Schmedrik's Despite

I would say I'm very good at recognizing faces. And once that's done I can usually bring up the name as well. That's is if I made the effort in the first place to remember the name (a little tune or rhyme haha). So if I forgot your name, I still remember your face and that's pretty good.

I have been going to class for five weeks now I think. Maybe four. Once a week. But I could generally pick out of a crowd the people in my class. It's not hard at all. So I joined a club this weekend with a lot of people from my class, the teacher as well. I walked in a little late and the teacher has no idea who I am. He asks me who's class I'm in. I say, "I'm in your class." And he asks which class and the people behind me recognize me of course, cuz I'm in the class with them. And he still can't place my face. So he decides, Oh yeah you must be the quiet one. Yeah I must be. I mean I talk to him every week. He must just spout his information like a hose not paying attention to what any of us say to him. Blah.

I hate finding out that people have no recollection of me at all. Am I that transparent? Am I generic? Sometimes it occurs to me to say to them, "Yeah, I'm just like all the rest of the shadows. Hard to pick me out."

But you know, it offends me. I wasted space in my brain to remember your stupid face and name. I could have used that space for something more worth while. And it's embarrassing too, to tell someone you remember them and their name, yet they have no idea who you are. It makes you look like a stalker. Why do you know me? Where did you come from? How come you know my cat's name is Jake and that he fell in the toilet? Cuz you told me two weeks ago, you freakin' idiot!

And okay, The teacher has, what, like 500 students all the time? Should I give him a break? I think that after five weeks he should at least recognize that I'm one of his students. That's all I ask. Recognition. If I have to go on being invisible, I might as well rob places and steal and cheat because I'm a no face. The dumb people will look around and say, Hey, wasn't there money in this safe? I could have sworn there was, like five minutes ago. Hm. (a second later) Oh hey, wasn't their money in this safe? Like the brains of gold fish you people have.

Stupid idiots. And as a friend would say,

"What a schmedrik."

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