Memories are meant to fade : They're designed that way for a reason (idea) by Stride

(ahhhh... satisfaction! somebody finally picked up on the silent nodeshell challenge i hard-linked in Strange Days. thank you Leynos!)

lamenting over past "whatevers" can become a comfort zone.
there is familiarity in frequented emotions; it can be a very addictive crutch.
why are you holding on to those photographs of her? for posterity?
do you wear your heartbreak like a badge; waiting for someone to find your stash of vacation slides so you can tell your tale to people that never met her? they'll always take your side. maybe you can figure out where things went wrong if you watch that video of her dancing to 'You can leave your hat on' just one more time.

or are you hoping she will fall in love with the martyr you've become?

People wouldn't fall in love so often if it were more clearly marked	Capturing the Friedmans	4 step plan to getting laid	Strange Days
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	For a few more precious seconds, the body I was born with was still in one piece	Lamenting over past "whatevers"	You never forget that forgetting's required
Falling in love with fictional characters	I still wear the bracelet you made me	Information wants to be deleted	Blurs on a photograph
Not pulling a Graduate	The science, laying on of hands, cure and read you, diagnose, transform	What were you before you were anything at all?	False Memory Syndrome Foundation
She pulled the "I love you" on me	Remembering the future in a different way than we remember the past	Annoying Things Heard at Funerals	The old man on the bench, for example, made her cry
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory	short-term memory