Sometimes I don’t hear what people are saying to me. Its not because I am ignoring them intentionally. Its because I’m thinking about writing something down. I’ve written entire essays in my head, intending to write it here or on paper later and exactly how it arranged itself in my head. Unfortunately, by the time I get around to extracting it from my head its gone. Vanished. The general idea is there, but not nearly as eloquent as I had it all planned out while unintentionally ignoring what was going on around me. It would probably be more rude to excuse myself to go write, and write well, than to continue to not hear what people say to me and write later, but badly. I suppose it all comes down to priorities, and since I care about people more than (but not m-u-c-h more) I care about writing, I’ll continue to t-r-y to listen and write badly later.