And I Thought I Had It Bad...
Today, my friend Bower basically blew me out of the water. I suppose you could say he has been in a three-week karmic freefall. Three weeks ago, he gets hit in the middle of a one-way street by a homeless guy on a bike going the wrong way. Being a generally decent guy, Bower gets out of the car to see if the guy is injured at all or needs help. At first, all seems well for the guy. He's able to walk just fine, and starts walking away. Then, this lady pulls up, and the guy immediately falls down, and the woman starts giving Bower mean looks and chewing him out for hitting the guy. A cop shows up, and Bower relates his story, which is corroborated by the homeless guy. The cop says that Bower isn't at fault at all for this, because the guy was going the wrong way. Meanwhile, the guy starts saying his leg is all messed up. Under stern glares from the lady, Bower accepts the guy's request to be taken to the hospital, where he switches injured legs. A week later, Bower learns that the guy is now suing him for $50,000. Needless to say, that pisses him off. Bower figures he could probably fight it in court and win, but his insurance company decides to settle out of court for $800. That means it's now on his driving record, and it looks bad. At any rate, it was settled. Then last weekend, he is at a party with a bunch of his friends, two of whom were noticably sloshed. At one point, the two of them proceed to pee all over his legs. Seeing this, Bower decides that it is time to go back home and get a clean change of clothes. When he gets to his house, he discovers that a sewer line has broken under his room, and it's flooded with sewer water. Seeing this, he sleeps on the couch. By this point, it's about three in the morning. At about 6 a.m., his mom calls to tell him that she has a flat tire and that she's somewhere in downtown Spokane, but she's not really sure where. He then has to go and help her change her tire. First, though, he has to spend about four hours trying to find her. Monday rolls around, and when his alarm goes of at 8:40, he notices a giant spider next to his bed. Seeing this, he immediately smashes it and goes back to sleep for a few. When he wakes up again, he notices that the spider isn't there anymore, and there's a big itch on his shoulder that won't go away. He goes to the bathroom to check all of this out, and on his way back, notices this tiny little spider dragging the corpse of the giant spider across the floor. Not only was there a giant spider, there was also this tiny super-spider. Then he gets to class, and the first thing that is said to him when he gets in the door is, "Did you bring your stuff for your presentation?" Of course, this was all a cruel joke on the part of Logan, and when this is explained, Bower calms down a bit. And we've been having fun at his expense ever since.