You turn on any of my crew, you turn on me.

Mal ,'Ariel'


Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Ginger - Mar 18, 2006 4:05:30 am PST #4274 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Try to give yourself a day to not worry about what you haven't gotten done, vw. This is "don't do what I do, do what I tell you to" advice, since I'm a champion at dwelling on what I didn't do. You've had a bad, bad week and you should just lie about eating bonbons.


SailAweigh - Mar 18, 2006 4:23:31 am PST #4275 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

OMG! Tucker finally took on Tanner and made him back down! Usually, it's Tanner chasing Tucker around the house until Tucker finds a place that Tanner can't get to him at. Wow. About damn time.

Sorry, but cat dynamics can be pretty interesting on only one cup of coffee.


Laura - Mar 18, 2006 4:24:08 am PST #4276 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

What they said. Give your body and mind a break. You have healing to do and the dirty dishes don't matter. (so I have the entire week's dishes in my sink, it happens, a lot)

I'm alternating cleaning data, cleaning the house, and cleaning up Brendon's research paper. Joy.

They towed away my car to the dealer. I'm certain it's the starter, but we pushed it up the incline of the driveway and tried to start it rolling downhill and popping the clutch, several times, and no go. Likely it is something that wasn't fixed when I paid $2300 last August. Cars.


vw bug - Mar 18, 2006 4:40:36 am PST #4277 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Dad is coming over tomorrow to do my taxes. Last Sunday he told me I needed to figure out how to do them on my own...he said he doesn't do them for either of my brothers (who are younger), yada, yada, yada.

I think he feels badly for the week I've had, though, 'cause he offered to do them tomorrow, and even, I think, offered to pay for them to be electronically filed so I can get my money faster. I think he's trying to help with something, so I'm gonna let him.


Deena - Mar 18, 2006 4:51:23 am PST #4278 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

vw, if you (or he) go to www.irs.gov, you can follow the links to find a vendor to e-file them for free. In order to get the free, you have to follow the link through the IRS website. It's under an agreement between the feds and the vendors, and there are a few restrictions with some of them, but not all. I e-filed for free last year, though this year I paid $20.00 for e-filing with turbo-tax online since it got kind of complex and they're good at hand-holding. Your state may also allow you to e-file for free.


vw bug - Mar 18, 2006 4:54:10 am PST #4279 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Yeah, I know. I told him that. (Or, actually, Emily pointed it out while I was on the phone with him.) I put the link in my favorites, so maybe he'll decide to do that tomorrow instead.


Deena - Mar 18, 2006 5:05:24 am PST #4280 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Okay. You know, I would have done them for you. I like doing taxes. I used to do my parents' taxes all the time. Back when you had to file in the snow, uphill both ways, without a keyboard.


vw bug - Mar 18, 2006 5:06:42 am PST #4281 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Hee! Thanks, you. We'll get them done tomorrow, either way. And they're taking me out to brunch at this new place we found last week, that they loved. So, bonus!


SailAweigh - Mar 18, 2006 5:09:55 am PST #4282 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Aw, you guys are making me feel guilty for not doing my taxes. Not that I won't, but I feel like I should be joyfully flinging paperwork left and right, digging up old receipts (that haven't even been filed yet), sweating out the number crunching with pencil and paper (but no eraser or calculator), and otherwise cackling cheerfully like Scrooge over the way I'm going to get the guberment to give! me! back! my! money!

Actually, it's on my agenda for the weekend, whether or not I actually get around to doing it is another matter.


tommyrot - Mar 18, 2006 5:16:34 am PST #4283 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

and otherwise cackling cheerfully like Scrooge over the way I'm going to get the guberment to give! me! back! my! money!

Why did my first thought go to Scrooge McDuck? I was picturing you rowing a boat through a silo filed with gold coins....

Come to think of it, Scrooge McDuck doesn't cackle, does he?