LOL

So, just a random example of the weirdness of life in this age of postmodern angst:

I was watching the news today and they were reporting on this weird laughing festival that was taking place in Japan, in observance of world laughter day (or something like that). I did not know that it was world laughter day. I didn't know that we now needed such a day. In any case, people had all come together in this park to laugh. They weren't laughing at anything funny. They were just standing in large circles, and groups, laughing forcibly. It was very awkward.

Although it was quite possibly the funniest thing I have seen in a long time, for reasons that go to the very heart of comedy, I was also very disturbed that something like this exists. After all, when people need a special event to laugh, then something is very rotten in Tokyo.

In other news: I have begun noticing that young teenagers that I work with have actually begun to use the term "Laugh Out Loud" in place of actually laughing in general conversation. I'm really not making this up. I wish I was.

And that is all I have to say about that.