i haven't always been this crazy...

...at times in the past i've been crazier. for example, this email, which explains a real-life experience (not a dream) that i had in 2004 during a freezing winter night in kent, ohio:

i want to tell you guys about something that happened
to me a few nights ago, which you might find interesting.
i'm pretty sure this is a result of andrea finally putting
too many unmarked spices in her food, but i left kent
village at two o'clock am a few nights ago, and walked
outside, where it seemed extremely warm and cozy (i was
wearing a sweatshirt) i just sort of stopped for a moment
and looked around, and realized that nothing was moving but
me, and that everything was really foggy and surreal. so i
got in my car and drove home, but i somehow knew i couldn't
drive faster than 15 mph because if i did, the road would
fill with cars and i would die. then i got home and stood
on the porch for what must have been at least a half hour,
saying over and over in my head "come out, people. it's
okay, don't be afraid." then i went inside and made some
rice. somehow, even though i had left andrea's at 2, when
the rice was done (usually at least 45 minutes of cooking)
it was only 300. i ate half the plate (i know this because
when i came back home, half was left on the table) and
then apparently wandered back outside. this time, i
realized two things. first, that i could change what color
things were just by looking at them and thinking hard
enough. second, there was a feeling in my head that kept
telling me to walk towards this particular point in
campus. so i started walking there, and in what had to
have been a 2 hour walk, where i was using my super-sense
to circumlocute the location of this weird feeling, i never
saw a single car or person, but lights kept flashing in my
peripheral vision. every time i turned to look, though,
whatever it was was gone. well, i finally got to the
student center and was about to locate the source of my
feeling when i realized (this is true) that i wasn't hungry
enough, and the only way to get hungry enough was to go
home and eat more. so i hurried home as fast as i could,
ate the rest of the rice, and then fell asleep. when i
woke up in the morning, all of the toilet paper was gone.
i have no idea why. no drinking or smoking accompanied
this adventure. strange, no?