I am having the WORST YEAR EVER

Ok, so check this **** out

Jan1-
warp head on BMW. mother yells at me for missing New Years dinner with the grandparents because I am too tired after pushing aforementioned BMW along the side of the 2 fwy. (*note most of the 2 is uphill) I make it anyway, feel not so good after fried foods.

Jan2-
TWO speeding tickets, one to, and one from Vegas. Stuck in 6 hours of traffic from LV to Newport Beach. In a rush because a model if flying into John Wayne from Texas to be in my shoot for Maxim the next morning and nobody is here to pick her up, so I have to drive back.

Jan3- two hours until the Maxim photoshoot and the bast@rds CANCEL. Two girls flew in from Vegas, another pair are driving (an in the car at the time of the call) from Vegas, another two are splitting a hotel room about two miles from the shoot. Cars have been put on trailers or are being driven to the shoot. The cars have been washed/waxed twice because of the rains on New Years Eve. I have a bunch of product placement. My make up team is already at my house prepping for the models.

AND TO TOP IT OFF, Mary Ann, my avatar, subject of the Mary Ann Appreciation thread (http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83674) is stuck in LA traffic on the 5 when I call her to let her know it is off. Her position in the shoot was to pose as my girlfriend, well after dinner, lunch, brunch at Las Srisas and some other things, we hit it off well and one would think that we are on good terms. She is not pleased, more on that in a moment.

To miss the Maxim shoot, I am now owing people in excess of $5,000 in expenses.

Jan3- BofA makes a mistake in trasferring funds from checking to savings, the money 'disappears' for a microsecond, I have 5 checks bounce simultaneously. YIPPEEE!!!!! I have two accounts linked, the checking account has $2000 in it, the savings $15,000. The smallest check is $2300. So when they transfer is happening the money is in neither account, yet still at the bank, so the checks go through as the money moves from two linked accounts, and BAM! NSF Fees.

Jan4- I am not feeling so hot, I go to the hospital. Heart problems, blood work not so cheerful. Still waiting for the results. Heart tissue scarring a big possibility. I correct banking error by paying NSF fees and paying my clients in the checks that now bounced, and pay their fees from their banks.

Jan5- My credit card on the rental card is rejected. Apparently the card company froze the card for no good reason (F^CK YOU CAPITAL ONE!) Car is reported stolen to Burbank Police if I don't drive up to sign off at Enterprise.

Jan6- My whole night revolves around sharing new 'home movies' with some co-workers at my client's office. I forgot the camcorder, but I'll show it to them Monday.

Jan7- all clear.

Jan8- I send a funny text message to Mary Ann. She used to joke about being 'scandalous' when she was in school, not in a bad way, just being a tease. I send a message saying that we should do dinner or something scandalous with a smiley face. I am a joker like that. Her response is that she'll run it past her boyfriend (hey wait a second, all this time no boyfriend, and now all of the sudden he materializes) and that I should not speak to her inappropriately. This from a girl that was asking me one night if I was out making booty calls because I was up so late. She set the tone, not me. So needless to say she is not in a good mood. I go offline and watch some tv for the night.

Jan9- I get up, pack my camcorder to take it to see the guys, and when I reach the office (all of 4.5 miles from my home) I realize I forgot my cellphone. I always forget something when I am expecting a big phone call! Well it does not matter because I never see my desk. The client has pulled my project and is sending me home. Yep, I was fired, bounced, sacked, let go, shown the door, relocated to the 'home office'. I did not need the gig so much as I liked having it for cash flow, but it still adds up to a sh!tty year so far.

 

yes, that is Carmen.

edit: in a few days you may see me standing on a bridge ready to jump, black355 will probably be standing there either talking me down or asking me to plug his vod cars podcast before i go splat

 

yeah i have overdraft, i argued with the bank, no matter what it i always my fault, always the customer's fault.

I have had worse times in life, this just has all been so sudden and condensed. I'll survive, have yet another interesting story to tell. jhope you can all look back on my bad luck and feel a little better. Heck the worst thing that ever happened to me in a short time was watching my 9.6m worth of stock fade away before my eyes.

edit I should mention this is a finance industry client, not a photo related one

 

I also have this sickness where I convince myself I need a 9-5, even when I don't. I get up to 3k/day for photo shoots, yet work @ a wage for someone just because I hate the idea of being home alone all day