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oops, just tried to do something on the computer and made a big boo boo with it, so never mindchocoholic38426.6590625I'm the same way. Some things I can't remember no matter how many times I learn them, but I can remember all sorts of things that I don't need to know like the theme song for the fresh prince of bel air.
I always forget how movies end, too. I like that though because then I can see a movie that I've already seen and not get bored.
I can't remember if I ever tried crocheting or not - my mom used to do a lot of it, so I'm sure I did. LOL.I have enough hobbies though. I don't need more!
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Plus I learnt to knit about 100 times and never got past 20 rows. Clearly it is knitting that sucks, not me. 
Knitting! That was something else I was trying to remember! LOL. I can sew, do cross-stitch, plastic canvas, felt kits, and all sorts of other crafty/creative things, but I can not knit to save my life. My mother taught me several times. My sister picked it up, but I was just hopeless with it.
bcgirl...have you tried crocheting? I also could never get the hang of knitting, but crochetting, I could. At least the simple stitches. I would make scarves a mile long!
But my passion is counted cross-stitch, when I have the patience. I'm looking forward to finishing the many projects I've started, along with the books I've started. 
I can relate to the movie thing. I can walk out of a movie and can't remember what I saw or come home from the video store and can't remember what I rented.Man, this website is a relief. There are too many things I've read that I can't believe other people do, too. Are there periods in your life where you screw up the chronology? My whole adolescence is a blur. I can't remember what happened when. I hear y'all loud and clear! Near & far sighted has ALWAYS confused me! Thanks Gypsy, I think that makes sense to me. I'm near sighted. I only need my glasses(when I can find them) for T.V & driving. for computer or reading, no glasses needed.
The other thing I can't seem to get straight is card games. Poker totaly confuses me and my hubby has tried to teach me that and other card games.....just to confusing to have to try to remember what cards everyone else has. UNO is a card game that I actually caught on to the first time and I never forget the rules. I'm pretty good at it to
There are other things that no matter how many times I'm shown, I just don't get, but the near & far sighted thing, I've heard different answeres as to what was what, and EVERYONE thought they were right. No wonder I was so comfused! And cards, well lets just say thats a lost cause
I know what you guys mean!
I studied (and flunked) 2 years of music at uni but changed to theatre studies because I could never remember the all key signatures!
Plus I learnt to knit about 100 times and never got past 20 rows. Clearly it is knitting that sucks, not me.
eliza, knitting is awesome. It's one of my favorite things to do. I've found it to be really relaxing and a good creative outlet. I think it's one of those things that seems really complicated until it 'clicks' in your mind and it suddenly makes sense.
Those of you on meds, have they helped you to remember these things? I haven't noticed that mine do, but I didn't notice that I was calmer on meds until my dad pointed it out to me so maybe they do and I just don't realize it.
Well, with the near- and far-sightedness, which also took me ages to remember, I just visualize what it is. Far-sighted---I can see far, sight goes far. Near-sighted...I can seen near. Of course if you're both, like me, need glasses to see far and near, so I'm far and near-sighted. Ah, I can see where that would get confusing. 
Cuz, I can't see either far or near! I have learned how to play Crib countless times. And I mean countless. But everytime I play it again, I need to learn it again. It just will NOT stick. I go years sometimes without playing other card games or board games, and I can remember those! It's very strange. 
I know I'm this way with a few other things, but I can't remember what they are right now.
I was thinking about this bc of the vision discussion. I know I have learned the difference between near and farsightedness at least 20 times, but somehow a couple of days after I learn it again, the information just seems to disappear from my brain. Its like it just won't stay there.
I've had the same experience trying to learn the order of the planets, how a car engine works etc. I've tried all kinds of learning tools- visualizing, using mnemonics etc, but it seems like with certain subjects my brain resembles a sieve.
I was so plagued by this memory thing, I went to the memory clinic at Johns Hopkins! They said that with the ADHD, I am so busy focusing on tons of things "at the same time", I can't take in and store incoming information. (To make an analogy, there's a data overload coming into the memory bucket, and the bucket spills over chronically. I can't control what gets in (stored), and what doesn't). There's actually a scientific term for this neurological "feature". It's not biological or chemical, it's neurological.
Anyway, they put me on Aricept which helped a lot, and added Amantadine. I am now functioning at an age-appropriate memory capacity (which ain't all that rewarding at 50!)
[QUOTE=kittyheaven] I am now functioning at an age-appropriate memory capacity (which ain't all that rewarding at 50!)
LOL kitty, you're a gas!