status: Thursday-26 days left.
weather: slightly less freezing than yesterday
drink: double tall signature hot chocolate (half SHC/half NF Milk), sub foam for whip, light caramel, sea salt)
sleep: four hours

Popping pills in the Marketplace (where Dr. Pepper is only 79 cents? What new mystery is this..) in my Starbucks uniform still, keeled over under my backpack. Five minutes till class.
Somehow my eyes are peeled wide awake; Kezar pops into the room in the middle of our quiz with a balloon, and starts sucking down helium.
"For God's sake, hold your tongue and let me love," he says to a silent audience, like a chipmunk.
Class is over, "What did you say?" Nick asks me, and admits, "I'm sorry, I've been on mescaline all day." And then I pick a business man I can sit next to for 45 minutes, because they never want to talk unless its on a blue tooth. And it will be my pleasure to just not talk to you, you grumpy old man in a suit. I'll love you better for it.