Modern Living

Somehow the sight of Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducting a news conference reminds me of an anxiety I find myself having rather acutely in meetings from time to time – namely that I’m going to lose control of my bowels and either belch or fart or even wet myself or shit my pants publicly.  And actually there’s a related fear that it won’t be due to lack of control but rather to a sudden and momentary loss of concern about social norms such as refraining from evacuation or relief of bowels and indigestion in public.  Like the part of me that farts says “fuck it” while the part of me that is mortified and ashamed of myself can do nothing but watch it happen.  Which is related to another fear I have when I’m on the phone at work that I’m going to forget who I’m talking to and say “I love you” to the person on the other end when we hang up.  You get these too, don’t cha?   I mean, DoNtChA!?