Don't Take Me Seriously - Book - Page 291
traceable reason. However, the last time I remember it showing up, I was eating.
So maybe it’s more about the food presented by Catering on the set than it is
about the Snoopster. Consequently, dere’s no dis in dat.
While I am sure there are expert monkey shockers out there who would explain
in great detail how the separate association events I have described are
completely different brain phenomena, to me they are kinda the same. While the
invocation of Mo was verbal, and remains unexplained, and the burrito thing was
visual, and has an explanation, and the Snoop day is an uninvited memory of an
event – to me all three fall under the heading of what is known as Pop-up
Memories or Mind Pops. The technical terms, I read, are Involuntary
Autobiographical Memories (IAMs) or Involuntary Semantic Memories (ISMs).
The differences between the two have no place in this tale.
They say that Mind Pops tend to jump into consciousness more easily than
voluntary memories. They appear without any deliberate attempt to get ’em and
often during mindless everyday activities.
You know, the kind of activities that might occur in my bathroom ... or place of
employment.
However, these little wrigglers come and go so fast, they don’t often make a
lasting impression and, therefore, can’t be deliberately recalled for the most part.
Like right now, when I want to remember some more examples.
They also say that most Mind Pops are triggered by easily detectable cues in
one’s environment or thoughts. I think my burrito experience would bear that out.
Noxzema reminds me of sour cream. And there may be a food connection to
Snoop as well. However, I can’t explain the Mo Rocca thing. Maybe, in my
struggle to pop the zit, I imagined it as an Italian fortress (a rocca) and just
needed a little “mo” force to pop it.
Too much of a stretch? Well, then maybe I saw him dressed as a pimple in a skit
once. I don’t know.
And I would debate describing the memory cues as “easily detectable.” They only
seem obvious after Holmes has explained them to you.
It is possible that every Mind Pop I have ever noticed, or experienced without
noticing, has a logical explanation in its association with the cues that induce it.
But sleuthing them out seems far too difficult and, in the end ... well ... boring.
So I propose alternatives.
