memory meme

[lillibet]

"Post a memory of me in the comments. It can be anything you want. Then, of course, post this to your journal and see what people remember of you."

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[muffyjo]

Elizabeth memories...Let's see...I find that many of my memories are adventures due to her presence more so than about her. For instance, With Elizabeth dehydrated and woozy, with J in midair somewhere over the states or atlantic ocean, I found myself in my very first ambulance being hurled down the streets of London complete with lights and sounds. Or at least that's how I remember it. For the first time in my life I started to get seasick. There are no windows in the back and I have to admit giving a glancing thought at asking E to shove over.

In the Emergency room, they hooked her up to an IV of Saline solution and some stomach calmers and she was out like a light. Meanwhile, I am up and wandering around, getting blankets, meeting the local transvestites who were brought in for their failed suicide attempts. The transvestite was really very sweet, in a needy sort of way, and when she told me that she had tried 6 times to commit suicide what came out of my mouth was "I guess you're not very good at it" which surprised me and made her laugh! The nurse finally rescued me from hearing her tale of woe (she was a tad loaded on something besides the high of life).

Later there was the Drunk 300lb 6 foot 3 inches of mentally reduced individual who needed 5 british police officers to keep him calmed down.

And I thought there was a woman of similar stature due to the matching screams she was putting out (they matched his) only she actually produced a child.

Elizabeht slept through all of this, so I can't say it was really much about her so much as it was something BECAUSE of her. An adventure I smile at to this day and would never have had if I had missed the opportunity to meet her.

[kirkcudbright.livejournal.com]

"Sleep Thunder"

[ceo]

I remember first meeting you naked in Janet and Walter's pool.

I also remember you telling me, on hawkegirl's porch, about an adventure you'd had involving a friend of mine, and realizing I'd heard this story from him, years ago.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Yes, although sadly steve had to pinch-hit for me, since I was unable to sleep that day.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

We're new friends, so my memories are all fairly recent. But my favorite is of you on opening night of R&G, right after the show when the packed house was clearing and people were coming up to meet you. You were so absolutely radiant, joyful, triumphant, and you looked incredibly beautiful, just like a queen.

[dpolicar]

I feel some desire to search for a "the most FOO memory" entry, but am resisting it, because after quite a number of years of fairly dense interaction I'm fairly certain that search procedure won't terminate.

The first clear memory I have (that is, the first one that comes into my head, not the first one after all the ones I've forgotten) is of finding you in the 2-4 after you and Rob had just broken up and watching you experience that... tears and hysterics and anger and feelings of worthlessness and all of that... and come out the other end and put yourself reasonably back together again in the better part of a day.

It stays in my mind for a number of reasons, most of which have more to do with me than you, but in particular it cemented my model of you as someone commited to actually having the relationship(s) you're having... the whole package, good and bad, beginning and end. I admire that.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

when i think of you, i think of you being very lively and animated as you tell a story, with a slight dramatic flair to your delivery.

for specific memories... hmmm. i'm actually pretty sure i remember the first time i met you, down in new york, on my first road trip where kelly and i ended up going to visit someone (jeffO?) at columbia. on the other hand, there's the memory of driving up to your house in berkeley after i'd driven north from LA and i'd meant to call you but didn't have your phone number, so i just showed up and wandered over to the back door and you were standing outside on the phone with steve (it was the day your house was broken into, iirc).

although for arrivals, i think when i arrived at your wedding and drove up that hill towards the parking lot and you were outside taking wedding pictures looking quite fabulous... that was a much nicer arrival than the previous.

[gilana]

Many wonderful memories, of course, but the one that's coming to mind now is sitting in a boat on the Cherwell in Oxford, being punted about by a strapping young thing, and just having a glorious day.