It's possible the chip on my shoulder is somehow also up my butt.

I am ita, only with less deadly pinkies. My 17 year old baby sitter cannot understand why I don't use text shortcuts. It takes me ages to type out my text messages.

It's making me consider a qwerty keyboard phone, too.

I am the uptightest ever on this front. I type every damned word out in a text, ignoring the character limit and my aching thumbs. I am more likely to write "ASAP" on the web and "as soon as possible" in a text message. Oh, and everything is properly capitalised too.

This is me and my friend Amy. Properly punctuated too. I also use words that the phone can't guess or spell.

I suck on capitalization mid-sentence, but otherwise I'm right there with you people.

That should maybe be part of a buffista entrance exam.

I also use words that the phone can't guess or spell.

Me too, though the program is learning.

Very true. It also probably doesn't mean that I'll send a random amount of money to a random address every month.

No. But if, after a few months, your service stopped working, perhaps you'd be able to hypothesize the cause, yes?

My mom sent me some of my favorite mexican pottery from a store in Mesilla . They are like little sake cups or something and have butterflies painted in the bowl and birds around. LOVE. This pottery/dish design is just gorgeous. The larger stuff has all kinds of delicate, elaborate birds in blues and greens. ( Oh, here's some of it : [link] Each piece is different. I go to the store and sort through, picking my favorites, which usually feature just one stylized bird or whatever. It's gonna take me forever to amass any amount of it. )

Also got a cool little cuadrito (they are teeny little detailed prints made from copper etchings, hand painted and enclosed in glass, aluminum with a brass frame), a purple guatemalan chicken potholder, pale yellow glass and grey pearl earrings and a cd with artists I've heard of and liked and I can't wait to listen to it.

I love my mom.

sara, is your birthday today? Or is it tomorrow? Or did I miss it completely?

It is today. I'm lowkey about birthdays. I couldn't figure out why R called me at work this morning until she burst into song (I thought something might be wrong with one of the kids!!) However, the occasion never fails to let my mom do her awesome gift-giving.

Oh and gourmet southwestern soup mixes! Can't forget those!

happy birthday sarameg

I am making meatloaf for dinner. It smells really good