OJB (Houston) - Taylor - 5

 The past 2 weeks have been pretty dull tbh. I did have a deadline last week for that project Andrew threw me into. I believe I talked about it in my second or third post. Long story short, I wrapped up a couple sheets up for his review and bugged him about it for like a month and a half, and when he finally got to it (last Monday) he set issuance dates for EOD and then the coming Wednesday 🫠. It was a pretty quick turnaround, and everything got out in time, but I definitely woulda appreciated a heads up lol.

Other than that I've been doing various studies for UH in Rhino and Lumion, nothing too exciting. I have been introduced to some pro-bono residential projects the firm does for friends. Those are pretty fun and it's cool to see really nicely done residential designs that aren't on a massive mansion scale. I'm manifesting that one day I'll get to live in a house like one of those 🛐.

The most exciting thing that happened last week was definitely the fight that broke out in the apartment next door to mine 😂. I woke up at 3:00 AM to loud music and partying on a freaking Tuesday, so I recorded the noise to send to the community manager (I submitted a noise complaint earlier and they told me to get back with proof). Another neighbor started banging on the walls to get them to be quiet and ended up banging on their door too. Everyone was mad and punches were flying it was crazy. The girl who confronted them ended up pepper spraying everybody at the door, so a lot of people were crying, coughing, and yelling 🤣🤣🤣. Justice served imo.

This is where I eat lunch every day and call my gf 😍. It's also where everyone warned me not to walk alone at night because there's a mythical Bayou Killer in Houston lol.

The office is located by a little multi-use development with restaurants and commercial spaces. We actually did the landscape here (not our best work tbh for various reasons) but omw to my favorite eating spot I pass by this tree. A couple weeks ago they were doing some renovating through that door in the pic, and I noticed some type of plaster poured in the tree grate. The fuckers just poured their leftovers there and sealed the tree in. Utter stupidity like that makes my blood boil ♨️.

The best way I've been decompressing lately is by going back to BR and visiting family. Now that its crawfish szn I will be back a lot 🦞😋. This is my second cousin, Emerson 👶🏻. If my future baby isn't this cute and well behaved, I don't want it.

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  1. ReidApril 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM

    Miss u tay, and jealous you get to go back to BR, i miss my cats. Don't get killed pls.

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