Howdy!

Far too much to talk about to cover all I’ve missed, so, I’m going to jump right in!

I either need to get phone calls from MORE people, or LESS people.

If you’re reading this, you likely know how I find it strangely entertaining to try and “mess” with people who’re on the phone. Well, I had a really great “messing with” with my girlfriend, Erin.

She called me, and we talked for a bit, then her mom needed the phone, so she called me back a few minutes later, I picked up and heard “hello” and I was off like a shot. It went something like this:

“Hellllo?” (with some crazy ass accent) “Hi, can I speak to Matthew?” (obviously, Erin playing along) “Oh, yeah, he’s in the back” (mock shouting by me) “hey, what can I do for you?” (even worse fake accent then before) “Oh, wait,” I say, “You’re looking for mather? Just a second” More fake shouting Then “I” pick up “Hello?” She responds: “Hi, I’m julie from the UW psychology department, I’m wondering if you’d like to take part in our study on multitasking, you’ll be required to come in for one session for about 45 minutes” I think, “wow, Erin’s stepped up her game, she doesn’t usually respond in kind like that” Then, I think, “OH FUCK!!!”

As it turns out, this woman on the phone, on closer inspection, doesn’t sound like Erin. In fact, this woman on the phone is NOT ERIN. It’s a woman, from the UW psych department.

Fuck.

My only hope is that she either believed it all (extremely, extremely unlikely) or, she’s required to keep this confidential because it relates to a psycology study (YES!!!)

However, I still mocked forign accents for a good two minutes in a multicultural environment, AND I was holding conversations with myself, putting myself in a business environment on what was clearly a home number.

There have been many attemps to define what “embarassment” is; I submit that the definition of embarassment is making voices in the phone when a member of the staff of the university you go to is on the other end. It seems to cover it quite nicely.