Hello. Last night, I accidentally punched a hanging lamp in a vegan sushi restaurant, went to steady it, and in doing so launched a statement labradorite ring into the face of an unassuming diner. Then I briefly unmasked to kiss a cute person on the mouth in Mont-Royal Metro. Then I woke up with cold symptoms. I’m allergic to avocado, but only slightly, and as you can imagine that kind of thing is pretty hard to avoid at a vegan sushi joint, so I may be experiencing a histamine response, or I might have COVID again. Either way, I am isolating, and awaiting more rapid tests to arrive at my apartment. Actions have consequences, I guess.
I don’t want to write a think piece about the Oscars, because people on twitter will make fun of me. Also, I am very interested in mess and transgression and how we respond to it, so here are a series of maybe-diseased thoughts about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the face, in point form: