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perldiver at 11:29pm on 14/04/2009 under daily_report, gaming, gaming.dresden, helpfulhatred, movies, movies.ong_bak2, taxes
perldiver at 11:29pm on 14/04/2009 under daily_report, gaming, gaming.dresden, helpfulhatred, movies, movies.ong_bak2, taxesTaxes: My accountant overnighted me the 2008 taxes on Saturday, and I got them today. Tomorrow they go off to the Revenue Trolls. Pro: the numbers aren't as bad as I was afraid they would be. Con: That's because I didn't earn as much as expected. The joyful life of a contractor..
I may have said this before, but the thing I mind most about taxes is not so much the fact that I have to pay the money--although that's no joy. No, the part I mind is that the duty to keep track of it all is on me. I shouldn't have to put in multiple hours of unpaid labor figuring out how much I owe them. And it's "easier" for me, because my taxes are complicated enough (personal / self-employed, and last year Wotan LLC was still in business) that I really need to have a professional do them for me, which takes a lot of the load off but increases the financial cost.
To my mind, it should be the job of the IRS to do the tax forms and send them out. I would receive my tax form and then have a choice--I could either pay it as-is, or I could do my own and send it in if I thought that it would make a significant difference. And yes, I am aware of the concept of "vested interest" and the issues it would raise in this case.
Ong Bak 2: Surprisingly enough, this was the sequel to Ong Bak, which was Tony Jaa's breakout film. Both are great martial arts action movies, but they have a very different feel...rather Hollywood vs Bollywood, respectively (though neither film is exactly in either of those camps).. All the way through OB2, I felt like I was missing references. I enjoyed it as an action flick, but I suspect Asian audiences would have seen much more than I did.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
avivasedai watched it with me and seemed to enjoy it too.
Gaming: Tonight was the first night that our new player (A) joined us. We got one player's First Novel completely finished, and as soon as A gets his character nailed down we'll be able to fill in everyone else's. With any luck, we can get all that done by Saturday and actually have some game time, which would be very cool. It's shaping up to be a good group.
Random thing: In the middle of the session, I'm sitting on the bed using my laptop, when I notice that it's not drawing power despite being plugged in. That's odd, I think, and check my power cord. Hmm, look at that. The power cord is partially melted; I think that's a bad thing. I've recognized for a while that I go through a lot of light bulbs in this apartment. I need to talk to the super and ask if there's anything that can be done, but if the wiring is bad, I'm not sure what the options are.
Carrots: 7
Sticks: 0
Good hard workout today. All strength stuff: core work and planks, but didn't do the stairs. Got the afternoon slump between noon and 1 sometime, so did some light exercise to perk up; it worked reasonably well.
I may have said this before, but the thing I mind most about taxes is not so much the fact that I have to pay the money--although that's no joy. No, the part I mind is that the duty to keep track of it all is on me. I shouldn't have to put in multiple hours of unpaid labor figuring out how much I owe them. And it's "easier" for me, because my taxes are complicated enough (personal / self-employed, and last year Wotan LLC was still in business) that I really need to have a professional do them for me, which takes a lot of the load off but increases the financial cost.
To my mind, it should be the job of the IRS to do the tax forms and send them out. I would receive my tax form and then have a choice--I could either pay it as-is, or I could do my own and send it in if I thought that it would make a significant difference. And yes, I am aware of the concept of "vested interest" and the issues it would raise in this case.
Ong Bak 2: Surprisingly enough, this was the sequel to Ong Bak, which was Tony Jaa's breakout film. Both are great martial arts action movies, but they have a very different feel...rather Hollywood vs Bollywood, respectively (though neither film is exactly in either of those camps).. All the way through OB2, I felt like I was missing references. I enjoyed it as an action flick, but I suspect Asian audiences would have seen much more than I did.
avivasedai watched it with me and seemed to enjoy it too.Gaming: Tonight was the first night that our new player (A) joined us. We got one player's First Novel completely finished, and as soon as A gets his character nailed down we'll be able to fill in everyone else's. With any luck, we can get all that done by Saturday and actually have some game time, which would be very cool. It's shaping up to be a good group.
Random thing: In the middle of the session, I'm sitting on the bed using my laptop, when I notice that it's not drawing power despite being plugged in. That's odd, I think, and check my power cord. Hmm, look at that. The power cord is partially melted; I think that's a bad thing. I've recognized for a while that I go through a lot of light bulbs in this apartment. I need to talk to the super and ask if there's anything that can be done, but if the wiring is bad, I'm not sure what the options are.
Carrots: 7
Sticks: 0
Good hard workout today. All strength stuff: core work and planks, but didn't do the stairs. Got the afternoon slump between noon and 1 sometime, so did some light exercise to perk up; it worked reasonably well.
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