And She Got Into USC Grad School

I sent Ms. Byun an e-mail. This was her reply.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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okay.

i’ll ask her when i see her next.

thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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much.

Then I decided to be a smartass, and thus replied without using the ‘h’, ’s’, or ‘o’ keys.

P , y u didn’t even remember. ee wh ‘ her real friend n w.

T i me age i mi ing c aracter becau e y u u ed t em up in t e la t e-mail.
(This message is missing characters because you used them up in the last e-mail.)

As one can guess, she called me shortly after to inquire as to Gmail’s newfound character limit and to ask me how Gmail calculates it. There were many long pauses in the phone conversation. I asked her to reply to my e-mail to make it formal.

really? gmail knows how many letters i use up? how do they kno that?
how many am i allowed to use???

I keep friends like these around to make me feel smart.

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1. On Wednesday August 3, 2005 at 7:03 pm, Jamie said:

Brilliance.

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Eric Lim smells like noodles; enjoys driving in traffic in the Los Angeles area; is scared of girls; tries to make people feel bad; is allergic to hot wings; is (almost) undefeated Go Fish Champion; is the destroyer of toasters; is a self-qualified CSS Ninja; wants to learn to ride a unicycle just so he can call himself "GizmoDuck"; and is an aspiring writer who doesn't write.

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