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Yes I’m still harping about phones, in a manner of speaking. I just came from the bathroom at work. Don’t worry this isn’t going to get gross.

A woman was in another stall next to me. All fine and dandy right? Wrong! She was on her cell phone chattering away as though she was in her own private office. I have actually noticed this A LOT lately at work, particularly with the cleaning crew for some reason, and someone who I work with!

I find it completely disgusting and rude. I mean think about it. You are on the cell phone with your hands (usually). You use those hands to do things I would rather not discuss here, in a bathroom stall. That is why you wash your hands. But do you also wipe down your cell phone with a Clorox wipe? Chances are, no. Which means you might as well have dipped your hands into the toilet because the germs are going right back on your hands (and the side of your face) as soon as you touch your phone. This is why the flu spreads, but that’s a story for another time…

Everyone should know that its also totally rude, unless they are half donkey or something. I mean come on, the bathroom is a private area, and not exactly the kind of place you want turned into a sound stage!

My only recourse for this disgusting practice is to flush the toilet a bunch of times and swing the door open hard so it slams into the wall. I also tend to cough really loud. Basically I am trying to A. Piss the person off  B. Make them aware that what they are doing might not be cool and C. Make the person on the other end say “OMG, are you in the BATHROOM????”. But it never seems to work.

Have you experienced this?

-VV

1. How has your week been so far? Off to a very slow (and sleep deprived) start, but the good news is there are only a couple days left until I am off work until Jan 4th!

2. What language(s) do you speak? English, and if these count, Double-Pigeon and Pig Latin, LOL! I also speak some Spanish.

3. What’s on your nails? It’s a secret that I cannot reveal just yet. But it’s gonna be a BIG ONE, and I am super excited about it!!!

4. What is your favorite holiday dish? Hmm, this may sound totally conceited but I am a huge fan of my appetizers. My fav is my Italian sausage stuffed mushrooms. Seriously, they are soooo good.

5. Would you rather go without any makeup on your face for an year OR shave your head bald for a year? A better question might be, why do I ask these questions? No really, I think I would rather shave my head. One can be beautiful with a bald head but we could all use a little makeup!

6. Are you going (or have you been) to any fabulous holiday parties? Do tell! Sadly no. I don’t have any friends who have holiday parties (or if they do they never invite me) and I skipped the company one this year, as I do most years.

7. Diamonds or pearls (or something else)? Diamonds, diamonds, diamonds!

8. If you have pets, do you get them Christmas gifts? Usually we do give them stuff. Chase will get a nice set of soft chewy bones (he hates rawhide) and the kitties will get some new mice toys or balls. This year Chewy specifically asked for a new cat pole because their current one is thrashed. We’ll see…

9. When is the last time you swam in the ocean? Hawaii, 2 1/2 years ago on my honeymoon. It makes me sad that it’s been that long, I love warm oceans! The ocean around here is useless to me, if you can’t swim in it, why bother?

10. Any hot weekend plans? If hot includes swatching like a maniac while the sun is out to make up for lost time, then yes.

Copy & Paste:

1. How has your week been so far?

2. What language(s) do you speak?

3. What’s on your nails?

4. What is your favorite holiday dish?

5. Would you rather go without any makeup on your face for an year OR shave your head bald for a year?

6. Are you going (or have you been) to any fabulous holiday parties? Do tell!

7. Diamonds or pearls (or something else)?

8. If you have pets, do you get them Christmas gifts?

9. When is the last time you swam in the ocean?

10. Any hot weekend plans?

-VV

Little known fact about me: I HATE talking on the phone. I mean I avoid it pretty much at all costs.

When I was a teenager, I was typical. I talked on the phone for hours and hours at a time. I even remember watching complete movies while on the other end with people. We would just put the phone down when the movie came on then talk during commercials. WHO does that? So weird! Anyway, it was around the advent of email when I started to dislike the phone. Then once I started IM-ing back in 1997, I REALLY started to hate the phone. Now that I have Facebook, Twitter and an iPhone, I see no point in ever talking on the phone again.

The reason I don’t like it is mainly this: people talk too much!! I have nothing against talking with people in person. Or talking to someone I haven’t talked to in a really long time (a good friend perhaps). But normal day to day dribble with people I see or talk to on a regular basis makes me queasy. I prefer email because it’s to the point. No one is going to drone on and on about the weather or what they had for lunch or what book they are reading for an hour in an email. They are going to type what they want and be done with it. And even if they do type TMI, you can choose to quickly scan over it. Thereby saving time and brain capacity!

When you’re on the phone with someone, you are virtually trapped. You are forced to listen to topics you could care less about, and pretend you’re interested. This is why I do not answer my phone at home. Like ever. Unless I am expecting some kind of urgent call, my phone goes to the recorder every time. I feel the same way about answering it at work. I don’t normally answer it if I don’t recognize the caller ID#, and rarely answer it even if I know who it is, unless I know it’s important. It never fails that people leave a message or send an email anyway. If you send me an email I will respond usually within 1 hour because I am always on email (unless I am asleep). Yes I do have an iPhone but you wanna know how much I use the phone aspect? I only have logged 9 hours and 13 minutes of actual call time in the life of it. I do not use my iPhone for the phone. I use it for music, internet and texting.

You might think that I am totally anti-social because of this, and you would be right. No, I’m just kidding…kind of. I like socializing with a very small set of people, but otherwise I am really only “there” in body, not mind. But those people who I do socialize with know that they are very special to me because of this.

So yeah, I hate the phone and prefer email, Twitter, Facebook and IM. Sue me!

-VV

Ohhhh no, they say he’s gotta go, go-go Catzilla! LOL! Doesn’t my ham sandwich (aka Sammy) look huge here? He was on top of my armoire which is one of his favorite places, and I shot this from below.

Yo.

I don’t have a whole helluvalot to post this week because I haven’t been able to swatch for about 2 weeks.

You see there was the whole horrible cold incident for a week (remember boys and girls: always wash your hands and cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing!)

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