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Mom’s First IM

me: hello!
mom: hello
me: welcome to the 21st century
mom: i cant see you
me: i don’t have a webcam
mom: when i skyped with your sister i could see her
me: that was a skype video conference. i can only do instant messaging.
mom: how is this better than a phone call?
me: for one, you don’t have to deal with the awkwardness of hanging up on someone when you get sick of talking to them.
mom: who is this?
me: ?
mom: i have no way of knowing who this is.
me: umm…
mom: my son would never talk to me this way.

Posted on 12.29.2009 at 9:43 am// Tagged: IMs, skype

Hard to Get the Rhythm

Mom: it’s hard to get the rhythm of a threeway.
Me: mom omg
Mom: i was talking about skype!!!!

Posted on 12.26.2009 at 12:30 pm// Tagged: skype

What to do With Skype

Backstory: It was my mom’s idea to video chat. She suggested Skype in the first place.

I downloaded Skype just now but I don’t know what to do now. This is putting technology in the hands of a 61 year old woman. yeaks!!!!!

What if I wanted to talk to you in my bathrobe?

Posted on 10.17.2009 at 2:23 pm// Tagged: skype

MAJOR, I MEAN MAJOR

Me: helloooo? are you there?
Mom: YES–WAIT A SEC
Me: k
Mom: CAN WE SKYPE IN 15 MINS? I JUST DISCOVERED MAJOR, I MEAN MAJOR PROJECTILE VOMIT ON WOOD FLOOR AND CARPET
Me: hahahah okay no problem

Posted on 03.30.2009 at 9:30 am// Tagged: projectile vom, skype

either farting or throwing up!

Hey-sorry for the mix up on skype chat! It was funny–I kept hearing what sounded like the cat either farting or throwing up!–but it was the skype sound for a chat coming through on the computer! so fyi–turn the sound down cause it might make a sound when we respond.
love you,
mom

Posted on 10.02.2008 at 9:30 am// Tagged: pets and animals, skype

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(No, I never had X is a Penishead written on a desk, thank goodness, but I did have to throw out a dozen textbooks at the end of the year at one point because just about every picture had been, ahem, similarly embellished.)"
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