Subject: Chat with Miriam Carothers
From: Miriam Carothers <m.w.carothers@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

Miriam: Hey Barrett! How are you?
me: good, got another day to complete book so pulling an all-nighter
Miriam: Ruh roh!
me: also just convinced Charles Johnson to join me in creating an association by which to destroy the media infrastructure
me: had like an hour-long phone meeting
Miriam: Sounds good.
Miriam: Do you feel ok otherwise? I was a little concerned when I left.
Miriam: You fell asleep and the Puerto Rican performance art was fabulous! You totally missed it!
me: meh, I see plenty of Puerto Rican performance art all the time
me: I much prefer being cuddled as I drift in and out of sleep after staying up for two days straight
me: I FELT SO SAFE FROM THE BANDITS
me: sorry I was unable to give you much attention, book is a harsh mistress, etc.
Miriam: awwww.
Miriam: I like cuddling you.
me: yes, that was very nice
me: I tire of being dominant
Miriam: I'm referring to Saturday night as the finest interactive performance artI've seen in ages and contacting Art News ASAP!
me: should have filmed it
Miriam: I knowwwwwwwwwww!
Miriam: Somebody had your device tho....
me: yeah, but the end result of his work was worth it
me: '80s-esque music video
Miriam: I'm sure Chris told you that I got a little fed up with the y'art and made himput a stop to the madness.
me: I heard
Miriam: Not good for business.
me: I would imagine that's why you're non-chalantly referring to the incident
me: in case I'd heard that you were acting crazy and thought less of you as a result
me: I don't really care
me: those people are rather trashy
me: I've got to pull out the banhammer on them
Miriam: Me acting crazy? I was the same from beginning to end.
me: you seemed to think you were
Miriam: Oh pshaw.
Miriam: So, when do we get to curl up in a knot again?
me: soon
me: I'll be done with the book by morning, pulling another all-nighter
me: after which I return to my regular schedule of working two hours a day
me: actually, more now that I've got the magazine going
Miriam: I'm working with Stroub Thursday and Friday,finish around 11pm Friday.
me: at any rate, I am back to freelancer schedule, which means I can do whatever I want
me: then plan to come over Friday night
Miriam: Or you can come to mine. It's far more hospitable.
Miriam: I wanted to hold you longer but had to scamper back home and normalize for the work week.
me: I'll come over sometime, might be best if you come here Friday
me: would be nice to be able to cuddle without the inevitable distractions that arise here
Miriam: My apartment is super rad.
Miriam: I will help you clean your room though. I'm a fussity chick. It's how we do.Yo.
me: yeah, going to get this place taken care of soon, just been busy
Miriam: We have awesome sheets from the house in Englewood if you need proper bedding.
Miriam: Well, whatever help you need in making your room more conducive to clear thinking.
Miriam: I find that I can't concentrate when my space is chaotic.
Miriam: what's a banhammer?
me: banning
Miriam: Ah.
Miriam: I somehow got filthy and took the longest bath whenI got home. Watched a tedious George Clooney movie with the boys while you were comatose.
Miriam: I kept checking in on you.
Miriam: So zee book isn't done yet?
Miriam: I look forward to freelance Barrett. ;)
Miriam: Are you really going to post that video of us on You Tube?
Miriam: I forgot my shoes. They are floating around somewhere in your apartment. Has anyone seen them?
me: they're right here
me: sorry, communicating with this Jonathan Farley fellow in Austria regarding final chapter
Miriam: Oh. gouda. Hadn't the foggiest where they went to.
Miriam: It's cool. Shopping for drafting tables that can handle air brush equipment and attachments. Super neat.
Miriam: Dejalo
Miriam: nuestra cosa
Miriam: ha ha
Miriam: Why didn't we have sex? I was bummed!