on the news tonight they said it's been seven years since the Twin Towers thing.
I said no, it's been about two years. Honestly.
But if i add up the things that have happened - Hicks in jail 5 years, invade Afghanistan, Iraq, i can see it's more than two years.
So where did the seven years go?
Are they lost?
** note, later - I spoke to two other friends last night who confirmed they had the same attitude to the
911 affair. Knowing it happened seven years ago but feeling like it happened only a couple of years
ago.
Either: It was an event so steeped in emotion that our minds have not stored it as a normal memory
with standard ageing tags attached, instead it is filed and constantly bumped to keep it "fresh" in my
memory.
Or: opiate impact - time dilatory effects of opiate abuse - minds that are inured to emotion cannot file
memories properly - would need to do more tests, try to get a real feel for when other big events
"feel" to have occurred, and compare to the reality.