There's a bootleg of Spamalot up on YouTube.

In college I had a psych class where the prof told us a memory trick. She said if you remember what she (the prof) was wearing when she talked on certain subjects it'd make it easier to remember them during exams. She even told us she'd never duplicate an outfit during the semester to make this easier for us.

Psych is one of those subjects I find so fascinating that I remember everything in the book and lectures. At the beginning of the semester she told us it was impossible to get an A in the class without studying - I proved her wrong. So anyway, I didn't have to use her outfit trick.

Before the notes were lost, I could recall really obscure tidbits of US history based on simply seeing the doodles I'd done around the edges as I took notes. Hell, I still remember some of the doodles (and attendent facts) without seeing the actual pages!

Only really worked for that class (junior year of high school.)

I have to add in something to a sequence. It takes my system 25 seconds to process each request. ANd I can only request one addition at a time. I need to request 44 additions. ARRRRGGGHHH.

She even told us she'd never duplicate an outfit during the semester to make this easier for us.

First thought in my mind was, she must have had a very, very large wardrobe.

First thought in my mind was, she must have had a very, very large wardrobe.

I think she counted different ensembles as different outfits. But yeah, she had a big variety of clothes.

I kinda' had a crush on her.

That wardrobe thing is awesome. I always did better at events in remembering people if I took note of their outfits. And I can only remember dates of past events if I remember what I was wearing.

I can only remember dates of past events if I remember what I was wearing.

Interesting. What I or other people wore comes in useful for details at the event itself, but unless the date was displayed there, it wouldn't really be helped much.

Oh, I remember something else about my psych prof. She would divide each lecture into topis, and for each topic she'd stand in a different place.

I have a very good memory for clothes, but then, it is part of my job. I usually remember costume plots by holding each piece of the costume in my hand, in order, while reading the written out list. I can usually memorize a normal size show after doing that once. Other things, not so much, although I can do props that way, too.

My students think it is craxy that I can do a costume check in after the show without a list, for the most part. I kind of think it is weird that they still need a list after, like the whole run of the show.