No theme, just madness.

• Do any of you guys have a friend that you made from some passing event a while ago and who you run into about four or five times a year by simply finding them at the same place you currently happen to be, proceed to have a long winded conversation with them, and then forget that they exist until the next coincidental meeting? Or is that just me?
• I feel like I put a lot of energy into making myself do things quickly and somewhat mindlessly so that my mind doesn't start going in circles, over thinking and double guessing everything.
• I think that being a barista is over glamorized by people. But you need the memory of an elephant, a great deal of patience, to keep up for hours of a fast paced environment, willingness to lose a lot of self respect, the ability multitask like a boss and the realization the sometimes you will still be ready for a nap after four shots of espresso. On top of that, you're expected to be nice to people. I'm worked pretty hard and flash my share of haggard smiles at customers.
• I'm considering going on a movie watching binge because the library actually has a half decent collection and I'm movie illiterate beyond belief. I'm developing a system to thoroughly go through the movie collection and everything. The library is increasing my OCD exponentially, though it's yet to be too much of a problem. Any suggestions of movies I should watch?
• I have a paper due Monday about a book I read last April and haven't had time to reread. I'm not sure how to distribute my content, so I've come up with a system where I put square brackets around sections that I can expand by a few sentences if I come out below the word count. I feel like from the skills I've gotten from IB, I'll be fine with the workload in university. That's a comfort. But these words are being written slower than molasses going uphill in January.
• I also started writing my 1000 word autobiographical essay for my application for University of King's College's Journalism program. I've spent half an hour on it and already have 400 words. It's going a lot better than my English paper for Monday and applications aren't due until the end of March or something. This admissions essay is something I'm not going to let myself half-ass. It's going to be good, and probably also a plus that I can revise it for scholarship applications.
  
  Sufjan Steven's 58 track Christmas album, "Silver and Gold"
  Hearts,
  -J-