Telephone Voices

I mentioned here recently that everyone makes fun of my telephone voice. Well, guess who has her very own telephone voice? My daughter. She got on the phone with her leasing agent to ask her some questions about her house, and she used the same sweet, lilting voice I have on the phone. Ahhhhh HA! ;)

A funny telephone voice story-

Several years ago, Laura was so very kind to come with me to Houston to help my mom price things for a massive garage sale. Mom was moving to a much smaller place in Austin, so she needed to get rid of tons of stuff. We opened the whole house up for people to come through and buy furniture, etc. HUGE sale. Some of mom's friends were there as well, helping get things set up. Cathy was going to come over that night after work to help, too.

The phone rang at some point that afternoon and mom picked up. It was Cathy.

Mom said, in the sweetest telephone voice ever, "Hello!... Hiiii!!... Uh huh.... *giggly laugh*... Uh huh... Okay!!... Greeeeeeeat!!... Byyye!!"

She turned to Laura and me.

"She's not coming."

LOL

That is how we say it when we remember: "Greeeeeeeat!! Byyye!!... She's not coming."

Sunday Stealing: The Eve Was Framed Meme

1. Why is your favorite color your favorite?
Green-- Specifically because it's not the typical, obvious "blue" everyone likes, and yet most people agree that green is totally a cool color as well. Most of my favorite things are like that. Favorite music. Fave band members. Movies. Travel destinations. Figure that one out, psychology majors.

We used to compare this phenomenon to Beatles fans. First there were the oh so common Paul fans. Yeah, yeah, everyone is a Paul fan. (That's you, blue.) Then there were fans of the second-most popular, John. They felt he was in Paul's shadow and overlooked and under appreciated. (Green! And purple.) Then there were Ringo fans, tons of them, despite the perception that he was "least popular." Or perhaps because of it.  (Black. Is it even a color? The fans don't care, as long as others don't understand why they like it.) And the fans of the "other" guy- George. (Pink, orange, yellow... So unusual, people have to stop and contemplate your possible reasons for declaring it your fave.) Which was your fave and do you carry that through to other favorite things?

2. Do you prefer dogs or cats or do you just hate animals, and want to kill baby seals?
cats

3. How much time do you spend on the computer?
At least 6 hours a day on weekdays.

4. Not including porn, what do you do on the computer?
I run three websites, write this blog, Facebook, IM, email, Google things for myself and others, check weather and news, websurf, shop, write, listen to iTunes, make videos, maintain my photos...

5. Are you a clock watcher?
Not really. I used to be, but I haven't even worn a watch in many years.

6. What do you/did you look for in a partner?
Someone I would have fun sharing a life with.

7. What type of clothing do you prefer?
one step more dressy than "casual," like nice jeans and a pretty top with boots.

8. What is your favorite type of music?
Pop. Oops, that is a "Paul" sort of answer. Specifically singer/songwriter ballads. Boom. "John".

9. Do you believe in the paranormal, Ghosts, ESP, levitation, spoon bending?
no

10. The most important question: Do you have a innie or outie belly button?
innie

11. What kind of car do you drive?
Hyundai Santa Fe

12. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun or The Boys Are Back in Town?
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

13. Camping or the Ritz?
Oh definitely the Ritz

14. What food are you craving RIGHT NOW . . . did you eat it?
Cereal. And no, because we still don't have a refrigerator and are without milk. Fridge delivery sometime today!

15. The most thrilling place you've ever visited. Why?
The big island of Hawaii. Absolutely the most fascinating landscape I've ever seen. Walking through the caldera, driving around it on Crater Rim Road looking in, going down Chain of Craters Road to see the lava overtaking the highway. Nothing but black lava for miles and miles in every direction. It looks and feels like another planet. It is completely surreal and you just cannot capture the incredible vastness of it with your camera.

16. If you could slip into the skin of one public figure--celebrity, artist, etc.--who would it be?
Idina Menzel singing on Broadway

17. Look up from your computer. What do you see first?
Lauren's hand-drawn quote from Juno on the wall over her desktop. Love it-

...the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with. 

18. Sum up your philosophy of life in one sentence. You can borrow it from someone else, if you'd like.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. 
-E.B. White

19. Name the one thing you just don't understand about kids today.
How none of them wants to speak to anyone on the telephone. Phones are evidently for texting, except in rare emergencies.

20. If you could steal one work of art from a museum or gallery, which would it be?
Starry Night by Van Gogh