Subject: Chat with Selena Leong
From: Selena Leong <selenaleong@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

4:47 PM me: so, you can't see me tonight, then?
 Selena: what would you want to do?
 me: well
  we could hang out
  drink beer
 Selena: i'm being a lazy shit and watching "whip it" right now on my computer
 me: play dwarf fortress
4:48 PM Selena: HAHAHAHA
  ow my face
 me: finish my column
  you better stop laughing
  I'll try not to be amusing
 Selena: i can't
  the dwarf fortress thing has me constantly cracking up
 me: it is a pretty comedic name
 Selena: it's HORRIBLE
 me: I'M PLAYING DWARF FORTRESS
 Selena: STOP
  owww
 me: lol
 Selena: to know that you are sitting around
 me: sorry
 Selena: investing hours
4:49 PM in this low resolution game
  it kills me
 me: this is my only means of recreation
 Selena: you need some other form of entertainment
 me: well, I shoot hoops
  right now my friends are watching this terribly-scripted fucking show
  made by producers of the wire
 Selena: i'd offer to do that with you but poor depth perception + general inathleticism =
 me: that's okay, I prefer to shoot alone
4:50 PM Selena: what show is that?
  i liked "homicide: life on teh street"
  the precursor to "the wire"
 me: it's about New Orleans, don't know what it's called
  about musicians
 Selena: oh god
  could there be a groupof people LESS interesting to make a show about
 me: I can't help but make fun of it while they try to watch
  dialog is fucking atrocious
  whole thing is just over-produced and under-scripted
 Selena: are they insisting that you leave?
 me: no
4:51 PM Selena: "listen you naysayer, get out"
  "barrett if youdon't shut up we're gonna shut you up for you"
 me: they know how I feel about bad shows
  they can't help but know because I won't shut up about them
 Selena: nobody likes bad telev-oh wait, i do
 me: fucking Mirna loves it
 Selena: i watch CSI miami
  bc it is SO TERRIBLE
 me: yes
 Selena: but i think the writers know
 me: I get to see all the law and orders due to Mirna
 Selena: i am SURE they are aware of how bad it is
 me: yes
 Selena: hey hold up
4:52 PM L&O was once a venerable franchise
 me: I'm sure
 Selena: years ago
  criminal intent was originally pretty OK
  so was SVU
 me: basically, I get irrationally enraged by the mere thought of people watching certain things
 Selena: but i think whoever is writing for SVU must be stoned or hate intelligent dialog
 me: they're all amoral junkies
  I think
 Selena: haha wait what!
 me: or they're just scumbags
4:53 PM unless they're really trying their best
 Selena: wait who are the junkies
 me: so, can you not have sex due to your mouth?
 Selena: the writers?
 me: the writers
 Selena: OMG stop i'm cracking upagain
  owww
  well i can't kiss you
  which puts a huge damper on things
  and i can't give you a blow job, which again, kind of sucks
4:54 PM me: I don't really care about blow jobs
 Selena: i would be some useless one hole blow up doll
  what DO you care about
 me: the vagina is pretty important
  like, sexual intercourse
 Selena: OK
  that is pretty important, yes.
 me: you can just pretend you're a prostitute who doesn't kiss clients on the lips
 Selena: i think taking away some of my ability to create tactile sensation deprives both of us of pleasure though
 me: an asleep prostitute, lol
4:55 PM Selena: hahaha you really liked that didn't you :(
  hahahahahah
 me: yes, it's not the perfect situation
  but whatever
  anyway, I want sex
 Selena: well i would feel kind of shitty about it
  hahaha
  i wouldn't be performing up to my full potential
4:56 PM also i look like fucking jabba the hut
 me: I don't care
 Selena: well *I* care
 me: if you're not down for it, that's cool
  but my position is
  that I want sex
 Selena: at this moment, i think it might be something we should avoid
 me: fine
 Selena: and i would happily grant you such desires
  had that stupid dog not eaten my face
 me: yeah, the dog is a dumbass
4:57 PM Selena: well, yeah. though i guess it's my fault
  i should know better than to get all kissy face w/ a strange dog
 me: he gets freaked out sometimes
 Selena: yeah.
  so it's my fault and i accept that.
  and i kind of don't want you to see me looking like i got doored
 me: is that the problem?
 Selena: that i look like a monster?
  it is partially
4:58 PM but i am such an orally fixated person
  that a mouth injury is REALLY problematic
  i would be lying if i said i were not at all concerned about looking like a mangled beast
 me: very well
 Selena: i went to my friends' house yesterday to play poker and i felt so dumb
4:59 PM however, since i know mouth wounds heal up fairly quickly
  esp. bc i had a stupid monroe piercing a few years ago
  i should be OK in a couple days. minus the scabs all ove rmy nose.
5:01 PM me: the terrible dialog damages my brain more when I'm stoned
  I sense it more strongly
  and I'm really stoned now
 Selena: what recourse have you for recovering brain capacity
5:02 PM me: dwarf fortress
 Selena: oh god
  my lip is about to explode bc i can't stop laughing
  you are cruel
5:04 PM me: yep
5:05 PM Selena: is from behind your preferred sexual position?
5:06 PM me: yep
  but I'm up to be converted
 Selena: is that because it is kind of impersonal?
5:07 PM me: no
  because it's more sexual
  by virtue of being sort of animalistic
 Selena: oh yes right you said something like that
  humping like two wild dogs
  that's the appeal to you?
 me: or at least, makes participants more aware of the primal nature
 Selena: you enjoy being as real?
 me: of the sex
  yes
 Selena: yes sex is primal
  BUT
5:08 PM it has other uses
  blah blah to bring people together emotionally
 me: I agree
  this is just one of the aspects
 Selena: i mean i spent years only able to have an orgasm while on my back
  and actually
  i still haven't had one w/ someone else while on all fours.
  or on my stomach
5:09 PM it's been all...er, self induced
  so obviously i am ALL FOR practicing w/ a real life human being
5:10 PM me: yeah, I read that on your blog, I'm down for all positions so whatever works for you
 Selena: hahaha how noble of you
  to offer your penis to me
5:11 PM me: I post a message on the commentator Juan Cole's facebook page asking if he's ready to ee something about the project he'd requested and he clicks the "I like this" buttom
  instead of, like, replying
 Selena: maybe he doesn't know how ot use FB
 me: it's likely
  he's a professor
 Selena: why don't you just send him a message
  if he's older than 35 he probably isn't the best at FB
 me: I did
 Selena: hmmm
 me: he has a crazy e-mail inflow
 Selena: why don't you call him.
  ah.
 me: probably will
 Selena: well he'll get to you eventually then.
  persistence!
5:12 PM me: I know, just the I like this was amusing
5:13 PM Selena: or he's passively avoiding you
5:14 PM me: nah
  he's interested in joining the project, I've talked to him via phone before
  for like a while
5:15 PM just works as professor, blogger, Tv pundit, other stuff, extraordinarily busy
 Selena: so basically he's you but worse
 me: just being a blogger is pretty damn time-consuming
  yeah
 Selena: throw in "professor"
 me: I spend most of my time fucking around
 Selena: somehow you get paid to fuck around.
5:18 PM some guy just sent me a message on OKC calling me a snot!
 me: actually writing a piece now involving the fact that one has to spend a lot of time fucking around on the internet in order to understand what's going on culturally
  a snot?
  why?
 Selena: yes a snot
  bc like, months ago we were talkinga bou tmeeting
  but he seemed kind of like a loser alcoholic
  also he said he was a writer blah blah
5:19 PM and i don't know, i guess i wasn' feeling it
  so i just said uh i'm busy, sorry
  and cut to him sending me a msg weeks later "i don't like you anymore, you're a flake"
  so i wrote back "i'm not too broken up about that"
  i mean come on, what else am i supposed to say
  his response was "oh and a snot too"
5:20 PM i'm like, this dude is 35 years old
  thanks for being a passive aggressive child to tell me you don't like me
  bc i was perfectly content to forget you completely as you did not register
5:21 PM does that make me a snot?!
 me: a lot of guys are wacky crybabies
 Selena: well when he said that he spends most of his time at a local bar
  called it his KITCHEN, if i recall correctly
  that was like OK, i'm out, this guy is a drunk
 me: drunks are awesome
 Selena: and hey don't get me wrong, i too am a drunk
  i'm a drunk
5:22 PM but i don't want to date another drunk.
  i'm the fuck up here, goddammit
 me: I understand
 Selena: i can't be with someone who is MORE fucked up than me!
  oh also he lives in jersey
5:27 PM me: lol Jersey
 Selena: yeah well
  i'm a snot

9 minutes
5:37 PM me: now I'm going to play dwarf fortress at Union Pool, zomglol
  laterz
 Selena: hahaha