Sometimes the cat wakes me up. Sometimes the cat waits for the first alarm to go off and then wakes me up.
Heh, I saw a cute youtube yesterday where a dog jumped into bed with its still sleeping master and hit him on the head with its empty dinner bowl.
Exactly this for me, so I picked other.
As for lane centering, on the interstate (which runs straight through town as the main N/S traffic artery) I try to stay centered in the lane, and the new Prius has lane centering assist that I use. Same for long distance drives where it’s partnered with the adaptive cruise control.
In town, it varies a lot, with an emphasis on staying centered, but a slight lean towards the passenger side, especially if I’m in the right lane. Colorado Springs most common driving sin is excessive speed, and combine that with some visibility issues, and frequent narrow lanes near my house, I try to keep right a bit since a LOT of people in that combination are drifting onto or just OVER the line for their lane. So keeping to the outside edge (not many bicycles to worry about on the steep hills near the house where this is worst) keeps everyone a touch safer and me happier.
A majority of the time, I wake up before my alarm clock goes off. But I need the alarm clock just often enough that I was uncomfortable with the word “usually”.
I picked other in the airline seat poll..
If I know the other 2 passengers, i’d prefer the window seat, otherwise
the aisle seat.
I picked “window” because: 1. I’m a geographer. Even in the era of Google Earth, we still love to look down at our planet. 2. I rarely can sleep on planes, but having that wall/window as a sort-of headrest raises my chances a little of accomplishing this.
I received over 10,000 “likes”, “hearts”, whatever on some of my Twitter posts, so I considered that to be an “upvote”.
Prefer aisle, but will take the middle seat if I’m traveling with other people, letting them have the window/aisle seat.
I am quite happy with a window seat on a flight of ≤ 3 hours. 3–6, I need an aisle seat, and over six I need an aisle seat on the left side of the plane (so my bad knee is not too unhappy).
I always prefer an aisle seat on an airliner, with a window seat as a second choice, and middle seat as a last resort.
I’m mildly claustrophobic, and having the aisle on one side of me helps alleviate that on a plane, especially in recent years, as airlines decrease the amount of space between rows to fit another couple of rows of seats into planes.
About a decade ago, I was in a window seat, on a full flight, and the gentleman in the middle seat next to me was a very big guy: not really fat, but broad-shouldered and barrel-chested. His body was extending well over the narrow space between his seat and mine (because he had no choice), and I wound up suffering a full-blown claustrophobic panic attack. So, now, even a window seat makes me nervous before I learn who’s going to be next to me.
I am not a geographer, but otherwise, exactly this. I still get a child-like thrill seeing the earth from above. Mountains are especially cool, also take off and landing. (When i lived in Manhattan i could pick out my building on certain flight paths. And yes, I’m more likely to be able to doze off if i can curl up against the window
I find myself unable to conceive a state of mind that prefers any seat other than the window seat.
I intellectually understand the reasons but my inner 5 year old (who has more influence over my thinking than I am comfortable sharing) says NOPE, AIRPLANE WINDOW!
What usually wakes me up in the morning: I selected “alarm clock,” because I figured that was close enough to both the alarm on my phone and the alarm on my wake-up light (which is also a clock and a radio). The light doesn’t wake me up; it just helps to ensure that I stay up. Noise is what wakes me.
How I position my car in the lane when driving: I selected “I make different choices based on reasons,” which is really just about which lane I’m in. Most of the time I aim for the center, but if I’m in the left lane – which I frequently am – I’m sometimes trying to see around the car in front of me so I’ll hang to the left. (Observationally: a lot of drivers in left lanes misjudge how much space is between, say, a concrete barrier and their car, and wind up too far right!) City vs freeway makes no difference.
Which airline seat I prefer in a row of three: I selected “window.” I like to look outside, I can lean against the window, I only have one neighbor (and no risk of being sideswiped by either a beverage cart or someone in the aisle), and I won’t be asked to get up so someone else in the row can get out/in. I don’t remember the last time I used an airplane bathroom; I hardly ever get up during shorter flights.
For me it depends on the flight.
For a short flight, especially if I only have hand luggage I like an aisle seat for a quick getaway though for the same reason being near the front is more important.
On a long haul flight I prefer if I don’t expect the flight to be full I prefer a middle seat on the middle block, (asumming 3/3/3 or 3/4/3 configuration) then I will not be disturbed, only need to get past one person when nature calls and I maximise the chance of having an empty seat next to me (If I can select my seat on a 3/4/3 config online I will choose a seat where the other middle seat next to me is not taken but the aisle seat next to that is). If the flight is expected to be full I don’t really mind beween any seat in the centre block, the aisle seats mean you have one person that might need to disturb you to go to the toilet but I don’t need to disturb anyone to get out.
My inner five-year-old has the same POV about airliner windows. 
My inner claustrophobe overrules that guy, however.
I typically prefer the aisle seat; I like to be able to get up to use the lavatory whenever I need to. I might sometimes choose a window seat on a short flight, or an overnight flight so I cal lean against the wall and sleep.
Really my favorite plane was the Embraer 135/140/145 because the layout was in a 1-2 configuration. If you got a seat on the one seat side you had a window seat and an aisle seat at the same time! But you don’t really see many 50 regional seat jets anymore.
For me, it depends entirely on how long the flight is. For flights of <3 hours, I’d choose the window seat. For anything longer, I’m taking aisle. All for my bladder’s sake.
I’m going to choose the window seat (all else being equal) 9 out of 10 times. While I love the freedom to stretch my knees just a little into the aisle from time to time, I dislike having to try to get out of the way every time someone from the inside seats has to get out for whatever reason. Not to mention, even if I’m not taking advantage of the aisle space, people and sometimes beverage carts can clip my foot if it’s crossed, or bending outward from the ankle.
And this is despite having a mild fear of heights! Though as a courtesy to any who like looking out, I normally don’t pull the shade.
Thankfully, my bladder is pretty stretchy, and I have had very few flights (or time stuck on runway + flights) over over 3 hours.
See @kenobi_65’s answer. If I don’t get the aisle, I’d better be “window Emergency Exit/Bulkhead.” Being hemmed in and having the person in front of me recline even slightly would set off my claustrophobia. So the policy is “Aisle or I stay home.”
I used to regularly fly from Chicago O’Hare to Birmingham, AL, for work; those 1-2 Embraers were the standard equipment which United Express used on that route up until the last year or two, when they went to the 2-2s.
When I fly by myself, I’ll take the window seat. But nowadays most of the time I’m flying with my family of three. Conveniently, that takes up exactly one side of a row in most planes. It also means we all get each of the three positions about a third of the time, for fairness.