Chats With Random Men #1: Emre

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This week we kick off a new blog where Brooklyn-based singer/writer Alina Simone teaches us how to use the Internet for its penultimate purpose: chatting with random men.

Beginning with Emre…

12:24 pm Emre
hello

12:25 pm Me
Hi Emre!

12:26 pm Emre
how are you alina yes

12:28 pm Me
I’m doing pretty good, Emre. Ok. I had a mild nervous breakdown last week. Spent a lot of time crying in hotel rooms, re-evaluating everything. And you?

12:30 pm Emre
I very much want to see you my msn address Do you see open windows alina

12:30 pm Me
Hm? I don’t quite understand.

12:30 pm Emre
you msn adress? Alina

12:31 pm Me
what is an msn address?

12:31 pm Emre
you too see

12:31 pm Me
I don’t think I have an msn address!

12:33 pm Emre
ok Add me to your msn address

12:34 pm Me
Emre! You are confusing me!

12:35 pm Emre
I expect you to msn


Alina Simone is a Brooklyn-based singer. She is currently at work on a book of essays about Russia, family and the tragic-comic struggle to make it in indie rock for Farrar, Straus & Giroux. More from this author →