No, I don't feel that makes any sense.
Eh, that makes more sense than my fellow-student friend who has been FREAKING OUT for weeks.
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a space ship, dear. Wash: So?
'Objects In Space'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Apr 16, 2005 6:03:09 am PDT #6264 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Apr 16, 2005 6:08:31 am PDT #6265 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
that makes more sense than my fellow-student friend
Well, as long as I make more sense than someone.
Hey, want to come over and make me waffles?
Topic!Cindy - Apr 16, 2005 6:09:30 am PDT #6266 of 10001
What is even happening?
I don't get freaked out by doing taxes, I get freaked out by paying them. Which is why my $32 state tax waited until the last minute, but I've had my federal refund for more than a month.
No, I don't feel that makes any sense.It makes tons of sense, financially speaking (as opposed to freak speaking). It is more sensible to file for any refunds due you as soon as possible, and delay paying any tax you owe, until the last moment before you'll have to start paying interest, or be otherwise fined or penalized.
§ ita § - Apr 16, 2005 6:12:47 am PDT #6267 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It is more sensible to file for any refunds due you as soon as possible, and delay paying any tax you owe, until the last moment before you'll have to start paying interest, or be otherwise fined or penalized.
I can swallow the interest on $32. What'd have made more sense was to get it taken care of before the 15th, instead of realising that there's no way to e-file on the 15th and mail on the 15th with all the right paperwork. I should have e-filed right away, and then waited to send the cheque. As is, I've sent a jumble of paperwork, and we'll just have to cross our fingers.
Jesse - Apr 16, 2005 6:17:12 am PDT #6268 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, want to come over and make me waffles?
Sure!
No, crap, I have to transcribe tapes.
§ ita § - Apr 16, 2005 6:19:46 am PDT #6269 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Liese S. - Apr 16, 2005 6:28:39 am PDT #6270 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I thought I was going to have that problem, but fortunately New Mexico let me direct deposit. Err, the problem of checks-in-the-mail, that is, not chocolate as sacrament. I don't think there's a direct deposit for that.
In my earlier and more paranoid days, I would be convinced that the very act of doing so would put my bank account on some sort of state agency watch list. Now I am just lazy, and figure, probably everyone else is too, and if they have the energy to monitor citizens bank accounts, then, good luck to them.
I am a bad, slacking conspiracy theorist.
I think people freak out about their taxes because it is their only form of interfacing with their government, and thereby, intimidating.
Strix - Apr 16, 2005 6:28:46 am PDT #6271 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Rio, this is the reason we have a Ministry. If it's death to the stupid people, give Sean a call. Or, if it's a slight maiming, contact AmyParker. If it's a smite-ing well, I can oblige.
"Smite" was one my my vocabulary words for my class' last test Wednesday. I got the following sentence from one of my students:
"When Lucy and Bob fought, they got in a smite fight. Lucy won."
I had to count it wrong, but I nearly peed myself laughing. I also got a couple of quotes from Bruce Almighty: "Smite me, you almighty smiter!"
I gave credit for that, since they used quotes and gave citations.
Freshmen are FUN-ny.
aurelia - Apr 16, 2005 6:57:06 am PDT #6272 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I am fascinated by how freaked-out people get about doing their taxes. I mean people who are my peers in not owning property, not having kids, not making much money.
I fit all those categories. And I only had 10 employers in 2 states this year!
oh, and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DREW !!!
Jesse - Apr 16, 2005 7:01:13 am PDT #6273 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And I only had 10 employers in 2 states this year!
Oh yeah, I meant to say only one job in my list of things that make doing your taxes easy. Ten employers = too many!!