Catalina: hey Catalina: im ok Catalina: yesterday was the first day i felt better me: word, what else is going on? Catalina: nothing at all. Catalina: what about with you? Catalina: my mother just sent me a picture Catalina: im sending it to you Catalina: not that you have any interest in it me: last couple paragraphs of my book to go me: then it's done Catalina: nor should you Catalina: good for you me: and I move on to running magazine and starting video projects me: also writing for all the things for which I was supposed to be writing for last month or so me: plus I got tropico 3 as my prize me: because I am a child and need prizes for accomplishing works of non-fiction Catalina: haha me: it's a computer game whereby you're a Caribbean leader me: and all the little people go about their lives Catalina: is it like sims or something? me: and whatnot. me: sort of me: except more awesome me: insomuch as that you can hold elections or not but people will react based on that me: if you arrest someone, his family members will hate you me: there's an economy, everyone has their little needs and go fulfill them by eating, entertainment, church, medical, etc. me: thousands of these little computer people me: so I'm going to get some pot Catalina: ok me: and lose myself in a magical world of fantasy and magic Catalina: where you are god me: better, president me: god doesn't earn his power me: you can be overthrown me: or beaten in an election me: it's all very exciting, I can assure you Catalina: i dont doubt it me: lol me: that picture does not do you justice Catalina: well i always look terrible in pictures Catalina: i have three cousins who are whores Catalina: i am sure you can figure out who they are me: the ones who are dressed in typically conservative Mexican middle-class fashion? Catalina: yes Catalina: and then my other cousin is a model Catalina: the tall one in the back Catalina: i like how you emailed asking if i ever got better me: thought you might have gotten something serious in Mexico or something Catalina: no i never got better Catalina: actually something new has developed Catalina: carl actually has an apartment now Catalina: he showed it to me yesterday me: so? I've got a car. Catalina: and i am a little freaked out Catalina: no silly me: go on Catalina: maybe he is leaving Catalina: and i thought i did want him to Catalina: but its a lot of responsibility Catalina: for me me: well, he was going to leave anyway, right? Catalina: it is an awesome apartment actually Catalina: i never believed him Catalina: he says hes going to leave every summer since i have known him Catalina: changes his mind in the fall Catalina: then decides to leave again in the winter Catalina: and changes his mind in the spring Catalina: i just dont really want to change my ways me: what ways? Catalina: spending the night wherever i want Catalina: getting high with other people me: is he asking you to move in? Catalina: no Catalina: but he has asked i dont get high with other people or spend the night at other guys houses me: that's gay me: I mean, the second part is an understandable desire on his part me: but lol @ NO GETTING HIGH ONLY WITH ME me: speaking of sex and drugs, took Miriam for a test drive last weekend me: also got her to help us out with the magazine me: just like Julius Caesar Catalina: is that a euphemism for you had sex with her? Catalina: i am terrible with euphemisms me: yessir me: also had her sit there and rub my head and draw portraits of me while I wrote my book and feed me pills Catalina: so you decided to go along with crazy after all me: she's very domesticated me: well, she behaved herself Catalina: what kinds of pills me: klonopin and some sort of speed Catalina: at the same time? me: I dropped one klonopin on the floor here somewhere, should probably find it me: yeah, plus heroin and crack Catalina: yes Catalina: i used to have a prescription for that me: gonna be a hell of a book Catalina: i think i will get it again me: stuff is strong Catalina: yeah Catalina: i actually stopped getting it because i got into trouble with it Catalina: id take a handful and drink and just be incoherent for days Catalina: it was weird Catalina: but it was fun me: yeah, hadn't taken one in like six years me: had trouble concentrating on it me: also staying conscious me: oh, god Catalina: what? me: Chris had this craigslist ad up me: for writers me: not paying yet me: I'll forward you the e-mail me: fucking most insane thing ever me: we're going to publish it Catalina: ok Catalina: what are you doing this weekend? me: nothing me: hmmm me: apparently Ava's dad is gay me: and Ava's friend Tesla is unsurprisingly a huge lesbian me: according to this article she just sent me to proofread me: also me: I had to compile a list me: having gone through Scallywag for the first time in a long time and actually read articles me: a list of which writers need to have everything they submit copyedited by me before those pieces go up me: because, jesus me: it's like he got these people from students who didn't make the school newspaper and had to go to yearbook like chumps me: he has several very decent writers who are rather prominent Catalina: i survive on raw anger!! Catalina: that is so totally me too! me: ME TOO LET'S MAKE OUT me: look Catalina: totally Catalina: omg! we have so much in common me: I'M NOT RELIGIOUS I'M SPIRITUAL Catalina: i hate that you are making me laugh Catalina: i still cant breathe me: this chick is going to be axed as soon as I turn this book in like half an hour me: http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2010/01/bow-wow-should-not-drink-and-tweet/ Catalina: and i definitely cant breathe at all if i laugh me: maybe the girl you're stalking will have to give you mouth to mouth and you can awkwardly fuck that up somehow by unhooking her bra Catalina: haha Catalina: my supervisor just called to say shes coming down Catalina: so i have to go for a second Catalina: later me: later me: god damn, your cousins all look like whores Catalina: they do Catalina: so supervisor is gone now Catalina: she is quitting Catalina: because my boss, as i have told you before, is an insane asshole who is losing his mind Catalina: also, for the record, my sisters do not look like whores me: I knew that one would backfire on me Catalina: no, i called my cousins whores before you did me: anyway, you never thanked me for picking you up from the airport in my 2010 BMW Thingamajig Yuppie Faggotmobile and driving you around while we listened to The Eagles the other day me: lol Eagles Catalina: thanks Catalina: do you really have a car? Catalina: i thought it was melvins Catalina: and guess who actually does have a bmw? me: lol no I can't drive worth a shit my mind is not cut out for such things me: I am too abstract me: I used to drive, though me: Ah, Carl does me: ALSO JAMES BOND Catalina: i cant drive either Catalina: ok i thought i was getting better but maybe not Catalina: maybe i will die after all me: I see me: Where's your pope now? Catalina: what are you talking about? Catalina: i didnt even know i was supposed to have one of those Catalina: oh, you mean like a catholic pope? me: Yes. I meant the Catholic pope. me: w00t just finished my book me: now I'm up to no good Catalina: awesome! Catalina: are you ruling the fake people? me: nah, need to get my head together me: been writing and revising all night Catalina: how will you do that? Catalina: by getting high? me: perhaps me: or just sitting here me: ah, gonna order some crack, it seems me: used to be if I proposed something like that no one else would do it because I lived with Josh and Andrew me: now I'm like "maybe I want some crack" and four people are like "CRACK CRACK!!!!"""