It's been awhile, awkward turtle.

I know, I know. My last blog was October and it's friggin... shit it's march. But in my defense, they dont let you blog in boot camp. Which only accounts for 9 weeks of my...4 month absence. I was busy, rescuing sea turtles and teaching challenged children, and re-freezing the polar ice caps, and...no I wasn't. Truthfully I dont even really remember those 4 months so lets just forget about them. And I'd love to know where you've been for the past 4 months, not here that's for sure. So I was thinking about how I have nothing to say, and I have something to say about that. What do you do when your in the middle of a conversation with someone, whom you pursued,  and theres an awkward silence? Do you feel the need to fill the awkward silence just because you started the conversation? Like your obligated by some set of unspoken conversational conduct guidelines to make the situation less uncomfortable? Or maybe your the person who just looks at the ground, pursing their lips into bizarre facial expressions (that you would never normally make but of course these are special circumstances), waiting for the other person to make the first move. My personal favorite is the moment when the awkward silence begins, and it goes on just long enough to almost be unbearable but then one person says something like, "grandmas cat passed her kidneys stones". To which the other person replies with an excited, " Oh good, thats really great, I was just wondering about that.". How fucking awkward...Heres my homework assignment for the week. Dont fill the void. At no time this week, regardless of how positively excruciatingly painful the silence is, will you speak. Lets take it one step further. The other person tries to start the conversation up again, don't respond. Just look at them, dont twiddle your thumbs, or purse your lips. Stare. This is gonna be great. I wanna hear some feedback from this.