your brain is a library

where the largest part of it consists of shelves and shelves of reference material; another part, the librarian to catalogue that info; and yet another part, the curious researcher who asks the librarian for help.

such was my observation today.
non sequitur:
i told N "do an au sem mao" randomly.
she asked me what that was.
i didn't want to tell her, but i said i would show her eventually. so i put it off.
afterwards, we went into Barnes and Nobles, and after some hours N had completely forgotten I was supposed to explain "au sem mao".
when we left Barnes, keeping my promise (sort of), I did a few au sem maos ( or something like it, hehe). although, i didn't tell her that's what i was attempting. and she didn't ask. perhaps she thought i was being the clown. haha, so i let it slide.
much much later, non sequitur:
i said "fish", referring to a talk on Oprah where this doctor was talking about healthy foods. in this case, i didn't mean to mess with her mind. perhaps, i just started the sentence prematurely. nevertheless, this instance reminded N instantly of "au sem mao". "Hey you were supposed to tell me!" is what she said. haha.

That was amazing to me. It occured to me instantly what happened in N's mind. my random mention of "fish" enabled her to instantly tap into the most recent memory where she had experienced the same notion of confusion. therefore, an emotion was catalogued and referenced in her library, but not the event directly.

Although, I thought N had forgotten the incident completely, her brain had good tabs on it afterall. The smart librarian put it away on the shelf in the seemingly most useful way to access later... so that when the time came, it could suggest to the researcher the proper thought. hehe.


I told N the library analogy above.