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kachoong
Mar 24, 2010, 12:19 PM
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Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Nice... hotels and climbing work great together... we did that for the second half of our Vegas trip last year. Five star room... dirty climbing... back to five star room... repeat... mmmmmm
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kachoong
Mar 24, 2010, 12:25 PM
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Lazlo wrote: notapplicable wrote: Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: that sucks. have you heard back from the cops yet? Yeah I got a very low score on my interview. Laz fails psych profile? Hmmmm, very interesting... Passed the psyche. Just not my panel interview. The last big govt job I got back in Aus involved an interesting interview. With one question remaining out of ten a HUGE hailstorm came roaring out of the sky and we were sitting right next to big plate glass windows. Well, two of the panel got up and stood at the window to watch... then the rest of us followed. Heh! We all stood there for about ten minutes laughing and joking about the storm and how some of them forgot to put up their car windows, left the cat out, didn't bring in the washing etc... It became very casual all of a sudden... and I reckon that helped me get the job. Either that or they just thought I was awesome anyway!
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Lazlo
Mar 24, 2010, 12:34 PM
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kachoong wrote: Lazlo wrote: notapplicable wrote: Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: that sucks. have you heard back from the cops yet? Yeah I got a very low score on my interview. Laz fails psych profile? Hmmmm, very interesting... Passed the psyche. Just not my panel interview. The last big govt job I got back in Aus involved an interesting interview. With one question remaining out of ten a HUGE hailstorm came roaring out of the sky and we were sitting right next to big plate glass windows. Well, two of the panel got up and stood at the window to watch... then the rest of us followed. Heh! We all stood there for about ten minutes laughing and joking about the storm and how some of them forgot to put up their car windows, left the cat out, didn't bring in the washing etc... It became very casual all of a sudden... and I reckon that helped me get the job. Either that or they just thought I was awesome anyway! That's pretty cool. Not a bad story
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Lazlo
Mar 24, 2010, 12:36 PM
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kachoong wrote: Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Nice... hotels and climbing work great together... we did that for the second half of our Vegas trip last year. Five star room... dirty climbing... back to five star room... repeat... mmmmmm Yeah, I have issues with being dirty. Weird considering I landscape and mountain guide. I have the hardest time crawling into a sleeping bag after doing nasty dusty dirty climbing.
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Gmburns2000
Mar 24, 2010, 1:53 PM
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Lazlo wrote: kachoong wrote: Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Nice... hotels and climbing work great together... we did that for the second half of our Vegas trip last year. Five star room... dirty climbing... back to five star room... repeat... mmmmmm Yeah, I have issues with being dirty. Weird considering I landscape and mountain guide. I have the hardest time crawling into a sleeping bag after doing nasty dusty dirty climbing. +1 I take showers at night because I hate sleeping in filth. what's the difference between a blue-collar worker and a white-collar worker (other than the color, of course)? It's when they shower. Think about it.
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Gmburns2000
Mar 24, 2010, 1:54 PM
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alright, which one of you numbnuts have done epinephrine and what the hell do I need to know besides "it's long."
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Gmburns2000
Mar 24, 2010, 1:55 PM
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kachoong wrote: Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Nice... hotels and climbing work great together... we did that for the second half of our Vegas trip last year. Five star room... dirty climbing... back to five star room... repeat... mmmmmm trying to get Jeremiah to do the same thing, except we'll be at the Suncoast Casino, which is only about 15min away tops.
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kachoong
Mar 24, 2010, 2:05 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: Lazlo wrote: kachoong wrote: Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Nice... hotels and climbing work great together... we did that for the second half of our Vegas trip last year. Five star room... dirty climbing... back to five star room... repeat... mmmmmm Yeah, I have issues with being dirty. Weird considering I landscape and mountain guide. I have the hardest time crawling into a sleeping bag after doing nasty dusty dirty climbing. +1 I take showers at night because I hate sleeping in filth. what's the difference between a blue-collar worker and a white-collar worker (other than the color, of course)? It's when they shower. Think about it. I've been on both sides of the showering spectrum. Working in the trees I always stepped in the door when I got home, de-robed completely and then walked straight to the shower. I would need to vacuum up the pile of sawdust and dirt from in front of the door each night.
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Gmburns2000
Mar 24, 2010, 2:21 PM
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kachoong wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Lazlo wrote: kachoong wrote: Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Nice... hotels and climbing work great together... we did that for the second half of our Vegas trip last year. Five star room... dirty climbing... back to five star room... repeat... mmmmmm Yeah, I have issues with being dirty. Weird considering I landscape and mountain guide. I have the hardest time crawling into a sleeping bag after doing nasty dusty dirty climbing. +1 I take showers at night because I hate sleeping in filth. what's the difference between a blue-collar worker and a white-collar worker (other than the color, of course)? It's when they shower. Think about it. I've been on both sides of the showering spectrum. Working in the trees I always stepped in the door when I got home, de-robed completely and then walked straight to the shower. I would need to vacuum up the pile of sawdust and dirt from in front of the door each night. I've made all my girlfriends do that too.
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donald949
Mar 24, 2010, 5:26 PM
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Lazlo wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: that sucks. have you heard back from the cops yet? Yeah I got a very low score on my interview. bummer.
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donald949
Mar 24, 2010, 5:26 PM
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Lazlo wrote: Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Wooo! Now thats good news.
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donald949
Mar 24, 2010, 5:31 PM
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kachoong wrote: Lazlo wrote: Next weekend, I'm STILL going to be working. But at least I'm going to be guiding. We're doing a four day rock climbing trip. The bonus part is that we'll be staying in a hotel for a change. No bivy bags! Nice... hotels and climbing work great together... we did that for the second half of our Vegas trip last year. Five star room... dirty climbing... back to five star room... repeat... mmmmmm Good job. Wish I could swing a trip like that. Just need to get the stars a planets aligned... edit spelling
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donald949
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Gmburns2000 wrote: alright, which one of you numbnuts have done epinephrine and what the hell do I need to know besides "it's long." Sorry never have, never will, not really interested. We have a drug screen program at work. I'm sure you could figure out why. And getting canned for drugs doesn't look good on the resume. And I have a wife a 3 young kids at home I have to feed, dress and provide with a nice home. So I will have to pass. I know writers sometimes get into that type of stuff. I myself prefer a clear head, although the occasional buzz at night from some wine, when the kids are asleep, the wife is relaxed, is good too.
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Gmburns2000
Mar 24, 2010, 5:46 PM
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donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: alright, which one of you numbnuts have done epinephrine and what the hell do I need to know besides "it's long." Sorry never have, never will, not really interested. We have a drug screen program at work. I'm sure you could figure out why. And getting canned for drugs doesn't look good on the resume. And I have a wife a 3 young kids at home I have to feed, dress and provide with a nice home. So I will have to pass. I know writers sometimes get into that type of stuff. I myself prefer a clear head, although the occasional buzz at night from some wine, when the kids are asleep, the wife is relaxed, is good too. HA. HA. HA.
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Gmburns2000
Mar 25, 2010, 3:51 PM
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got a good summerical outline (yes, that's a summary to the outline) done today. then I wrote the first draft of my query letter and sent that off for review. next stop, either the next chapter or the outline itself. I'm hoping to get feedback from a friend on chapters two and three soon so that I can send the first three chapters and the query letter to an agent. it'd be nice to work on those two chapters while I futz around trying to figure out the transition from chapter four to chapter five. I know what chapter five is, but it'd be awkward at this point if I just jumped to that scene.
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Lazlo
Mar 25, 2010, 4:13 PM
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I'm stoked about this trip. Money! woo! I just found out that I'm working the weekend after ass well. Bummer....but yay for money!
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donald949
Mar 25, 2010, 4:59 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: alright, which one of you numbnuts have done epinephrine and what the hell do I need to know besides "it's long." Sorry never have, never will, not really interested. We have a drug screen program at work. I'm sure you could figure out why. And getting canned for drugs doesn't look good on the resume. And I have a wife a 3 young kids at home I have to feed, dress and provide with a nice home. So I will have to pass. I know writers sometimes get into that type of stuff. I myself prefer a clear head, although the occasional buzz at night from some wine, when the kids are asleep, the wife is relaxed, is good too. HA. HA. HA. BA BA BA
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donald949
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Gmburns2000 wrote: got a good summerical outline (yes, that's a summary to the outline) done today. then I wrote the first draft of my query letter and sent that off for review. next stop, either the next chapter or the outline itself. I'm hoping to get feedback from a friend on chapters two and three soon so that I can send the first three chapters and the query letter to an agent. it'd be nice to work on those two chapters while I futz around trying to figure out the transition from chapter four to chapter five. I know what chapter five is, but it'd be awkward at this point if I just jumped to that scene. Good job on transitioning from "work" to writing. Sounds like you're keeping the pressure on and not just relaxing, goofing, doing whatever. I'm afraid I'd be really inclined to do the later.
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Gmburns2000
Mar 25, 2010, 6:40 PM
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donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: got a good summerical outline (yes, that's a summary to the outline) done today. then I wrote the first draft of my query letter and sent that off for review. next stop, either the next chapter or the outline itself. I'm hoping to get feedback from a friend on chapters two and three soon so that I can send the first three chapters and the query letter to an agent. it'd be nice to work on those two chapters while I futz around trying to figure out the transition from chapter four to chapter five. I know what chapter five is, but it'd be awkward at this point if I just jumped to that scene. Good job on transitioning from "work" to writing. Sounds like you're keeping the pressure on and not just relaxing, goofing, doing whatever. I'm afraid I'd be really inclined to do the later. I've done my fair share of the latter, but in my business it's called writer's block.
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kachoong
Mar 25, 2010, 6:46 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: got a good summerical outline (yes, that's a summary to the outline) done today. then I wrote the first draft of my query letter and sent that off for review. next stop, either the next chapter or the outline itself. I'm hoping to get feedback from a friend on chapters two and three soon so that I can send the first three chapters and the query letter to an agent. it'd be nice to work on those two chapters while I futz around trying to figure out the transition from chapter four to chapter five. I know what chapter five is, but it'd be awkward at this point if I just jumped to that scene. Good job on transitioning from "work" to writing. Sounds like you're keeping the pressure on and not just relaxing, goofing, doing whatever. I'm afraid I'd be really inclined to do the later. I've done my fair share of the latter, but in my business it's called writer's block. I get that too... but in my mind it's called... hmmmmm.... what.... errrrrrr.... doesn't matter, can't remember.
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Gmburns2000
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kachoong wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: got a good summerical outline (yes, that's a summary to the outline) done today. then I wrote the first draft of my query letter and sent that off for review. next stop, either the next chapter or the outline itself. I'm hoping to get feedback from a friend on chapters two and three soon so that I can send the first three chapters and the query letter to an agent. it'd be nice to work on those two chapters while I futz around trying to figure out the transition from chapter four to chapter five. I know what chapter five is, but it'd be awkward at this point if I just jumped to that scene. Good job on transitioning from "work" to writing. Sounds like you're keeping the pressure on and not just relaxing, goofing, doing whatever. I'm afraid I'd be really inclined to do the later. I've done my fair share of the latter, but in my business it's called writer's block. I get that too... but in my mind it's called... hmmmmm.... what.... errrrrrr.... doesn't matter, can't remember. heh. I've had to resort to writing exercises the past few days, just to get an hour or two of writing in. most of the time, thankfully, those exercises work well and get me jump-started, particularly when those exercises are directly related to my book (such as a summary, character profile, short story based on one of the character's previous experiences, etc.).
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kachoong
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Gmburns2000 wrote: kachoong wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: got a good summerical outline (yes, that's a summary to the outline) done today. then I wrote the first draft of my query letter and sent that off for review. next stop, either the next chapter or the outline itself. I'm hoping to get feedback from a friend on chapters two and three soon so that I can send the first three chapters and the query letter to an agent. it'd be nice to work on those two chapters while I futz around trying to figure out the transition from chapter four to chapter five. I know what chapter five is, but it'd be awkward at this point if I just jumped to that scene. Good job on transitioning from "work" to writing. Sounds like you're keeping the pressure on and not just relaxing, goofing, doing whatever. I'm afraid I'd be really inclined to do the later. I've done my fair share of the latter, but in my business it's called writer's block. I get that too... but in my mind it's called... hmmmmm.... what.... errrrrrr.... doesn't matter, can't remember. heh. I've had to resort to writing exercises the past few days, just to get an hour or two of writing in. most of the time, thankfully, those exercises work well and get me jump-started, particularly when those exercises are directly related to my book (such as a summary, character profile, short story based on one of the character's previous experiences, etc.). Having an extensive story behind each character really must be a daunting task to create. I'm sure it's also fun, but to think about and develop a "lifestory" in order to create the character must be challenging. I'm reading Stephen King's "The Dome" right now... almost done... but he has a butt-ton of characters in it... all with their own lives, history and manerisms. Plus they all weave themselves among each others parts of the plot... phewww it must be tricky!
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Gmburns2000
Mar 25, 2010, 7:35 PM
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kachoong wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: kachoong wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: got a good summerical outline (yes, that's a summary to the outline) done today. then I wrote the first draft of my query letter and sent that off for review. next stop, either the next chapter or the outline itself. I'm hoping to get feedback from a friend on chapters two and three soon so that I can send the first three chapters and the query letter to an agent. it'd be nice to work on those two chapters while I futz around trying to figure out the transition from chapter four to chapter five. I know what chapter five is, but it'd be awkward at this point if I just jumped to that scene. Good job on transitioning from "work" to writing. Sounds like you're keeping the pressure on and not just relaxing, goofing, doing whatever. I'm afraid I'd be really inclined to do the later. I've done my fair share of the latter, but in my business it's called writer's block. I get that too... but in my mind it's called... hmmmmm.... what.... errrrrrr.... doesn't matter, can't remember. heh. I've had to resort to writing exercises the past few days, just to get an hour or two of writing in. most of the time, thankfully, those exercises work well and get me jump-started, particularly when those exercises are directly related to my book (such as a summary, character profile, short story based on one of the character's previous experiences, etc.). Having an extensive story behind each character really must be a daunting task to create. I'm sure it's also fun, but to think about and develop a "lifestory" in order to create the character must be challenging. I'm reading Stephen King's "The Dome" right now... almost done... but he has a butt-ton of characters in it... all with their own lives, history and manerisms. Plus they all weave themselves among each others parts of the plot... phewww it must be tricky! Yeah, each writer has his/her own tricks, but writing a short story about a character just to get an idea of who that character is a good tool. what it does is rids the writer of having to think about what the character would do next, which is sometimes paralyzing to the point that it changes the direction of the book. in those instances, it is better to plop the character in that scenario to see where the story goes. then you don't have to delete, rewrite, delete, rewrite, swear, delete, rewrite, burn dinner because you can't think straight, delete, rewrite, buy a gun...you get the idea.
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