The image I use to explain how I and my brain work (or don't work, as the case may be) is a house with a porch and a long front sidewalk (or driveway, depending) with the mailbox out by the front gate. I'm down by the mailbox. If there's something that requires thought, I'll run up to the house and hand it off to the brain for pondering and check back in later to see what the answer is. With personal relationships, most people are down in the front yard. A few are up on the porch. A very few have a key to the front door.
A downside of this is that sometimes the brain makes decisions before I even know it's been thinking about them, like in the case of my ex. I went to hand the thought off to the brain, and there he was in the living room already, with his own key. (The problem now is getting him OUT of the living room, and that's not going well, or quickly. Even though he's the one that did the leaving.)
Then there's the dreaded "Are there any questions?" question after a lecture/interview/presentation/whatever. Well, I *might* have questions, eventually, but not right now since the brain hasn't had a chance to process things yet.
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Date: 2006-11-16 03:23 pm (UTC)A downside of this is that sometimes the brain makes decisions before I even know it's been thinking about them, like in the case of my ex. I went to hand the thought off to the brain, and there he was in the living room already, with his own key. (The problem now is getting him OUT of the living room, and that's not going well, or quickly. Even though he's the one that did the leaving.)
Then there's the dreaded "Are there any questions?" question after a lecture/interview/presentation/whatever. Well, I *might* have questions, eventually, but not right now since the brain hasn't had a chance to process things yet.