If we were computers, the zone-outs would probably be accompanied by hourglasses on our screens while the hard drive light blinked furiously as it processed something. The brain has to catch up with itself sometime.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Connie Neil - May 29, 2008 1:57:17 pm PDT #1032 of 10001
brillig
NoiseDesign - May 29, 2008 1:58:31 pm PDT #1033 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
So Mac people would have that annoying beach ball?
amych - May 29, 2008 2:00:23 pm PDT #1034 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
ooh... spinny... colors!
umm, yeah.
Connie Neil - May 29, 2008 2:08:04 pm PDT #1035 of 10001
brillig
Oh, and my apologies to everyone (else) who paused in their life to contemplate the symbol that would best represent their mental "please wait" state and had to shake themselves out of it.
Sean K - May 29, 2008 2:12:22 pm PDT #1036 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
::beach ball::
Huh? Sorry, connie. What were you saying?
Atropa - May 29, 2008 2:17:34 pm PDT #1037 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, and my apologies to everyone (else) who paused in their life to contemplate the symbol that would best represent their mental "please wait" state and had to shake themselves out of it.
I visualized a black & white spiraled hypno-wheel.
I still space out with eyes unfocused, and I'm theoretically an adult. It never freaked out my parents; my dad does it, and my mom just learned that she had to repeat our names a couple of times to make sure we were paying attention. Or take the book out of our hands.
Cashmere - May 29, 2008 2:42:01 pm PDT #1038 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Thanks, ita, I had to post and run and didn't realize I futzed it up.
Pix - May 29, 2008 3:14:11 pm PDT #1039 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
What Jilli said. My parents had to physically remove the shiny (usually a book) before I'd hear them. That never happens anymore, of course...
amych - May 29, 2008 3:17:32 pm PDT #1040 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That never happens anymore, of course...
Of course not! As is proven by the fact that we spend all day talking to our imaginary friends.
Laga - May 29, 2008 3:22:23 pm PDT #1041 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
my space-out visual is just a grey fuzz