step out the front door like a ghost
I was thinking, today, as I made my tuna salad sandwich (so good! and tuna-y!), about that bandslash fic where everyone can kind of read each other's minds and there are these neat descriptions of how they all think. And it made me think about how I think, and wonder how everyone else thinks.
So, tell me! How do you think? Is it more in words, or colours or pictures or something else entirely? And if you're good enough at analyzing yourself, what do you think the way you think says about you? How does it translate to how you interact with the world and what you're good/not good at? Does it affect how you write, or speak, or anything? Can your brain multitask a lot, or do you have to concentrate on one thing at a time? I AM SO INTERESTED, PLEASE TELL ME!*
*Jesus, maybe I should think about a Psych degree instead of an English degree.
I'll go first because, uh, it would be lame if I didn't. I think in words. All words, all the time. I compose lj entries in my head a lot. In fact, I composed most of this one in my head. I correct my own thought-grammar, and re-word my thoughts all the time. I also compose epic fantasies involving the crush of the moment, or really whomever (I am a fantasy slut!). I don't know about other people's fantasies, but I think it's not likely that other people correct their fantasy-grammar or rework whole "episodes" so it's more well-written. Oh, me.
On to how it affects me. I adore words, and I adore writers who play with words. I am a terrific speller, and, who here plays Cranium? I am amazing at all the Cranium word tests, like spelling things backwards out loud and all that. Sadly I still suck at Scrabble and crosswords. :P I also suck at faces. I know people say that, but people are not me. The sucking is of epic proportions with me. What else, um. Lyrics are important to me. I have friends who can't remember lyrics for shit, because they just don't care about them. I don't understand these friends AT ALL. (I mean, nevermind word-obsessions, how can you SING ALONG if you don't know the words? AAAAH.)
Also, I don't know how unique this is, but if there is no music playing, there is music playing in my head, kind of behind the internal dialogue/storytelling.
OKAY. It's your turn! I'm not saying you have to write an essay on it, like I did, but tell me! Please!
So, tell me! How do you think? Is it more in words, or colours or pictures or something else entirely? And if you're good enough at analyzing yourself, what do you think the way you think says about you? How does it translate to how you interact with the world and what you're good/not good at? Does it affect how you write, or speak, or anything? Can your brain multitask a lot, or do you have to concentrate on one thing at a time? I AM SO INTERESTED, PLEASE TELL ME!*
*Jesus, maybe I should think about a Psych degree instead of an English degree.
I'll go first because, uh, it would be lame if I didn't. I think in words. All words, all the time. I compose lj entries in my head a lot. In fact, I composed most of this one in my head. I correct my own thought-grammar, and re-word my thoughts all the time. I also compose epic fantasies involving the crush of the moment, or really whomever (I am a fantasy slut!). I don't know about other people's fantasies, but I think it's not likely that other people correct their fantasy-grammar or rework whole "episodes" so it's more well-written. Oh, me.
On to how it affects me. I adore words, and I adore writers who play with words. I am a terrific speller, and, who here plays Cranium? I am amazing at all the Cranium word tests, like spelling things backwards out loud and all that. Sadly I still suck at Scrabble and crosswords. :P I also suck at faces. I know people say that, but people are not me. The sucking is of epic proportions with me. What else, um. Lyrics are important to me. I have friends who can't remember lyrics for shit, because they just don't care about them. I don't understand these friends AT ALL. (I mean, nevermind word-obsessions, how can you SING ALONG if you don't know the words? AAAAH.)
Also, I don't know how unique this is, but if there is no music playing, there is music playing in my head, kind of behind the internal dialogue/storytelling.
OKAY. It's your turn! I'm not saying you have to write an essay on it, like I did, but tell me! Please!