beepin beep beep.

tonight, i called my friend peter to brag about a recent accomplishment. seeing as he did not answer, i waited for the usual beep and began to leave him a message.

i was in a mood of great excitement and the message reflected my enthusiasm. just as i was getting into about the second minute of my overenthused monologue, i was interrupted with:

"your message has been erased. please record after the beep."

beeeeep.

trying to remain calm, i begin again, explaining the situation and then, somewhat deflated, begin relating my story a second time.

"your message has been erased. please record after the beep."

beeeeep.

feeling my anger increasing and struggling to maintain my earlier enthusiasm, i begin, once again, to tell my "your message has been erased.....beeeeeep."

i was so frustrated by this point that, what started out as an overzealous, enthusiastic message became an angry, two-sentenced, close-mouthed plea for peter to "puhlease call me back because your freakho beepin [inaudible mumbling] stupid machine is erasing my messages and i WaaAAAAaaas excited so just call me back."

my brow was furrowed for a good hour afterward. beeping beep beep machine.