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

Miriam: hay babe! whatchya werking on?
me: piece for Vanity Fair involving conversation I had recently with Charles Johnson regarding orality vs. literacy and the internet's effect on those young enough to have developed along with it
me: also revising epilogue of my book to make it clearer
Miriam: Sweet! Wanna read it!
me: should be done by tonight, hopefully. What are you up to?
me: leaving soon?
Miriam: Yah. Paperwerk here. Blech.
Miriam: Any thrilling plans for the weekend?
me: I'm trying to taper off the opiates, makes getting stuff done kind of difficult
me: nah
me: can't spend any money
me: so just going to get caught up on work
Miriam: The shooting of zee heroin, yes.
Miriam: Not a great look,
Miriam: You won't get sick will you?
me: yeah, just using these pills now to taper
me: a little, yes
me: was sick yesterday
Miriam: Aw. :(
me: but I should be fine by tomorrow
Miriam: I'm sorry to hear that.
me: well, it's not a huge deal, I'll manage
Miriam: Ack. Gotta run, feel better. I'll pester you later. xo.
me: have fun