-Monday- CLAIRE (1:15pm) claire TINO (1:15pm) Hey Claire. Im Tino. Where are you? CLAIRE (1:16pm) At work TINO (1:16pm) Monday like today, I hope you like your job, Claire. CLAIRE (1:18pm) I like my job. What about you? TINO (1:18pm) Anyway, nice to meet you Claire. Enough txting for now, Ill touch base tomorrow. (3:28pm) Do you ever think about all the shit you use everday that has moving parts? CLAIRE (8:32pm) No TINO (8:32pm) Guess where i am? CLAIRE (9:08pm) Where? TINO (9:08pm) You wish. Wish I was naked in an Arctic snowstorm at this point. You got anything that really freaks you out? CLAIRE (9:10pm) Republicans TINO (9:10pm) Cant talk politics. Get too worked up. Ill vote for who I vote for. (9:12pm) One more guess - where am I? CLAIRE (9:18pm) At work TINO (9:18pm) Im insulating a roof cavity. Only thing in the world makes my knees weak is a closed space, and here I am. All day. Hey you know the symptoms of a panic attack? CLAIRE (9:20pm) Can you talk about love? TINO (9:20pm) Palpitations, pounding heart or accelerated heart rate, Sweating, trembling or shaking, Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering, feeling of choking, (9:21pm) nausea or abdominal distress, Feeling dizzy, light headed or faint, derealization(feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself) CLAIRE (9:21pm) Yes my sister has panic attacks (9:21pm) That's terrifying TINO (9:22pm) chest pain or discomfort, Fear of losing control or going crazy, Fear of dying, Paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations), Chills or hot flushes. (9:23pm) You gotta help me out with something, k? Say yes, k? CLAIRE (11:34pm) Yes TINO (11:34pm) Do you have any rituals - stupid little things you do to keep yourself calm? CLAIRE (11:37pm) Deep breaths TINO (11:37pm) If I gotta be in a tight space, I like to call Yellowstone National Park. Find out about road conditions. Its weird, ok, but it helps. (11:39pm) This girl there knows I do it now, tho. Knows my number. So how about you call and tell me what they say? Number is 307-344-2117. CLAIRE (11:42pm) Snow tires required on all roads TINO (11:42pm) I feel better knowing that. CLAIRE (11:43pm) Can you get out? -Tuesday- CLAIRE (10:36am) I miss you TINO (10:36am) What are you up to Claire? CLAIRE (10:38am) Smoking TINO (10:38am) U wanna trade? The inspectors here. Puts numbers on things that dont need em. Like how you had 7 characters in that message. You txt normal, QWERTY or T9? CLAIRE (10:40am) t9 TINO (10:40am) So 7 max key presses, times 6 muscles of the thumb(s) involved, like the flexor pollicis brevis, and four nerves. Do you use a light pressure or heavy? CLAIRE (10:41am) Light TINO (10:41am) You just took 58 seconds to respond, so we're talking 1.37 neural signals/sec per second on your part. (10:43am) If you were a factory youd get an efficiency rating of 0.03/averg. Notice how you do other basic tasks. Fast or slow? Dont text me now. Itll take too long :-) (2:20pm) Sorry for bugging. I need a favor. Something just occurred to me. Ok? Im 65 floors up. You got a second? CLAIRE (2:50pm) Sure TINO (2:50pm) Construction was delayed for the better part of a year. Beams covered in a fine metallic dust. Kinda mysterious but i have a hunch. (2:52pm) Eugene doesnt believe me. He says its old paint. You at a computer? Google 'meteor dust' for me and let me know what it says. Is it possible? (3:07pm) Find anything? CLAIRE (3:10pm) Particles might affect climate through electromagnetic radiation TINO (3:10pm) Ive got an amazing job. Do me one more favor? CLAIRE (3:11pm) Ok TINO (3:11pm) Take a photo of something at work from outer space. Post it on flickr and put 'tino faussone' in the tags. Its all around us, Claire. Gotta run. -Wednesday- TINO (3:00pm) Hey Claire whats up. I cant get out of bed this morning; PAIN. That rigging job in india is catching up to me with a vengeance. (3:02pm) Built a massive building for tiny parts. Semi-conductor facility. Theres a certain satisfaction in that. What do you do for work anyway? -Thursday- CLAIRE (12:57pm) Write TINO (12:57pm) On a scale of one to ten, ten being very and one being not at all, how firm is your handshake? CLAIRE (12:58pm) 8 TINO (12:58pm) Mmm hmm. Ill put down a 7. See, my contract is almost up. May have to find something else. Gotta think of interview questions they might ask. (12:59pm) Such as... are you what they call a 'team player'? -Friday- TINO (12:35pm) Hey I got this trick I can do. Just five questions and I can guess what your job is. Seriously, its this weird skill. Want to play? CLAIRE (7:06pm) Yes TINO (7:06pm) Ok, first some background. How long do you have for lunch? CLAIRE (7:07pm) 1 hour TINO (7:07pm) You seem like someone who has a one hour lunch. Great. Do you spend your day in a room where you can see any pictures of animals? CLAIRE (7:08pm) No TINO (7:08pm) Of course you dont. Are you proficient with Excel? CLAIRE (7:08pm) Yes TINO (7:08pm) So you know what concatenating is. Noted. Next. Do you work in a group with two or more people you went to high school with? CLAIRE (7:13pm) No TINO (7:13pm) Coulda guessed this first thing. Youre obviously a Structural Package Manager. Am I right? CLAIRE (7:14pm) Yes TINO (7:14pm) Sweet! Home run once again! Don't know how I do it. -Saturday- TINO (2:21pm) hy Clair, I just lost my tmpr. I got frustrat and brok my phon. CLAIRE (8:27pm) Shit TINO (8:27pm) Is this annoying or what? Sorry. I tll you what. Why ont you brak something too. Right now. Want to o it? CLAIRE (8:28pm) Yes TINO (8:28pm) Goo. Work is important, but so is unoing work. Ask any mchanic, vrything dis alon. Fin somthing long an chap like a pncil. Lt m know whn you hav on. CLAIRE (8:30pm) Broke it TINO (8:30pm) Put your thumbs in the mil. Hold it about y-lvl with fingrs pulling on ithr n an brak it. Tll m whn you o it. CLAIRE (8:32pm) Done TINO (8:32pm) Isnt it a rlif? I want you to kp the rasr part in your pockt all ay. Show it to somon. I gotta go to the phon stor. -Sunday- TINO (2:54pm) Theres nothing prettier than the sun setting over a plastics factory. The right mix of chemicals can turn the sky the most bizarre shade of impossible. Ya know? (2:56pm) God damn. I love nature and all its wonderments. I can tell you where to find your perfect dream sunset. Whats your favorite color? -Monday- TINO (2:00am) Hey Claire. Think. If you slipped and a friend caught your safety rope, the only thing between you and a 70 story fall, who would you want it to be? (2:00pm) Ok, nevermind. Ill see ya, Claire. Off to a job in chongqing, china! ALWAYS keep moving. Most peoples problem is getting stuck.