me: yo yo! Hilarie: hi me: what's new with you? Hilarie: not much Hilarie: work Hilarie: and spending time with Tony, my boyfriend Hilarie: how are you? Hilarie: whats new? me: been in a big ol' INTERNET WAR with a bunch of douchy conservative pundits me: mainly this one guy, Robert Stacy McCain, who co-wrote a book with Palin's biographer, and whom I'm trying to expose as a neo-Nazi me: been going on for a couple weeks now but it should be almost over Hilarie: nice Hilarie: sounds fun me: check this out when you have a moment, it's hilarious me: http://trueslant.com/barrettbrown/2009/10/24/in-which-i-try-my-hand-at-cartooning-and-piss-off-this-fellow/ me: plus it got me linked to by a bunch of people me: also, I'm now friends with Charles Johnson, the guy who broke the Rathergate story me: because we have the same enemies Hilarie: nice me: he was the big king of the conservative bloggers until he started pointing out all the racism on the right and now they all hate him me: but he was never really conservative in the first place me: and he's really a great guy, it turns out me: he's my new father figure me: hooray! Hilarie: thats good Hilarie: mentors are good me: so anything else new? Hilarie: nothing really Hilarie: just representing DHL and eHarmony Hilarie: suing an egg farm in California for my pro bono me: lol wut? Hilarie: yeah Humane Society is my client Hilarie: and some poor people Hilarie: its like Erin Brokavich Hilarie: they pollute and hurt chickens Hilarie: so we sue them me: very well me: still liking LA? Hilarie: http://www.hsus.org/farm/news/ournews/downwind_of_the_factory_farm_092909.html Hilarie: yes its nice Hilarie: i think i will probably marry my boyfriend and have kids here Hilarie: im happy :) me: just like ERin Brokavich! me: wait, no me: I didn't see it me: anyway, glad it all worked out me: you were all stressed and unhappy like a year ago me: or less Hilarie: thats true Hilarie: too many life changes at once Hilarie: and taking the bar sucks Hilarie: and starting my job sucked Hilarie: but now im all used to everything Hilarie: its not as bad me: so I was right me: again Hilarie: ha me: like always Hilarie: of course Hilarie: so what else is new? me: just spending my days being right about stuff Hilarie: i hear dryden is out hear but i havent seen her me: haven't talked to her for years and years Hilarie: i hear brice joined the military to be able to be gay me: very well me: I talked to Lauren Allison briefly me: about a week back Hilarie: hows she me: fine, doing usual stuff, can't even remember what it was Hilarie: ya Hilarie: hows caleb me: good, he moved back to Texas me: to try to get better jobs Hilarie: so who do you live with then me: my friend Andrew Straub, who's a fairly wild and intelligent fellow who's done some random TV and b-movie writing and acting and all sort of other weird thngs me: plus this girl from Georgia is moving in with us in a week me: she's a freelance writer, too me: so that'll be fun Hilarie: nice me: oh, and this fellow is threatening to sue me now Hilarie: who Hilarie: and why me: this other conservative blogger me: it's all in that link I sent you me: toward the bottom me: he has a shaky conception of parody, fair use, and other such things, as you'll see Hilarie: oh IP stuff Hilarie: thats annoying me: not really me: it's helpful me: I've gotten a lot of juice out of this guy Hilarie: send him a thank you gift basket me: I've got something better Hilarie: whats that me: sorry, got a phone call Hilarie: its ok me: I was just going to make fun of him one more time and then ignore him until he goes away me: nothing brilliant or sinister or anything like that Hilarie: -) me: I'm really just trying to get this McCain fellow taken care of