Its later than you think

for me its mostly been the fact that my brain NEVER STOPS.

I can relate to this really, really well. :(

Damn brain. Won't let me do anything without commenting on it. See, this is why I'm often a bit slow or awkward in social situations - I can't function by instinct, my brain has to call the following function in response to everything (event_say, event_emote, event_soul, event_enter...)

string what_to_say() {
string final_response;

if(!sizeof(possible_responses)) return "Duuuuh....";
foreach(string response in possible_responses) {
if(!check_appropriateness(response)) continue;
if(!imagine_immediate_response_to_response(response)) continue;
if(!imagine_response_to_response_to_response(response)) continue;
if(!imagine_response_to_response_to_response_to_response(response)) continue;
f(!frantically_map_out_entire_course_of_future_conversation(response)) continue;
final_response = response;
break;
}
calm_down();
decide_how_to_deliver_response_smoothly(final_response);
return final_response;
}

... alright, I'm not that bad anymore. :) But I still do an awful lot of that!