Friday, January 2, 2009

r u sad or happy today ?
from a 908 phone number, Friday, January 2, 11:27 AM

More happy than sad, but always something of a mixture of the two. Could you place these two extremes along a Likert scale for me, please, so that I may answer more accurately?
dont forget to get the chicken breast and the times for me please
from a 917 phone number, Friday, January 2, 10:08 AM

I respect this as a shopping list. A chicken breast and the NYTimes are really tops above my standard shopping list, which includes items like, "Oreos and those little paper umbrellas you stick in mixed drinks."
do u lyk me
from a 484 phone number, Thursday, January 1, 1:52 AM

Since the phrase "I love you" has been rendered practically meaningless, I might tell 484 that I not only lyk her, but I even LOVE her. It's a new year and I'm feeling magnanimous.
How many cheeseburgers did you eat?
from a 781 phone number, Wednesday, December 31, 4:01 PM

None. I am a vegetarian. But WHAT UP, 781! Represent, though not my own hometown, at least the hometown of my best friend and the town where my mother's office is located. 781, yeah!
is my life i love you leila you are amaziingggg....im so happy that you are my sister its the best thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!
from a 973 phone number, Tuesday, December 30, 2:39 PM

So sad this didn't reach its Intended Leila. This would have made her day way more than 443's "end of 2008 best mom award."
hey i am getting a facebook but i have to wait till after i get back from my vacation
from a 323 phone number, Saturday, December 27, 8:07 PM

How do you not ALREADY have a facebook account? Do you live in 2002 or something? Even my FATHER now has facebook. Here is a piece I wrote about facebook literally four-and-a-half years ago. Get with the program.
FWD: cari said tuesday works for her we thought mayb get subway and have picnic at park?
from a 714 phone number, Saturday, December 27, 6:13 PM

That sounds lovely, and I love picnics. But where do you live, 714, that it's warm enough for a picnic? It's like 16 degrees here. If you forced me to sit outside and eat a Subway sandwich in this weather, it might constitute torture.
but anyway what are you doing for new years?
from a 484 phone number, Thursday, December 25, 8:31 PM

Fwd:Fwd: Fwd: FWD: You have been hit with the end of 2008 best mom award. You must send to ten moms and make their day, including me if u agree!
'GOD IS'

from a 443 phone number, Monday, December 29, 7:52 PM

If that's all it takes, then it's just too easy to make a mom's day.

FWD:Luck for 2009, You have 30 min to tell 10 people 'I love you' including me or 2009 will be your worst year so I LOVE YOU go.
-sorry I don't like the

from a 719 phone number, Tuesday, December 30, 7:28 PM

But what if Leila DOESN'T love 719? Is it fair to doom Leila to the worst year because because she likes 719 a lot but does not actually LOVE her? Do we feel like the phrase "I love you" is really losing its power and specialness nowadays?

happy new year! i'm at work until fri. how are you? miss you :)
from a 510 phone number, Wednesday, December 31, 1:16 PM

Happy new year & Merry christmas
from a 757 phone number, Wednesday, December 31, 2:15 PM

A little belated on the "Merry christmas" part, but thanks anyway for your well wishes.

Happy and Healthy New Year to my running buddies...I am grateful for all of you...miss running...hopefully we can run on Friday...
from a 609 phone number, Wednesday, December 31, 6:11 PM

Running, to me, does not seem like one of those things that you "miss" or "hope" you will do. It's not like skiing or bungee jumping. If you want to do it so bad, just strap on a pair of shoes, step outside, and go. (I am not an athlete.)

FWD: I just deposited love & blessings in your account for 2009. Your pin # is J.e.s.u.s. Now make a deposit in someone elses account
from a 917 phone number, Wednesday, December 31, 7:04 PM

Your PIN number is Jesus? I'm sorry. Was this included in the Bible?

Happy New Year!... Love, Avideh
from a 714 phone number, Wednesday, December 31, 8:05 PM

FWD: This is the last day in 2008 & I refuse 2 let the year end w/out sayin I love u... I LOVE YOU!! Send to everyone you love.
from a 504 phone number, Wednesday, December 31, 8:45 PM

Relatively speaking, I like this forward because it doesn't threaten me with "the worst year" or ugliness or anything if I fail to send it on.

Happy new year
from a 908 phone number, Thursday, January 1, 6:19 PM
hey srry i didnt say anything for a while i had to clean the stairs cuz my puppies made a big mess
from a 973 phone number, Saturday, December 27, 4:26 PM

I'm having an odd combined response of "aww" and "eww" right now.
okay my mom still wants to take it in. and she alreayd made the appointment for the windshield...so i have to get the car tonight or tomorrow morning bef
from a 574 phone number, Saturday, December 27, 8:59 AM

Pshh MOMS. Such worriers. It was just a little car crash, Mom! Don't freak out!
Okay, phew, I'm back. And just in time, since my phone's inbox, with a capacity of 100 text messages, has reached a dangerously high 96 text messages. And that's with me deleting half the ones I received this past week. The holidays are a big time for texting.

With that said, let's travel back nine days to Christmas...

Merry Christmas all the best Marci a Honzi.
from a 718 phone number, Wednesday, December 24, 2:04 PM

:Dear Santa all i want 4 christmaz this year is 2 let everyone readin this know that i hope they have a merry christmaz! Send this 2 all ur friends!
from a 719 phone number, Wednesday, December 24, 9:24 PM

Such a simple request from Santa. Truly a sign of a less material time.

mele kalikimaka!!! haha hope you have a gud one.
.:cheryl:.

from an 803 phone number, Thursday December 25, 2:58 AM

A Hawaiian Christmas song. I continue on the long road to multi-language fluency.

merry christmas
from a 912 phone number, Thursday, December 25, 9:02 AM

merry christmasa1 what dud you guys get? i got an ipod nano
from a 323 phone number, Thursday, December 25, 1:08 PM

iPod nanos have overtaken religion as the True Meaning of Christmas.

by the way, i sent leila a txt but i dont think she nos my #, but let her no i said merry xmas and thank her for the gifts. ahaha thanks
from a 714 phone number, Thursday, December 25, 2:21 PM

I'm not sure how the technology on this works, but yeah. Merry xmas.

If u buy me more stuff then u have now then i'll buy u stuff.
from a 209 phone number, Friday, December 26, 1:41 PM

If everyone abided by this practice, then there would be a much better balance in gift-giving, and none of us would wind up in those awkward situations where one of our friends boughts us an iPod nano while we bought them like a nice pair of white cotton socks.

hi, im working. i miss you! can you text me pics of your cute baby? did you have a good christmas?
from a 510 phone number, Friday, December 26, 2:20 PM

FWD: Squeeeeeeeeeeze! U've just been given a christmas hug. I WANT ONE BACK! If u get 3 ur cute, 6 ur loved, 9 ur hot, 0 ur a jerk.>Sweet as pie<
from 404 phone number, Saturday, December 27, 11:41 AM

I've gotten this forward a whole bunch of times before (which I guess means I am loved, or possibly even hot), but it's never had the "Christmas" modifier before. Usually it's just a non-denominational hug. Text forwards change with the times.