OH work people. Now you've done made me get my serious worker girl pants on. If I was the Patriarchy I'd say Bitchy Bossy Pants, but hells no - Powerful Take Charge Pants, thank you very much.
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Jan 31, 2014 6:56:00 am PST #18632 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Amy - Jan 31, 2014 6:56:55 am PST #18633 of 30000
Because books.
If you supplement with ibuprofen all day, it might help, Suzi. How nice that he called, though! And good news about your friend.
Aims - Jan 31, 2014 7:13:21 am PST #18634 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dromedaries are the single hump variety, right?
Yep!!
msbelle - Jan 31, 2014 7:19:22 am PST #18635 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
OUR CAMEL EXPERT!
Aims - Jan 31, 2014 7:21:54 am PST #18636 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
That's me!
Amy - Jan 31, 2014 7:23:06 am PST #18637 of 30000
Because books.
One of my English teacher buddies said it's like a cheaper Great Gatsby and I added but with likeable characters.
I did like Katey, although I feel like he could have done more with her childhood -- and sort of implied he would at the beginning. Wallace's death was sad -- I really liked him.
Jesse - Jan 31, 2014 8:01:04 am PST #18638 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I wanted to know more about her in general -- I think all of my issues with the book would have been solved by taking it out of the first person.
meara - Jan 31, 2014 8:35:55 am PST #18639 of 30000
That's how you made less, right? Are 401K contributions pre-tax? Now I forget
No, I actually made less total (only about $500 less) before taxes/etc, because in 2012 I got a signing bonus for my new job. I hadn't realized it was enough to make up the difference between my old job and the new one! But I also had a much small AGI overall because of how much (pre-tax) I put in my 401k. I didn't start putting money in my 401k until maybe 25? And was only putting the matching (3% or whatever) until recently--last year I bumped it up to 12% of my salary (figuring plus 3% matched by company is 15!). I worry I will want to retire and not have any money to do it with. Figuring social security will be bust by that age (plus they keep upping when I could get it--I don't want to work until 70!)
Thanks for reminding me to contribute to my Roth IRA, Natter.
See, and that's something I have never done, make an IRA! I feel like for all that I'm OK at not spending more than I make, I'm actually really bad at the whole money thing in general.
shrift - Jan 31, 2014 8:52:58 am PST #18640 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I failed at contributing to a 401k for most of my 20s. I did contract work for a while and I don't think it was an option, so I think I ignored it when I finally was given the option because I didn't really know what to do.
Oh, younger self. Why.
These days, I built up my emergency savings account and started doing a small monthly contribution, I max out my generous 401k match and contribution limit, and I max out my Roth IRA contribution limit. Because I can right now and I have a lot of catching up to do.
I know there's more investing I could do, but I don't like a lot of risk. I don't even like gambling in Vegas.
meara - Jan 31, 2014 9:03:21 am PST #18641 of 30000
Oh, younger self. Why.
Amen. I also feel like if I were a real adult I would have a will, and visit like, a financial planner or something. But I will take "doing my taxes in January".