Three posts within about 12 hours. If I'm not careful, this may be habit-forming.
Anyhow...
I came to the realization today that I am not an effective telephone conversationalist, at least when it come to casual chatting. The first minute or so are usually adequate. The expected platitudes are exchanged, minds are illuminated, and there is an effective interchange of ideas and information. It would seem that after approximately 90 seconds, I feel the increasing need to be entertaining. This generally leads to awkwardness and poorly thought out jokes. Similar situations arise in personal conversation, as well. The time frame is drawn out a bit, because I can be easily distracted by shiny objects to artificially prolong a conversation.
The only exceptions to this trend seem to be Pedro and Weevil. Then again, they seem to be the exceptions to most rules, norms, and trends. My phone conversations with Weevil tend to be stream-of-consciousness conversations. One topic does not often flow easily into the next, nor from the previous. We seem to be able to follow each other's thought processes and are able to bounce back to a previous topic as necessary. I'm not sure how that developed, but we've had twenty years of practice to work on it.
So, Sky, Thumper, E, Buckaroo, and everyone else must endure my telephone awkwardness until I'm... 50? Oh dear god, I'm old.
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Awww, you added a link to my blog. Thanks.
It seemed like the right thing to do. You linked to mine, after all.
That stream of consciousness thing really seems to annoy others when I do it to them. The only thing people like less on the phone with me is the silence that hangs over nearly all of my phone conversations over 75 seconds. Hey, look! Nickels...
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