My Awkward Life So Far

Little blog about my awkward daily encounters

Apr 19

A wooden chair and a short skirt

*ahem* I give fair warning that this post probably is a bit more revealing than usual, but under the principals I set this Tumblr up under…I must share.

Yesterday I had a fairly important meeting with an arts centre in relation to developing their film audiences. As attendance is low and they need to get innovative or more present or engaging online.

The meeting was long…SO LONG.  3 fucking hours in length. By no fault of my own as my boss (who complains about the length of meetings being too long etc…) just never stops talking and shiteing on because she loves the sound of her own voice…or feeling important. Whatever.

Anyway like I said the meeting was 3 hours long. 3 hours of sitting on this flat uncomfortable wooden chair in my Ally McBeal schtyle short skirt. 

When the 3 hours was over and I stood up from my chair, I noticed a slightly lighter shade of brown down the centre of the chair. What I hoped originally was the worn elements of a chair that’s been sat on a lot, I quickly realised was a mist…Yes, a mist like the one you would see on a window once you have breathed on it. If you’re still wondering where the mist may have come from here’s a few clues: My snackaterium, my shaggy D.A., my messy clef pallet, my mos def, my dirty old moose hoof, my fuzzy mamosa, my busy furlow etc… (I love you Brenda Dickson).

I have learned it can get hot down there sitting with your legs closed for 3 hours in a skirt that barley comes over your bum sitting while on a solid surface. The lesson I’ve learned is to wear trousers in future.

By the time I’d finished putting on my jacket, I found that everyone had gathered around the chair to chat and that mist had now become a small and very noticeable puddle of water.

Yep everyone saw my vagina sweat on the chair, before my boss had the decency to throw her bag over it.

My Awkward Life So Far.


Apr 9

Do you ever…

…remember something you said or did once and actually have to put your face into your hands and ask yourself “why?…why did you do that?”.

I had one of those awful flashbacks today while looking at myself in the mirror, tutting at the spot on my back.

I’m suddenly catapulted back to 2003 when I was 12 and first started noticing the appearance of spots on my back. At the time an older girl I played basketball with had spots on her back. How did I know this? Well dressing rooms duh…..O.o The sheer fact that this story begins with me looking at another girl in a dressing room is not good.

My 12 year old self decides it’s wise to ask this girl for advice on how to prevent my situation from getting worse and what are the best methods of hygiene. 

…One should know by now that obviously my social intelligence on what’s acceptable and what isn’t, isn’t exactly the best. 

So I approach her when everyone has left the dressing room…

“{NAME} so eh you have spots on your back right?”
“Ummm yeah…but not that many…”
“Well I just started getting spots on my back and since you have had them for awhile what’s the best thing to do to get rid of them?”
“Eh I dont know wash your back more?!”

It was only years later that I realised how terrible that was. Like I must have hurt her feelings some how, she is a girl! Or she must have thought I was some form of weirdo. Or both. Most likely both. 

After all these years I still feel bad and embarrassed, so I want to apologise basketball girl for probably making you feel bad with my creepy observation skills. If it makes you feel better, I still get spots on my back sometimes, maybe as a reminder to not ask people hygiene things because you’ve noticed it while in the changing room together.

My Awkward Life So Far


Apr 6

The Sigh of Relief…

Its ok, I got my period.

I shamefully find myself celebrating this every month now. Texting my boyfriend “praise the lord” and “congratulations” as soon as I realise.

Its not that I’m not on the pill or anything…but I could be more careful/responsible. But I seem to choose being a hoe every time.

You know what HILARIOUS though….I bet the cost of condoms will seem like nothing once compared to the fact I’ll have to buy nappies if I find myself up the duff.

Here’s to another month of not being pregnant and being able to be irresponsible so I can worry about being pregnant again.


My Awkward Life So Far. 


Feb 7

Beans and Egg in the morning =…

Bad things…horrible vile things! A combo of both gives you horrible smelling farts for the rest of the day…hey you learn something new everyday.

*This post may not be for the faint of heart*

So I had this toxic concoction one morning last week and the day that followed was terrible. First I go to assist with the putting together of an exhibition and I get off on the wrong foot with the photographer because I commented on the elephant in the room which was: God these photos are WAY too small. Then I went on to argue that the colored and black and white photos should not be separated. Needless to say they politely told me to fuck off. After receiving a lecture about what to say, I find that the photographer is no longer my biggest fan. We were left alone and I had to help him put up photos because he couldnt bend down….Fuck it, didnt I let out a fart…and it made noise…and the room was quiet. Yeah he heard, it made our already awkward silence even more awkward.

Well this was just to ease me into my already smelly awkward day.

Later I met up with my boyfriend (my friend told me not to post this…but god dammit I gotta stay true to the blog) and what happened was one of the most humiliating shameful moments of my life, top 10 for sure. Top 3 most gross. I warned him about my gas movements of the day and then returned home to find curry was for dinner…. Girls gotta eat! So I ate that delicious dinner. 

Soon after we went up to chill in my room. While bent over to plug my laptop in, my boyfriend stuck his face in my gluteus maximus area. I had let out a bad one about 30 seconds before…and oh yes it lingered.

My boyfriend has a pretty high tolerance for that kinda stuff…but honestly that night I thought he was going to get sick. I remained curled up in a laughing ball of shame and humiliation.
The guy can no longer eat curry.

My (disgustingly) Awkward Life So Far. 


Jan 23

Cupan Tae

Cupan Tae, a beautiful cafe in Galway full of old China tea pots, tea sets, pretty dollies, pretty napkins and hand sewn table cloths. LINK: https://www.facebook.com/CupanTaeGalway

So you get it, it’s a pretty classy place and I felt somewhat like a lady being there. I wanted to pretty much stay there forever and gossip and form life long bonds over tea. I fucked up though.

Few minutes after we ordered our food, we’re sitting there drinking tea and smiling. Until I knocked over a cup of milk and (luckily) caught it before it smashed everywhere. But milk went everywhere all over the floor. The shop is very small and compact…so the milk got all over a posh ladys VERY nice/expensive jacket. It was white…THANK GOD. 

Just as I was about to turn to the woman and tell her im sorry, the boyfriend grabs me and tells me not to say anything.

Queue: Panicking for the next half an hour looking like a dog that did something bad, thinking: fuck fuck fuck please dont leave before us, fuck please dont notice, FUCK waitresses please dont say anything. Oh god why me!

I attempted to dry the back of the jacket discretely with the two napkins I had…lightly dabbing or wiping from under the table.

We managed to get out in time and as soon as we left “OH GOD ESCAPED THE SCENE OF THE CRIME PHEW”, the bloody owner was behind us.

So: To the lovely lady who owns Cupan Tae,

Your cafe was the most magical cafe I have ever seen in my life. I wanted to move to Galway just so I could go there forever. Im sorry that I accosted one of your guests and I’m sad I ruined my own experience in your wonderful cafe. I hope you dont remember me so I can return one day and revel in how pretty and elegant your cafe is…and maybe I’ll act like a lady this time!

Yours Sincerly,

My Awkward Life So Far. 


Jan 8

Because of the week that’s in it…

…I also haven’t written anything in a while!

Im gonna share my (used to be) token, painfully embarrassing, awkward story of my first kiss. Fuck. 

First of all: I was 15. Yes 15…I’m scrolling through tags on Tumblr and there’s bitches with Tumblrs dedicated to getting over their last relationship, who are also 15. So I was a late developer. The tomboy of the group who was someone I thought boys would never take an interest in (not the case anymore WAHEY!). Back story finito.

So myself and my friend went and met up with these guys we met the week before drinking in a park (I also didnt drink…I was the token sober one for awhile). So yes…long story short, everyone but me gets wasted, my friend ends up making out with one of the lads and I’m left with the other one, who is quite drunk and quite tall.  


At this stage I almost know its coming but oh god…I dont know what to do. He stumbles his tall self over to me and begins to hang off me (he’s tall remember?) “Aoife I like you, i like you so much”. Queue nervous laughter and “awh you’re awesome too” etc. This leads to a hug…which leads to tension. And I think, sure fuck it they (friend and other guy) will be kissing for awhile I might as well.

Yes…my first kiss involved me taking advantage of a guy who was very very drunk. HEAR ME OUT! At the time I felt I had to…so my friend could continue to get the shift and things didnt have to be awkward. I still stand by that. 

…But wait….there’s more…yes more…more shame and cringe.

Afterwards when we all stopped kissing and decided to head home. The guy was ranting and raving (drunkenly) about how happy he is and how much he likes me and he hasnt been this happy in a long time. I’m like O.O “ha-ha-ha…awesome”. O.O.

He asked me to be his girlfriend…right? Now…1. If you HEARD this guy you’d kinda be in an extremely awkward position not to say no (also I’m just an idiot who couldnt think of another solution). 2. he was so drunk, I was like pfft its ok he’ll forget. So I said yes. (OH GOD, whats wrong with me?). To be fair, he did forget, he didnt even know my name. But his friends reminded him the next day….and he being the good guy he is he kept up the act and me being too awkward and kinda being a little excited that some guy actually was interested in me for the first time ever…so did I. 

For a month….Then he dumped me over MSN.

THE END. Good times <3

Lol JK…its didnt end there. Remember I said he was a nice guy? Always regretted what happened because I kinda had this feeling we’d be best friends. I’d think about him every now and again and wonder how he was doing.

Fast forward 5 years.

Sean Halpin has added you as a friend on Facebook.

A few months later he randomly started talking to me on the Facebook chat…when I wasnt exactly in the best place, so I was inside a lot. So we ended up talking til the wee hours most nights for several months. Having the total bant might I add (see I knew we’d be best friends).

We met on a night out after a very long time of this. We kissed. That was 6 months ago and we’re still together :).

Needless to say, I’m glad I took advantage of him that day :).

2007

2012

My Awkward Life So Far


Dec 13

Sometimes I Wonder…

I’m thinking back to a show I went to, specifically: Margret Cho, Cho Dependent. If you don’t know this comedian, let me assure you her stand up is absolutely shockingly vile. Now I’m no prude, but wow her comedy shocked me…but in saying that I laughed fucking hard. I essentially think she does comedy as a disguise advertisement for “I need drugs, specifically weed and I need a man or woman to have sex with tonight”. As most of her comedy is sharing sex and drug stories…mostly to do with people who met her after her show…hmm…

Anyway…I’m thinking of a story she tells, one in which she is comforting one of her best male friends who was dumped by a woman he loved very much. While comforting him, she encourages him to talk about the bad things about her to make himself feel better. He reveals that when he would give her head, there would be loads of dried in shit around her ass. Now I know what your thinking…who the fuck would put up with that? Let alone not say anything about it.. no matter HOW MUCH you love someone?!!

So my point I’m making is…I have to wonder what previous guys say about me…and what my current boyfriend would say about me if I was so cruel to break his precious heart.
I mean…I dont try to hold in my flatulence (its supposed to come out!), Im always making yappy and burpy noises because of my issues with my diaphragm (they arnt a very attractive feature… particularly when someone trying to be intimate with you “hold on” *BURRRP*…”ok”), I’ve got terrible breath in the morning but still want kisses, I drool in my sleep, I’m not the greatest at keeping my legs shaved at all times, Im a friggin clutz spilling, staining and breaking everything and sometimes i come out with the dumbest of things! Is there some form of icky thing I do or don’t know about because all those guys were so sweet not to say it to me. I know I have my flaws…but you gotta wonder about the tolerance level of your lovers.

Then after thinking about this for awhile…I came to the conclusion that I don’t care! I’m a burping, farting, yapping, clumsy mess! And…I’m hilarious because of it (thank you Sean for making me feel that way anyway!)…you could argue that all those horrible unlady like things are what makes me fun to be with, or different whatever you like!

I think i’d rather be the crazy (ex) girlfriend than the boring one!

And at least I don’t have dried shit on my ass…Holy god. 

Disclaimer: I’m not saying I’ve dried shit all around my ass.

My Awkward Life So Far.


Nov 30

uh - oh

I totally just farted in the library and everyone heard

O.O

At least it doesnt sm…Oh wait :/

My Awkward Life So Far


Nov 9

Diaphragm Irritations, The Origin of an Awkward Life

My diaphragm irritation (no men of the world…not THAT kinda diaphragm) has been the source of many of the awkward situations I get in to. I’ve even been told that there’s no way I can ever have a professional life style if I  ”keep this up”.

…wait what am I talking about….loud involuntary noises! Not like tourettes…but like tourettes. Loud noises in the forms of: Suddenly gasping for air like something extremely shocking has been revealed, little to big yaps…like a dog, dry heaving as if I am going to be sick…or just because I’m rude. I would say that one is the worst…but no sometimes they all combine together…or sometimes I’ve a little burp waiting to come out and its a burp/vomit noise/yapping COMBO!

I’m a lady.

What even brings this on? After many years I’ve worked out: the gasping is caused by my asthma and stress. All other noises are a when I’m hungry, while eating and drinking and after eating and drinking…this can be particularly embarrassing when drinking alcohol. Sometimes “tactical voms” become a must. (I’m still a lady)

Various awkward situations this regularly gets me in:

  • When I meet a new group of people…they always originally think im making it up to get attention…especially the ones that don’t ask. 
  • People regularly think theres something wrong with me or I’m dying and tell me its very annoying to get used to because I keep scaring them. Soz.
  • Sometimes when I hand back the menus at restaurants/ get served anywhere I *GASP*…theres no time to explain, just gotta deal with their horrified expression and act as if nothing happened. (sometimes its fun to act as if nothing happened).
  • “class i have some news” *GASP*. All the time. 
  • “and then I was all like RRRUUYHHHGGMMMJJJUUGGHGHHHRRAAPPPRRAAAAAA!!!” (attempting to phonetically spell my dry heave noise) O.O *queue laughter or shock*.
  • Girl: “oh hey guys have you seen my new tan?” 
    Me:  RRRUUYHHHGGMMMJJJUUGGHGHHHRRAAPPPRRAAAAAA!!! / *GASP*
    Girl: O.o….was that on purpose?
    Me:….No :/ 
  • Exams. A combination of all are equally embarrassing. It either inspires laughs or suspicious looks.
  • Explaining it to anyone. In general. Particularly if this person will be out of your life in a few minutes or you’re in a rush.
  • Whenever some noises sound particularly disgusting and rude and I’m tryna be classy or a lady. 
  • Getting in anyway intimate: RRRUUYHHHGGMMMJJJUUGGHGHHHRRAAPPPRRAAAAAA!!! / *GASP*/ *Yap noise*. Would you be turned on after that?…unless you’re turned on by your own laughter.

After all this, I have been told its curable…because apparently my back is shit or something. But I have to say, I’ve had it for so long…I wouldn’t feel “me” without it. Sure its gets me in awkward situations but it makes life all the more entertaining! And gives my friends never ending enjoyment. It’s a part of me and its annoying…but it’s something that makes me unique and I’d never change it :).

Update: Since posting this, I involuntarily burped/hiccuped into my boyfriends mouth. Fuck My Life.

My Awkward Life So Far.


Nov 1

Taking a break from being awkward

Fighting with a significant other is never nice. 

Its so crazy when you get into a situation where you break all those promises to never hurt one another or make one another cry.

You can never take those things back that you said or did. Then at the end of the day when you’ve apologised to one another you kinda just have to live with it. You forgive them but it still hurts when you think of what happened. You ask yourself how can I let it go?

Then I opened the fridge.

Suddenly everything made sense. I remembered exactly why I’m with this person. Love is not hard, loving is the easiest thing in the world. What better way is there to remind each other how much you love one another than letting sweets say it for you. How hilarious is it that sweets can do that?

Fighting takes effort, love doesn’t. Boom.
Be happy y’all because sometimes life is as simple as the joy a packet of sweets gives you.


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