Day 9 (Tuesday)

Day unrecorded. I made the coffee and ran a couple of miles and then probably ran around doing useless shit.

Day 10 (Wednesday)

Got up, made the coffee and read the Parachute book.

Lifted and biked. Met a woman from the midwest who makes drapes.

Found nearly $400 in BestBuy cards that have accumulated in my closet over several billion birthdays and holidays. Called #1GF! to tell her about it. She works, so she was relatively unimpressed. Bought my Dad a Father’s Day gift. Went to Borders to buy a Python book. Read some of it like I did last time, and walked out without buying it yet again.

Visited my parents and brought them coffee. Ordered them a PC. Played a really 1980’s video texas hold ‘em game that my Dad bought. It actually hooked up to the TV like pong. The speech synthesis was so bad that it sounded like the dealer had a lisp. Shut it off while pretending to adjust it.

Went to a new BBQ restaurant with Dad and #1GF! because my mother suddenly decided to go out to a casino. After being showed the 75 hot sauces that I could pick on my own and the bar that may or may not have been a salad bar, the waitress dropped a tiny bowl of cucumbers on the table with no explanation. She then actually took my menu from me and flipped through every page explaining what “appetizers”, “entrees”, and “deserts” were like we were severely retarded. It was that point that I decided I didn’t want to pick from 75 hot sauces that 250 people had played with today, nor was I in the mood to explore the weirdo non-salad, possibly salad, salad bar. I ordered a simple pulled pork sandwich, because it’s nearly impossible to fuck up. My dad almost killed the waitress diving for the check. He was like a ninja.

Thanked Dad. Went home. Watched a cable access video on the history of Hull. Went to sleep.

Day 11 (Thursday)

Made the coffee. Read the parachute book. Ran 2 miles next to crashing New England waves.

Meant to go to the library to look up the history of Hull. Accidentally ended up moderating Democracy videos all (and I do mean all) day. Found some kick ass videos that I’ll have to remember to post. Wrote to the owners of Red Vs. Blue to beg them to add a channel to Democracy.

Thought about making a giant robot man out of cans and shopping carts for #1GF!’s upcoming birthday. Thought it might attract too many bees and gave up. Spent a lot of time trying to find something better and ultimately picked some pretty crappy presents. Felt bad.

Ate pizza and watched “So You Think You Can Dance”. Got bored and forgot why I watch it. Saw some cool shit that didn’t involve doing the robot that made me remember why I did. Looked for said videos on the web, but they are all copyrighted and unavailable, so I can’t prove that they are cool and I’m not gay. Fell asleep before the show ended.

Day 12 (Friday)

Made the coffee. Lifted and biked. Went to #1GF!’s mom’s house to paint her door. Had to go to Walmart to get some painters tape and was stunned by the army of people in Walmart at 10 AM on a Friday. Wondered if any of them had jobs. Went back to the house and put a CD of old Italian favorites on to help me tape. One song kept making me sing, “Oh Lolabrickida, your food’s magnifica…”, which I think came from an episode of the Flintstones. Painted the door which took a hell of a lot longer and came out a whole lot worse than I expected. Bought a beach umbrella for my mother for $12. Went to #1GF!’s brother’s house and babysat until 8 PM. Came home. Wrote this. Went to bed.

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