Zoning..... is where you stare at something, completely
oblivious to the world around you, and
oblivious to the fact that you are staring at something, whilst either thinking about nothing and being in a kind of
trance, or being in deep thought. "Zones" can last either a few seconds or a few mins. At the end of it, you suddenly realise your zoning and snap out of it, coming back to the real world