Yet another embarrassing moment for Phnee

So I decided to phone djs_specs last night, having calculated the time difference and figuring that, even if she wasn't home, I wasn't calling at an ungodly hour and waking her up and destroying her day. I thought I could leave her a message or something.

The problem was, when I had spoken to her and taken down her phone number, she was visiting with her parents, and thus not at her usual residence. I hadn't taken note of this at the time, and thought this was her regular home number. I am never going to live this down, but this is mostly how the conversation went: (names have been omitted to protect the innocent)

Me: *dials number*

*ring ring ring*

Unidentified male voice: Hello?

Me: *flustered because it's clearly not djs_specs* Oh, um, I'm sorry, I think I must have the wrong number, but... is djs_specs there?

Unidentified male: djs_specs L------?

Me: *even more flustered because I don't actually know djs_specs's last name* Err... I think so...

djs_specs's Dad: You're out of luck, because she doesn't live here anymore. This is her dad. She lives in Toowoomba, love. You'll have to call her there.

Me: *dying of embarrassment* Oh, right, of course. I'm terribly sorry. Thankyousomuchgoodbye.

djs_specs's Dad: No problem, love. Good bye.

Me: *hangs up and dies*

So, yes. Mortified!Phnee here. Not too mortified to put it in my LJ for your general entertainment, mind you, but yes, mortified.

This is why I hate the phone. I hate making outgoing calls the most, because I always end up making an ass of myself. djs_specs's father must wonder who the stammering Yankee nutcase was, because I was too humiliated to think of giving him my name or asking him for djs_specs's number in Toowoomba. All I could think of was how quickly to get off the line.

Yes, I'm a shining example of cool poise under pressure. :P

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I just "discovered" this weblog project and nominated someone. I use the word "discovered" for lack of a better word.

I hope they get in. :)

The idea is to nominate someone on your friends list that you think is really interesting and then they might make it into the 50 to 100 people that will be profiled in the book that this person is writing. :)

You can only nominate one person, though, and I can think of a few people on my own flist who would be really good candidates for this. So I encourage people, if they want, to nominate folks. I think this could turn out to be a very cool project indeed. :)

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