peglegholly - fractured skull & titanium plate

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well i tried to set up a meeting with phillip morris but they havent gotten back to me. they must be busy.

well... i got up here (chicago) on tuesday evening and got a ride from tom and nathan to go pick up zeke and we ate at sticky rice. had really good foods and tried jackfruit icecream. like peaches and bananas.

didnt get any sleep the night before the interview. i was too nervous and too much was going through my mind.

went to the interview yesterday. marianne took me. i had applied for a print position and met with the creative director, the vp of projects, and an associate director.... all at separate times. they realized that i like doing interactive design... and told me they had positions open in their interactive department and asked if i wanted to interview for that position as well! i ended up meeting with three more interactive people... the creative directors and the project manager. they were flipping through my book and one of them recognized my settlers of catan board game design and said "you basically have the job now!" hahah. when it was over, the head of the interactive department asked me... "so when would you be able to start?" i say... "i just need two weeks notice" grinning. he says "so... (looking at a calendar) if i contacted you next week... hmmmm... youd be able to start on july 26th?" AHHH! i said of course!

i think i got the job. i went and looked at apartments. im super excited to find out whats going to happen.

heading back to nashville tonight. time to get my shit together and enjoy the company of my southern friends while i have the chance.
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:)

That's great Holly!
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awesome! glad to hear it holly! hard work and determination pays off. it's nice to see some one putting in the hours to get what they want instead of expecting it to be handed to them.
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Mazol Tov!!! Way to join the chicago crew. I Look forward to chilling with you more.
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GOT THE JOB! I START ON JULY 26TH! SOOO SOOOON
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gratz holly...glad to hear the good news. Chicago is a great place.
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Nice! Chicago is great.
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had surgery today. went well. starting the packing process.
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okay so ive been packing... and jesus i have too many shoes... and too many footbag shoes. rediculous. i put all my footbags and stitching stuff in one box... it weighs soooo much!

cant believe this is actually happening. wow! cloud 9
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chicago has been awesome so far... love working at my new job. been working on a kenmore facebook game, craftsman tools email blast, and a sears site redesign! best thing is, i dont have to do any coding.

digit hasnt really liked the move much. she wont eat when im gone... she will only eat when im at home standing next to her. when i leave in the morning she cries, and when i come home shes crying too. poor baby isnt adjusting very well.

havent had the chance to footbag yet... well, at least not until tonight. in a few i will be starting my new training schedule. my apartment has tons of room to footbag in, and im on the ground level. i also have a tennis court in my apartment complex, but i feel like staying inside today.

about today... it was crazy. i went to the pool just to lay out and relax... and the only other people there was a young family... with a 7yr old boy and a 1yr old girl. i was watching them play, and the boy needed something to drink so his parents went to their cooler to grab him something. while their backs were turned... their little 1 year old girl fell in the deep end. i threw my ipod and ran and jumped in the pool. she sank to what felt like the bottom of the deep end. by the time we surfaced and got to the edge, the parents had made it to the side and took her from me. she wasnt breathing. i practically yelled at them asking if they knew cpr... they didnt... so i told the wife to call 911 while i started cpr on her little girl. it only took about 3 repetitions of chest compressions and breathing into her nose & mouth before she started coughing up water and crying. i laid her on her side and starting balling my eyes out. the ambulance got there... and she is gonna be okay! my heart was beating out of my chest for hours afterwards. i ended up talking to the emt's, the police, and the parents for a while. might end up in the local newspaper tomorrow. jesus. i cant believe i actually needed cpr. it makes me wonder why parents arent required to take cpr classes. if it were me becoming a new parent, id do anything to learn how to handle emergencies.
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Holy shit. You just hit the moment I hope to hit someday. I strive to save at least one person's life in my days here on earth. I watched my dad do it when I was really young and it's stuck with me ever since. That's one of my biggest dreams. Congratulations, you must feel so awesome about yourself right now. You should stitch the kids footbags so they can remember you and how you helped them out. That's really awesome, Holly, madd props on your successful rescue.
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Gotdang! You aint been here a month and you a saved a life already? I saved a roomies life applying the Heimlich maneuver... after having to google it. Kinda funny, but all scary. Way to stay sharp - even on your down time!
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zeke, you come out to the burbs for net right? i wanna join you guys sometime... i wont play net but i really need to get out of my apartment haha.
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so i was kicking today in my apartment, and was doing what i thought was drifter but definitely wasnt. looked up anz's tricks... and turns out im doing a weird version of dada curve. i have to work on my spin/hop but oh well. ive been setting from my right foot, planting, then doing a miragey butterfly. going back over the video, i need to have my support leg more above the bag when it lands on my foot.

sorry if none of that made since.
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perfect sense! ) i did the same thing when i was learning drifter. it's amazing how sometimes "less is more", with drifter being harder than dada. drifters are rad.

was cool to meet you via waylon's laptop. rock on!
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has surgery yesterday, i think it went well. ill know for sure in october.

a friend of mine killed himself last night, so im getting on the earliest flight i can and staying there this weekend.

sorry this is short.
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:( :( :( :( :(

that really sucks, I'm sorry for your loss
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I'm so sorry, you've had too much loss in your life. I'm glad that you're getting started in a new place with old friends close by.
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Thanks for the support, yeah having such good friends nearby is a big help.

Nashville was okay, just really rough. I didn't get the chance to hardly think this weekend, so when I got home last night and was alone things started getting hairy so I called Tom. I don't really want to get into the specifics, but I went and had to identify the body... I can't un-see that.

Going to work today was good for me. I needed to focus on something else.

I'm really worried about a few of my friends, but the most I can do is call them since they're so far away. I hope they'll be fine.

It's time to start planning my footbag training.
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