Texting's been bigger than phoning here since I was in school, so... seven years. Good Lord, I graduate SEVEN YEARS AGO. Holy carps.

to kill mutant zombie looters in the event of a nuclear holocaust

I read that as "mutant zombie lobsters" and thought that's a highly specific purpose right there. It also made me think of TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE.

do you text from your cell phone?

Absolutely.

Why or why not?

a) Massive phone-fear. b) Texting's faster at just communicating a short line or two (esp. when you're trying to rally a bunch of people). c) Texting's often less obtrusive than talking on the phone when one is out in public.

Also, what Vortex said.

Do you think texting is becoming increasingly popular?

Yes.

-juliana doesn't really want to talk to me!

PFFT.

But then you get messages like

"OMG I jst cut down this awesome oak tree LOL. It's totly falling down thi1irlwekjtr;ekrnqnflwef fuxor"

Sure now you do, but after the nuclear holocaust you'll get useful information. Say you get a message from Frank, "OMG 2 many 2 mny sh*t no ammo :( no esc jf0wapuesajfalsdg 123849hwlk brains brains brains brains". You know to avoid where Frank was.

Glitter Rally!

So it turns out that talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres hates glitter. Can you imagine? Naturally this doesn't sit well with Kathy Cano-Murillo--aka the Crafty Chica--who is spearheading a movement to win Ellen over to the sparkly side. It all starts with a glitter-positive rally (complete with craft supplies from Duncan) outside Ellen's television studio in Burbank on April 8. I'll be there supporting the cause in a glitter-painted CRAFT teeshirt, alongside the Crafty Chica herself, members of the LA Craft Mafia, and fun folks like TLC's Mark Montano (author of Big-Ass Book of Crafts) and Cathie Filian from DIY's Creative Juice! If you'd like to join us, just come on by Ellen's studio at 3000 West Alameda Ave. in Burbank, CA at 12 noon on April 8.

Holy CRAP. This has an event for ita written all over it.

I'm with Ellen. Hate glitter. Glitter doesn't make you look sparkley or mysterious or anything other than messy.

AND I think safe sparkle is all a lie. Glitter almost always ends up all over you or your loved ones even with almost no contact. I still find glitter on me a few days after seeing ita.

I actually broke up with someone by reprimanding him about text messaging using up prepaid phone minutes that I needed for emergency calls from my parents.

I suspect he wrote about what a big meanie I was in his diary and then started cutting himself.

I knew texting was huge in Europe and has been for some time. I used to watch archaeologists doing field survey texting while walking in 2001. But my impression at that time was it hadn't caught on in the US yet. I guess now it has.

glitter-positive rally

That's hilarous. I'm pretty sure what Ellen mostly hates is stealth-glitter in cards and stuff. I don't think she cares if other people want to have glitter, she just doesn't want to be attacked by it.

There's a whole thing on the woman's website about "safe sparkle" and non-loose glitter.

Ellen thinks glitter should be in zones and glitter free zones should exist.