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[solarbird]

Pinched from spazzkat who got it from elynne via kathrynt:

Invent a memory of me and post it in the comments. It can be anything you want, so long as it's something that's never happened. Then, of course, post this to your journal and see what people would like to remember of you, only the universe failed to cooperate in making it happen so they had to make it up instead.

As always, bonus points for creativity. Go!

Comments

[kathrynt.livejournal.com]

Do you remember the time that you and I were stuck in Prague? There was a sort of vague terrorist threat that had grounded our flight out of Turkmenistan, and as a result, we got into Prague two days late -- and the airline mechanics had gone on strike, so we didn't know when we'd be able to get to Iceland and then back to the States. We were camping out in the Prague airport by night, and singing those folk songs we learned while travelling with the Romany in the streets by day (you on soprano descant, me on alto melody) to make enough money for our dinner. Fun times! I lost seventeen pounds in those three and a half weeks, although I think some of it could be blamed on the amoebic dysentery I picked up from the mutton sausage. Never again will I laugh at people who make sure to pack at least one change of clothes in their carryon.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i was nine; i don't know how old you were. the adults probably all thought i was off reading a book -- i don't know how you got away. anyway you were there when i got there, sitting on a rock in the middle of the river, dangling your feet and looking down into the water.

i didn't say anything but somehow you knew i was there. you looked up, not startled, and called out, "the water's deep, but come on out, you'll be fine."

and that was when i found out i could swim :)

[chipmunck.livejournal.com]

Remeber... how I moved into the neighborhood, and you helped me move all my stuff in and introduced me to all your friends. We got to hang out almost every night talking in a group. We shared our talents, our thoughts and enlightened each other with our witty humour? Ya, that was great wasn't it. :)

[spazzkat.livejournal.com]

I'll never forget when we were in Hawaii and stayed for a night at the north shore. You went walking with me that morning and we got to gawk at all the surfers changing in and out of suits. You pointed to one particularly cute one and were all "That one looks really familiar for some reason" and I nearly choked, managing to croak out "It's Jason Scott Lee. And he's NAKED." Anyway, we walked on by trying not to stare as he headed out to surf.

Later on the way back he was still there, only dressed, sitting on a towel resting before heading off. You insisted we go say something to him. I wasn't really able to speak but you got his phone number.

That rocked.

[solarbird]

I'll never forgive myself for not having the camera with me. Never.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

That amazing 85-yard punt return. OJ Simpson's got nothing on you. Best state championship game ever!

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

Remember when...we were in that gifted program for math in junior high and finished all the classwork *so fast* we got to hang around and talk and draw and exchange our favorite sf stories...and all the guys were geeks but we still sort of flirted 'cause hey, we're geeks too even if we were cuter than they were.
Cathy

Lordy!

[poodlgrl.livejournal.com]

I remember when my 3rd child Lula Belle was born. Eric looked positively green during the labor and finally I said, "GOD ALMIGHTY USELESS MAN, PLEASE CAN YOU JUST SIMPLY GO GET DARA?" Eighty. Seven. hours of HARD LABOR, and you were there every single minute. I was so grateful you had attended all those Lamaze classes after all! Wiping my forehead with a cool cloth, giving me an ice chip here & there, to dribble down my parched throat. And finally the coaching, "And PUSH! And PUSH! And PUSH! GOOD GIRL ONE MORE PUSH!" for 7 hours. If it wasn't for you, I'm quite sure I wouldn't have been able to achieve my goal of vaginal delivery without a SINGLE bit of pain relief. Especially 4 days of labor!

I tell you, when that eleven pound, 13 ounce baby came screaming into the world, I passed out. I swear that doctor about fainted. If you hadn't been there to catch the baby, I'm quite sure she'd have a head injury. When I woke up 2 days later, there you were, cuddling the baby while Eric played 18 holes of golf!

Thank god for REAL girlfriends!

Re: Lordy!

[solarbird]

I am HOWLING with laughter. The idea of responding in character crossed my mind but I will NOT mess with perfection.

[waysofseeing.livejournal.com]

OK, I can accept that you -really- wanted to get into the army, but I still don't understand why you thought that wearing a strap-on and yelling "SHUT THE FUCK UP, SOLDIER, I'M MORE BUTCH THAN YOU" was going to help. Granted, it got you a couple of nice dates, but the recruiting sargeant still wouldn't let you in even -after- you'd taken him to a romantic dinner at the Sorrento. I still think slipping the guy a couple of bills would have sped up the process considerably.

(er, hi. again. does exRvL still exist, or do I not want to know?)

[solarbird]

Regis has it now. Email me for the address if you want. It's not any better, not that that's stopped me from staying on...

[rmd.livejournal.com]

the dress. *that* dress. and that evening you were wearing it in the lounge of the hotel and the japanese tourists were talking about you in japanese and you turned around and thanked them in japanese and they all got really really flustered and bought us all sake and kept urging us to drink more. "mo ichido kurasai!"