MiFi

About Julia & Edward

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:10:00 -0500

Last December a TracPhone was found at the restaurant I work for and it remained unclaimed for some time.

I found a charger to check if there were minutes left on it.

There were about a hundred minutes left but also, you know, about a year’s worth of text messages between the phone’s owner and his prostitute.

While the conversation is incredibly soppy at times, it never gets too disgusting. In certain periods you might even believe that the phone’s owner, Ed, and his provider, Jul, shared a connection that transcended the “business”-only relationship. But maybe she’s just that good.

A ton of interesting stuff can be inferred from the hundreds of messages. He is a painter of some sort who gets at least one or two commissions during this time. She is (likely) a Brazilian citizen with an elementary/middle-school aged son. They tend to meet in midtown hotels.

For all of my friends I have taken the time to transcribe and timestamp every message into a spreadsheet so that the conversation can be read in sequence.

A couple editorial notes:

It begins January 2011 and ends when the phone is lost somewhere around the start of December 2011.
The call logs on this phone only collected the last 30 incoming and outgoing calls. As such, the insertion of call information only begins around September.
The texts at the end of the spreadsheet with no timestamps had their timestamps mangled by the TracPhone’s lack of storage space. These messages, which could be from several points in the timeline, kept appearing as new messages dated from whenever the phone was powered on last. Maybe you can figure out where they go.
The phone was handed in by a guest who originally found it outside the restaurant.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Julia & Edward: An SMS Story

A Third Set of Japan Clips: 7, PreciselyLegend: Kyoto Imperial...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:24:17 -0500

A Third Set of Japan Clips: 7, Precisely
Legend:

Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto, Japan)
Todai-ji (Nara, Japan)
Kyoto Station (Kyoto, Japan)
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (Yokohama, Japan)
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (Yokohama, Japan)
Mandarake (Shibuya, Tokyo)
Chuo-dori (Ginza, Tokyo)
Hakuhinkan Toy Park (Ginza, Tokyo)
(Bushwick, Brooklyn)

Broccoli, in a tee shirt store. (Shibuya, Tokyo)

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:26:10 -0500

Broccoli, in a tee shirt store.
(Shibuya, Tokyo)

To Kintetsu Nara Station(Kyoto, Japan)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:11:10 -0500

To Kintetsu Nara Station
(Kyoto, Japan)

¡Kyoto y Nara Por Favor! - 1:15 Legend: Kinkaku-ji (Kyoto,...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:27:46 -0500

¡Kyoto y Nara Por Favor! - 1:15

Legend:

Kinkaku-ji (Kyoto, Japan)
Ryoan-ji (Kyoto, Japan)
Kinkaku-ji (Kyoto, Japan)
Okaru (Nara, Japan)
Ryokan Izuyasu (Kyoto, Japan)
Nara Park (Nara, Japan)
Nara Park (Nara, Japan)
Kasuga Taisha Shrine (Nara, Japan)
Kintetsu Nara Line (Kyoto, Japan)
Musashi (Kyoto, Japan)
Karasuma Oike Station (Kyoto, Japan)
Okazaki (Kyoto, Japan)
Heian Jingū (Kyoto, Japan)
Shinbashi Dori (Kyoto, Japan)

Mount Ibuki(Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Japan)

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:13:32 -0500

Mount Ibuki
(Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Japan)

Basics in Japan: 50 Seconds Legend: Ōtemachi Station (Chiyoda,...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:35:00 -0500

Basics in Japan: 50 Seconds

Legend:

Ōtemachi Station (Chiyoda, Tokyo)
Grocery store (Kawasaki, Japan)
Hachikō Exit (Shibuya, Tokyo)
(Jingumae Shibuya, Tokyo)
Tamagotchi World (Harajuku, Tokyo)
(Shibuya, Tokyo)
Taito Station (Shibuya, Tokyo)
Club Sega (Akihabara, Tokyo)
(Dogenzaka, Tokyo)
Shin-Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan)

Ol’ Hachikō(Shibuya, Tokyo)

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:11:20 -0500

Ol’ Hachikō
(Shibuya, Tokyo)

Warming Up(Kawasaki, Japan)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:42:05 -0500

Warming Up
(Kawasaki, Japan)

La Jolla Cove(La Jolla, California)

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:01:51 -0500

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La Jolla Cove
(La Jolla, California)

gifriends: HAPPY HOLIDAYS Y’ALL ! <3

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:58:59 -0500

gifriends:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Y’ALL !

<3

Nine Things in December (45 Seconds) Legend: Aperture Gallery...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:20:16 -0500

Nine Things in December (45 Seconds)

Legend:

Aperture Gallery (Chelsea, New York)
(Short Hills, NJ)
Smorgas Chef Scandinavia House (Midtown East, New York)
Wo Hop (Chinatown, New York)
Mott St. (Chinatown, New York)
(Lower East Side, New York)
(Lower East Side, New York)
Bar on A (East Village, New York)
Marriott Brooklyn Bridge (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn)

The 4th Floor(Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn)

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:38:11 -0500

The 4th Floor
(Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn)

Parsons East(Greenwich Village, New York)

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:27:42 -0500

Parsons East
(Greenwich Village, New York)

It’s Been A Loud Two Months: 30 Seconds Legend: Mercury...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:48:23 -0500

It’s Been A Loud Two Months: 30 Seconds

Legend:

Mercury Lounge (Lower East Side, New York)
Broadway (Greenwich Village, New York)
Union Pool (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Parsons East (Greenwich Village, New York)
The Jane (West Village, New York)
(Bushwick, Brooklyn)

Home for Thanksgiving(Larchmont, NY)

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:23:33 -0500

Home for Thanksgiving
(Larchmont, NY)

B Train B-Side(Greenwich Village, New York)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:57:17 -0500

B Train B-Side
(Greenwich Village, New York)

Some B Train(Greenwich Village, New York)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:34:34 -0500

Some B Train
(Greenwich Village, New York)

Fifteen Minutes Until White Castle(Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:16:22 -0500

Fifteen Minutes Until White Castle
(Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

gifriends: CSS at Webster Hall. (New York, 2011)

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:00:05 -0500

gifriends:

CSS at Webster Hall. (New York, 2011)