Friday, September 4, 2009

The Afterlaugh Face

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You know when you're watching something out of this world and you're completely absorbed; sucked into the vortex that is commercial free to air/cinematic brilliance/comedic fun-- in other words, whatever it is you're watching?

And, you know those times where your mouth involuntarily hangs open and your eyes do not blink because blink-and-you'll-miss-it, that's how good whatever you're watching is?

And, you know those times when you catch yourself in the reflection of your plasma and your mouth is hanging down so low, that it vaguely occurs to you that you never knew you looked like that when you watched TV?

And, you know those times when something so hysterically funny happens that you're rocking with laughter, clutching at your belly, doubling over, recovering from whatever was so funny and righting yourself up again, sucked once again into the vortex of the screen?

And, afterwards, you know those times when you catch yourself in the reflection of your plasma and your face is still fixed in that laughing position long after the funny moment has passed: wide grin, lips stretched far far back, slack jawed and chin jutting ever so slightly forward?

That, my dear friends, is the universal Afterlaugh Face.

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