Oh, the sly Bolin....
[Spoiler (click to open)]Oh, *Bolin ( Read more... )

.....things were awesome for a moment- and then Ginger.  And things were awesome, and then- reunion kiss.  And Varric is neither chastised nor in any way stripped of his power and privilege.  He's still somehow in a position to negotiate.
[Still don't understand why Unalaq's doing what he's doing.]Still don't understand why Unalaq's doing what he's doing ( Read more... )

Legend of Korra, Season 2, Episode 10-

This moment was awesome!  And that moment was awesome!  Now if only the stuff between and leading up to it made ANY SENSE AT ALL.I want their writing staff fired.  There are these occasional, profoundly beautiful moments, that are just *wasted*.  And I'm sick to death of Korra being helpless despite being the ( Read more... )

Mister Bluewater, perhaps if you had a vastly under-valued and watered-down education, few prospects for anything like the stand-alone life that was set up as the bar for adult success for you, a fading and hole-filled family network to fall back on once it becomes clear that living independently will not be feasible for you or 90% of your peers, ( Read more... )

Lord above and gods below, I do get to a point where I hate tenants.

Let me clarify.  My mother owns the building, I am household minion, and we have an inspection tomorrow.  We're also living hand to mouth and the mortgage sucks up the rest, not an uncommon story these days- so we do our best to address complaints as they come and deal with things ( Read more... )

I keep getting ambushed by new student loans coming due.  This is really irritating, especially as I need to take steps to defer or forbear each time.  I must also pay the actual balance I owe my school from the past semester when I found out I'd been told I'd paid up, then told I hadn't because I had put in the paperwork for a student loan, which ( Read more... )