Pats and slaps

E-mail from HH.:
"A pat on the shoulder, in the arse and a sweet little slap in the face from me."

Cousin

E-mail from JK. (who is not my cousin):
"Of course it's okay, cousin!
But damn, it hurts. But it's obvious that that's what you need and must do. But then, by f... hell, you have to come back again at full speed."

Independence

Message from M.:
"We MUST watch Independence Day soon ..."

Control

E-mail from L.:
"The beauty is in the lack of control (bullshit, I love control ...)"

1 minute later

E-mail from L. (1 minute later):
"Só many mistakes i haste This smart (yeah right) keyboard."

anotar keyboard

E-mail from L.:
"I'am writing on an iPad, really odd.
...

All good gere just nem holidays ... but thats a long story for anotar keyboard."

Louise Bourgeois

E-mail from L.:
"Once I was beset by anxiety but I pushed the fear away by studying the
sky, determining when the moon would come out and where the sun would
appear in the morning. (Louise Bourgeois)"

Somebody's new boyfriend

E-mail from D.:
"I'm happy to hear he isn't portuguese and hopeful that he's not a movie director or a virgo.  I don't know what naffy means.  I looked it up and found "niffy" which means "malodorous," and I don't think that's what you meant."

Ideas

E-mail from D.:
"I'm in ideas mode too. I want to start a university. 
But now, I have to write a really boring paper."