So, a few weeks ago I was online and suddenly I get an IM from a friend, T…
Tsays: “I want to introduce you to my cousin.” T then proceeds to drag me into a three-way conversation with said cousin. Keep in mind that I DID NOT IN ANY WAY ASK FOR THIS CRAP!
I say: “OK, T-bitch! Who are you introducing me to (remember, we’re in a three-way chat now with someone I don’t know…)”?
T says: “My cousin, A! Dude, she’s only 11! Watch the cursing…”
Me: :“OOPS! Sorry! I didn’t know!”
A (the 11-year-old cousin, living in Canada…): “Hi!”
… we chat for a bit… cousin’s input in the conversation (as expected from an 11-year-old, is 99% “o”, “k”, “nm”, etc.) IE: nothing substantial or even conversational! After a few minutes, I tell T and A (yes, I’m aware of that! I giggled as I typed it too!) that I’ll sign off and let them chat… which I proceed to do.
So, OK.
Now, over the course of the past couple of weeks, I have gotten maybe 4 or 5 IMs from 11-year-old cousin A… Keep in mind that I have NOT EVER IM’d cute, little A myself… she, EVERY time, started the conversation!
Every time she has IM’d me, it has been like this:
A: Hi! Wat’s up?
Me: Not much. You?
A: nm
Me: OK… (remember, she IM’d ME! NOT the other way around!)
A: Call T and tell him to get online!
Me: he’s not home now, he’s teaching/ it’s 3AM! He’s sleeping!/ I called him, but he’s not home… (depending on the time of day… remember, T and I are in Korea, while A is in Canada…)
So, OK.
Last night, A IM’d me again (annoying, dammit! What the hell do I have to talk to with an 11-year-old who posts nothing other than ‘o’, ‘k’, ‘nm’ and ‘call T and tell him to get online!’? I asks ya!!
Here is the entire transcript of our conversation, unaltered (save for the names, which I WILL alter!):
¤¤A¤¤ says:
fine don’t answer nme
Dan the Great( Astroboy14)! (I NEVER GOT THE FIRST MESSAGE!!) says:
sorry …wait… I’m busy right now…
¤¤A says:k
¤¤A¤¤ says:
fine then bye
Dan the Great! says:
wait…wait… wita…
Dan the Great! says:
girlfriend trying to call, but the line is bad, so she’s calling again, and again…
¤¤A¤¤ says:
o
Dan the Great! says:
Sorry! Girfreind is drunk!.. she’s going to call back in a few minutes (after a shower…)
¤¤A¤¤ says:
shes drunk?
Dan the Great! says:
MAJOR drunk! She went out with her brother and some other friends…
Dan the Great! says:
remember, it’s NIGHT here…
A¤¤ says:
oya
Dan the Great! says:
whassup?
¤¤A¤¤ says:
nm u?
Dan the Great! says:
nm… my friend and I are trying to finish a project that we have been working on for almost a year… so we are working a LOT this week… we’re supposed to give the finished product to the publisher by Friday…
¤¤A¤ says:
ok
Dan the Great! says:
Anyways, busy, busy, busy!!! I am jealous of the other teachers here… they have 3 months off from work, but I get nothing off! (T and some others are teaching summer classes, but they only last a month or so…)
¤¤A¤¤ says:
o
Dan the Great! says:
So, how’s your summer vacation so far?
¤¤A¤¤ says:
good
Dan the Great! says:
What are you doing?
¤¤A¤¤ says:
playing on the cpu chattinn and watching tv
Dan the Great! says:
cool… but get outside and play, too!
¤¤A¤¤ says:
i am going to the beach
Dan the Great! says:
Wait… BRB (BathRoomBreak)!
¤¤A¤¤ says:
k
Dan the Great! says:
Back! So, going to the beach? Where? (I forgot where you live… sorry!)
¤¤A¤¤ says:
wpg
Dan the Great! says:
wpg? what is that?
Dan the Great! says:
OH! Winnepeg!
Dan the Great! says:
Duh!
¤¤A¤¤ says:
ya
Dan the Great! says:
Sorry… I am well -known on several continents as an idiot…
¤¤A¤¤ says:
o
Dan the Great! says:
“o”? That’s all? Humph!
¤A¤¤ says:
lol
Dan the Great! says:
So anyways, when you go to the beach there in wpg… is the water warm enough to swim in?
¤¤A¤¤ says:
yup
¤¤A¤¤ says:
its going to b 30 todAay
¤A¤¤ says:
today*
Dan the Great! says:
really? Cool! Watch out for sharks, tho…
¤¤A¤ says:
lol
Dan the Great! says:
serious! The sharks seem to have some grudge against us humans lately… there have been several shark attacks in previously un-attacked waters in the past few months…
Dan the Great! says:
wait… 30*… what is that in the US? I can’t do celcius in my head…
¤¤A says:
ur scaring me!
Dan the Great! says:
scaring you? Why?
¤¤A says:
cuz ur weird
¤¤A says:
and u swear lots!
¤¤A¤ says:
and i mean lots
Dan the Great! says:
Well… I AM weird (Sorry if that scares you…I am weird in a GOOD way! Ask T!)… and I am trying NOT to swear while talking to you, because I know that you are young… have I sweared in this thread? (I reviewed, and I have not…)
Dan the Great! says:
Yes, I DO swear a lot… but I don’t thonk that I have done so to you… maybe a little… if so, I’m sorry!
Dan the Great! says:
…think…
¤¤A¤¤ says:
well even T said u swear a lot
Dan the Great! says:
he did? Jerk!
Dan the Great! says:
LOL
Dan the Great! says:
Look, A… I am 35 years old… I swear, I hold unpopular political opinions (especially in Canada!), and I smell funny!.. I DO try not to swear when I am talking to you (because I know that you are young…)…
Dan the Great! says:
sorry if
Dan the Great! says:
I have sworn…
¤¤A¤¤ says:
g2g bye
Dan the Great! says:
bye
The following message could not be delivered to all recipients:
bye
I tried to reply to A, but she had BANNED me from her account!
So, OK… this pisses me off! (no, I don’t know why… but it does!)