- 6:45 PM, Friday,
May 10th, 2002:
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To honor my 200th
entry, I just got an unexpected check for $1,650.00.
Yup. That's the control I have over my life. By
mandate of ENTRY NUMBER, my life takes gigantic
swings. From the first year ending at exactly 100, to
countless 5's and 10's in between, it has happened
again. Not $16.50. Not $165.00, One Thousand, Six
Hundred, and Fifty
Dollars.
If only this had happend on April 1st.
LOL...
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- "I agree
that the amount of time allowed for a rental
vehicle is not sufficient. Although only part of
the delay was the fault of a clerical error
regarding the address, in a good faith effort to
resolve this matter in a satisfactory way for you I
would agree to provide 66 days of rental. This
represents the time from the day you put your
vehicle into the body shop, which was January 29th,
2002 until April 5th, 2002 when the check sent by
overnight mail would have been received. At a rate
of $25.00 per day this would be
$1,650.00."
- Now tell me The
Journey isn't destined to end amazing. Seriously. We
all knew, #200 was gonna be worthless. My last
entry:
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- "Speaking of
seeing what happens, it's officially over. The next
entry will be #200. And unless I win the friggin'
lottery in the next week, 200 is a monumental
letdown."
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- I DID. LOL.
I friggin' won the lottery. Of course
I demanded to win, but who'd think they'd
listen?!?
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- As you may
remember I was getting royally SCREWED by Access
General. The lady in charge of my claim was not only
inept, she was easily...EASILY, the rudest person I've
ever dealt with in all of customer service. Someone
hit me on January 10th (Happy Birthday Kenny), and in
APRIL, she was still acting like she "couldn't do
anymore than she was" to get me my check, and
consequently my car out of the shop. Whew. After I
finally got my car, 3 MONTHS, after my accident, I was
still fumin'. Of course I couldn't afford to sue them,
but I've never wanted to sue a company more in my
entire life. I was pretty determined to do something.
So my mother-in-law Lonna told me to contact the
Department of California Insurance. I jumped on the
site, and filed a claim explaining what happened, and
what I wanted, either the price of a rental car for
the time, or cover my lease and car insurance for the
immense amount of time the car was in the shop -
FINISHED. And you see the result. Apparently when you
contact the state's Department of Insurance it hurts
the insurance company's rating in the state. So they
act, and they act quick. I highly recommend anyone
getting screwed over to try it. It sure worked for
me.
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- And to top off the
day, I got a call from Michelle Greene, that put my
past few months in such a great perspective that I
really owe her one. I had called her during the
February/March depression for some advice. I knew she
had her share of experiences in this business, and her
advice would've been golden. Unfortunately, I called
her at what she says was one of the most incredibly
busy times of her life. Her mother had a heart attack,
she landed a ecord deal, and of course the whole
LA Law Movie (watch this Sunday!!), and
subsequent trip to New York for the 75th Anniversery
of NBC - just NUTS. She finally had a chance to return
my call, and asked what I had been up to. Heh. It
tried to give her an idea of what had happened, and
she responded with her own stories about agents and
managers. Here's where the "goose bumps" part comes
in. She actually inadvertently QUOTED Charlotte. And
the things she was saying, and the way she felt at
these times, absolutely MIRRORED my life. It was
uncanny. And it was easily the most helpful thing I've
heard since I've been out here. Just to know that
someone of her stature in this business could relate
to what I went through just put so much in
perspective. I'm not crazy. And I'm gonna be just
fine. I just keep on pluggin' away and the right
person will come along. Funny, what I believed my
whole life, and then doubted after Charlotte, is now
reinstilled in a short phone call.
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- So until I get a
chance to properly thank you Michele, I'll do it here:
THANK YOU. I really hope that if I'm in your
position one day, I'll be able to help someone else
struggling to get by. Your kindness seems truly
limitless.
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- So there. Entry
#200. Absolutely astonishing how "destined" this all
seems sometimes. This is gonna be one helluva piece of
work when it's all said and done.
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- Adam
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