The Educated Narcoleptic

It's suddenly coming back to me!

When I first got word that the Cult course was going ahead, I was excited not only because I was yearning to return to the classroom, but because it was an opportunity for me to get my head back into reading journicles (journal articles) and textbooks.

Alas it also seems to have brought back my old scolastic nemesis: sleepiness.

Don't get me wrong; it's not that I'm not interested in what I'm doing. It's fascinating to read about the cross-national implications present in 2000's Battle Royale, the super controversial kids-killing-each-other-on-a-reality-tv-show that caused a huge sensation both in its native Japan and in its North American release (where it was immediately banned and became a cult, underground sensation, thereby forcing me to buy a copy on ebay and smuggle it into the country!) It's honestly a fascinating article, but I always find that as I shift positions (first at the dining room table, then the couch because it's softer, then on my side because that's more comfortable, then with my eyes shut because they're soooo heavy)...wait a minute! This is how I get nothing done!

I used to have a trick back in my undergraduate years that I may have to bring back: I used to chew gum because mentally I told myself that if I feel asleep I would choke to death on it.

Now there's a tool to avoid procrastination and narcolepsy!