I was going through all my old stuff and came across this random musing I wrote at about 14:

"... What i'm trying to say is that every single piece of information accumulated thus far adds up to the person(s) we are at the moment. So, if we were to maybe remove a chunk of that and replace it with a completely new set of memories, chances are good nobody would even recognize this persons tastes, habits, movement, speech or even vocal tendencies. As a matter of fact, we may even be able to go in the opposite direction and not remove, but add a single piece of information. It could change a persons whole perception of life. The mind is a wonderful and complex machine and in conjunction with emotions, observations can be powerful, dangerous and enlightening to our physical bodies. These 'powerful observations' could be as simple as a loved ones breath at our neck or as harsh as the death of a friend. A counter action of these observations may be observations that have been collected in the past allowing the mind to be shut off from observation changing thoughts..."

HAAAAAAA.