Yes, I've felt it building for nearly a decade. The frequency of a feeling that a large part of society as we know it is about to either crumble or be shaken has now climaxed to the point that it's kinda teetering... yes, waiting... and life for me has kinda gone into that slow-motion that happens when you are dealing with the start of a crisis. Like when Dh and I were driving along and saw the car infront of us clip a parked car and then flip... geeze it really did happen in slow motion.... DH pulling over... me running to the car... checking underneath to see if the elderly couple were ok... so slow... then other people joined me and started acting stupid (panicking etc and then real time re-commenced). Things shifted from wondering if it was just a personal build-up to a global build-up at about the time of 9/11. Now it's undoubtedly global. I see the Financial Crisis as being "symptomatic" rather than IT. I have been "seeing" vegetables growing on nature strips (the strip of grass between the footpath and the road). Like people have been using the land to grow food in the suburbs. I also have this overwhelming urge to collect every piece of wood/dead branches/ prunings. I feel like I want to squirrel everything away. I feel like that I am going to get to know my neighbours alot more closely...
What ever is going to happen I kinda feel a strong ambivalence: strongly attracted and frightened at the same time. I just hope it doesn't mean the end of internet connection and the loss of my BB friends.
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