text messaging maddness

text messaging, it seems so convenient . . . let me show you some messages back and forth from a friend of mine and me as we tried to make plans on what to do yesterday.

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her: "jodi! whats goin on 2nite?"

me: "whatever u want"

her: "uh oh... this again. hehe. i dont reall care, but i cant c clerks w/o ben"

me: "i noticed, i'm down for anything"

her: "k, what time do u get off work?"

me: "5"

her: "so we have some time 2 think about it"

me: "yea, where do u wanna meet?"

her: "umm... doesn't matter 2 me. depends on what we r gonna do"

me: "haha, were not getting anywhere"

her: "i know, whats new"

me: "haha"

her: "im down 2 go 2 the mall or a movie or out 2 eat or 2 just kick it"

[in an effort to speed up the process i sent her an email with movie times]

me: "u have e-mail"

her: "?"

me: "i sent u an email, read it"

her: "k, do i need 2 read it right now?"

me: 'b4 2nite, pick a movie, ill meet u at ur house after work"

her: "k sounds good, good job on making a decision! :)"

me: "thanx"

her: "hehe"

[later that day]

her: "i dont c an email from u"

me: "try it now"

her: "k"

her: "got it, thnx, nething u wanna c?"

me: "click, super ex, u me & dupree"

her: "click or u me & dupree sound good"

me: "k"

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this whole massaging back and forth started around 11:00 am and completed somewhere around 3ish. i think its absolutely crazy that it took that long to make such a stupid decision. when i simple phone call would have taken like 5 minutes TOPS. plus, with like 5 cents a message it cost me about $0.65.

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we saw click by the way, went to togos and the mall. click was pretty funny with a little but of come crude humor, but funny none the less. it reminded me a LOT of it's a wonderful life. does anyone else find text messaging just kinda crazy? while i was in the middle of typing a messgae one of the CPAs in my office walked by and told me to write the message, take a picture and send it to her. come to think of it, that might have been easier.