for the record, and one irrelevant aside

[redbird]

This is the email I sent to the OE of AWA (if you don't know what that means, ask, or don't worry about it; the "Ellie" mentioned here is not either of the Ellies on my LJ friends list):

Dear Ellie,

No.

The apa is not a negative-response book club. If email was called for, it was you who should have emailed me, before spending money to send me something that you had no evidence I wanted. Courtesy goes both ways. If you want to spend your money, that is your business. If you want me to spend mine, it is on you to send an email asking me to do so, and not to take the lack of contact as permission to spend someone else's funds.

The arrears, and the responsibility, are yours, just as I paid the bills when I sent unasked-for extra copies to women I hoped to lure back when I was OE.

Sincerely yours,
Vicki

Meanwhile, while making hot chocolate, it occurred to me that it would probably be unwise to ask the next door neighbors to turn their stereo up. Their next choice might not be something I wanted to sing along to.