Sunday’s pre-launch of Back 2 Basics online was no disappointment. Thanks to a strong showing by all you facebook friends, my bank account is now TWO dollars richer. And that, in my book, is the definition of success.

But great success doesn’t come without a price. And like most forms of stardom, this price is hate-mail.

Yes, you heard right. Apparently crazy people do care about the art world. Michelangelo had his Laszlo Toth, and, well, I have my Talia Dekel. Behold an excerpt from her most recent letter:

“Dear Mr. Zalen 

…Do yourself a favor and go back to where you came from. I bet you live alone in a big lonely house, with only a stupid pet to comfort you. Yah, probably a hamster. Yep, and ugly, fat, rodent. Good luck in the future, Mr. Zlaen if that is your real name.”

Yeah, she’s nuts. But that’s okay, I have a groupie to balance her out. Behold, an excerpt from a letter by Chad Davey:

“I always knew this day would come, your first step to world media domination. I imagine the end-product of your conquest will look a lot like Orwell’s 1984 if it had been written by a 7-year-old on a sugar high. Now THAT is a world I want to live in ”

Thank you, Chad. Now go kick Talia’s butt.

Ciao,
Matt

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