Arne just called me about 40 minutes ago to let me know that he'd gotten a call for me -- since we auditioned at the same time and also as a team, maybe they confused our applications? or they may want us as a team? -- anyway, they called him and asked for me, but wouldn't let him know why they were calling -- except!!! -- they were calling from American Inventor! So, Arne helped me find my cell phone (it was on the back porch and he called it for me -- he's in San Francisco) and by the time I listened to the message and called back it was, like, 15 minutes ago (9:20 PM or so, West Coast time). The message said they (Ben and Bianca -- do you think it will creep Ms. Bronstein out if I keep talking about how cute she is? n.m. -- I'm sure they are plenty cute, too) had some questions for me, so who knows? Maybe they are just calling for advice? or maybe I'll say something when I do talk to them that will forever disqualify me? No guarantees -- but I'm happy to share at least this moment of excitement!!!
*Update: I still haven't heard back from the AI people -- I kinda assume they aren't working on Saturdays? Anyway, I'll try them again on Monday.
I just wanted to explain, since I had questions, that Chris had exclaimed "OMG! OMG! ROFLCOPTER!!" last night when I told him my news. When I asked what "roflcopter" meant he said it was like ROFL'ing so hard that your legs kicked around in a circle so that you look like a helicopter. Well, I loved that idea, so I used it. Then I got around to googling it and realized it there are several meanings, mostly based in some way on LOL.
I would never actually say, "LOL" -- but roflcopter (in the sense of laughing so hard that my legs spin me around on the floor) -- that's a keeper.
Yes!
I remember when LOL meant you were actually, physically laughing out loud. (This was back in the days of ntalk.) Now LOL has gone the way of literally, really and actually into purely figurative use. Lanugage swings on a pendulum between precision and figuration.