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I was just thinking about something I remember from when I was very young. I seem to remember being in my living room, lying there on the floor and hearing the sounds of the ocean and music. The thing is, we've lived in this house my whole life, and we're not near any water. I was sure it was a tape, but there was only music on the tape, classical, and it got wrecked ages ago.

I wonder whether the memory is real at all.

I wonder, because, when I was young, I hated music (and never came to like classical until recently) and I hated sitting still. My parents thought I was a terror, and I was. It occurs to me that while I might sit or lie down to simply listen to classical music and enjoy it today, I never would have done such a thing even last year, nevermind when I was a little kid.

So is it real? There are cases, many cases, around the world of false memories. Perhaps it was just a dream I had that was incredibly real. Perhaps I only imagined it. I don't know. All I know is that the memory is very strong, whether it is real or false, and it's one of the few things I can remember from that age. I suppose there's no way to prove things one way or the other...