We didn't call the police or anything. It was at a four way stop, so we were moving pretty slowly. No airbags deployed. She's having a hard time understanding me and remebering what I said. Doesn't make her look great. Where the fuck is the tow truck ? All this for a block?
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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 § - Oct 04, 2011 5:25:32 pm PDT #229 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Oct 04, 2011 5:28:37 pm PDT #230 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tommy, we've been to the USSNC several times--it's pretty awesome, both in the hugeness of the ship, and in the smallness of the interior spaces.
Huh. I was just reading that the Alabama and the other ships of its class had less interior space than the earlier North Carolina class, so they made the bunks smaller and stuff.
The only modern warship I've been on is the Nimitz. Very roomy in comparison.
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2011 5:28:51 pm PDT #231 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The blue book on this can't be too much. I am seriously worried that it is totalled. Hey, is that a tow truck in the distance?
tommyrot - Oct 04, 2011 5:29:13 pm PDT #232 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
She's having a hard time understanding me and remebering what I said. Doesn't make her look great.
Do you think she's under the influence?
Burrell - Oct 04, 2011 5:32:33 pm PDT #233 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh ita !, I'm sorry. What a rotten end to the day.
Consuela - Oct 04, 2011 5:42:21 pm PDT #234 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
ita, consider calling the cops. In fact, I think one is supposed to call the cops for any accident with significant damage. If her insurance company refuses to cover your claims, you may need a police report substantiating your information that she is altered.
sarameg - Oct 04, 2011 5:49:44 pm PDT #235 of 30001
Please call the cops.
lisah - Oct 04, 2011 5:52:24 pm PDT #236 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Oh man, I'm watching this HGTV show called Property Brothers and this couple just bought an 130-year old house without a home inspection. And are shocked when the contractor brother is finding issues. dag.
SailAweigh - Oct 04, 2011 5:52:56 pm PDT #237 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Definitely. I don't remember what the dollar amount is now, but back in the day if your car had more than $500 of damage you had to call the cops. And it sounds like you do, ita. Best of luck getting it all untangled, though, it sounds a mess.
brenda, that is a hell of a row to hoe. My aunt Ruth used to say "inch by inch, anything's a cinch." So that's what I do, when there is just too much to put it down on the page for one day and I feel overwhelmed, I list just one task each day and get that one done. Period. Once it's done, the sense of relief is usually so huge I go on to get other things done.
shrift - Oct 04, 2011 5:59:57 pm PDT #238 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I feel the need to deploy the bubble wrap around ita !, but only if she won't kill me with her pinkies.
brenda, I'm sorry you have to deal with all of this right now.
Something I've found that helps me get things done when all the big picture stuff is so daunting that I'm frozen and unable to start any of it is to break everything into smaller component parts. I make a list of action items that actually can be achieved in a relatively short period of time (email X, call Y, do laundry, review these presentations, buy plane tickets), and check things off as I go so that I can feel like I'm making progress. I'm teaching myself how to prioritize. Like, is this time-sensitive? Okay, then do that first. I don't know why it seems so difficult for me.
If I try to do everything at once, I generally don't get anything done at all. And I'm trying not to feel horribly guilty when I'm not actively working on my To Do lists, because we all need down time and I'm not supposed to be such a jerk to myself.