these things are disconcerting

1) when your alarm goes off in the morning, and you turn it off but instead of waking up you get back in bed and have a dream in which you wake up, turn off your alarm, get out of bed, chat with your roommate, lazily brush your teeth, turn on the shower, wait for it to get hot, think about what you have to do that day and then - right as you're about to get into the shower - the dream ends and you wake up in your bed, look at the clock and realize you are going to be late for your meeting with your senior essay adviser

2) when you pass your seminar professor outside of class while you are walking to dinner on a Friday night (you mutter hello as you think about how he looks so much smaller outside of class than he does in the classroom - then, when he responds with a mere head nod, you wonder if he even remembers your name)

3) when a complete stranger refers to you with a term of endearment (some people may like this, but it really creeps me out) -- examples: "here's your change, sweetheart" or "I think you dropped this, dear"

4) when some random guy you do not know who goes to some school you have never heard of (or, more likely, who is listed as belonging to the "New York City" network, or no network at all) pokes you on Facebook repeatedly - like once every two weeks (you do not reciprocate this poking, but that - apparently - does not seem to make a difference)