Okay, kids: I'm going out of the country for the next week and a half. That means no access to my cell phone, which means no text messages, which means no blog posts. I am sorry. But there's more than a year's worth of old posts up here, so I hope you won't get too bored in my absence.

Will talk to you all again soon,
L-E-I-L-A

I am sorry i texted both you and your roomie at the same time, but cmon, i havent met either of you, its not like it is a social faux is it?
from an 801 phone number, Tuesday, September 2, 1:38 PM

I assumed this text was not for me, but I guess there's no way to tell, since 801 specifies that I have never met her. I really like the phrase "social faux," though. Maybe she cut off the "pas" just to fit into her character count, but I may adopt it as my new catch phrase.

Did you like the cd?
from an 832 phone number, Monday, September 1, 8:57 PM

I always like the CD. More people need to make me mixes.

Unless 832 means "the certificate of deposit," in which case, yeah, I'd like that, too. I mean, we're talking about either money or music. Who doesn't like money and music?

Fwd:U HAVE A FREE TICKET TO ASK ME WHATEVER U WANT AND I CAN'T LIE BUT ONLY 10QUESTION SEND TO 10 PPL AND C WAT THEY ASK!!
from a 719 phone number, Monday, September 1, 7:50 PM

This is the sort of charming self-absorption unique to teenagers in which they assume that everyone wonders what is really going on inside their heads. MySpace quizzes are in the same vein as texts like this one. So is the game "Never Have I Ever." People want to tell you the truth about themselves. But they want you to ask first.

chello goodmorning
=p
from a 661 phone number, Saturday, August 30, 1:12 PM

Look, I recognize that "ch" is a sound, but that doesn't mean you can replace any "h" sound with it. Challah, Channukah, great. But "chello"? It's like how my co-worker Lisa says "chumus" instead of "humus." Chard to believe.