I will watch a good movie or TV show, of course, but I don't watch talking heads. I can't even watch TED talks. I will listen to podcasts or books on tape, but must do something else at the same time. If I try to just sit and listen, I am likely to fall asleep.
I am always wishing for a transcript when people post videos of things they want me to see. Why would I take all that time???
Jeez, I sound weird.
I am weirder.
I had this reputation In law school for being the super weird kid that would fall asleep in class all the time. Once I even fell off the chair with a loud crash - though that was from jiggling so desperately on my chair trying to keep myself awake, and that was shortly before finals,with everyone else listening with desperate attention. No one believed me, and the story kept being told that I fell off the chair as I fell asleep.
I also drove some people mad with my constant running in and out of the library. I had such a hard time focusing when sitting down.
And as if I hadn't done enough to ruin my reputation, I run into a brick wall during the all important finals and realize I am starting to panic. So I put my head on my arms trying to calm myself and the next thing I know is the proctor shaking my shoulder and asking whether I was alright. I had to get up and do some stretches, but could focus on my paper after that. So after that I was known as the absolute super nutso who fell asleep during finals.
Years after leaving that school, I'd still meet people who did not know me but had watched me jiggle or sleep or crash or had heard of me doing so. They'd go "that was you?!" (guess I looked far to normal and plain to be so weird).
A few even had the gall to ask me outright whether I ever made it through finals and how I did. I kinda enjoy shutting them up with the answer.
