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GroveDiesel said:
I'm on day 8 of a 19 day vacation. I get back on a Sunday night. Monday morning I have to make a 5 hour drive to spend a week doing an insane amount of work for a client. Fun.

On the other hand, hard to complain when I have a 19 day vacation. Almost feels like being a teacher. So far we've seen Canyonlands, Arches, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon and just got to Zion. Have 3 days here at Zion and then have Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. It's been awesome.
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I did Canyonlands/Arches/Capitol Reef/Bryce/Zion in April.  Man that's an awesome trip.  Highly recommend if you like seeing incredible scenery.

 
GroveDiesel said:
Was thinking about you. How's your daughter doing?
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Mostly great.   Her weight is fully restored and she's really healthy.   She caught up in school and is transferring to a different high school for her sophomore year.  She knows more people there and she'll be able to avoid questions about why she disappeared her freshman year.   Her diet drives her crazy because it's very intrusive, but eventually she'll get back to eating more normally.    The nutritionist is really conservative so it's a slow process.   She's sung at a couple open mic nights and is getting back into music.

Taking her to NYC next week and then Chicago for Lollapalooza.

 
Denise nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde, passed away this week.  I looked at her wikipedia page and it referred to her as a child actor. That seemed vaguely disrespectful to me, even though it's clearly what most people who Google her are thinking about when they searched for her. Like hey those last 40 years weren't so great but remember when she was a blueberry?  Did she ever try to be an adult actress?  Did she retire on that sweet supporting actress money?  And then i realized it's none of my business, really.  She did something cool.  There's a wikipedia page about her.  That's pretty cool. I don't have one.  So i have decided to start referring to myself as bostonfred, child athlete.  

 
bostonfred said:
Denise nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde, passed away this week.  I looked at her wikipedia page and it referred to her as a child actor. That seemed vaguely disrespectful to me, even though it's clearly what most people who Google her are thinking about when they searched for her. Like hey those last 40 years weren't so great but remember when she was a blueberry?  Did she ever try to be an adult actress?  Did she retire on that sweet supporting actress money?  And then i realized it's none of my business, really.  She did something cool.  There's a wikipedia page about her.  That's pretty cool. I don't have one.  So i have decided to start referring to myself as bostonfred, child athlete.  
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I'm gonna need a highlight video

 
bostonfred said:
Denise nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde, passed away this week.  I looked at her wikipedia page and it referred to her as a child actor. That seemed vaguely disrespectful to me, even though it's clearly what most people who Google her are thinking about when they searched for her. Like hey those last 40 years weren't so great but remember when she was a blueberry?  Did she ever try to be an adult actress?  Did she retire on that sweet supporting actress money?  And then i realized it's none of my business, really.  She did something cool.  There's a wikipedia page about her.  That's pretty cool. I don't have one.  So i have decided to start referring to myself as bostonfred, child athlete.  
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she was no rip torn

 
There's a 30-year reunion in the bar tonight. That would normally be horrific, but Austin cougars are the best. It's a target-rich environment.  :pickle:

 
was out on my own all day Saturday. kids commandeered my wife's phone and were texting me nonsense all day. after a while i stopped checking every message because they were doing #### like sending the same gif 30 times in a row  :mellow:

late in the afternoon i get a picture of a dog. wife has been talking about wanting a 2nd dog "to play with (the current dog)". i'm the only one who pays attention to the current dog. i don't want another one. when my wife starts "thinking about" doing things it means she has already made up her mind & to her it's a done deal.

so getting a picture of a dog when my wife tells me she has been "thinking about getting a 2nd dog" means she's probably driving home with a dog :hot:

thankfully when i got home, still only one dog. but my wife and kids were ready to tell me all about how wonderful this dog was & we're going back to look at it again on Sunday & won't it be wonderful to have another dog to ignore play with (the current dog). no. no it won't. but i'm outvoted 3 - 1 so... suck it, furley!    

tried putting off the inevitable trip to the pet shelter but ran out of excuses so off we go.   the dog seems to immediately recognize my kids & jumps up to greet them.  literally jumps up. 4 feet in the air. crashing in to the door of the shelter. over & over & over again. :mellow:   then comes the barking. the shrillest, highest pitched, whiniest, most incessant bark i've ever heard in my life.  

this is not a Yorkie or a mini-anything. it's a boxer mix of some sort. this is like seeing Tyson and hearing his inexplicable high-pitched voice magnified many times. over & over. i had to leave the BUILDING.... not just the dog room. the entire freaking building.. to escape the soul penetrating sound.

my wife says: she wasn't like this yesterday. i'm glad they were closing when we got there or else i would have come home with her :mellow:     will any lesson be learned here? no. no it will not. i'm 99% positive we'll have a new dog in the house by summer's end.

 
mr. furley said:
was out on my own all day Saturday. kids commandeered my wife's phone and were texting me nonsense all day. after a while i stopped checking every message because they were doing #### like sending the same gif 30 times in a row  :mellow:

late in the afternoon i get a picture of a dog. wife has been talking about wanting a 2nd dog "to play with (the current dog)". i'm the only one who pays attention to the current dog. i don't want another one. when my wife starts "thinking about" doing things it means she has already made up her mind & to her it's a done deal.

so getting a picture of a dog when my wife tells me she has been "thinking about getting a 2nd dog" means she's probably driving home with a dog :hot:

thankfully when i got home, still only one dog. but my wife and kids were ready to tell me all about how wonderful this dog was & we're going back to look at it again on Sunday & won't it be wonderful to have another dog to ignore play with (the current dog). no. no it won't. but i'm outvoted 3 - 1 so... suck it, furley!    

tried putting off the inevitable trip to the pet shelter but ran out of excuses so off we go.   the dog seems to immediately recognize my kids & jumps up to greet them.  literally jumps up. 4 feet in the air. crashing in to the door of the shelter. over & over & over again. :mellow:   then comes the barking. the shrillest, highest pitched, whiniest, most incessant bark i've ever heard in my life.  

this is not a Yorkie or a mini-anything. it's a boxer mix of some sort. this is like seeing Tyson and hearing his inexplicable high-pitched voice magnified many times. over & over. i had to leave the BUILDING.... not just the dog room. the entire freaking building.. to escape the soul penetrating sound.

my wife says: she wasn't like this yesterday. i'm glad they were closing when we got there or else i would have come home with her :mellow:     will any lesson be learned here? no. no it will not. i'm 99% positive we'll have a new dog in the house by summer's end.
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you monster

 
mr. furley said:
was out on my own all day Saturday. kids commandeered my wife's phone and were texting me nonsense all day. after a while i stopped checking every message because they were doing #### like sending the same gif 30 times in a row  :mellow:

late in the afternoon i get a picture of a dog. wife has been talking about wanting a 2nd dog "to play with (the current dog)". i'm the only one who pays attention to the current dog. i don't want another one. when my wife starts "thinking about" doing things it means she has already made up her mind & to her it's a done deal.

so getting a picture of a dog when my wife tells me she has been "thinking about getting a 2nd dog" means she's probably driving home with a dog :hot:

thankfully when i got home, still only one dog. but my wife and kids were ready to tell me all about how wonderful this dog was & we're going back to look at it again on Sunday & won't it be wonderful to have another dog to ignore play with (the current dog). no. no it won't. but i'm outvoted 3 - 1 so... suck it, furley!    

tried putting off the inevitable trip to the pet shelter but ran out of excuses so off we go.   the dog seems to immediately recognize my kids & jumps up to greet them.  literally jumps up. 4 feet in the air. crashing in to the door of the shelter. over & over & over again. :mellow:   then comes the barking. the shrillest, highest pitched, whiniest, most incessant bark i've ever heard in my life.  

this is not a Yorkie or a mini-anything. it's a boxer mix of some sort. this is like seeing Tyson and hearing his inexplicable high-pitched voice magnified many times. over & over. i had to leave the BUILDING.... not just the dog room. the entire freaking building.. to escape the soul penetrating sound.

my wife says: she wasn't like this yesterday. i'm glad they were closing when we got there or else i would have come home with her :mellow:     will any lesson be learned here? no. no it will not. i'm 99% positive we'll have a new dog in the house by summer's end.
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Stop besmirching the good name of Boxers.  Boxers don't bark like that. It's probably part room temperature chicken.  

 
Had to check my passport number to update our travel system at work

i keep them in a fireproof safe and for whatever reason they were covered in some sort of soft fluffy mold.  I guess that thing gets damp and doesn’t let air escape as I’ve had issues in the past with dampness but nothing like that 

so if I’m not posting in the near future it was good knowing all of you

 
Dan Lambskin said:
Had to check my passport number to update our travel system at work

i keep them in a fireproof safe and for whatever reason they were covered in some sort of soft fluffy mold.  I guess that thing gets damp and doesn’t let air escape as I’ve had issues in the past with dampness but nothing like that 

so if I’m not posting in the near future it was good knowing all of you
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The good news is you no longer have gonorrhea.

 
Sitting through this presentation on high-risk pregnancies is bad, but doing it on my birthday is just gruesome. Gonna make it up to myself by heading straight to the bar from here. 

 
Just finished a 6 hour meeting with my very nice and indecisive Park Ave client, decorator and kitchen designer. 6 hours. Only got through 1/3 of my meeting agenda. Brain melting. Leaving. #### this.

 
Had an interview last week set up by a headhunter. Seemed to go well, but strange/maybe interesting job.

Guy used to be COO of arguably the apex residential design firm in NYC- the place my former head of arch has been trying to get me to join. Started his own firm last year, but is acting as owner's rep exclusively for a single client.

Sounds like there's a bit of architecty type work that happens as well, filling in holes in projects that the design and supervising architects can't get to. But overall, I'm having a hard time figuring out wth the job is. And I think the guy is too.

Amd not sure what the future is working for only one client in this regard, and as the second in command. I guess bridges to cross if when I'm offered the job. But also seems like there's no possibilty for growth at my current spot (money or opportunity-wise), even though the opportunity to design and build more (good experience) is there.

Dunno. Just honking out loud. 

Eta...lol...thinking, not honking. But I also like honking out loud.

 
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El Floppo said:
Had an interview last week set up by a headhunter. Seemed to go well, but strange/maybe interesting job.

Guy used to be COO of arguably the apex residential design firm in NYC- the place my former head of arch has been trying to get me to join. Started his own firm last year, but is acting as owner's rep exclusively for a single client.

Sounds like there's a bit of architecty type work that happens as well, filling in holes in projects that the design and supervising architects can't get to. But overall, I'm having a hard time figuring out wth the job is. And I think the guy is too.

Amd not sure what the future is working for only one client in this regard, and as the second in command. I guess bridges to cross if when I'm offered the job. But also seems like there's no possibilty for growth at my current spot (money or opportunity-wise), even though the opportunity to design and build more (good experience) is there.

Dunno. Just honking out loud. 

Eta...lol...thinking, not honking. But I also like honking out loud.
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I thought "honking out loud" was a nice turn of phrase.  I'm sticking with it.

 
El Floppo said:
Had an interview last week set up by a headhunter. Seemed to go well, but strange/maybe interesting job.

Guy used to be COO of arguably the apex residential design firm in NYC- the place my former head of arch has been trying to get me to join. Started his own firm last year, but is acting as owner's rep exclusively for a single client.

Sounds like there's a bit of architecty type work that happens as well, filling in holes in projects that the design and supervising architects can't get to. But overall, I'm having a hard time figuring out wth the job is. And I think the guy is too.

Amd not sure what the future is working for only one client in this regard, and as the second in command. I guess bridges to cross if when I'm offered the job. But also seems like there's no possibilty for growth at my current spot (money or opportunity-wise), even though the opportunity to design and build more (good experience) is there.

Dunno. Just honking out loud. 

Eta...lol...thinking, not honking. But I also like honking out loud.
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You need a drink.  I hear it’s supposed to feel like 110 degrees.  You need a drink somewhere with really good air conditioning.

 
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