let's stumble towards success and pack some snacks for little breaks

( Sunday )

On the way back, I noticed something I hadn't spotted before: the Lyon toads are gone! The real estate company Lyon used to have a series of ads leading up to one of the Davis highway exits. They featured a toad in various positions. And they're gone. This makes me sad.

I'm getting up tomorrow at seven, and I want to write in my paper journal before bed, so g'night.

Still in Mendocino. We were discussing telemarketers and the best ways to repel them, and this is what we came up with:

1. Flirt with them. This works best if you are both male.
2. Repeat everything they say in a bad imitation of their voice
3. Pretend you work for their company and you can't order from it.
4. Sell them something. Megan has a friend who has actually sold a telemarketer magic moss that changed colors.
5. Tell them you're in the middle of something and ask to call them back. Use this information for evil.
6. Sound interested, and press random buttons while you're talking.
7. If you know two languages, casually switch back and forth between them. When they ask what you said, repeat the same sentence, only reverse it, so that what was previously English is now the other language and vice versa. Act confused when they ask for clarification.
8. (The time-worn classic, but still a favorite.) Say, "Oh, that sounds great- let me get my credit card!" Then put down the phone and leave it there.