Random thoughts

1. I was looking through some old pictures tonight.  I was a big photo buff beginning in about eighth grade and running all through high school and into my first two years of college.  I came across a stack of old photos I'd taken in roughly the Junior High years.  They consisted almost exclusively of friends, the old neighborhood, and girls I wanted to date.  The problem was the girls never wanted to date me.  Pictures were still good, though.  Some things never change.
2. I had to clean off part of the dresser while hunting for the aforementioned slides.  I came across exactly 13 vials of chapstick on my half of the dresser, in various states ranging from unopened to almost totally cached.  Thirteen.  I counted.  And that doesn't include the Whole Foods, Wild Oats, and other brands of lip balm that I wear, which would bring the total to almost an even 20.  I keep buying them, losing them, then buying more.  I have GOT to stop doing this.
3. The last time my face was entirely devoid of hair was Junior year of high school.  Ever since then I've had a beard.  It's become a character trait.
   

The rest of the time I pretty much want to lock myself in a closet and scream and pound the walls against the unjust and unfair nature of the universe.