service. See, this is why I actually miss C-Ds, for the simple fact that the jackets contain the words. I used to stare at those when I'd buy a CD at Tower Records.

Short Term Memory

I have something confess. Mind you, this will be the first in a litany of rather over-exxagerated confessions. Which brings me to my first confession. I suffer from short term memory. I could be in the middle of an intense thought when I'm immediately distracted by another. It's a constant battle of which one is going to win my static attention. More often than not, they all win, which is why when I'm listening to somone speak to me, I only absorb 50% of what is coming out of their mouth. And what I do absorb, is usually immediately forgotten or filed away for future purposes. So while my mind is going 100MPH trying to decide which thoughts I'm actually going to process, whatever information I do absorb becomes a short-lived visitor.

Which brings me to the reason why I wrote this. It's not that I'm not listening to you (well, partly). It's more of well, I can't hear you. Too much going on up there, mostly non-sense.

We All Edit What We Don't Write

I tend to make my point five minutes later than I should, some would call it long-winded, others call it buying time. I blame it on the fact that I don't know what I'm saying until I say it, and the fact that I hate awkward silences. I was one of those kids who liked essay tests in high school, nothing like a blank page to dirty up. More space to write. More space to edit.

So here's your chance to edit what you never wrote.