I was in a 7-11 (on the grounds of a castle) making a chocolate sweater.
Oh, fuzzy like cotton candy but delicious like chocolate and warm and cozy because it's a sweater. How you coming on that, Polter?
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 38: Well, This Is Just...Neat.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
-t - Dec 13, 2007 2:37:39 pm PST #8224 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cashmere - Dec 13, 2007 2:44:19 pm PST #8225 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
(((JZ)))
vw, I hope the snow doesn't screw up your coming.
Polter-Cow - Dec 13, 2007 2:46:52 pm PST #8226 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, fuzzy like cotton candy but delicious like chocolate and warm and cozy because it's a sweater. How you coming on that, Polter?
Almost done.
vw bug - Dec 13, 2007 2:52:43 pm PST #8227 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
vw, I hope the snow doesn't screw up your coming.
This is my HELL NO! I'm just leaving and driving all tomorrow instead. And, since MA is supposed to get an even worse storm on Sunday, I'll probably drive home on Monday instead. Good thing I can be flexible!
Laura - Dec 13, 2007 3:00:39 pm PST #8228 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
vw, I hope the snow doesn't screw up your coming.
Hmm, had to read that again.
Mmmmm, chocolate sweater.
eta:
Good thing I can be flexible!
This helps I hear.
vw bug - Dec 13, 2007 3:09:02 pm PST #8229 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Laura, you're terrible...and have my parents asking what's so funny.
Laura - Dec 13, 2007 3:28:52 pm PST #8230 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Hee, tell your parents I said Merry Christmas. It was such a delight to meet them that 4th of July. You come from most excellent stock.
vw bug - Dec 13, 2007 3:41:50 pm PST #8231 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Dad says hi back!
WindSparrow - Dec 13, 2007 7:27:46 pm PST #8232 of 10002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
EM will start actively job-hunting after the holidays, and as soon as she finds something Emmett will go back on her insurance.
I wouldn't count on that. You may not be able to make that change until the open enrollment period. EM could contribute to you, though.
The last time I heard an official explanation of what can only be done at open enrollment versus qualifying events (which I admit was 3+ years ago), getting added on to another family member's insurance was a qualifying event that would justify mid-year changes to insurance benefits. Has that changed?
The Last Camel Died At Noon
This was a title I found it impossible to walk past in the library. It, therefore, was the first Elizabeth Peters novel I ever read. I then had to read my way backwards through the series to find the beginning.
Fay - Dec 13, 2007 10:29:31 pm PST #8233 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
(((Smayhems))) Crap, JZ - I'm so sorry it's panned out like this. Get-A-Payrise-Damn-Soon-ma.
t self-involved mememe
So, in not-so-breaking news, I am really fucking useless at being an adult.
Use. Less.
...you know, I could write the full explanation, but it just makes my insides clench up in self-loathing and misery. Suffice it to say that, due to my stupidity/lack of responsibility, it turns out that my visa has expired, and I will have to pay 10,000 baht when I fly out tomorrow. That's more than 300 dollars.
...
...
Happily, it looks like we have just been paid, so I do have more than 20 dollars in my bank account after all, and will be able to cover it.
My school is going to have to re-apply for my visa, and I'm going to have to jump through hoops over the Christmas holiday while in th UK, apparently, but should be able to return to Bangkok on the expected day.
(iirc it will cost me another 30 or 40 dollars to reapply for said visa.)
...and part of me just wants to wriggle and protest that the Admin guy at school is supposed to be on top of all this, and he's the one who tells us when we need to fill in new sets of forms and all this shit, to keep us legal. But, you know - I'm an adult. It's my passport. I should have made sure that everything was okay.
God.
I'm proud that I didn't burst into tears in the Immigration Visa place, where I've spent the past two hours trying to get my visa renewed, and then discovering that it's expired, and that they charge about 20 bucks a day for overstaying. (The ladies who were trying to help me with the paperwork were being kind you see, and kindness always just flays me.)
So, yeah - no tears. Go me!
But also - good grief, how fucking incompetent can I be?
AND I totally forgot, in the midst of organising all the rest of my shit, to get my TA a present (I did get her one last year, so I've set the precedent) and she got me 2 more PotC figurines, having seen how totally chuffed I was yesterday.
So I am an incompetent cow and a heel.
God.
...I'm taking lots of deep breaths and reminding myself that nobody died, that it's dealwithable, that it's all okay and just small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. But, God, I just despise myself sometimes. This was so totally avoidable. If I'd been more of a grown up, you know? God. But...yeah. Nobody died, it's just money, I can still cover my rent when it comes due. So - okay.
Breathe.
Happy Fucking Holidays, yo.