A year of text-messages.
M: Do you smoke weed? 7/28/06

Jon: You can't answer my call because of Michael Jackson videos? pff. 7/28/06

Mattie: Fear is the mere lack of love. 8/15/06

Max: Stay food empty please.
Fivington confirmed. Buzz pending. 8/16/06
/last time I saw Max in NY for dinner/

Ashley: At Shakespeare's Books. Reminds me of you
+ stories of the resident kitty. Let's play soon! 8/16/06
/I miss you, Ash/

Max: I am alone on the bus (in Jacksonville) with a gay overweight black man who
is aggressively hitting on me. 8/17/06

Scott: Hey, I'm taking a Greyhound to your city this weekend. We should hang out.
Maybe selling zines in warm weather. L broke up with me. Thus the rash travel. 8/24/06
/the last time I sold zines in Union Square. A very sad but nice visit from Baltimore Scott/

Anon 1: I don't mean 2 bother you but, do u live in NY? If so, I want 2 know if we can talk
and get 2 know each other better and become friends in the future possibly? If not, lemme know
and I'll leave u alone. 8/29/06
/The first guy who called me when someone posted my # in the Casual Encounters section.
He was nice enough but texting me about wanting to be friends after I said I wasn't the one who posted the ad,
was a little much, regardless of intentions./

Anon 2: YOUR NUMBER IS ON CRAIGSLIST.
YOU DIDNT POST THAT SO YOU DONT ENJOY GANGBANGS?
WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER GIVING HEAD JUST FOR FUN?
ARE YOU FROM NY?
IF YOU DONT TALK TO ME IM GOING TO POST YOUR NUMBER ON CL!
TAKE A PHONE CAM PICTURE OF YOUR FACE AND BREASTS AND SEND IT TO ME
DO IT NOW OR YOUR NUMBER IS GOING BACK UP ON CRAIGSLIST AND I WILL POST/REPOST IT ALLDAY!
SEND YOUR PIC TO MY E-MAILS TECHIE2009@YAHOO.COM YOU HAVE UNTIL 10PM TONIGHT -OR ELSE!
REMEMBER YOUR FACE AND BREASTS OR ELSE! 8/30/06
/A less nice guy who contacted me through the fake Casual Encounters ad. Tried to report him to the police,
but that didn't get me anywhere. There's a chance that he did receive some cam photos that night, but not of me
and not of breasts exactly./

907: Your new T-mobile number is... 8/30/06

W: Are you seeing anyone? I'd rather make out with you than some girl I don't know. 9/12/06
/I was trying to get a couple to makeout in front of a Happy Corp event. Asked my ex, which maybe wasn't smart./

H: No. I'm not. 9/18/06
/In reply to a "Are you still seeing Steve?" text/

Chris: Well some of us have shitty weeks and don't have the comfort of boyfriends and friends at the hip.
Pick up your laptop. I'm moving in two weeks. 9/18/06
/I've yet to pick up that laptop. Ohman./

Eric: Why? Would I have met a girl there and fallen in love? 10/6/6
/in reply to my 'You should have really come to this party. It was amazing' text/

Jenny: So good meeting you my MD friend 10/7/6
/This girl who works for the Onion video news. She was amazing and I haven't seen her since./

Justin: Looks like the roommate is finally breaking in the apartment. 10/12/06

Phillip: I drove through a blizzard today. They are pretty buy dangerous. I haven't heard from you in a long time.
Are you ok? 10/14/06
/oh phillip. I'm sorry I've been gone for such a long time./

Jenny: Sorry to miss your cute face on Friday. 10/23/06
/I never knew if she was hitting on me or not./

Bryan: Where t fuk have u been 10/27/06
/a frequent sentiment from friends and neighbors/

Darb: abandoned your zine and gone corporate, eh? Looks fun. 10/31/06

Olga: Is your last name Smith?
/no, it's Yarosh/
I thought so! Your photo at the feast was stunning!
Photofeast @ Parsons
Dude your photo was up. Huge blow up. 11/10/2006
/I never found out what this was../

Alex: This is alex smith. Don't bother me.
Just kidding bear.
Just kidding my name is bear grylls. 11/14/2006
/I miss you/

Alex B: I'm meeting Phoebe's parents. 11/22/2006
/I was lonely and on the brink of another break up with Steve. Wanted to see an ex
with whom I flirted online a few days prior. He'd not mentioned a girl until I texted him to meet me for coffee./

Ned: Happy Thanksgiving! Are you sitting on the cat? 11/23/06
/catsitting/

Ned: I had a really nice time 11/24/06
/ha. yes./

Eric: Holy shit. 11/26/06
/reply to major break up one mass text/

Eleni: You are not a stray kitty because I am not a stray kitty keeper 11/27/06

Ned: Have a good night. It's only because I got blindsided by a lost love. 11/29/06

Jenny: So wish I was there! On a late onion shoot. Hope to see you soon! 12/1/06
/re: still have not seen her in almost a year/

Max: ...are you at a puritan ladythings store? 12/9/06

Steve: You jerk. Your card made me cry. 12/11/06
/re: a birthday card in which I said we were great friends. I am cruel and unusual./

Rachel: Don't bother calling. 12/15/06
/the beginning of the end?/

Scott: Merry Crimmas, Kseniya. Hope you are well. I had a brownie Holocaust in my kitchen last night.
Many delicious treats were lost. 12/25/06

Ben: I'm taken by the repping of Gestalt psychology in a personals ad. I'd have done a double take.
Oh, also, my coworkers are fascinated by your work (= zines). You're making a big splash at Film Forum. 1/12/07
/funny/

Scott: ...All the puppies are winning. No one ever loses the puppy bowl. 2/4/07

Scott: I'm eating cheese and watching lost. Happy Valentine's Day! 2/14/07

Ben: Have a more updated and realistic outlook on life. Will bring. 3/26/07

Max: I hope your life is good. 5/7/07

Eric: Couldn't leave apt cuz of electrician. Trying to make card, late 4 work, hating self. 5/21/07
/best haiku ever/

Justin: What size is your waist? 5/21/07
/never found out what this was about/

Doug: Brandon Bird! 5/23/07
/you are my super answer man, doug/

Matt C.: I'm going to play it real cool and say something vague like, 'yes.' 6/7/07
/in reply to whether he was psyched about our upcoming first date/

Matt C.: I'll be cheburashka, you be ghena. 6/14/07
/I like the inverse arrangement better, but nonetheless one of the most romantic texts ever./

Jon: My butt....in your face! 6/20/07
/Re: 'what's up?' Good one, jon/

Matt F.: Well since apparently architecture is 'porn' to me, I'll be spending my remaining work time in a similar fashion.
/re: I was reading erotica at work that day/

Arnold: Was just thinking of you. I gave your replacement cookies but there was no reciprocity.
It's not the same without you. 6/25/07
/re: text to get lunch with a former co-worker. We used to trade snacks./

Alan: Better hope they run out of hot dogs before they run out of buns. 7/7/07

Jon: I am a man of taste and leisure! 7/7/07