I got busy with work, and I'd had trouble sleeping the night before, so I just didn't feel like posting anything yesterday. I feel a little guilty, because I've begun to feel like I should post something each day.
I've noticed that I seem to get instances of deja vu most often when I'm really tired. Maybe that's when my brain is most likely to form these random associations. I had a really strong one yesterday. For me, it's most often a combination of emotion and vision that triggers it. I was waiting for a code scan to complete and reading something online while waiting. I was thinking that I really needed to get that code scan finished so I could report the results, but that this stupid slow computer wasn't going to finish in time. This, combined with the text on the screen, triggered a memory of the exact moment, and I was convinced that I'd been there before (or perhaps I'd dreamed it). Or maybe my brain, in its sluggish state, confused the new memory with an old one.
I also had a weird coincidence this morning where I'd been thinking about sending an email to a friend of mine. When I opened my email this morning, he'd already sent me one. I've always wondered how that works.
Posted by Aubrey at May 9, 2003 09:21 AM | TrackBack