When the luckiest man on earth loses his luck? I used to think I was the luckiest man on earth but since October 1st, I've had some seriously bad mojo.

Today was better than yesterday. Emma and I got together and in about 5 minutes made up and everything was back to normal (I love you Emma! )

All day long I've been dreading this "discussion" that was awaiting me. However it was 6 something in the evening and my mom and dad were still not back from my Grandparent's place (they aren't doing well at all). Emma and I went out to go pick up a pizza and I get a phone call from my dad "We were in a really bad accident but we're home now. Where are you?"

Earlier today some jerk-off in some souped-up rice burner Honda was racing through heavy traffic swerving in and out going way too fast for the surrounding traffic. He comes up beside my dad racing fast and has to slam on his breaks because he was too close to the car in front of him and he cuts into my dad's lane accelerating quickly (like he was racing) and comes literally within inches of striking my dad's left front quarter panel. The only reason it was within inches is because at the absolute last second, my dad saw him and dodged, fishtailing his car. Unfortunately being in a packed traffic environment, there just isn't any room to maneuver and as my dad is righting the car, the guy in the lane to the right of my dad panics and slams on his breaks and like a moron, turns into my dad's lane and slams into my dad's rear right quarter panel at the wheel well.

By the nature of the way the cars were moving, because the rear end of my dad's car was coming back around regaining control, it was like a the head of a hammer striking a loose piece of wood and it ricocheted the other car off the freeway into an embankment and stuck in bushes. At first my dad wanted to rush off and catch that ass that cut him off but my mom said you should just pull over and he did and ran back to the other car and pulled them out of their wrecked vehicle (they were trapped inside).

So, now we're hoping that someone phones in the license plate of that jerk off in the Honda so he can be charged for reckless driving and causing this accident because by the law, we will default as the liable party for the accident because my dad "technically" wasn't hit by the other car. So as it stands, we're going to get screwed by our insurance for this.

I will say that guy in the Honda is REALLY lucky he didn't pull over because my dad was so pissed he would have plastered the guy all across that freeway.

Needless to say, my dad and I eventually got to talk and we straightened things out sort of. I still haven't gotten to talk to my mom so who knows how that's going to go over.


I will be so very glad once this year is OVER. The beginning of 2009 started off wonderfully with my meeting Emma and all sorts of good things happening to me. However the tail end of this year has been horrific and I'll be so very glad to put it behind me and get 2010 underway...

One bit of good news though! My elbow has recovered somewhat so I'll try to force out a few drawings tomorrow for those of you with commissions. I'm feeling worse and worse over all these delays and I'm hating the fact that I'm getting a reputation for not getting shit done which is counter to what I do when working professionally.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!
-Joe