"your dad's going to the moon." "ok. can i play outside?"
i have survived another busy season and my brain is still tired. >.< i brought my laptop home last night because there were still e-files to do, and when i finally signed off i tried to watch doctor who from sunday, and i totally nodded off towards the end. so i'll watch it again, oh the hardship. :D (i like the new doctor and her companions.) i felt like i couldn't get anything done today because my brain was still fried, which wasn't great because i had stuff to do. i also feel like i've spent a lot of time waiting around the post office that's open until midnight, probably because i have. so. many. certifieds.
i'm behind on everything. on the plus side, i made some good overtime.
the new tax partner is still high maintenance altho some of the stuff she wants me to do is probably legitimately my job, i've just never had to do it for anyone (they're very self-sufficient in tax). she copies me on all her emails, whether i have anything to do with them or not. it's a little annoying. she's very friendly, but wow, she needs me to be involved in everything.
on saturday my sister and i saw first man, which is small-focus and unflashy and has some really gorgeous shots of outer space, and some really claustrophobic views of the insides of space capsules. the space flights are nervewracking even tho you know how the story ends, so good job there. previews included the rumsfeld movie, a dumb-looking based-on-a-real-family comedy with mark wahlberg, widows (wanna see it), green book (mahershala ali and an unrecognizable viggo mortensen!), aquaman (jason momoa is hot as hell but i'm going to have to take a pass), and that terrible-looking robin hood with taron egerton, which i kind of want to see even tho i know the historical carelessness will drive me NUTS.
sunday i went out to brunch and helped tamalinn assemble dining room furniture (mostly chairs), and my curling team lost. this means so far we have one win, one loss, and one tie.
my carbon monoxide detector decided 4am on thursday morning was an excellent time to malfunction. i took the batteries out, because fuck that. it's not like i could replace it. i should probably tell the landlady, tho.
the good place is still really fun, american horror story has descended into flashback (seriously, i think the apocalypse was just a convenient way to introduce a second season of the coven season), and supergirl is back, altho i apparently don't feel any urgency about watching the new episode. why is it on sunday now? i don't really think a million little things is a great show - it's soapy and ridiculous and relies a little bit on insta-friendship, and one of the characters doesn't seem to do anything but cry, and it doesn't look like boston at all - and i have a very hard time seeing james roday as anyone other than shawn from psych, but i keep watching anyway.
i signed up for the nano swap and got matched with... a guy from australia. O.O well, i did volunteer to swap with someone overseas.... he plays fallout and skyrim and pokemon, none of which i have any familiarity with, but he also likes buffy and doctor who, and his nanonovel is urban fantasy and i have no idea where to get video game nerdy stuff. he mentioned in the little survey you have to fill out that he's going to be kind of strapped this month, and all i could think was why would you volunteer to send a package out of country if you're low on funds? do you not realize postage will be higher? i know it's summer there, but would chocolate covered espresso beans melt or get goopy in transit? (he likes chocolate and coffee. i can work with that.) so i have to do that, plus i still need to name all my characters but one, and yes you are going to have to hear about this for the next month and a half.
a woman brought her emotional support animal on a plane, but neglected to tell anyone that it was a squirrel. it's against airline policy to let rodents on the plane. cops had to escort her off. and seriously, lady? an emotional support squirrel? what bullshit.
this is nifty - half hour commutes in major world cities conceptualized as corals. they're made by determining how far you could drive from the city center in half an hour, barring traffic.
i'm behind on everything. on the plus side, i made some good overtime.
the new tax partner is still high maintenance altho some of the stuff she wants me to do is probably legitimately my job, i've just never had to do it for anyone (they're very self-sufficient in tax). she copies me on all her emails, whether i have anything to do with them or not. it's a little annoying. she's very friendly, but wow, she needs me to be involved in everything.
on saturday my sister and i saw first man, which is small-focus and unflashy and has some really gorgeous shots of outer space, and some really claustrophobic views of the insides of space capsules. the space flights are nervewracking even tho you know how the story ends, so good job there. previews included the rumsfeld movie, a dumb-looking based-on-a-real-family comedy with mark wahlberg, widows (wanna see it), green book (mahershala ali and an unrecognizable viggo mortensen!), aquaman (jason momoa is hot as hell but i'm going to have to take a pass), and that terrible-looking robin hood with taron egerton, which i kind of want to see even tho i know the historical carelessness will drive me NUTS.
sunday i went out to brunch and helped tamalinn assemble dining room furniture (mostly chairs), and my curling team lost. this means so far we have one win, one loss, and one tie.
my carbon monoxide detector decided 4am on thursday morning was an excellent time to malfunction. i took the batteries out, because fuck that. it's not like i could replace it. i should probably tell the landlady, tho.
the good place is still really fun, american horror story has descended into flashback (seriously, i think the apocalypse was just a convenient way to introduce a second season of the coven season), and supergirl is back, altho i apparently don't feel any urgency about watching the new episode. why is it on sunday now? i don't really think a million little things is a great show - it's soapy and ridiculous and relies a little bit on insta-friendship, and one of the characters doesn't seem to do anything but cry, and it doesn't look like boston at all - and i have a very hard time seeing james roday as anyone other than shawn from psych, but i keep watching anyway.
i signed up for the nano swap and got matched with... a guy from australia. O.O well, i did volunteer to swap with someone overseas.... he plays fallout and skyrim and pokemon, none of which i have any familiarity with, but he also likes buffy and doctor who, and his nanonovel is urban fantasy and i have no idea where to get video game nerdy stuff. he mentioned in the little survey you have to fill out that he's going to be kind of strapped this month, and all i could think was why would you volunteer to send a package out of country if you're low on funds? do you not realize postage will be higher? i know it's summer there, but would chocolate covered espresso beans melt or get goopy in transit? (he likes chocolate and coffee. i can work with that.) so i have to do that, plus i still need to name all my characters but one, and yes you are going to have to hear about this for the next month and a half.
a woman brought her emotional support animal on a plane, but neglected to tell anyone that it was a squirrel. it's against airline policy to let rodents on the plane. cops had to escort her off. and seriously, lady? an emotional support squirrel? what bullshit.
this is nifty - half hour commutes in major world cities conceptualized as corals. they're made by determining how far you could drive from the city center in half an hour, barring traffic.