Sunday, July 13, 2008

are you there
*hannah*

from an 812 phone number, Saturday, July 12, 1:53 PM

no
*leila*

Thursday, July 10, 2008

oh my lordy...seamus kissed me!
from a 703 phone number, Thursday, July 10, 9:02 PM

man, im so excited! im literally sitting her shoving down cheesecake in an attempt to stifle my joy.
from a 703 phone number, Thursday, July 10, 9:33 PM

This is probably the most exciting news I've ever heard. Or, to be more accurate, if I were the Intended Leila, this would probably be the most exciting news I would have ever heard.

I wonder for how long this 703/Seamus hook-up was in the works. Had they been flirting for weeks? Months? Years? Had Leila been saying for ages that they would totally someday get together, or will Leila be stunned by this turn of events? Why are kisses so fun?

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

are you still having bonfire tonight?
shay shay

from a 313 phone number, Tuesday, July 8, 8:18 PM

Some Leilas are so cool. Like this one, who's apparently hosting a bonfire party. I want to host a bonfire party. Hell, I would settle for just being invited to a bonfire party.

While in California, we went to Huntington Beach, which my guidebook promised was "the place to go" for beach bonfires. I couldn't verify this claim. If there were beach bonfires going down, no one invited me.
Ha ha luke is such a fat ass. If just ate 2 fluff and peanutbutter sandwiches with 2 sides of chips... I'm full after 1.
from a 630 phone number, Tuesday, July 8, 12:22 PM

First of all, 630, they're called "fluffernutters," not "fluff and peanutbutter sandwiches." Second of all, everyone else, when is the last time you ate a fluffernutter? Let alone TWO fluffernutters! Were you in elementary school?

(Actually, the last time I ate a fluffernutter was like three weeks ago. It was at Peanut Butter and Co., which is this restaurant that could exist nowhere but Manhattan, where you pay upwards of $7 for peanut butter sandwiches. Sure, the peanut butter's better than the Skippy that you buy at the supermarket, but really you'll paying for the nostalgia.)
love u
glad u got to visit
laura

from a 404 phone number, Monday, July 7, 8:24 PM

Coincidentally, I just came home from California, where I got to visit my friend Laura. But I know that this text is a real Leila Text, and is not from MY Laura. Not least because MY Laura doesn't use "u" as a word.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

So what are we doin
from a 339 phone number, Sunday, July 6, 10:39 AM

Well, now, I don't know, 339. I am cleaning my room and finishing baking brownies. We could be doing any number of things. What are we doin? You tell me.
Wanna hit waterpk sun?
from an 808 phone number, Friday, July 4, 7:10 PM

I just spent like eight minutes googling "waterpark sun," as though that were the full name of an amusement park resort, before I realized that 808 actually means "Wanna hit waterpark on Sunday." So I don't know which waterpark she means, but presumably one in Hawaii.

Friday, July 4, 2008

are you coming to tio ito's game today
*RiTa_PiTa*

from a 951 phone number, Friday, July 4, 1:20 PM

Why does this chick sometimes go by *RiTa_PiTa* and sometimes go by *RiTa_cAtAnO*? If I weren't paying such close attention, I might mistake them for two separate people, both of whom have an eerie fondness for alternating lowercase and capital letters.
i love you i hope you know that
from a 724 phone number, Thursday, July 3, 5:53 PM

Yes, I do know that, thank you, 724. It must have been the two other "i love you" texts this week, but somehow that message has really sunk in.

Leilas = the most loved people in the country? T/F?

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Quique B Day
from a 352 phone number, Tuesday, July 1, 6:25 PM

Hola Dios los bendiga te enbie el dinero de avon call me Luv u mom
from a 352 phone number, Wednesday, July 2, 6:54 PM

Rather than rely on my high school level Spanish, I have turned to Babelfish for help. Unfortunately, Babelfish is not so great at translating misspelled Spanglish. It had no translation for the "Quique" text, and was only slightly more useful for the second one, interpreting it as "Hello it blesses them to God sends the money to you of avon call me Luv u mom." I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that's not what Leila's mom intended to say.
Did you remember your clothes?
from a 580 phone number, Monday, June 30, 9:36 PM

Oh riiiiiiight, I knew there was something I forgot. Wearing clothes. Good one.
i love u
from a 502 phone number, Monday, June 30, 11:49 AM

i love you
from a 704 phone number, Monday, June 30, 4:12 PM

OMG, how weird is it that I got two texts on the same day that expressed that exact same sentiment, but they are from two different people, addressed to two different Leilas, none of whom (presumably) know one another? That's pretty cool, right? Leilas cultivate love.
IF U OPEN THiS.. YOU'LL HAVE THE BEST RELATiONSHiP EVER BY THE MiDDLE OF JULY..iF U DNT 4WARD THiS TO 10 people u will hav bad luck
-%*Lil_LOV3R*%-

from a 719 phone number, Sunday, June 29, 6:41 PM

YES. I cannot WAIT to have the best relationship ever! This gives me only two short weeks, but I know it will happen--text messages NEVER LIE!

I would, however, like to know why -%*Lil_LOV3R*%- never uses capital "i"s. Is this a stylistic choice, like e. e. cummings, or is her phone just missing that character?
Am not finding deposits in qb what am i doing wrong txs - ! Ginger
from a 516 phone number, Saturday, June 28, 6:03 PM

I assume Ginger doesn't mean "quarterback," but I don't know what type of deposits she's looking for. Calcium deposits? Rent deposits? Context is everything.
R u going 2 heritage fest 2day
from a 630 phone number, Saturday, June 28, 12:31 PM

Most likely this heritage festival in Downers Grove. The dates are right, as is the zip code (630 is for Chicago suburbs).

Unfortunately, I cannot determine from this charming local news story exactly what heritage Downers Grove is celebrating. African American? Hispanic American? Irish American? Downers Grove American? If you attended this particular festival, please enlighten me.
hey did u get this message
from a 352 phone number, Friday, June 27, 9:04 PM

No. Or, like, I did. Leila did not.
FWD: Squeeeeeeeeze!! You've been given a hug. I WANT ONE BACK! If u get 3 ur cute..6 ur hott.. 9ur sexy.. START HUGGIN!
from a 612 phone number, Friday, June 27, 10:46 AM

At this point, I think I have received this text from so many different strangers that I am now beyond "cute" and into "hott." Let's hope 13-year-olds grow tired of this forward before I move into the realm of "sexy."
The creepy message
from an 847 phone number, Thursday, June 26, 11:52 AM

Where is the creepy message? What is the creepy message? This particular message is not creepy in and of itself; at least. it's no creepier than any other message from a stranger to a Leila.
hello wat are you doing
*RiTa_cAtAnO*

from a 951 phone number, Wednesday, June 25, 7:20 PM

Still this girl, who still does not know/care how to spell "what."
I can't believe I didn't get the job! Great, now I'm depressed...
from a 407 phone number, Wednesday, June 25, 2:42 AM

Did you know you can send a text message as "urgent"? I didn't know that either, until I received this one. It had a little bullet next to it, and when I opened it, it said, in red letters at the top, "URGENT MESSAGE." It's like putting one of those red exclamation points on an email.

No disrespect to 407, but I have to say, out of all the misdirected texts I receive, this one does not seem to be among the most urgent. I'm not sure why it is the only one to date to get that distinction.

Also, 407, if you can figure out how to mark a text as "urgent"-- which can't be that easy, since I don't know how to do it-- then why can't you also figure out how to text the correct Leila?