. . . at the fact that I OWE Maryland taxes. Fuckity fuck. I can just about swing it, but seriously, OWING TAXES in a year where I made less than $13000? Should be illegal. And makes me really want to move back to Minnesota. It was so much easier being poor there, I swear by all that is (un)holy ( Read more... )

...because I've been using Snow Patrol lyrics (just to see if I could get through them all and have them all make sense with the actual post, at least in my head, and not repeat any of them), and the list I had of them is on my computer and I'm afraid (again) to turn it on and see what's up because it flipped out (again) on me after I got back from ( Read more... )

Saturday was good. Very rainy, nearly Irish day (too hot and sticky). But that meant piss poor turnout for the artists. And lunch at the pub to watch the game was, well, very quiet. Which made me think that perhaps everyone was over their World Cup fever ( Read more... )

Yes, I am alive. I've been really busy sitting shiva for the World Cup Hopes of Germany. Yes, all the trouble I have wishing and dreaming and hoping for myself, but have absolutely no problem getting so into sports. (Or Torchwood, using my current state of mind in reaction to Children of Earth as a prime example. I think it broke me. And not ( Read more... )

Went out with dad and the flower to a ‘Maker’s Market,’ basically crafty stuff and a farmer’s market. Of course, there wasn’t any produce because it’s the holiday weekend and they’re either all at their roadside stalls or off having fun. Lots of jewelry, only 1 photographer and 1 painter, so I’ll be spending the next few weeks convincing Jess to ( Read more... )

Lots of excitement in my little boondocks today (all of it while I was already at work). The Navy base was doing stricter security checks (searching cars and such), there was a 5-car pile-up and somebody robbed a bank. Now there are only 3 roads out of the county (2 are bridges), unless you have a boat (it's a peninsula, so that's entirely ( Read more... )

I love the snow. I really do. What I hate is living somewhere where people aren't equipped for it. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I need to move to Alaska. Everyone's got the ability to drive in the cold white stuff without hitting things. They've got the ability to be prepared before the day before the big blizzard and feel no ( Read more... )

So I have this regular customer at work. He comes in between breakfast and lunch for a bagel and coffee and sits in a booth and click-clacks away on his computer. We chit chat, usually, and have for about 2 years. (Before your dirty minds run away with you, he's at least old enough to be my dad, and there's no vibe there at all, we just talk ( Read more... )

Just got my key back from the realtor and watched her drive off with the sign. Am meeting new agent tomorrow after work, will give her the key and help her pound in a new sign. That is, if we can get it through the permafrost ( Read more... )

So given my extended absence(s) from livejournal, it's obvious that I don't remember how to do sniffy links ( Read more... )