You Know You've Missed the Calls

It's been a while since I've blogged on a good (and by good I mean WEIRD) call at work. However, there's this lady named Aida who calls and e-mails me ALL the time, and it just so happens that I'm never around when the phone rings. I suspect this is because she calls my voicemail at 6 a.m. But anyway. Her e-mails and calls are SO stream of consciousness that they don't make any sense whatsoever...her e-mails read like those spams full of unrelated words, and her phone calls are always in a calm tone of voice, slightly accented, but just as scattered as the e-mails. Anyway, here's her latest message, left yesterday.

"Good morning, um, this is Aida (deleted), daily extra extra and review, 510-(deleted). Um, my thoughts, election, divided politics, welcome, bienvenido, viva...George...the Third...bienvenido, your home state, independent (unintelligible word) and that is a little place called King's Landing. There are no winners and there are no losers, just to keep divided politics alive here, in a little place called King's Landing, and that is the school spirit, independent studies, Fordham University, UST and...the rest of the world. But welcome, to a little place called King's Landing. Viva George the Third. Welcome to your home state, the great man, (unintelligible word) man, independent, Republican, Democrat, the school spirit lives on. Divided politics live on in this little place called King's Landing. And I am an author, Quest (unintelligible word) Quest in Eagle's Nest, and that is to see, to see...a man on fire in the sunset, and that is Don Nelson, that is, that is Chris Mullen's pick of the season. (Unintelligible word.) I am older than Don Nelson and I'm still playing tennis, and to see the royal coach behind all this...that is my father, MY father Octagon Camariniso. Divided politics live on and so does... (message cuts off)

I forgot to mention that usually when Aida calls, she relates me to "Flora Santos at the University of Santo Tomas." I have no idea who that is or why she always says, "I'm sure you know her." As if there aren't 6 million other Santoses on the globe. And she always calls us "daily extra extra and review." Hilarious. Honestly, I think she flips through the paper while she writes and calls, and just says the first thing that comes to mind on each page. That would explain the sports references towards the end.

Anywho, I'm still recovering from yesterday. Sleep and coffee are awesome. Yah!