I’ve become one of those people I used to hate: that chick who texts constantly. I tried to resist. Really, I did.  The first couple weeks of college I didn’t even take my phone to class. In fact, just a month ago it would take me a minimum of 7 hours to respond to a text. What can I say, I‘m easily distracted. It's just that T9word didn’t know enough cusswords/Disney characters for me to properly display my emotions. So that was a bit discouraging. But oh, how things have changed. Armed with a nice new phone with a nifty keyboard, I've suddenly been able to raise my texting speed from the level of pathetic AND reference disney movies to my heart's content. These days I’m one of the many college students sneaking texts during lectures and attempting that whole walking-texting combo deal. (Number of people I've walked into so far: 3). It's just that there are so many new phone numbers in my collection to get to know these days. My addiction probably comes from the fact that I can’t help but get a little bit happier when I see I have a text. Especially if it’s someone I met recently who I know can hold up their end of a texting conversation.