i can never win.
here's the short version, albeit it's still rather lengthy, but read on:
so, hmmm... i borrow money from my mother to take a bus down to SoCal to go pick up my car. halfway down, i realize i'm the biggest fucking idiot alive and i left my keys in my apartment in eureka. also, i realize my bank took out 66 dollars worth of overdraft fees that shouldn't have been taken out so almost 70 dollars of my newfound check is gone. i get there, and i'm told i'm not allowed to stay at my friends parents house for some reason because they're assholes. so my friend in escondido pays for me to take the train to his house, for a span of all of 12 hours, then pays for me to take it back, but no, the train ran early that day and i miss it. so i get a bus ticket... which costs more and takes 6 hours to make a 3 hour max. trip. so this bus comes 40 minutes late, beautiful. i finally get to ventura, get my car, and leave. but by the time i get to where i'm going, the guy who was going to help me fix my CV boots can't do it anywhere. so i suck it up and stay with a friend, BUT WAIT... if i can get to Riverside at like 10 am, i can have someone else do it as a favor. so of course, i oversleep and can't get it done. so i decide to drive home. 12 hours. one way. i drive. rest. sleep. drive. get red bull. check in with people via cell phone. rest. drive. etc, as to make it as smooth a trip as possible. so i'm approximately 1 1/2 (that's about 9 hours or so of driving so far, give or take an hour) hours from home, driving through the mountaints. just to be sure, i gas up my car and go... then i go through a town the size of a packing peanut. Ghetto Redneck White Trash Racist Fucker-Town, or, Laytonville (http://www.city-data.com/city/Laytonville-California.html ... read some of the facts about this place) to the locals. so i'm going along, and it had just happened to rain. and there was oil on the freeway. and a sudden random sharp turn. so stuff happens. cars skid, wheels are turned. all in all, my car gets smashed into oblivion with me inside. [specifically, to the best of my knowledge, i bent the rear axle, cracked the spindle in half, bent the rim, blew the tire, bent part of the back frame and caved in the passenger-side door] after me owning it for, dun dun dun, two days. i have no way to get home,and 50 bucks in cash that i borrowed for gas. so the new day comes after i sleep in my car in 20-30 degree weather and rain. and i'm told my car is fucked. (see previous descriptions) i.e. if i don't have about 2 grand cash, i'm SOL, and well, i don't have 2 grand cash. so i call around/walk around town, and find out i can junk my car, well okay, no problem i've done it before. so i check it out, and the guy will junk it for me... if i pay him 100 dollars. now, maybe this town has it's own independent country status, because last time i checked, they'll at least tow it away for free, if not give you money. so i walk to the local CHP office, or rather... the trailer with one guy in it, who i explain my situation as to find out if i can just leave the car, or call and get it towed, etc. so he decides to yell at me and say it's all my fault it's wrecked (really? i wasn't aware, barney fife), and also, according to him i was "speeding recklessly and probably extremely drunk", and as i explained that i don't imbibe alcohol, he decides to get even madder, sooo i take my leave because he's hinting that he wants to cite me and put points on my license yadda yadda. so i finally get a guy to take my car, but i have to pay him 50 bucks to do so, even though the engine is fine and it still runs, but eh, 50 is less than 100. so i find the local greyhound station, which is some random store, and get a ticket home, at 6pm... the day after i was supposed to be home. so this bus comes only 30 minutes late. and i get home. oh, also, i had to miss a day of work so that pay is out of the window as well. all in all, i took a 5 day trip to SoCal that only cost me about 3 grand. score!
(ignore any typos/grammar mistakes)
http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/americanjesus/tonight.jpg here's me from earlier right when i got home.
so, hmmm... i borrow money from my mother to take a bus down to SoCal to go pick up my car. halfway down, i realize i'm the biggest fucking idiot alive and i left my keys in my apartment in eureka. also, i realize my bank took out 66 dollars worth of overdraft fees that shouldn't have been taken out so almost 70 dollars of my newfound check is gone. i get there, and i'm told i'm not allowed to stay at my friends parents house for some reason because they're assholes. so my friend in escondido pays for me to take the train to his house, for a span of all of 12 hours, then pays for me to take it back, but no, the train ran early that day and i miss it. so i get a bus ticket... which costs more and takes 6 hours to make a 3 hour max. trip. so this bus comes 40 minutes late, beautiful. i finally get to ventura, get my car, and leave. but by the time i get to where i'm going, the guy who was going to help me fix my CV boots can't do it anywhere. so i suck it up and stay with a friend, BUT WAIT... if i can get to Riverside at like 10 am, i can have someone else do it as a favor. so of course, i oversleep and can't get it done. so i decide to drive home. 12 hours. one way. i drive. rest. sleep. drive. get red bull. check in with people via cell phone. rest. drive. etc, as to make it as smooth a trip as possible. so i'm approximately 1 1/2 (that's about 9 hours or so of driving so far, give or take an hour) hours from home, driving through the mountaints. just to be sure, i gas up my car and go... then i go through a town the size of a packing peanut. Ghetto Redneck White Trash Racist Fucker-Town, or, Laytonville (http://www.city-data.com/city/Laytonville-California.html ... read some of the facts about this place) to the locals. so i'm going along, and it had just happened to rain. and there was oil on the freeway. and a sudden random sharp turn. so stuff happens. cars skid, wheels are turned. all in all, my car gets smashed into oblivion with me inside. [specifically, to the best of my knowledge, i bent the rear axle, cracked the spindle in half, bent the rim, blew the tire, bent part of the back frame and caved in the passenger-side door] after me owning it for, dun dun dun, two days. i have no way to get home,and 50 bucks in cash that i borrowed for gas. so the new day comes after i sleep in my car in 20-30 degree weather and rain. and i'm told my car is fucked. (see previous descriptions) i.e. if i don't have about 2 grand cash, i'm SOL, and well, i don't have 2 grand cash. so i call around/walk around town, and find out i can junk my car, well okay, no problem i've done it before. so i check it out, and the guy will junk it for me... if i pay him 100 dollars. now, maybe this town has it's own independent country status, because last time i checked, they'll at least tow it away for free, if not give you money. so i walk to the local CHP office, or rather... the trailer with one guy in it, who i explain my situation as to find out if i can just leave the car, or call and get it towed, etc. so he decides to yell at me and say it's all my fault it's wrecked (really? i wasn't aware, barney fife), and also, according to him i was "speeding recklessly and probably extremely drunk", and as i explained that i don't imbibe alcohol, he decides to get even madder, sooo i take my leave because he's hinting that he wants to cite me and put points on my license yadda yadda. so i finally get a guy to take my car, but i have to pay him 50 bucks to do so, even though the engine is fine and it still runs, but eh, 50 is less than 100. so i find the local greyhound station, which is some random store, and get a ticket home, at 6pm... the day after i was supposed to be home. so this bus comes only 30 minutes late. and i get home. oh, also, i had to miss a day of work so that pay is out of the window as well. all in all, i took a 5 day trip to SoCal that only cost me about 3 grand. score!
(ignore any typos/grammar mistakes)
http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/americanjesus/tonight.jpg here's me from earlier right when i got home.
