Is ADD Contagious??
I have no idea if it is possible to contract ADD - if it's something floating around grad school, or if I am just another victim of a deadly urban legend like all those women who got v-d from a public toilet seat. In any case, after just about two days in my apartment - I can affirm that I have a serious case of the distractions - be it DVDs, impromptu naps, or Queer Eye watching with Eric (to make matters worse, I watched QE repeats). But the Superbowl, the parts I saw anyway, were thrilling & Survivor All-Star entertained and perplexed me - I have no IDEA in the world why Rupert and Rudy (two fair-playing, hard working types) would shun the Tina / Ethan alliance for the manipulative whiney bitches Jerry & Jenna. And I felt especially cheated not to get a taste of what the next episode holds in store. Not that I'll even be around to watch it, perhaps, but still, I need a sense of what I didn't see. On a completely unrelated note, on a planet where the cable TV flows, we must be getting very, dangerously close to the final SATC. I think I am best to just stay in the dark about the season ender until the season is released on DVD or I am home to catch up with repeats. If I don't have the end spoiled (will Carrie go on as the single gal, end up with Big, go off with Ale"S"andr??) for me, then maybe I can just live in a cocoon of ignorant bliss until the season is packaged for consumption.
In completely related realizations - maybe I missed my calling as a media / cultural studies person - and I could actually justify an obsession with match.com, Survivor, and my Sex and the City gals.
Never before have I quite so dreaded a Monday. Tomorrow, I'll be up with the sun, and at school past 9pm (with very little time off in between engagements, I might add). My students give their first round of speeches tomorrow, and while that means less preparation for me, it is demanding as far as active listening / grading is concerned. I am eager to talk Arnheim in David's class, but I am behind on the French cinema reading and still far from being ready to give this massivo presentation on Wednesday (thank goodness for Tuesday, is all I am saying). Anyway, Sunday has come & gone, I've had a few drinks and some of Eric's homemade chicken treats... there isn't anything left to do but take a tylenol PM and read about the Pathe Freres until I pass out.
posted by lmjasinski at 11:30 PM
