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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 10:12 pm
cellphone woes
Well, I succumbed to the Lure of the Cell Phone, and I'm almost ashamed, except it *flips open* and the first person to call me on it is going to *so* be told to Beam me up, Scotty. Seriously.
I have issues with phones, in that I don't like them. I express myself best in writing--yes, you can be afraid now, if you've been reading here a while--and phone is very--impromptu speaking. To me, impromptu speaking is equivalent to extended bad stand-up comedy and repeition and sometimes, really bizarre metaphors, but longer and more painful, like having to cough up your spleen. I have an honest suspicion that my English teacher put me in competitive public speaking not because she thought I was good at it, but because she just had to see what I'd come up with under pressure in front of three judges.
Right. That veered off subject.
But phones, to me, are the enemy. When I was introduced to textual instant communication, I can honestly say that I Found My True Self, and also, increased my typing speed exponentially. Phones have too many traps--verbal cues, tones, strange sounds, and some people keep talking while using the bathroom and my God, did I need to hear that toilet flush? No. I did not. You see where this is going. For the most part, in AIM, I can be relatively sure no one is on their laptop while engaged in evacuation activites, but better, if they were? I would never know. Unless they told me. And wow, isn't *that* a quick way to get unBuddied fast.
There is also the question of access. Cellphones, like regular phones, do not require me to sign on before people see me. People can call *at any time* and leave me messages that I'm expected to *answer*, which is just weird, but there you have it. I have made it my life's mission to remain unavailable to bathroom-talking people and really, if you want me that badly, you can email me and if I hate you a lot, I'll completely ignore it, and everyone is happy.
But cellphones that *flip open* and have cool ringtones and also, work bonus, and it was this or mortgage my soul for an ibook, which was on the list, believe it or not. Also, while I'm in Minnesota, I want Child to be able to call me at any time, and also, this last year in New York, we almost lost![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
svmadelyn to a tragic accident involving a car and her phone and wow, I had no ideas the cliches were true but people there *don't* see red lights, do they? I figure this time, she can pull me out of approaching traffic. That is karmatically just.
So. Two days, cellphone. I feel I will randomly call people and quote Star Trek at them. Or maybe I'll point it at people in the office as my new phaser and yell DIE KLINGON, which actually won't be nearly as much fun as you might think. They're all used to me.
It's really kind of sad, now that I think of it.
I have issues with phones, in that I don't like them. I express myself best in writing--yes, you can be afraid now, if you've been reading here a while--and phone is very--impromptu speaking. To me, impromptu speaking is equivalent to extended bad stand-up comedy and repeition and sometimes, really bizarre metaphors, but longer and more painful, like having to cough up your spleen. I have an honest suspicion that my English teacher put me in competitive public speaking not because she thought I was good at it, but because she just had to see what I'd come up with under pressure in front of three judges.
Right. That veered off subject.
But phones, to me, are the enemy. When I was introduced to textual instant communication, I can honestly say that I Found My True Self, and also, increased my typing speed exponentially. Phones have too many traps--verbal cues, tones, strange sounds, and some people keep talking while using the bathroom and my God, did I need to hear that toilet flush? No. I did not. You see where this is going. For the most part, in AIM, I can be relatively sure no one is on their laptop while engaged in evacuation activites, but better, if they were? I would never know. Unless they told me. And wow, isn't *that* a quick way to get unBuddied fast.
There is also the question of access. Cellphones, like regular phones, do not require me to sign on before people see me. People can call *at any time* and leave me messages that I'm expected to *answer*, which is just weird, but there you have it. I have made it my life's mission to remain unavailable to bathroom-talking people and really, if you want me that badly, you can email me and if I hate you a lot, I'll completely ignore it, and everyone is happy.
But cellphones that *flip open* and have cool ringtones and also, work bonus, and it was this or mortgage my soul for an ibook, which was on the list, believe it or not. Also, while I'm in Minnesota, I want Child to be able to call me at any time, and also, this last year in New York, we almost lost
svmadelyn to a tragic accident involving a car and her phone and wow, I had no ideas the cliches were true but people there *don't* see red lights, do they? I figure this time, she can pull me out of approaching traffic. That is karmatically just.So. Two days, cellphone. I feel I will randomly call people and quote Star Trek at them. Or maybe I'll point it at people in the office as my new phaser and yell DIE KLINGON, which actually won't be nearly as much fun as you might think. They're all used to me.
It's really kind of sad, now that I think of it.
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From:I work in fast food (yes, I am a counter!bitch) and the most disturbing experience thus far in the 2+ years I've been working at the store has been going into the bathroom and finding a woman in the second stall using the bathroom and talking on her cellphone - loudly - at the exact same time. I just...did not even have words for that.
But yes. I completely empathize on your hatred of phones -- I have a cellphone and, IMHO, it exists specifically for text messaging. The only 'calls' involved are outgoing. I rarely answer incoming ones. *G*
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From:I very, very rarely give the number out, though, and it's turned off most of the time, so people will have to leave me voice messages. Which I usually respond to via e-mail.
...can you tell I don't like phones much?
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From:Eventually, you'll even start to get annoyed with your friends who don't own cell phones cause you can't call them as you are rushing to meet them and tell them that you got hung up (not your fault) so you'll be late (not too much, but you don't want them to give up and leave), and anyway, wouldn't it be more fun to meet at the cafe instead of the restaurant (cause doesn't a large extre-shot mocha just sound so yummy right now?). :-D
and some people keep talking while using the bathroom and my God, did I need to hear that toilet flush?
My ex-best friend in college always used to call me while on the bathroom even though it really, really grossed me out & she promised she would never do it again, and then (what, am I deaf?) I'd hear the toilet flush and man!!!! I'd be so mad!!
(little did I know the sound of flushing was foreshadowing for the eventual end of the entire relationship. heh.)
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From:I'm plugging my desktop up right next to the toilet even as we speakWhat she said!Linzee
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*gasp* *GLOMP*
From:*looks at what she wrote*
*runs away*
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From:Hey, my Mom too! Although I do have some shame *g*, she has NONE WHATSOEVER. I'm completely used to her walking around naked. Heh.
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txt messaging is the best cure for stagnant boredom
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From:I just got a phone of my own, hmm, maybe in the last year or so? And friends of mine *insist* on doing thing like TEXT MESSAGING me and I'm very, "Uhm - ok. I can turn this on. Dont pus it, lady!" So yeah, I know where you're coming from *g*
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From:I really really like text messaging as a way to communicate because I know they’ll get it instantly (which I won’t assume with email until everyone gets a sidekick or blackberry) but they can respond to it at their leisure unlike the phone call where someone demands your time right then and there.
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From:Actually, I sympathize with your phone indifference. It took 9/11 and the Staten Island Ferry crash (plus, massive complaining from the parental units) for me to finally give in and get a cellphone for emergency purposes. I've actually had to use it for that reason on two occasions, so though I still think the devices are evil, I also recognize they are useful.
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