I get this way when I'm writing. Earlier today I was sat in my in-laws back yard and I'm guessing I was staring at a coffee cup, but I was working out a part of

I get this way when I'm writing. Earlier today I was sat in my in-laws back yard and I'm guessing I was staring at a coffee cup, but I was working out a part of my story in my head. I had character associations messed up, and in about 5-minutes of being zoned I sorted a bunch of it out. I think she said something along the lines of "you just had such an evil look, what was you staring at?" I didn't know I was staring, because to be honest my concentration had receded from the visual. Similarly when I write I can completely zone out audibly to the point I get pissed off and people around me can, because I'll have a playlist going and I miss my favorite song so I'll skip back to play through it again and I'll zone out and miss it. I think in one day I put the play-count of a dozen songs up by like 5 points on iTunes via this. I think 'crazy eyes' is when you zone out visually, and I guess 'crazy ears' is when you zone out audibly. It's like there's a lack of processing power in the brain and its CtrlAltDel'ing a wasted function.