Some reading material

To keep up with the theme of my last post, I've come across this:

Body Position Affects Memory of Events

When we see a familiar face, or even a photo of a favorite car or pet, we're often flooded with memories from our past. Sometimes just seeing a person or object that's similar to the ones in our memory will trigger recollections we never knew we had. Maybe you've had a memory triggered by a scent or the texture of an object. Sometimes emotions such as happiness or anger will spur vivid memories, too...

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Smelly stuff

"When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered· the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls· bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, the immense edifice of memory" -Marcel Proust "The Remembrance of Things Past"

Recently I've been somewhat preoccupied with smell and memory. Perhaps it's just one of those times in life, like spring time, when things are more fragrant. I wrote a poem the other day, posted on my lame myspace blog, along the same lines.

I never knew that the sensation of a smell that brings up a past memory is actually called a "Proustian Memory," which I find incredibly fascinating, but also a little dissapointed that it wasn't named a "Hackelian Memory." Alas, I'm not as talented.. and well, kinda late.

From searching online I've found a plethora of material relating to smell and memory. It seems that there are a lot of people besides me that are intrigued by it.

Just today I was walking up the back servant steps at work and someone sprayed Raid. It rememinded me of when I sprayed Raid in the cracks all around my ex's and my kitchen floor. During the hot summer, no AC, the ants would infest the kitchen. The sent of the Raid was one thing, but it was accentuated by the muggy heat of the apartment at the time. Also it was an old house, floor boards creaked, plaster fell off the walls periodically, not unlike the building I work in.

Just think about it.. the smell of your grandmother's house, your old car, your first cologne or perfume, your elementary school, the geraniums in your neighbor's yard ... what else?

modeling

april14+/-

spirits dashed; lots left vacant

whats left of my preschool playground?

drum costume

whore queen

cards were scattered all over in the alley next to my building. i had to look around a bit before I found a face-card. it was worth it.

40E

check!

rode horse for first time. check it off the list!

threadlessly

half-stepping

one. i am having second thoughts about the color of piping i chose for the next claxtonian pillow. it looks great with the deep green-blue backing that the pillow will have, but maybe it is too close in tone to the gray of the printed side?







two. for peter's pencil case, i will be using this hat i lucked into for free as inspiration. look out!





three. greg, believe it or not, has requested that his laptop sleeve match his ensemble pictured here.



so.. he will get the homoerotic hippy laptop case of his dreams, but it will match only in spirit, not in tone. see? they are actually much bolder colors than it looks like here..

four. i leave you with..
pencils!!

Things I heard at Body Worlds today

A young boy looking at a skeleton with his parents...
Boy: (pointing to lower half of the skeleton) Is that where pants go?
Dad: Yup
Boy: (pointing to upper half of the skelton) Is that where shirts go?
Dad: Yup

A young boy standing near me looking at a display...
Boy: Is that what my lung looks like?
Me: Yup
Boy: Bleech!

A young boy looking at a body displaying the muscular system with his dad...
Boy: Do we eat that meat?
Dad: You mean do we eat humans? No.

A young boy talking to his Dad, getting ready to leave...
Boy: Hey Dad, guess what?
Dad: What?
Boy: Thanks for taking us here, that's what.

maxes

substituting camera for booze

here is a sample of my finest work from last night!

check check check check check

holy moley!
http://www.archive.org/details/csr004

claxton has a licking problem

hrmmm

I think this is a swell idea, eventhough I don't really know half the people on this thing and they probably don't know me so who cares because I don't care. Right? You know? RIGHT?! hahahahahahaha!! ... haha!

Anyway. Someone really really bored today.

Ashley walked to work today. Ashley facebooked today. Ashley myspaced today. Ashley IM'd today. Ashley worked today. Ashley gmail chatted today. Ashley ate lunch today. Ashley practiced french during lunch today. Ashley facebooked today. Ashley myspaced today. Ashley IM'd today. Ashley worked today. Ashley gmail chatted today. Ashley wrote random boring blogs about nothing today. Ashley walked home from work today.

Ashley essentially did NOTHING TODAY.

Ashley is talking in the 3rd person. Ashley is going crazy.

random sasquatch sighting

visiting

i went to see gina last weekend- this is one of two pictures i took. i don't think gina wants me to post the other one.