a start to some not-so awesome things

inspired by the latest blog that i had been introduced to and have recently started following again, i have decided to compose my own un-exhaustive list of some of the most disturbing, frustrating & awful things that i have experienced (and maybe you have to) in this lifetime. feel free to add your two cents...

#30 Forgetting your supposed "unforgettable" password 
 
hypothetical situation: a good friend calls and asks if you ever received his email. you tell him that you did not and inquire as to when he sent it and what it pertained to? he informs you that it was the directions to his bachelor party and he sent it a week ago. after straining your brain, you finally realize that your friend sent his email to your spam-ridden, inactive email account. while he is able to provide you with the information that was contained in the original email, you are interested to know what other "important" emails have been sitting in your inbox all these weeks & months.


you visit the email server that you haven't visited in over 3 months. after typing in your everyday user name, you  realize with each successive flashing cursor that you have NO IDEA what your password is/was, when you first created it years ago.


you then click on the forgot password? link below. now, you have to wait--only God knows how long--for the email that provides you with a basically indecipherable pass code (i.e. e7UVO0Il) that you must then copy & paste (if you're smart) into the original password box. at which point, you must create another original password that is at least eight characters (haven't psychologists proven that the human brain can only remember--AT MOST--data in sequences of seven digits?) and one that, ironically, you will probably forget again. 

it is intriguing to note that just about everything in our modern world seems to be password-protected. whether it is our bank account(s), car/garage door(s), or our federal loan summaries, there are good reasons why this is the case. it just stinks when you (i) cannot recall those 6-8 digits which no one gave us, but that i personally came up with because it was memorable.

note to self: what is your mother's maiden name?