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Moved to Washington DC about 2.5 weeks ago.. got an apartment (luckily found one for relatively cheap according to DC standards) in Dupont, did some work on it, and finally... went to Ikea to order furniture and such so I can actually start living. Furniture supposed to be delivered today between 10am-2pm, so I drive over from my gf's house in the morning.
It's raining, etc etc but everything's going smooth. I'm about 3 blocks away from my place, turning left onto Q street (where my apt is located), BOOM fucking van runs right into me, on the drivers side.
My glasses fly off and the car fills with black smoke and I can't see shit and everything is spinning (literally)... finally stop, and my gf is breathing super loud so I freak out because I can't see (I'm basically blind without my glasses) and I think she's hurt. After a minute she said she's okay, and I say we need to get out of the car because the smoke is really bad and it smelled like gas. My door won't even open so we have to get out from the passenger side. She gets out of the car, and I feel around for my glasses, and finally find them.. then I get out of the car too.
My ankle is sprained pretty badly and I can't put much pressure on it, and my gf has a little bruise on her shin -- but miraculously, that's the most any of us involved got injured. The car though, totaled (most likely). The force of the crash literally threw the car clear across the intersection and then some. The people on the street were amazed that nobody got hurt because of the fact that the car spun so far away from the actual point of impact. For whatever reason though, nobody was seriously injured.
So after dealing with the police and other stuff for about 1.5 hours, I walk back to my apartment -- but my ankle has swollen up pretty bad and it's a bit difficult to walk.
So I get home, waiting for the delivery of my furniture. It's 3:00pm and it hasn't arrived yet. Cool! 10 minutes later, I get a call and my delivery is here! Sick life, something's going right for me today!
I hobble downstairs to let the delivery guys in, and they start bringing out the boxer. I had paid $40 for the "picking service" which is basically you give the store your list of stuff you want, and they pick it for you and deliver it. Bad idea.
Everything was wrong, not even remotely close to what I ordered. Funnily enough, there were 2 items that they couldn't pick, and I had to do myself. Those 2 things arrived, but everything else totally wrong.
It's almost like they just took my 2 items, grabbed whatever was lying around, and slapped my name on it and shipped it over.
So now, I have no access to a car, my gf lives about 45 minutes out from DC (in MD), no way to get anywhere except for metro, which I can't even get to my gf's house from... and no fucking furniture in my house except 1 small coffee table, 1 chair, and an unassembled book case (and some pots + pans that arrived yesterday, so I won't starve)!
On top of that, all my school stuff, notes, hw, etc... was in my gf's car.
There's mah blog!
 
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Shitty buzz. Hopefully whiplash doesn't settle in...it can take a bit, and then it doesn't go away.
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Oh my god. I was like "sweet apartment, can't wait to see how well he's doing."
And then some sick horrible car accident described in great detail lol.....
Sorry for you man, sometimes life sucks.
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Wow, tough luck mate. That sucks hard. Seems like everyone is hitting bumps in their lives lately.
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It was an awesome day.
You were that close to being a stain on Q Street.
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:'(
brookie my favorite, be safe.
you guys need a ride soon? let me know, peter can pick us all up from rockville metro. or we can eat at this awesome chinese place.
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need a hug? if u do i got 3 shoulders so lemme know, no biggie
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You're not dead. Cheer up.
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Yo Duran why you bring all this shitty weather!! Shoulda brought us some of that socal sunshine....
Glad you're both alright, sounds like a really, REALLY shitty day wow.  next thing you know your apartment loses power and gets flooded.....damn I better not jinx you.
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You should have asked the delivery guys if they knew who you were, they might have gave up their truck so you could use it.
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Don't worry, the flood will fix it.
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On September 09 2011 06:13 eNtitY~ wrote:
You should have asked the delivery guys if they knew who you were, they might have gave up their truck so you could use it.
I laughed pretty hard.
But still, theres a time and a place.
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Wow. At least you're safe, Duran. It's a shitty situation, but things can be replaced. If you haven't yet, try to get your scrapes checked. It never hurts to be extra safe.
I am sure the sc2dc people will be happy to lend an hand if needed.
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Jesus Duran. I hope you get better. <3 ya man. Keep your chin up!
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At least GWU has a metro stop, but you do IA which is like a 15 minute walk on normal ankles away from the metro.
Good luck dude.
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Da fuck, not what i expected :/
Tough luck man. Will you get paid damage for the car crash?
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On September 09 2011 06:55 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Jesus Duran. I hope you get better. <3 ya man. Keep your chin up!
whoa your still alive!!! <3
and it took me like an hour to get home today what normally takes 10 minutes. There were like 3 flooded roads all around my house... with cars stuck in them and sidewalks washed away, pretty insane. it's an aquapocalypse.
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Wow I'm glad you're still alive. Shitty situation but it will be over eventually. Good luck.
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Duran that sucks! I guess you just have to be happy that you are alive and not seriously hurt...however as a guy that just moved from one coast to another, getting in a bad car accident is the last thing you want because moving is shitty enough.
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That really sucks dude.... I'm sorry. At least you're alright, DC is a pretty awesome place, maybe i'll run into you someimte
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On September 09 2011 08:06 LuckyFool wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 06:55 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Jesus Duran. I hope you get better. <3 ya man. Keep your chin up! whoa your still alive!!! <3.
Ya I'm still alive. Been playing LoL!
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On September 09 2011 19:56 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2011 08:06 LuckyFool wrote:On September 09 2011 06:55 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Jesus Duran. I hope you get better. <3 ya man. Keep your chin up! whoa your still alive!!! <3. Ya I'm still alive. Been playing LoL!
Ouch.. ;p
Hope to recover swiftly Xeris!!
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On September 09 2011 14:59 Fulgrim wrote:
That really sucks dude.... I'm sorry. At least you're alright, DC is a pretty awesome place, maybe i'll run into you someimte
DC meetups~~ You should go!
Actually, I should go! I haven't gone yet. 
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Xeris <3 Don't die please.
I would be super sad if I cursed you or something after my visit
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Holy crap! I'm glad you're ok Xeris. Ikea can be kind absurd sometimes. I've had issues with them before. I hope you can get things sorted out with your car soon. Sounds like it'll be a paperwork nightmare.
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