Current Music: Suddenly I See, KT Tunstall
Tonight’s task has been taxes. Whee!! Right now I have 2 of the 3 tax returns finished, which is a far cry from this time last year when I was filling out extension forms and praying that the IRS had the same definition of ” good faith estimate” that I did. As things turn out, we must have gotten a sympathetic reviewer, as I’ve not gotten any nasty-grams from them once our various and sundry accounts were paid in full before the super-really-totally-final-unless-you-file-another-extension deadline. This year, everything will be done well before the 4/17 deadline, thank god.
However, I do have to say I take just a tiny bit of pride in the fact that earlier this evening little bro left the house to visit w/folks as I was cussing out Turbo Tax’s auto-crap-update feature, and by the time he returned just a few hours later, I had 2 of 3 returns done and had still had time to go catch last call at the local watering hole. You can take the accounting job away from the girl, but you can’t take the accountant and resultant celebrant alcoholic out of the girl…
I remember the days when I used to have my taxes done before February 15th… Not sure what happened, but yeah, not quite that much on top of things these days, but I’m still meeting or beating deadlines, so it’s all good.
So, we’ve covered taxes. Death - it sucks and is inevitable, not much more to say on that. Other miscellany - indulge me on this one -I have a playlist called “Aftermath” - beats the initial naming of it, which was “Down, Not Across” - and well, it’s not quite *that* morbid…a small sampling follows.
To toast Spring: Back to the Earth, Rusted Root
To remember why you don’t want to be a cynical beeotych: Suddenly I See, KT Tunstall (took me a couple listens to get past the guitar riffs being too close to “Black Horse & The Cherry Tree”)
Just sit with me and listen: Samba Para Ti, Santana. Sit and listen and you’ll get it.
We can’t always have everything, and it’s not necessarily the end of the world…: Beverly Hills, Weezer
Things have a way of working out: Float On, Modest Mouse
Self Explanatory… : Superman, Lazlo Bane
Gotta bag of Mickey’s TallBoys without anyone to share with?: Party Generation, Dar Williams
I’d give you everything I have and then some: Santa Monica, Everclear
It just feels good: Naked Eye, Luscious Jackson
Cause we all need a little Dead: Friend of the Devil, Grateful Dead
Cause I’m a sucker for some old school Clapton: She’s Waiting, Eric Clapton
Where is that other shoe, anyway?: Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good, Nickleback
Damn, where did I eff things up?: How to Save a Life, The Fray
Oh to have the rewind button on life some days.
