I don't know what it is, but there is something so satisfying about falling asleep on the couch. I don't understand it...I mean, I have a bed...a comfortable one too...but really, I just LOVE falling asleep on the living room futon to constant reruns of Law & Order: SVU. It's so comfortable...nestling in the futon's crevice, snuggled up in my USC blanket. Then in front of me...Mariska Hargitay...sigh. Do you know how much I love her? And you've got her in these awesome episodes of SVU. This show is incredible. It leaves you wanting more. Lucky for me, USA usually plays back to back episodes. And the best thing is that each episode is self contained. So you don't need to have seen all of seasons 1-4 to understand an episode from season 5. It's the same thing with CSI. However, I must admit, I'm a bigger SVU fan than CSI. CSI is good, but they don't have Mariska. But back to the couch thing. I love waking up at 3:20 in the a.m. to find my face mushed up against a pool of drool on the futon (really!). I'm usually a little disoriented and confused. But after a few moments, I realize where I am...and that I had fallen asleep in front of the TV yet uh-gain, and go sauntering off to my queen-size bed. The thing that makes it so great is that you KNOW it was a good nap because you hardly remember it. It's like a lapse in time...which equals awesomeness. Really, you should try it sometime.
HOWEVER...it should be noted...this rad feeling of crashing on the couch is NOT universal in the sofa realm. If I fall asleep in MY apartment, on MY couch....awesome. If I fall asleep on the couch at my parents house in Torrance...not so awesome. I once fell asleep on Blake's couch in his parent's house (um, yeah, 4 doors down from my parents), only to wake up at 8 in the morning to the sound of his mom making coffee...not so much NOT awesome, but more like AWKWARD. Also not included is if you don't have a place of your own and you're forced to crash on someone's couch. THAT is a completely different feeling...adverse to positive feelings. Instead you feel uncomfortable, in-the-way, a bit like an inconvenience. Really, you shouldn't try it sometime.
Posted by Mollie Gamo at March 2, 2006 04:42 PM | TrackBackI once (or maybe twice) fell asleep on a stone fence-bench thing in front of a house about 5 minutes walking distance from my own house. I would go out, drink a bit, start walking home (yes it's that safe in Wiesbaden!) and eventually feel so tired that I just had to sit down for a minute, which turned into a slump, which turned into me waking up 30 minutes later and wondering why Jan hadn't called me... except he had... twice.. and I just slept through them. It was very refreshing and since it was just a nap (around 2 am), I don't think anyone saw me.
Posted by: April at March 23, 2006 12:46 PMi really like to fall asleep on the front lawn of a stranger's house. there's nothing more satisfying than waking up to "what the fuck are you doing?" being asked by some guy in his morning slippers.... yahoo..