Wat about helena? did she respond?
from a 714 phone number, Saturday, January 29, 2:58 PM EST

Is helema coming?
from a 714 phone number, Saturday, January 29, 3:37 PM EST

I dont get why mr.yakel didnt give us the packet. btw why else r u trying to invite i can see whos on my contacts and send it 2 u.
from a 714 phone number, Saturday, January 29, 5:58 PM EST

You can invite me, but honestly I won't go if Helena's not going.

do you guys have the movie despicable me?
from a 619 phone number, Thursday, January 27, 12:48 PM EST

No. Should I? Would I like it?

we are out front leila. your mom is sending me crazy messages. I dont know what they mean
from a 608 phone number, Wednesday, January 26, 4:05 PM EST

"I suspect that your mother is schizophrenic. I'm not sure how to break this news to you."

I didnt get ur text :/
from a 541 phone number, Friday, January 28, 9:44 PM EST

Hi peeps
from a 541 phone number, Friday, January 28, 9:46 PM EST

can u?
from a 541 phone number, Friday, January 28, 9:47 PM EST

Can u spend the night?
from a 541 phone number, Friday, January 28, 9:53 PM EST

Ask or im asking for u:>
from a 541 phone number, Friday, January 28, 9:59 PM EST

Hello ask him
from a 541 phone number, Friday, January 28, 10:22 PM EST

Maby i can go and after spend the night?
from a 541 phone number, Saturday, January 29, 1:00 PM EST

NO. No I cannot spend the night at your godforsaken house, nor can you spend the night at mine. I SAID NO, 541, LEAVE ME ALONE.

hi this is molly
Peace love happiness
from an 832 phone number, Friday, January 28, 8:50 PM EST

See, 732? It's "Peace love happiness," not "Peace love Justin Bieber." Thank you, Molly, for demonstrating this.

sorry i have not been able to connect with u. if u need' I could come over and sit with finley one day early next week so u can do errands etc/
from a 646 phone number, Friday, January 28, 1:51 PM EST

i am sitting at hairdresser reading latesy time mag .. has article abouy ut concussions in ja 31 issue.in dr oz column on p. 52 it says fish oil can help
from a 646 phone number, Friday, January 28, 1:54 PM EST

I feel vaguely "used" here, like someone is "placing ads" in the Leila Texts, but I can't decide whether the ad-placer is Time Magazine, Dr. Oz, or the fish oil manufacturers.

Look at him stradle the chair! ewwwwww
from a 440 phone number, Friday, January 28, 9:25 AM EST

I just did a google image search for "guys straddling chairs" to see why this might look gross. I came up with one image below that looked fine. Everything else was basically taken from sex manuals.

Hey Leila, just got ur message. I would love to go! I'm scheduled to work that friday though, so I'll have to see if I can get a sub. Hows ur pla
from a 309 phone number, Thursday, January 27, 11:28 AM EST

Mines just getting black!
from a 309 phone number, Thursday, January 27, 11:28 AM EST

I wonder what 309 was asking Leila about. "How's your plant? Mine's just getting black!" "How's your plastic cutlery? Mine's just getting black!" Something?

barackman R u up its a snow day!
from a 917 phone number, Thursday, January 27, 7:18 AM EST

Cox SNOW DAY!!!
Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Thursday, January 27, 8:05 AM EST

On Thursday morning I woke up to these two text messages. What I did not wake up to was a similar message from, say, my employer. Grown-ups have no appreciation for snow days.

baRackmaN I hve 50 bucks in itunes and i just bought 9 new song wanna know what they r?
from a 917 phone number, Wednesday, January 26, 8:05 PM EST

Yes. I hope they're pop punk.

(: Are u gonna go to show offs?
from a 281 phone number, Tuesday, January 25, 9:12 PM EST

I have decided that the Shows Offs are a band that Leila might go to see. Maybe they are this band, which is from California and describes its sound as "pop punk." Of course you are, the Show Offs. Of course you are.

le abri el gate Leila le abri el gate
from a 909 phone number, Sunday, January 23, 11:18 PM EST

"I opened the gate, Leila, I opened the gate."

Except that "gate" in Spanish doesn't mean "gate" in English. So, that's a mystery.

Cox hey
Happy birthday me!
from 732 phone number, Sunday, January 30, 5:54 PM EST

"Hey, what's up. Just me, checkin' in. It's 5:54 in the afternoon on some day, I don't know, MY BIRTHDAY or whatever, and I hadn't heard from you yet, not even on facebook, so, you know, just wanted to say hey, in case there was anything you wanted to say back to me."

Lets go to the mall just u and me?
from a 775 phone number, Sunday, January 23, 8:08 PM EST

Leila has just been asked out on a DATE! A date to the MALL!

barackman Mirror
from a 917 phone number, Saturday, January 22, 7:18 PM EST

barackman Dont szay i didnt warn u.....i have a pocket knife
from a 917 phone number, Sunday, January 23, 5:08 PM EST

barackman At annabels house for jacksons birthday pArty so dont text as much as before
from a 917 phone number, Monday, January 24, 6:55 PM EST

I had felt like 917 and I were on pretty good terms, but now that she's threatening me with a pocket knife, well, I'm just not so sure.

cox i just got my new fone my number is 732-xxx-xxxx
Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Saturday, January 22, 3:53 PM EST

cox That was michala
Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Saturday, January 22, 3:55 PM EST

Cox hey u home yet?
Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Monday, January 24, 3:55 PM EST

Cox hey r u home yet? Its michala!
Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Tuesday, January 25, 3:48 PM EST

Cox hey whats upp? Just got out of dance...txt me!
Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Tuesday, January 25, 5:39 PM EST

Cox hey girlfrand whatss going on ? Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Tuesday, January 25, 6:13 PM EST

Cox Heyyyy whats upp?
Peace~love~justin bieber~
from a 732 phone number, Tuesday, January 25, 7:34 PM EST

These could be intended for this Leila Cox? Or maybe not... She doesn't really seem to be a Justin Bieber fan.

By the way, I had no idea that the words "unity, respect" had now been replaced by "Justin Bieber." A million ravers are turning in their graves.

Well I hope you are happy. Evan now has a tattoo. he sold the watch you bought him to pay for it. If only you had texted me when he called you. He is now
from a 608 phone number, Sunday, January 16, 9:04 PM EST

so now you dont even care about me?
from a 608 phone number, Sunday, January 16, 9:26 PM EST

why wont you respond to me??
from a 608 phone number, Sunday, January 16, 10:09 PM EST

I would like to go on record as saying that I do not for an instant believe these are real Leila Texts. In my four years of experience with strangers' texts, this just isn't how people communicate. That said, whoever this person is must really, really, want to get his/her words on this blog, so fine. Here you go.

Oh y do u suspect claire and wut did they say
SILENCE!I KILL U!
from a 909 phone number, Saturday, January 15, 7:47 PM EST

Why do you need details ? Lets juss say i gtg. Bye
from a 909 phone number, Saturday, January 15, 7:48 PM EST

This sounds like the plot of a detective movie. I can just picture 909 flipping down her sunglasses really fast and speeding away in her unmarked car immediately after sending these texts.

Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :-)
from a 503 phone number, Saturday, January 22, 11:11 AM EST

This appears to involve a sports team in some way.

Adam at golden globes?
from a 707 phone number, Sunday, January 16, 6:22 PM EST

Not to be a lame-o, but I totally missed the Golden Globes this year. Were it not for this text message, I don't think I would have even realized it was happening. Then I saw a headline on the cover of my roommate's Entertainment Weekly that said something along the lines of, "CONTROVERSY AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES." So perhaps something happened there while I wasn't paying attention. Or, more likely, EW wanted to sell more copies.