From: Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

me: looks like I'm writing for National Lampoon again
me: yo
me: yep
Karen: BTW am ordering a cake to be elivered to you on thursday. Need to phone numbers -- should I give them
Andrew's too? Is he still working at home as well?

me: meh, I've done worse
Karen: you'll hve to switch gears to get in Paris Hilton mode.
Karen: Well, you're right -- you
me: for now, yes
me: I'm sick of not being utilized properly
Karen: Yes, I understand. So you're doing it for free?
me: I'll do it for a couple of weeks, then explain to them that it's in their best interest to give me a politics blog
me: so I volunteered
me: and I noticed they've put up a craigslist ad like 3 times
me: they need somebody to do their celebrity blog
Karen: Yay! Doing what? How'd that happen?
me: I've got my finger on the pulse, mom
me: I knew about it in 97, for christ's sake
me: I know talk soup, too
Karen: Now I'm getting excited for you!
Karen: You could make it like that!
Karen: Now it's called The Soup -- you know that guy.
Karen: Also Talk Soup
Karen: I'm going to look it up right now, you've got to read that guy on e
me: not to be sexist, and present company accepted, but they actually have girls trying to write comedy
Karen: He's older, like in his 40s.
Karen: Also on eonline there's a funny gay guy who went to Highland Park High School. What's his name? I'll link you. He's hilarious.
me: http://www.nationallampoon.com/thezaz/
me: look at the power vacuum
me: I know who he is
Karen: YOu know that's Perez with a z
Karen: Read PerezHilton.com
Karen: You'll have to watch The Hills and Gossip Girl to get all the players down
Karen: Re: national lampoon -- you can make it funny, like you're laughing at the people who fawn all over the celebs. You can make it your own, now that I think about it.
Karen: Am asking it to be delivered before noon, but you never know.
me: 512-796-4375
Karen: May I give them his phone number as a back up?
Karen: Then, here's the soup online. Doubt it Joel McHale actually writes that stuff? http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_soup/index.html
me: will do, thanks
Karen: That's the link for Ted Casablanca, originally from Dallas ( not his real name, obviously) Read him just to see his voice, pretty hilarious slant on things.
me: caleb's asleep on the couch, I'm going to wake him up with loud prog rock
me: well, I don't think that alleging that I don't know where to go for celeb news constitutes underestimation...
Karen: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/index.html
Karen: i know, i know, why do i underestimate you?
me: 15th of November, I seem to recall?
Karen: When is it exactly?
me: I'm assuming I won't be coming up for thanksgiving until after the wedding
Karen: We can do that when I'm up there, unless you think you'll be coming to Dad's wedding sometime soon?
me: well, we've got some time
Karen: Just found out that that NY wedding is black tie! So that means you'll have to get a tuxedo. I think we should buy you one instead of renting.
me: I have no tolerance for non-morning persons
me: I'm awake, everyone else should be too
me: one, I believe
Karen: Let him sleep, poor baby. When is his interview?
me: I could write a computer program that would generate that crap and I know almost nothing about progrmming
me: I'm not sure anyone writes that
me: meh
Karen: It just needs to be fit properly by a tailor, so I want to supervise it or Dad can if he's doing it.
Karen: We can get it here if you come to Dallas or there when I come up after your move.
Karen: Oh, well maybe HE'LL buy you a tuxedo for that one. Either way, one of us needs to buy you a tux this fall.
me: I don't know if they've even set a date yet
Karen: Yes, I kjow that. I just mailed you your "save the date" invitation for that one. But you don't know yet when you're coming down for Dad's wedding/ when it's scheduled? I'd hope you'd come here for that soon?
me: Olasky
Karen: Dad's wedding?
Karen: The wedding?