Elvesbane

It’s so easy to forget!

The only reason I remember the names of the guys I studied with back in school is because we have these once-in-a-while get-together-s. Really. I might recognize their faces, but I wouldn’t remember them.

Unlike most people, I seem to lack any compulsion to keep contacts alive. It’s natural for me to ignore the fact that others used to exist in the past, to forget that they ever meant anything to me. Don’t think that I willfully do this or anything… I don’t. I’m a lover of information (knowledge, experiences, wateva), and loss of memories just seems like an awful waste!

The other day, mum reminded me about (^_^) something that’d happened a  very long time ago. There was this day, when me, mum, dad, n’ bro went for a movie and there was this guy sitting behind us, who mum noticed and pointed out to me. I suppose she’d imagined that I’d be surprised and glad to see my bestest buddy from Sarvodaya (1st through 4th standard) but all I could manage was a ‘Hi’ and a prolonged and painfully idiotic face, and all the while he was looking as though he expected to me recognize him at any moment! I didn’t bother talking to him (the movie was gonna start, after all) and I didn’t see him afterwards. Mum later enlightened me that the two of us had been practically inseperable while I was at Sarvodaya. Just as well, I suppose, he prolly imagined that I’d lost much of my mental acuity since 4th standard.

She’d also told me his name. I don’t remember it anymore.

As I said, it’s pretty easy to forget, but it sure as hell makes for some awfully awkward and embarrasing moments.