Catalina: hey Catalina: im finally in my office Catalina: you should come over me: sure, what time? Catalina: i dont know Catalina: 8? Catalina: 9? Catalina: i dont have a dime though Catalina: its sad Catalina: apparently these loan people took part of my paycheck Catalina: should be illegal Catalina: haha, someone just tagged a pic of me in facebook, i was a very sad looking kid Catalina: i bet i was depressed me: sorry, was on the phone me: apparently I'm meeting with the True/Slant execs next week about Project 3Jane me: they've got tons of money, too me: I suppose this will interfere with my aborted career as a kitchen worker me: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA me: MY POWER GROWS DAY BY DAY, ETC Catalina: what power? me: steam me: I mean me: MEDIA POWER Catalina: oh me: no, wait, it was steam Catalina: speaking of media power are you still working with your ex roommate Catalina: the super important public figure? me: who, Chris? me: no fucking way me: I gave up on that, it's a fucking train wreck. I was hoping I could turn that thing around but the guy is absolutely hopeless Catalina: i liked that when he said that, Rob told him he sounded like an asshole me: yep, the guy talks a great deal of nonsense Catalina: speaking of.. i dont have robs number anymore Catalina: but he seemed cool Catalina: we should hang out me: he'd had five publicists quit on him in the past couple months Catalina: but i will only hang out with him if you are there also me: sure, we can do that me: Nelson owes him like $200 me: was supposed to get him crack and then disappeared, won't return my calls me: we could use you as bait to trap him Catalina: sure Catalina: i wish i had known money was going to be taken out of my paycheck Catalina: i would have spent more wisely me: yeah, what's up with that? Catalina: i didnt know that when you dont pay your student loand they can garnish your wages Catalina: i think thats what they called it me: holy shit me: that's rough me: how much monies you owe altogether? Catalina: a lot Catalina: thousands Catalina: a lot of good school did me Catalina: i am barely literate Catalina: i need to find a way to steal some money me: crime, perhaps? me: maybe that's too broad me: you could be the Cutie Bandit me: rob banks and be all cute about it me: then rap about your bank robberies me: or just rap me: about how you wake up in the morning and eat brunch in Miami and then pick out the right clothes for about an hour and then you go to a party and how boys call you when they feel freaky hot and also you are rich me: and own many cute pieces of apparel Catalina: maybe ill be different Catalina: how about i rap about how i spent all my money on a bikini wax Catalina: because i thought i had more Catalina: but it turned out i didnt Catalina: because loan people took it out of my paycheck Catalina: and now i can't buy the stupid magazines i told the old man id buy for him Catalina: or get drugs Catalina: which is what i really want me: magazines? me: well, I've got you covered on drugs Catalina: the stupid wired uk me: the one with his profile? Catalina: i sent you the link Catalina: but i bet you didnt lok at it me: yeah, I saw it Catalina: look me: why do you say that? Catalina: yeah he asked me to buy some for him Catalina: i dont know Catalina: because it might be boring me: I thought his work was pretty interesting, actually Catalina: i didnt like parts of the article Catalina: i liked the end Catalina: not the beginning me: why? Catalina: i hated the stuff about Ziva and the Research assistants getting a contact high Catalina: it was stupid me: not relevant? Catalina: no it wasnt relevant Catalina: and i wasnt sure people who dont work here would get that it was a joke Catalina: carl loved the title though Catalina: he didnt care about the rest because he was happy with the title me: well, it's good that he was happy me: actually, titles can be pretty important me: particularly with profile pieces me: as even people who don't read them will see the title and take something from that me: occasionally a profile piece will end up being negative when the subject expected otherwise me: and the title will be all like "EVIL DEATH PERSON WHO IS WRONG" me: or something more subtle me: fucking editor me: I write in my book, accurately, that Arafat died of "health complications" me: and I get the manuscript back today me: with notes and edits and whatnot me: Additionally, there is still some debate on what exactly killed him. There’s speculation that he died of something AIDS related, he was poisoned, and a myriad of other things. Are you prepared to make such a definitive claim with widespread contradictory evidence? The major ideas here are just fine. me: so me: this doesn't contradict my pretty broad and obvious conclusion that he died of "health complications" me: a term I use exactly because there may have been several contributing factors Catalina: im sure you explained this to him? me: yeah, I'm doing so in my edit right now, we use Word's track changes feature to explain all changes back-and-forth Catalina: hey Catalina: i have to go me: okay Catalina: ok Catalina: ill call you when i get home Catalina: then you can come over me: word