Boring lecture

I'm trying to sit through a boring lecture, fighting not to fall asleep. Although the course seems interesting -Foreign Policy Analysis- the guy giving it is soooo dull.

Most English lecturers tend to be quite witty, making funny dry remarks so typical for English humour. But this guy is a German, so besides a horrible Schwarzenegger-like accent he really lacks every sense of humour. And besides, his whole lecture is put on slides and available on the web, so no need to take notes.

So I just put my laptop on the desk and pretend to take notes in an attempt not to fall asleep.

Oh yeah, you might think it's a bit ridiculous to sit in course with a laptop (I still think so as well in fact) but it's a very common thing here. Loads of people do it, and that way you can read the paper in a boring lecture without anybody noticing it, if they're not sitting behind you of course.