Call Me

Supergirl enjoys customized ringtones. My opinion on the subject is that they're a cute idea, I guess, but not really worth paying any amount of money for since most phones already come with perfectly fine, minimally obnoxious ringtones (luckily we've moved on from the days of that nightmarish Nokia ring that everyone seemed to have on full volume for years).

Incidentally, it's fun when you're in a meeting at work and some random person's phone goes off and it's Tone Loc or the Golden Girls theme song or "HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN IT'S LOVE? IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU FEEL TOGETHER." Don't you love that moment when they're trying frantically to shut it off, but first they have to take it out of their bag, so for a couple seconds it gets really loud? It kinda makes you want to break it down a little bit, doesn't it? Bring out the funk and then get back to work.

Yeah, so anyway, I can just look at my caller ID and see who it is; I don't really need a song to represent the person. Which is not to say that I don't enjoy the fact that when I call Dave he has inexplicably chosen to have his phone play Check On It by Beyonce, and when I call Party Jen hers plays a song called What Happens in Mexico Stays in Mexico.

Although, actually, it would be sort of fun to have the ringtone fit the person. Wow, I stick to my guns pretty well. "I oppose this practice! Well, actually, it sounds kinda cool."

I'd want the whistle solo in Wind of Change by the Scorpions to play when Joe calls, because I laughed for about a month when he told me about giving the cassette single to a summer camp crush, hoping she'd feel the monumental significance of the song as much as he did. I'd have to use the Ghostbusters theme for Dave because he looks like a Ray Stantz-era Dan Aykroyd. Seriously, give him a proton pack full of ecto-something or other and it'll be all you can do to not think about the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. You're Beautiful by James Blunt for Melissa because no one does a better impersonation of that asshat. I Don't Want to Wait by Paula Cole for Mark because I sing him that "doo-doo-doo-doo" part from the Dawson's Creek credits when he's being a drama king. Shoop by Salt N Pepa for Party Jen because she can sing every word to it, and also because I wanna thank her mother for a butt like that. Stars are Blind for Carly, anything by Aaron Carter for Kate, and that CSI song for restricted numbers: whooo are you, who, who? I could do this all day.

Me: What's your ringtone when Husband calls? Wicked Game? [They're notoriously lovey-dovey. She calls him her sweet baby. In public.]
Supergirl: It's Some Song by Some Band that's really significant for us because our wedding videographer filmed us walking out of the church and then on the video he had that song playing and it was the most beautiful moment and when we saw Some Band in concert I just bawled when they played that song so it's just really really special for us.
Me: That's a nice story. I wonder if I could find any Bel Biv DeVoe.