Did You Know? --Time

November 24, 2010

And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking

Racing around to come up behind you again

The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter

Never seem to find the time

Plans that either come to naught

Or half a page of scribbled lines

--from Pink Floyd's Time

I'm sure everyone has noticed how time seems to accelerate as age increases. You've probably said, or heard someone say, "Man, it doesn't seem like it should be Christmas time already." Ever notice that the people who say that are not children? This one's a simple explanation.

Time isn't going any faster as you age, it's just that each block of time you experience represents an increasingly smaller percentage of your life.

For example, to a five-year-old, a year represents 20% of her life. To a 50-year-old, a year is only 2% of her life. This creates the perception that time is going faster and faster.

What must the seasons be like for elderly vampires?