Absurd (in the Existential sense of the word)

I’ve been pondering the absurdity of recent events in my life. And the only conclusion I come to as to how one should respond is with laughter. It may be a laugh of ennui, a dark laugh tinted with masochism, or...or it can be a self-deprecating yet good-humored laugh that asks, “Really?” shakes its head, and answers, “Yes, really.”

I guess that third type of laugh is a pretty complicated one. Oh well.

There is no fate that can not be surmounted by scorn.
--Albert Camus