me: http://trueslant.com/barrettbrown/2009/10/20/my-response-to-robert-stacy-mccain/ Mark: yeah, i've been following your posts on that guy me: a bunch of people more prominent than I are about to pick up the ball on this one, so this should all be finished soon me: what's up with you? Mark: the usual graduate student stuff Mark: lots and lots of reading Mark: some kind of weird shit Mark: for instance, did you know that "the urban" is a "virtual object"? me: yes me: I mean, no me: do go on Mark: i sure didn't and still dont know what that means despite giving up several hours of my life to read the book about it me: you don't happen to have a link or any materials I can see regarding that sort of thing, do you? me: I'd like to know what a virtual object is Mark: ha, i actually have pdfs of that whole book me: anyway, you should come by some time and explain it to me me: send them along, would you? Mark: sure Mark: but yeah, i've been thinking i'd come pay you a visit sometime soon Mark: though the A train has been doing bullshit on weekens Mark: which totally saps my desire to go anywhere me: I'd imagine me: anyway, my bestest friend Mirna is moving here in a week and will be living in Manhattan, so I'll be hanging around there weekends and crashing at her place, so we can hang out there me: also, she's a lawyer me: of Lebanese descent me: and can get us girls Mark: are those 3 facts related? me: sort of me: she's very charming me: Lebanese females are a breed apart me: she will be a great asset Mark: i see Mark: i'll look forward to it Mark: anyways, i got to get back to my reading Mark: the book just sent Mark: be doubly forewarned: he's french me: word, thanks for the pdf, take it sleazy yo yo in the hood word Mark: was a semi-disillusioned marxist, and was writing in like 1970 Mark: later