It's Just Gone Midnight

...and Blue Velvet is coming on on the TV.
I'm stuck in the bored doldrums of someone who needs to study. I'm drinking black coffee.
I'm experiencing the usual clutch of anxieties that come with another impending birthday, where I've achieved nothing and I'm still alone.
Last year, I celebrated my birthday by having an exam. Not even that to come this year.

Black coffee and Blue Velvet. It's come to this.