Re: free range  was: camping  was: bbsing
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Sat Jul 25 2015 23:39:52

 NB> As I said, I'm sure that the pros probably still use them, at least as
 NB> part of their arsenal... there certainly are some shots that they work
 NB> much better for...  :)

  Yeah I don't know how much of a pro I'll ever be, but especially with the
scenery being what it is around here (you can see 2 volcanos from the city,
ffs), I've definitely got to find a decent 35mm camera with some color and some
B&W film.  I miss that a lot, and it's been way too long since I've had a
decent photo album.  I always end up losing digital photos...  There should be
some sort of record of my son's childhood, if nothing else.  Like a material
one.

 NB> I've been getting bits and pieces... probably enough to piece things
 NB> together to some extent...  And as far as the work goes, I'm sure that
 NB> the more you work with it, the better and easier it will fall into place
 NB> for you... and you'll gain the confidence you need, too... :)

  I went over most of that in the last message.  ;)  Things are definitely
getting better again.  Being able to deliver on that feature that I'd been
working on forever really, REALLY eased my mind about the whole thing.  I was
probably pretty far down in the grips of irrational paranoia, but I've not been
in the industry in a 'real' area before, so I guess I'm still expecting that
things will be as bad as they were for me the last time I was doing it in North
Dakota.  PTSD, if you will.  ;) 

 NB> It's not a failure if there just isn't the proper opportunity... And if
 NB> there isn't a properly safe spot to do the catch and release, then that
 NB> just needs to wait till there is a safe spot...  :)

  Thank you for saying that.  There's only 4 weeks left until summer.  I hope
if we aren't able to turn anything up soon here that, at the very least, he
meets some kids in 4th grade this time around that have parents that actually
want to let their kids have a social life.  We'll see, I guess.  I'll meditate
on it, after I've done the Jedi training prerequisite part of it for the day
from now on.  ;)

 NB> Just think of it as a minor setback... even though it feels like much
 NB> more... as you say, it'll work itself out, once you get the checks
 NB> directly and get repaid for the part that got snagged... 

  Yeah, I should be a lot higher, but I've got the number of digits in my bank
account that I'm a lot more comfortable with again, now.  I'm gonna work on
pressing that up, and maybe it will even encourage some other people around
here to work a little harder on their own escape trajectories.  ;)  (That's not
even my term for it-- I'm not the only one here that's talking about things in
these terms-- heh)
  More l8r.

  -D
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