My left eye is stuck

I had a one sided conversation with someone the other day. I felt absolutely drained, and I wanted to cry by the end of it. The person talked at nauseum about a certain subject, and consequently I felt my left eye getting smaller and smaller. I realize,at the end, I only took away fragments of what they were regurgitating. What is it that makes someone a good conversationalist? What makes someone interesting to listen to? I doubt it is based solely on subject matter. It is the way the story is being told. I have a problem with those that recount movies or books. Personally, just tell me if it is good or bad. Please do not tell me what the star of the show had for dinner, and if it included peas or mixed vegetables. I guess the idea of a movie is a case in point. Do you normally see the actors taking a poo? Do you see them caught up in the day to day activities of minute importance? No. Not normally, although I did enjoy in Pulp Fiction when the character played by John Travolta was killed while taking a dump. Pulp Fiction on the other hand was a look at the Absurd, it was contextual. When someone tells a person about their walk the other night, normally, the receiver,does not need nor want to know about the empty coffee cup they stepped on, or the large grapefruit that rolled down the road beside them. (Actually, that may be a good conversation tidbit, the grapefruit, that is). Some people can tell stories, some people just can't. Good story tellers/conversationalists know when not to get caught up in the small stuff, it is to the point, and only the points relevent to the story, or those points that are made to enhance the story, are used. Please ask friends and family if you are a good story teller. Ask them to be brutally honest with you, just in case you may be one of those storyteller's who cannot weave a good yarn or even recount your day to day activities. My left eyelid has still not sprung back from the trauma.