I remember you

Is there anything people think you’re good at that you’re actually faking? In high school, before I developed this system, everyone I met just had personal nicknames in my mind that I never said out loud. “Girl who burns a lot of CDs” and “kid who works at GAP,” people who could have been potential friends if I’d remembered their names. Do you have a better name-remembering system? I’ve heard the trick to repeat their name back to them, and I do that too but I don’t think it’s what’s helping. How is your sense of smell?

Boaz and I have been watching Girls5eva - have you watched it? I’m really into it. Could not tell you what any of the characters’ names are though, because I didn’t write them down after the first episode.

We’re dogsitting for a friend soon (by the time you read this we’ll already be dogsitting) and it feels unfair that Kip doesn’t know. It will impact his life more than ours, but there’s no way to give him a heads up. Or maybe I’m emitting about-to-dogsit pheromones and he’s known for weeks.

I hope your week goes ok and that it’s full of familiar people and smells, and that if you surprise your pet it’s a good surprise. As my grandmother says at the end of her weekly emails: take care of yourself and each other.