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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2010-08-09 12:54 am

I would headdesk, but I cannot spare the neurons ...

Thanks to receiving a taxi and major thoroughfare to the head in close succession some years back, my brain is not what it was*. One of the results is mild aphasia, where I can think I am saying one thing but actually be saying another. I'm usually better at typing, though homophones can sneak in, but speech when tired can be ... unexpected.

Which is why, at a wedding reception today, I took a wine bottle from a friend to read a label and, rather than -- as I had intended to -- announcing that I had fine eyesight, proudly declared 'Of course I can read it, I have excellent handwriting!'

It was at this point I realised that I was so tired, I had to leave early or end up telling someone that I was the Empress of Sparkliboo, rather than a keen knitter.


*On the upside, it's quite fun to live with a disorganised brain as it throws up all sorts of randomly entertaining connections!

[identity profile] emerald-dragon8.livejournal.com 2010-08-11 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean about a disorganised brain and weird connections! I more often than not end up talking about something with no idea why or how I got there, and when I trace it back I find the most bizarre and almost incomprehensible train of thought. :)

Hope you've been getting some rest! :) I read your comment above that it has been gradually getting better, which is good to hear!