-Thursday- KASSIE (10:39am) Kassie TINO (10:39am) Hey Kassie. Im Tino. Where are you? KASSIE (10:40am) Hey tino- I'm in Texas TINO (10:40am) Sounds like a blast. Im making a treehouse for my nephew. Whats the biggest thing youve ever built? KASSIE (10:44am) Probably some sculptures TINO (10:44am) Ya gotta know how to make stuff. I like working with my hands generally. Steel. The ladies. Ha! Mostly steel. Im a rigger. KASSIE (10:45am) That's a tough job TINO (10:45am) Anyway... nice to meet you Kassie. Enough txting for now, Ill touch base tomorrow. -Friday- TINO (12:35pm) On a scale of one to ten, ten being very and one being not at all, how firm is your handshake? KASSIE (12:36pm) I'd say maybe a 6? I try TINO (12:36pm) Mmm hmm. Ill put down a 1. See, my contract is almost up. May have to find something else. Gotta think of interview questions they might ask. KASSIE (12:37pm) That's always nerving TINO (12:37pm) Such as... are you what they call a 'team player'? KASSIE (12:38pm) That can be a tough one to answer. Depending on other people can be hard TINO (12:38pm) Ah yes, the leviathan. Would you put honesty before appearance, appearance after enthusiasm, or enthusiasm next to sense of humor? KASSIE (12:40pm) I'd say honesty and enthusiasm most important. TINO (12:40pm) Ok. On a scale of one to one hundred, whats the value of your personal brand? KASSIE (12:41pm) That is a tough one TINO (12:41pm) Buck up. Youre just undervalued. Last question. What do you put in the toaster? KASSIE (12:42pm) Pop tarts! TINO (12:42pm) You know what? I like you. You get the job! First task is to google 'oil rig jobs.' Let me know when youre there. KASSIE (12:43pm) K TINO (12:43pm) This is the kind of job description I like: Works independently under general supervision, requiring normal guidance and review. (12:44pm) Typically does not have budgetary responsibility. Provides some technical guidance and work direction to field staff. Handles special projects, as assigned. KASSIE (12:44pm) Lol. Sounds good TINO (12:45pm) Great. Now go get me something like that. Bye for now! KASSIE (12:45pm) K -Saturday- TINO (12:16pm) What are you up to Kassie? KASSIE (12:17pm) Just riding in the car TINO (12:17pm) U wanna trade? The inspectors here. Puts numbers on things that dont need em. Like how you had 22 characters in that message. You txt normal, QWERTY or T9? KASSIE (12:19pm) Qwerty- I have a blackberry TINO (12:19pm) So 22 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? KASSIE (12:20pm) I guess light TINO (12:20pm) You just took 60 seconds to respond, so we're talking 4.30 neural signals/sec per second on your part. KASSIE (12:21pm) Is that good TINO (12:21pm) If you were a factory youd get an efficiency rating of 0.10/averg. Notice how you do other basic tasks. Fast or slow? Dont text me now. Itll take too long :-) KASSIE (12:22pm) That's not nice :P -Sunday- TINO (1:42pm) Met a girl last night - vanessa. Vanessaaaaah. Whaddaya think. Movie or the shore? -Monday- TINO (2:21pm) hy Kassi, I just lost my tmpr. I got frustrat and brok my phon. -Thursday- TINO (2:54pm) 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? KASSIE (2:55pm) Sure TINO (2:55pm) Ok, first some background. How long do you have for lunch? KASSIE (2:56pm) 30 minutes TINO (2:56pm) Ok. Let me just get a few details straight. Have you ever had to fire a pregnant or weeping person? KASSIE (2:56pm) Nope TINO (2:56pm) I knew you hadnt. Confirms my guess. A couple more just to be sure. Do you work in a group with two or more people you went to high school with? KASSIE (2:57pm) no TINO (2:57pm) No, why would you? Do you have to wear a uniform? KASSIE (2:58pm) Nope TINO (2:58pm) Coulda guessed this first thing. Youre obviously a Inclusion Consultant. Am I right? KASSIE (2:59pm) Marketing. For conservation organization. TINO (2:59pm) Knowing what youre good at is more than half the battle when it comes to a good career move. KASSIE (3:00pm) Gotta do what you like too -Friday- TINO (2:21pm) Do you ever think about all the shit you use everday that has moving parts? KASSIE (2:24pm) Can't say I do TINO (2:24pm) Just took apart a drill. This one was edged with rotating electric grinders and planers. Like a stainless steel pinata when I popped it. Where are you? -Saturday- KASSIE (9:33am) I was at work- that's why I forgot to respond. I'm home now though TINO (9:33am) hy Kassi, I just lost my tmpr. I got frustrat and brok my phon. KASSIE (9:34am) That sucks. You seem to have lost your 3 key TINO (9:34am) I gotta amit. Molition is just as much un as construction. Nothing bats throwing a hammr through ry wall. Whn was the last time you brok somthing? KASSIE (9:35am) On purpose or by accident? TINO (9:35am) Is this annoying or what? Sorry. I tll you what. Why ont you brak something too. Right now. Want to o it? KASSIE (9:37am) Like what? I don't think my hosts wpuld appreciate that too much TINO (9:37am) Cmon. 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. KASSIE (9:38am) K that's easy TINO (9:38am) 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. KASSIE (9:39am) Ok TINO (9:39am) 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. (2:54pm) Sorry for bugging. I need a favor. Something just occurred to me. Ok? Im 65 floors up. You got a second? KASSIE (2:55pm) Sure TINO (2:55pm) Construction was delayed for the better part of a year. Beams covered in a fine metallic dust. Kinda mysterious but i have a hunch. KASSIE (2:55pm) Oh? TINO (2:55pm) 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? KASSIE (2:56pm) No computer TINO (2:56pm) Ive got an amazing job. Do me one more favor? KASSIE (2:59pm) Sure TINO (2:59pm) 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, Kassie. Gotta run. (5:59pm) Hey Kassie. 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? -Sunday- TINO (5:59am) Ok, nevermind. Ill see ya, Kassie. Off to a job in chongqing, china! ALWAYS keep moving. Most peoples problem is getting stuck.