either God’s mad at me, or i owe someone scary money

so just to get you guys up to speed:
aside from the fact that three weeks ago, my car died, (detailed here.), I have also, within the past few weeks: gone 24 hours without power, gotten in a car accident and somehow managed to SCRATCH MY EYE.
:: deep breath ::
we’ll go chronologically.
first. there was the infamous power [...]

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im thinking i would do well at nascar

im a little worried im going to get in a car accident.
for those of you who don’t live in chi-town(land) let me explain how driving in this area works:
i start out my morning by darting across three lanes of traffic so i can get into the left turn lane.
and before you’re all, “what? why don’t you [...]

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a very, special episode of crystal sue

so back in the day, when i was 14, my mom started dating the neighbor guy.
his name was luis.
and he was awful.
he beat up my mom.
and threatened me and my siblings.
and he scared the shit out of me.
but i was 14, so i don’t think i really knew what the heck was going on.
i remember [...]

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is it ok if i just talk about driving and cars on this blog from now on?

sigh.
so driving has officially taken over my existence.
yesterday, there i was, living my little life in mchenry, illinois when i went to start my ford escourt.
only my ford escourt (we’ll call her penelope) wasn’t having it.
she was all ‘ya. im not going to start. i hate that you just use me for your long-a$$ commutes, [...]

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im too exhausted to think of a clever title. but moving sucks.

so ya. moving sucks.
a lot.
and if you’re thinking ‘but crystal, YOU move so often that you’ve got to be used to it by now.’ you’re a stupidhead. HELLO! who the h*ll gets USED to things that suck? (think: fillings, laundry, long commutes.) nobody. instead, you just get a blog and complain about them.
i spent ALL DAY yesterday moving all my [...]

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kind of like a public stoning, but for my eyebrows

I have a confession to make.
If left unattended, i kind of have a uni-brow.
seriously.
but that’s not even the worst part.
the worst part is that nobody had the sense to shake the denial out of me about this until i was 18.
18!
People, it’s no wonder I had trouble dating in high school.
sigh.
anyway, thanks to an overly [...]

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i stress myself out. (and other people add to it)

hot d*mn it’s been a long week. sorry I’ve been away.
first things first, i got a new job. (!!!!!!!) here.
I start July 15. and im pretty d*mn excited about it.  
(wish we luck.)
as a result of this news, i had to kinda quit my other job.
that didn’t go so well — let’s just say [...]

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