Ah-coo

Picture unrelated, but still funny.

So you know what's awkward (at least for me)?

When you're with another person, and it's just the two of you, and they sneeze.

Now this doesn't seem like it'd  be a big deal, but I find this to be one of the most awkward everyday situations I find myself in. Why? Well, there's always that awkward pause after a sneeze where you're expected to say "Bless you." Usually, it's said, they either apologize or say thanks, and you both move on with your unawkward lives.

Cover thy mouth when thee sneezes, fool.

For some reason, I can rarely bring myself to fill the after-sneeze pause with a "Bless you." I know that, historically, it was said in hopes that, ya know, your soul didn't leave your body with the sneeze, but nowadays, if I say it, I picture myself looking something like the guy on the right.

I don't know why this is, because I don't feel weird when other people say it, but I just don't like saying it myself.

Ah, the awkward life of me. So don't feel bad if I seemingly ignore the fact that you just sneezed all over the desk beside me, believe me... I noticed. I'm not being rude, just awkward. We can move on and pretend it never happened. Right? Perfect.
(Also, cover it with something other than your hand, it creeps me out when you attempt to catch your sneeze like that)

Anyways, that's my daily dose of neurotic-ism (is that even applicable in this sense?) for you. Pleasant, right? Here's a song to take the uneasy edge off:

Strawberry, by Adrian Lux


See, the good thing about Facebook is that when people post music on their friends walls, you inadvertently gain access to it as well! Not creepy, right?