Friday Five:

1. Do you like talking on the phone? Why or why not?
No. God no. Fuck no. Anyone who really knows me probably knows this one. I hate phones. With a passion. (Very few people know the fundamental beginning of my phobia, though, and I'd like to keep it that way.) Mainly, though, I don't like the way I can't see the other person, don't really know how they're interacting with me. Fine for business. Fine for talking with really good friends. Everything in between, no way.

2. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone?
My new boss, at my new job in a bookstore in the city. (Like, yo! Job!) Unfortunately, I was calling her to tell her I couldn't come in for training today because I woke up with the plague. You have never heard anyone as apologetic as me.

3. About how many telephones do you have at home?
It's embarrassing. We used to have four. They weren't all plugged in. They couldn't all be plugged in. We only have three sockets and one of those belonged firmly to the computer. So now we only have two. And I still can't hear them ringing in the second bedroom. Weird.

4. Have you encountered anyone who has really bad phone manners? What happened?
What constitutes a bad phone manner? I have a feeling I can be really bad sometimes. Part of aforementioned phobia. Wrong numbers who hang up without apologising or really saying anything shit me. Just a little courtesy please. Won't kill you.

5. Would you rather pick up the phone and call someone or write them an e-mail or a letter? Why or why not?
Email. See question 1. We hates them precious, yess we does. Nasty fat phoneses. (And also, no one interrupts my cleverly thought-out witticisms in email. Hah!)