Today I utterly embarrassed myself (which happens quite frequently, believe it or not). At the aforementioned funeral, I was talking to someone and called them by the wrong name. I called them ‘Kevin’ instead of their actual name, ‘Keith’. At least I had the ‘Ke’ part correct. Unfortunately he did not correct me, so either A) he didn’t hear me (which is the choice I’m hoping for), B) he heard me but did not want to say anything to be nice, or C) he thinks I’m a jackass and just let it go because of the location and circumstances.

I frequently forget things. As a matter of fact, I probably have one of the worst memories ever. I forget names, faces, subjects for exams, and I even forget things that have happened in my lifetime. I hate forgetting names. It’s a curse. I can remember the most useless trivia knowledge that would make me a dynamite teammate on Trivial Pursuit, but if I am running into you with only having met you a few times there is a very good chance I will not know your name or even who you really are. It’s sad I know. I just don’t want it to feel like you aren’t important enough for me to remember. It’s not that. I just have a hard time remembering names of acquaintances.

Now I just need to come up with some method to help myself learn people’s names and who they are. Flash cards anyone?