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By Still Life · Aug 11, 2008 · 604 · 5
  1. - Sitting in my sister's beat up , smashed up, blue Mitsubishi Gallant, with our stilettoed heels up on the

    dashboard, reading all the racy parts in The Fountainhead.

    - The first gift my mother gave me: A set of hairpins, on my 22nd birthday. Her words: You look like a chimpanzee

    with that orange hair.

    - My words to my mother on my 22nd birthday: Yes, and now I can look like an orange-haired chimp with hairpins.

    And it's all thanks to you!

    - The conversation I had with my mother on the porch in our old neighborhood. I was reading Congo and was on chapter six when ..

    Why you read sex books? she had hissed.

    Huh?

    I know you read sex books. You think I don't know?

    What are you talking about?

    (She jabbed at my book, her nails round and viscious. I bowled over with laughter. She had been reading "six"

    as " sex" all along.)

    - Oyaji's lighter, the one he always kept the breast pocket of his weathered, green parka.

    - Having my shorts pulled down during a Powerpuff FootBall tournament.

    - Ryan Soreno holding my arm longer than he should have, and realizing it.

    - Joseph tracing my clavicle with the rough edge of his thumb.

    - The first time I saw Haruki Murakami at a book signing....

    ..and my knees buckled.

    These are the things that I will forever fold into my memory.

    __

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  1. starrynight89
    Hahahaaha, orange chimpanzee. . .

    This is a good idea because I'm so OCD about forgetting things, it's good to remember the important things.

    OMG, the sex mix-up reminds me: When I was studying in India, my friend wrote on the board: "Rohan sucks!" and my math teacher came in and thought she wrote "Rohan sex". . . that's worse, at least six and sex look alike. She got so angry at our whole class and she said: "You can't solve problems with sex, it's only for five minutes. . . then it's gone!" 0_0 The minute she left, all of us fell on the floor laughing. But seriously, five minutes? Sad.
    starrynight89, Aug 11, 2008
  2. starrynight89
    Oh and I read your script 'The Immortal' I've been meaning to review it but I have an exam in less than two hours, so definitely expect a review tonight :) First impressions: witty, funny and a nice read.
    starrynight89, Aug 11, 2008
  3. CDRW
    Isn't it funny some of the things that stick in our memories?

    That six-sex mix up was awsome, and it just made it even funnier that it was Congo. You can't get much farther from a romance novel than that.
    CDRW, Aug 11, 2008
  4. Still Life
    First of all, good luck on your exam, starry!
    omg, brings back memories. Since I'm out of uni now (dropped out, which is bad, I know) , all I've been looking forward to is annual company reviews ;/

    "You can't solve problems with sex, it's only for five minutes. . . then it's gone!"

    LOL I guess this mean the clothes just get sucked off through a black hole in the wall for her? >_>;;;
    Still Life, Aug 11, 2008
  5. Still Life
    Isn't it funny some of the things that stick in our memories?

    Some of the worse memories actually end up turning out funny when you think about it. Having my shorts pulled down wasn't so funny at the time.

    But it makes me chortle when friends remind me now.
    Still Life, Aug 11, 2008
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