MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

I've been super busy lately and I haven't been into the whole blog thing. I really suck at it. I always try to make myself sound all funny and cool, but I don't exactly know how to do that. So I'm just going to try to be myself. I figure that's about my best option right now.

So, I got a job. I'm a Billing Professional at APX Alarm. So basically if you have an APX Alarm system in your home and you're behind on your payments, you very well could receive a call from me. If that's the case, you're lucky because I'm the nice one in the department. Be nice to me please. I love it. I take some of the strangest calls sometimes. People are so bizarre and interesting.

I called a lady named Billie yesterday, which A. I think girls named Billie are legit, and B. her son--at least a kid I'm speculating is her son--answered the phone and took like 5 minutes (but more likely seconds) to figure out who I was asking for. The phrase, "ummmmmmmmm, who?" was uttered about 4 times before he actually went to go get Billie whom I didn't actually know was a women at the time. So while said kid is going to get Billie, another kid gets on the phone and starts beat boxing but really badly because he was like 7, again, I'm speculating. I had to hold my mouth closed to keep from laughing, it was the funniest thing I've ever heard. In the middle of the beat boxing the kid stops to kindly inform me that Billie is on her way and continues right back on beat boxing. Best call ever.

I'm not dating anyone. That's probably a random thought to you, but it's pretty much all I think about. Because I think I secretly want to be dating someone. Not anyone in particular, actually, like everyone in particular, but I'm intimidated by almost every guy. Also I get that guys have like really fragile egos and whatever and they need a little building up, and I keep telling myself that I can totally flirt with some guy and build up his ego, but I totally can't. I'm cocky in my thoughts. And a whimp in reality. I don't know how I ever mange to talk to guys. I'm like, the most awkward person I know. I'm so never getting married.

Also no offence Mom and Dad, but I've come to the conclusion that I'm never kissing in front of you guys. There is like nothing more embarrassing in my mind. Don't know why, but I'm pretty sure that would be the most awkward experience of my life. Love you guys though.

Music calms my soul and mends broken hearts. There's this playlist on 8tracks.com called 'Song to Lie on Your Bed and Stare at the Ceiling too' that I'm pretty much in love with. I already knew most the songs so it's not that it's new music or anything, but I never would have put that label on them. And then of course I had to try it. My world has changed, by that tiny little action. Try it sometime. Turn on music, lie on your bed, and just stare at the ceiling. My heart just stopped a little bit because I thought the playlist ended, it didn't, we're good. This is a good playlist. A good playlist is like a good pair of socks. I'm not exactly sure how but I'm sure if you think hard enough about it you can find some way to make that connection.

I've decided that they should have a special queue for people named Marcel at work so that I can't ever talk to them, because I can't keep a straight face. If you've ever seen "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On," you'd understand why. Best YouTube ever. I giggle to myself whenever I have to talk to someone named Marcel and I'm always really tempted to ask them what they use as a pen. Also I really want to answer my phone, "Hello, this is me." But I can't because I'm a Billing Professional, emphasis on the professional part. My job isn't perfect in that sense. I could go on for hours about my thoughts just regarding "Marshe.... oh, that's not the first time I've done that." I can pretty much quote the whole thing too. I have no life.

I have a lot to do tomorrow. I have to do laundry and clean out my car, and find a cute boy to fix my car, and call the guy I rear-ended back, and get insurance, and yeah that's pretty much it. At least that's all I can think of. I'm also not thinking about it too much because my brain function is super low tonight and I'd like to keep it that way.

What I'm listening to:

See the Sun (Alternate Version) - The Kooks

You Could Be Happy - Snow Patrol

Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine

How Could Life Get Any Better - Nik Day

Lovely Obsession - Caleb Blood

Love Affair - Copeland

Jezebel - Iron & Wine

Josephine - The Wallflowers

I'll Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab For Cutie

Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens

All That I Want - The Weepies

Holy, Holy, Holy - Sufjan Stevens

Winter Song - Sara Barielles and Ingrid Michaelson

All My Bells Are Ringing - Lenka
Hey Mambo, Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney
The Ballad of You and I - Melee