coincidence? not really. more like haunted by a name, number and a song

is it coincidence that i asked for rain last night and i was given rain today? maybe. maybe not. im not sure if i believe there's no such thing as coincidence. that everything happens for a reason. if there's no such thing as coincidence, then i dont know what to call most of the things in my life. i mean, my life is filled with a lot of coincidences.

a recent example is that i accidentally opened an old research file. i have an annoyingly malfunctioning mouse which double clicks by itself. while i was hovering the mouse pointer and scrolling down the list of research files, it suddenly clicked and opened a research file i made a year ago. i got pissed then closed it. minutes later, my boss called asking if i still have a particular research file because he was looking for his copy and he cant find it. surprisingly, the research file he was looking for was the one i just accidentally opened. so it saved me time finding it.

then there's the two digit number. ive been haunted by a two digit number for weeks (until today). its like everywhere i look, the number pops up. its on the building address, my computer clock, my order number, my receipt indicating the total price of the items i bought, some random person's basketball jersey, etc. but then again, ted mosby said that we have the tendency to see things we want to see. so do i want to see this particular two digit number? i dont know. when i randomly look at things, the number is there. 

then there's the female name. this name only haunted me for a week. how many sales ladies and cashiers have this name? whenever i look at the receipt (or their ID) on that particular week, their name is _____. meh. its just coincidence.

then there's the song "little respect" by wheatus. my favorite line in the song is "what religion or reason would drive a man to forsake his lover". i remember looking annoyed as i told a college friend about the lyrics. he was humming that part of the song because he cant remember the lyrics and i told it to him and it annoyed me because of all the parts he could forget in the song, thats the part he just had to forget. anyway, i was surprised to hear it at 6am in the morning in a fastfood restaurant. i havent heard it for more than half a decade. then later that day, when i opened my music player, wheatus' album was in the playlist and the last song the music player played was "little respect" (because when i clicked play, its the song it played). huh? that cant be right. am i having one of them fight club episodes? i keep hearing the song in various establishments days later. its just weird (especially the fact its the last song my music player played when i opened it).