whoa LiG that thing is about 4x the size of my apartment, no joke!

now that's a real truck. 240t max payload, 2337 hp. guess it could eat 120 hummers for breakfast.

Sarah, have you thought about relocating for a job?

I know. I'm not lookng into it as a new career, but just as an option. I love teaching, absolutly love teaching, but I dont want to teach grade school, and I dont want to go back for my masters. You, know. As much as I love architecture, I have a life outside of it, and responsibilities. I have no desire to go back for another degree. This makes it difficult to fulfill my desire of teaching freshman level design classes, but I figure I could go the adjunct route once I have my liscence. And subbing could be fun, maybe, while waiting.

Well i just did something crazy; at least out of character for me. I called the University of Texas, Arlington to volunteer as a guest critic. After I was transferred from one receptionist to another, I finally got across to them what I was trying to do, and got an email address. I emailed the Assistant Dean of Arch to let him know where I graduated from, when, and that I'm available during day-time hours, which were always hardest to fill at my school. Hopefully I will hear back! Its a long drive over there, but it beats sitting at home on the couch all day.

Oh, tk, i missed your post.

I can't relocate too much. Meaning, I need to stay in Dallas area. Husband has a job here, and we have a house we have to be in for another 2 years - terms of the loan or something I'm told - and I'm a good Texas girl.

yeah thats a truck alright. too bad most of the people who built it are unemployed now.

I love when I lay a bunch of material samples out on a table and the clients get all giddy!

sarah, just start hanging out at UT-A and bring abram to start indoctrinating him. too bad you're stuck in the big D.

Now I'm watching a webinare on complete streets and legislative outreach - which pissed off my boss off since I'm not working any more today on the proposal du jour. My responses was to ask for more $$$.

there's a show on about picking the right bra size!

Vado, its a big deal. Bras are hard to properly size, and typically not sold in the size you actually need.

LB - That IS indeed the best feeling.

Vado, the right bra changes everything, including posture.

what is a webinare?

i know all about bras and the proper sizing of them. i'm a renaissance man.

webinare ie, a seminare on the web - usually there is some sort of psuedo powerpoint and audio.

nam, we were in miami mostly. kendall area. low 60s most of the time, which would have been fine if we had brought more than tshirts. last day we were up in davie.

so we're talking about mega-trucks and bra sizing this evening? viva thread central!

That truck is amazing. It's like a dump truck for houses. Speaking of houses, wow. Why is there a homeless problem?

My sub-speciality is bra sizing...

In all seriousness we have a homelessness problem cause we don't have decent squatting laws like many other "socialist" countries.

SW,
Yep Kendal is definetely warmer than where I am. Visiting family or vacation?

wife's family and growing-up friends.

Home sick again... This cold is a nasty one. I was hoping to get a bit further into 2009 before I started using up all my sick days. :(

I'm in a bad, bad mood today, in part because my city bus stop job may have dissipated, but also because I keep confronting tiny little annoyances like having to reset the internet modem, forgot to get a towel out for my shower, the strawberries that were on sale taste funky, etc.

I always wonder if the bad mood brings karmic forces around to keep bugging you until you decide to be cheerful again? Or are the little annoyances only annoying because you're in a bad mood already?

LiG, my cold has been brief, thanks to Zicam, in which I am a total believer.

i usually don't even bother checking...but here's the weather forcast for the next five days in puddles' perfect little world:

thur - Hi 26, Lo 24 with clear skies
fri - Hi 26, Lo 24 with 30% chance of rain
sat - Hi 26, Lo 24 with 30% chance of rain
sun - Hi 26, Lo 24 with 50% chance of rain
mon - Hi 26, Lo 24 with 20% chance of rain

those temps are celsius by the way. i think that translate to about 79 & 75 respectively. time to start another day with a rum punch. ciao

puddles just shut the hell up!!!

(Kidding, dear, as you know ;-)

My friend in Hawaii once sent a clipping of the week's forecast from the paper: it was like sunny, 75/70 every single damn day.


Ooooh. I question my decisions so frequently!

LB, I think its the latter. I'm trying to think of something to cheer you up....



How's that? I figured since your husband is a motorhead/sculptor, you'd enjoy the sweaty/greasy version.



Can someone elaborate on the squatting laws?

Steven, glad you're back!

Oh my..............

That must be between takes on that Achilles movie - I'm getting a contrast between high tech and dirty ancient soldier. Flutter.......

Actors have the most ridiculous job in the world. Thanks, Sarah!

you know that achilles and all those hoplites, spartans, myceneans were gay right.

they were mostly bi-sexual vado, by todays standards.

Anyway, I just came back from my interview as a PM. The interview date/time kept getting adjusted and really screwed up my week. But it is over now. I was the only candidate interviewed so if I don't get I guess I am not fit for the job?

how is everyone - felt so disconnected from you all

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm BRAD PITT!!!! That boosted my mood.

Sorry to hear about your bus stop LB. When will you hear the final decision.

OK - Back at it with these damn drawings.

Archi,
Well speaking for myself. Even when you are busy and not posting as much I am still thinking of you.
Hope you get the job.

They were and I miss those days....

Sounds like my worries about the bus stop were unfounded. Still waiting to get that signed contract just...in...case.

techno, I think about you all the time and worry about your poor house, will you ever be able to enjoy it again?!

finished a letter to my mother today which I will snail mail tomorrow. It was in reply to her 307th letter she has written to me since 1989.

ignoring what I've posted to archinect, I've written over 1300 words of proposal blah blah blah in the last 3 hours since lunch. my mind is fried, but my boss won't let me leave until I finish the last section.

You know, I don't usually chime in on celebrities and such, and I'm not a HUGE Pitt fan like LB, but I think his mustache looks nice. I know, he's been given hell for it, but I think its rather dapper. Slightly Redford meets Selleck <--is that how you spell that?

Ok, hold on. If reptiles get bigger when in warmer climates, does that mean that global warming could bring on super snakes, lizards, a T-Rex?! That might be a good insentive to put a halt to it.

hi tumbles! i like your hair!!!

pitts stache looks like a howard hughes stache.

so i special ordered this really nice copy of War and Peace. A Knopf hardcover. Not Cheap. anyway i go up to pick it up at the maybe one remaining indy bookstore here and they don't have a nice bag for it. nor do they even have like a store bookmark to put in it??? they put it in a plastic Marsh grocery bag. not quite a wtf? moment. in other news the guys at goodyear did me a solid and yanked off the piece of metal(heat shield) that was dragging under my ride. so i guess im okay until i reenter earth's atmosphere.

i know it's just the first week, but can i say this; 23 DAYS LEFT IN FEBRUARY!

I find it ironic that I've been resisting WonderMan's overtures to move to Hawaii and what do I see when I log in today? A job posting for a LEED AP Project Manager in Honolulu. Are the planets aligned?

Maybe its a sign dubK. You could always apply, and if they offered you TONS of money, go for it. I mean, if you get it, then cool, and if you don't, then at least you made some sort of effort, and now you can say "I tried to move, but just isnt any job prospect for me there."

i TOLD you 'bout that place, wk....

I told you so. I sooo missed my calling.

Does anyone think that she looks like a fuller-figured Angelina Jolie? My roommate and I both came to this conclusion separately...

i'm still alive...

and kind of excited that another postopolis is coming soon

Also still alive, and feeling better this morning. I don't know what hit me, but for the past two days I felt like I had been run over by that dump truck at the top of the page. I hope I can make it through the day without suffering a relapse.

Her lips remind me of the Joker, so she doesnt do much for me, but the sitter thinks she's pretty.

wK- I'll pass and let you have that gig.

gotta love my current job - I was just chatting with Walter Mondale's office.

i knew that wack job would end up on tv. i called it on the thread about her. as long as people will get paid to do stupid irresponsible shit there will be a market.

Woo hoo! Portfolio and resume, done. Now comes the scary part :-/

How is everyone doing? It was pouring down in LA today...so entertaining. It really brings out the incompetence in people.