when irony turns ugly.

i had a bad day
and yeah
i can laugh at it now
but
it was definately a bad day

it just started off wrong.

okay
so
firstly
gugu took my jacket
which had my upass in it
and i had no change
okay
not too bad right?
moving along

got to the gas station
(in front of the 49 bus stop which i take to school)
and the bus had just passed
without me on it
i thought:
"it's okay,
another one will come"
so i go inside the gas station
to get some change from my dad
for the bus
as this is happening
a bus comes
and i go towards it
it leaves.
without me.
okay, 2 gone
its okay

go back inside because its cold
getting some dasani
bus comes
go outside
catch it!
get on
bus driver says
"i'm only going up to langara"
get off the bus
it leave.
without me.
defeated, i walk away
back inside
dad says
"hey, your bus is here"
i go towards it
it doesnt stop at my stop
it leaves.
without me.
i walk back inside
to tell dad
im gonna stand outside
i keep missing the bus

okay
so
standing outside in the rain
waiting
waiting
waiting
it's not 930
class starts at 10
takes 45 mins to get to class
okay
finally
bus comes.
it stops.
i go to the door.
he doesnt open it
because the bus is full.

bus leaves.
without me.

how many is that? i lost count
finally
a bus came at 940
i got on it
didnt have to get a ticket
because the bus driver was nice

the rest of the day was okay...

then..
then indu (cousin) calls me
"navi, i have a basketball game, no one's home, can you give me a ride"

"sure, i'll bring the shit car"

"okay"

i leave.
there's no gas
so i pick up indu
and i say
"we need to get some gas"

okay
so i ask her what side the gas tank is on
and she says "your side"
so i park at the gas station
and i turn the car off
step outside
(i'm ready to go out for dinner by this time)
okay
so
its raining
i go outside
and the tank is not on my side
i go back in the car
"indu, it's on your side"
so
i put the key in the ignition
and i turn it

it doesn't turn on.
i'm at a gas station,
at the pump
and i dont have enough gas to position the car.
ironic, yes, how ironic.
so, i get the gas attendent (dad's employee, raj) to help me
he gets the hose (?) positioned so i can put some gas in
okay, so there's gas in the car
and i try to start the car

doesnt start.
apparently
i need to jumpstart the car.
lovely.

i have no jumper cables.
i have no .. skills.

okay
so raj asks a couple people and finds this one guy who has cables
he knocks on my window
and HANDS the cables to me
i look at him
like, okay, i dont know what to do with this

you know what he says
he says
"i'll teach you"

no, no!
i dont want to learn
i dont need skills
i need you
to start my car
so i can leave
i dont need you to TEACH ME!!
ahhh
okay
so
i say "okay
and he says
lift the hood.

...

um.. okay
go inside the car
find the "lift here to lift hood" lever (?)
okay
pull the lever
go outside
hood is not up
okay
so i've seen people do this
i put my hand under the hood
i guess i was feeling around for something
i found it
i finally got the hood up
and then
he's like where's the battery...

... i'm standing there
in pretty clothes
in pretty shoes
looking at his face
he's asking me
ME
for where the battery is!!

okay, i find the battery
and i touched it and he yelled
"no! dont touch that, its acid"
thanks, thanks for that, really
teaching me. thanks.
so anyways
the car did eventually start
i went to dinner
it was just a grand ol' time.

transit sucks.
cars suck.

also, there are so not 24 hours in a day
there's only about 15:
it's a conspiracy.

i hate the mall.
i love shoes.

--navi