non-verbalness

[marcusmarcusrc]

After a morning spent getting very intimate with SO2 emission control data and Excel, I went out to grab lunch, and shared the elevator with a couple of other people. They tried including me in their conversation, but all I could do was smile and nod because I had lost all verbal communication abilities. I couldn't even manage a "hello" or a "see you later"... fortunately, there are non-verbal equivalents so I don't think I came off as rude (and hey, this is MIT, people acting oddly is expected), but it was a little disturbing.

Comments

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Yay productiviity. Sorry your verbal circuits were unavailable.

[rifmeister.livejournal.com]

I used to like it when that happened to me. When I'd get so into my work, it'd be my whole brain.

Now, I feel like my whole life is a bit too much like that. I'll go somewhere, and someone will ask me what's new with me, and I'll be thinking, "Well, I feel like a lot of things are new, and I have a rich and exciting mental life, but I'm not sure how to talk about any of it," and then I'll say that if it's a close friend, but more often I'll say, "Oh, this and that. What's up with you?"

[nuclearpolymer.livejournal.com]

That used to happen to me when I worked on 5.12 too much.