Notes
on Txt Msgs
Okay—if
I include a smiley, it’s too obvious.
If
I follow OK with a period, might
as well use K: same effect.
you hit a nerve
but I still have
decency to text.
How’s
your day?
Conversation starter,
might
be genuine concern, notoriously curious, or lacking imagination.
A
random, I
bought a llama this weekend, elicits a response
I
have yet to find.
Where
are you?
I’m right where you want me to be.
Check the time,
If
past midnight, have some dignity. If it’s day, you must be running late.
Did
you get my text?
The sender wants to be rejected
appropriately.
Still up? translates to are you bored like me?
Let’s
hang out
needs a whole chapter for meaning—usually done with a friend,
can
be one in a million things, i.e. go drinking, read poetry, discuss anatomy,
unlock
conspiracies, hold hands, make-out,
have
mind-blowing sex—after all, you’re only
friends.
LOL
should
be LOLR, Lack of Livelier
Reply. I see… profundity.
Maybe
tomorrow? I don’t want to seem eager but I’m
secretly
counting the
minutes until we meet. What
are you doing?
I’m not doing
anything that’s why I’m asking.
If
you get [no
reply],
possible reasons: network lag, empty battery,
still
on pre-paid, riding a plane, amnesia, sleeping, but most probably—snubbing.
[
prolonged absence of texts] non-sender needs space, offer the galaxy.
?!@#$%^&* as good as fuck, or shit, if you
like.
[blank
message]
honest mistake or wait for succeeding drunk messages.
I’m
here,
you’re late. See
you later
is
indefinite.
Later can take
forever.
:( use sparingly :)