in tonight's guided tour of my mind i'd like to discuss the idea of and the concept of the tech involved in the movies Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Paycheck . in the sense of how useful tech like that would be in erasing experiences that cause nightmares, or PTSD. or if the tech could be reversed to correct diseases like Alzheimers, or used as a tool to speed up education or training. but this is all hypothetical speculation since the tech is all fictional, so i digress.
speaking of memory related issues, its interesting how the mind works. a song, a smell, or a taste can bring forth memories. like anise cookies always remind me of christmas when i was a child. certain songs remind me of times and places like
reminds me of the time i lived in texas and every saturday me and my stripper girlfriend would kill time downtown in junk shops and music stores then head to some shitty little coffee shop for lunch and clove cigarettes, so 90's right? but i cant remember the name of the first girl i kissed or had sex with for that matter, but i can tell you what she looked like and how it happened and that she smelled like coco butter and vanilla.
but that seems to be the case with most of my experiences.
here is some music.
speaking of memory related issues, its interesting how the mind works. a song, a smell, or a taste can bring forth memories. like anise cookies always remind me of christmas when i was a child. certain songs remind me of times and places like
reminds me of the time i lived in texas and every saturday me and my stripper girlfriend would kill time downtown in junk shops and music stores then head to some shitty little coffee shop for lunch and clove cigarettes, so 90's right? but i cant remember the name of the first girl i kissed or had sex with for that matter, but i can tell you what she looked like and how it happened and that she smelled like coco butter and vanilla.
but that seems to be the case with most of my experiences.
here is some music.
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robetesatemynoir:
if htat tech truly existed, governments would use it to destroy minds that they could not understand/control.
deucomatic:
One of my strongest memories is of summer rain on the road, the smell of bitumen. In Sydney summers are fucking hot, up to 45C that's 113F. When I was a kid we'd go skin diving in the bay and swim with the schools of fish. They'd be Yakkas in the mix (that's Aussie slang for sharks) and occasionaly dolphins and whales heading down south. You never get close to the whales or dolphins they were quick fuckers. You'd spend the whole afternoon diving, there was a deep underwater cliff with a massive blue Grouper we called Billy, (he was the local pet, all the locals knew Billy) he was massive about 1.5 metres, and friendly as fuck he was like a dog, seriously, we all looked out for him and made sure no one tried to hurt him. sky blue with dark blue zebra stripes. Anywho like clock work at about 5:30 in the arvo it would fucking start pouring. You'd see the steam rise off the roads and smell the bitumen. Ever since, whenever I smell that it brings me back to my childhood and those great times we had diving in the bay. It's funny how just a smell can bring all that up!