The most absurd thing about modern society is this entrapping of public appearance. The strangest thing is how we handle discomfort. People are so uncomfortable with discomfort. And as a result, they teeter between extremes of melodrama or despair. Maybe if we just dealt with being uncomfortable, we wouldn't have to lean so heavily on the graver or the escapist alternative.

People need to stop apologizing for making themselves, or others uncomfortable. Life is remarkably uncomfortable. We should all stop pretending otherwise. And encourage public acts of discomfort. Really, I am strongly endorsing a kind of emotional anarchy. Also, I just realized that "Public Acts of Discomfort" sounds simultaneously exhibitionist and dirty.

Fried twinkie-dogs are kind of absurd too. Also, American Idol. Scratch that, all reality shows are absurd. But not in a Chekhovian way. That is to say, not in a good way.