girl you so nasty.

It's cold and flu season again!!! And we all hate people in our classes who cough and sneeze without covering their mouths/noses.

I'm that person.

I hear people when they say, "if you can't stop hacking through lecture, you should stay home. No one wants to get what you have."

My attendance is good, my nose is snotty, and I'm completely shameless.

I'm the person who hacks up snot into a Kleenex and then unfolds it to see what color it is.

I don't know why. I'm not grossed out by it. It could be because I picked my nose until I was in grade school.

Maybe its because I pick my niece's nose for her because she's only 9 months old and she can't do it with her baby claws.

Maybe its because I have these Anti-Viral Kleenexes that basically kill all the germs! Or at least 99.9% of cold and flu viruses... So now, do I not only feel okay with picking up my own soggy tissues off the floor, but I'll even pick up everyone else's nose gold!

Now, now. There is some controversy surrounding the mere act of nose blowing, like Anahad O'Connor for the New York Times, who claims you should never, ever, ever blow your nose. He probably doesn't ever go outside either.

And apparently there is a coughing code of ethics at my place of employment, which houses a less pretty version of this sign:

So it may be gross and rude. But it feels damn good and I like it. If I'm in your class I'm going to be the person behind you who sounds like they're going through respiratory failure. You might be distracted, you may be grossed out by the lack of cough covering or the mound of tissues/toilet paper next to my desk. But most of all you will be like "oh that's a cute panda girl."

It's cute guys. Ok?