Tara: What's so bad about them coming here? Aren't they good guys? I mean, Watchers, that's just like whole other Gileses, right? Buffy: Yes! They're scary and horrible!

'Potential'


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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.


§ ita § - Apr 02, 2008 7:09:55 am PDT #8895 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I watched a nature show over the weekend that praised the human animal at all stages of development for its ability to cooperate when there's nothing in it for them--separates us from the apes, it does.

I've met kids. I remain unconvinced.


brenda m - Apr 02, 2008 7:11:27 am PDT #8896 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Did I ever tell the story about my dog barking up a storm so that we'd come and let the other dog in?


sarameg - Apr 02, 2008 7:11:27 am PDT #8897 of 10001

I have a bad feeling about today.


lisah - Apr 02, 2008 7:11:43 am PDT #8898 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I've met kids. I remain unconvinced.

But, that's the bright spot in that story! Those kids were cooperating.

Cooperating to do evil but still!


amych - Apr 02, 2008 7:12:24 am PDT #8899 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

MORE allowance will lower withholding - check.

Dude. Do you know how many years I have tried to figure that out? I always say to myself, "self, you ought to do something more productive with that money throughout the year rather than waiting on a refund", and then I dig up a form and it says nothing - NOTHING - about what messing with the "or enter some other random number" would actually do.

And then I forget about it until the next year instead of asking someone, which, you know, my issue. But. Would it absolutely kill them to say on the form "deduct more" or "deduct less"?


Lee - Apr 02, 2008 7:14:39 am PDT #8900 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I have a bad feeling about today.

I do too, sarameg, and I have no idea why.


Aims - Apr 02, 2008 7:18:28 am PDT #8901 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Little kids are immoral little beasts.

Immoral or amoral? I would tend to think amoral simply because at 8 or 9 do children have moral standards?


msbelle - Apr 02, 2008 7:18:30 am PDT #8902 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

amych - glad I helped soemone else! Now I just need my HR guy to call me and tell me how many allowances I currently have. PROGRESS!


Jesse - Apr 02, 2008 7:20:43 am PDT #8903 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And then I forget about it until the next year instead of asking someone, which, you know, my issue. But. Would it absolutely kill them to say on the form "deduct more" or "deduct less"?

Seriously. All of a sudden this year, I was like, "Fuck! What does 2 mean again? Is that the one where I've fucked up and owe a lot, or is that the right one? How could that be the right one? Not sure. Well, we'll see..."


Kat - Apr 02, 2008 7:22:21 am PDT #8904 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I did not know childcare was deductible.

Yes. THANK GOD.

I pay enough in childcare now that it's like the equivalent of parochial school tuition. Which I guess means I should get my kids baptized in the Catholic Church so we can afford private school at some point.

I applied for a job at textbook company. Meep. Nothing will prolly come of it, but still.

I can't find the form I need to keep my current job. I seem to have lost it. Is that a sign?