i'm pretty sure the world would be better off without text messaging.  i know there are a few good reasons to text, such as you don't want to wake someone up, but want them to call you right away after they wake up, so you text them so they'll get the message when they wake.  or you just need to tell someone something real quick but its not important enough for you to actually call them and bother them while they are in a meeting or something.  but when you're in the movie theater, theres not too many reasons why you would possibly need to be texting someone.  you are at the movies for fun.  if you are so bored with the movie that you desperately need to have a very low-emotion conversation with someone, then get up and leave.  everyone around you will be much more appreciative of you're absensce than of having to hear your phone buzz every 11 seconds and seeing the blinding light of your screen flashing.  and you can text in peace in the hallway if thats what you want.
or if you are at a party but insist on standing there texting the whole time.  you are at a party.  to have fun.  you can text while sitting on the toilet to help pass time, but when at a party, actually experience the party.  i dont understand how you must need to talk to five people 23 miles away for something to do when you are surrounded by 23 other people five feet away who are there for the same reason you are.  to have fun.  so you are standing there in the corner holding your cup and thinking "i'm bored, i'm not talking to anyone."  instead of thinking "lets pull out my phone to help ostricize myself from the rest of the party," just turn your head 11 degrees to the left and say something to the person standing there.  if you don't like talking to people you don't know, then go talk to whatever person you came to the party with or for.  if thats not working, then leave.  but you might think "if i leave, then i'll be bored."  you apparantly are already bored and having to rely on your cellphone for entertainment, so your prescense won't be missed.  the party will probably become more fun actually.  and you can just as easily text mr. important standing on the street or laying on your bed at home.  actually probably more easily since there won't be any rude people grazing your elbows as they have fun actually speaking to people. 
i remember seinfeld has a joke about how you'll be out to eat with someone and they'll set their cell phone in the middle of the table as if saying "i have other options." like the person's saying "if you want my full attention you need to go down the street and contact me by phone."  its a funny joke the way he tells it, but people really do it, and its pathetic and annoying.  there is no need to be in the middle of a conversation with one or multiple people, but force yourself to stop the conversation so you can respond to suzie to tell her that you don't know what you are doing after the game tomorrow lol.  once you are done with your all important message, the conversation is kinda awkward and forced and takes a while to become as animated as it was before.  ive said this to some of my friends and they always say something like "but i've got to answer, i don't want to be rude."  but you aren't being rude.  though you are being rude to the person you are actually next to if you decide to text everyone you know instead of talking to him or her.  if the person texting you really needed to know what you were going to say, they would use the primary function of the phone and call you.  no one in a dire emergency texts someone for help. 
texing was not created for these purposes.  texting was created so you can ask someone a question or tell them something for them to respond to when they have time.  so i earnestly beg you all, please text responsibily.

so i haven't written one of these for a while, because, just like 95% of people our age, i used myspace and facebook.  but i had a good run with xanga back in the day, so why not have another go.  just got back from watching dark knight for the second time.  pretty fantastic.  about to watch some gilmore girls.  and for those who are wondering, it's much better than it sounds.  yes, it sounds girly, and yes the general premise is about the relationship between a mother and her daughter, but its good.  really well written.  its not quite the oc, but what is?