It's been so LONG! · 1:46am Apr 7th, 2014
Hey guys! :3 Lafter here!
Oi, such happenings. Many events. Wow.
Where to start? Hmmm. Let's start with where we left off: Last you guys heard, I was breaking away to work solely on my book. And I did. I got through a draft, rewrote it, then tried to put out a final draft and stalled out. Short version: I burned myself out so hard that I made myself downright miserable, with a capital misery. That's bad. That's super bad. :|
Money dwindled to a trickle and now I'm super broke, but that's okay. Really, I'm never worried about money. If I need it, I'll go get some. It's always been as simple as that. That said, I still needed money to pay bills. Bills are a thing. And so I went back to being a car salespony. :o Woo! It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times. Except for one thing: My supervisor. He was something of a bully. I could tell he had been one his entire life and the fact that he was receding into his 50's was mentally wearing down on him. This led to a less-than-stellar performance at work which led to an even more miserable existence for the rest of us.
And then... then he slipped up. Pretty badly. Super badly. At my expense, no less.
See, this fellow, let us not give him a name, was kind enough to set me and my sister up in a dealer acquisition. Basically, we buy a car from a different dealership, go fetch it, and sell it to the customer for a small mark-up in lieu of them not having to go fetch the car themselves. Not so bad, right? Right? Well, it was. Why? Because my sister and I were sent to fetch the car in a sedan, not-too-old sedan recently acquired from auction. Here's the problem: It had not been safety inspected.
:|
The brakes were not working properly. Normal braking was fine, but hard braking was... shall we say lacking? Lacking is a good word. The car did not stop when I punched the brakes in. This ended up in me smashing this auction car into the vehicle we were sent to fetch, which was being driven by my sister. Now, I suffer from short-term stupidity. What that means is that I'm a complete moron until I've had time to sit down and think. That's when I realized that the car was an auction car that we acquired after 5:00pm on Saturday, which meant there was no possible way for us to have put it through service for inspection.
Why did he put us in a car that he had not inspected for safety? Simple: He didn't want us to drive one of the vehicles that had the potential to be sold lest it not be here. So yeah, simple greed possessed this man to endanger my life and my sister's life. Money. Money, money, money, the almighty dollar... Ugh.
I went in the next day and rage quit. My General Manager, who is an absolute saint, politely requested a letter of resignation, I provided him with it, and that was that.
Then the problems started appearing. Things that hurt the day of the crash went away and different pains started to seep in. My driver's leg specifically hates my face off. D: The blurst of times, to be sure. But worker's comp is paying for stuff currently and we're waiting for the insurance report to see if the vehicle was truly in disrepair (Everyone is pretty sure it was, since I've done dozens of dealer trades and acquisitions without so much as a paint scrape). Also, painkillers and muscle relaxants are a hell of a drug.
That is the bad news.
The good news:
My dad is in top shape. :3 Super top shape. He's back to work and dominating like a boss. :)! It makes me super happy to see him well again. Things were dicey for a bit there, fo sho.
Anyway, I know you guys have been sending me a lot of Personal messages and leaving me notes saying you are concerned about me. Believe me, that makes me feel really great. To know that you guys are always there for support. :) I sometimes can't believe how lucky I am. You guys are the awesomest. And I really, really do apologize for failing to respond to everyone's concerns. :c That's pretty awful of me. I'll do my best to do better in the future. :3
THAT SAID, I think I need to do a bit of writing. It's been over a month and I might possibly be getting the bug... Maybe, who knows! :O TIME WILL TELL! But I don't want to work on my book whilst blasted on pain killers... WHAT COULD I POSSIBLY WORK ON INSTEAD I DUNNO I DUNNO............... :D
P.S. Typos and grammar errors will not be cared about in this drugged-out state of lunacy.
My god, the man still exists. Welcome back, brother.
WOOHOO! That being said, we really need to play some League together, or something on Steam r something, cause aside from a COUPLE times on Skype, we haven't been talking much, and that's my fault for leaving you alone. I'ma gun fix dat. X3
Also your dad's better! ~Ura!~
My love, you are back! Sorry to hear about that crappy situation with that job, but at least you have some good stuff you can focus on :)
I have to say, though, despite some of the rough things you might be going through, I just love that whenever I see your blog posts you are so positive about everything. You really sound like an awesome guy and I would totally buy you a drink
I'm glad that you're barreling through life like a champ. I wish you best of luck!
Dumb bastard can't even make a hit go right...Oh! I mean...um....welcome back to the land of the living?for now I AM NOT SUSPICIOUS!
I DUNNO I DUNNO! I'M SO HAPPY I DUNNO! I mean, bad news is bad, but... Oh screw it, I'm glad you're back.
Keep us updated! Get better! Don't waste pain killers! Stop making us miss you! Pony harder! Imperative, imperative, imperative!
Good luck.
Glad to hear you're getting back on the horse!
...er back on the pony.
You know what I mean. I'll be happy to help you with writing stuff again when I can.
Yoooooooo! Glad to see the guy that got me into pony fiction is still up and kickin'.
Stay unwavering, Cards!
I'm just glad that things are looking up for you man! All of your fans missed you man. No rush, and heal up bud!
That's a terrible supervisor situation. I hope you get better soon! And congratz to your dad for getting better (cancer is one hell of a thing to beat)!
~Momentai
Sweet Mother Mary, you're... alive? Argh! Why is it that all off the good writers in this fandom have lives outside of writing more and more pony? It just drives me nutso!
Hey man, sorry to hear about the car situation. But congrats on your father getting better. Take your time writing man, if you don't feel like it then don't I won't be one to rush ya. Anyways I hope things work out and we'll see you on the flip side.
Just remember, if you need shit, I'm only a skype call away. And I finish my course in two months, so I will actually be a reliable fellow again!
Cards has return?
Wait, Cards has return?
You're telling me that one of my idols in fanfiction writing who got me into writing fanfiction has return to the story that is on my list of must reread over and over?
Only one word can desribe my feelings
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
I had the biggest smile when I saw your name in my feed. Always good to hear from you. Keep on keepin' on Cards!
<.< Hmmm... Let's see here.. Where could I possibly buy a car from?
NOT ALABAMA THAT'S FO'SHO!
XP Great to hear your up and about again, can't wait for the next chapter~
Cripes cards. I'm glad workers comp isn't giving you hassle. Hope you get better soon. My condolences on the injuries, but hopefully you are healing up alright. If it makes you feel more relieved, my coworker got injured playing indoor soccer and has been out of commission 3 months, with an expected 8 weeks minimum before he can return to work. (Shattered ankle, slow physical therapy.) So getting such easy, relatively, to recover from injuries from so severe a crash is a bit of a blessing~
Glad to hear your Dad is making a strong recovery. It sucks to be on the other side of the fence and have the medications be unresponsive. Hopefully you will win the lottery in a gifted lottery ticket, so you never have to worry about that bit again. In the meantime, you can spend your time recovering by watching ponies!
And if you want to try a less serious writing, in the spirit of the past few days,you could do a one shot off shoot of Firewall introducing Luna to April fools in an escalating prank war. Might be a fun laughter filled story as a break from the normal drama.
You know, I was shot a few years ago (in the freakin' face, no less) and the hospital had me on some nice drugs. Long story short, for a while I thought I was a freedom-fighting fish, battling the evil fishing companies... yeah... Drugs is a hell of a drug.
Drugs are a hell of a drug.
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Damnit, beat me to it...
Soooooooooo happy to hear from you Cards!!
Sucks that all of that crud happened to you with your old job but I am really glad to hear that your dad is doing well.
Hope to continue to hear from you!!
Glad to hear about your dad and that your okay. And I'm happy to hear that you might soon return to writing "Through the eyes of another pony".
it's good to hear from ya! If you get back to writing through the eyes of another pony, what part are you going to work on. The revised first part of the story line, or
the parts where the Human Mane 6 go to Earth and retrieve Firewall.Don't worry about typos when drafting, that's what prereaders are for. You write now, we right next!
I hope your writing helps keep you happy.
CardsLafter is alive? This is the best possible thing!
I'm so glad you're back! I was thinking one of my favorite writers would never come back.
Great hearing from you, man! I'm glad to hear that your dad's doing well, and sincerely happy that you're enjoying yourself with your painkillers.
You wrote the first few chapters totally drunk right? Let's see what you come up with under painkillers!
Also, glad that your major problems for the moment are pretty temporary and your dad is doing great.
Awesome that you're back! But now, SUE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THAT MANAGER. Seriously, if that doesn't count as endangering employees through negligence, I don't know what does. Having you drive a car without brakes because he wanted to save a few bucks? There's gotta be a case in there somewhere.
All i can say is that it's good to have you back, as for the drugs? This whole story was trippy, i'm sure a bit of a smoke will just add to the flavor.
Can't think of anything good to say so I'm just going to silently applaud you over here.
*Applause*
Well I just hope you life moves forward in an upswing!
Booyah! Onwards, into insanity!
How many times have I met exactly same folks. Money, money, money and screw people. Get well soon!
Holy shit, you're back. That's a welcome surprise.
Hot holy damn...You aren't dead...
HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Welcome back, dood. We've missed you. But it's good to hear that things are looking up for you (at least in terms of your family) and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us.
Welcome back, Cards and Lafter. It is good to hear from you again. Not so much about the blurst case scenario, but it's nice to know you aren't actually dead yet.
My reaction at 7:09:
Glad you're dad's better now.
Hello.
Thanks for the update and the interesting if crappy happenings.
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I have missed you.
It's good to hear from you. I'm sorry to hear about the work situation, but I'm glad that your dad is doing better.
Does this mean...
1988322 Dude needs to calm the frak down. They were really not that hard.
HE LIIIIIIIIIVES!!!!!
Whoa, that sounds super intense. Glad to hear you're still around and kicking (well, maybe not with that leg of mad hatred, but still)!
welcome back dude, we all missed you big time