On Sneezing

I wouldn’t feel quite so bad were I not sneezing all the time.

If I’m not sneezing, I feel as though I’m about to sneeze.

If I don’t feel as though I’m about to sneeze, I feel like I have something squishy stuck in my nose.

And then I sneeze. And sneeze. And sneeze. And sneeze once more.

I hate having a cold.

I blame the weather. Today was beautiful, highs in the low seventies. Two loads of laundry went out on the clothesline, and I took three more loads to the laundromat. A valuable lesson learned in college–have enough clothes to last a month.

I watched House tonight, a fantastic and surprising episode. I had no idea how things would turn out. Finally, an episode had Robert Sean Leonard in more than a walk-on role. And Hugh Laurie was eerily believable as he went through vicodin withdrawal. Great, great stuff.

Oh, I feel a sneeze coming on.

I could take cold medicine, dry up the sinuses, stop the sneezing. Cold medicine makes me feel worse, makes me feel hyper, makes my head swim.

At-choo!

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over fifteen years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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