"Halp! After having drummed all he dun. Hun! Worked out to an inch of his core. More! Ring down. While the queenbee he staggerhorned blesses her bliss for to feel her funnyman's functions Tag. Rumbling. Tiers, tiers and tiers. Rounds."
It's obvious what is going on in these few sentences. There is a fight going on and someone is yelling help because he is being beaten and then he falls and gets stung by a bee and it seems that they play the game of tag afterwards. It's very clear.
I've been wondering how it is I'm going to memorize these 30 or so words? Some of them aren't even words at all, and I certainly can't relate to their meaning such as a favorite poem or quote. Then I remembered, in the Oral Traditions class a couple of semesters ago we had to memorize the names of the 9 muses. They, like the words in Finnegans Wake, were unusual and difficult to memorize for me. In order to memorize the names of the muses we paired them to items in the classroom, for example, Urania was the projector screen. I would remember Urania by thinking of stars being projected on to the screen. Or, Euterpe was this picture posted on the bulletin board that said, "Let it Snow." I remembered that because Euterpe is the muse of music and I would imagine the Christmas song "Let it Snow" being sung. I figured that with Finnegans Wake I can pair each word with an item in my room, such as the couch or my bookcase, or smaller items like a picture or vase. This is the same technique I used in order to memorize 50 governors (Arnold Schwarzenegger was paired with my bed). It helps if the pairing is funny or grotesque (such as Arnold laying on my bed or Sarah Palin looking at herself in the mirror), if it has a significant meaning then it's easier to memorize.
Honestly, this technique is so easy, I had all 50 governors memorize within 2 hours. Now I'm going to draw another awesome photo of the layout of my room and pair certain sentences or words to objects.
I placed my words to objects in the same order of the sentences. So, "Halp!" is the Finnegans Wake book because I need help reading the thing. "After having drummed all he dun" is the Bird bottle opener because "drummed" can be exchanged with drank or the act of drinking. "Hun" I put with the picture frame because some people call others hun. "Worked out to an inch of his core" is with the snowboard because I suppose that can be seen as working out. "More" is with the boots because it's more snowboarding gear. "Ring down" is the chair because it is the shape of a circle. The couch is undecided because that sentence is going to be tough to memorize. Then there's "Tag. Rumbling" paired with the bean bag just because and lastly there is the "Tiers, tiers and tiers. Rounds." which I placed with the bookcase because there are tiers and tiers of books and a round candle.
I realize I now look crazy, but I hope this helps.
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