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I had an absolutely crazy-insane weekend. NOT.  My Saturday night consisted of me watching Seinfeld (‘these pretzels are makin’ me THIRSTY!!!’) and reading the Fellowship of the Ring (yes, I’m THAT cool).  So of course, thanks to working at Milliamp, I’m used to waking up early, which left me in a bind that lovely Sunday morning.  What is a hangover-less girl supposed to do at 8am?!  Well, my virtual friends, the answer is peruse/stalk people on Facebook!! (Don’t look at me like that… we ALL do it, to varying degrees of course )  Anywho, I came across a girl-from-highschool’s page, and she had a very interesting post that could potentially take up about 42 minutes of my life. SCORE!!!  She posted an episode of Oprah that caught my attention, thanks to mastermind producers that seduce suckers like me.  The episode was called “Don’t tempt F8, that text can W8”. This episode is much like all of her other ones, pulling at our heartstrings and such, although she does have the occasional crazy-holiday-give-away shows as well (YOU get a humpback whale!! YOU get a humpback whale!! EVERYBODY HERE GETS A SCHOOOOOOL!!!!! Dane Cook anyone?).   In case you didn’t notice, my mind is somewhat sporadic.

The episode actually was (darn you Oprah) good and I might even have gotten misty eyed (I cried during Hilary Duff’s ‘Cinderella Story’ as well, so I’m not sure quite was this means…).  But really, it was very sad.  They had guests on the show who had lost love ones due to those sending and receiving frivolous texts* (see footnote) and talking on the phone while driving.  In one case an 8-year-old girl was literally 15 bike pedals from her home when she was hit by a 5,000 lb SUV, killing her instantly.  Another case was an 18-year-old boy who rolled through a stop sign while texting, had a collision, and died instantly as well.  There were many other stories of death due to the use of cell phones, which is 100% PREVENTABLE!  According to researchers Oprah had as guests on the show, talking on a cell phone (non-hands free) is the equivalent of driving drunk, being that in both cases you’re FOUR times more likely to be involved in a collision.  The horror of texting-while-driving puts you at EIGHT times the risk.  I have been guilty of this, as I’m sure 92% of everyone out there is as well.  Anyway, the moral of the story is I made a promise to myself not to be ‘textually active’ (yes, I invented this phrase) while in the car driving.  It’s so worth the wait!!!!    Here is the link to the episode, in case you want more information: http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Watch-Oprahs-No-Texting-and-Driving-Show

Thanks for reading, now get back to your Facebook stalking!!

-Lindsey

*Frivolous Texting:  The sending or receiving of texts of a pointless-nature by the average American to make us feel that we are important and well-liked amongst a group of people we don’t care for (adapted from a Jerry Seinfeld standup ).

These texts will never contain pertinent information, such as ‘textually-approved’ examples like:

“Don’t come home, the house is on fire.”

“There is gold 48 paces east of the gymnasium.”

“(insert your attractive celebrity here) just stopped by the house, and wants to take you to Chili’s.”

“I just bought us tickets to go see The Who.”

“Don’t eat that soup you made, I accidentally steamed the vegetables with Chloroform.”

Frivolous texts are of a more shallow and superficial nature (and, unfortunately for the future of the world, much more common). These include, but are not limited to:

“He was like IDK, and I was like OMG!!!!”

“Have you seen the new episode of (insert your disgusting reality show here)?”

“I just bought an Ed Hardy shirt, therefore, I have no self-respect.  JAGERBOMBS!!!”

“I like your skin.” (Actually, this is quite an awesome thing to say, and can therefore be sent to the ‘textually-approved’ category. JK! ..not really )

“I love Kings of Leon.”