Thank god! People think I am crazy at work because I literally cannot hear either conversation when someone is talking to me when I am on the phone. I am always shushing or asking the person on the phone to hold! Of course I also have to close my eyes when doing complicated quick change things like lacing corsets and shoes in the dark, because being able to see a little distracts me more than not seeing at all.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
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Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 17, 2007 5:38:43 am PDT #8415 of 10001
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shrift - Jul 17, 2007 5:39:58 am PDT #8416 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I don't think I'm one of them "listen to two things at once" people...
I'm great at multitasking, but not so great at listening to two things at once. I mean, I can kind of do it, but it makes me cranky? And usually it kicks in when I'd rather it wouldn't, like being able to listen to music in one ear and hear a coworker drone on and on and on in the other.
Of course, my friends and family have long since discovered that if they talk to me while I'm reading a book, I can't listen with any of my ears.
Ailleann - Jul 17, 2007 5:43:00 am PDT #8417 of 10001
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if they talk to me while I'm reading a book, I can't listen with any of my ears.
Ohhh so very much this.
SuziQ - Jul 17, 2007 5:47:17 am PDT #8418 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
See, I think I'm the opposite of this. I can be on the computer, reading school stuff, with the tv on, the kids nattering at me, and I can still hear what is happening in the other room. I wish I could zone that out more.
tommyrot - Jul 17, 2007 5:47:39 am PDT #8419 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've mentioned this before, but in grade school I got in trouble a few times when the teacher told us to put our books away and I didn't because I was reading and didn't hear him.
JenP - Jul 17, 2007 5:48:19 am PDT #8420 of 10001
My (not biologically related) aunt is phenomenal at the listening to two things at once thing. I learned this at a restaurant one day when we were chatting and she suddenly piped up with why the financial advice that some guy was giving to his dining partner at another table was completely wrong. I was all, "Huh?" And then she revealed her superpowers of hearing to me. I was, and remain, in awe.
Jesse - Jul 17, 2007 5:51:32 am PDT #8421 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I think I can hear two things at once, but if I'm reading I'll stop listening entirely. One organ at a time!
shrift - Jul 17, 2007 5:51:39 am PDT #8422 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
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lisah - Jul 17, 2007 5:52:07 am PDT #8423 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
My (not biologically related) aunt is phenomenal at the listening to two things at once thing. I learned this at a restaurant one day when we were chatting and she suddenly piped up with why the financial advice that some guy was giving to his dining partner at another table was completely wrong. I was all, "Huh?" And then she revealed her superpowers of hearing to me. I was, and remain, in awe.
oh, yeah, I can do that (...except without the ability to give any sort of financial advice).
I cannot listen to music and write at the same time though.
bon bon - Jul 17, 2007 5:53:53 am PDT #8424 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I cannot listen to music and write at the same time though.
Interesting. I find it helpful to turn on some music I'm familiar with when I need to concentrate-- it seems to run along the barely conscious track of my mind so that it doesn't interrupt the primary track.