absurdity Q I love mayonnaise and applesause, each alone or even in combination, but I would never pass up a dish of absurdity. 011216 ... silentbob i have absurdity oozing out my ears 011217 ... nr i was picturing someone who, whenever they left a room, would look both ways and race out like they were running to or away from something. it could just be a casual lunch, and then said person would walk to the door, but as they got closer they'd look around them anxiously and run towards the door and out into the hallway. 241116 ... nr there’s something about a person making a nonsensical command very confidently and firmly that gets me every time. 251201 ... raze i once knew a man who spent years growing out his hair and beard for the sole purpose of shaving half his head and face. he enjoyed riding the bus, standing so he was seen in profile, and then turning to watch the eyes of strangers widen with confusion, if not abject horror. we were about as different from each other as two people born with the same body parts could be, but on this we were agreed: life is too painful to take seriously all the time. 251201 ... nr imagined scenarios written with unnatural-sounding passive voice. the dog was pet by me. the store had been walked to by steve. after my sister was texted by me, a decision was made by us that the coffee shop would be driven to by her with the passenger seat being sat in by me. 251212 ... nr i enjoy when people come to you with what they present as a big, revealing secret, and it turns out to be something that's not a big deal at all. a friend of mine once "confessed" to me what her real name was after years of me calling her the name she goes by; let's say stacey. the name is sort of a short form for her full name, but a bit of a stretch; let's say her full name is anastasia. she said she goes by stacey because she works as a performer and stacey is easier for people to remember or spell or say. she worriedly looked at me and asked if i forgived her. i didn't want to make light of her worry, but i had to try not to laugh. she goes by stacey everywhere i've seen, and that name is on her apartment buzzer. i don't see it as a deception that i never knew her full first name, but i did see it as amusing. 260319 ... nr there's a scene in the movie nirvanna_the_band_the_show_the_movie in which jay and matt are watching a movie in a theatre, and jay gets up under the pretense of going to the bathroom, but really plans to leave town. he hesitates and looks reluctantly at matt, saying forlornly, "goodbye, matt." matt just looks confused and is like, okay dude, just go to the bathroom. it made me want to longingly say goodbye to everyone with me before i leave to use a public washroom. 260319 what's it to you? who go blather from