part iii of the passport saga

alright. i called the passport people back today and they hung up on me literally 6 times. probably more than though in actuality. because of heavy call volume they just don’t even bother putting some people on hold unless they call when call volume is slightly lower. so when i finally get through to the guy it turns out that i have to wait for my passport information to be updated and then i can expedite it and then i will have it four days. so i should be considerably less stressed about it. but at the same time i just want to know that they’ve changed it to expedited shipping and that i don’t have to worry about it at all. so i am calling them back on thursday to see if it has been processed and then i will call them and get it switched and hopefully have it soon. Augh. Further, I had a conversation with this fellow about the hold music. And I was trying to be pretty calm because the way I see it these people HAVE to hate their job. Like LOATHE their job. So I figured I would make it as easy on them as possible and be angry in a nice voice. Anyway. I was like “they should really get new hold music. they don’t even change the song.” and he was like “yeah.. its not even a whole song its just part of one.” and i was like “i noticed that, and if i am going to be on hold for an hour i want a damn symphony, you know?” and then we laughed. I think he thought I was hawt. He probably said “she had a sweet voice.” and i hear from people in the phone-call-taking industry (pizza delivery) that having a sweet voice, without fail, means you are fat. so he probably had it right.

speakof hold music (haha! i’ve used this segway two entries in a row now! bam! in your face!) i called Joe in Japan (again) and they too use the same hold music. Again that crazy Away in a Manger Midi file. It was awesome. I had Stephanie listen to it because she came over today and we both thought it was excellent. It’s also really cool because it turns out that my phone card actually will connect about the way that it says it is supposed to. That is, i’m going to get close to a full 6 hours out of the thing. Sextastic. Not that that implies what I will or will not be doing on the phone. Heh.

Stephanie and I had a good time today. I know I blogged sometime last week or the week before about how I felt like I was blowing her off, albeit untentionally, but we hung out today and everything was fantastic. we talked about a wide range of things including joe and all of the precursors hitherto (what does that word even mean!?). it was a great time. I will make an effort to see her more.

I also got to chill with the mormons today. I think its because I mostly really like them and their company. But today we had a good time. We talked at the Maginot’s and Ian was there. Ian seeing me was pretty fucking hilarious because he knows about my sexuality and he gave me this look like “THE FOUNDATIONS OF MY VERY VIEW OF REALITY HAVE BEEN BROKEN!” lol. It was awesome. He’s a good kid. I’ve always rather enjoyed him. So we had a good meeting and I am probably still not a mormon but I do really like the missionaries. I’d like to hang out with them. But I’m not sure if they’re allowed to do that. I should be like “Hey! Elders! Let’s go goofy golfing or something sometime!” The new one speaks spanish. I bet Jotto would want to hug him (SINFUL!).

This has been a good entry.

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