Memory

I just spent 1 week trying to remember the name of an old flatmate who left me in the lurch owing a few months rent bills etc (thats right Julian I did remember it eventually you schmuck). It was driving me crazy, how could I forget his name?

The weird thing is I rember the car he drove, WTF? Its not like I am a car nut or anything it is just that I find very easy to recall what cars people drove 10,20 even 30 years ago, even if I can remember much else about them.

I can remember songs after 1-2 listens yet I still forget the names of people I worked with 5 years ago?

Maybe I have selective brain damage from the decade I spent playing Doom , Quake,Civilisation 2 and 3, Warcraft and Starcraft.

Hmm thats another blog, how much time I wasted reading pulp science fiction/video games when I could have been studying philosphy and reading classics of modern literature.