Observations of Absurdity
"Seem like a seem like a (uhhh...) I'm a I'm a I'm a freak magnet I'm a freak magnet I'm a freak magnet I'm a freak magnet And I'm callin' all the freaks From the freak freak planet I'm a freak magnet" Freak Magnet —Violent Femmes The strangest of things always seem to happen to me. I have a penchant for the unusual and the bizarre. I generally embrace and delight in these aberrant moments. But now I intend to record them! Enjoy my observations of absurdity. A beautiful blast from the past: One night in high school when I was driving home from a friend's house, in the early hours of the morning, I pulled up at a red light. Across the small intersection from me a limo crept to a halt. The doors sprang open and 5-6 teens jumped from the car. At first I was thinking "Chinese fire drill?" but they all remained in their relative spots. Nowadays, we might call it a flashmob, but those weren't really a thing at that time; the ...