dirrty texts

text messaging is the wave of the future. i mean, it's like a portable computer equiped with instant email messaging! as long as you have a cell phone number you can instantly message someone from anywhere in the world.

when kate was in new york, i without a computer found it incredibly convenient to talk with her through the wonderful world of text messaging.

some may argue that it's a tad slow having to type on a litlte phone instead of a key board (unless you have kate's crazy lil' phone that's keyboark inclusive!!) but it's totally convenient if you don't actually want to particularly talk with the person to whom you're sending the message. you can just send a quick 'hello' and that's about it.

also for those of you who don't have voice mail on their phones, ahem eener, text messaging allows you to actually leave them a 'virtual message' to ensure that what you wanted to tell them gets through.

HOWEVER, text messaging is not always as clear as an email or a REAL phone call. case in point: i received a text yesterday from 'craig'. i immediately hoped it was my crush craig, who i met through renee ages ago, and drunkenly one night called up to invite him out to the bar with us. (thus allowing him to see my cell phone number...) but when i text him back, it turns out that the 'craig' in question wasn't my crush at all...but another craig, a former flame who i inadvertantly ran into a few weeks ago (and didn't even remember seeing). so even though i was somewhat 'forced' into a conversation with THIS craig...it was kinda nice!

so text messaging wins again!! although in the former case, a phone call would have prevented any confusion as to the mysterious identity of 'craig'.

but don't worry text messaging, i'm still on your side!