FWD: -No matter where life takes us promise we'll always be friends send to ten great friends including me=)
from a 925 phone number, Thursday, August 23, 4:46 PM
This particular chain text seems considerably less instructive than the "HIV needles in gas pumps" chain text I received last week. Heartwarming, perhaps; instructive, certainly not. Doesn't this person know that "instructive" is the new gold standard in text messaging? She really ought to follow the "Tom brady had a boy" model.
Going back to that one, by the way... I am so excited to now have that piece of knowledge, without having had to exert any effort to obtain it. I intend to make a lot of casual conversation about it. "So, did you hear that Tom Brady just had a boy?" I will not make casual conversation like, "So, did you hear that no matter where life takes us promise we'll always be friends?"
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tom brady had a boy
from a 408 phone number, Wednesday, August 22, 7:33 PM
I just looked it up on Yahoo!News, and this is, in fact, true: Tom Brady did have a boy. See how useful the Leila Texts can be? If only more people would text facts to one another, instead of cryptic party invitations (c.f. the "party @ masons" text and the "partyy at marks" text). I would become a whole lot smarter as a result.
from a 408 phone number, Wednesday, August 22, 7:33 PM
I just looked it up on Yahoo!News, and this is, in fact, true: Tom Brady did have a boy. See how useful the Leila Texts can be? If only more people would text facts to one another, instead of cryptic party invitations (c.f. the "party @ masons" text and the "partyy at marks" text). I would become a whole lot smarter as a result.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Hi leila love you!
aly----@hotmail.com
allarie e-mail adress.
from an 845 phone number, Monday, August 20, 4:09 PM
The actual text includes a full email address, of course, but I've removed it here to protect the sender's privacy (as much as I can, given that I'm posting her private correspondence to the entire Internet).
It often baffles me the places where people do and do not exert effort to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. For example: putting the hyphen in "e-mail"? That seems pretty hard. It takes at least a couple extra keystrokes. And it's not like Leila wouldn't have known what Aly was talking about had Aly just written "email." So the hyphen wasn't for clarity, or for speed. What was it for? These are the sort of linguistic questions that I grapple with daily.
P.S. Aly-- I love you too. (Possibly.)
aly----@hotmail.com
allarie e-mail adress.
from an 845 phone number, Monday, August 20, 4:09 PM
The actual text includes a full email address, of course, but I've removed it here to protect the sender's privacy (as much as I can, given that I'm posting her private correspondence to the entire Internet).
It often baffles me the places where people do and do not exert effort to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. For example: putting the hyphen in "e-mail"? That seems pretty hard. It takes at least a couple extra keystrokes. And it's not like Leila wouldn't have known what Aly was talking about had Aly just written "email." So the hyphen wasn't for clarity, or for speed. What was it for? These are the sort of linguistic questions that I grapple with daily.
P.S. Aly-- I love you too. (Possibly.)
Monday, August 20, 2007
heyy partyy at marks on wed. from 5 to 10...be there or be square!
from a 631 phone number, Monday, August 20, 9:56 PM
I often receive texted invitations to events that I cannot attend (mostly because I don't know where they are being held, or who invited me). It's sad, because it's like I'm very popular... only not really.
Also, as a side note: I find it odd that both "hey" and "party" are spelled with two 'y's at the end. Either would make sense-- "heyy" sounds debonair, and "partyy" sounds like a badass shindig-- but one immediately following the other reads as a little awkward. Not that it matters to me; I'd still love to go to Mark's party on Wednesday. If I knew who Mark was.
from a 631 phone number, Monday, August 20, 9:56 PM
I often receive texted invitations to events that I cannot attend (mostly because I don't know where they are being held, or who invited me). It's sad, because it's like I'm very popular... only not really.
Also, as a side note: I find it odd that both "hey" and "party" are spelled with two 'y's at the end. Either would make sense-- "heyy" sounds debonair, and "partyy" sounds like a badass shindig-- but one immediately following the other reads as a little awkward. Not that it matters to me; I'd still love to go to Mark's party on Wednesday. If I knew who Mark was.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Allie says hi
from a 413 phone number, Sunday, August 19, 7:39 PM
I actually know people from the 413 area code (it's the Berkshires), many of whom would send me texts similar to this one. So theoretically this message could be intended for me, and not another Leila. Only I don't know anyone who spells her name "Allie." So this could be someone I know in the Berkshires, texting me to say that someone I don't know named Allie says hi.
Most likely, though, it's someone I don't know in the Berkshires, texting a Leila that I don't know, to say that Allie (whom I don't know) says hi. So this is not actually my concern at all.
from a 413 phone number, Sunday, August 19, 7:39 PM
I actually know people from the 413 area code (it's the Berkshires), many of whom would send me texts similar to this one. So theoretically this message could be intended for me, and not another Leila. Only I don't know anyone who spells her name "Allie." So this could be someone I know in the Berkshires, texting me to say that someone I don't know named Allie says hi.
Most likely, though, it's someone I don't know in the Berkshires, texting a Leila that I don't know, to say that Allie (whom I don't know) says hi. So this is not actually my concern at all.
park ey did you ever take a music class in college
from a 714 phone number, Sunday, August 19, 5:57 PM
The difficult thing about predictive texting is that it really could be anything. "ey" is obviously not a word. But had s/he typed a 4 after it, it would have turned into "fyi." Not that "park fyi did you ever take a music class in college" makes sense, either. Maybe s/he just put the space after the wrong letter, and it was supposed to be "par key." At least keys have something to do with music.
I haven't yet made sense out of this text, but I have raised an important point, which is that mis-typed predictive texts are not as straight-forward as you might assume.
And to answer your question, 714: Yes. I did take a music class in college.
from a 714 phone number, Sunday, August 19, 5:57 PM
The difficult thing about predictive texting is that it really could be anything. "ey" is obviously not a word. But had s/he typed a 4 after it, it would have turned into "fyi." Not that "park fyi did you ever take a music class in college" makes sense, either. Maybe s/he just put the space after the wrong letter, and it was supposed to be "par key." At least keys have something to do with music.
I haven't yet made sense out of this text, but I have raised an important point, which is that mis-typed predictive texts are not as straight-forward as you might assume.
And to answer your question, 714: Yes. I did take a music class in college.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
quick question how do you get your ankles so high above your head
from a 785 phone number, Friday, August 17, 9:25 PM
This is a different phone number, obviously, from the 713 booty text that I posted a few days ago, the one that asked some Leila, "a hoe," if she was busy. But I'd like to believe that both the 785 person and the 713 person were trying to reach the same Leila. 785 is in Kansas and 713 is in Texas, which would make this one Leila pretty nationally renowned for her sexual prowess and availability.
I guess it's more likely that they're two separate Leilas, that there's one Leila in Texas who's "a hoe," and one Leila in Kansas who can get her ankles really high above her head. Also, there's a Leila in New York who receives a surprising number of misdirected risque text messages, but as for that, well... whatever.
from a 785 phone number, Friday, August 17, 9:25 PM
This is a different phone number, obviously, from the 713 booty text that I posted a few days ago, the one that asked some Leila, "a hoe," if she was busy. But I'd like to believe that both the 785 person and the 713 person were trying to reach the same Leila. 785 is in Kansas and 713 is in Texas, which would make this one Leila pretty nationally renowned for her sexual prowess and availability.
I guess it's more likely that they're two separate Leilas, that there's one Leila in Texas who's "a hoe," and one Leila in Kansas who can get her ankles really high above her head. Also, there's a Leila in New York who receives a surprising number of misdirected risque text messages, but as for that, well... whatever.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Be careful when u go get gas people are putting HIV+ needles under the handles, supposed to be on the news,forward this to everybody you know!
from a 916 phone number, Thursday, August 16, 5:20 PM
Sometimes a little beauty like this falls into my cell phone and then I have to thank God for the Leila Texts, because otherwise how would I become aware of breaking news stories like this one? And thank God I have a blog, because otherwise how would I ever be able to share such nuggets with you?
from a 916 phone number, Thursday, August 16, 5:20 PM
Sometimes a little beauty like this falls into my cell phone and then I have to thank God for the Leila Texts, because otherwise how would I become aware of breaking news stories like this one? And thank God I have a blog, because otherwise how would I ever be able to share such nuggets with you?
15/16/17/and 18 year olds that i don't even know uu know? and plus idk if evan could go yet because hes camping right now and(ugh i hate my parents for
from a 626 area code, Thursday, August 16, 12:46 AM
This text woke me up last night. I didn't understand it when I tried to read it then and assumed that was because I was asleep, but I'm awake now, and still I don't understand it.
Maybe she's only like 14 years old and she isn't sure if she wants to go do this thing because there will be so many older kids there? But why enumerate each of their ages ("15/16/17/and 18 year olds")? That's a lot of detail.
You definitely get the impression, though, that it's not worth going to this thing without Evan. He's probably her boyfriend. They're probably inseparable. Each day that he's away camping is like a bullet through her heart.
I wonder what her parents did this time. Something supremely awful, for sure.
from a 626 area code, Thursday, August 16, 12:46 AM
This text woke me up last night. I didn't understand it when I tried to read it then and assumed that was because I was asleep, but I'm awake now, and still I don't understand it.
Maybe she's only like 14 years old and she isn't sure if she wants to go do this thing because there will be so many older kids there? But why enumerate each of their ages ("15/16/17/and 18 year olds")? That's a lot of detail.
You definitely get the impression, though, that it's not worth going to this thing without Evan. He's probably her boyfriend. They're probably inseparable. Each day that he's away camping is like a bullet through her heart.
I wonder what her parents did this time. Something supremely awful, for sure.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Just made the bus we will discuss harry this week
from a 201 phone number, Friday, July 20, 3:47 PM
I enjoyed this text message because I received it a mere eight hours before I, too, purchased my Harry Potter #7. The idea that we all care so deeply about HP-- even those strangers living in the far-off 201 area code-- made me feel like I belong to an extraordinary community.
I'll use this as an excuse to quote Benedict Anderson's IMAGINED COMMUNITIES. He talks, as I do, about reading. (He's talking about newspapers, I'm talking about Harry Potter, but it makes no difference.) Anderson writes: "[Reading the daily paper] is performed in silent privacy, in the lair of the skull. Yet each communicant is well aware that the ceremony he performs is being replicated simultaneously by thousands (or millions) of others of whose existence he is confident, yet of whose identity he has not the slightest notion."
Which is the best summary I have ever heard of the experience of reading HP7 on the day it came out.
from a 201 phone number, Friday, July 20, 3:47 PM
I enjoyed this text message because I received it a mere eight hours before I, too, purchased my Harry Potter #7. The idea that we all care so deeply about HP-- even those strangers living in the far-off 201 area code-- made me feel like I belong to an extraordinary community.
I'll use this as an excuse to quote Benedict Anderson's IMAGINED COMMUNITIES. He talks, as I do, about reading. (He's talking about newspapers, I'm talking about Harry Potter, but it makes no difference.) Anderson writes: "[Reading the daily paper] is performed in silent privacy, in the lair of the skull. Yet each communicant is well aware that the ceremony he performs is being replicated simultaneously by thousands (or millions) of others of whose existence he is confident, yet of whose identity he has not the slightest notion."
Which is the best summary I have ever heard of the experience of reading HP7 on the day it came out.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Hi breeze...party @ masons house on sat...3 til ? ..its franks bday...please come by if ur free...
from a 562 phone number, Thursday, July 26, 6:52 PM
Thank you for your kind invitation, but I'm afraid I must decline as 1) I was busy and 2) I just looked it up, and 562 is in southern California, which seemed a far distance to travel just for Frank's birthday party. No offense to Frank, who is probably a charming young man.
from a 562 phone number, Thursday, July 26, 6:52 PM
Thank you for your kind invitation, but I'm afraid I must decline as 1) I was busy and 2) I just looked it up, and 562 is in southern California, which seemed a far distance to travel just for Frank's birthday party. No offense to Frank, who is probably a charming young man.
no way
from a 617 phone number, Monday, August 13, 11:39 PM
This reminds me to tell you: if you want to try out a Leila Text for yourself, you're definitely welcome to, but you need to indicate that your text really is intended FOR ME and not for some other Leila. I assumed this one was for me because it's from a 617 area code, but otherwise I wouldn't have replied. Like I mentioned, replying to the Leila Texts makes me seem creepy, so I generally avoid it.
from a 617 phone number, Monday, August 13, 11:39 PM
This reminds me to tell you: if you want to try out a Leila Text for yourself, you're definitely welcome to, but you need to indicate that your text really is intended FOR ME and not for some other Leila. I assumed this one was for me because it's from a 617 area code, but otherwise I wouldn't have replied. Like I mentioned, replying to the Leila Texts makes me seem creepy, so I generally avoid it.
R u goinmg to the poool today
from a 973 phone number, Tuesday, August 14, 3:13 PM
I sort of wish I had gone to the pool today, but sadly I was busy. Fortunately it wasn't so hot that I felt I NEEDED to go to the pool. I don't know how hot it was in the 973 area code (wherever that is). Pretty hot, I'd guess.
from a 973 phone number, Tuesday, August 14, 3:13 PM
I sort of wish I had gone to the pool today, but sadly I was busy. Fortunately it wasn't so hot that I felt I NEEDED to go to the pool. I don't know how hot it was in the 973 area code (wherever that is). Pretty hot, I'd guess.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Kari called me like 3 days ago..i totally forgot to tell u!
from a 510 phone number, Tuesday, July 31, 12:53 AM
I have no idea why this statement is significant. Had Leila been waiting for ages for Kari to call? Maybe Kari was out of the country, or in the hospital or something, and she's now reemerged back into society? I think Kari and Leila aren't all that close.
from a 510 phone number, Tuesday, July 31, 12:53 AM
I have no idea why this statement is significant. Had Leila been waiting for ages for Kari to call? Maybe Kari was out of the country, or in the hospital or something, and she's now reemerged back into society? I think Kari and Leila aren't all that close.
Hey! I started a garden today! I got my dirt,my seeds,and my water,all i need is a hoe. U BUSY?
from a 713 phone number, Monday, July 30, 11:05 PM
This is the first booty text I have ever received. I totally love it. I wonder what the real Leila would have done, if she had received this text like she was supposed to. Would she have been like, "Ew, you're so skeezy," or would she have been like, "YES I am so there!"? I wonder if this other Leila is a slut.
from a 713 phone number, Monday, July 30, 11:05 PM
This is the first booty text I have ever received. I totally love it. I wonder what the real Leila would have done, if she had received this text like she was supposed to. Would she have been like, "Ew, you're so skeezy," or would she have been like, "YES I am so there!"? I wonder if this other Leila is a slut.
in a way it was like she was threatening me to sign. i told her i was not going to sign and to call me to tell me what "things" she was talking about.
from a 281 phone number, Tuesday, July 31, 5:54 PM
This text is absolutely RIFE with drama. Who is "she"? What is she threatening you to sign? I kind of assume an apartment lease, but I have no basis for that assumption. And what "things" WAS she talking about??? I honest to God want to know.
from a 281 phone number, Tuesday, July 31, 5:54 PM
This text is absolutely RIFE with drama. Who is "she"? What is she threatening you to sign? I kind of assume an apartment lease, but I have no basis for that assumption. And what "things" WAS she talking about??? I honest to God want to know.
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