what I love about email.

1. you can have 30 conversations at once without getting confused.
2. you can abruptly change topics without seeming rude.
3. you can send pictures, or links, or copy and paste the story you're writing or whatever, and I don't have to listen to you talk about it or try to find it on your cellphone.  saves us both some time.
4.  when you don't want to talk to somebody, they're bound to pop up at the store.  If you don't want to email somebody, they'll email you.  the difference is, you can get away with throwing an email in the trash bin, while picking up the person and throwing them in a dumpster in public is a bit more difficult.
5. it's private.
6. you can set filters to automatically delete messages from certain people, with the words "forward, quiz, or this is crazy cool!!!" in the subject line.
7. graffiti background.