Post #570189 by ravenne on Fri, Dec 24, 2010 9:29 AM

WOW!
I can't believe the outpour of support from everybody, I wasn't expecting this at all...
Bless your generosity, It's making me tear-up with joy! :')
Thank you doesn't even begin to express how grateful I am to have survived that crash with just bruises.
It's amazing I even came out of that wreck alive...especially after the reaction Squid had after he saw the car in the tow yard...

It happened last friday, sometime after midnight. I'd just left the House of Blues around 11.40 that night, because I remember before leaving I'd called my mom to reassure her I'd be home and safe soon because she knew Cali was getting hit by massive rain. (I'd hydroplaned once before...and she knows my uneasiness when it comes to driving in that weather) Right off the 91E there is a merge on to 405N/110, right by the 405N exit ramp and the 110 exit is where it happened. Anyone who's driven off that exit, knows how much ya have to slow down to make that sharp right. I'd slowed down to about 30 (10miles below the suggested limit) and suddenly felt my steering wheel start to lock and immediately started to pump the break, but it was already too late. The next thing I know, I felt the whole car do a complete 180 spin before rolling off the ramp about 3 or more times...and it's true that time really does slow down when you're in an accident. I saw/still relive the scary tumble, every detail....and things were flying EVERYWHERE..glass...everything! The car finally stopped upside down right before the 110N exit, just barely an inch away from the road. I tried to push the door open, but it was completely crushed in....i am so lucky that the power in the car was still running, and managed to put the windows down, or else i'm sure they would have had to use the jaws of life. I undid my belt, (ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT KIDS!) and managed to crawl out of the window, feet first... if it wasn't for some good-hearted folks who stopped by then I don't know how I would have called for 9-11. because in that massive tumble, my phone was flung around in the car and stuck (didn't get it out until the flatbed/tow truck guy flipped the car right-side up)
and thankfully one of those folks who stopped, happened to be an off-duty paramedic! He checked me out and again...that same "how did you survive and get out of the car...?! LUCKY!!!" was the reaction I kept getting from everyone on scene. Firefighters came down checked me out asked if I needed to go to the hospital, i declined...I don't have the $ or medical insurance for it...and all I really had was just soreness all over after the initial shock wore off the next day.
I'm also happy that NO ONE was with me this time... if anyone had been in the passenger seat...they would have been impaled by camping chairs,
same goes for anyone who'd been sitting in the back as well.
I was lucky enough that the cops were sweet to drive me the rest of the way home, because who else am I going to call for help?
my entire family (mom, pop, sis & her fam, and bro & his fam) all live back East.

Now...the last thing I wanted was just this, asking for help....
I don't like being a charity case, who does?
Which is why I was totally taken aback when I saw this thread and my inbox full of emails!
For those who know me,
you know how grave my financial situation is...
Out here alone with no family support, still looking for a solid job with no luck, and barely keeping a float with the little freelance jobs that come my way, paying just enough to have a roof over my head.
Unfortunately at the time of the crash I only had the bare minimum coverage of Insurance (enough for me to legally drive it)...
This means, I am left with having to pay everything out of my own pocket.
Ken, upon hearing my plight, had a big enough heart to start this...
I thought he was kidding when he said he'd enlist the help of others....

From the bottom of my heart...THANK YOU SO MUCH AND BLESS YOU ALL!
Especially everyone who's contributed so far:
John-O
Melekalikimaka
TravelingJones
khan_tiki_mon
danlovestikis
talo ka
Krisdrama
Veritiki
VampiressRN
Zerostreet
natureboy
davidleslie

(I hope I didn't miss anyone, i apologize if I did!)

And of course the artists who've contributed to this thread so far!
Kinny, little lost tiki
laojia
JungleGinger/AtomicTikiPunk
zerostreet
Sophistatiki Dawny
BigToe
MadDogMike

Thank you guys so much for taking time out of your lives to help out like this...

And also, to those who've sent well-wishes and good vibes but aren't able to donate,
you've given me all this emotional support and love...thank you...!!!!
You've all truly renewed my faith in humanity...
That there is still good out there...no matter what...
:') Bless You All...
And Have a Merry Christmas!!!!!
XOXOXO!!!