i can’t do anything right
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007hey bitches, my wallet got stolen & I’m stranded in Chicago because they won’t let me on Amtrak without an ID. So, to those of you who emailed me missed connection comics (or anything else) I can’t respond for a few more days despite the looming deadline. that’s right, I’m gonna miss my own fucking deadline. haha my life is a joke.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Wallet stolen? What a retarded boner!
November 27th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
oh jeeesus, I assume the indie spinner rack episode is up?
November 27th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
no worries… just be well.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
This is Dan, tha dood from the Quimby signing who submitted the “fiancee” missed connection page, and who was telling you about the Hideout party. If you and Laura need help in Chicago, just holler. My girlfriend and I have a car, if that’s of any use. You can e-mail me at danhenrick (at) yahoo.com.
Hope it all works out alright!
November 27th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Well, it’s hardly your fault if somebody lifts your wallet. You need ID to travel in the US? That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me, and I thought we were paranoid over here.
I’m actually quite impressed that you actually came online at all - call me a wet nosed fanboy, but I think it’s pretty admirable you’ve actually made it possible to keep folks up to date - good job. Of course, now I’ve lost all self respect for showing somebody else respect in a public forum on the internet, but enough about me.
As they say, worse things happen at sea. Though I’m not saying your situation doesen’t suck.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
You need ID to travel in the US?
Anymore we do, or at least to get on commercial flights and trains - at least overland trains anyway, metro mass transit stuff is still un-ID’ed.
And no, I don’t know why, since IIRC the only bombings of trains have occurred when they were metro lines, and never in the US. A court case a few years ago also made it the law where police could ask (and get) an ID at any time for any reason (and haul you in if you refuse, or even if you don’t have one on you), something that had not been true up to then.
Not that checking ID’s would stop train (or plane) bombings anyway, but they operate on the “I lost it over there but the light is better over here” principle.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
well at least you didn’t break your arm going headfirst down the stairs to the shitter like this fat lady on my train last year… that’s still really lousy though, and I sympathize. maybe you should steal/borrow some Amish girl’s ID. It’s not like they need it to drive, and it seems like there’s always a hundred Amish people on the train out of Chicago.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Is there anything we can do?
November 28th, 2007 at 8:39 am
ID for train travel.. that’s about the lamest shit ever.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:06 am
exactly! madness. I mean, planes I can understand…
What next - busses?
Escalators?
Elavators?
Conga lines?
What else constitutes a mass transit system?
November 28th, 2007 at 10:37 am
I was gonna leave a comment here, but I forgot my ID. *da-dum ding*
Yeah…last year I lost my ID and found out you can’t do a whole lot of anything without it. Not even if they have your ID on record. It sucked SO much ass.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:29 am
“Escalators?”
Yeah, you crack wise, but you wait until some mad terrorist pilots an escalator into a kindergarden up in Canada and THEN you thank your lucky stars you live in the good ol’ USA!
Oh beautiful… *sniff* for… spacious… skies… *salutes*
November 28th, 2007 at 11:43 am
what you fail to understand is that we are at WAR. with terror. an endless war of eternally escalating shittiness against terror. the terror is everywhere, it’s always terroristic, it’s constantly increasing its terror quotient, and our only weapon against this terror is MORE TERROR. and soviet-level bureaucracy, snitchery, surveillance and government interference. nobody said freedom was free! in fact, god willing, freedom will bring this whole country’s economy to its knees. freedom is the new terror. and if we don’t elect george bush as the first american monarch, this whole country can kiss all their precious freedom goodbye. now let’s see those flags!
next time maybe you’ll wise up and get your ID, credit cards and victoria’s secret rewards card on an embedded RFID chip like any true American.
November 29th, 2007 at 1:53 am
ohoh! i want a C-towntowntown rewards card embedded in my BRAIN cause I shop there all the time for cheap gross food
oh yeah, i’m back now, new comics tomorrow.
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:13 am
Oh man, that sucks about the wallet. Glad you are back and safe!