Hey, I just realized I could technically get teacher certification right now!
But since I think I'd have to pay another $100 to get it upgraded once I finish my program, guess I'll hold off. Still, it was a startling realization.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Emily - Sep 12, 2005 10:00:10 am PDT #6729 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Sophia Brooks - Sep 12, 2005 10:00:19 am PDT #6730 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Like Connie-- I have phone fear for outgoing calls. Since I have answered the main phone for every job since I was 16 until now, incoming phone fear would be incapacitating. or possibly, have kept me out of shit jobs.
I don't have phone fear if I am calling for someone else or on business, for some reason-- for example-- I can;t order a pizza on the phone for me, but if I need to order several pizzas, for work, with tax exempt status to come at a certain time-- I am fine.
Cashmere - Sep 12, 2005 10:02:16 am PDT #6731 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Well, well, well. CNN is saying Michael "Drownie" Brown has resigned as FEMA director. Can't say we didn't see that coming.
tommyrot - Sep 12, 2005 10:04:27 am PDT #6732 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Too bad they didn't fire him... but this is almost as good. (And I'm sure he had no choice....)
Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2005 10:04:32 am PDT #6733 of 10002
brillig
I don't have phone fear if I am calling for someone else or on business, for some reason
I wish I had this. Whenever I have to call someone on business, I have to psych myself up for it, even if they're expecting the call. Some of it is being afraid of sounding like a dork.
I remember once when I was doing cold calling that I had to hang up immediately, because the recipient was a mildly peeved Englishman, and the sound of a sexy, snarky British voice made my brain lock up.
Betsy HP - Sep 12, 2005 10:09:38 am PDT #6734 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Michael Brown's going to spend more time with his family: [link]
Emily - Sep 12, 2005 10:09:42 am PDT #6735 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
the sound of a sexy, snarky British voice made my brain lock up.
They could just take the country right back if they simply exploited this fact, couldn't they?
askye - Sep 12, 2005 10:12:03 am PDT #6736 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I'm not really afraid of the phone.
That first job at the sandwich shop I was given the job of making collection calls for bad checks. I was the youngest and least experienced and I had to call people up and threaten them.
This actually served me well when I worked at the land surveryor's and had to threaten people with liens and other nastiness if they didn't pay up.
Jessica - Sep 12, 2005 10:16:04 am PDT #6737 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't have phone fear so much as phone white-hot-loathing. I can count the number of people with whom I can easily talk on the phone on one hand, and I'm related to all of them.
Jars - Sep 12, 2005 10:18:02 am PDT #6738 of 10002
If I have to call someone I don't know, especially about anything even vaguely bureaucratic, I write down what I'm going to say before I call.