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[Man of Constant Sorrow]

RL, I'm so very sorry to read this. :(

T&P's going your way.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Where are they located?

If it isn't Reno, Apopka, or Uzbekistan, I suggest going for it.

Orange, Co., CA

We actually wound up not minding Reno.  Downtown is a dump, but the southern part of town/burbs is sort of nice.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

RL, I'm so very sorry to read this. :(

T&P's going your way.

Well, as stressful stories go, this one has a pretty happy ending.

But thank you.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Orange, Co., CA

We actually wound up not minding Reno.  Downtown is a dump, but the southern part of town/burbs is sort of nice.

Oh, wow. Expensive indeed.

Some of the nicest real estate on the planet, but teaming with many of the world's most insufferable people.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

On the way home from visiting my dying mother with three of my kids, I get a phone call from Wife 2.0 who has just picked up a kid at Boy Scout camp a couple hours away.

She has beaten me home and is screaming in hysterics. Our German Shepherd (Gus) had managed to pry open the back sliding glass door on the rental house we are in and the dogs have escaped. The yard is not fenced and there is a "rural" highway 50 yards from the door.

When I hear this, I yell at the kids to get back in the car (Costco hot dogs are gonna have to wait) and speed home. By the time we are home (five minutes), Wife 2.0 has figured out that Gus traveled half a mile up the highway before being struck by a car. She dispatched us to drive to the area and look for our Corgi.

Now I am sobbing and borderline hysterical, as are two out of the three kids in the car.

We get to the intersection and there is no sign of our other dog. We drive back and pull into the driveway and my wife tells me that she spoke to the guy who picked up Gus from the highway. He was taken to the vet and appears to have escaped serious injury. It sounds like it was a glancing shot by a truck that was pulling around slow traffic by passing on the shoulder to the right. The truck wasn't going that fast. The truck didn't stop (what kind of ##### hits a dog on the highway and doesn't even stop?). Gus is at the guy's farm 15 minutes down the road and is just fine.  

It also turns out our Corgi was freaked out by Gus leaving and was just hiding in the house.

Gus was delivered home a half an hour later and seems a little sore and tired, but is no worse for wear otherwise.

What an afternoon. I am surprised I did not have a heart attack. Maybe I overreacted, but given everything else that has been going on, it was pretty overwhelming.

So glad these idiot canines are safe...

Hey-suess, dude.  Glad the dogs are okay though.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

So, I may be experiencing a break in the clouds on the employment front.  Studio I was forced to turn down 3-4 months ago has gotten back in touch.  No re-offer extended yet, but asked after my availability/interest in a similar position that has opened up. 

It's still expensive as hell to live where they are located, but after another 90-ish days of no real leads here in Hooterville/the surrounding locales (although freelance did pick up a bit) I doubt I can justify turning down the opportunity twice.  May just pare down belongings to the bone and rent somewhere small for a while.

Good luck 5!

Also, if any of my writing experience may be of use...like a menu of reference, or what not...I'd be happy to help.

Seriously though..."Studio"...sounds creative. I like that.

And again, sincere good luck.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Oh, wow. Expensive indeed.

Some of the nicest real estate on the planet, but teaming with many of the world's most insufferable people.

Meh, youre not 100% wrong, but can deal with plastic people well enough. 

Certainly not a "forever" destination, but for my work its tough to argue against the area.  Its riddled with studios and doesnt require living in/around LA proper or the Valley(Have lived in both those places, which I detested).  But, if forced(job blows up or something), the LA market is rife with even more studios.

None of that changes that it costs a buttload for housing though, which is pretty much the  biggest negative in this scenario. 

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Good luck 5!

Also, if any of my writing experience may be of use...like a menu of reference, or what not...I'd be happy to help.

Seriously though..."Studio"...sounds creative. I like that.

And again, sincere good luck.

Thanks.

Yeah, its a creative position.  Im a digital artist/animator/designer/"gentleman of leisure"

I may take you up on the "menu of reference" for my own enjoyment/edification, just to see what the finished product would include.  Could be a niche market for that sort of thing.  We should workshop it.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Meh, youre not 100% wrong, but can deal with plastic people well enough. 

Certainly not a "forever" destination, but for my work its tough to argue against the area.  Its riddled with studios and doesnt require living in/around LA proper or the Valley(Have lived in both those places, which I detested).  But, if forced(job blows up or something), the LA market is rife with even more studios.

None of that changes that it costs a buttload for housing though, which is pretty much the  biggest negative in this scenario. 

If you pare back to minimal belongings and are okay with renting a relatively small space, it could turn out to be a lot of fun.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

Thanks.

Yeah, its a creative position.  Im a digital artist/animator/designer/"gentleman of leisure"

I may take you up on the "menu of reference" for my own enjoyment/edification, just to see what the finished product would include.  Could be a niche market for that sort of thing.  We should workshop it.

Very cool!

While my major income comes from painting houses these days, I also do semi-pro work in photography...mostly wall prints for the interiors I paint/design. 

As far as the bizness goes...anytime!  I would love to learn anything I can from a a true pro in the field. 

 

[5-ish Finkle]

If you pare back to minimal belongings and are okay with renting a relatively small space, it could turn out to be a lot of fun.

This is sort of how I'm trying to view it....but I'm not worried about me so much.   My introverted bride is my bigger concern.

Bottom line for me is that it's a good, solid opportunity(not "balls to the wall great", but not "horribly on the low end of the scale" either) in a market that should have a lot of opportunities for me even if this one turns to ####e.  Honestly, there should be more avenues for my wife there too.  Getting to work around a bunch of like-minded people on the reg again wouldn't be a bad thing either.  Plus, you know, healthcare and all that ish.

Very cool!

While my major income comes from painting houses these days, I also do semi-pro work in photography...mostly wall prints for the interiors I paint/design. 

As far as the bizness goes...anytime!  I would love to learn anything I can from a a true pro in the field. 

Photography is one of the few creative areas that I've never had a chance to do much more than take a couple classes a few decades back.  Never "clicked" for me, and it used to be so damn expensive to do as a hobby it wasn't worth it for me to shoehorn it into my schedule.  Now that digital is a thing I often wish I'd have kept my hand in more.  It's never cost me a job(that I know of), but I'm certain it could probably have landed me some freelance work at some point though.  You have any stuff online to see?  I dig looking at other creative's works.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

If you need anything I'm here to help. All things considered it's a great place to live.

Maybe try Long Beach first.

Sweet, if nothing else someone local to bounce questions off of is helpful.  What part of OC are you in?

The studio is in Santa Ana/Irvine(right on the border).  Have been looking around at things in that neck of the woods to keep the commute as reasonable as possible.  I've been out that way before(worked a bit further south as a contractor back in the early aughts in Clemente and Capistrano) so I'm not totally flying blind.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

Photography is one of the few creative areas that I've never had a chance to do much more than take a couple classes a few decades back.  Never "clicked" for me, and it used to be so damn expensive to do as a hobby it wasn't worth it for me to shoehorn it into my schedule.  Now that digital is a thing I often wish I'd have kept my hand in more.  It's never cost me a job(that I know of), but I'm certain it could probably have landed me some freelance work at some point though.  You have any stuff online to see?  I dig looking at other creative's works.

Unfortunately, having my work available online is one of my biggest "blocks". :(

Since all of my "work" is local, I have always marched in step with the ol' timey way. I have my own printers, so, I have just gone with the reliable hand carried portfolio of prints. Also, I process and develop all of my photos for optimal "wall printing". In this case, it means that the digital files are very large. Also, during my career transition, I was completely off-line between 2009 and 2015. I am just now getting used to the new way of the innerwebs.

Actually, I do have one creative print "uploaded"....it is not my best work, but I had a reason to send it someone. I was asked to do something "arcane". It has been shrunk from its best resolution, and the processing is based on print rather than screen view, but all of the light effects are from the camera. I only used the PC to adjust basic/normal parameters and to merge the two mirrored photos:

MoCS Crystal/Ebony Balls

In the near future, I hope to get more of my work online, but I still have a whole lot to learn about that.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Sweet, if nothing else someone local to bounce questions off of is helpful.  What part of OC are you in?

The studio is in Santa Ana/Irvine(right on the border).  Have been looking around at things in that neck of the woods to keep the commute as reasonable as possible.  I've been out that way before(worked a bit further south as a contractor back in the early aughts in Clemente and Capistrano) so I'm not totally flying blind.

Relatively affordable communities that would make sense for you would include Santa Ana, Fullerton, Orange, Tustin...

 

[Zegras11]

I'm in Seal Beach which is just north of Huntington Beach (so about 15 miles NW of Irvine). Santa Ana is one of the more affordable cities in OC, though it can be rough in parts. The parts closer to Irvine won't be that rough. Your'e probably looking at ~$1,500 for a one bedroom apartment. Hopefully that figure doesn't make your eyes bug out.

Here's an interesting fact: Irvine was so intent on being a suburban paradise that they wanted to discourage commuting through their city. Thus gas stations are not allowed on major streets...they're hidden on the side streets. It's something you would never notice until you need one.

Do they still have the Houlihan's in Marina Pacifica?    I worked there for a few years in college at LBST

 

[Zegras11]

Looks like the one in Marina Pacifica is gone. There's one in L.A. though.

Two great Indian places in Marina Pacifica, among other things. We go there often.

What about the El Paso cantina next door?

 

[Zegras11]

Still there. I've never been but it has quite the reputation.

wow...    lot of crazy times in that place in the 80's

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Actually, I do have one creative print "uploaded"....it is not my best work, but I had a reason to send it someone. I was asked to do something "arcane". It has been shrunk from its best resolution, and the processing is based on print rather than screen view, but all of the light effects are from the camera. I only used the PC to adjust basic/normal parameters and to merge the two mirrored photos:

MoCS Crystal/Ebony Balls

In the near future, I hope to get more of my work online, but I still have a whole lot to learn about that.

So, no Photoshop or Lightroom, huh?  The "lightning effects" were done how, if not CG?  I dig the effect, regardless.

I'm in Seal Beach which is just north of Huntington Beach (so about 15 miles NW of Irvine). Santa Ana is one of the more affordable cities in OC, though it can be rough in parts. The parts closer to Irvine won't be that rough. Your'e probably looking at ~$1,500 for a one bedroom apartment. Hopefully that figure doesn't make your eyes bug out.

Here's an interesting fact: Irvine was so intent on being a suburban paradise that they wanted to discourage commuting through their city. Thus gas stations are not allowed on major streets...they're hidden on the side streets. It's something you would never notice until you need one.

Nah, I pretty much expect we will be at/over a couple of grand unless we can really eliminate "stuff."  I'd certainly prefer to get down to a 1BR, at least at first, to see how things work out. And yeah, I recall from my first trip out west back in the late 90s (when I was in Burbank) that Santa Ana was kind of an armpit.  It seemed a lot better when I was out a few months ago, but not exactly where I'd want to hang my hat if I didn't have to.

Relatively affordable communities that would make sense for you would include Santa Ana, Fullerton, Orange, Tustin...

Basically where we have been checking out (along with a few others in that general area).  Further afield, Foothill Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita, maybe Aliso Viejo.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

So, no Photoshop or Lightroom, huh? 

Actually, Lightroom is my primary (and mostly only) processing tool. I will use PS Elements if I have to, but mostly, I toss out photos that require that level of processing. I tend to prefer, "the less processing the better". Maybe that has to do with my low skill in PS, but it also has to do with my anal retentiveness in regards to, "let the camera do the work".

The "lightning effects" were done how, if not CG?

Long sensor exposure in low light conditions let me operate a flashlight to make the "light effects" without my body showing up. Believe it or not, I manually held/maneuvered the flashlight to make the exposure....its just that that I was so much "less bright" than the flashlight, that I was invisible. (Heh....life lesson there....I was "less bright"...so typical.) Also, irt to the "two face" exposure, I just posed in one position for a short while, and then readjusted to the second while the aperture was still open. Low light/long exposure allows a lot of manipulations, but it requires the right equipment and know-how. I'm still learning lots about it. FUN!

I dig the effect, regardless.

Thank you 5! I still have a long way to go, but progress is the path. I hope to upload more photos in the future. When I do, I will post. 

 

[GroveDiesel]

Got to see some baby sea turtles crawl from their nests down to the ocean today. Pretty cool. We saw 11 of them from 2 nests. About 250 of them in total made it down over the last few nights apparently. 

And the odds are, that by this time next year, not a single one of them will still be alive. Stupid sea turtles.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Actually, Lightroom is my primary (and mostly only) processing tool. I will use PS Elements if I have to, but mostly, I toss out photos that require that level of processing. I tend to prefer, "the less processing the better". Maybe that has to do with my low skill in PS, but it also has to do with my anal retentiveness in regards to, "let the camera do the work".

Long sensor exposure in low light conditions let me operate a flashlight to make the "light effects" without my body showing up. Believe it or not, I manually held/maneuvered the flashlight to make the exposure....its just that that I was so much "less bright" than the flashlight, that I was invisible. (Heh....life lesson there....I was "less bright"...so typical.) Also, irt to the "two face" exposure, I just posed in one position for a short while, and then readjusted to the second while the aperture was still open. Low light/long exposure allows a lot of manipulations, but it requires the right equipment and know-how. I'm still learning lots about it. FUN!

Thank you 5! I still have a long way to go, but progress is the path. I hope to upload more photos in the future. When I do, I will post. 

Cool.  Would love to check out more.

On the bolded, I will say this (those who don't give fig about my opinions on that matter can skip over this part. We're still cool)...

Spoiler

For any creative(pro or hobbyist, whatever) that is so, so key.  Never stop learning.  I went a long time early in my career being an arrogant idiot thinking I didn't need to learn anything new and it set me back in my career for a bit.  Over the course of the last 15 years or so I've subscribed to more of a mantra of "never be complete"(something an old colleague of mine used to espouse, both professionally and personally).  When speaking of creative endeavors, it's been my experience that no matter how good you are at something you can almost always improve at it.  Someone else is always better and can be used as a source of inspiration or knowledge.  Even if it's just incremental steps, I try to keep pushing skills forward(or try to pick up new ones).  When I don't I feel like I'm stagnating, and that really effects my mellow.  Lately, I've been doing more straight, boring, graphic/web design type items for freelance (layouts for printed materials for tradeshows/events/what have you. Pretty yawn inducing), but on my own time I've been pushing to get better at digital illustrations/figure drawing in general (stuff like

this).  I'd love to be a straight up concept artist at some point, but the true pros at that are just savants and I'm not in their class yet.  Anyway, I'm babbling on here.  I rarely post this much ish about anything, and it's starting to make me feel preachy, so I'll shut up.

I understood about 10% of what you said in paragraph #2.   Been a long time since my photog classwork, but some of the terms still made sense.  I did some simple playing around with shots back in the day; burning in/dodging parts of a particular exposure more by hand(literally....putting your hands over the light and aiming it like a spotlight/using a sheet of paper to dodge other areas, etc), but that was the extent of it.  Never anything to the degree with the low light/long exposure stuff you described.  ####, I can barely remember what the "F" stands for in F-stops now that I think on it....getting old sucks.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

For any creative(pro or hobbyist, whatever) that is so, so key.  Never stop learning.  I went a long time early in my career being an arrogant idiot thinking I didn't need to learn anything new and it set me back in my career for a bit.  Over the course of the last 15 years or so I've subscribed to more of a mantra of "never be complete"(something an old colleague of mine used to espouse, both professionally and personally).  When speaking of creative endeavors, it's been my experience that no matter how good you are at something you can almost always improve at it.  Someone else is always better and can be used as a source of inspiration or knowledge.  Even if it's just incremental steps, I try to keep pushing skills forward(or try to pick up new ones).  When I don't I feel like I'm stagnating, and that really effects my mellow.  Lately, I've been doing more straight, boring, graphic/web design type items(layouts for printed materials for tradeshows/events/what have you. Pretty yawn inducing), but on my own time I've been pushing to get better at digital illustrations/figure drawing in general (stuff like

this).  I'd love to be a straight up concept artist at some point, but the true pros at that are just savants and I'm not in their class yet.  Anyway, I'm babbling on here.  I rarely post this much ish about anything, and it's starting to make me feel preachy, so I'll shut up.

VERY VALUABLE! Should not be "spoilered" imo. 

Applies to all.

Love the digital sketches!

Lots O Fantasy....my fav!

Thanks for the good advice 5.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Well, as stressful stories go, this one has a pretty happy ending.

But thank you.

RL - good deal that it turned ok as well as it did.  Geezus I thought life was supposed to get more simple and more serene as we got older ...

 

[krista4]

Well, as stressful stories go, this one has a pretty happy ending.

But thank you.

My friend, as you know I am #1 Fan of Riggins and Gus.  In future please put good news at beginning so I don't read post near tears?  

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

On the way home from visiting my dying mother with three of my kids, I get a phone call from Wife 2.0 who has just picked up a kid at Boy Scout camp a couple hours away.

She has beaten me home and is screaming in hysterics. Our German Shepherd (Gus) had managed to pry open the back sliding glass door on the rental house we are in and the dogs have escaped. The yard is not fenced and there is a "rural" highway 50 yards from the door.

When I hear this, I yell at the kids to get back in the car (Costco hot dogs are gonna have to wait) and speed home. By the time we are home (five minutes), Wife 2.0 has figured out that Gus traveled half a mile up the highway before being struck by a car. She dispatched us to drive to the area and look for our Corgi.

Now I am sobbing and borderline hysterical, as are two out of the three kids in the car.

We get to the intersection and there is no sign of our other dog. We drive back and pull into the driveway and my wife tells me that she spoke to the guy who picked up Gus from the highway. He was taken to the vet and appears to have escaped serious injury. It sounds like it was a glancing shot by a truck that was pulling around slow traffic by passing on the shoulder to the right. The truck wasn't going that fast. The truck didn't stop (what kind of ##### hits a dog on the highway and doesn't even stop?). Gus is at the guy's farm 15 minutes down the road and is just fine.  

It also turns out our Corgi was freaked out by Gus leaving and was just hiding in the house.

Gus was delivered home a half an hour later and seems a little sore and tired, but is no worse for wear otherwise.

What an afternoon. I am surprised I did not have a heart attack. Maybe I overreacted, but given everything else that has been going on, it was pretty overwhelming.

So glad these idiot canines are safe...

Glad to hear dogs are OK!

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Another feel good dog story

http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/video/puppies-saved-from-underground_20170812001059/787514898

Link doesn't have the update but 

Yesterday we did a story on some amazing people who dropped everything they were doing to dig puppies out from underground after hearing their cries (their mother on the right had been rescued the day before). Anyways-after spending all day rescuing the two beautiful puppies on the left, an amazing married couple, the Lloyds, spent ALL NIGHT sitting outside the long crazy gopher holes in case there was another puppy inside. Their hard work and dedication paid off-they found the precious little white pup who was scared and alone without mom or siblings and they rescued him. These are the best stories. The Lloyds are local heroes, and now three babies are reunited with their mom at the shelter.

http://imgur.com/N7uR15r

 

[krista4]

Another feel good dog story

http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/video/puppies-saved-from-underground_20170812001059/787514898

Link doesn't have the update but 

http://imgur.com/N7uR15r

OMFG that picture.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Orange, Co., CA

We actually wound up not minding Reno.  Downtown is a dump, but the southern part of town/burbs is sort of nice.

s'up neighbor?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Oh, wow. Expensive indeed.

Some of the nicest real estate on the planet, but teaming with many of the world's most insufferable people.

:finger:     

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Sweet, if nothing else someone local to bounce questions off of is helpful.  What part of OC are you in?

The studio is in Santa Ana/Irvine(right on the border).  Have been looking around at things in that neck of the woods to keep the commute as reasonable as possible.  I've been out that way before(worked a bit further south as a contractor back in the early aughts in Clemente and Capistrano) so I'm not totally flying blind.

let's go no santa ana for now..

 

[DA RAIDERS]

So, no Photoshop or Lightroom, huh?  The "lightning effects" were done how, if not CG?  I dig the effect, regardless.

Nah, I pretty much expect we will be at/over a couple of grand unless we can really eliminate "stuff."  I'd certainly prefer to get down to a 1BR, at least at first, to see how things work out. And yeah, I recall from my first trip out west back in the late 90s (when I was in Burbank) that Santa Ana was kind of an armpit.  It seemed a lot better when I was out a few months ago, but not exactly where I'd want to hang my hat if I didn't have to.

Basically where we have been checking out (along with a few others in that general area).  Further afield, Foothill Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita, maybe Aliso Viejo.

i'm in aliso, if you have questions

 

[Henry Ford]

Did you know that you can have orgasms from things other than sexx?! I just played 3 minutes of "i'm crushing your head" to a video of a couple having hysterical confabulations about their specialness and i'm totally stuck to the roof of my pants.

Why is there a roof on your pants?

 

[Osaurus]

Why is there a roof on your pants?

Is it Hip?

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

:finger:     

Present company excluded of course.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

My friend, as you know I am #1 Fan of Riggins and Gus.  In future please put good news at beginning so I don't read post near tears?  

Sorry about that. I know what you mean. But doing that would have been very poor story-telling. I also typed it out not long after we got him back and was just going chronologically.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

i'm in aliso, if you have questions

Thanks, I actually do have at least one.

How "bad" is the commute from their to Irvine?  I get it is all relative, and i know its a bear where the 5 and 405 are typically involved regardless. What about rush vs. off-peak?  When the offer was extended last time there was some flexibility on start times.  How bad would doing that commute be if, say, my day at the office sarted at 7AM?  Or 10 AM?  I assume you have to use the 133 then 405/5 at least for part of the drive, yes? 

Rents there seem just a touch higher than, say, Rancho, but Id guess the commute is shorter, but maybe Im wrong.  Looks like there is a tolled expressway going to Rancho.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Is this sex allegory stuff too? 

Nah, played it straight on that one. 

On a semi-related note, if any of you are ever in a mid-Atlantic state not named Maryland (I'm looking straight at you Pennsylvania) and see "Maryland-style crab cakes" on the menu do not go for them unless you talk to the owner and he/she has a Dundalk accent. 15 years ago, I moved north just over the Mason-Dixon Line and some place we went to eat advertised "MD crab cakes". It was late, I was hungry, and thought "how bad could they be?". They were ####### hush puppies smashed to patty-size  :X

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Thanks, I actually do have at least one.

How "bad" is the commute from their to Irvine?  I get it is all relative, and i know its a bear where the 5 and 405 are typically involved regardless. What about rush vs. off-peak?  When the offer was extended last time there was some flexibility on start times.  How bad would doing that commute be if, say, my day at the office sarted at 7AM?  Or 10 AM?  I assume you have to use the 133 then 405/5 at least for part of the drive, yes? 

Rents there seem just a touch higher than, say, Rancho, but Id guess the commute is shorter, but maybe Im wrong.  Looks like there is a tolled expressway going to Rancho.

irvine isn't too bad a commute from here.  25-35 minutes of a mostly chill drive during peak hours.  20-25 max on off hours.  at 7 am you're home free.  10 am won't be too bad.  

you got it, 133 to the 405 or the 5, depending on where the office is in irvine.

if it matters, aliso is a lot cooler than rancho.  by 10-15 degrees a lot of the time.  and those tolls add up quick.  the 73 is $7 a pop.  the ones out by rancho are less, but it still adds up

eta:  ask away.  i'm happy to help in any way i can.

 

[the rover]

I've been staying with my brother in Irvine for the last few days.  Digging being back in SoCal.  

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

I've been staying with my brother in Irvine for the last few days.  Digging being back in SoCal.  

That explains you jumping on the Dodger bandwagon.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I've been staying with my brother in Irvine for the last few days.  Digging being back in SoCal.  

don't call or anything, i'm cool.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

irvine isn't too bad a commute from here.  25-35 minutes of a mostly chill drive during peak hours.  20-25 max on off hours.  at 7 am you're home free.  10 am won't be too bad.  

you got it, 133 to the 405 or the 5, depending on where the office is in irvine.

if it matters, aliso is a lot cooler than rancho.  by 10-15 degrees a lot of the time.  and those tolls add up quick.  the 73 is $7 a pop.  the ones out by rancho are less, but it still adds up

eta:  ask away.  i'm happy to help in any way i can.

Thanks.  Appreciate the info.

The bolded certainly would matter to my wife.  Hmmm....will have to do some more digging.  Rents are looking to be at least a couple hundred a month cheaper in Rancho, but I also don't want to be living in my damn car if I don't feel like slugging toll booths constantly.

I only ever drove through AV once or twice when I was out there in the early aughts and I'm having swiss cheese moments with my memory on it.  I recall it actually having some rolling hills/etc.  Am I thinking of the right area? 

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

How do you get there? Let me tell you friends, how do you get there! You take the San Diego Freeway to the Ventura Freeway. You drive to the Slauson Cutoff, get out of your car, cut off your Slauson, get back in your car, then you drive six miles till you see the Giant Neon Vice-Squad Cop.

 

[the rover]

That explains you jumping on the Dodger bandwagon.

I bleed Dodger blue.

 

[the rover]

don't call or anything, i'm cool.

My flight is at 7:45.  I have no car.  Want to grab a drink and take me to the airport?  I'm flying out of John Wayne.  

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

I bleed Dodger blue.

Literally?

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

 I'm flying out of John Wayne.  

Literally?

 

[cosjobs]

i'm an aliso, if you have questions

What's it like to have no skin pigment? Are you related to GM?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Thanks.  Appreciate the info.

The bolded certainly would matter to my wife.  Hmmm....will have to do some more digging.  Rents are looking to be at least a couple hundred a month cheaper in Rancho, but I also don't want to be living in my damn car if I don't feel like slugging toll booths constantly.

I only ever drove through AV once or twice when I was out there in the early aughts and I'm having swiss cheese moments with my memory on it.  I recall it actually having some rolling hills/etc.  Am I thinking of the right area? 

you are.  we are on the back side of laguna in between two canyons.  both of which provide cool ocean air.  my house will often get fogged in, which is awesome.  rollings hills, with ridiculously wide streets.  

 

[DA RAIDERS]

My flight is at 7:45.  I have no car.  Want to grab a drink and take me to the airport?  I'm flying out of John Wayne.  

i totally would, but i have to work.  damn.