The Absurd

The Absurd is when through perfect logic and perfect memory we realize that life is meaningless and futile. This is with respect to the finality of death and perhaps also with the results of successfully "defeating" the unconscious.

The absurd, with a small 'a', I'm defining as when outside of the above universal concerns we realize that our actions are nonsensical/illogical. This absurd though may very well be part of a necessary reaction to The Absurd.

I'm defining absurd in general here as something that doesn't make you laugh. Humor is that which we find unexpectedly wrong. The absurds are too serious to really be so unexpected to the vast majority of people. The exact situation of the absurd may in one sense be totally unexpected but we classify it as a thing which on some level we are expecting as a possibility; that class being the breakdown of that which makes life have meaning.

('have meaning' versus "nonmeaningless"?)
Thinking too fuzzy to say for certain at the moment.

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With respect to Campbell's Monomyth. What percentage of aspiring writers are would-be hero's of that myth? 5%? 95%? Depends on how mono it is?
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In some ways I wonder if in general these associations of the likes of Campbell or say Zizek just go ridiculously too far. Are we really learning anything? I mean, I can then read some simple little thing and my mind can then jump to endless meanings but then, well, what? It adds a great richness I suppose; a whole nother level of understanding... And it seems to give a template which makes a lot what seemed maybe random not actually so random.
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It is something other than the antihistamine and anti-inflammatory properties of tylenol pm at least partially. Two days in a row and I was still still swimming in mud at 2PM.