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2:58 AM Brandon: did you meet the chick
3:00 AM me: she texted she would be 15 minutes late
i texted i wasn't feeling social and was going to the library
i ate 6 eggs ~20 minutes ago
Brandon: 2x damn
3:01 AM i finished masturbating
me: im reading raymond carver bio
seems funny
Brandon: was he depressed/alcoholic
me:
'ray confided to carlile that he wasn't working. the resulting
lassitude in turn prompted him to think about traveling to exotic
destrinations or buying new cars or houses'
yes, both
Brandon: damn, interesting
gordon lish
3:02 AM the spectre of gordon lish
me: damn
3:03 AM Brandon: am i still online
3:04 AM me: yes
Brandon: sweet
3:06 AM me: 'back in the states, ray had to face clouds that had formed on his horizon'
Brandon: laying on my side in bed watching southpark through ear buds
me: 'lol'
Brandon: weird
seems like a 5th grader wrote that
3:07 AM me: ' "everybody wants some of my bacon, " ray groused to leonard michaels '
Brandon: damn, lol
he seems like a rapper
me: seems im having a good time
damn
3:09 AM 'in early march, ray read in the evening paper that he'd won a $2000 NEA grant'
'carver considered using the last poem in the book, "drinking while driving," as its title piece'
3:10 AM Brandon: seems like he had a sweet life
3:11 AM me: someone wrote a satire or something
calling his book that was called 'will you please be quiet, please' 'will you shut the fuck up?'
3:12 AM Brandon: when was this bio written
wish i had more new emails
me: it came out last month i think
Brandon: damn
me: he first published a story in esquire when he was 32
Brandon: seems like what i remember of yates
3:13 AM me: imagine a bio where someone's first published story is at electric lit
starting their career
Brandon: bukowski was first published by some shitty weirdly named magazine
me: just sneezed, snot shot out, onto headphones and a shirt
Brandon: damn
3:14 AM are you at the library
me: no, home
Brandon: i keep 'sensing' electric lit is going to give me 1k
me: extra sensory perception
Brandon: i keep 'sensing' it
3:15 AM me: damn
imagining a bio of you
with that
seems sweet
Brandon: tonight seemed 'extra boring'
me: 'brandon informed friends before his acceptance that he had "sensed" it"
Brandon: damn
3:16 AM i thought of a bio of me
seems entertaining
me: seems sweet
Brandon: i made up with gabby
me: brandon spoke of a cross-eyed thai he had 'touched'
Brandon: lol
3:17 AM me: damn, what's status now
Brandon: damn, theyre making an avatar video game
god damn itg
damn
i need a video game system
me: damn
Brandon: i dont know why i didnt ask for that for xmas
me: damn
3:18 AM Brandon: gabby, i dont know
me: he got 2 years probation for lying to get unemployment payments
Brandon: damn
jesus
interesting
is that raymond carver or your idea of my future bio
me: carver bio
3:19 AM Brandon: raymond
im running out of money
me: part III is called 'success and discontent'
3:20 AM Brandon: god damn bitches
me: it cost $38 w/ tax
going to return after reading
Brandon: have you read the herzog book
3:21 AM seems like it might be really abstract
me: no
Brandon: 'sensing ' it
me: i opened it once, and saw a funny quotable sentence, in the style of one i've quoted to you tonight
and shared it with sarah, in a moment
Brandon: herzogo
3:22 AM me: damn
Brandon: herzog titties
me: 'the year 1969 seemed to be more than just the closing act of a decade'
3:23 AM Brandon: i feel unable to comprehend that
a whole year as a closing act
i guess that makes sense
me: damn, feels like i'm 'done' with this bio
just closed it
3:24 AM Brandon: damn
do anything interesting today
?
me: no
3:25 AM i said no
Brandon: invis
yes
the southpark im watching has harrison ford getting ass raped by stephen speilberg and george lucas three times
3:26 AM me: thought 'nice'
Brandon: seems like i want french fries really bad
3:27 AM me: jeffrey heart is coming to nyc ed
ew
wed
gonna eat unhealthy foods with him
i foresee
Brandon: is he moving here
there
me: i dont think so
3:28 AM Brandon: hope black balloon publishes my novel so i have an excuse to go to NY
me: that would be good
3:31 AM just emailed sarah
Brandon: seems like i would have a really good, calm, comforting time playing avatal all night
about what
avatar
me: just normally responding to emails
Brandon: oh
3:32 AM me: hope i can place this short story i'm working on in a major magazine for 'megabucks'
Brandon: have you considered playboy
seems good re failing marriage theme
3:33 AM me: not realy, but ill send there, yeah
Brandon: where will you send
3:34 AM me: yeah when i finish
3:35 AM Brandon: what are the places you will send
me: new yorker, harper's
hm
Brandon: how much do those pay, do you know
me: cant really think of places currently
feel less than 1% chance of success
3:36 AM probably between $2-$4 a word
Brandon: damn
damn so like 12k?
12 to 24k?
me: yeah
3:37 AM Brandon: jesus christ
i had no idea
me: i might be wrong
i'm 'sure' the new yorker is more than $2 a word
Brandon: has lydia davis gotten in the new yorker
me: if i make $20k ill pay for a nyc visit for you
muumuu house funded
Brandon: damn, good
me: i think just a few times
or like once orsomething
3:38 AM Brandon: frederick B
me: i'm feeling 'chipper' for some reason
Brandon: has he been in it, do you know
chipper
me: maybe cholesteral in eggs
Brandon: i thought 'chipper as hell' in a gangster tone
3:39 AM i assume that friends call frederick barthelme 'fred'
never had previously considered that
3:40 AM me: they call him 'rick'
wait
yeah, i'm pretty sure
you were wrong
Brandon: rick
damn, surprising
seems more logical to call him fred
3:41 AM me: it does
fred e rick
damn, only an 'e'
separates it
Brandon: lol
me: bran-don
3:42 AM Brandon: tao
me: gonna go look at electric lit's site
Brandon: me too
3:43 AM those bitches 'better' accept my story
5 stories an issue
seems impossible to get accepted
3:44 AM me: they've spent $10k already paying writers
seems unsustainable
3:45 AM seems you would have an advantage
Brandon: hope i get paid
me: being young
3:46 AM they want to 'make sure that the media gap is bridged in a way that preserves and honors literature'
seems smart to publish a person with an internet presence
Brandon: seems like i have a good chance, yes
i guess
read victoria trotts blog tongiht
3:47 AM saw her face for first time
me: damn
Brandon: didnt realize she had all those photos on her facebook
wondered this whole time
me: damn
Brandon: like a year or something
me: damn
any thoughts
Brandon: seems alright
her breasts look good in the lydia davis photo
3:48 AM me: damn
Brandon: other photos in facebook i was unattracted
your thoughts
me: i feel i have no notable or unexpected thoughts
Brandon: interesting
me: abut that
3:49 AM electric lit
Brandon: what
damn
lit bitches
me: damn, see you called lydia davis old
3:50 AM Brandon: yes, she looked old
she seems old
me: i saw a photo on an old edition of a book by her
once
she looked attractive
Brandon: her level of success doesnt seem to match with her age
seems she should be more famous by now
do you think shes less famous than lorrie M'
?
3:51 AM 'the big LM'
me: she's way less famous i think
Brandon: i felt that too
me: lorrie moore's new novel seems to be a big time seller
Brandon: is it a bestseller do you know
me: she didn't promote herself hard enough perhaps
3:52 AM im not certain, but i think so
Brandon: what do you think about FB v LD in terms of fame
me: damn
maybe about even...unsure really
overall, averaged over their careers, i would say FB
3:53 AM Brandon: i think FB is more famous, he seems more recognized re university things
me: people our age seem to know the name 'lydia davis' more
Brandon: lydia davis
me: seems like a good name
Brandon: lydia davis seems alienated from her peers
3:54 AM without knowing anything about her relationships
me: damn, after reading that, seemed like a 'revelation'
i view her differently
now
sort of
Brandon: seems cool
3:55 AM i saw 'seems chill' in caps
me: have you read 'the end of the story'
Brandon: yes
you sent it to me, bro
3:56 AM me: did you like it
Brandon: yes
there was one part i didnt like
but i liked 90 percent
95
me: what part
damn, megan boyle tweeted a funny tweet
3:57 AM Brandon: damn, i didnt get it,
i dont remember defollowing her
3:58 AM me: meganboyle
during dinner i said, "there is a $20 beef fajis." meant to say, "there is a $20 fee to check bags." Brandon:
the part where she goes on a walk, or something, and talks about the
scenery of the road for what seems like a really long time
me: damn
Brandon: damn
me: i didnt' like that part either
i mean, it was just boring
Brandon: yeah
i felt like i wanted to stop reading the whole time
during that
3:59 AM me: damn
4:00 AM Brandon: i think this person http://twitter.com/MissKimball
is some kind of strange internet robot controlled by a man that uploads
pictures of similar looking blond young girls and maintains her
presence for hits, or something
i stared at information about this person for what felt like a long time feeling very confused
me: i have had strange thoughts about her
i looked her up
she seems to be some person
Brandon: did you see youtube videos of her
they dont make sense
me: she seems real
4:01 AM Brandon: i feel suspicious
me: yeah
i dont know
haven't considered your theory
seems scary
Brandon: yeah
"@lydiadavis Sorry, bro. You don't want to be watching that anyway. It's just stupid guys talking shit the whole movie."
seems masculine
me: would someone do that though
so many sweets
tweets
4:02 AM Brandon:
"@lydiadavis I loved your poem 'sometimes i go places'. Especially the
line 'i will drive to the ocean'. So beautiful, pure and austere."
seems like a highly sarcastic, bitter man pissed off about dealing with
'internet losers' all day would say that
me: i just did somehing
i accidentally tumbld a screen shot of justin's face, instead of something else
Brandon: damn
lol
me: damn, seems funny
Brandon: lol
4:03 AM seems random, like that would happen in another dimension
if it hadnt had happened in this dimension
me: memories of sending you screen shot of porn
damn
4:04 AM Brandon: i thought of making porn with gabby today to make money
me: sounds good
4:07 AM Brandon: my internet went out
so tired of this internet
4:08 AM me: internet being unreliable piece of shit for me
4:09 AM Brandon: Tao: sounds good
Sent at 1:04 AM on Tuesday me: my internet went out so tired of this internet Sent at 1:07 AM on Tuesday Tao: internet being unreliable piece of shit for me me: that's all i said
4:10 AM Brandon: damn
4:11 AM me: damn
Brandon: sup
4:43 AM me: good night |