I'm So Confused! But, I'm better now.

[cadfael]

Live Journal is great sometimes, but at other times I feel like it has passed me by. I know that we all have legal names we use to gain employment, receive and use money and credit cards and other grown-up stuff.

Many of us have names we use in sacred space, a name we aspire to really deserve (sometimes, I will concede).

Now, on Live Journal we have even more names! WTF! I barely know everyone's legal name and/or sacred name. How the Hell am I, or anyone for that matter, supposed to keep in memory all of that stuff?

Memory! Ah Ha! I should put this stuff in my Palm Pilot! That way, if I see it often enough, perhaps I can memorized it. I just have to keep my Palm Pilot away from the Republicans. Aggghhhh.

I knew that if I implanted this message on LJ the answer would arrive. Thank you.

Comments

[sabrinamari.livejournal.com]

You know, I am always forgetting some of the names I am supposed to remember. It usually works out OK, although sometimes it's embarrassing. Since I use the same affectionate pet names for everybody I love, it works out alright most of the time, though ("hey bunny, how are you?")

But I can see that it would be much more challenging for a man to adopt that approach. It's harder to assimilate into a the masculine gender role.

I wonder that if I have this much of a challenge at 41, what will happen when I am 81? Will I be able to remember any names or choose any of the specific terms I want at all?

Maybe we just need to start taking gingko on a regular basis.

Oh No, Who's Ginkgo?

[wild-place-king.livejournal.com]

Hi Sweetie, welcome back! Good for you and your dissertation. By the time you finish it you will probably hate it, if you don't already. I am glad for you though, almost done!

Perhaps I can try a masculine approach to your idea: "hey stud, howya doin'? Maybe not.

I am serious about the Palm Pilot. If I listed legal names, craft names, LJ names, it might work out.

What are the uses/benefits/perils of ginkgo?

Ginkgo

[ingridsummers.livejournal.com]

Ginkgo has been actually shown to improve memory retention. You really should ask me, silly, since I've been working on the Botanical Module at work. Love you!

Re: Ginkgo

[wild-place-king.livejournal.com]

I guess that means that I didn't take my ginkgo this morning - I forgot. Are there any side-effects or other benefits/perils? Where can I acquire some? Love you, too!

Re: Oh No, Who's Ginkgo?

[sabrinamari.livejournal.com]

Actually, I love the Palm Pilot idea. Braided Stream gave Lisa a Palm Pilot as a Third Degree gift after her ROP. It seemed an appropriate Third Degree tool----to help one organize all the administrative info and scheduling/contact information that's necessary to function well in this role. It's a great idea, and I think it will help keep track of all those names pretty well.

Beth is right. Ginkgo helps flush the brain with oxygen, a I understand it (I have to check) and it'sbeen shown to be as effective as some drugs for several groups of elders with cognitive degeneration problems. You can get it at any GNC or at any health food store. It's in the herbal supplement section.

Plug it into google and you should get a few links that tell you more about it.

[willowoak.livejournal.com]

ot, my love, you could just drink heavily and call EVERYONE "sweetie darling." >:)

Well, for years, I've used dryad as my sort of semi-public "pagan-ish" name, but unfortunately, it had already been grabbed by another LJ user (the bastard!), si I had to come up with something else. It's terribly frustrating when most of your choices, even the relatively speaking obscure ones, are gone.

There remains only liner notes. And heavily annotated coven lists. But then, I have Luddite tendencies anyway. :-)

Ginko is a stimulant

[elphaba-of-oz.livejournal.com]

It produces the same effects as other stimulants. There have been experiments investigating the effect of Ginko Biloba on cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's patients. It has been shown to improve cognitive function. It's interesting to note, however, that other stimulants (such as caffiene) have a similar effect.

That's why I replace my blood plasma with caffeine each morning.