Talking to Manney at the shiny 371 Diner this morning, I realized that my friends all share one very valuable conversational trait: they know when to ignore me. All my conversations since I�ve left Lawrence, and they�ve been quality conversations, have been nonlinear ramblings compared to the focused discussions I�m used to having with people who don�t know me as well.

Most conversations seem to fixate on the subject at hand, the last thing said has to be responded to with the next thing said �but a really good conversation doesn�t have to work like that; if something stupid or pointless is said, it�s ignored and the conversation just keeps on going.

So many times I�ve worked myself into a conversational rut talking to acquaintances because I worked in. Manney calls it trust, but I think what�s functioning here is something more intuitive; they just understand the workings of the conversational groove.

There's no exact synonym for 'conversation', sadly.

I'd like to write more, but my mom is in the room watching Cops -we just finished watching Blow, sort of, which was o.k- and it's really throwing off my thinking skills. Cops was not designed for the conscious members of our society.

Curse Blogger for its slow performance. My update should have been posted earlier, but I couldn't even load the site. Well, later.