My memory is kind of wonky. I have certain memories that are incredibly vivid but most of my childhood is really foggy or just blank. I know some of that is natural as we age but even in my late 20’s early 30’s I started to notice I didn’t recall things like other people my age. Sometimes I feel like I am in a lame version of Memento.
I was thinking about the neon thing. I’d guess since it flashed by so fast that I probably mostly missed or didn’t think much of it when it happened locally. And then took more notice after it passed and it started to get referenced by adults and media as the thing all the kids are doing (long after the kids had moved on) thus it feeling more like history than something I lived.
