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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