Lists - Things to Do
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This post has nothing of real interest, unless you are interested in a slightly neurotic person attempting to not forget to do really important things.
1. Box up all children's books and take to Cousin Julie - let child sort through them - put rest in trunk for Goodwill.
2. Make last offer of sectional to Cousin Julie. Goodwill is coming Friday.
3. Stop forgetting to feed the dog. Cheerios are not a proper meal.
4. Finish packing all books. You are not going to need to read more than 4 books between now and next week. You haven't read 4 books this year.
5. Resolve to read more books and less online slash. Check
melymbrosia's LJ. Add Sean Stewart to list. Remember for the 50th time you want to read "The Bone Eaters" (wave to
heres_luck). Wonder why you can never remember this when you are in a place that books are sold or lent.
6. Make a list of books you want to read and put it in your car.
7. Do not buy or borrow any more books until you move.
8. Finish reading "The Watchmen" - do not develop obsession with Ozymandias. Get past part of "Preacher" you are stuck on -
tzikeh promises that Cass will come back and the whole cop subplot is going somewhere.
9. Stop falling asleep while reading. Realize that you could've have packed all of the books at this rate.
10. Wash every dish in the kitchen - even if you have to do some by hand. Pack up stuff you won't use this week. This means - if you haven't used it in the last 6 weeks, you probably will not need it this week.
11. Realize that this means all you should leave unpacked are a plate, a bowl, a glass, a wine glass, can-opener and corkscrew.
12. Remind yourself that sometimes you make pasta. Reserve a pan.
13. Do not panic. Panicking is for fictional characters you don't want to be like. Lana would panic. Don't be Lana. Be Brian Kinney.
14. Realize you tried being Brian Kinney and it did not work out. Resist feelings of resentment toward
drdawn - you need to borrow her truck, now is not the time to not get along.
15. Decide you can be Xander Harris. He moved and everything went fine. Concentrate on being the Xander.
16. Wonder if you are Xander - does this mean you can have a Spike in your basement? Decide to ask Landlord if this would be allowed.
17. Check both banks' account balances. Stop calling the credit union about your savings. It is not any different today than it was yesterday. Realize that just because you concentrate really hard on it - you cannot make the amount increase.
18. Check into making savings account balances increase by use of positive thinking.
19. Stop panicking.
20. Start packing up hall closet. It is June and it is in the late 80's. It is doubtful you will need a coat or gloves or scarf or woolen hat in this next week.
21. OH SHIT - remember that you black wool coat is *still* at the dry cleaners and has been there since March. Hope they still have it.
22. Do not panic. It was just a coat. Would Xander panic?
23. Rethink the whole "I am Xander" approach to life as he may actually be too much like you to have any therapautic value.
24. Do not get sidetracked by the DVDs in your search to find out who you should pretend to be in order to get through the next week.
25. Realize that you are Bo Duke.
26. Acknowledge that your entire life has led up to this point.
27. Borrow
drdawn's truck. Do not tell her you are Bo Duke, although the fabulous blonde hair may give it away. Also the carefree grin.
28. Wear a hat around your sister.
29. Realize that any attempt to pack DVDs or CDs will result in hours of lost time and plan accordingly.
30. Send audio mix to
missmurchison for auction vid.
31. Crack open Miss M's skull and pour contents over auction vid. Stir. Garnish with nekkidity.
32. Do not panic.
33. Ask yourself "What would Bo do?"
34. Realize you are drinking Bud Light.
35. Realize that it is neither great tasting, no less filling.
36. Ask God, why has Bo Duke forsaken you?
37. Wait for a thunderstorm to do this. Try to be outside in the rain on your knees.
38. Relish the drama
39. Remember there is Turbo Dog beer in the vegetable crisper
40. Cheer up.
ETA:
41. Buy baking soda as there is nothing it cannot do.
42. Trust
heres_luck implicitly.
43. Stop posting to Nummy Treat. You are only making yourself insane.
1. Box up all children's books and take to Cousin Julie - let child sort through them - put rest in trunk for Goodwill.
2. Make last offer of sectional to Cousin Julie. Goodwill is coming Friday.
3. Stop forgetting to feed the dog. Cheerios are not a proper meal.
4. Finish packing all books. You are not going to need to read more than 4 books between now and next week. You haven't read 4 books this year.
5. Resolve to read more books and less online slash. Check
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6. Make a list of books you want to read and put it in your car.
7. Do not buy or borrow any more books until you move.
8. Finish reading "The Watchmen" - do not develop obsession with Ozymandias. Get past part of "Preacher" you are stuck on -
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
9. Stop falling asleep while reading. Realize that you could've have packed all of the books at this rate.
10. Wash every dish in the kitchen - even if you have to do some by hand. Pack up stuff you won't use this week. This means - if you haven't used it in the last 6 weeks, you probably will not need it this week.
11. Realize that this means all you should leave unpacked are a plate, a bowl, a glass, a wine glass, can-opener and corkscrew.
12. Remind yourself that sometimes you make pasta. Reserve a pan.
13. Do not panic. Panicking is for fictional characters you don't want to be like. Lana would panic. Don't be Lana. Be Brian Kinney.
14. Realize you tried being Brian Kinney and it did not work out. Resist feelings of resentment toward
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
15. Decide you can be Xander Harris. He moved and everything went fine. Concentrate on being the Xander.
16. Wonder if you are Xander - does this mean you can have a Spike in your basement? Decide to ask Landlord if this would be allowed.
17. Check both banks' account balances. Stop calling the credit union about your savings. It is not any different today than it was yesterday. Realize that just because you concentrate really hard on it - you cannot make the amount increase.
18. Check into making savings account balances increase by use of positive thinking.
19. Stop panicking.
20. Start packing up hall closet. It is June and it is in the late 80's. It is doubtful you will need a coat or gloves or scarf or woolen hat in this next week.
21. OH SHIT - remember that you black wool coat is *still* at the dry cleaners and has been there since March. Hope they still have it.
22. Do not panic. It was just a coat. Would Xander panic?
23. Rethink the whole "I am Xander" approach to life as he may actually be too much like you to have any therapautic value.
24. Do not get sidetracked by the DVDs in your search to find out who you should pretend to be in order to get through the next week.
25. Realize that you are Bo Duke.
26. Acknowledge that your entire life has led up to this point.
27. Borrow
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
28. Wear a hat around your sister.
29. Realize that any attempt to pack DVDs or CDs will result in hours of lost time and plan accordingly.
30. Send audio mix to
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
31. Crack open Miss M's skull and pour contents over auction vid. Stir. Garnish with nekkidity.
32. Do not panic.
33. Ask yourself "What would Bo do?"
34. Realize you are drinking Bud Light.
35. Realize that it is neither great tasting, no less filling.
36. Ask God, why has Bo Duke forsaken you?
37. Wait for a thunderstorm to do this. Try to be outside in the rain on your knees.
38. Relish the drama
39. Remember there is Turbo Dog beer in the vegetable crisper
40. Cheer up.
ETA:
41. Buy baking soda as there is nothing it cannot do.
42. Trust
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
43. Stop posting to Nummy Treat. You are only making yourself insane.
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Date: 2004-06-16 02:02 pm (UTC)But we got to see him in that time, experiencing something he never thought he would have - or deserve. Angel was in a family. And - yes - he was in a family a long time before Connor was born - (complete with his own little teen-age drama queen out called season 2) - he knew this - but I don't know that Angel ever really *felt* that it was real before Connor. Connor made it permanent. Connor was the link Angel needed to the family. I don't think Connor made Angel belong to the group any more than he already did, but I think that is exactly what Angel felt. Then it was gone. It has all been downhill from "Sleep Tight" - with attempts at recovery.
I, as an unabashed Angel fan, pretty much like him all the time. I like him broody, I like him wet, I like him goofy, I like him confused, I like him in pain and I like it when he winces because Cordy is ruining his clothes. But, I am touched when I see the end scene from "Provider" - He and Cordy are lying on the bed, Cordy is holding Connor's bottle and he is between them and they are talking and falling asleep as they talk and the camera pulls back and that scene just gets to me now. I see it as being very representative of how Angel feels in this time - it looks warm. That scene looks safe. It feels like it has captured that moment between sleep and awake - that really cool calm moment - and yes! That is what it looks like. I am glad that we get to see Angel have this, even if it means now he doesn't.
That is the crux of it, at least for me right now in the frame of mind I am in, that is all Angel wants and it isn't that much to ask. He's never going to get it, and if he does, well then he is never going to keep it, and we know this because, well - It Sucks to be Angel, but really - does anyone ever get it? Seriously - think about it: all you really want is to belong, right? Have the people you care about nearby and safe (and now I want to explore Firefly and Farscape with that in mind and should probably tackle heres_luck the next time I see her online) and know that is not going to change. But you won't ever get that either. At least not permanently - it will never last as long as you want it too."
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Date: 2004-06-16 03:42 pm (UTC)Re: families and so on. Of course, Angel killed his own family, and then Buffy killed him. I'm struck by the fact that he and Connor have never killed each other, though. It would have been pretty easy, in the Buffyverse. Connor could have sent Angel to hell in some way instead of locking him in a box. They could have had an even more heart-rending moment than the end of Buffy S2, where Connor becomes such a threat to humanity that Angel's forced to kill him. (In fact, that's where I thought they were going with Angel S4.) But they both find a way to keep the other alive, just away from *them*. And I guess that's what you're saying about permanence; they both recognise that, whatever happens, they're going to have to keep on wrestling with this relationship. Just like life.
Complete side point: I do think, though, that a lot of Buffy's *issues* can be traced back to her having to kill her first serious boyfriend. I think it's v. significant that she can only tell Spike she loves him (and yeah, Spike, she does love you. Maybe not the way you want her to love you, but she does.) when he's about to die, of his own free will, to save the world. Ie, at the point where she understands that *she's* not going to have to kill him, so can allow herself to feel what she feels.
Anyway... good luck with all the moving. I recommend Neil Gaiman's Sandman, if you haven't read it, as something that Xander would probably love. And Bo Duke would enjoy the pictures. Oooh, and Alan Moore's Swamp Thing.