drink coffee before interviews.
was transcribing one interview i did over the phone last week and was quite shocked to hear myself yawning (discreetly, of course) during the course of the interview.
of course his droning, slurring American accent didn't help much (he had one of those voices with no intonation or punctuation whatsoever) neither did the subject matter (some technology babble), nor the fact that the interview was conducted at 9blooming30 am in the morning.
worse, he would spend some 2 mins on something, and after he was done i'd ask a question that was somewhat related to what he'd JUST told me, making him repeat himself as if he didn't speak at all. very good, angeline. i'm sure he thinks you're about as bright as the inside of a sealed box. i swear i could HEAR myself spacing out.
ohgoodness. its like taking computing classes all bloody over again... 'cept without vick.
:(