Random thoughts at 2 a.m.

I'm finally coming down from the caffeine high of Tuesday, though I keep wanting just one more for some weird fucking reason. As I was sitting in my late class with my FULL THROTTLE (yes, this must be screamed), I noticed that my hands were shaking, though I can't say if it was from exhaustion or the energy drink. I'm still feeling a bit odd, even now.
Today, I got to work late and left early--something that I justify by remembering all of the bullshit paperwork and other nonsense I usually wind up doing on my days off (Tuesday/Thursday). I went to a little shitty bookstore near my home (the kind with about 80,000 used paperback romance novels) and was actually surprised to see a lot of classic canonical literature. But I left without buying anything--must have hardcover . . . Get home, help my daughter with a presentation on Booker T. Washington, hung a light fixture at the neighbor's house (during Lost, mind you), came back home, read some more Absalom, Absalom (75 pages to go), watched Lost and Invasion (had to tape them both) and here I am--at two o' fucking clock in the morning.

But now some random thoughts:

• Spent some quality time today reflecting on the usefulness of Febreze.
• Being that there are about 20 different dry cleaners within 2 miles of my house, how is that none of them are ever more conveniently located so that I actually will take my clothes there?
• Washing a vehicle is a fucking timewaste. As much as I like to drive a clean car or truck (or SUV, Andi), the time commitment required to keep the aforementioned mode of transportation clean is not worth it. While I do try to keep the interior clean, the exterior usually only receives attention about once a year. It's just another one of those things on the list of "Things I don't do except on special occasions."
• I don't understand why people still change their own oil. It's not worth the time and isn't terribly cost-effective.
• I have two more suckers joining the Ulysses reading group. Welcome, Goose and A-train.
• I believe that many people assume that my life is much more interesting than it really is. Or maybe they're right, and I'm just in denial.
• The reason why sports is such a big deal for men is because it provides instant fodder for conversation with other men, even if they're complete strangers.
• Why would people have ever thought that they needed a cap to wear to bed?
  
• Falling in love tends to be a sure setup for future disappointment.
• Since I will be filling up the Explorer in the morning, I anticipate gas prices skyrocketing tomorrow.
  
• As some words may have multiple meanings and conotations, sometimes I need some clarification before making the proper response. Otherwise, I just wind up feeling a bit silly, even though it can present some humorous discussions later.
  
• Don't ask people questions that you don't want to answer.
  
• Every time I call someone and they tell me they're out walking, I often wrongfully assume they need a ride.
• Elvis is about 50 times better than the Beatles.
• I need to put an APB out for the Camus book I borrowed from T which has been absent for a few weeks. He and I assume that my son is keeping it under his bed and writing notes in the margin. I should probably check his ChainReading profile.
  
• One of my colleagues couldn't believe I was raised on a farm; instead, they considered me to be more "metro"--whatever that means. But then again, E's musical transitions may prove that we are always evolving.
  
• Sleep may be a necessary evil, but it's a hell of a lot more intriguing right now than Faulkner.