Yep. Looks about as fun as most weddings.

Yep. Looks about as fun as most weddings.

Let’s just say I’m no stranger to the record scratch—that moment in human interaction when politeness fails, collective agreements about normalcy retire, and situations take on a new and horrible independence. It’s shocking and dangerous to be caught in such a scene, but it’s also tinged with a surreal, anarchic hilarity; it’s a liberating chance to blow air into the spaces between who people are and how they act. Such events are commonly known as “total shit shows,” and they take time to recover from, typically leaving you two options: laugh or die…