Wednesday, May 28, 2008

UCLA loves you

@lb3rt

from a 323 phone number, Tuesday, May 27 10:16 PM

I WISH this were for me. Nothing melts my heart like l33t.
Hi leila its me avia i miss u soo much and i love u. I gotta go to bed ow so goodnight. p.s. How come u never email me anymore? haha jk
from an 845 phone number, Tuesday, May 27, 9:46 PM

Why do prepubescent girls think that, if you say something mean, you can make it okay by saying "just kidding"? "How come u never email me anymore? haha jk"? Avia, come on, you still accused Leila of never emailing you, "jk" or not.

Also, have you noticed that text messages from 12-year-olds read eerily like drunken ramblings? "i miss u soo much and i love u." Just saying.

Oh and leila its avia again. I have an aim screenname. It is YoHomiezItsAvia. Goodnight luv u sooooooo much.
from an 845 phone number, Tuesday, May 27, 9:48 PM

bwahahahahaha. Sorry, can you say your screenname again? "Yo Homiez It's..." Sorry, one more time? I didn't quite catch that.
R we suposd to write long explanations for every event for findleys project?
from an 831 phone number, Tuesday, May 27, 7:10 PM

This is an excellent use of texting technology. 831 doesn't want to call Leila, because then they will inevitably get involved in a long conversation ("How are you?" "Pretty good, you?" "Yeah, we just ate dinner." "That's cool." etc.), and 831 does not have time for that. 831 wants to focus on her homework. Yet she needs homework assignment advice from Leila. So what does she do? Text message! Brilliant! THIS is why the technology exists, you know, not so that people can duplicate message me "they look horrible" over and over again.
when r u coming home
from a 404 phone number, Tuesday, May 27, 6:32 PM

soon? plz? i am so lonely without u
Cierra wants to know what you're up to tonight. We're going to the movies later if you wanna come. <3
~tischa~

from an 814 phone number, Tuesday, May 27, 3:15 PM

Depends what you're going to see, really. I don't want to go to see any movie in the world, just because you and Cierra will be there. We'd just be sitting silently in the dark for two hours, so it had better be something I would enjoy.
Sry missed ur call, meet me at GCT, 6pm. See ya!
from a 914 phone number, Monday, May 26, 11:13 AM

Options according to Acronym Finder include "Giant Cell Tumor," "Global Communication Technology," "Ground Cavalry Troop," and "Grand Central Terminal." Probably 914 means that last one, though it would be more amusing if she meant one of the others.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

by the way scratch that last text...i went shoppin instead
from a 763 phone number, Saturday, May 24, 4:04 PM

I was hoping this text would be from the same girl who just texted about her period. Like, "Remember when I said I couldn't meet you because I was lying here, crippled, while my sis went to get my medicine? Well, scratch that. I went shopping."

Alas, that was just a story that I made up in my head, and not actually true.
hey sorry! i just started my period n my sis just left to get my medicine...i dont think ill make it up
from a 301 phone number, Saturday, May 24, 3:17 PM

Speaking here as a woman, I think it's weird that 301 has personalized period-medicine. She doesn't say, "My sis just left to get Mydol"; no, she says, "My sis just left to get my medicine" (emphasis mine). 301 must have one hardcore period, as what I take away here is:

1. she has specialized medicine just for her.
2. she can't even make it to the drugstore; someone else has to do that for her.
3. she can't make it to meet Leila, either.

It sounds downright debilitating! I don't envy her.
Leila?
from a 408 phone number, Sunday, May 25, 6:46 PM

Well, yes, my name is Leila, if that's what you're asking...
im reduced to eating jamacia ginger cake with a spoon in despair
from a 650 phone number, Sunday, May 25, 4:05 PM

I don't know what Jamaica ginger cake is, but I don't care. I want to be friends with this person anyway.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

they look horrible
from a 951 phone number, Sunday, May 25, 7:02 AM

See, this is what I mean. Why do I keep getting this text? What does "Duplicate message" mean? Do you think this is a really important message that NEEDS to get to me, and Fate is going to keep sending it my way until I heed it? Because, honestly I'm not sure how to heed this one.
they look horrible
from a 951 phone number, Friday, May 23, 2:39 AM

For some reason, I kept getting this text message throughout Friday morning. My phone would buzz, and it would say "Duplicate Message," and then it would be this damn thing agin. Does that ever happen to anyone else? I don't know it's because 951 kept hitting 'send' or what.

Anyway, my phone's periodic buzzing annoyed me, so at some point I said, "God, my phone's acting so weird today." And my co-worker was like, "Sorry, you can tell? Isn't your phone acting so weird EVERY DAY, Leila?"
What are you doing
from a 407 phone number, Thursday, May 22, 7:35 PM

The problem with "what are you doing" texts is that they contribute nothing, and expect Leila to contribute everything. 407 offers no information here. It's not, "I'm cooking dinner. What are you doing?" In which case Leila could reply, say, "I already ate, and now I'm watching TV. What are you cooking?" A boring conversation, to be sure. But a conversation nonetheless.

Just asking the question, though, is akin to saying, "I want you you to tell me something interesting, but I don't want to go through the effort of saying something interesting, myself." Unacceptable.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

& got the nerves 2b smacking like Angie! I can't even concentrate on the movie n e more
from a 314 phone number, Sunday, May 18, 6:39 PM

Back n the movie
from a 314 phone number, Sunday, May 18, 6:55 PM

Honestly, you can't be concentrating on the movie ALL that hard if you still have attention left over to text Leila to tell her you're back in the movie.

Also: "Smacking like Angie"? I assume that doesn't mean "doing heroin."
P FYI-Bea called 12:30 am to say her sister had passed away. fortunately Bea decided to go see her just a couple hours earlier and said her goodbyes.
from a 410 phone number, Sunday, May 18, 12:33 PM

Oh, this is so sad. This is way sadder than the guy who was just throwing up. I wonder what 410's relationship is to Bea. I wonder what Bea's relationship is to Leila.

I did text back 410 so she wouldn't be wondering, like, "Why hasn't Leila responded? Doesn't she care about Bea's sister?"
Sorry ynu caught me at a bad moment dad and i had a bad moment right before u called
from a 201 phone number, Saturday, May 17, 6:52 PM

Weird repetition of the phrase "bad moment" here. Wouldn't you say "dad and i had a fight"?

Anyway, this reminds me of the time I called my best friend Alli's house phone, and her dad picked up and told me to call back later. So immediately thereafter I called her cell phone, and Alli picked it up and was like, "Seriously, my parents and I are having a fight. Stop calling me." This happened like five years ago but I still haven't lived it down.
ugh..i feel so sick dude..i threw up like twice already i would go with u guys but i cant be rude...=(i honestly feel like passing out
from an 818 phone number, Saturday, May 17, 6:41 PM

Oh, poor 818. I hate being sick. I actually have a cold right now-- which obviously is nowhere near as bad as throwing up-- but I totally get how much it sucks to be sick. Especially when you have to bow out of your friends' plans. Hate it.
good luck leila
from a 330 phone number, Saturday, May 17, 10:52 AM

Thanks! Some people are such sweethearts.
Love u DORK! Now ur on the clock! In 9 minutes somethin will make u happy but u have to send this to 10 dorks. Hopefully im one.
from a 419 phone number, Friday, May 16, 11:56 AM

The problem is, since 419 doesn't establish what this happy-making thing could be, it's really impossible to prove this claim wrong. Imagine if you spend all that time forwarding this text to ten dorks, and then in nine minutes, like, your dad tells you that lunch is ready. Now, lunch being ready definitely counts as "somethin [that] will make u happy"... but was it really worth the effort?
Hey
[BLOODSHOT]

from a 316 phone number, Friday, May 16, 1:44 AM

Is [BLOODSHOT] 316's nickname? That's a pretty hardcore nickname. That'd be a good name for a metal band. Brackets and everything.