The Subconscious and the Superconscious.

1. I was about set to read an article* on USAToday.com, the title of which was "Austrian judge: Chimps aren't people", when I decided to turn on some background music. I flipped to iTunes, glanced at my playlists and picked Jenny Lewis, because I thought that I was in a Jenny Lewis mood. I decided to go with Rilo Kiley's second to last album, More Adventurous, and double-clicked on the first song, "It's A Hit." As I turned back to the article, I heard the first words of the song: "Any chimp can play human for a day..." I did not know the song well enough to pick it based on lyrical content. Was this a magnificent coincidence? I can't believe that it was. I hold the subconscious in too high regard, and I feel just the opposite about chance.

2. A man sets out to meticulously document his daily routine. 6:45am: Eyes open. 6:51am: Get up from bed. ... 10:45am: read article online, listen to music. 10:50am: blog about coincidence. ... 2:45pm: think about the geography of North America. 2:47pm: think about thinking about the geography of North America. 2:48pm: think about thinking about oneself thinking about things. And does one write down every time one writes down an action? e.g. 2:49pm: wrote down "6:45am... writes down an action?" 2:49:35pm: wrote down "2:49pm: wrote down..." etc. What is an appropriate level of self-reflection? Is there one? Is there only one? Is it all or nothing? What does the graph of appropriateness look like? Is it like this?

Or like this?

Or perhaps it's something more complex, closer to one of these?
I really like the blue color I used for these graphs, especially in the wavy ones. Its RGB code-thingy is (0,181,241).

* The article can be found here. It is in a section of "Offbeat" news. I don't think that it is "offbeat." I think that it is an interesting and soon-to-be (sooner rather than later, geologically speaking) important issue. "Man gives birth to clock- radio," now, that's offbeat news. Though I suppose one could argue differently.