-Tuesday- KATE (1:17pm) Hi my name is kate ***. TINO (1:17pm) Hey Kate. Im Tino. Where are you? KATE (1:17pm) Im at work in austin texas. TINO (1:17pm) Tuesday like today, I hope you like your job, Kate. KATE (1:19pm) I do like it. Thanks for asking. Do you like your job? TINO (1:19pm) Anyway, nice to meet you Kate. Enough txting for now, Ill touch base tomorrow. KATE (1:20pm) Ok thanks. TINO (3:23pm) 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? KATE (3:24pm) Sure! TINO (3:24pm) Ok, first some background. Do you spend your day in a room where you can see any pictures of animals? KATE (3:25pm) No TINO (3:25pm) Of course you dont. Do you work in a group with two or more people you went to high school with? KATE (3:26pm) No TINO (3:26pm) No, why would you? Have you ever had to fire a pregnant or weeping person? KATE (3:27pm) No TINO (3:27pm) I knew you hadnt. Confirms my guess. A couple more just to be sure. Do you have to wear a uniform? KATE (3:28pm) No TINO (3:28pm) Coulda guessed this first thing. Youre obviously a Energy Negotiator. Am I right? KATE (3:29pm) Not quite Tino. TINO (3:29pm) Knowing what youre good at is more than half the battle when it comes to a good career move. KATE (3:30pm) I agree. Its hard to know yourself though. -Wednesday- TINO (1:38pm) Guess where i am? KATE (3:12pm) Hi Tino. I just got your message. Are you at work? TINO (3:12pm) You wish. Wish I was naked in an Arctic snowstorm at this point. You got anything that really freaks you out? KATE (3:14pm) Marriage and babies really freak me out. You? TINO (3:14pm) Read something somewhere about the place in the brain where fear comes from. Amygdala. Dont know why I remember that. (3:16pm) One more guess - where am I? KATE (3:16pm) I think youre at work TINO (3:16pm) 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? KATE (3:18pm) Sweating dizziness pounding heart TINO (3:18pm) Palpitations, pounding heart or accelerated heart rate, Sweating, trembling or shaking, Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering, feeling of choking, (3:19pm) nausea or abdominal distress, Feeling dizzy, light headed or faint, derealization(feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself) (3:20pm) chest pain or discomfort, Fear of losing control or going crazy, Fear of dying, Paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations), Chills or hot flushes. (3:21pm) You gotta help me out with something, k? Say yes, k? KATE (3:21pm) Yes sure TINO (3:21pm) Do you have any rituals - stupid little things you do to keep yourself calm? KATE (3:22pm) Yes TINO (3:22pm) 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. (3:24pm) 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. KATE (3:28pm) Dunn ridge road is closed but all others are open. Some roads are slippery and they recommend snow tires TINO (3:28pm) I feel better knowing that. KATE (3:30pm) Im glad -Thursday- TINO (12:35pm) On a scale of one to ten, ten being very and one being not at all, how firm is your handshake? KATE (12:36pm) Id say about a 7. 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. (12:37pm) Such as... are you what they call a 'team player'? KATE (12:38pm) I wonder if anyone ever says no to that question TINO (12:38pm) Lone ranger, ok. Would you put honesty before appearance, appearance after enthusiasm, or enthusiasm next to sense of humor? KATE (12:39pm) Yes TINO (12:39pm) Ok. On a scale of one to one hundred, whats the value of your personal brand? KATE (12:40pm) 68 I think TINO (12:40pm) Kate.com, get on it. Last question. What do you put in the toaster? KATE (12:41pm) Toast TINO (12:41pm) Ouch. Wrong answer. Bread goes in the toaster. You need some practice. Google 'oil rig jobs.' Let me know when youre there. KATE (12:43pm) Im there 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. (12:45pm) Great. Now go get me something like that. Bye for now! KATE (12:46pm) Bye Tino -Friday- TINO (1:06pm) Met a girl last night - vanessa. Vanessaaaaah. Whaddaya think. Movie or the shore? KATE (1:07pm) Movies. The shore might be cold TINO (1:07pm) Ya exactly. A dark room and then we have something to talk about. Do you think the secret life of bees is any good? KATE (1:11pm) I Havent read it. Do you like it? TINO (1:11pm) Ok, Ill let you know what she thinks. (1:16pm) Hopefully this girl isnt like eliza. KATE (1:17pm) What was eliza like? TINO (1:17pm) The 26.year old psycho. We had some communication problems you could say. But she started me with this texting stuff. KATE (1:18pm) Why was she psycho TINO (1:18pm) Lets just forget about it, ok? KATE (1:20pm) Ok sorry -Saturday- TINO (2:54pm) Sorry for bugging. I need a favor. Something just occurred to me. Ok? Im 65 floors up. You got a second? KATE (5:33pm) Hey Tino whats up TINO (5:33pm) Construction was delayed for the better part of a year. Beams covered in a fine metallic dust. Kinda mysterious but i have a hunch. (5:35pm) 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? KATE (5:36pm) Sorry but i cant right now TINO (5:36pm) Ive got an amazing job. Do me one more favor? KATE (5:38pm) Sure TINO (5:38pm) 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, Kate. Gotta run. -Sunday- TINO (12:16pm) 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? (12:18pm) 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 Kate. 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, Kate. Off to a job in chongqing, china! ALWAYS keep moving. Most peoples problem is getting stuck.