TMI RE: JJC & RMB

A few readers of the Washington Canard will remember my old friend Jerome Cole, who contributed for a time to the Oregon Commentator back when I was running the company. Since I left Eugene, he's been living somewhere or another on the Asian continent, and is currently based in Guangzhou. He's a bit of an odd fellow, this Jerome, and he'd surely offer up the fact himself. In fact, he's been sharing the weirdness since August at his pointedly un-PC (and apparently uncensored) Flied Lice, while sharing some amusing photos along the way. And then sometimes, he'll tell stories like this one:

My now ex-girlfriend successfully arranged to have the crap kicked out of me by her cousin and one of his friends. I am bruised, bleeding a little, and scared shitless. I am also bankrupt, again. She stole about 20,000RMB! She took about 3800RMB in cash and took 16,000RMB and some change from my bank account. Add my medical bills into this and I am looking at a big loss. In fact I have about enough money to buy half a coffee at Starbucks. The bitch even had the nerve to lift one bed, two mattresses, some very expensive books, important CDRs, most of my financial documents, my water cooler, my pre-paid bottled water coupons, a can opener, two space heaters, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I think if I count up the total financial losses attributable to my relationship with here it would add up to something like 100,000 RMB. Not chump change to a poor bastard like me. True to her stalker self, she has also left tons of her stuff here so that she has an excuse to come back.

I believe I can confidently speak for everyone who might read this when I say: Yikes.

P.S. — I've put an e-mail into Jerome, whom I haven't seen on Google Talk for a few weeks, even before this. I'll update this post if/when he gets back to me, or if he chimes in down in the comments. Good luck, man.

UPDATE — Jerome weighs in below. All is well, or at least better than it was.

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posted by WWB at 7:48 PM |