almost there. for the penultimate song in the aging series gimmick i'll focus on old men and memories. as we age, we tend to forget and there's a whole fucking industry out there only too willing to sell us supplements and brain exercise games designed to help us with our "perceived" memory loss. the only racket better than health supplements is probably religion but they both operate on the same principle, pay now and expect good things down the road. like i said, great racket.
back to memory loss and here's where you better pay attention. as i was sitting in the doctors office getting ready for some cognitive tests i was hit by a thought that everyone should consider when worrying about memory loss.
news flash, you're fucking delusional if you think you had a photographic memory in your youth. fuck me, i've been forgetting shit all my life so why beat myself up if i forget a few things in my old age. and here's the bonus, when you grasp this fact your memory actually improves because your stress level decreases and very few things fuck you up more than stress. so in case you forgot:
YOUR MEMORY WAS NEVER PERFECT, IT'S HEALTHY TO FORGET USELESS SHIT. IT FREES UP SPACE FOR GOOD STUFF.
now here's the song that reflects my current state of mind, old but still kicking.
i love you sons of bitches.
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There is still a whole lot of shit I would like to forget, fuck the pills and pass me a beer.
hopefully i'll be able to forget the heat starting tomorrow. with any luck this will be the last real hot day. we've had fuck all rain since late april.
The brain is supposed to forget stuff that doesn't matter, but sometimes it deletes the wrong files. Same thing can happen on a computer. If you ask a doctor for a new hard drive, he'll give you Viagra pills.
all my life I have had a selective memory..my brain refuses to remember the names of people I don't like...so if I don't remember your name, means I don't like you. I forget dates of sad events..like when my mother died or when my daddy died..if I remembered the date every year I'd brood over'this is the day my daddy died 10, 15, etc. years ago..wonder if that makes me weird.??
One advantage to getting old is learning that there is a lot of shit you don't have to do anymore cuz it just isn't important, never was. Some days a cat covering shit gets more done than I do.
gb - excellent point. as i get older and the quality of sleep declines, my files aren't getting organized and put in the correct order on a regular basis.
js - i'm never going to forget the date my father ascended to valhalla. for some funny reason i can never remember my wife's birthday. no shit, i often have to put the date on forms and i can never get it right.
king - doing nothing with a clear conscience is an acquired skill that a lot of people never develop.
You are one smart one man, BP. Thanks for the advice. Take care buddy.
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You are one smart man, BP. Thanks for the advice. Take care buddy.
Very true.
I have been a lifelong forgetful person.
And I think I will be a cool old guy.
Just wish I could become a cool, old, BLACK guy, somehow. They're the coolest.
Guy Clark?
Fuck him, play Petula!
That weeping and seeping cunt Leslie informs your's truly that it's your birthday.
Happy birthday.
Sorry to hear of your recent loss.
I don't know, nor do I care, what BBC would like to forget, but I sure wish I could forget him.
mr shife - thank you for your continued support.
kenneth - yeah, most black people can look decent with a shave head whereas 99% of white people look like idiots with shaved heads.
aquarians - bbc would like to forget all the fleas up his ass and mosquito bits on his prick.
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