See, Mom & Dad, I HAVE gotten over my "not-calling-the-pizza-guy" syndrome!

I can't decide which I like more...Lady Gaga's 3 most popular songs on video repeat or the Best Buy elevator music-esque song they force you to absorb when you are stuck on hold for all of eternity.

All day I felt like I was stuck in the middle of a marathon of the film "When Harry Met Sally" -- minus the exhiliration of the diner scene -- with the most romantic bits being played over and over and over again. That little heart-felt piano diddly seemed like my best friend today; it was the one thing I spent my most time with.

I got to talk to sales reps from practically every Best Buy in the nation, alongside other companies like FYE, Hot Topic, Newbury Comics (look them up -- they are the coolest people ever!), Bull Moose Records, Zia Record Exchange, etc.

That was like 800 calls.

Maybe.

Plus the ones where I got to call different Irish pubs in the U.S. and get yelled at by true-blooded Irish folks for being too much of a "telemarketer" -- "NO, we don't do that here!"

I was just trying to see if they'd help us out with one of our bands, The Tossers, this sweet Celtic Rock band (feel free to check them out via their myspace page shown here: www.myspace.com/thetossers) by hanging up some posters or playing their music in their bars.

But nope.

Not happening apparently.

Whatevs.

What was the highlight of my day, you ask? Well...it was talking with a sales rep from Bangor, Maine.

Awwww yeahhh. That rocked. "Ban-gor".

The second half of the day was truly amazing though. I got to act like a fan girl and call all those same stores (in different areas, mind you) just to see if they had our newly released cds.

Here was my shpiel:

Me: "meekly" Um, hi. I was wondering if you have Close Your Eyes' new cd in stock?

Sales Rep: Oh yeah. No...we didn't get that one in.

Me: Well...could you have it ordered?

Sales Rep: Yeah definitely, but it will cost $6 up front plus the price of the actual cd and you have to come in and sign a form.

Me: click

:)

"Thank you for calling FYE. Speak to one of our sales reps to reserve a copy of the new Twilight Film, NEW MOON, today!"

Teehee. <3 xx