Old Favorites

There is a feeling sometimes as if the things that I remember from my childhood had existed forever, or at least for a very long time. It was a long while before I grew self-aware enough to grasp things -- movies, songs -- coming into being around me. Enough to know what was recent and new, anyway. I suppose I have poor time perception.

Every now and then I encounter something that I remember very vaguely. Usually this means most anything earlier than '94-5. First it sparks a strange sense and then I realize that I recognize it. I go and I look it up and I discover that it was a song that was new on the radio when I was in the second grade, or something like that.

Prompted by looking up my favorite book and realizing that it was published (in translation) the year I was born.