The Coffee House

[SquarePeg37 8]

Ooooh, 7 degrees out right now. High of 28. it's going to be a cold weekend with lows in the negative numbers and highs in the teens.

It's about time I've had a proper winter. I know what this means, of course. I'm going to be punished with a hot summer. Though really, any summer is too hot for me. I wish I could hibernate through it.

meh. eleven degrees I noticed something. Since I am not working winter doesn't seem so bad. I don't really HAVE to be out in cold temps much. Kinda optional . No cleaning off the truck and scraping the windshield to run to work at 5 a.m. winter isn't so bad when you can decide more when you want to go out in it. Like when it snows. I can take my time more. No running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Kind of happy I am not plowing commercially anymore too. That was a rat race. I am in a weird habit. I left the truck running for three hours straight the other day. Normally I would just leave it running for extended periods so It was dethawed and ready to go. I thought about it three hours later and remembered I don't have to do that anymore. .I have time to warm it up again and scrape the window if need be.

That's it exactly. When I worked in Boston I HATED the cold and winter was torture. Waiting outside for the bus/train, walking 6 windy bitterly cold blocks, slipping and slushing to the office and back... just thinking about it makes me cold. Now that I work from home or drive to my local office, it's not so bad.

Of course it still feels like a lost 10 weeks from New Year's to mid March. Expecting more snow later this week - actually it's snowing g right now but the sun is peeking through.

 

[minicoop1985]

Ugh, I agree. Winter here's too damned cold.

 

[limr30 3]

Hey bri, you're just poking the angry bear over in that film thread, aren't you?

 

[minicoop1985]

So I'm going to be giving up sort of on the photographer I was most hoping to second shoot for and branch out a little, try networking a bit. He hasn't gotten back to me and it's been a week now, so I'm guessing either he's on vacation or doesn't want me on board. Either way, I'll just try some other places. Can't hurt.

 

[minicoop1985]

Just as I was saying I'll give up on him, he emails me back. he hasn't had a chance to see my portfolio, but when he does he wants to meet over a beer. AND I've got a second studio that wants me to try shooting for them if I haven't found anything by April. YAY!

 

[limr30 3]

Just as I was saying I'll give up on him, he emails me back. he hasn't had a chance to see my portfolio, but when he does he wants to meet over a beer. AND I've got a second studio that wants me to try shooting for them if I haven't found anything by April. YAY!

Yay!!

 

[sm4him]

Just got back from a social media conference. Speaker spent two hours talking, delivered about 45 seconds of actual useful content.
To his credit, that was 30 seconds more of useful content than I'd expected. I went because my boss, and her boss, decided I should go, not because it sounded at all interesting to me.

They did serve lunch--it was okayish. I had a Greek salad because I didn't trust them to not have slathered mayo on all the sandwiches.
But they didn't have coffee--definite points off for that. They did have bottled water, but it wasn't cold. Barely even room temp. Blech. The only other beverage choices were Pepsi (which I hate) and some kind of energy drink.
So I got the energy drink. Then after the seminar I went to a nearby coffee shop and had a cup of coffee. Or two. Possibly three.

Energy drink. Three cups of coffee. Should be an interesting afternoon.

 

[sm4him]

Just as I was saying I'll give up on him, he emails me back. he hasn't had a chance to see my portfolio, but when he does he wants to meet over a beer. AND I've got a second studio that wants me to try shooting for them if I haven't found anything by April. YAY!

I'd wondered if you'd heard anything. Hope he "gets a chance" to look at it SOON. Nothing much worse than the waiting.

 

[KenC]

Just got back from a social media conference. Speaker spent two hours talking, delivered about 45 seconds of actual useful content.
To his credit, that was 30 seconds more of useful content than I'd expected. I went because my boss, and her boss, decided I should go, not because it sounded at all interesting to me.

They did serve lunch--it was okayish. I had a Greek salad because I didn't trust them to not have slathered mayo on all the sandwiches.
But they didn't have coffee--definite points off for that. They did have bottled water, but it wasn't cold. Barely even room temp. Blech. The only other beverage choices were Pepsi (which I hate) and some kind of energy drink.
So I got the energy drink. Then after the seminar I went to a nearby coffee shop and had a cup of coffee. Or two. Possibly three.

Energy drink. Three cups of coffee. Should be an interesting afternoon.

Lunch at a conference without coffee?! Criminal!! You have to find better conferences to attend - maybe this is why your boss sent you instead of going herself (assuming she didn't go - not clear to me).

Now that you've been to the coffee shop I suppose no one will see you this afternoon because you're moving too fast.

 

[bribrius]

Hey bri, you're just poking the angry bear over in that film thread, aren't you?

just making friendly conversation Really just pissed my konica isn't in yet i wanna go shoot some film

 

[bribrius]

Just as I was saying I'll give up on him, he emails me back. he hasn't had a chance to see my portfolio, but when he does he wants to meet over a beer. AND I've got a second studio that wants me to try shooting for them if I haven't found anything by April. YAY!

you can.t just hang your shingle? Or you trying to work for someone else to learn more? what is the objective? thought you worked in a camera store now.

 

[minicoop1985]

I tried operating my own business but with no advertising budget it wasn't working out. I was working on getting a job in a camera store, but they don't have the budget to hire someone to replace the person that left. So now I'm working on getting a job as a photographer at a local studio, and now I have two that are interested in having me work for them.

 

[snerd]

My fish ladder cell pics are up, here...................

Fish Ladder Photography Forum

 

[snowbear115 47]

Hey Charlie, I found these interesting:
10 Interesting Maps

I've seen a couple opf those; thanks. Here's one pf my favorites, ever since seeing it in the 1970s: http://odtmaps.com/images/products/WUS-36x56-LT.jpg

 

[snerd]

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