Oh, memory

I've been meaning to write something, since it seems like my memory isn't that good. At least the part of it that has to do with people. All people, including myself, funnily enough. I can recite (a small percentage of) poetry I learned in high school, and apparently know what HDPE stands for without having ever built anything, but I can not remember half of the stories I hear about myself. So... write more.

Still hung up on that girl. Sigh. I really just want to be friends. Of course, not fake "friends" where I pretend like I'm not lusting after her, and she pretends not to notice, but uses me in small ways. Normal, proper, friends. Because we have so much in common. Which is not to say I would not tap that ass without a warrant, she's cute enough, and frankly, as the shit-person I am, I don't get to be picky about stuff like that. That was a garbage sentence. "I would have sex with that woman". But what I miss about her is a lot more mental than it is physical.
So I wonder what I should do/say to try and get this fact across. Let's face it, just saying "I would rather be friends, than have sex" is an insult. Women (men too!) want to feel pretty/desirable and I would be putting her down. On the other hand, holding position, and just not saying anything seems like a losing strategy here. The one way it could possibly work is by distancing myself from her and then trying for another approach a year (or so) later. Kind of like, "oh, hey I remember you, have you been somehow?" Could be a conversation starter, could be nothing. And I would waste a year. The third option is just pestering her with unanswered messages, mostly in the form of memes (since she has not shown much interest in talking about herself, but she will show off art.)
And that's what's on my mind sometimes, as I said my memory is not string when it comes to people and the pain is (mostly) gone. Every problem is an opportunity in disguise, as they say.