strange encounters

just want to share some funny/bizarre encounters i had today:

1. the place where i'm interning is thinking about moving offices, so a lot of office furniture/movers have been calling us day and night. most phone calls are normal and straightforward, but this one call that i received this morning was just too strange to not share. from the moment i picked up the call, the woman on the other end of the line insisted on calling me 'honey', which normally would seem odd, but i'm generally okay with it since it is the entertainment business and let's face it, people are strange. then she asked for my name and digressed on a tangent saying that she has a cousin named isabel too, how her and her estranged cousin haven't spoken in years and this is what happens when life gets in your way, etc etc - which is slightly irritating but understandable since some salespeople just like to small talk. fine, i get it. THEN towards the end of the conversation (i couldn't get her to stop talking, so yes, this sales call became a conversation), she mentioned that i sounded like a famous person. i thanked her politely to get off the phone, but she said, "do you want to know who?" and i sighed and said, "suuure" and she said "you sound just like jennifer tilly." now, i was thinking, great...the woman has gone off the deep end. but no no, she was not done yet. she said "remember that movie she did when she was much younger? what's that movie called? oh yeah, bride of chucky! you sound just like her from that." at this point, i didn't know whether to laugh or feel insulted because i was started to feel like i was getting punked. again, i politely chuckled and said, "ha..ha.. alright well, can you follow-up with us next week...." but she ignored me and continued, "and remember that part at the end? do you remember the movie? how she became a doll at the end and says (note: she actually changes her voice here to imitate jennifer tilly aka tiffany, the bride of chucky) 'barbie, eat your heart out~' remember that?? oh i LOVED that part."

i'm not even going to comment. i'll just leave you with that.

2. has anyone seen this? brought to you by fredflare.com:
















can i be the first to say that i think it's way awesome?? i saw this today in neon orange, attached to an iphone, in the hands of a businessman in a full suit. perfection.

until next time!