Observation: humans and their foibles

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Does Our Memory Bank Ever Get Too Full?

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I needed an out-of-this-world diary date and I am happy to report I have succeeded in the mission. What is more, I had been waiting in anticipation for this outing like a kid aching to get a new toy. I want it NOW! (this is all the more rather worrying for it was as though I never get out…)

How old am I? Now that would be telling – don’t think I want my Daily Insight followers to be swayed by my years…either a very bright teenager or a fully grown adult who is actually a female Peter Pan?

The outing in question was Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland. It wasn’t going to be this wordly, was it now.

Armed with mixed popcorn and 3D glasses, it was like preparing for Jaws 3D – now I’ve spilt the beans about my age. You know what, the deed has been done and once this is posted, that’s it.  I can never really delete delete. Clearly I’m not that hung up, feel better now.

Back to the funky glasses and the big screen.  The film rolled, I was lost, straight back in Wonderland, as though the years hadn’t passed.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum popped up.  I had no idea they were part of Lewis Carroll’s incredible fantasy.  No idea.  And the ‘Drink Me’ and ‘Eat Me’ potions – I had totally forgotten that they also were originally part of this magical creation.  Lurking in my memory bank for all these years but needed an airing, and boy was it worth it.

Does our memory bank ever get too full?

Where do all our memories go when they are not being used?  It reminds me of the writing on a guy’s t-shirt I spotted in Thailand years ago, ‘Memories are part of the past, not of the future’.

Alice Kingsley: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

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