#and then i fucking FILED MY TAXES

[katabay]

for context, sometimes I volunteer at (redacted) running the live stream broadcast. it's come to my attention that I'm not exactly dressed for the location, even though those dress code suggestions are not meant for the tech desk lmao

also! hourly comics day is the first of feburary! I did exactly 1 (one) hourly comic before calling it a day. this is that singular comic a few days late.

#desk posting #technically. i'll make a proper desk post in a bit. the vietnamese community where i live is starting up the lunar new year celebrations #i gotta remember to wish my aunt in hong kong a happy lunar new year later this month too. ehrugh. #me trying to remember anything vs filing taxes. the absolute nightmare hell that taxes is. #anyway the dress code also says NO HATS!! but one lady here is still showing up with fantastic hats and honestly #good for her. wear those hats!!! fuck that dress code

[mobydyke]

sex is cool and all but have you ever put a task you just finished on your to-do list so you get to cross it off immediately

#ace txt #no one talk to me about the principles I had to swallow and the struggles I went through to get my taxes fucking filed this year

[crismakesstuff]

There’s this pretty big disparity I’ve noticed between how nolan (omniman) is interpreted in mainstream stuff vs his like actual character in both show/comic

Fanon nolan interpretation:

-doesn’t feel remorse or empathy

-oh he’s soooo cool he’s so swag and smooth talking

-genuinely doesn’t care for his son esp not his wife

-never cared for the guardians

-you don’t get it he’s actually right guys!! Genocide good!

-this also ties in with just reducing mark to the “guy who gets beat up nonstop” and debbie to “the pet”

-they definitely think this version of nolan abides by human bigotry shit like sexism

Canon nolan (according to show and comic):

-oblivious to A LOT of social cues and overall very socially inept (very blunt and dry tone of voice so he always sounds kinda mad even if he isn’t)

-actually cares about his family and friends but has trouble expressing it verbally, more show than tell

-cared ab the guardians and they were his friends but he repressed the hell out of what he did bc of guilt (and he’s dumb)

-says things like “curses” and “moon it up”

-monologues a bunch like holy shit

-very physically affectionate with the people he’s v close too (he also smiles guys!)

-makes jokes without trying (kinda hard to catch bc of the deadpan tone at times)

-would realistically be confused by earth’s own forms of bigotry and shit

-bookworm and wrote and documented things even before becoming a writer on earth!

-feels extreme remorse and guilt for his past actions but again has trouble showing it

#invincible #invincible show #nolan grayson #omniman #omni man #invincible comic #like i get it that a lot of the weird interpretations are dudebros projecting their toxic masculinity fantasies into him #but it’s no less fucking annoying #it’s easy for people to do this bc he’s a v stereotypical masculine guy #he’s tall w a deep voice and a angular face and built like a brick wall #but man it’s no less weird seeing ppl just say ‘yea he would totally do earth bigotry’ #like guys he’s an asshole but let’s be real for a minute …. #he probably doesn’t even know how to file a tax or drive a car #there is so much he would have to learn that earth prejudice would be something he just discards #anyways giant ramble over I literally copied and pasted this from what I said on discord w my friends but yea #sorry for being a nolan enjoyer guys #text post #cris rant

[phantomrose96]

So I know this isn't anything that like actually needs an apology but it'll make me feel a bit better to say it. Oof whoops this ABoT chapter is super late. Timing kinda sucks since I wanted to have some updates out while s3 was airing but

Been kinda mega busy and stressed since October with the whole condo buying thing which rolled right into immediate day 0 plumbing and boiler issues I had to get fixed and general moving hassle and financial commitment stress and I kinda just fried myself hard. Plus then acclimating to a new place without my familiar street or familiar grocery store or familiar room or any of that. Like there's no "just go home and take your mind off it" to this cuz home is the "it". So I'm just kinda enduring until I can calm the hell down.

And anyway I definitely have progress on ch47, like 7000-ish words of it, but it's the kind of like "there is writing there" and hasn't exactly hit the "there is substance there" that I want ABoT chapters to be. Like this in particular is a chapter I want to be good, not just be done. So it's taking time to get my brain somewhere that can do that.

#anyway #i mean just in case anyone was like wondering if its discontinued to anything #its still going i just can't make it Good quite yet #(plus i need to get furniture cuz as it stands the place is really quite empty and bare except for like my room and the kitchen) #(also the bank had my address wrong so they havent been able to send me any of the mortgage information which was technically due already) #(ive been in contact with them but it's a whole thing) #(plus im still not quite finished with all the utility switching. i still need to get water in my name) #(and the boiler issue fucked up my gas bill so now ive got a crazy high gas bill i just need to... pay) #(i have actually started seeing a therapist but thats a whole other Thing now figuring out insurance and deductables and using my HSA #account and just... it's a lot) #(oh also my homeowner's insurance policy number doesn't actually work for getting me into the online portal. and the geico guy said he was #looking into it but I havent heard anything in a while) #(its a lot im just gonna melt for a while i guess) #(plus all the upfront stress has made it really hard to associate the new place as 'home' instead of 'place of great many plumbing evils') #(i sat on like 4 million couches this week and the only one i really really like probably doesn't quite fit in my living room) #(the downstairs neighbors tv is too loud and i need to talk to her about it in a way which isn't 'hey im holding on by a thread and this #one small inconvenience is the thing which is making me turn into ash') #(oh thats right i have to go pay my january HOA dues...) #(oh also I need to file for the owner-occupied tax exemption thing now that its 2023) #anyway......... ill be normal eventually. im just not normal right now. #chrissy speaks

[g4rchomp]

turns out I have been doing something extremely illegal for over a year and now I have to call the irs. living in the nightmare realm right now

#turns out you are LEGALLY OBLIGATED to susbcribe to a medication insurance here #and you are LEGALLY OBLIGATED to subscribe to your employer's insurance. which I never did in my previous job 🙃 #so now I can't file my taxes bc they ask insurance questions and 'omg oopsies fuck fuck fuck' isn’t one of the answers #I read that I'll have to pay a fine which is ok but I feel like they're gonna throw me in jail and notify my previous employer #who is gonna sue me and ruin my life and revoke my diploma and also kill me #so my weekend is going great in case you were wondering 🥴

[spacenintendogs]

i have to stop now because i'm in fucking tears and will handle it later.

#i was so fucking proud of myself too #might text my dad to ask for help #later #not today #tomorrow maybe #this abt tax filing btw lmao

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

i can do this i can do this i can do this (file my taxes a day late) i can do this i can do this if i consume enough coffee i can do this i can do this i can

#yes i've had my rx stimulants too today! it is just. #i've never filed on time in my life #i was SO CLOSE this year #idk i know i've been held at gun point and knife point in my life but those are intense and one way or another v temporary problems #tax forms????????? formless boundless anticipatory dread forever #one year i filed so late that e-filing was CLOSED #I had to PRINT OUT MY FORMS and MAIL THEM to the IRS #do not reccomend #sometimes i truly understand my father #mister yeah I want hazard pay sure send me to negotiate with terrorists idfc yolo fuck it we ball. just get me a really good secretary #mister I have highly personal beef with several legitimate insurgency leaders and have had literal bounties on my head #mister “sweetheart i mailed your birthday present to your address from five years ago can you handle it” #like. i get it. i get it! I would also rather have heavy problems limited in time #paperwork that can get you audited is way scarier #paperwork where the punishment for getting it wrong is like. a lot more paperwork #okay! i have blogged about my personal failings. #time to actually do something useful #about me

[emsuemsu]

@hprecfest day 27: muggle au

Muggle au’s are the bane of my existence. I have such a deep love-hate relationship to them and I don't even know why. Every time I say I don't fuck with muggle au's I go and read like five of them back to back. I am Icarus and muggle au's are my sun 🥹

these violent delights (have violent ends) by @imdamagecontrol 🩵 95,138 words, regulus/james, sirius/remus

The RMS Titanic is the Ship of Dreams—considered unsinkable and insurmountable in her luxury, she is the largest ocean liner in the world. Her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York begins 10 April 1912 with more than 2,000 souls on board. Regulus and Sirius Black are English-French royalty and First Class passengers. It's a luxury most can only dream of. But for both brothers, the Titanic is a nightmare bringing them closer to futures they do not want. James Potter and Remus Lupin aren't supposed to be on the Titanic. They get lucky winning Third Class tickets in a poker game just moments before she sets sail. For them it's a fresh start, a sure shot to new lives and freedom across the sea. It's purely by accident that their paths cross; First and Third Class passengers don't often end up in the same spaces. Yet this time they do, and what begins is a tumultuous and harrowing love story marked by a tragedy none of them will ever forget.

Ma’am 😀 sir 😀 your honor 😀 I'm devastated. In the best way possible, again. It's everything you can assume from a Titanic AU. Pain and heartbreak, but delivered in such a beautiful, poetic at times way. In love with this one, I re-read it before writing this and it hit even more the second time reading it. I don't think I've yet read a happy jegulus fic, I am convinced there is no such thing as happiness with these two at this point in my life.

to be where I'm going (in the sunshine of your love) by theweightofmywords 🩵 19,080 words, draco/harry

"He imagined Draco’s smile, all gums and slightly crooked teeth, his hair slicked back with Pacific water, and he knew: He’d travel as long as he’d need to if it meant he’d see that face. If it meant that Draco would hear the message he’d been carrying for so long. Maybe he didn’t have to travel the road alone anymore." Draco and Harry go on a road trip together. It's about the journey, not the destination.

There's something about american road trips that make me WEAK. I dream of going back to visit the places I didn't have the chance to visit while I lived there, but I'm so scared they'd yeet my ass back to Europe at the border because of my unpaid taxes. Idk how the american government works, do they keep records of that kind of stuff?? Whatever. This fic is a vibe with all capitals. So sweet, so soft, so angsty, a perfect mix of everything I need in life. There's the euphoric getting together while on the road part, there's the unavoidable coming back to home-crash (speaking from experience, that shit hurts) and there's the happy ending these stupid boys deserve, every goddamn time, in every universe, muggle or magic. Lovely.

#hprecfest2023 #harry potter fic recs #i never even filed my taxes #so maybe im safe from the irs #american tax system is so fucking weird #my rec

[cybervom1t]

i hate getting sappy on main but i think things are actually gonna be okay, y’know?

#wordvomit #I’ve been crying for the past hour #i was able to wake up today and brush my teeth without fighting with myself about it for hours #which like fuck you if you make me feel bad about that #adhd is a hell of a drug and it makes simple tasks impossible #i finally got my w2 so I can file my taxes which means I might be able to get enough money to get me out of the hole I’m in #like today is such a good day and nothing can ruin it

[darthraydor]

i need you guys to either talk me into or out of dropping almost 1k on airfare to go to ob plaza pop-up next month

#i did it for fucking ouat con tickets in vancouver #maybe i should finally file my taxes first and then make a decision #the hyperfixated hoarder in me needs the merch #svu #if i don’t go which one of you can i venmo dollars to to grab for me #i’ll cover cost shipping labor fare and a coffee or cocktail of your choice!

[cubot]

:)

#ramblings #guess who did her taxes #it was me #and it says i owe over $1000 #since i can't exclude my foreign income since i wasn't abroad long enough #FUCK MY LIFE #i'm going to be under $500 for everything for the next two+ months FUCK MY LIFE #i'm eating ramen #the girls will get food still but i can survive on noodles and despair #fuck me come on life why did you do that to me #i didn't file it yet because i'm scared to confirm #and i can't even pay it until April 12th after i get my paycheck #and i have to put my student loans as low as possible #i'm so stupid i fucking hate myself

[afaramir]

Your ™ (aside from faramir obv) is how unhinged you are about denethor AND having the most correct takes abt him🧡. Oh and also oranges maybe

AAAA...THANK YOU ??? THIS KNOCKED ME FLAT like for real i cannot express how much ive been thinking about this ask all day. like i was in the grocery store thinking about it. i cant decide if it's funnier if you've been here since i was 19 and a hater and watched me have my dramatic change of heart in real time or if youre new here and don't know my tragic backstory. TO ME it's hilarious to be assigned denethor girl bc like teenage me is having a heart attack but i bear the badge with pride nevertheless <3333 and thats what we call character growth!

pj had totally got me with the mad-and-vindictive-with-despair denethor gambit for years and years but literally i started working on the faramir goes to rivendell au and thought for about two seconds about how complex both faramir and boromir's relationships with their father are and how the film changes genuinely weaken all of their characters so much and did a total 180 degree turn on a dime. by doing denethor dirty i would automatically be doing faramir dirty and then i started thinking and went hang on a second he is so complex and interesting actually. like i can't emphasize how much that was the exact logic that allowed me to achieve this development.

i mean okay LISTEN TO ME oh my GOD denethor IS a good leader there's a reason why gondor stood so long alone against the enemy and he NEARLY fucking beat SAURON in 30 years worth of head-to-head knock-down-drag-out psychic stalemate warfare and he only falls into despair when he loses both of his sons. you don't need to like him to respect the achievement!

i almost put a read more here but fuck it denethorposting on main. hit j on your keyboard or do a big scroll if youre sick of me LOL

i am very well known for going totally feral over duty vs love dynamics and that is literally what is going on between denethor and his sons. he cannot be their father and their commander at the same time and they are at war!!! being their commander has to win out above all else!!! whether any of them like it or not!!! do you know what ruthlessness means do you understand that duty wins this one.

do u guys understand that denethor and faramir are a father and son who love each other above else and yet do not like each other at all. there was a schism somewhere there along the line and love without bitterness and political sniping and ideological misalignment is a DISTANT MEMORY. No Of Course He Shouldn't Have Said He Wished Faramir And Boromir's Places Exchanged Jesus Christ No Son Should Have To Hear That From Their Father But Girl Sometimes When You're Grieving You Say Stupid Shit That You Shouldn't Have. doesn't mean you should've said it but [pippin voice] we can understand poor denethor a bit better, huh?

its just so interesting to me to think about faramir and denethor's relationship from a standpoint of like. ok listen good stewards that are not good fathers and dutiful sons who will not compromise their moral compasses for love. i don't like you and i agree with approximately 1% of everything you've said ever and your expectations of me have always been unreasonably high even when i was a child but you also are the only person who could ever understand the terrifying psychic powers that just live inside my brain and you are probably the incarnation of lordly dignity and power that i have had and i have wanted to emulate all my life and i still have the instinct to ask for your approval even if i'm going to hate what you're going to say. and when i'm dying i will call out for you. and i don't like you and your moral compass is going to get you and me and everyone in our city killed and you haven't listened to a single thing i've said since you were fourteen and i fucking hate that you're listening to and trusting the fucking wizard over me but you are my best captain and you are everything that i wished i could've been without the war and you'll never understand that that's why i pushed you so hard i just wanted you to live. and if you couldn't live at least we could die together. LISTEN i am a faramir girl until the death you all KNOW THIS BUT THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE- [i am forcibly yanked offstage]

#from the inbox #Anonymous #THANK YOU YOU ARE AN ANGEL!!! I LOVE YOU!!! #sorry for how unhinged this answer got ive been drinking #my friday night: totally sober sitting quietly filing my taxes. my saturday night: wine drunk denethor ranting. i am an adult #you: ur brand is being unhinged about this specific topic. me tasked with talking about that topic: sorry for being unhinged. hilarious #idk like oh my god yeah the transgender allegory of 'parent insisting their child is dead while people cry out that they're still living' #fucks crazy. i fucking love that reading. but im tired of the madman-idiot-caricature lack of textually-referenced nuance out here! #bitch king faramir and complex noble lord denethor are actually concepts that are holding hands. To Me. #also YES!!! ORANGES!!! i have an orange tattoo lol i love you i'm glad i exist. there is secret lore but i think if i don't stop talking no #everyone who follows me will explode me with their minds #i am still taking trademark asks if anyone at all has read this far LOL #long post #SORRY AGAIN LMAOOO #denethor anon #denethorposting

[plexippusangel]

I hate my life. So much. I’m gonna have to take my retirement out if I want to make it through until I get another job. If I keep skimping on groceries I’m only going to get sicker and then I won’t have the energy to find a better job and I’ll have to take it out anyway so like. I should probably start that process now and not get more behind and actually give myself room to feel well. This fucking sucks.

#faer personal files #everything fucking hurts. I’m so sick of my body and I’m sick of this place. #my worry has been that I won’t be able to handle the temptation to get silly with the extra cash but like. I’m a grown up. #I didn’t get silly with my tax return except for planned purchases. I can handle this just fine. I need to stop treating myself like a baby #I have decent impulse control and I need nutritious groceries I can actually eat for fuck’s sake #my roommates have also quietly stopped sharing dinner when they make it so I’ve had to up the grocery budget #they could’ve just said something instead of putting onions in EVERYTHING jfc. and I don’t ask for food unless they offer to share anyway #it didn’t need to be a whole thing I get that I’ve been doing an unequal share of cooking since I’ve been sicker they don’t have to feed me #this weather has been fucking brutal I just haven’t had the coordination to use the fucking stove #it’s embarrassing #sorry for talking out my financial decisions on my blog sometimes I just need to say things out loud

[imwritesometimes]

I'm a grown adult who doesn't cry when making tax filing appointments (I still get anxiety tummy though 🙃🙃🙃)

#don't even start with me abt omg it's so late in the year #I know. I KNOW. my CPA knows me and knows to expect this lmao. she is very cool & very chill. #and now I will have anxiety tummy for a while until they are filed and I find out how I'm gonna get fucked by the gvmnt this year!!! #love being a US citizen and being forced to watch my tax dollars go to anything but healthcare and infrastructure and civil equality! #erin explains it all

[heyitsphoenixx]

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#personal vent incoming to just get off my chest don't be weird about it #i've known since i was a kid that my dad was overtly abusive but #just in the last 3-5 months i've learned my mom was and currently is almost just as abusive #but she's just covert about it instead #all of my adolescence was about surviving my dad who was so obviously a monster that he was almost easier to deal w in a way by comparison #this is. what an utter mind fuck #there's also like. no member of my family that i can turn to for help #bc they're either just as bad or my mother has ruined any relationship i might have w them over time #and i also fear being a burden #so i'm making a plan to get out but god it's overwhelming thinking about doing it all alone #and the thought that it might take years to actually get out or get healthy #she's kept me isolated from any support for so long #and im afraid any family that could possibly help wouldn't fully understand or they would be just as bad as her #and it feels impossible to progress at all bc im living w her and literally filed as her dependent on taxes #like ik this is gonna be the hardest thing to escape in my life and i've already escaped a lot #but this time i have to largely on my own #is v scary #and she's conditioned me to believe that i can't make any right decisions on my own without her #and that anything i do is always 'backwards' #makes it that much harder to make a clear plan #her work schedule is so inconsistent that it makes getting therapy online (since i don't have a license or car yet) nearly impossible #to do it without her or my brother listening #that i've just felt trapped for years #but. i can Tell i'm getting better now and rapidly. more than i've been for a v long time #so the process is just beginning and i think even she can tell #which is also dangerous #but ik i can do this its just the amount of time and effort and organizing behind her back and doing it alone thats v overwhelming #but anyway #we stay silly

[keirametzbrassknuckles]

Okay going through that taxes post is worrying. Please for the love of God do your taxes. If nothing else you may get some money back from the government. It's not actually that hard, just time consuming (especially if youre a single person with no/few assets. Mine took me about an hour but was very simple ultimately) and the IRS isn't going to come and kill you - worst they'll do is send you a bill if you missed something. Taxact.com is no longer 100% free (as I learned to my chagrin today) but go to the irs.gov site and they have a list of government sanctioned services you can go through to file your taxes for free if you meet the income requirement (usually >70k).

#if you work for a large company you dont even have to look up ur W2 it will autopopulate based on your ssn #please it is so easy #please file your taxes #im getting 1k back this year because i barely worked in 2023 and paid a bunch of interest on my student loans #file your fucking taxes