aftertext

walking down the street home having left the bar, after having saying good bye to my friends, telling them good times and hope to see you soon; i for whatever reason felt the need to text them to tell them "good times and hope to see you soon" again.

yup, again. as if they hadn't gotten the message the first time. to be sure, i used the good ol' [read new] sure-way means of delivering a message - the aftertext.

aftertext: n. neologism.
A short message service (SMS) allowing the interchange of a short text message
that repeats a previously stated phase for emphasis, reiteration, or drunken
txting.

do they need to know the same information twice? really? have i become such an MMIer that i can't go two minutes without texting the people i just saw? wtf.

i get that sometimes an aftertext can be used for intimite or private dialogue between two people within a larger group to avoid the peering eyes and ears of the others. but, unless the aftertext has actualy content and not just a restating/typing of the last sentence uttered, wassa'point?

i need to turn off my phone for a good while; remember life before the sms, before the thumbing, before people spelling night as nite and probably as prolly...

hic extraneus sum

sms: hic extraneus sum