Life has once again kicked me in the teeth

Actually life decided to kick me in the nuts first. Then, while I was doubled over from that shot, came the kick in the teeth.

THE WIND-UP FOR THE KICK IN THE NUTS:

About a year ago I started a freelance job at the same time as this perky little young twit from Florida with very limited experience in the field. She became the darling of the studio because of her tits, ass and cute perky little personality, while I was barely noticed. I eventually left that place and found another freelance gig at a much better place. I was content for the moment. I even told the studio manager that I'd like to be hired permanently at some point.

About a month after I started at this new place, who should come walking in the door, but the perky little blond twit from the place I had just left. She ends up working on all the jobs that I had previously been doing, the account with the normal, friendly easy-to-deal-with traffic people.

I ended up working on a big product launch. I wan't totally bummed about this turn of events though, because I thought I was in a good spot. The traffic person I have to deal with is a complete lunatic who yells at me and berates me any chance she gets, but once the girl who I've been covering for comes back from maternity leave, I told myself, I'll be away from her and dealing with relatively normal people again.

THE KICK IN THE NUTS:

I went to my boss on friday to talk about what their plans are for me. I told him I can't wait until Dena (the girl whose spot I'm covering) comes back and takes this account over again, because the traffic person is driving me insane. He tells me that the plan was to promote the girl who I'm covering for and hire me in this spot, which means I'd be working with this psycho bitch indefinitely. He also tells me that the perky twit who started a month after me and has the good account that I initially had, has been hired full-time on that account.

THE WIND-UP FOR THE KICK IN THE TEETH:

I have been looking diligently for a better deal on an apartment for over a year. I keep telling myself I can't afford to live in Manhattan unless I find a much cheaper apartment. I look everyday on craigslist and almost never see one. Last wednesday, there was a super deal advertised on craigslist, the first one I've seen in a while that didn't seem like a phony ad or a scam of some sort. A rent-stabilized 1 bedroom apartment in a neighborhood I know and like for $1150/month. This size apartment usually goes for about $1500 at least. I was going to go to look at it, but because I was stuck here working just about ten minutes too long, I didn't make it in time to see the place.

THE KICK IN THE TEETH:

This morning I hear all this commotion at the cubicle next to me. Guess who is moving in there, right next to me! My favorite twit! She comes over, oblivious to the fact that I can barely stand her, and tells me in her oh so perky way how excited she is because she just got hired! Yay!

Then, in her next breath, she says "AND guess what else! I found this great 1 bedroom apartment last week on 62nd street and I sign the lease today! And it's only $1000 a month! After I choked back the urge to strangle her on the spot, I found out that they LOWERED THE RENT FROM THE ADVERTISED PRICE OF $1150/MONTH TO ONLY $1000 A MONTH!

I still can't wrap my head around this. Of the 10 million people in this city, SHE has to be the one to get the only f*cking deal I've seen on an apartment in a year!!!!

I'm a better, more-experienced production artist than her. I have looked at every piece of **** apartment on the market for over a year to find one real good deal. This perky blonde twit has f*cked me out of the job that I wanted and the apartment I wanted, all in the space of a weekend.

What the F*CK!