Yet Chloe and I did have a modest story of our own, a set of common experiences that bonded us together. What is an experience? Something that breaks a polite routine and for a brief period allows us to witness things with the heightened sensitivity afforded to us by novelty, danger, or beauty - and it's on the basis of shared experiences that intimacy is given an opportunity to grow. Friendships nourished solely by occasional dinners will never have the depth of those forged on a trek or at a university. Two people who are surprised by a lion in a jungle clearing will - unless one of them is eaten - be effectively bonded by what they have seen. - Alain de Botton

To expand on the college/university part: pulling all-nighters together; suffering through 20-page papers together; having multiple-hour-long deep conversations that result in epiphanies about life and ourselves; spending around 12 hours together every weekday, while for weekends it goes up to 16 hours............

GAH. It's 3:16 AM. NEED TO GET BACK TO TYPING MY FINALS.

I've recently fallen in love with the British band Muse. I'm addicted to "Time Is Running Out." Which is appropriate, because time is TICKING, ticking, ticking. I need to get back to work, work, work.

Sometimes I like to just sit down somewhere at the junction of a road and watch everyone rush by.