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

11:28 PM Miriam: hi fweek
11:29 PM finally back on. Thanks Time Warner Cable!
11:30 PM ya pot head.
  great news about your vf articles.
 me: I'm no freak, just sitting here smoking crack and writing an article for Vanity Fair while listening to music from old Japanese SNES role-playing games
 Miriam: Awwwww.
11:31 PM I'd hug you if I could but I'll hug my kitty instead.
 me: gotta enjoy my last few days of decadence before I move in with Mirna and can't do any more drugs other than pot and pills
 Miriam: Mmmmm. Pills.
11:32 PM me: how's your evening?
  evening-like
  ?
 Miriam: Dwinking corn whiskey with navel orange zest out of a mason jar with heart shaped ice. Seriously.
11:33 PM I'm that fussity.
  Iy's derishusss.
  it's derishuss.
11:34 PM me: Understood, Captain Rummy
 Miriam: No rum! Corn whiskey!
  I'm all toasty.
  toasted.
  Crack pants! Wish I was there!
11:37 PM Let's see what festive food writing the smart set is up to...did you read your little articles I printed for you?
 me: I did indeed
11:38 PM very nostalgic; I use to do tons of food writing, mostly restaurant write-ups for AOL, Dining Out, etc.
  made tons of money doing that when I was 19 to 22 or so
  even wrote up shoe stores and things of that nature
 Miriam: my itty bitty office is plastered with that shit like a teen girl and tiger beat.
 me: women's clothing stores, too
  TIGER BEAT
11:39 PM JUSTIN WHATSHISNAME
 Miriam: vas ist staas women vclothing?
 me: okay, brb, gotta finish this piece; they want it by morning so we can better scoop the NYT, I'll tell you all about it later, funny story
11:40 PM Miriam: right on.
 me: RIGHT ON!
11:41 PM Miriam: you are charming Barriticus.

16 minutes
11:58 PM me: holy shit
  my publisher got hacked
 Miriam: whaaaa?
 me: http://www.sterlingandross.com/
11:59 PM Miriam: I see. Erm saw.
12:00 AM That's wild. Not sure what to say.
12:05 AM me: wonder if this was a random thing or if he's made the wrong enemies
  he's certainly made a lot of enemies
 Miriam: shit man.
12:06 AM me: it's not a big deal, doesn't effect me
  but he may suspect I have something to do with it
 Miriam: paranoid. Simmer down.
12:07 AM me: again, I'm not worried, it's more amusing than anything.
12:08 AM Miriam: do you need me to print out your cv on good card stock?
12:10 AM me: cover letter?
12:12 AM Miriam: no. The resume. curriculum vitae
 me: ah, yes please, I don't have a printer
12:13 AM Miriam: Thought so. Gotchya hon.
 me: you're a dear
12:14 AM Miriam: Going to an awesome Bill Plimpton lecture tomorrow night. So stoked.
12:15 AM He's a truly twisted animator. Saw him speak in 2001 at Pratt.
12:16 AM Fucking genius. Kakuda and I are gonna throw panties.
  bwa haa haaaa.
  Stroub back yet?
12:20 AM me: yeah, he got back last night
  he was kind of upset today due to some insults thrown at him by Rebecca
 Miriam: ruh roh!
 me: I had to give him a pep talk
  again
12:21 AM Miriam: Yer like Jeebus of the house.

6 minutes
12:27 AM Miriam: Sent you some festive music via you tube. Gotta go to bed. Have a wonderful evening. I'll text you at work tomorrow. xxxxxxxxxx
 me: nighty-night
12:28 AM Miriam: :)
 me: HAPPY FACE SMILE
  I mean
  :-)
12:29 AM Miriam: ha ha. Try to get some rest yourself hon.