...even when you are already speaking in plain English.

Just a conversation I had on Skype. Read on (edits are mine).

[01:07:48] ahmed: i open cam
[01:08:20] mariel: i'm not interested.
[01:07:48] ahmed: and mic
[01:07:53] … see me
[01:08:00] … plea(se)
[01:09:06] … im ahmed
[01:09:16] … i open my cam
[01:09:27] … im in qater
[01:09:30] … ok(a)y
[01:10:45] mariel: i'm not interested in seeing you on cam or talking. i can chat, but that's it.
[01:11:13] ahmed: see me on cam
[01:11:46] mariel: i don't want to.
[01:12:04] ahmed: open mic
[01:12:18] … and im open cam
[01:12:47] … (heart emoticon)
[01:12:56] mariel: yeah but i'm not at all interested in a video call.
[01:13:27] ahmed: open after im open cam
[01:14:43] mariel: wtf. i just said i'm not interested.
[01:14:52] ahmed: open and wait
[01:15:26] … hi
[01:15:33] … im ahmed
[01:15:43] … y(ou) can open cam
[01:15:51] … i want (to) see y(ou)
[01:16:00] … open cam
[01:16:09] mariel: i don't want to. i just don't want to, can't it be left at that?
[01:16:14] ahmed: hi
[01:16:26] … open cam
[01:16:31] mariel: you can't make me
[01:16:44] ahmed: y(ou) open cam
[01:16:59] … open y(our) cam
[01:17:20] … y(ou) have cam
[01:17:45] … open y(our) cam
[01:18:02] … y(ou) have cam
[01:18:06] … hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
[01:18:12] … (heart emoticon)
[01:18:25] mariel: i just told you i don't want to.
[01:18:26] ahmed: (handshake emoticon)
[01:19:15] … i want see y(our)
[01:19:21] … photo
[01:19:33] … i work in qater
[01:19:52] … y(ou) send one photo

And besides the fact that he called me eight times. Eight effin times. I hung up on six. When I finally answered just to shut him up, I didn't even talk or show my video. I thought, maybe he'll just quit. But wtf, he kept saying and saying "open cam, open cam, open cam" to me. Wtf?!

Guys, you want us girls to speak plainly and not beat around when we want to get something across. But please don't be when we give the straight talk. No means no.

My friends have been prodding me before to go online in Skype, and with limitations of YM on a Fedora-based OS (I couldn't use VoIP with other Yahoo users through Pidgin), I had no other option but to download Skype and I am currently trying it out. So for all my friends who are using VoIP, please download Skype so I can talk to you! (Plus I currently am baffled that my i-mic on my Acer Aspire One doesn't work with any other program but Skype. Weird.)

Yani welcomed me to Skype with the message, welcome to the world of mics, cams, and penises.

Hahahahaha. LOL.

I called her so I can try out Skype for a bit, and right after hanging up I've received four calls (left none of them answered) from guys. Talk about connecting quick. Haven't been on Skype for quite a while (less than 15 minutes) and so many are already showing up on my list and calling me or chatting with me.

Anyway, I'm using Skype only for the purpose of VoIP, so it might go permanently invisible. Haha. But for my friends, please add me.