-Friday- RICKY (12:41am) Ricky Yarnall TINO (12:41am) Hey Ricky. Im Tino. Where are you? RICKY (12:41am) At home TINO (12:41am) Oh yeah? Taking it easy? Where do you live? RICKY (12:42am) I live in a small house in Fullerton TINO (12:42am) I live in jersey, myself. Small Hous just aint my style no offense. I got a big yard I can build stuff in. Whats the biggest thing youve ever built? RICKY (12:44am) The largest thing I've ever built was a ceramic mosaic... It was about 40 feet long by 20 feet tall. TINO (12:44am) Ya gotta know how to make stuff. I like working with my hands generally. Steel. The ladies. Ha! Mostly steel. Im a rigger. RICKY (12:45am) What do you mean by "the ladies"? TINO (12:45am) Anyway... nice to meet you Ricky. Enough txting for now, Ill touch base tomorrow. RICKY (12:46am) Okay, I look forward to it!! TINO (1:42pm) Guess where i am? RICKY (1:48pm) Disneyland?? TINO (1:48pm) Im insulating a roof cavity. You got anything that really freaks you out? RICKY (1:49pm) Ghosts. I am a firm believer in them. TINO (1:49pm) Ghosts are more afraid of you than you are of them. Trust me. RICKY (1:50pm) Have you ever seen one? TINO (1:50pm) 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? RICKY (1:52pm) I'm not qualified to diagnose a panic attack? Is there someone near by that can help you? TINO (1:52pm) Palpitations, pounding heart or accelerated heart rate, Sweating, trembling or shaking, Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering, feeling of choking, (1:53pm) nausea or abdominal distress, Feeling dizzy, light headed or faint, derealization(feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself) (1:54pm) chest pain or discomfort, Fear of losing control or going crazy, Fear of dying, Paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations), Chills or hot flushes. RICKY (1:54pm) May I ask you a question? TINO (1:55pm) You gotta help me out with something, k? Say yes, k? RICKY (1:55pm) Yes k TINO (1:55pm) Do you have any rituals - stupid little things you do to keep yourself calm? RICKY (1:57pm) Yes, I rub my tongue on the back of my teeth. TINO (1:57pm) 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. (1:59pm) 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. RICKY (2:05pm) Roads are in fairly good condition she said TINO (2:05pm) I feel better knowing that. RICKY (2:06pm) Happy to help -Saturday- TINO (1:06pm) Met a girl last night - vanessa. Vanessaaaaah. Whaddaya think. Movie or the shore? RICKY (1:45pm) Shore... It's beautiful when there is snow on the ground. TINO (1:45pm) Ya exactly. Sunset over waves and a long ride home. I hope the clouds clear up, tho. RICKY (1:46pm) Is there snow on the ground in jersey right now? TINO (1:46pm) Hopefully this girl isnt like eliza. RICKY (1:47pm) Who is that? TINO (1:47pm) The 26.year old psycho. We had some communication problems you could say. But she started me with this texting stuff. RICKY (1:48pm) What was wrong? Conversation too one sided? TINO (1:48pm) Enough questions for now. dont really want to talk about it. RICKY (1:49pm) You brought it up. -Sunday- TINO (2:21pm) hy Ricky, I just lost my tmpr. I got frustrat and brok my phon. RICKY (2:33pm) The three button doesn't work? TINO (2:33pm) I ha a frinly dirnc of opinion with a contractor. Molition is just as much un as construction. Whn was the last time you brok somthing? RICKY (2:35pm) I broke a speaker box yesterday, but it was on purpose. Does that still count?? TINO (2:35pm) You remind me of my Uncle Tony. He had a dirty mouth too. He's dead now. RICKY (2:36pm) Hey, your phone works now. That's great! TINO (2:36pm) Is this annoying or what? Sorry. I tll you what. Why ont you brak something too. Right now. Want to o it? RICKY (2:41pm) Umm not really. It might make me feel better, but then I'll have to clean it up. Besides I don't like loud noises, and the only thing that I could really TINO (2:41pm) 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. RICKY (2:41pm) break is a glass. TINO (2:41pm) 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. RICKY (2:56pm) Ok I did it. I don't really feel better though.. TINO (2:56pm) 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. RICKY (3:26pm) Cool. -Monday- TINO (2:54pm) What are you up to Ricky? RICKY (2:55pm) Just finishing up some lunch. Tessa and I are going to go to an art gallery then do some shopping. Do you like your new phone? TINO (2:55pm) U wanna trade? The inspectors here. Puts numbers on things that dont need em. Like how you had 124 characters in that message. You txt normal, QWERTY or T9? RICKY (2:56pm) Qwerty TINO (2:56pm) So 124 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? RICKY (2:57pm) Light pressure TINO (2:57pm) You just took 58 seconds to respond, so we're talking 2.41 neural signals/sec per second on your part. RICKY (2:58pm) Wow that's awesome! TINO (2:58pm) If you were a factory youd get an efficiency rating of 0.05/averg. Notice how you do other basic tasks. Fast or slow? Dont text me now. Itll take too long :-) RICKY (6:53pm) I tend to do things rather quickly. I like to be efficient. TINO (6:53pm) 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? RICKY (6:53pm) Yes TINO (6:53pm) Ok, first some background. Do you deal with road traffic? RICKY (6:54pm) No TINO (6:54pm) You steer clear of traffic. Great. At any point in a typical day, can you look down and see the tops of other peoples' heads? RICKY (6:55pm) Yes TINO (6:55pm) A view from above. Nice. Makes sense. Do you work in a group with two or more people you went to high school with? RICKY (6:55pm) No TINO (6:55pm) No, why would you? How long do you have for lunch? RICKY (6:56pm) I don't take one TINO (6:56pm) Coulda guessed this first thing. Youre obviously a Associate Acoustic Consultant. Am I right? RICKY (6:56pm) No TINO (6:56pm) Really? Im never wrong. Maybe you should consider a career change. RICKY (6:57pm) Haha! -Tuesday- TINO (12:35pm) On a scale of one to ten, ten being very and one being not at all, how firm is your handshake? RICKY (1:38pm) 8 TINO (1:38pm) Mmm hmm. Ill put down a 9. See, my contract is almost up. May have to find something else. Gotta think of interview questions they might ask. (1:39pm) Such as... are you what they call a 'team player'? RICKY (1:40pm) Ya that's always an interview question. TINO (1:40pm) Ah yes, the leviathan. Would you put honesty before appearance, appearance after enthusiasm, or enthusiasm next to sense of humor? RICKY (1:42pm) Appearance is always next to sense of humor for me. TINO (1:42pm) Ok. On a scale of one to one hundred, whats the value of your personal brand? RICKY (1:43pm) 1. I don't have a personal brand. TINO (1:43pm) Buck up. Youre just undervalued. Last question. What do you put in the toaster? RICKY (1:43pm) Bread. What do you put on the toaster? TINO (1:43pm) 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. RICKY (1:44pm) I mean in the toaster. TINO (1:44pm) This is the kind of job description I like: Works independently under general supervision, requiring normal guidance and review. (1:45pm) Typically does not have budgetary responsibility. Provides some technical guidance and work direction to field staff. Handles special projects, as assigned. RICKY (1:46pm) Ok I'm looking at google results. TINO (1:46pm) Great. Now go get me something like that. Bye for now! (4:46pm) Hey Ricky. 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? -Wednesday- TINO (4:46am) Ok, nevermind. Ill see ya, Ricky. Off to a job in chongqing, china! ALWAYS keep moving. Most peoples problem is getting stuck.