me: word me: Dallas? Duncan: i give up on sound Duncan: yeah next weekend me: how long you going to be there? Duncan: just for the weekend Duncan: going for a wedding me: then where to, south america? Duncan: haha no not this time Duncan: im in austin right now Duncan: then headed to harlingen after july 4 me: harlingen lol Duncan: i know right me: I've been there Duncan: my mom said she spent her whole young life trying to get out Duncan: now im going back. me: why? Duncan: the tables have turned Duncan: working down there me: oh, is that wedding loc Duncan: for an immigrant advocacy group me: doing what? me: good Duncan: defending dem illegals me: good me: wait, what days you going to be in Dallas me: ? Duncan: friday - sunday me: what date is that? Duncan: umm Duncan: 25 - 27 Duncan: you gonna be there? me: possibly Duncan: how was sarah palin me: I gotta cover Sarah Palin rally Duncan: did they kill you me: on 26th Duncan: just tell them you were on fox news me: I'm not actually going to physically go there, going to watch feed from local news stations me: no, they might look it up me: so, I may get down there on 26th me: going to have my mommy pick me up around then, if I'm in I'll call you Duncan: cool well let me know if you want to crash a wedding that night me: probably me: in fact me: yeah, that sounds like a good idea Duncan: the 'rents were invited to the reception Duncan: if that affects your decision me: I enjoy your rents Duncan: but bring jocelyn into the mix and just call it a fmily event me: they gave me a great idea for the evolution book Duncan: me too, just not at an open bar wedding receptoin me: when your dad started telling me about second law of thermo me: lol me: alright Duncan: what did he say me: that second law of thermo makes evolution impossible me: he didn't know about closed systems Duncan: i dont understand science Duncan: so you've lost me me: I guess he thought that had slipped all the scientist's minds me: you think I knew before I got that book deal? me: I didn't know shit me: also me: Harpers just got back to me today, they may publish excerpt of my new book me: if so, I'm going to fucking Mexico again Duncan: nice! congrats Duncan: ha where? san miguel me: cause they pay like $1,500 me: fuck no Duncan: or off the beaten path me: I moved to Zihuatanejo in 2003 me: before moving to NYC for an internship me: how long will you be in harlingen? Duncan: till mid august me: then what? Duncan: back to school me: god damn again? me: law school? Duncan: ha yeah Duncan: tulane me: where's tobin now? Duncan: dallas, but he's leaving for brazil on thursday Duncan: studying there till december me: guess I'll be hanging out with Joc and Ken me: I hung out with Kim a few weeks back me: he always tells me new sordid shit I didn't know me: for instance me: did you know that back in the day me: due to the poverty-stricken nature of the household me: our moms all pretty much had to watch him fuck their firends Duncan: doesnt surprise me Duncan: also Duncan: for instance Duncan: he took one of my friends home a few months ago me: he told me me: dude, I never ever let him meet any of my female friends me: I know he met yours at dog park me: also, I just didn't want him to say fucked up Caligula shit Duncan: you just never know me: like, "MAN WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE THERE WEREN'T NOTHING PENICILINCOULDN'T CURE, I'M LIVING PROOF OF THAT" me: anywho me: I should be in Dallas for the summer, llet me know if you're dropping in me: otherwise me: I'm gonna try to make that wedding me: what day is it? Duncan: cool, yeah ill probalby be there in july at some point too Duncan: saturday me: that 25th or 26th? Duncan: the 26th me: okay, I'll e-mail you me: otherwise, let's hit up some Uptown douchebag spot in July Duncan: of course me: get some JAGERBOMBS Duncan: thats always my favorite thing to do in dallas me: word, keep it real me: go stick it to the fucking rednecks me: save some Mexicans Duncan: ill do what i can me: I'm so happy you both turned into moderate American citizens me: or whatever you are Duncan: haha who would have guessed Duncan: i blame grandma me: me too me: where are you now? Duncan: austin Duncan: for another couple weeks me: oh, right me: I was there last week Duncan: really? me: who you staying with? Duncan: damn me too Duncan: friend from college me: yeah, got a bunch of friends there still Duncan: where are you now? me: plus Mirna's gonna move back me: I'm in fucking Tyler me: at Caleb's apartment me: he got a job me: as a producer at the local NBC affiliate me: their lead reporter Duncan: balla me: whom he calls "Dumb Bitch Reporter" Duncan: tyler anchorman me: the other day was reading a script before shoot me: comes across "Ayatollah" me: says, "I'm not even going to TRY to pronounce that" me: she had never heard the word me: also Caleb got admonished for running a clip of Democratic rep making some point about Bush and oil regulation me: couple days back Duncan: haha me: hey, you haave a laptop? Duncan: all sounds like tyler me: yeah Duncan: yup me: my mom threw me out of the house when I was 17 and had to live in Jacksonville with dad me: came here every day to work with him me: IT WAS AWESOME I WENT TO SO MANY BUFFETS me: also me: I'll talk to you more about this when I see you me: but have I mentioned Project PM? Duncan: i dont think so me: okay me: basically me: I've recruited about seventy people me: including retired and active lawyers me: hackers Duncan: you look like bob dylan right now with that cig me: finance industry people me: bloggers me: no, David Bowie Duncan: also me: and people like Michael Hastings, former Newsweek Baghdad correspondent me: we have a couple of objectives me: mostly related to media reform me: the mean kind me: but also charity reform me: you could be of great use on the latter in particular me: and I can get you hooked up with some useful people in return Duncan: what kind of charity reform me: I'll e-mail you some docs me: mainly Duncan: deal me: we're interested in developing superior methods of collaboration me: and information flow me: for instance me: our first initiative me: involves identifying engineering methods accessible to African villagers with little education and few resources me: and distributing that info me: we've partnered with a couple other orgs Duncan: hmm interesting me: that can actually physically distribute these in Ghana me: so basically we can do a great deal of good without any money me: this also will serve as a demonstration me: regarding the advantages of, like, thinking things through and drawing upon talent by way of the internet me: rather than blowing money on bullshit Duncan: yeah me: there's a lot more to it, I'll give you the Come-to-Jesus speech when I see you me: already recruited Joc me: also me: best part it me: is me: our logo me: which is esoteric and freemasonish me: is my revised cyberpunk version of the Lancaster family crest me: WE'RE GONNA REVIVE HOUSE LANCASTER me: OH YEAH me: also I'm getting kind of eccentric, just to warn you Duncan: hahah Duncan: thanks for the disclaimer me: NO PROB CUZ me: it's a cool logo, though, I won't lie Duncan: yeah send me all that shizzle me: meanwhile, some other good news me: if you ever get cancer and the doctor gives you two months me: just put me as the sole recipient of your assets me: and you'll live for a year, apparently me: like Kim me: who is fucking your ffriends me: seriously, he doesn't even look sick me: and he's still smoking Duncan: maybe its all the free food he's getting from relatives Duncan: so are you done with NY? me: yeah, for a while at least me: I kind of developed a narcotic problem me: which is tough in NYC because I was in with a lot of Puerto Rican dealers me: so I finally just gave up and left me: oh, also me: and this is a secret me: only kim knows this me: it looks like you're gonna be an uncle soon me: syeah Duncan: for real? me: it was an accident Duncan: damnnn Duncan: when? me: also Duncan: where? Duncan: who? Duncan: so many questions me: your nephew is gonna be me: quarter black me: quarter jew me: and half us Duncan: so multicultural me: and raised in the fucking Upper West Side me: UPPER WEST SIDE Duncan: nice Duncan: i dont know ny enough to really know what that means me: oh, I think I got her pregnant like four weeks ago me: it's the most liberal and affluent place in the world me: very Jewish, sophisticated Duncan: adda way me: kind of the opposite of where we grew up me: so, yeah me: I wasn't even mad me: cause I look forward to seeing this fucking kid Duncan: so you excited or what? me: well me: I'm not easily phased me: I haven't given it much thought me: also, the girl is crazy me: and she's mad at me Duncan: they're all crazy barrett me: because she thinks or claims to think I didn't respond when she sent me a text message about going to oby-gyn after feeling sick me: then, couple days later me: she sends me a fucking FACEBOOK message Duncan: wow really? me: telling me how I'm too irresponsible to be a father me: and I'm like, no shit me: I was playing computer games when she sent the message me: and I had drank a bottle of cough syrup with DXM to trip about ten minutes before I got the "I might be pregnant" message me: then I lost Caleb's cat because I was all fucked up annd thought the cat was communicating with me me: but then I found it the next day me: took my mind off the baby because Caleb's a fucking faggoty-ass bitch Duncan: thats quite the situation me: and would have been all pissy me: yeah, no shit me: don't go down my round, man Duncan: you gonna tell the family? me: it just never ends Duncan: next generation will be a startin me: no me: never me: you've met my mom me: I will never let that kid interact with her neurotic ass me: plus my dad will shoot it Duncan: hadnt thought of that me: first thing I thought of me: anyway, I don't know what's up with that, girl's messages have been crazy and obscure me: Mirna insists I get an angioplasty me: or get her one, rather me: to make sure it's moine me: Mirna doesn't trust females me: I keep telling her me: the girl knows I have no money me: there's no good reason to lie about ffucking Barrett Brown being the father Duncan: who knows Duncan: they dont make sense a lot me: HEY REALLY?!?!? Duncan: might be worth looking into me: YOU'RE RIGT me: alright me: I'll be in touch Duncan: sounds good me: word Duncan: peace