I’m not inebriated; I just have my own style of shorthand when it comes to note-taking.

My mom used to tease that I was bound to become a doctor or journalist. Well, I did kinda fit into one of those roles, at one point. 😉

I tend to take notes by hand as I read, then I transcribe (translate? LOL) them by typing them up in outline form in Word. That makes it easier to search for key terms later, when I’m working on essay questions, etc. Even though some of my exams are open-book/open-note, they are timed (ie, you log on to take the test, and the countdown begins), so you don’t have leeway to pause and thumb through the chapters to jog your memory; you have to have the answers at your fingertips and know the material well enough to find it in a jiffy. The write/type review works well for me as a study tool.