Man... What a day.
So you know the key situation. I asked for a key replacement. That good ol friend of mine just said he told them not to lock the door while I finish up "whatever I'm doing". Didn't think that would work. But also knew calling the cops in the 4th of July would not be smart
I was having a good day. Set up a new phone that works very well. Went back out for an hour. Really excited to get the fuck out of here. Listening to some indie music as I chill and hear the fireworks. Looking forward to the next two days.
So I get back home around midnight. The thing I knew was going to happen did. I bang on the door for a while before realizing this is going to look bad. Call the police, deal with some crabby cunt tell me to call a locksmith and be really ill with me. I have to go to a fucking loud ass rachet diner while I message the guy and tell him the situation, praying he comes by. He does at 4 in the fucking morning when he's getting up.
I'm tired as shit. I message him asking what I should do when this happens again, which it will. Ask for a key... Again.
This fucking loser voice messaged me this morning
"Oh well I didn't even know you were still there until the other day and you haven't paid Julys rent (No shit because our lease was ending for the first week of it. I didn't think the place was going to charge for a week there and it was never brought up to me) and you're being entitled asking me to be at your beck and call all the time, my stipulation is if you want a key made you're going to have to pay the 250 for rent AND...

"You still have a PS2 controller I let you borrow and you never gave it back. I'm going to want that back because I take good care of my stuff and then you can have the key for your last day."

He does not have a PS2 by the way.
At first I was being me and trying to engage like this was an actual conversation about how silly that was but then I just started laughing.
He tried to do some more verbal jujitsu on me but I just tell him I know exactly what this is and laughed and said I have brighter pastures ahead and this will be behind me very soon. I'll be just fine. I told me I'll give him his PS2 controller back and laughed.
What a fucking dork. A dork and his bpd sister, her enabler mother, her addict boytoy and the island of misfit fucking toys.
I'm just leaving some stuff behind. I only have so much left in there and I know the second I step outside they're going to pull this shit again.
The only thing stopping me from giving this dude a giant wedgie is the fact that I know this is going to be the rest of these people's lives. I have a life ahead. Mountains sure, but I actually have more looking ahead of me than back. This man (in his fourties) is going to be this for the rest of his life. Id be lying if I said I didn't want life to start shoving pinecones up these people's ass sooner than later.
But honestly, this is just a circus. Getting out and away, I will be just dandy.
Can't believe my life ended up here. Having some faggot I considered my friend try to strongarm a Playstation fucking 2 controller out of me.
It's okay though. Because that's behind me.
Young kiwis posting here, don't be me. Take care of yourself. Love yourself even when it's hard, fuck, almost impossible.
Look forward to the future because you've got one, regardless if you think you do. Remember red flags are usually death flags and you're all a little 'tistic and usually have good hearts so it will be hard to weed that shit out. Get a car, get some money in your pocket, leave places you don't feel fulfilled. Do not fear the future. "Dream beautiful and unusual, wake up like every day new to you." Stay gold. Life is beautiful.
I am going to technically be homeless tomorrow. But I have more love for myself and am more optimistic than ever. I don't have a single soul on my side but I have me. I don't want to die for the first time in my life. I'm going to go see my brother for the first time in a while, see new places, feel that wind on my face. I wish I had only gotten here so much sooner. This is all going to be in the rear view. Already is.
Again young naive kiwis feeling estranged from the world. Stay strong. Stay you. Don't ever let anyone convince you you don't matter. You have so much to get and give from the world. Have yourself and things will somehow, someway start getting brighter.
I love you, fwens.