I’ve had a few negative experiences with caffine lately - likely caused by a serious increase in my coffee intake over the past few weeks.

The first one happened a few months ago, after I returned from Hawaii. I’d been awake for about 30 hours already, and still had to go in to school for the second half of the day (plus theatre rehearsal). So I decided I try out one (make that two) of those Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso drinks - which actually tasted quite yummy… 15 minutes later, I was completely wired. My friend Anthony, who sits next to me in computer science, spent the entire class watching me ramble and tap my feet and laugh slightly uncontrollably.

I haven’t touched a Doubleshot since.

But this past week, I think I went a little crazy on the Greenberrys and Java Java. I’ve been stressed out about Mother Courage opening this week - not the mention getting home at 1:30 some nights because of how late tech week rehearsals have gone. That, combined with a few Grande coffees for a person that rarely goes too heavy on the caffine (and an unfortunately incidident involving Blue Raspberry-flavored Jolt), equals a very jittery, nervous, and slightly paranoid seventeen-year-old. I was seriously on the verge of a nervous breakdown on Wednesday.

I’m writing this post at Java Java drinking a Cafe au Lait. This post probably doesn’t make much sense to anyone but me.

I need to stop drinking coffee….