The Spot

Dave, as some of you may know, is a drug addict.
No, I'm not talking about lady liquor. Rather, gentleman Tim's. In the space of a day, Dave typicly consumes two large double-doubles, minimum. When he stays for march break my apartment gets inundates with empty paper cups.
Like all good addicts, Dave encourages my own addiction. Slowly I've grown to appreciate the value of the occasional medium d-d. Consequently, I've come to realize just how much a coffee affects me: it doesn't just make me feel good. Coffee makes me a better person.
Take today for instance. I had Theory of English literature from 11:30 to 1:00. Theory has never been interesting, to be honest. As my flu-ridden professor tried to make "the aesthetic relevance of authorial intentions to interpretation" mildly interesting, my mind wandered to the pub-crawls Dave, Mike, Emilie and I were going to enjoy over the holidays [my decision: if we were all hung over, my parents wouldn't ask us to shovel the driveway].
Anyway, I'm sure Dr. Ponech noticed my wandering mind: I sit in the frontest of front rows. He was probably as discouraged as I was disinterested. So he let us go 10 minutes early or so.
I headed straight to Tim's: I was sleepy and hungry, two states coffee can assuage. As soon as I'd gotten through a third of the cup, the world came alive: suddenly the text-work differentiation seemed relevant, if not interesting. And as I left the student caf, who should I see but my professor. Brimming with caffeine-induced bohnamie, I smiled brightly. Glimpsing my Tim's, he grinned.
I feel instantly better. He's already forgiven my lapse of stoicism in his office [re:the most embarrasing thing ever]. More importantly, we are united in our addiction.
Coffee coffee you're the one
that makes classes so much fun
I went through the next two hours with a 100-watt smile on my face. The funny thing is, people smiled back. I'll bet if I do this more often, a drug-induced popularity will follow. Maybe I should cultivate a heroin addiction: stonger drugs will no doubt mean a happier disposition.

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