Subject: Chat with selenaleong@gmail.com |
From: "selenaleong@gmail.com" <selenaleong@gmail.com> |
12:19 AM me: lol
"One time, she asked me to go to the nearby cafe to get her a coffee and a cookie. When I returned, she threw a tantrum, insisting she could never drink from a medium sized cup."
selenaleong: hahahaha
also she hated whatever fucking cookie i got her
12:20 AM plus she was convinced i had eaten like thousands of pussies
me: chocolate chio
why?
selenaleong: WHO DOESNT LIKE CHOCOLATE CHIP
i don't know, but she was a lesbian
maybe she sniffed something on me
me: I see
it's a pretty damned good blog
you've got good writing mechanics
selenaleong: well. thank you.
this is quite a compliment coming from you
12:21 AM me: 've been transitioning off my antidepressant after several years of being medicinally placated and what I've noticed is my sex drive has returned. With a vengeance. Like, it is Steven Seagal and penises are the bad guys who raped and killed his teenage daughter
I mean, it's not like I only want to be fucked while on my back; I'm not a goddamn turtle.
selenaleong: oh god
12:22 AM so. how was your thursday evening
12:23 AM me: nice and quiet, usually Mirna's here watching some nonsense TV show while I try to think or write
I'm very happy
12:24 AM selenaleong: did you enjoy your sandwich
me: consulting with my various people, jotting down notes, etc
I did indeed
selenaleong: i'm curious to learn what kind of sandwich it was.
me: well, sir
it was a ham and cheese sandwich
selenaleong: mayo? mustard?
lettuce? tomato? pickle?
me: nah, didn't have any condiments left
12:25 AM a Spartan sandwich
selenaleong: oh you MADE the sandwich.
me: yep
selenaleong: i haven't had sandwich ingredients in years
the idea of me buying bread is laughable.
me: laughable?
selenaleong: i don't really eat bread
i eat burgers w/o buns
12:26 AM unless it's a BLT, most sandwiches can go fall off a cliff
me: that's pretty extreme
check this out
selenaleong: well wait 'til you hear my stance on raw onions.
12:27 AM me: this guy was on cable access back in Austin
selenaleong: yes, checking out...?
me: Calvinist preacher
http://www.excitementmachine.org/revricky/
selenaleong: cable access, home of the crazies
me: friend just sent me this
Austin especially, man
selenaleong: holy
those screen shots are...amazing
me: it was a fucking nutty scene ten years ago
he just had a lot of unique terminology
selenaleong: sxsw hasn't helped at all?
me: and symbology
12:28 AM sxsw doesn't really impact it, I don't think
selenaleong: i just think of it as a hip happening music/food city
me: it was going on at the height of cable access craziness
I had to write like 60,000 words on SXSW in 2002
it was a fucking nightmare
I actually had nightmares about it
selenaleong: "kids today: they are annoying. we ate tacos"
there, that's like nine words. or eight.
me: lol, worse than that
12:29 AM I had to write about bands
and I don't know anything about any of them
selenaleong: "music: don't forget your earplugs. get drunk on booze. whee, what fun."
hmmm
that must have been hilarious
a total interloper
writing about "THE SCENE"
me: it was terrible, and I was always an interloper back then
how was your evening?
did you eat lobster?
selenaleong: no
12:30 AM i thought how sad it would be for me to go sit in the restaurant alone
at the bar
and eat a 30$ dinner
so i went home and watched "CSI"
me: very good
selenaleong: i also realized i forgot to go on a job interview
12:31 AM i thought it was TOMORROW.
it was today.
me: oops
good start
selenaleong: since i was wearing a ripped tee shirt and cut off denim shorts...
it probably is a good thing i didn't go
and massively hungover.
me: what job?
12:32 AM selenaleong: oh product mgr for a private label
that does licensing for like, enyce boy/girl
my friend used to work there, she said it's horrible
me: sounds great
selenaleong: yeah
she said she was sexually harassed
i'm like wait, it's the APPAREL INDUSTRY
12:33 AM there are only women/gay men
oh and gross old jewish or italian guys
me: "He kept asking, "Is this pussy mine?" and "Whose pussy is this?" and I repeatedly muttered, "Yes" and "Yours, daddy" respectively."
selenaleong: (i can only surmise that it was the two latter)
me: the "respectively" is especially amusing
selenaleong: are you finding these quotes amusing.
hahaha i guess you are.
you know, i didn't mean for the blog to be so funny
12:34 AM i guess my silliness is just...pervasive
me: I've got a heightened sense of humor
selenaleong: well i like that
i find everything funny
well, ALMOST
12:35 AM like, rape isn't funny
me: I got suspended and nearly expelled from high school for conducting a threesome in the girl's hotel room during our school paper's trip to New York in 10th grade
12:36 AM they would have expelled me but couldn't prove anything
other than that I slept in girl's room
selenaleong: oh lovely.
me: I explained to officials that the alternative would have been to sleep in room with acne-scarred fucking zeta males
selenaleong: wow a threesome in h.s.
that's impressive!
me: I was precocious
12:37 AM selenaleong: clearly
ahead of your time.
what were they going to do, sniff your dick?
me: and, like, the school bad boy only by virtue of it being a pussified school
selenaleong: is it a real threesome if the two girls don't eat each other out?
me: sure
selenaleong: oh i get the feeling you are quite a dirty bird.
12:38 AM me: used to be
selenaleong: oh, old age has tamed you?
me: had nowhere to go but up
had a series of drug problems
when I was much younger
selenaleong: hmmm
which drugs
me: all
12:39 AM selenaleong: i mean you probably were a coke addled monkey
and that's cool because i was there
if you say E i am going to mock you
me: was addicted to heroin for a while
selenaleong: oh god
me: did everything else but never had a problem with any of it
selenaleong: well. i am glad that's past tense
me: yeah, I know
selenaleong: i've lost way too many friends
me: me too
12:40 AM or, rather, just a couple
selenaleong: funerals aren't fun
me: most of my friends don't really do anything
selenaleong: would you consider yourself a bad influence
because i know i am.
me: a long time ago, yes
selenaleong: i'll refill your drink when you're not looking.
12:41 AM me: but i never allowed girls to do any heroin
selenaleong: well that's good.
it was never really my bag.
also i am a shitty pot head
me: so's Mirna
selenaleong: no i meant i'm not good at pot
12:42 AM me: she works at that damn law firm and then comes home and watches six hours of law and order while stoned
ah
I don't mind it
selenaleong: oh i don't think there's anything wrong w/ it
it's just an antisocial drug
me: I know what you mean
selenaleong: it makes me want to eat a bag of doritos home alone on the couch
while laughing at stupid "family guy" episodes
me: I work on it
helps for re-writes
12:43 AM selenaleong: oh. that's true
i developed my xanax habit by joking to my doctor "i should smoke more pot"
me: OMG an e-mail from THE Steve Holmes!
selenaleong: SHUT UP
me: lol
selenaleong: i hate you so much
me: also, you must be the one girl on chat roulette that all those guys are trying to find
selenaleong: he's got that dirty older man thing going on
12:44 AM me: the one who actually shows tits
selenaleong: well i was drunk
and it was after a date
so why not
i was kind of...in the mood to be "risque"
12:45 AM me: OH MY!
(faint)
selenaleong: oh mock me all you want
i don't like the whole webcam thing
me: "Continuing with the safety theme, we need to discuss how to screen out creeps and serial killers."
That's a good idea
selenaleong: it's a little creepy
12:46 AM me: what's NSA?
selenaleong: no strings attached
me: ah
selenaleong: i have met some real interesting characters off CL
mostly boring dorks though.
me: and most of it will be replies like "I WANA FUK U."
12:47 AM selenaleong: if you would like to conduct an experiment on the general illiteracy of the american populace
me: I do not
selenaleong: put up a profile on plentyoffish.com
me: stop right there
don't need to
selenaleong: haha
it's fascinating how dumb people are
HOW DO THEY HAVE JOBS
me: I'm from Texas
selenaleong: that require an IQ over 90
me: no idea
but the business class in our country
12:48 AM selenaleong: oh. right. home of the people who thought it was a great idea to tie a black man to the back of a pickup truck and drive a couple miles
me: is illiterate
selenaleong: how do you get into college not knowing how to write a complete sentence
or grad school for that matter
me: colleges are scams
selenaleong: oh this is true.
when i applied at lang i asked the adviser "so you think i'll get admitted?"
and his reply was "i don't know, can you afford it?" ha ha ha
12:49 AM me: yeah, they should all be burned down
fucking pyramid scheme
just blind institutions that develop like water flowing downhill and collecting in a pool
12:50 AM selenaleong: hmmm so where did you go to school.
because i KNOW you did.
and you probably went to grad school too.
me: I went to UT for about three weeks and then dropped out
got some gigs and also a copywriting job with AOL when I was 18
selenaleong: i'm waiting for the "and then" part
wait really?
me: never went back
selenaleong: wow.
12:51 AM me: nope, but I did give a lecture at Rutgers a couple months ago
selenaleong: that's really impressive since i totally had you pegged for an over educated academic
really
even more amazing.
me: graduated high school by mail when I was in Africa, too
selenaleong: so you're an auto didactic
me: took tests at new embassy, was 1998 when other one was blown up
yeah, I was militantly opposed to school when I had to go
12:52 AM selenaleong: you are just one fascinating bird.
me: was always furious about being there under someone else's authority, made sure that would never ever happen again
thankfully I can do whatever I want now
selenaleong: would you go back now? just for shits & giggles
me: with a flamethrower
12:53 AM selenaleong: haha
i like school
it makes me feel productive
i am probably lying to myself
me: I'll go give lectures, but that's it
maybe
there are certain legitimate subjects that schools can teach
but humanities, no fucking way
"English"
lol
selenaleong: hhahaha i never understood english majors.
12:54 AM me: fucking mediocre half-men
I'M MAJORING IN ENGLISH GUISE
selenaleong: are you this contemptuous all the time?
it must get exhausting
me: no, just about this
selenaleong: OK
me: I'm usually pleasant
selenaleong: because it might be like hanging out with a comedic act all the time
and that might become ... trying.
me: it would
12:55 AM selenaleong: people who are on 100% of the time, oh god go die in a fire
me: He has a fetish for "shiny things" including baby oil, lip gloss and leggings
odd
that sounds familiar for some reason
12:56 AM selenaleong: uh it was some dude from OKC i think
i never met him
me: what do you think about a guy with those sorts of fetishes?
selenaleong: i flake on about 79% of the people i write with
what do i think? i think that's OK i guess, people enjoy what they enjoy
me: do you respect them less?
12:57 AM selenaleong: if he had a diaper fetish, probably yes
me: okay
good
selenaleong: but something that's fairly innocuous ...
like some dude i went out w/ once was all about thigh highs
he was REALLY into lingerie
me: dude, this guy
selenaleong: so i showed up wearing no underwear just to be an asshole
me: that Mirna was very briefly dating
recently
first of all, he was really dumb
12:58 AM selenaleong: nothing sexier than stupidity
me: like, he told Mirna and another friend of mine, "You guys, you can't trust the news stations"
as if this was something he had figured out just recently
and had to tell everyone
selenaleong: hahahahahahha
that must have delighted you.
me: and he asked to put on her pantyhose
selenaleong: oh wow
me: and said something to her
12:59 AM when she like held him from behind at some bar or grabbed him or something
about how he was uncomfortable being held on his right hip because of "something that had happened"
when he was younger
all kids of fucked up
selenaleong: hmmm
me: finally she got rid of him
which was good
1:00 AM selenaleong: i wonder what happened
like did his priest fondle his hip
me: probably molested
selenaleong: well yeah probably
me: but at any rate, I don't want dumb pretty guys around me
selenaleong: but this is a fucked up thing to say but who hasn't been molested, ha ha.
me: well, I never was, maybe everyone else
selenaleong: well iw asn't on a regular basis
unless you count being a woman
me: nothing bad every really happened to me
1:01 AM selenaleong: well you're one of those lucky people
me: yep
selenaleong: i can't really complain
me: never even sprained an ankle
selenaleong: wow.
i've never broken a bone
or had a bee sting
me: well, I've been stung once or twice
1:02 AM we live in a fine, fine age
selenaleong: yeah i mean i just had consumption
oh and a vicious case of HIV
but other than that, i'm GREAT!
me: chat roulette is a pretty wondrous thing to have all of a sudden, we don't even think of it because of all the wonders that keep coming
just drink some OJ, get some rest
selenaleong: chat roulette is depressing
a bunch of boring people
who fancy themselves fascinating to utter strangers
1:03 AM like i'm that much of a voyeur to watch some fucking losers
me: well, I try talking to everyone, always fine some interesting person in France or China or here
selenaleong: OK yes.
on that point i shall concede
i mean shitty americans
it's just some dumb drunk sorority girls
or a bunch of frat boys holding up signs "SHOW UR TITS"
me: I always do
1:04 AM selenaleong: man i'll show you mine
in person
me: You could describe him as "dark and brooding" but that usually comes with the territory of being an eastern European. We met up for supper at a local cafe where he had a watermelon salad (he was amazed by the combination of fruit, feta and mint despite me telling him it was a classic combination)
selenaleong: i don't need the safety/anonymity of the internet
me: that's funny, an Eastern European intellectual ordering watermelon salad
selenaleong: hahahahahah he was a weird dude
me: America takes Eastern European intellectualism and breaks its legs
selenaleong: also afterward i was convinced his cat had fleas and bit the fuck out of me
1:05 AM me: watermelon salad
selenaleong: it was SUMMER
god what more do you want
me: could have been bed bugs
I've spent many a summer in this country
selenaleong: i KNOW, i'm saying, it was hot, we had fucking salad
then i shoved a cigarette in my pussy
me: never had watermelon salad, and I'm from the state where they sell watermelons on the side of the road, and I'm not dark and broodin
selenaleong: that was pretty slutty
1:06 AM i don't like watermelon
me: and a waste
did it not break?
selenaleong: oh it was uh "Just the tip"
me: lol
selenaleong: to prove i wasn't wearing panties.
me: just the tip
selenaleong: oh everyone loves that JUST THE TIP joke
1:07 AM me: I had this amusing idea
to respond to all messages on OkCupid
with, "IS THAT A THREAT?"
selenaleong: hahahahahahha
has that panned out for you.
me: it just made me laugh over and over again to think about it
selenaleong: it is pretty funny
1:08 AM did you answer a lot of the stupid Q's for the matching algorithm
me: because I got this message from this pretty young girl who asked me some question like, "Don't you think that your taste for Dostoevsky contradicts all the Hellenistic stuff you're into?"
and I wrote IS THAT A THREAT?
and then I laughed for like the whole afternoon
selenaleong: halsjfdlasjkfjashahahahah
me: then told my friend Josh and he, too, engaged in a bit of laughter, he did
1:09 AM selenaleong: did she reply
me: then we tried to think up other phrases to totally ruin any potential relationships
selenaleong: i wrote someone and said " you have a weird face like you should have lived during the french revolution"
me: lol she did not
selenaleong: bummer
me: I told another that she looked like a Dostoevsky character and was probably a Sphinx
1:10 AM selenaleong: hahahahah did SHE reply?
me: that confused her but was also funny
she did
selenaleong: i mean how could you NOT
that's funny and engaging
me: decided that bizarre accusations are funniest
ARE YOU A SPHINX GIRL!>?!?!?!
selenaleong: hahaha
i would just tell you i'm the oracle at delphi :(
1:11 AM me: that would ruin it
because then we would actually end up talking about shared interests
selenaleong: am i doing this wrong?!!!
i'm SORRY i don't know how to reply to these properly
1:13 AM me: the thing is that in New York a male can afford to sacrifice potential mating for a quick and hilarious joke
or, a male of any caliber
selenaleong: wait are you saying women can't
1:14 AM me: well, here, the ratio is all skewed
selenaleong: oh yes
you're right
me: between single men and women
and then
you have the rampant homosexuality among the men
and then the rampant wannabe-creative class faggotry of the heteros
1:15 AM selenaleong: bahahahaha man you are one embittered fart
me: who, me?
selenaleong: mental note: do not watch CNN with you. got it
yeah YOU
no, the dude behind you
me: OH FUCK
I think he's gone
selenaleong: he's in the bathroom
1:16 AM me: I just don't have much respect for these Williamsburg males
or males in general, really
selenaleong: neither do i
me: I guess I'm kind of a codger
selenaleong: you are a contemptuous fart
curmudgeon much?
don't worry i shake my fist at the kids on the lawn too.
me: I just have certain expectations
1:17 AM well, somebody has to
ah, toe-sucking
selenaleong: shit if i could have a shotgun...
what are you yammering on about now.
me: I was hanging out with this girl for a little while like two months ago
she was fucking nuts and I stopped hanging out with her pretty quickly
1:18 AM anyway
she was a foot whore
selenaleong: oh
me: went to these "parties" where men paid to play with the girls' feet
selenaleong: oh yeah
i'm aware of those things
me: I really want to learn about these men
selenaleong: it's just...weird
me: yeah, she told me a lot of interesting stuff
oh
and then I was reading something
on reddit, probably
1:19 AM this gay male prostitute
had one client who had him over, told him to bring his glasses
he had this thing for thick glasses
and all of these pairs of glasses set on his dresser
and had him try on various pairs and tell him about how they felt, what he saw
selenaleong: hmm
at least he wasn't into blowing loads onto the glasses?
1:20 AM me: and he was like, "I can't see anything, none of these are my prescription"
which I think to be hilarious
no
he just sat on his bed and watched the guy watch porn and jacked off
then cried and apologized for how much of a "loser" he was
selenaleong: faahslajfjlasjfklajsd ahahhaha
that line is the funniest thing ever
me: I really love anecdotes like that
selenaleong: yes
well then
1:21 AM i have one for you from my friend
me: I interned at nerve.com back in the day
fucking sucke
selenaleong: he is a 6'4 good looking british guy
oh wait my friend worked there
he was an executive there
back in like 2001?
me: shit, name?
selenaleong: brian battjer.
me: ah, don't know him
I was there in 2003, I think
selenaleong: ah OK
that was after they got bought out, right?
me: hmmm
1:22 AM I thought it was the same owner
don't know
selenaleong: no i think it changed hands at some point
me: or maybe he's the one who bought it
selenaleong: yes i think you are right on that
bc the whole format/layout/interface changed
me: I don't know, there was a mini civil war going on in editorial
selenaleong: and i lost all my credits
my friend does marketing so
1:23 AM me: I remember one of the tech guys was smoking outside and saying that nerve was getting all the "buzz" that myspace or something used to get
and I was thinking, uh, no
selenaleong: hahahah myspace
the siberia of the internet now.
are you on facebook
me: yeah, Mirna made me an account
and now
selenaleong: HA HA HAHAHAHAHA
me: I use it for stuff
1:24 AM selenaleong: "stuff"
me: my political action committe and whatnot
selenaleong: well that's a good thing
1:25 AM i use it to remind myself that i am socially quite endowed
me: socially endowed
very good, it's nice to talk to another writer
selenaleong: hahaha
it is
i'm enjoying our exchanges
1:26 AM me: I mean socially, I'm working with a bunch of them but don't really talk to them
although I tell all of my romantic and sexual quandries to this gay editor I used to write for
selenaleong: well that's all you need, a few good confidantes
me: just one gay editor will do
selenaleong: does he give you good advice in return?
1:27 AM me: oh, maybe
I don't know, I just enjoy typing
selenaleong: hmm
you probably have ADD
1:28 AM me: perhaps
I was diagnosed with it back in the days when people were constantly diagnosed with it
but also diagnosed with hypo-mania
selenaleong: what is hypomania
like you're apathetic?
me: like manic depression
except without the depression
1:29 AM but that was when I was like eight
selenaleong: so you're just always UP
me: my dad was, too
selenaleong: maybe you were just eating too much sugar
that's the kind of shit "you grow out of"
me: maybe. I'm just a happy, reasonable person with plans
selenaleong: certainly nothing wrong w/ THAT either.
1:30 AM me: so, you have a good relationship with your parents?
selenaleong: yes
i love them so much
me: "Am I reclaiming myself? Or am I just distracting myself from the true issues at hand?"
are there issues you're not dealing with?
selenaleong: yes
1:31 AM my inability to clean
me: that's not much of an issue
I used to be King of the Fruit Flies
selenaleong: the fact i was a piece of shit drunk for the past five years?
me: meh, could be worse
selenaleong: got fired a lot
i'm facing eviction.
ha ha haaaa
:(
me: how long you been out of work/
?
selenaleong: i was out of work for five months
1:32 AM i worked for four prior
and was out of work for like 8 before that
it allowed me a lot of wallowing
me: right
selenaleong: and avoiding reality
and i was just a general piece of shit
me: Wikipedia is good for that
selenaleong: oh trust me, i used wiki quite often.
1:33 AM me: information addiction
selenaleong: i love the internet :(
me: what I binged on when I was dope sick
selenaleong: so how long ago were you a junkie
and how long did the heroin phase last
me: got off about five or six months ago
selenaleong: wow
me: in order to better run Project PM
selenaleong: well that's good.
1:34 AM i'm glad you were able to do that
so we're not going to avenue D right
hanging out at the projects
me: it was a choice between going on like that and potentially failing or going through withdraws and then having everything I want
what do you mean?
buying it?
selenaleong: haha i just meant yeah
that.
i was going to make a baltimore joke too
i'm sorry, that was just rude
i don't mean to make light of your plights
me: I had a Puerto Rican gang selling weed out of my apartment
1:35 AM so had access to dealers at home
selenaleong: how convenient
and dangerous
me: yeah, but I was at this time far crazier than the dealers
1:36 AM selenaleong: wow
me: had several local enemies
selenaleong: were you playing russian roulette
did you inject or snort
me: and allies with guns and whatnot, several fights
injected
selenaleong: yikes
WOW.
me: keep in mind that this was all going on while I'm director of communication for a PAC
selenaleong: you're quite fascinating
me: and writing for Vanity Fair
selenaleong: hahahah i really hate you
1:37 AM me: and Skeptic and all sorts of other respectable shit
so it was a weird life
selenaleong: your ability to achieve all that while being a piece of shit is...just amazing
me: yeah, I worked in bursts
selenaleong: i'm intrigued
1:38 AM me: then the project began
and my mom was coming up to get a hotel room for my birthday and all that
and decided I had to quit all of it
selenaleong: did she know?
how long were you shooting up for?
me: plus I was supporting those two jackass crybaby honkies
she didn't know
selenaleong: you'd break her heart you know.
me: snorting for a year, shooting for half a year additionally
1:39 AM I know
selenaleong: well. i am glad that portion of your life is pretty much over.
me: that's what I thought about during the withdrawals
so, I moved out and in with my old friend/lawyer here
selenaleong: does she keep you in check?
me: sort of
selenaleong: that's great
me: I keep myself in check mostly
selenaleong: even better.
1:40 AM i wish i had a stronger self will/congrol
me: towards the end, I was plotting to kill this guy who was himself a 17-year vet of upstate for a double homicide
and that was pretty much the point when I realized things had gone too far
1:41 AM selenaleong: um. yeah.
that's kind of an epiphany.
me: just have a lot of criminal behavior among males of my family
selenaleong: hmm
perhaps you enjoy the excitement of it
me: sort of naturally inclined to it, so have to be doubly sure to go the opposite direction
1:42 AM I did, adrenaline addiction is a real thing
selenaleong: maybe you find life so boring and people so stupid that you purposely create fucked up situations
(here is where i project)
me: perhaps, but a lot of it was just incidental to heroin lifestyle
selenaleong: as i am not too familiar w/ heroin lifestyle, i shall take your word for it
1:43 AM me: but anyway, I'm now drinking chocolate milk and listening to classical music
selenaleong: how refined
me: try to basically do now what would make my mom happy if she saw me
selenaleong: aw.
your own little self internalized police.
me: yep
anyway, this is all classified of course
selenaleong: you're strengthening your super ego
1:44 AM me: too many fucking people know too much already
selenaleong: what, i was going to make a tee shirt w/ the entirety of this conversation on it
me: luckily, no one would believe most of it
DUDE DON'T DO THAT
EVERYONE WOULD KNOW
FROM THE SHIRT
selenaleong: it would just look like houndstooth
don't worry
me: THE SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRTY
damnit
Y was unintentional
1:45 AM selenaleong: i still got the gist
me: you should read William Gibson
1:46 AM selenaleong: i'm going to sound stupid and say "who?"
me: well, I don't think one is stupid by virtue of not knowing a certain author
this isn't the 16th century
the culture has exploded
1:47 AM he invented cyberpunk
but moreover
selenaleong: is that the neomancer dude
or was it necromancer whatever
me: he introduced and predicted a lot of concepts
yeah
selenaleong: i know the NAME but not familiar w/ him
me: including concepts that shocked me into doing the project
selenaleong: i'll have to insist you dumb it down for me
me: you should just read it
selenaleong: OK
me: also, you're being overly-modest again
selenaleong: i am NOT
1:48 AM me: fine, you're not
selenaleong: hahaha
there are just some things i'm just...unaware of.
me: or ARE you
I don't even know how to tie my shoes
selenaleong: thank god for loafers
me: which is why I wear cowboy boots
selenaleong: wait no you don't
do you?
me: yep
selenaleong: oh god
1:49 AM me: yeah, I get that a lot
selenaleong: well. you are from texas.
i guess i can't complain
me: I mean, all males in my family wear cowboy boots
selenaleong: who am *I* to tell you to change your entire sartorial expression
me: a lot of them are ranchers
even the urban ones wear them
selenaleong: what about the HAT
me: nope
don't wear hats
1:50 AM selenaleong: uh
your profile photo begs to differ.
me: that's from hunting
different deal
you have to wear a hat or burn
selenaleong: also you look pretty fucking pasty
1:51 AM me: again, I'm not into hunting, this is just an important cultural aspect from which I come from
in that pic, yeah
selenaleong: how about skeet shooting.
me: lol no
I hate shotguns
selenaleong: just checking.
the kickback on those are brutal, no?
me: I have one, but it was bequeathed to me
selenaleong: i've only fired .22's
me: I just don't care about birds
1:52 AM selenaleong: i like shooting things.
me: also have a .270 or some such
my dad's just a psycho
selenaleong: ha ha
me: he's killed everything
selenaleong: are you on good terms w/ your dad?
me: sure
selenaleong: now?
1:53 AM me: now, yes, he was intentionally absent when I was a kid
selenaleong: why intentional
couldn't handle the strain of having a kid?
me: to get back at my mom
selenaleong: ah.
me: he told me he wouldn't see me again when I was like seven
selenaleong: yikes.
1:54 AM i'd be pretty resentful
me: he's not very mature or noble
not his fault, his family is just immoral
selenaleong: fair enough
me: I was lucky to be raised by my mom, who's very noble
1:55 AM selenaleong: well then that is a good thing.
holy smokes it's almost 2am
and i am sober
ha ha
me: is that rare?
selenaleong: no
i went months w/o drinking
it was why i picked up poker
to stay clear headed
me: poker, eh
selenaleong: yes.
don't mock me
i'm pretty decent
1:56 AM me: I can show you some better games
selenaleong: really
what, no texas hold 'em
me: no card games
selenaleong: what other games do you suggest
is this a sexual innuendo
me: strategy games
selenaleong: hmm OK
me: no, you've got the sexual innuendo covered
trust me
selenaleong: you do realize hold 'em is strategy too
me: I know
selenaleong: oh i'm a walking innuendo
me: but it's pure mathematics, largely
1:57 AM selenaleong: it IS
me: and sort of two-dimensional
selenaleong: BUT it's also in the betting
and knowing when to bet
me: these games have thousands of major factors in play
selenaleong: and coaxing the most $ out of your opponent
me: you have to integrate all of them at once
selenaleong: hmmm
alright
me: better for your mind
selenaleong: i'll take you up on it
me: very well
selenaleong: alright. i must go to bed.
1:58 AM me: word, nighty night
selenaleong: yes.
enjoy your evening
and uh i am looking forward to meeting you tomorrow
me: yep
selenaleong: alright. sleep tight and all that crap
me: thanks and whatnot
selenaleong: hahaha
1:59 AM good night