-Thursday- MARY (3:26pm) Mary **** TINO (3:26pm) Hey Mary. Im Tino. Where are you? MARY (3:27pm) Design class in texas. TINO (3:27pm) Good for you poindexter. Im a self-educated man. I work with my hands, cuz it gives me time to think. You ever build anything? MARY (3:28pm) Little models for design and sculptures. TINO (3:28pm) Ya gotta know how to make stuff. I like working with my hands generally. Steel. The ladies. Ha! Mostly steel. Im a rigger. MARY (3:30pm) And texting too apparently. TINO (3:30pm) Anyway... nice to meet you Mary. Enough txting for now, Ill touch base tomorrow. -Friday- TINO (1:06pm) On a scale of one to ten, ten being very and one being not at all, how firm is your handshake? MARY (1:13pm) Probably around a six. Yours? TINO (1:13pm) 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. (1:14pm) Such as... are you what they call a 'team player'? MARY (1:16pm) Depends wholly on the project. I can be a team player but i prefer to work alone. TINO (1:16pm) Well save feedback until the end. Would you put honesty before appearance, appearance after enthusiasm, or enthusiasm next to sense of humor? MARY (1:24pm) Honesty at the top followed closely by sense of humor. Enthusiasm then appearance but just because its last it doesn't mean i don't consider it. TINO (1:24pm) Ok. On a scale of one to one hundred, whats the value of your personal brand? MARY (1:26pm) Personal brand? TINO (1:26pm) Buck up. Youre just undervalued. Last question. What do you put in the toaster? MARY (1:27pm) Bread. TINO (1:27pm) Looks like youre a first-rate hire. You got the job! First task is to google 'oil rig jobs.' Let me know when youre there. -Saturday- TINO (2:54pm) Guess where i am? MARY (3:05pm) With steel. TINO (3:05pm) I wish. Wish I was naked in an Arctic snowstorm at this point. You got anything that really freaks you out? -Sunday- TINO (1:42pm) Do you ever think about all the shit you use everday that has moving parts? -Monday- TINO (12:16pm) Met a girl last night - vanessa. Vanessaaaaah. Whaddaya think. Movie or the shore? -Tuesday- 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? -Thursday- TINO (2:21pm) 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? (2:23pm) God damn. I love nature and all its wonderments. I can tell you where to find your perfect dream sunset. Whats your favorite color? MARY (2:48pm) Aqua TINO (2:48pm) aqua comes from polyphenol-formaldehyde. Aint it pretty shimmering over the water? So, we have a nice aqua sky stripe. Next. Red highlights or blue? MARY (2:48pm) Red TINO (2:48pm) AH! Terephthaloyl-chloride in the sky is like uh, a little rouge on the cheek of Gods sleeping girlfriend. One more tone. The final color in your dream sunset? MARY (2:50pm) Purple. TINO (2:50pm) purple is what we call a tertiary color. A mix. Polymethyl methacrylate will provide the perfect hue. checkin my notes and Ill point you towards your spot. (2:52pm) K. Some wine, lil' cheese and vulcanized nylon vapor and you got a dream picnic. Head to Landis Plastics of Solvay, NY in the summer. Pretty. -Friday- TINO (2:21pm) Sorry for bugging. I need a favor. Something just occurred to me. Ok? Im 65 floors up. You got a second? MARY (2:21pm) Yeah. TINO (2:21pm) Construction was delayed for the better part of a year. Beams covered in a fine metallic dust. Kinda mysterious but i have a hunch. (2:23pm) 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? (2:38pm) Find anything? -Saturday- TINO (12:35pm) hy Mary, I just lost my tmpr. I got frustrat and brok my phon. -Sunday- TINO (2:00am) Hey Mary. 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? MARY (2:03am) I guess it would be my friend matt. TINO (2:03am) Ok, now whos the one standing next to Guess, commenting on rope-holding technique? Whats his or her name? MARY (2:04am) Steven TINO (2:04am) Yeah, Steven. Whats Steven's phone number? MARY (2:04am) None of your business. TINO (2:04am) Dont worry. Its cool. Trust me. Whats the number? MARY (2:05am) Sorry he won't appreciate a text. TINO (2:05am) Ok, nevermind. Ill see ya, Mary. Off to a job in chongqing, china! ALWAYS keep moving. Most peoples problem is getting stuck.