random memories

I’ve created a new category called random memories. A lot of times while I’m driving or cooking or doing some other mindless task, I recall really random memories.

I do want to write a disclaimer in that they might not be accurate memories. I think over the years, memories have an odd way of morphing in your mind. Especially if you’ve told the memory and it’s changed a bit, the altered memory tends to stick.

Here’s an example:

I remember when I was really young my sister and I would love to watch 3-2-1 Contact.

This was when educational shows were still cool to kids.

In one particular episode, a group of kids had a jug of milk that they were taking turns shaking. Eventually, the milk turned into cheese. (This sounds a bit far-fetched to me, I haven’t researched the plausibility of this– but be a good sport. This is like a mini-memoir. Anything can happen!)

One of the girls opened the jug and spread the cheese/cream on a cracker. She then proceeded to shove the entire cracker into her mouth. While she was chewing, someone asked her, “How does it taste?” Her mouth was so full, she couldn’t respond. And when she tried to, it was disgusting to watch. You could see cheese and soggy cracker coming out.

My dad (oh yeah, he was there too) saw this incident and jumped on the opportunity to teach us. “See? This is why when you’re tasting something, make sure you don’t take too big of a bite so that you can still talk.”

I’m pretty good at interviewing. I think this is because I started receiving interviewing tips at a young age.

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