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

Miriam: hola Barriticus!
Miriam: Howonearth areyou dear?
me: very well, just launched the project this afternoon
me: already got angry letter from this anti-war pundit
me: cause I'm working with Charles
Miriam: sweet!
me: Johnson
me: lots of ins and outs
Miriam: somehow still awake. Bizarre. Work wasn't too painful in retrospect.
me: I'm surprised, I would have died
me: I only slept till 10 myself, actually
Miriam: I'm a trooper. It's not like I have any choice.
me: true dat
Miriam: COME ON MY FACE! ha ha!
me: oh, yeah
me: man, I keep remembering stuff from last night, I was drunker than I thought
Miriam: Dude, I got waaaaasted!
me: was totally confused about Vanity Fair article
me: among other things
Miriam: I know.
Miriam: Me too. I'm nutty.
me: well, we did a lot drinking and whatnot
Miriam: tee hee. The crack pah-tay was TOTALLY not needed tho.
Miriam: oh well.
Miriam: So itgoes.
me: indeed
me: much excess
Miriam: I'm almost fucking 30! Can't roll like that on school nights. Yeesh. I never learn. So whatchya doing tonight?
me: looks like I'm strategizing
me: aftermath of Vanity Fair piece
Miriam: I'm headed to Carroll Gardens for bevvies with Kakuda and Erin.
Miriam: Tinkering Barriticus.....
me: ah-so jackrabbit
Miriam: Need some lady time
me: I'd imagine so
Miriam: They will spend most of the evening making fun of me.
me: how so?
Miriam: And rightly so.
Miriam: Oh for existing the way I do. Whatever.
Miriam: So is you friend having that going awayparty for you manyana?
me: nah, I put a stop to that
Miriam: THANK GOD!
Miriam: WHEW!
me: yeah
me: she was just talkin'
Miriam: They were still rockin' when I went to work!
me: yeah, they're still here
me: made me breakfast
me: and lunch
Miriam: NO WAY!
Miriam: trippy man....
me: I actually like her
Miriam: She's sweet.
me: even if she's wacky sometimes
me: what with the crack
Miriam: ha ha.
Miriam: I like how you say "what with the crack"
me: yes
me: as you should
Miriam: super smily face!
Miriam: smiley
Miriam: fucking utility people ringing my bell, freaked me out!
Miriam: So, let's sketch and write our little comic strip Sunday instead?
me: oh, yeah, comic strip
me: sure
me: that'll be nifty
Miriam: listening to my faggy ass art school music yo.
Miriam: It will be tres nifty.
Miriam: why don't you come here Sunday?
me: perhaps, gotta figure out what needs to be done regarding apartment
Miriam: any word from zee landlord?
me: yeah, saw him today, told him I'd figure something out
Miriam: Really? he's holding you accountablefor them?
me: we haven't discussed that specifically
me: just spoke briefly
Miriam: gotta get ready to meet the wimminz. Have a wonderful evening, I'll text later.
me: you too, have fun girl's night out
Miriam: wheeeee.
Miriam: xo.