My brain is weird. When I was younger, memories imprinted themselves on my brain with what I think now is disproportionate importance.
Case in point: We recently moved to Pleasanton, which is where I spent a lot of time as a lad growing up in nearby Livermore. Pleasanton had the Stoneridge Mall, which was the biggest mall in our area. Sometimes on our way home, we'd pass the Burger King right by the 580 freeway entrance, and I think we begged to stop damn near every time.
One particular time, we *had* to stop, because they were offering Superman-related merchandise. In fact, what we got were these cup holder toys:
Now, the weird thing is that to this day, I see that Burger King, and it is immediately categorized as "The Burger King where we got the cool Super Powers cupholders." Like over 20 years later, mind you.
This also happens when I drive through certain areas and remember what song I heard for the first time when I was there. Completely useless memories, but they're there.
Anyone else similarly afflicted?
