Comments on: Oh, Boy. I’ve Been “Tagged.”

By: Microsofty

Microsofty — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:30:22 +0000

Trully, I'd call it a blessing that you don't remember your extreme youth. I'd think most CIRCUMSIZED MEN would agree. Ouch!

By: Mar Vista Mustang

Mar Vista Mustang — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:02:30 +0000

I’m coming in very late on this discussion, having come upon this posting through being curious if anyone remembers the day of their birth. I have a lot of memories from about the age of one year on. Moreover, I remember that, when my only first cousin was born (I was three and a half), seeing him as a newborn prompted me to reflect upon why I couldn’t remember life when I was his age. I remember trying very hard to remember as far back as I could but coming up against a wall in my memory. In my defense, I will say that I had a life-threatening encephalitis right around my first birthday. I was unconscious for some time. I’ve always wondered if the disease prevented me from accessing earlier memories.

As for being able to remember from the age of one year on, I suspect I was assisted by the fact that my mother moved annually until the time I entered kindergarten. Having my memories tied to specific locations prevented them from just melding into one vague, generalized remembrance.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:52:24 +0000

I read once that one out of about 100,000 people remember stuff from their birth on. Until you and one other person who recently commented on one of my postings, I've never met anyone besides me that has real memories of their infanthood. I went through a long time where I ASKED people if they did–but stopped doing that when I found that virtually no one did (and that asking was amounting to what seemed like a kind of bragging on my part).

No two ways about it: What happens to us after we die IS a mystery. Even for a Christian. We can IMAGINE–but that's as good as it gets. (And that's enough, of course.)

By: jonathanbrink

jonathanbrink — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:06:40 +0000

I remember being in the crib and it freaks my family out. They don't get it.

Also, death is not the end so is it possible that there still is a mystery? We will die, but then we will live. Do we know anything tangible that lets us know what comes after death? Small points but very cryptic.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:52:50 +0000

Modernly typographically-wise, yes, italics are … saner than caps. But jabbing the SHIFT buttons and continuing away is, for me, WAY faster than dealing with little html coding things.

Clearly, you’re smarter than I. Or have faster fingers. Or something.

Thanks for the very kind words you wrote about me. That was very nice.

By: mm

mm — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:29:41 +0000

John,

I have similar memories

I swear I'm not crazy, but, i remember my birth day as well. I don't remember the hospital, but I remember coming home to my grandmothers house and watching the closing ceremony of the 84' Olympics(which were on my birthday)

Another early experience for me: When i was two years old, I fell off of a slide. One of those good old fashioned, way to large and unsafe, metal slides with concrete underneath, before the days of plastic and wood chips.

I cracked my skull open, and obviously, needed surgery.

I have an out of body memory of watching these doctors swarmed around me, with blood on their latex gloves and on their gowns. I can remember crying and crying bloody murder, for hours.

Now my thoughts on this are either 1) these are memories my mind artificially created in order to cope with a traumatic experience or 2) i experienced a legitimate, supernatural, out of body experience.

Which is really strange no?

Or maybe i just am making it all up.

I wish i knew.

Just wanted to share(and again, i swear I'm not crazy. I'm sadly, as sane as they come, minus the occasional seasonal/light depression)

By: John Shore

John Shore — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:16:02 +0000

It doesn't seem cool to me: it just seems like … breathing, or whatever. I've never NOT had those memories, so, you know: Is it cool standing upright when you walk? Like that.

By: John Stickley

John Stickley — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:11:58 +0000

You can remember all the way back to birth? That is WAY cool… at least I think it is. I wouldn't know, of course, as I'm one of those who can't remember much further back than age 3. So… is it?

By: ricbooth

ricbooth — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:05:33 +0000

I love how your mind sort of bounces along like a ball down a rocky hillside. And yes, #5… Would it be more accurate if we people said death is a mystery?

By: jaimewindon

jaimewindon — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:18:55 +0000

laughing hilariously at this moment…

#5!! harsh!! but true…

ah, the bizzare san diego days of ~~revolt~~ downtown magazine…