i do a lot of dumb things, but this is one of the dumbest. i don't know what my problem is but i have issues. i'm constantly losing things....keys, cell phone, debit card, license, etc. i always "lose" my keys and finally find them in my deadbolt (or the neighbor finds them there and tells me). i can drop something out of my hand (like a cell phone for instance) and keep walking and not even realize what i've done. i once put my cell phone on the roof of my car and drove from charleston, sc to raleigh, nc thinking i had lost my phone only to open my sunroof and have it fall in.

and speaking of cars and leaving things on them....today i was leaving school with a lot of stuff in my hands including my laptop (in a neoprene sleeve LUCKILY). i guess i set it on my trunk to try to find my car keys in my backpack WHICH by they way, when i found them my key chain broke and all my keys and little vic card things fell all over the ground. so anyways long story short, i left the computer on the car. drove all the way home. couldn't find it. retraced my steps and found it in the middle of the road. it works (so it seems). it hadn't been run over (yet) and only the outside is damaged. and it is covered by my insurance.

i think i have a problem. is this what being "spacey" is?? is it something with common sense? i think i might just be stupid.

/blog

10/28/2008 3:55:23 PM

damn guess i was right on fb

10/28/2008 3:55:54 PM

i'm not surprised this thread was made by you

10/28/2008 3:56:17 PM

maybe you should talk to a psychiatrist

10/28/2008 3:56:18 PM

DUURRR

10/28/2008 3:56:25 PM

i'm like that sometimes, too

10/28/2008 3:57:11 PM

Dye your hair blonde.

Fix this problem before you have a kid.

10/28/2008 4:00:23 PM

one of my best friends is like this, he is always losing his shit or leaving it everywhere. it seems like every time he rides in my car he leaves something of his in it and he can't even keep track of important stuff like his license, keys, money, etc.


maybe you two would be good together


or maybe i should go out of my way to make sure you never meet, for the welfare of both parties


$1

10/28/2008 4:01:25 PM

a) no blonde for me that would look retarded
b) i don't want kids (but that is why they make those leash things anyway)

smart people are often messy and lack common sense. i'll just chalk it up to my creative genius

^ haha yea the world would probably end if we met

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM. Reason : .]

10/28/2008 4:02:10 PM

Lots of people do this sort of thing. I find it helps to concentrate on what you're doing AT THAT VERY MOMENT. In fact, working in dangerous environments or with heavy machinery(cars included), it's an absolute necessity. Save your listmaking, planning, doublechecking and daydreaming for times when you are paused.

Of course, having testicles also helps.

10/28/2008 4:04:09 PM

dumb people are also often messy and lack common sense


i wouldn't use that argument


$1

10/28/2008 4:05:24 PM

^^^ Kind of like crossing the streams.

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 4:05 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 4:05:24 PM

i do it a lot...

10/28/2008 4:05:56 PM

i always say it's because i'm absent minded...my mind is always in a million other places, thinking about a million different things. plus i get distracted really easily.

10/28/2008 4:06:39 PM

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"Of course, having testicles also helps."

10/28/2008 4:07:32 PM

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"dumb people are also often messy and lack common sense i wouldn't use that argument"

haha i know it was a joke!! all the misunderstood people of the world use that argument.

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"plus i get distracted really easily."

me too. i think i was worried about getting my keys off of the ground and all of my mvp/vic cards (the important things in life, hah). and i just don't pay attention to things at all. i'm impatient, too. i guess it goes hand in hand with the absent minded thing because i miss details when i'm impatient. but when i do school work i'm SUPER organized and very detail oriented. i just can't spread that into the rest of my life for some reason.

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 4:10 PM. Reason : .]

10/28/2008 4:07:52 PM

I'm usually surprisingly good about not forgetting stuff like this. It helps to stop for a second and just double check. If you ave a nagging feeling that you're forgetting something, you probably are.

10/28/2008 4:09:28 PM

Always make sure whenever you get in your car that there is nothing on top of it.

10/28/2008 4:09:31 PM

^^ haha my problem is i don't get those nagging feelings! if i did it would help me out A LOT. because i'd turn around sooner or fix the problem sooner. i only get nagging feelings on exams and stuff. not in real life. in real life i suck. but i have kept a new plant alive for 3 days AND i've kept my cat alive for 2 years. i don't forget to feed her or anything.

10/28/2008 4:11:27 PM

10/28/2008 4:12:54 PM

I do dumb shit like this all the time

One time this summer I bought like 120 bucks worth of groceries and pushed the cart right into the cart return place in the parking lot without unloading the groceries into my car first.

I got home wondering where the hell my stuff was until I retraced my steps and drove back to Fresh Market and found the cart still there, with all my stuff in it minus the beer, which someone had jacked.

10/28/2008 4:18:16 PM

I'd say that's an exceptable punishment for your goof.

10/28/2008 4:19:13 PM

good thing you are hot or a lot of people would make fun of you

10/28/2008 4:20:27 PM

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"exceptable"

$1

10/28/2008 4:20:33 PM

^ Check this one out.

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=546175

10/28/2008 4:21:52 PM

oh okay


$1

10/28/2008 4:25:13 PM

I just didn't want you thinking I was ACTUALLY that dumb.

10/28/2008 4:26:35 PM

that was more of a ball-busting post than a hey-look-what-ya-did-ya-dummy post anyway


but i am mildly amused at the true origins!!


$1

10/28/2008 4:29:48 PM

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"One time this summer I bought like 120 bucks worth of groceries and pushed the cart right into the cart return place in the parking lot without unloading the groceries into my car first. I got home wondering where the hell my stuff was until I retraced my steps and drove back to Fresh Market and found the cart still there, with all my stuff in it minus the beer, which someone had jacked."

... wow. That is impressive.

10/28/2008 4:30:10 PM

^ Moral of the story - never go grocery shopping high.

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 4:31 PM. Reason : .]

10/28/2008 4:31:45 PM

i ran over my laptop with my car, once

it was in a targus backpack

it's was virtually unharmed

10/28/2008 4:33:20 PM

jlancas03 does stuff like this all the time

10/28/2008 4:34:54 PM

^^ interesting

my targus backpack may be one of my most disappointing purchases ever

10/28/2008 4:36:26 PM

^ i don't know how i feel about it...it's the matrix model, and when i was in undergrad, i'd fill the bookbag up completely with books in addition to my laptop...over time, in noticed that the screen was getting these permanent impressions from the keys (because of being overloaded and pressed against, i guess)...i tried a satchel/messenger bag style, and that just flat-out sucked

i eventually went back to the matrix pack, but cut some stiff plastic inserts out of a sterilite container to put on either side of the laptop compartment...since then, i've not had any problems (the pack itself has held up great)

targus actually sent me TWO new packs after i ran over the first one (it had/has a lifetime guarantee and i sent it back for something like a broken zipper and they sent me two...i sold one for $40 and kept the other as the replacement)

10/28/2008 4:44:05 PM

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"one of my best friends is like this"

10/28/2008 4:47:47 PM

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"but when i do school work i'm SUPER organized and very detail oriented. i just can't spread that into the rest of my life for some reason."

remembering you left your laptop sitting on your trunk doesn't require you to be super organized.

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"in real life i suck."

you might be onto something there...

10/28/2008 4:50:21 PM

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"i think i have a problem. is this what being "spacey" is?? is it something with common sense? i think i might just be stupid."

I have found that I get this way when my diet is really poor for a few days in a row. I get really scatterbrained and don't focus very well on anything. My brain just doesn't function properly without healthy doses of greens.

10/28/2008 4:50:52 PM

ha, didn't someone try to drive from wilmington to raleigh with a laptop on their car? could be worse. Saw a sign in the centennial deck where someone lost their wedding ring. oopsie.

10/28/2008 5:01:43 PM

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"I have found that I get this way when my diet is really poor for a few days in a row. I get really scatterbrained and don't focus very well on anything. My brain just doesn't function properly without healthy doses of greens."

maybe that is my problem

10/28/2008 5:10:51 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familial_Alzheimer_disease

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"Familial Alzheimer's can appear as early as 16 years of age."

10/28/2008 5:14:28 PM

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"remembering you left your laptop sitting on your trunk doesn't require you to be super organized. "

well yea but i meant with being detail oriented and paying attention to things.

poor laptop. yea someone i work with lost their wedding ring last week but refound it. that is scurry. i actually i have a really nice ring that i used to wear and i never lost it. the reason i don't wear it anymore is because i did lose a piece of it...through no fault of my own!! a diamond fell out of the setting and it was a n itty bitty diamond so no way to find it. so i have to get that fixed at some point in my life.

so my laptop doesn't seem that bad, esp because it isn't really damaged. but this is why we're allowed to have nice things....as long as they are on our insurance policy

10/28/2008 7:25:54 PM

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"i once put my cell phone on the roof of my car and drove from charleston, sc to raleigh, nc thinking i had lost my phone only to open my sunroof and have it fall in."

That is hilarious, I lol'd.

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"i can drop something out of my hand (like a cell phone for instance) and keep walking and not even realize what i've done."

This is what would worry me the most. Perhaps you have an undiagnosed form of autism. My cousin is a genius but he can barely function in everyday life, he's autistic as well. He's locked himself out of his car / apartment like 10+ times in the past few months, gets his car towed, etc...

My main advice would be to try to focus on things based on their relative importance. cell phone > phone > mvp cards.

There are lots of books / internet resources, in addition to seeing a doctor, that can help with this. Good luck.

10/28/2008 7:43:48 PM

hahaha i don't think i have autism. and to clarify the cell phone thing (it only happened once...besides the roof of the car thing) i was walking and talking to someone and had the phone in my hand and went to put it in my purse (which i don't always zip, yea...probably how things get lost) and i think i just tried to slip it in but instead it fell on the ground and i didn't notice. so it isn't THAT bad.

i mean it is still worse than a lot of people i know but i have never locked myself out of anywhere. is something like this a symptom of add or adhd? because my brother used to forget things and lose things (like he'd leave his backpack at school...god knows how/why) and so he got to get tested and he has adhd. but mine is like never really related to school so i just slip through the cracks. sigh.

(i'm half way joking. but i mean honestly i am messy and unorganized. i need like a professional life organizer)

oh and ps i get what you're saying i've met a person before that is like a genius but has trouble functioning with day to day life. and he was also autistic. i just don't think my forgetfulness is that bad. who knows. maybe i should ask the doctor the next time i go and see if i can join the ranks of our overmedicated society

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 7:59 PM. Reason : .]

10/28/2008 7:57:58 PM

go see a brain doctor.

10/28/2008 7:59:12 PM

wow

yesterday i had to be told by a swell lady in traffic that my laptop was on top of my car.

10/28/2008 8:01:37 PM

REALLY??

10/28/2008 8:04:05 PM

I, too, am absent-minded.

I lost one of the more important pieces of my car and can't put it back together now

10/28/2008 8:12:07 PM

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You lack what is referred to as "situational awareness" -- basically, you're a space cadet. You don't pay attention to anything that you're doing when you're doing it, and you don't pay attention to the world around you -- you live in your own little world. You also seem to be quite forgetful on top of lacking situational awareness. Unfortunately, in many situations, this can be dangerous if not deadly.

I used to have this issue of constantly losing things, until I started scuba diving. The way my team and I dive, every piece of equipment has it's own specific spot on each person. We all use essentially the same gear, set up the same way, with everything in the same location. This standardized approach to diving helps with team cohesion in possible emergency situations, and makes life easy when everyone uses the same types of gear. I decided this was a pretty neat idea and carried it over to normal life...

Example: My cell phone, keys, wallet, contact lens container, and lip balm always go in exactly the same pocket in my shorts. Heck, I bought 4-5 pairs of the same design of shorts (different colors, obviously) to help facilitate this, so I can always use the same pockets day to day. I used to always lose my sunglasses, except that now they're either in a pocket, on my face, or in the sunglasses holder in the car. When I'm wearing jeans the pockets change (no cargo pockets on jeans...) but the idea is the same -- stuff always goes in the same pocket, every time. My laptop is always either being used, or in my bookbag. My bookbag always goes in the same place in my car when I get out of class (these last two things would have prevented the issues you posted about). etc etc etc.

When I leave the house, I always ask myself (and tap each pocket to make sure the item is there) -- "Cell phone? Wallet? Keys?" etc. When I get into and out of the car, leave class, or go anywhere -- same thing. Sounds stupid but it works.


Standardization is key. No one can help you change but yourself, and you can only change if you truly want to.

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[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 8:22 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 8:20:40 PM

<serious>

you lack what is known as a Y-chromosome

10/28/2008 8:30:34 PM

thanks for the bolding.

10/28/2008 8:32:31 PM