I'm not laughing at you, and I appreciate your interest in my
well-being, but you are working off of incomplete data with regards to
what drugs I do and how often I do them, as well as the extent to
which I have done hard drugs in the past without getting addicted to
them or otherwise being foolish. I am not the only writer who
occasionally indulges in this sort of thing; in fact, lots of them do,
and I know this because I know quite a few writers. I wish there was a
way to make you stop worrying about me, but I suppose there's not. At
any rate, try. I am fine, Anna.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Anna Bohichik <anna.bohichik@gmail.com> wrote:

hi barrett, thanks for emailing me back. i know you have a shit-load on your
plate these days.  you have to realize though that you are one of my best
friends and i care about my friends.  you and my friends and family are the
most important thing in my life.
statistics prove that 78% of occasional use soon turns into dependency and
78% of chippers will turn into shooters.  that's the hard fact. and the
statistic of overdosing---um, especially when you are mixing up a lethal
dose of that with alcohol or coke---HELLO your chances of becoming an addict
that ODs are high, dude! this is serious. we have all seen this happen in
real life.  i will not sit back and watch while this happens to a friend of
mine, because i care about you. so boo-ya.

plus, rehab is fun! it's like a bourgeois summer camp.  i would totally go
as a vacation and i think you would too!  if you have the money you should
go there like a glamorous celebrity rockstar and clear your head.  you can
play tennis and do yoga and shit.  they have some pretty luxury places like
this:
http://www.seabrookhouse.org/

would you please consider getting some professional advise, please? i know
you will laugh at this email.
i know you don't think you have a problem, but i do, and i am not saying
this because i want to attack you and please don't get defensive, it is
actually the opposite--i really like you and i want you to be happy.

at the least please try to stop using drugs and learn to say no to more
work.

also, if you stopped doing drugs you would be able handle a bigger work-load
and focus better. trust me.

do you want to meet for coffee today? i will not pressure you to meet with
me if you don't want to. i understand. but please, i urge you to try to go
sober now so that it doesn't become a bigger problem in the future that
takes over your life and eventually kills you. i'm sure you are laughing at
this point.  i become a better comedian than you now? :P

call me when you get this,
-anna




On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Anna, I'm just trying to avoid any further drama. As I mentioned, I have a
lot on my plate right now, and having a long discussion with my
ex-girlfriend about the manner in which I conduct my life is not
particularly high on my agenda this week. If you'd like to get together
sometime and talk about anything else other than my occasional use of
narcotics, let me know. I'm not trying to be mean; I just need to keep my
mind focused on my work at the moment.

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Anna Bohichik <anna.bohichik@gmail.com>
wrote:

yo, i have the week off.
we can meet for coffee around 2pm. there is a great place near my house
called "gimmee coffee".
also this site looks cool:
http://www.freedominstitute.org/
wanna meet up tomorrow? please say yes.
-a bo