mom placation was ironing by which mens perrypops in a womansuit is the new child mystericating teats that can taint baconated digestive broads plastercasting gnostically from the great gospel wwjh

seriously, at the point when you are in the executive offices of macy's yelling at the store management for their incompetency, you realize just how ridiculous your life has become.

remy why do you have to leave seattle

More details, tza.

I'm feeling less doomed this Monday. Mostly b/c yesterday I decided I wasn't going to be unhappy with aspects of my life anymore, just pointless. Now let's see if that attitude lasts until the end of the day. I'm surprised it lasted this long.

J, I think you're forgetting how big of a thing it is to move halfway around the world, start a new relationship, etc. Cut yourself some slack and enjoy the clothes-working for awhile!

if sarah palin would take over an ice road truckers load all the way up to the de beers mines and back..well i still wouldnt vote for her but that would be v. cool.

hello all from sunny (yes it really is) norway.

Is it also icy?

No, not yet, the leaves are starting to turn and there is some nice colour appearing.

xpostsss yeah i'm trying really hard to not let this job get me down... i mean, yes it's cool that i found my best friend, that i'm here, that we've got this small press going (10 pre-orders for our first chapbook!), but i can't seem to get out of this funk concerning my job. i've haven't felt this bad about going to work since i was 19. i think more than the job itself, it's the fact that i don't work with anyone who has a personality or a sense of humour. so depressing. but only about 9 months to go.

also: it would appear that i'm not really paying much tax - only about 2-3%. does this sound right - since i'd be getting most of my tax back at the end of the year, or when i return to nz - or are the payroll people fucking something up?

Hmm, I usually have 18% taken out of my check. Could it have something to do with your residency status?

yeah i thought i'd be taxed at around the regular rate, and then have to file a return when i leave to get it all back (afaik that's pretty standard in most countries).

i opened my first american bank account on saturday! it wasn't nearly as stressful as i imagined.

The fjord is full of enormous swans.

are you speaking in cold war era spy language?

Of course he is. He knows that Spain is our newest enemy and he's trying to make sure they aren't listening in.

(Iraq and Iran and Korea and Spain = Trapezoid of Evil)

i got the shit taxed out of me before I was a permanent resident. It might be a CA thing or it might have to do with how much you are earning. I know some states dont have income tax at all, only federal tax but i find it really hard to believe one of those states would be california.

this is all brings up my anger about not being able to vote even though im a permanent resident, i pay federal and state tax on my income and everything i buy and im prosecutable under federal and state law. its kind of bullshit.

actually is a grade bullshit

IM A DOWNTRODDEN IMMIGRANT!! WOE

when i return to nz

Eh? Are you returning??

^^^ wtf

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Umm, you don't say....

i think ca has some of the friendliest to the labor side employment laws. i do not know about this taxing tho.

i am so tired. but woah. but tired. but hyper. omg.

I am completely exhausted and stressed out; thankfully not hyper.

tza - so... are you having a good week then...?

i just worked for 13 hours but in the best possible way. minus the sore feet. so yeah, i guess it is off to a good start. i am in denial about the 3 years of hw i am going to have to do once i'm home from class at 10pm tomorrow night, but there's no way i'm doing it now.

One day at a time, srsly.

(Repeat back to me when necessary)

i like that this job allows me to see all sorts of fancypants celebrities. it will not always be like this, though.

That sounds way more fun than constantly taking quizzes, I have to say.

(gah, BITTER MUCH SELF?!)

mark: yeah, we're pretty certain that i'll have to return to nz and apply for a fiancee visa from there (2-6month process).

OMG TZA GO TO SLEEP!!! i can see you're online and it must be something like 1am in NYC!!!

i was sidetracked talking about things and stuff. oops. it is 1:52.

some day i will learn how to sleep

Sunny, a friend of mine was born in Hawaii, so he's entitled to a US passport, so he's eligible to vote in US elections. Still. Even though he's 28.

That doesn't help you, apart from the assurance that US voting criteria are mental.

What is this "sleep" that you are all on about?

Tza, what exactly are you doing?

My inbox greeted me first thing with a long-ass list of issues my boss wants fixed on one of our sites. NONE of which address the things I've been bugging him about for the past couple of weeks.

not enough sleep ow. rr was right.

i was working on this http://tinyurl.com/46r6ty last night. including running back and forth from lincoln ctr to times square twice. in heels. my butt is totally feeling the burn today lol.

sorry about your boss :(

I miss you all and I just wanted to say that.

hi sara<3

i am tired. i just did a shitload of hw in 3 hours and emailed in right at the 12am deadline.

Good work, tza!

Hi estela!!!

I should be reading my textbook right now. I won't let this class kill me. I promise to be more fun after the week before Thanksgiving, when this insanity ends and a less intense class starts.

now i am procrastinating on prepping an oral presentation. i am thinking that we should make the guest speaker tomorrow go long so i don't have to do it til the next class. i don't want to bank on that though. hmm.

i promise to be more fun next week when it is rosh hashanah and i don't have to go to class!!!!!

I should be sleeping, but am up procrastinating. LAME

Stop bragging about having a holiday next week. I have an exam, at least two quizzes, and will probably poke my own eyes out with a stick by Wednesday...

it will only be enjoyable if i do not poke MY own eyes out by thursday of this week!

oh also i will be dogsitting the awesome st. bernard again and having an apt. to myself :D

miss you guys ;_;

Aw. :-/

I will be in Bay Area close to Xmas, yay.

I wish I had unlimited time off and dollars bc I am doing 2 Portland based school projects and have never been there and think a west coast tour is really in order here.

otm

jergz, tell lxy to check her email

(plz)

will do!

No wonder this thread is quiet today. You were all burning the midnight oil.

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