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Just My Luck [56k maybe, or maybe not, I dunno]
Evander
Disappointed FatherRegistered User regular
Disappointed FatherRegistered User regular
In the past week, six bad things have happened to me. Usually stuff comes in threes (not really, but we all like to pretend it does), meaning I'm in the clear, but if I've learned anything about my luck lately, I'm expecting this to be a trilogy.
First, my computer died. I'm building a new one, but it takes money, and I already owe a lot to my parents, and don't have much to begin with.
Second, my watch band broke. It can be fixed, probably, but damn if it isn't annoying.
Third, something funky happened to my eyelid, and now it is swolen, and also hurty.
Fourth, my iPod broke. It is just the screen that cracked, leaving it mostly unreadable. Luckily, it still plays, but I am not about to change what it is set to, because I have no idea what it will end up on, so now it is just a giant 40 gig iPod shuffle that only plays Tom Waits songs.
Fifth, and probably worst, I messed up my car, trying to pull into a spot next to a wall when I didn't have enough clearance on the right side. Here's the photos, complete with levels of "zoom" (aka, kneeling down to get a close shot) and unnecessary comentary:
Not so bad, right?
Well, maybe a little bad, but still fixable.
Yeah, gonna need a professional for that one.
I swear, it jumped right out in front of me.
I know I've done wrong.
Sixth, I found out that my out-of-state buddy's wedding, which I wanted to go to, is only two-and-a-half weeks away, which means I might not be able to work out plans in time, what with work and class and all.
Also, my bad knee is acting up today, but that doesn't count as number seven, because there is a reason; the weather is lousy, and I was kneeling this morning, taking pictures.
Any want to guess what other shit is going to happen to me?
First, my computer died. I'm building a new one, but it takes money, and I already owe a lot to my parents, and don't have much to begin with.
Second, my watch band broke. It can be fixed, probably, but damn if it isn't annoying.
Third, something funky happened to my eyelid, and now it is swolen, and also hurty.
Fourth, my iPod broke. It is just the screen that cracked, leaving it mostly unreadable. Luckily, it still plays, but I am not about to change what it is set to, because I have no idea what it will end up on, so now it is just a giant 40 gig iPod shuffle that only plays Tom Waits songs.
Fifth, and probably worst, I messed up my car, trying to pull into a spot next to a wall when I didn't have enough clearance on the right side. Here's the photos, complete with levels of "zoom" (aka, kneeling down to get a close shot) and unnecessary comentary:
Not so bad, right?
Well, maybe a little bad, but still fixable.
Yeah, gonna need a professional for that one.
I swear, it jumped right out in front of me.
I know I've done wrong.
Sixth, I found out that my out-of-state buddy's wedding, which I wanted to go to, is only two-and-a-half weeks away, which means I might not be able to work out plans in time, what with work and class and all.
Also, my bad knee is acting up today, but that doesn't count as number seven, because there is a reason; the weather is lousy, and I was kneeling this morning, taking pictures.
Any want to guess what other shit is going to happen to me?
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I provided pics, it's not like I'm just bitching.
And it's forum relevant because the out of state buddy is OmegaSquash
edit: It also serves to show everyone that I've gone back to the "classic Evander" look.
It is Red RoBox #C-63
Sucks that all that stuff is happening at the same time. Maybe next week will be filled with nothing but awesome.
Shouldn't be too bad at a competent body shop.
Yeah, but you know.
Some people don't like threads like this one.
Craziest part is thatthe night before I TOTALLY had a dream where I got into an accident.
But, uh, sorry about the...stuff.
People shouldn't read threads that they know they aren't going to like.
You don't have to read, and respond to, every thread that shows up on the forums. It's okay to skip some.
Christ, I've been saying this for five years now.
You're psychic!
Anyway, if you
So don't beat off for a while until you have nothing but sex dreams when you sleep. Use the power for awesome.
I was talking to a skinhead (anti-racist variety, had a great story about kicking neo-nazis' asses on St. Patricks's day, but I digress) about how he and his buddies liked to go out and key xBs because they thought they were some sort fo symbol of something wrong with society or something.
I explained to him that A) they are cheap (14k for manual, 15k for automatic)
They are not some dumb trendy car, they are actually pretty decent, aside from the fact that some people don't like the looks, and some dudes with small wangs need more than 108 horsepower in order to compensate for said small wangs.
$5 says they tell him they need to order two new doors and put them on instead of touching the paint up where needed.
With my luck lately, I'm not looking to have sex any time soon (yeah, before anyone says anything, I haven't had it any time lately either.)
I've had enough ripped condoms and pregnancy scares for a lifetime.
ANY is enough for a lifetime.
Mayhaps.
The rear would probably be the first to be replaced.
Still, they're internet people. Don't expect them to listen.
Anyway, maybe you should go to a doctor to check your eyelid. If something swells and hurts, it probably means that something bad happened.
Believe me, I had a bad experience with that stuff happening.
I hear ya.
a while after that i went to a repair place so they could look at it and order whatever parts were damaged so they can replace them
i think they wrote down the front corner thing, and passenger door and whatever else
i havent bothered to go back since then so i will have to take care of that these holidays when they also give it a long overdue service
good news is that those repairs should be covered by the other guys insurance from the accident, and since then i have also managed to scrape the door kinda like you did
so sucked in for not having someone elses insurance pay for your mistakes
It seems like a simply irratation, and I actually think it's going down now. If it keeps up for a few more days, though, I'll go in.
I am generally reluctant to go to doctors, simply because my immune system is pretty good, and things will take care of themselves often enough. I go to doctors when a problem is persistant.
I didn't mention the rash I got on my arms a couple of weeks ago (because it wasn't this week), which may or may not be a reaction to an increase in my medication. I was gonna call my doctor about that one, but suddenly it seems to be clearing up on its own too.
I have (had) no idea what kind of car that is and my posted desire was simply based on its appearance. It looks like a humorous body part on wheels, to me. I drive an Aveo, man, I don't go around mocking automobiles nor do I know enough and/or give a shit enough to do so. But consider me educated!
You know, I think I'll make a great father, and if it came down to it, I think I'd even be read for a kid right now.
My real issue is simply that, financially, I'm not ready to support a family.
And the whole not-having-a-woman-to-bear-my-children-currently thing, but that's just a minor detail.
people all racing to an emergency room when they stub their toe
once i had like an ear infection for about 2 weeks and was kinda deaf and just rode it
if i didnt have exams i wasnt ready for i probably wouldnt have ever gone to the doctor cos shit clears up
that mofo is awesome
Well, justfor further information, it is a Scion xB, Scion being a Toyota brand that is marketed towards the younger demographic witha little bit less money to spend, but who want to customize their vehicle. The Scion line has something called "pure pricing" meaning that prices are set by Toyota, not the dealer, both on the car, and on the Toyota made options. As far as options go, the car comes with a lot of decent stuff standard, and beyond that there are no options packages, so you pick out onlywhatyou want, andyou aren't stuck with anything else.
My car is a manual 2006.5 (there is no 2007 model year, because they were redesigning the car for the 2008s, which I think are AWFUL, but that's another story.) Among other things, it has an auxilary audio-in 1/8th port and audio controlson the steering wheel standard. I also have a panoramic moonroof that the dealer had installed, and wanted to chargean extra 2000 dollars for, but we talked them into throwing in a bunch of other options, so the moonroof ended up only really being about 500 bucks. One of those options was an armrest. Yes, aux-in and steering wheel audio controls are standard, but the armrest is an option.
The xB is based on the Japanese bB, which is a Ki-car, a design that is somewhat popular in Japan, which takes a small footprint and builds straight up to create a lot of room within a compact design. While there are some other cars that attempt to do this in America, most of them end up making the exterior a little bigger, because of the demand for SUVs, so the xB is really the only car in America that I would call a Ki-car.
Somebody wanna get me a "The More You Know" graphic?
My brother's beard is better.
HIs hair is straight, whereas mine is curly, so mybeard hairs kind of do their own thing, and look wild.
I'm seeing if I can grow it out long enough to tame it, though.
sometimes i wonder about this
seems like itd be incomfortable
just having it all unprotected and the head rubbing around the inside of your pants while walking
anyway you should get it done before its too late
the rest of us can say well do it later and never get around to it but you wont even have the opportunity soon
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
This is excellent advice to you all.
it looks sexy and well, I like spending as little money on fuel as possible
smega-free
They stopped making forfours..
And if I wasn't at work behind the Ministry of Defence's stupidly restrictive firewall I'd be able to have a link here to a video of my friend's fortwo tipping over backing out of a parking space..
Just search Youtube for "smart car tip over".. I think it's called "Smart Car hates gravity" or something like that..