August 21st, 2005why friends who drunk-dial should be hung, drawn and quartered.
Why? Because they WAKE ME UP at 3 AM! And the insider DOES NOT like to be woken up at 3 AM. The only time the insider wants to see 3 AM is when she has been drinking and partying and is now ARRIVING home. NOT when the insider is fast asleep, happily dreaming of Mark Wahlberg (don’t ask). OK? OK.
This was the progression of the morning… at 2:47 AM, my cell rang. I didn’t recognize the number, so I didn’t answer and rolled over. At 2:49 AM, it rang again. The number was Sawyer, an old friend from high school. My “hello” was greeted by several guys yelling my name, along with “we love you,” “sawyer misses you” and “when are you coming back out to visit?” OK, it is here that I must admit that I used to greatly enjoy Sawyer’s fraternity parties—and still do, when I go home once or twice a year.
Alright, so after having a hilarious conversation for ten minutes or so, I explain that I must go to sleep now and that, yes, I will visit soon, and no, I don’t have any hot friends that I should hook him up with. So we hang up.
And then not two minutes later, the phone rings again. ‘Tis Sawyer again. He has just attempted to call another friend of ours and apparently she didn’t pick up her own phone—a guy did. Considering the friend, we are both shocked, so he insists I call her and then call him back. (Yes, reason has been completely lost at this point.)
So I call her and her phone is off—fortunately I left a very long, detailed message about why the hell I was calling at 3 AM and demanded she return my call at a later, more reasonable hour.. if for no other reason than to mock Sawyer.
I called him back, we decided he might have called a wrong number, he tells me he is moving to Florida soon and “won’t I be sure to come visit,” and then he had to go because there was some kind of competition involving a sorority girl with rather large.. um.. and a keg.
Friends-with-your-number-on-speed-dial + liquor + a-three-hour-time-change + cell phone = Hung, Drawn and Quartered. 😛
But the conversation sounds all sorts of polite and fun…! Did you manage to get back to sleep afterwards?
Comment by Anne — August 21, 2005 @ 6:26 pm
Awww, he misses you. Doesn’t that make it a lesser offense?
Comment by JB — August 21, 2005 @ 6:48 pm
Surprisingly, yes, he is quite polite. Even when he was explaining why he is moving to Florida (the ladies, of course). It comes from an excellent, excellent upbringing. 🙂 And I did get to sleep—eventually. lol
JB—Lesser offense? Eh. 😛 I should’ve mentioned he is a repeat offender, lol…
Comment by the insider — August 21, 2005 @ 7:26 pm
By the insider’s logic, I should definately be hung, drawn and quartered! 🙂
Comment by Andy — August 22, 2005 @ 9:10 am
The obvious rejoinder here is to call HIM at 3AM real soon. Just have a nice polite and sweet conversation about how you just wanted to talk to someone and he was first on your list. Seems like a plan to me. And why aren’t capital letter allowed here?
Comment by The Fool — August 22, 2005 @ 9:24 am
Andy—You are one of those? Shame. A scurge upon you.. 😛
Fool.. interesting. Except he would love that, as he is almost always awake at 3 AM. However, he does start classes soon, so.. hmmm. 😉
And the capital letter thing.. still?! Damn, I thought I fixed that. OK, back to the support blog..
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 9:55 am
just for completeness’ sake, it should be pointed out that there are power switches on cell phones.
i’m just sayin’.
Comment by grampa — August 22, 2005 @ 2:06 pm
Yes, well, I have no home phone Gramps. What if someone dies or is maimed in some way, and the hospital/police/ambulance driver calls?
I make the sacrifice—it’s tough, but somebody’s gotta do it.
😛
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 2:15 pm
Then they leave you a message and you call them back in the morning. I, too, have no home phone, as I am never there. Sometimes crises happen and an immediate response is not necessary. Ask yourself, would you be better prepared rushing headlong into the night to a situation you are powerless over anyway, or would you rather get a full night’s rest and tackle the crisis fresh?
It varies from individual to individual. Myslef, I’d rather come at the solution in the morning rather than the problem at night.
Comment by grampa — August 22, 2005 @ 2:54 pm
Hmm.. OK, well I wasn’t actually expecting logic from you Gramps.
So, yes, possibly you do make sense in that regard.
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 2:59 pm
I’m full of surprises. Rabble rouser is only one of many hats. While, I admit, failed attempts at world domination have taken up lots of time in the past, I’m trying to be a kinder, gentler grampa these days.
Yours in struggle.
Comment by grampa — August 22, 2005 @ 3:04 pm
rotfl. I see.
Onward Comrade.
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 3:12 pm
By the way, no, I am not a Grampa (in fact, I enjoy my mercenary status – no wives, no exes, no kids), I am 33, a paralegal and live in Hawaii. I’d tell you more, but I don’t want to scare you.
Comment by grampa — August 22, 2005 @ 3:14 pm
Ah, interesting… so, Hawaii 5-O, yes? 😉
Does this mean your adventures in world domination have a homebase of Hawaii? Do you use coconut shells to converse with Sector 5? And the hula dancing and ukulele playing is just a cover? So sad. 😉
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 3:18 pm
Actually, the world domination headquarters is in Madagascar, that bounteous island were so much is possible.
Ever since I got clean and sober the anger which fueled my desire for world conquest had sort of ebbed. These days I just try to keep my own side of the street clean. I’d go into greater detail, but I feel that I am wasting your comments space. You can email me a grampaacid at yahoo, if you’re interested in further discussions on these matters.
I do love the site, by the way.
Comment by grampa — August 22, 2005 @ 3:35 pm
Thanks.. 🙂
Looking at flights to Madagascar… hmm. Do they automatically upgrade to first class if you own the world..? 😉
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 3:44 pm
Okay, as the friend of the outsider who made the obnoxious phone call at 3 am ( the number that you were unsure of), I am part to blame for allowing our darling, newly single friend to use my phone. However, I was also obnoxiously drunk and my judgement was very poor. so, sorry to have woken you out of your dream with Mark wallberg, who needless to say is redickulously hot, and i hope your dream was completed later. looking forward to meeting you insider.
Comment by the single gal — August 22, 2005 @ 3:44 pm
LOL. Hi single gal.. 😉 I heard that number was yours.. 😛
And no worries, the dream continued.. Apparently he is used to those kinds of interruptions. 😉
Looking forward to meeting you, too. 🙂
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 3:50 pm
when you run into him again, could you tell him to come visit my dreams, say at about……hmm…2 am? that would be nice. thanks.
Comment by the single gal — August 22, 2005 @ 3:53 pm
Done. 😉
Comment by the insider — August 22, 2005 @ 3:56 pm