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6/30/00 oh me. oh my. This was brought to my attention the other day. Andrew Bird says and I shall quote, "You find you get a better feel, a better swing, if you always hold back just a little bit." oh god yes.

6/29/00 In my inbox this morning was a piece of postal mail addressed to: MELISSA PARKER MANAGER OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT I laughed so hard, in fact, I am still laughing. har har har. ok, so this is not so far from the truth. I am a "manger" and I do do "technical" support. I guess I just think its funny that somebody at some computer entered it a such. I have never told any one that that was my title. After giving it some thought, I have deiced that I want my official title to be: MELISSA PARKER MANAGER OF STUPIDITY AND FRUSTRATION Of course this begs the question, just exactly whos stupidity and frustration I am managing? my own or the customers? and I suppose this wont look so hot on my next resume, but I am certain that it is WAY more accurate.

6/28/00 Last night I did my bills and took a long hot bath and read several rockin articles in astronomy magazine. Most importantly, I saw my first fire flies of the summer! HEY, did you know that the chemicals in lightening bugs that cause the glow are called LUCIFERINE and LUCIFERATE? These usually inert chemicals only glow in the presence of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) which is found in all living organism on this planet. I read that Nasa sends luciferine and luciferate on space probs. The thinking is that if there is life out there, you put it in a tube, mix it with the luciferine and luciferate, shake well, and it will glow just like the fire fly's ass. or something like that. Today, I am on top of the world. I am also covered in powdered sugar...

6/27/00 Last night I got to talk with LeahShaper and I mean TALK. It had been sooooo long. I am taking the week off. Not from work or anything, from my social life. I am not exactly sure what that means except that rather then going out after work, I am going to go home. Instead of little sleep, I will insist upon lots. I am going to rent movies and read books and clean my house! I am gonna spend time alone! Lets see how long this lasts. I have a feeling that by tomorrow night I am gonna be so bored. wish me luck.

6/25/00 I heart NY. I really do. Friday: Todd shows me around Brooklyn. I think I heart Brooklyn even more then I heart NY. and also, I heart Todd. Saturday: Renee and Bob and I go to Coney Island for the Mermaid Parade. Coney Island is nuts. You can go into the ocean! But your in Brooklyn! I don't know why I am having such a time getting over this... anyway, nuts. I got sun burnt. Later that day I tried vainly to catch up to Amy at one of the pride marches in Manhattan. No fucking luck. I finally found her at her favorite Vietnamese restaurant in china town (suspiciously called "Vietnam Restaurant"). I had a really nice time with her. Sunday: I met Adrian Newkirk for coffee (yet another internet friend indulges me!) I then attended a good bye brunch for Renee and Amy. Renee is heading to San Francisco this week. good luck renee! Amy is moving to Paris at the end of the summer. bon chance amy! I find that more and more in my age I behave like my mother: I hate when things change. I found myself all sad and teary eyed on my ride to PennStation. I will miss them so much.

6/20/00 - 6/21/00 oh boy what a night. Mike and I attended a lecture at the Academy of Natural Sciences. The theme of the lecture was "Why do we keep all this dead stuff?" If I had a dollar for everytime somebody has asked me that. After the talk we head to some Belgian ale house or something, I can't even remember the name and we proceed to drink and drink and drink and Christ am I paying for it now. I feel terrible and I need to go home. but ok ok, to some degree it was totally worth it, I had such a fun time. Mike and I talked about relationships (and many other things) and he used this analogy that I am still turning over and over in my head. He said a relationship is like "inviting a tiger into your bedroom... Its beautiful, but before you know the bed has been torn to pieces" I think he said it better the that. It seemed a true and wonderful thing for him to say. I simply wouldn't know. Today I arrived at work to find that the power in our entire building had been lost. no phones, no computers, no nothing. It was a happy reprieve frankly. After god knows how many belgian beers and oh maybe only four hours of good sleep, I needed a break. I laid on my office floor moaning for a good hour before the power came back up. Tonight/NOW my favorite boys are sitting in my office with me drooling over the new independent media server. boys with toys boys with toys... so cute. this weekend newyork.

6/18/00 Continuing evidence that MaryChen rules: she wrote two dairy entries devoted to the aquatic ape theory: one, two god fucking damn, I love her. Why was I not informed? My beautio sister, Tawdry, has a dairy

6/16/00 Some things I have learned this week: fact: a friend of diane's family caught NECROTIZING FASCIITIS in LAS VEGAS. fact: I talked on the phone with a man who discovered ATLANTIS... in OHIO. fact: A PHILADELPHIA area man was rescued after 45 minutes of being stuck waist down in a portable TOILET. He was looking for his lost keys. fact: SWEET people who send me gifts are NICE.

6/15/00 My sister got accepted to a cooking school... in Paris. she quit her job today. wowie. today, i feel like quitting my job. hurm. Continuing evidence that Becky Westcott rules: Last night we were sitting in from of the tv watching the "tv guide" channel, you know the one, that lists all the programming for all your billions of cable channels... We are sitting quietly reviewing our choices. "sex in the city?" Becky asks. I shrug and say "sure." We stair for a moment more to see what other programing choices will scroll up. We reach the discovery channel, "SEARCH FOR THE GIANT SQUID" we scream in unison. Our night is set. also, Jim gave me a painting. It is of many "monsters" it says "horn blowers and needle threaders unite" yay. It seems my new name is Pinky Hamsterbuns.

6/13/00 Today I confessed to my psychiatrist about all the lies I have told her. well really there was only one big lie, but a couple smaller ones to make up for that big one, you know, to keep it hidden. Now she knows all about it. Now I am done with therapy.

6/12/00 For my birthday my sister gave me a baby praying mantis. She suggested the names "Pinchy" and "Mr.Grabbypaws". I have yet to decide on a name and am consistently fluctuating between the two. I released Pinchy on to the rose of sharon tree in my back yard today. s/he is pretty tiny and I suspect will make somebody a nice lunch, but I still have high hopes that in a couple weeks(?) I will find Mr.Grabbypaws happily lounging upon a branch in my yard. At that time I will invite Pinchy for high tea. We will snack upon honeysuckle and spider eggs. oh Mr.Grabbypaws, will you ever come back to me?

6/11/00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARYCHEN! bock bock!

6/10/00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! bock bock! also, today the five riders of the ParkerLips got together.

6/7/00 riesling riesling riesling. I cant get enough riesling. Its a very good spring time wine. day seven

6/4/00 I cant fucking believe it, but I think, nay, I am sure that I have forgotten how to play checkers. what the fuck is up with that? Pleasures for day five have been planned. day four

6/02/00 today's billion dollar question: "is that teen(?)snatch with a "y" or an "ie"?" I forgot to mention, by boss wins the tee shirt logo prize: "30 gigs of porn... and counting..." oh, sigh. day two

6/01/00 june june june june. I love june. I am gonna start talking about this way more then I should, but my birthday is in 10 days and well, what can I say? Officially, I am throwing myself a party. Unofficially, I will use this as the excuse to indulge in just about anything that my warped gemini brain can come up with.   starting..... now. Tonight I am going to tattoo mom's and I am gonna con at least one boy into buying me a drink. Thanks again to Fritz, June is also Anti-AlanMoore month. Next: Skeleton Key: Cats and Dogs (watson) and It's a Good Life, If you don't weaken (seth) day one

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