Posts by Elizabeth Barrett6

Just dropped:

7:30 PM doors open
8:30 PM Sofia Kourtesis
9:45 PM Caribou

I don't know which streaming services everyone else used, but I caught this in a theater and one detail in the subtitles totally threw me for a loop—they referred to the car using a neuter pronoun. 😁

As for the film itself? Way too long. The movie and the book are pretty different, and you hit the nail on the head regarding the traffic and the glaucoma situation. In the book, that’s exactly why he gets a driver, but since the film doesn't move the action to a theater in another city where they wouldn't know a thing about it, the director just completely bypassed that whole plot point.

Honestly, I liked the book version better than the movie's story and wish the film had stayed more faithful to it. After all that tension and restraint between the two leads, that sudden emotional outburst they both have on the island felt super forced to me. I'm with electriccanyon26 on this one—a really powerful scene in the theater would have been more than enough.

hollowmason64 said:Nah, it’s not really about fear. I wouldn't call myself a fearful person by nature—though, obviously, I’m definitely not indifferent to what's going on.
It all comes down to how much harder everything has become lately. Honestly, just trying to live and work under these conditions is exhausting. I find myself constantly wishing this whole thing would just wrap up already. Your entire existence starts feeling like a repetitive cycle of washing and disinfecting yourself and everything you touch, which is just draining when you're actually trying to get things done. You end up spending half your energy just managing that, or just standing around outside the store waiting for a break, or trying to make sense of your day off. It’s a lot.
If we actually want this whole thing to wrap up sooner, there's one simple thing a certain number of people could do: just stay home. That’s it. No need to head out to the front lines, no need to pick up a rifle, and definitely no need to go out there risking your neck. Honestly, nothing dramatic is required—just staying put at home would make all the difference.
Look, I get it. In actual war zones, when things are falling apart and people are under fire, split-second decisions happen—people shoot because they have to survive. But if someone starts opening fire just because they want to go for a stroll, hang out with their buddies at a pub, or grab some food? Honestly, that’s a different story. As far as I'm concerned, you're either completely mentally unstable or just a spoiled brat.
I really need to be home right now... honestly, life just keeps throwing these little dramas my way.

That’s pretty much how it goes. Everyone who managed to "scrape by" or pull some fast one just points the finger at someone else when things inevitably blow up in their faces. It’s the same old story. It reminds me of that department head back in the day—she was constantly cutting corners with housing paperwork and address filings, playing fast and loose with the rules, but the second she got caught in the mess, she acted like it was everyone else's fault but hers. People just love to dodge accountability.
That's just the mindset for you.

Look, there isn’t an actual ban on anything here, but there is a legal definition for what constitutes a marriage. Under the law, marriage is— community.
Strictly speaking, if you have two people living at two different addresses, they aren't considered a household or a single unit.
Actually, if you look at how most people see it, once partners stop living under the same roof for more than a year, that’s usually the line where the relationship is considered over. It's like the community itself has effectively dissolved at that point.

Honestly, my favorite type of people are the ones who try to dodge that 18% withholding tax—believe me, I’d love to skip it too, but duty calls—and then they just stay registered somewhere else entirely and wonder, "Wait, is this going to be an issue?"
I mean, what on earth possessed you to move your registration out of Washington, D.C. if you actually live and work right here?

Whoa, slow down there with the judgment! You clearly didn't read what I wrote or you totally missed the point.

Look, I pay the local tax too because when I first started working, I set my residency in Washington, D.C., and that's where the IRS has me listed. My official residency permit only lasts a year and mine actually expired. But honestly, the IRS hasn't given me any grief about it; I've been paying my D.C. taxes like clockwork this whole time.

Thanks to everyone else for the actual helpful feedback.

Anyone else out there living this exact same way—living outside of Washington, D.C., but working and basically doing life in the city? I’ve got my work pass to get in, but I don't have an active residency registration in D.C. right now. I used to have it for tax purposes, but that expired.

Right now I'm hanging out at my permanent residence, but there's a good chance I'll have to head into the office next week. Am I gonna run into trouble since I don't have an active D.C. address on file?

Could’ve been Diesel, honestly. They were rocking those kinds of back pockets like ten years ago.