well…that’s healthy

October 28th, 2008 at 10:45 am . Posted in geek things, Twilight .

Last week, boyfriend and I did some shopping. I was dying to know what happened in the last book of the Twilight series or saga as they call it. A stop at Borders was definitely needed to pick up my latest dose of Edward Cullen.

We get to Borders and go our separate ways, I rush of to the land of Edward and he heads towards the magazines. I grab the book and scurry to the counter to pay. There was a guy there probably about my age working the register, blah blah small talk, doesn’t seem to notice that I am 24 year old giddy ass girl clutching a silly young adult novel or does and is trying not to laugh.

Maybe that’s why he felt the need to bust me out.

I use to have one of those Borders rewards cards on my key chain but then realized it was linked to my mom’s account so I decided to make my own. He grabs a card and asks for my email address, I hesitate before speaking, “jamieislovely at gmail dot com”

Then this kid opens his mouth and says:

“Oh that’s cute. It’s nice to have such a high opinion of yourself. That’s healthy.”

I grab my preteen novel of vampire lust, attempt to pick my jaw up off the floor and try not to throw back:

“it’s my secret bloggy code name, shut up!”

Then stopped when I realized how even more geeky it would be to tell someone you have a secret bloggy code name while drooling over fictional vampires…

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  1. Maxie
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 10:51 am

    haha screw him! you are lovely.

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  2. well-intentioned heartbreaker
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 10:53 am

    hahahah. i’m pretty sure i’d get the same response with “wellintentionedheartbreaker at live dot com”.

    SECRET BLOGGY CODE NAME, ALRIGGGGGHT!

    … it’s totally one of those ‘i guess you had to be there for it’ stories. except, changed to ‘you’d have to be a blogger to understand at all.’

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  3. Ben
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:02 am

    DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM??

    I’m not judging you…I’d do it too.

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  4. Jossie
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:07 am

    Totally not dorky at all. Honestly its those who do not have a secret bloggy code name that are truly missing out.

    P.S.
    Don’t feel bad about your fictional vampire obsession. My best friend and I have become a regular in the young adult section at BN. 26 is still technically a youngish adult, right?

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  5. Hope
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:23 am

    Well, that was highly unprofessional of him. I would have asked to speak to his manager. I think that they ten to frown on their cashiers insulting customers. Unless it was a misguided attempt at flirting with you… in which case it was still highly unprofessional.

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  6. Amanda
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:28 am

    People at check-out counters are not allowed to judge you or your purchases! (At least out loud) It’s like check-out people code.

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  7. Stealthnerd
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:44 am

    I’m totally seconding Amanda on this one! Everyone knows you refrain from judgment till people are out of your line! But that guy was still a total butthead!

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  8. liz
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:26 pm

    this made me laugh!

    why was he trying to make such ridiculous small talk in the first place. Silly kid needs to not be a nosey, sarcastic, asshole.

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  9. Shaba
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:32 pm

    He works at Borders.
    I doubt he’ll ever be a 20something featured blogger.

    You win.
    :-)

    And you ARE lovely.

    You could have said, “Oh, my super hot, incredibly romantic boyfriend made the account for me!”
    Hahah.

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  10. Dutchess of Kickball
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

    I just got Twilight for my birthday yesterday. I’m dying to go home and read it!

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  11. HBee
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

    Hahahahaha! Love it! I think I know now how you feel…have a blog that I don’t want to tell people about and I have an obsession with Edward Cullen as well. And I’m like 5 years older than you. See…now I’m even more embarrassed. *sigh*

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  12. Jordyn
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:45 pm

    Oh. My. God. That’s the sort of thing that would happen to me if I had a fancy email address, I know it would. Now I’m laughing, because I can SO imagine a guy saying that.

    I really think you should have said, “It’s my secret bloggy code name, so SHUT UP!” That woulda made it (even more) interesting.

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  13. Marie
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:45 pm

    Hahaha! What a douche! You should have said you think extremely highly of yourself!

    And yes you are very lovely. :)

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  14. Maris
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:48 pm

    LOL you almost “outed” yourself :)

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  15. deutlich
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:53 pm

    That dude is a DOUCHE! You shoulda smacked him w/your book. Or told him to fuck off. Or or or..

    *sigh*

    Maybe doing it the nice way works well too.. I guess I’m just not so good at that

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  16. Megan
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:55 pm

    I’m with Amanda and Stealthnerd– checkout people are NOT allowed to comment on purchases! So technically this wasn’t a “purchase” issue, but all the checkout small talk can be such a pain.

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  17. Lori
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:56 pm

    Mkay, next time your response should be…

    “My other email address is jamiecankillyouwithherthumb [at] gmail [dot] com so just keep talking (look at name tag) Jim.” (then pull out notepad and write his name in it without saying another word)

    I may have been watching too many episodes of Chuck…

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  18. Mermanda
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 1:09 pm

    Oh no he didn’t! I probably would have gone ahead and pulled out the blog code name bit. Or maybe make up a lie involving the witness protection program? Dude. I want to punch him in the face a little.

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  19. ANG*
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 1:35 pm

    oooooh boy. this sounds like exactly something that would happen to me. yay for twilight :)

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  20. brookem
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 1:35 pm

    well geeze. there’s someone who doesn’t hold back.

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  21. Lauren
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 1:53 pm

    First off, that guy is a jerk. What a doofus to make fun of your email address!

    And yes, I used the word doofus!

    Second, I got the last book the weekend in came out. i was driving home from Atlanta, GA and arrived in Gainesville with 10 minutes before Borders closed. I ran inside, boyfriend standing at the door shaking his head, paid for the book and then drove the remaining two hours to Orlando.

    Yeah, I need it that bad. :)

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  22. alexa
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 1:56 pm

    oh if that sales clerk only knew that power of oh how lovely!!!

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  23. chasingparadise
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 2:23 pm

    Wait, was he being a jerk or was he trying to be funny or was he trying to be sincere? Either way, screw him! He sucks. You ARE lovely. ;)

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  24. katelin
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 2:41 pm

    it’s totally healthy to be geeky and in love with edward and have a blog. i am all of the above as well. :)

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  25. Katie
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

    Ha ha. Good almost response.

    I’m tired of the people who think they’re chicer- or hipper-than-thou because they work at Borders/Barnes and Noble or Whole Foods. It’s still big corporation, and I’m pretty sure none of them offer “enlightenment” as part of the benefit package.

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  26. lily
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 3:39 pm

    HA! That’s so awesome, and I know exactly how you feel! When I tell my tech guys at work that I have a blog and I’m learning all the cool geeky web stuff I can, they love it. When I tell random folks that don’t work in the online business, they think I’m super nerdy. And not in the cool way. :) PS – I’m super excited to read these books that you and others keep raving about (whether I win them from you or have to buy them myself!).

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  27. Paula
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 4:09 pm

    patronising git.

    funny story though!!! :)

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  28. Erin
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 4:35 pm

    I swear, Borders employees at Ted’s store are much nicer. They never mock me about hanging out in the young adult section…of course, that could be because I’m married to their boss! :)

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  29. Matt
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 4:41 pm

    He should have known he was in the presence of greatness.

    He will never see hair like yours again!!!

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  30. Dawna
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 5:16 pm

    I too have bloggy code name and drool over Edward Cullen, you are not alone! We could totally take Mr. I’m too Cool to Read Vampire Novels.

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  31. Just Jinny
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 5:22 pm

    He was flirting with you. When they are mean to you it means they like you. lol.

    I would have said ‘Oh yeah! Shove it in your pie-hole, Book Boy’.

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  32. AshleyD
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 6:04 pm

    hahaha and that’s why I have two email addresses.

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  33. Daisnaid
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 6:08 pm

    and that is why my email is simpliekrazed. it tends to shut them up… they don’t wanna know why i’m “simpliekrazed”!!!

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  34. Lexi
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 6:17 pm

    hmmmm, I don’t think he should make such comments! what a wanker!

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  35. Julie Q
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 7:41 pm

    aaaahhhh thank you for the Tuesday night chuckles! hilarious

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  36. Pam
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 8:06 pm

    Your post just made me laugh out loud. That is hilarious! I can’t believe he would make a comment though. Talk about bad customer service. Every time I bought one of the Twilight books I was waiting for a comment…luckily I was spared.

    Enjoy the fourth book! I’m almost finished with it and it’s amazing!

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  37. Toni-Marie
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 8:07 pm

    that not exactly professional of him.
    But you should have thrown back, ‘don’t you know who i am, i’m famous on the interwebz’

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  38. transienttravels
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 9:11 pm

    You should have said – look, if you don’t think I’m lovely, that’s your problem.

    That was pretty funny – and you are lovely :)

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  39. Jessica
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 9:49 pm

    Are you kidding me? He said that? Ask him if he has a high opinion of himself as a virgin living in his mother’s basement. That and point him out to me so I can take off my belt for a beating, please watch for security.

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  40. Miss Milk
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 9:56 pm

    I wouldn’t worry aobut the drooling-over-vampires thing, at the very least. I’d say about 95% of the female population over the age of 10 is in exactly the same boat.

    (I’m one of the 5%. I get the vampire love thing, but Meyer’s writing does nothing for me.)

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  41. e.
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 10:56 pm

    You totally are lovely and snotty employees should keep their opinions to themselves. That said, I hate giving people either of my personal e-mail addresses (I have a few school/business ones with just my name) because they’re kind of silly and I always get embarrassed. Oh, the life of a blogger ;)

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  42. tia
    Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

    the things we do for edward cullen.

    (which is pretty much anything. literally, anything.)

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  43. Tiffany
    Oct 29, 2008 @ 12:22 am

    If you think that’s bad, my husband gives my email address to people buying sports stuff from him. He *has* to explain that raspberrykitty at aol dot com is NOT his email address lol. He uses it though, so it kinda is his too ;)

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  44. poodlegoose
    Oct 29, 2008 @ 12:25 am

    He probably wouldn’t have understood. They never do.

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  45. Lippy
    Oct 29, 2008 @ 2:09 am

    Yeah I know what you mean…I’d have to go with Lippy or StupidJimmy. I don’t think that would be healthy, huh?

    He should have kept his lame comment to himself and asked for your autograph!

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  46. expensivemistakescheapthrills
    Oct 29, 2008 @ 7:16 am

    lol – that’s hilarious.

    i blush when i give my email address out – because it starts with ‘cheapthrills’….

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  47. katie
    Oct 29, 2008 @ 11:30 am

    ha! Looking forward to your Breaking Dawn review… none of my friends have jumped on the ‘i heart Edward’ bandwagon yet, so I have NO ONE to discuss with! (yeah yeah, I know there are several thousand twilight sites out there… I’m kind of intimidated by the super fans)

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  48. Princess Pointful
    Oct 29, 2008 @ 11:36 am

    Yeah, because lovely is along the same veins as “greatest” and “better than you”.
    Clearly.

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  49. Pam
    Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:30 am

    I laughed so hard at this post, I nearly peed myself (too much coffee I think). Everytime I went to buy one of the books I felt gitty and thought that someone might ask me about buying a YA book. I even had a back up story just in case. No on ever asked, but just gave me weird looks.
    Who cares what other people think, because I love Edward too. I got my mother, and most of my friends hooked on it too.

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  50. katieleigh
    Nov 01, 2008 @ 1:51 am

    Haha, I’ve just started the twilight series, I’m glad I’m in store for something good. :) like your blog x

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  51. Vanessa
    Nov 01, 2008 @ 12:57 pm

    I’m so glad this stuff happens to someone besides me! ;)

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  52. E.P.
    Nov 02, 2008 @ 10:27 am

    Haha. Wow. You gotta love the stuff people say. And you get points for your defense/comeback.

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  53. Dawna
    Oct 30, 2009 @ 7:47 pm

    I too have bloggy code name and drool over Edward Cullen, you are not alone! We could totally take Mr. I'm too Cool to Read Vampire Novels.

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