distracted

i am easily distracted, which makes writing - the act of sitting down and putting words to page - somewhat difficult. Distraction can, though, provide inspiration for a wide variety of topics...unless the distraction is a high-pitched, siren-like but just barely audible whining that is being emitted by a Samsung Syncmaster 204b monitor in sleep mode, weeee-oooooo, weeee-oooooo, pulsing in synchronization with the power button LED lighting up and off, up and off, weeee-oooooo. If that is the distraction, then it is overwhelming and the only writing possible is writing related to the noise, that is now all-consuming. Press and hold the power button, that is what i told her, until it shuts down, that's what she did to me. Ahhhh, the sweet relief of powerdown, the natural harmony of quiet...and the inevitable countdown to boredom. There is no quiet, for the easily distracted.