I've been running a study all day today in a computer lab on campus, and all day, I've felt like I was on some sort of extended caffeine buzz: I've been flitting around like a hummingbird and talking about 2x as fast as I normally do. Me on fast-forward. Me on research.

I guess there's something strangely exhilarating about waiting to see if the results of the study I've designed are going to turn out like I think. Because if they do, in the next few days, I'll have scientifically proven (or maybe 'scientifically suggested' would be more accurate) something about human nature that has never before been scientifically proven/suggested--which is the point of all scientific research, not something special about my study.

Worst case scenario, the data will show that I was wrong, and I'll get some sort of research hangover. I'll deal with that as it comes.