Today Facebook is having issues. I wanted to complain publicly about the fact that Facebook was having issues, however I couldn’t, because Facebook (our go-to complaining source) was having issues!! So then I wanted to comment on the irony in that problem however no one would be able to read my comments because I couldn’t post my blog on Facebook! It is like the Twilight Zone!
If I have thoughts and no one on Facebook is able to hear them, then did I truly have the thoughts at all? Did I actually exist before all 440 of my friends were able to track details like where I am in my life down to what I had for Breakfast?
Perhaps I need a break from Facebook so that I can remember what it is like to have to laugh quietly at my own jokes rather than broadcasting them. Maybe I should not text for a whole week so that I can remember the slight panic feeling of waiting to tell someone something rather than sending the thought to their phone the second my brain creates it. I would probably feel the need to make lists of things to tell my Mom, Cristy and Meg for when I did reach them so that they won’t die before they know that I bought new boots.
Technology has changed the way we communicate, some of it good and some of it bad, but I am wondering if I might need a tiny bit of perspective to ensure I don’t forget what it was like before I had access to more information than I could ever need or want...Oh who am I kidding, when I finish posting this I am going to ask Facebook’s advice on my new bed purchase.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
This post is gay
Times when it is acceptable to say “That/this is so gay!”
• Pointing at a picture of Ellen Degeneres, Queen Latifa and Drew Barrymore
• Standing on the sidewalk watching a gay pride parade
• Observing two of your friends move in together way too soon in a relationship
• Tipping a Drag Queen at Adonis
• Gesturing enthusiastically at a large Rainbow Flag blowing in the breeze
• Witnessing two lesbians kissing (not two fakebians trying to get attention in a crowded club; that is so NOT gay)
• Reading “Heather Has Two Mommies”
• Participating in the gay softball league
Times when it is not acceptable to say “That/this is so gay.”
• Whispering it to a coworker while being forced to sit through a 3 hour meeting (Unless the meeting is regarding Lady Gaga or something equally literally gay)
• Noticing your best friend is wearing a pink shirt. Unless he is gay, then go ahead and call him gay…cause he is
• Making fun of a parent for saying something old fashioned or un-cool
• Sitting in traffic
• Waiting in a super long line for a latte at Starbucks
• Teasing a boy who is not very athletic
• Eating fancy French pastries
Basically just don’t use it as an insult to someone or something, or to refer to something as effeminate…mmkay?
• Pointing at a picture of Ellen Degeneres, Queen Latifa and Drew Barrymore
• Standing on the sidewalk watching a gay pride parade
• Observing two of your friends move in together way too soon in a relationship
• Tipping a Drag Queen at Adonis
• Gesturing enthusiastically at a large Rainbow Flag blowing in the breeze
• Witnessing two lesbians kissing (not two fakebians trying to get attention in a crowded club; that is so NOT gay)
• Reading “Heather Has Two Mommies”
• Participating in the gay softball league
Times when it is not acceptable to say “That/this is so gay.”
• Whispering it to a coworker while being forced to sit through a 3 hour meeting (Unless the meeting is regarding Lady Gaga or something equally literally gay)
• Noticing your best friend is wearing a pink shirt. Unless he is gay, then go ahead and call him gay…cause he is
• Making fun of a parent for saying something old fashioned or un-cool
• Sitting in traffic
• Waiting in a super long line for a latte at Starbucks
• Teasing a boy who is not very athletic
• Eating fancy French pastries
Basically just don’t use it as an insult to someone or something, or to refer to something as effeminate…mmkay?
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Let’s be more Professional
Working in admissions I have daily encounters with some extremely unprofessional folks. And unprofessional is putting it politely and politically correctly.
Following is a recent exchange that I had with a guy who had scheduled an appointment to visit the college last week. He was interested in furthering his education and was very excited about it! He did not show up for the appointment which was a huge shock to me (that was sarcasm.) He apologized when I called because he explained that he had to take his girlfriend to the doctor (likely bull shit, but whatever.) I called him today to reschedule the appointment but apparently the prospective student could not hear me. He was screaming “Hello?” into the phone until I finally decided to hang up and try back later. He called me back only to have the same issue, so when I tried him back one last time, I heard this:
“Hello, HELLO!!??” “If you are going to call me then speak into the f*cking phone!!” Click …
I decided to give this jerk the benefit of the doubt, I mean phone problems CAN be very frustrating so I text him instead. This was the text that I received back:
This is Karrie his Feyonsay, it is very unprofessional to text someone who is looking into college! He is no longer interested in Brown Mackie.
I had to fight off the urge to text back “it is very unprofessional to scream f*ck into the phone even if you are a feyonsay, whatever the hell that is!!” So instead I explained that I was sorry she felt that way; that I was trying to assist a potential student who had enlisted my help in gaining information about our school.
When did it become ok to act like this towards a college representative? I guess these people don’t realize that they are inquiring about information from an institution of higher learning, not auditioning for MTV’s Real World.
Lately about 1 out of every 5 voice mails I get is one of those Fake Out voicemails. You know the kind where the super sneaky and ultra creative recording goes “Hello…Hello…aww, shoot you got my voice mail beyotch, haha. Leave a message!!”
Impressive, you tricked me, made me feel foolish and made yourself look like a douche bag...all at the same time!!
Even better than the tacky voicemails is the email addresses. My email address is annlondon33@hotmail.com. That is standard, name+number and is classic and classy. I understand that there is another Ann London out there, possibly a bunch of them so instead of thinking up some trashy freak name that is embarrassing and difficult to type, I just added numbers to my name!! Instead of following this model, many inquiries I have received in the past have chosen to go a different route. My fellow coworkers and I have complied a listing of them for your enjoyment:
One_thick_chick08@yahoo.com
Bubblebutt_025@yahoo.com
theflamingoporchmonkey@yahoo.com
phatfux123@yahoo.com
sukdikbritney@yahoo.com
mycatpoopsrainbows@yahoo.com
tryn2getmygirlback@hotmail.com
mythickass@yahoo.com
myheartbrnscold@aim.com
babygurlchunkay@yahoo.com
eatafetus666@hotmail.com
chuckleslovesknives@hotmail.com
areyounakediam@yahoo.com
snook_da_coochie_crook@yahoo.com
p.i.m.p.mike0700@yahoo.com
flipitupsmackitrubitdown@yahoo.com
Do you have a favorite? Do you have the desire to change your email to something equally as bizarre? If so, then we are not friends any more. The most disturbing thing of all is that p.i.m.p.mike is number 0700, so does that mean that there are hundreds of other pimps out there in the dark areas of the internet with the same email, just a different number? I don’t think I want to know.
Following is a recent exchange that I had with a guy who had scheduled an appointment to visit the college last week. He was interested in furthering his education and was very excited about it! He did not show up for the appointment which was a huge shock to me (that was sarcasm.) He apologized when I called because he explained that he had to take his girlfriend to the doctor (likely bull shit, but whatever.) I called him today to reschedule the appointment but apparently the prospective student could not hear me. He was screaming “Hello?” into the phone until I finally decided to hang up and try back later. He called me back only to have the same issue, so when I tried him back one last time, I heard this:
“Hello, HELLO!!??” “If you are going to call me then speak into the f*cking phone!!” Click …
I decided to give this jerk the benefit of the doubt, I mean phone problems CAN be very frustrating so I text him instead. This was the text that I received back:
This is Karrie his Feyonsay, it is very unprofessional to text someone who is looking into college! He is no longer interested in Brown Mackie.
I had to fight off the urge to text back “it is very unprofessional to scream f*ck into the phone even if you are a feyonsay, whatever the hell that is!!” So instead I explained that I was sorry she felt that way; that I was trying to assist a potential student who had enlisted my help in gaining information about our school.
When did it become ok to act like this towards a college representative? I guess these people don’t realize that they are inquiring about information from an institution of higher learning, not auditioning for MTV’s Real World.
Lately about 1 out of every 5 voice mails I get is one of those Fake Out voicemails. You know the kind where the super sneaky and ultra creative recording goes “Hello…Hello…aww, shoot you got my voice mail beyotch, haha. Leave a message!!”
Impressive, you tricked me, made me feel foolish and made yourself look like a douche bag...all at the same time!!
Even better than the tacky voicemails is the email addresses. My email address is annlondon33@hotmail.com. That is standard, name+number and is classic and classy. I understand that there is another Ann London out there, possibly a bunch of them so instead of thinking up some trashy freak name that is embarrassing and difficult to type, I just added numbers to my name!! Instead of following this model, many inquiries I have received in the past have chosen to go a different route. My fellow coworkers and I have complied a listing of them for your enjoyment:
One_thick_chick08@yahoo.com
Bubblebutt_025@yahoo.com
theflamingoporchmonkey@yahoo.com
phatfux123@yahoo.com
sukdikbritney@yahoo.com
mycatpoopsrainbows@yahoo.com
tryn2getmygirlback@hotmail.com
mythickass@yahoo.com
myheartbrnscold@aim.com
babygurlchunkay@yahoo.com
eatafetus666@hotmail.com
chuckleslovesknives@hotmail.com
areyounakediam@yahoo.com
snook_da_coochie_crook@yahoo.com
p.i.m.p.mike0700@yahoo.com
flipitupsmackitrubitdown@yahoo.com
Do you have a favorite? Do you have the desire to change your email to something equally as bizarre? If so, then we are not friends any more. The most disturbing thing of all is that p.i.m.p.mike is number 0700, so does that mean that there are hundreds of other pimps out there in the dark areas of the internet with the same email, just a different number? I don’t think I want to know.
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