May 31, 1994 - Tuesday - Tickle my leg some more!

I have yet to relay the fabulous day of work that I enjoyed on
Sunday. I took over an all day shift at the VIP booth for Randy and
was there early in the morning. As I walked in to the front area a
family with two little girls came up to me. One was about eight and
was crying and apologizing to her parents because she accidentally
left her annual pass on the incoming tram. Her mom explained that
they had only purchased them yesterday and told me the little girls
name and so forth. I told them I'd try and fix it and then told her
how to replace it if we didn't have much luck.

I found out that a girl was driving their tram and asked the
first one that came. She said that this was her first trip to the
station so it must have been Nicole's tram, the next one. I then saw
her stop out in the parking lot and tell Nicole something. When she
came in she announced for the guests to have a great day and then
reminded them to look for that lost pass. That was cool. A guy found
it and I retrieved it and returned it to the family. I then thanked
Nicole and was then thanked by the family. I was just glad that I was
able to find it for them and think I handled the situation very well.

I then met John and we sat there and made fun of people all day
long and talked about the accident on the Monorail on Saturday and
the tent collapsing on the crowd at Sea World. He said that the
Monorail incident was a computer error because the trams are
automatically controlled on that part of the track. Karen, the cute
blonde from merchandising whom I know from last summer walked by a
few times and also stopped to talk to me once for a little while
which is cool. She has her own office now and deals mainly with
things such as cash discrepancies for the entire park. I was flirting
with every girl that I could no matter if they had a boyfriend with
them or not. I once watched a girl walking by and she noticed and
smiled and bragged to her friend. She then looked back once she was
further along to see if I was still looking and her gaze did meet
mine.

At two, an Indian girl came by and traded places with Jon a few
minutes later. I have never found Indians too attractive so I was
disappointed. She also looked like a bitch. We quickly got to know
one another and it was half an hour before I finally took my lunch. I
was allowed two more breaks and a dinner which I never even wanted to
take because we ended up having so much fun together.

She mentioned a bracelet she was wearing to a guest and said it
was a graduation present from her sisters. I asked her where she went
to school and she said Leto! I told her I did too and she asked my
last name and suddenly remembered that I was valedictorian!!! That
was awesome to be remembered by someone I never even knew existed who
was also a sophomore when I was there. She got all excited and asked
me what happened because I look so much different, and used to have
hair! It was funny. Her name is Nini Joseph. She also remembered
Tejal Kapadia on her own.

She is going to HCC and then USF hopefully for pharmacy but is
unsure about it. She'll turn eighteen on September first and doesn't
really listen to much music. She's Catholic but says that her parents
won't let her date at all but she does by saying she's going out with
her female friends and so forth. We slowly got to know a lot about
each other and I started liking her more and more, and she me. I
thought to myself that all I need is a few hours alone together with
a girl and I can almost always make her really like me by the end no
matter what her tastes, and I think I did that again.

We slowly started getting more and more sexual after my jokes
got more and more perverted. She opened up immensely and was telling
me how she's changed a lot since she started working at Busch a year
ago. She asked me once who I wanted to go out with up there and she'd
set me up. I started really kissing ass by saying that after being
with her, how could I want anybody else. I complimented her
constantly in a funny way as not to go too overboard. It was funny
and she really started liking it.

We kept joking around in front of the guests by telling them
that we just broke up and now I want to go out with her again and we
kept creating these awesome stories about ourselves and were having a
blast. It was a lot of fun. We then started getting physical with
each other. She at times would tickle my leg on my upper thigh as
high as my shorts would allow and would quickly give me an erection
which I admitted to. She also was massaging my back for a while. We
had our stools together from then on and often sat there with our
arms wrapped around each other. I ended up having an awesome time and
wish I could date her, she said she would date me if she only
could...

May 30, 1994 - Monday - Angel, my new girlfriend

All I can say is that kissing ass really can pay off...

I just got home from a date with Abigail who had called the
other day wanting to do something but I postponed the adventure until
this evening. She had already called when I got home and soon called
again. I decided to let her drive and she understood that she would
be paying for her own ticket. I know that my buying the tickets would
have gotten me "further" tonight but I don't really care when it
comes to her. We saw Maverick which was a pretty funny movie and
ended really well. Mel Gibson is a pretty good actor in the first
place. We got out to Hyde Park early so we walked around in front of
the shops and talked. I didn't try anything this time but I did
finally get to let her know that she was the first girl that I ever
had sex with and she was a little surprised about that. I just told
her that as we parted and I'll see what after shocks that causes.

I picked up a new girlfriend today in the same fashion that I
met Shari. Chris was there and remembered the day I picked up Shari
and agreed this was similar. I worked the VIP booth yesterday in
Morocco which is now combined with the Sea World information booth.
It's better because we have someone to talk to now and there is a fan
and roof to keep us cool. Busch sells discounted readmittance tickets
for the next day and I had a way to quickly figure out the total
price for a certain number of tickets and could ask for the money
before the computer even showed the amount. There was this cute
younger girl in a bikini top and mesh shirt who was impressed and
said, "Boy your good!" and I laughed and was thinking of all kinds of
perverted things.

I had already seen a Jamaican man this morning who also
recognized me from the booth and we talked for a minute. When I saw
her come through for the second time, I had to talk to her. Kristen
had said earlier that she'd like to see me not flirt for just one
day. I explained why that is impossible because if she were to see
that it would mean she would have to be there, and I couldn't live
with myself if I didn't flirt with her! It was funny. She was on
panel and Nilsa was in there so I had to be careful flirting but I
did successfully. I walked up to her and asked her if she was here
yesterday. She looked at me and suddenly remembered that I was from
the booth. Seconds later she was back in line waving to me and Chris
noticed first. Chris commented that at least she has nice tits and
Mike joked and called them "young guns". Chris also told me to not
get thrown in jail!

She rode that time with an older guy. I held her hand for a
second as the coaster left and when she got back I asked if he was
her boyfriend. She said no and asked why, if I want to be her
boyfriend. I found out that her name is Angel. I then asked her how
old she is and she smiled and said that she is as old as I want her
to be and was squeezing her breasts between her arms and sticking
them right at my face. She was being extremely seductive and Chris
was watching in awe. She finally said sixteen and then said that she
is from up near Orlando which sucks. She said she has to leave soon
and she fortunately came back in line one last time. This time we
held hands and slowly and very sexually pulled them apart. I gave her
my phone number on a piece of paper as she left. That was pretty
awesome though.

There was also another girl who was trying to flirt with me but
I didn't pay much attention to her until she told me how blue my eyes
are.

May 25, 1994 - Wednesday - Meeting Yvette, Kristen

Boy I'm miserable. I'm really sick and think it would have been
far less severe if it weren't for this damn cloud of smoke covering
Tampa Bay from all of the brush fires in the area. There's one out in
the swamps somewhere that is burning in the peat and is bellowing
smoke where the flames can't be seen. Yesterday there was smoke at
home when I woke up but none at work. Today it was everywhere! I am
very tolerant of many things, especially severe heat, but I cannot
stand wood smoke! There was a big fire out near Sheldon Road last
night and it was raining ashes all over our house last night. I was
outside with everybody joking that it's snowing and was "trying" to
catch them on my tongue. Cathy helped me catch a few and I concluded
that they are palmetto leaves. This deduction was made at a time when
I though a building was on fire and I was impressed with myself once
I found out it really was a brush fire!

I brought some Nuprin in a Tic Tac cointainer to work today and
took two and felt so much better than on Tuesday. I still kept losing
my voice which really sucked. That used to be the only drugs I would
take but I've started using Tylenol PM after seeing how wonderfully I
slept with a trial packet. Normally I can't sleep worth a damn when I
am sick but are really helpful when I have a full day coming up and
need my sleep. I remember Leigh Anne was surprised when I showed her
my bottle because she always uses them except she uses them to fall
asleep when she's having an emotional breakdown which is pretty
pathetic.

Nilsa let me do a track run and I came out with a dollar and a
half, a camera, and a hat. We have started a new procedure whereas we
have to put these red metal clamps on the control panel and lock them
to prevent anybody from running the ride when we are in the track
area. Nilsa said that was the only key and if I lose it I will be in
big trouble! It felt kind of neat to now that I alone controlled when
the Kumba could open (except for the guy with the bolt cutters!). I
was also the very first person to use the new lock out which was
cool.

I was on boardwalk later with Jimmy who had heard that Mike
Penton and Honeycutt were walking around. I walked up to find him
watching the coaster from the Congo-Kumba bridge and I joined him for
a moment. He said that the boardwalk is beautiful which was an
invitation to watch the coaster with him. He then started saying how
he never realized what a good place that was to watch the coaster. We
were talking all about it and I mentioned the TV show last night
about the building of Drachen Fire in Williamsburg. I then figured I
should get some information about the new coaster from him because he
ought to know what's going on. He said they are no longer going to
build the coaster in Nairobi. We both agreed that it was because it
would scare the animals and ruin Crown Colony's view.

We were both telling each other our ideas about what should
happen and what will. He said that they want to put it up behind the
Crown Colony and Questor by the parking lot and create an entire new
themed area called Little Egypt. That will get a thrill ride in an
area where one doesn't currently exist and spread the guests more
evenly throughout the park. That's cool!

I talked with Shannon today and briefly with Lisa and some of
the guys more than I usually do. I was even talking to Randy for a
while and we both found out that the other was at Chris' party
although we both don't remember the other being there. I also met
this new girl at the photo shop named Yvette who just started four
days ago. She was showing samples to guests by the height stick. She
went to high school in Miami but is now a Junior at USF and is trying
to master in health education to teach in college. She is a young
looking twenty-one. She is really hyper and has no ring on her
finger. I also got to say hi to this other cute girl in the photo
shop whose name I think is Melinda.

I went to lunch up at Crown Colony again and said hi to everyone
I saw. Yesterday this guy came in who I used to know and we joked
around like the good old days. I also saw Ron and some girls from
operations. Today the girls in the food service line were trying to
hook me up with Lucy, some Spanish girl. they started by asking if I
had a girlfriend and how old I am. They were amazed that I am only
nineteen because I look older. It was funny. They then introduced us
and we said hi and made sure each others' names were correct. I then
reminded her that I know her from Christmas and she agreed and said
that I have been gone for a while but then a rush of people came and
she had to go.

I was in the booth today and Kristen's mother called. I was
really nice and explained that Kristen was sent to another area today
and she would get off according to the amount of time that they need
her to work. We were very courteous to each other. I then saw Kristen
leaving in the parking lot and she waved to me and I gestured back.
She then said that she heard that I talked to her mother today. That
was cool because it meat her mother had remembered my name hopefully
because she has mentioned me! I agreed and said that she seemed
really nice and Kristen said she is. She then asked when I work next
and we concluded that we'll get to see each other again this coming
Monday. Cool!

May 24, 1994 - Tuesday - Missing Shari already...

I have a stupid little throat cold that gave me a headache and
laryngitis all day long. That was a bitch because I wasn't really in
the mood to flirt or anything.

I started out on button and once had this cute girl asking if
she could push it. I told her no because she's not trained on holding
up her thumb so she practiced with me which was kind of funny. Lisa
and Shannon were unloading and I thought it was cool to be seen
flirting in front of them but I didn't look to see what their
reactions were. There was another girl whom I could tell was looking
at me but was too shy to flirt outright. I started saying hi to her
and was opposite them later on the Skyride when she saw me and
exclaimed that, "There's the guy from Kumba!" There was another group
of three girls. One said hi and the other said that they wanted my
body which was cute.

I flirted with Angie down in the photo shop from height stick
which is cool. I just keep remembering how they eventually told me
how they liked me last year and wonder if it might reoccur. I also
was talking to a really cute little ten year old all about boys and
everything while her friend rode over and over again. It was really
cute and I was thinking about Cathleen the entire time. The girl told
me she has dated a boy who is twelve and one sixteen (pathetic!) and
was telling me all about her problems. It was really funny.

I was later talking to Shannon and asked and found out that her
little girl's name is Lauren which is very pretty. I realized I
should ask after finding out about Lisa from merchandising's baby
boy, Angelo. I also talked to Lisa, Shannon's friend kind of quickly
a few times and it sucked that I couldn't talk and yell across the
platform.

I have Meatloaf's Anything For Love song playing on the CD right
now and it has reminded me about Shar¡. Although this might not be
all together true, it just it's a very empty feeling to realize that
any chance with Shar¡ has been obliterated by her disappearance. It
completely closes the door on any trickle of feelings that still may
have existed for her. It also feels weird right now for me to look at
the pictures and it's been a while since I've had any desire to read
any of her letters. I like to do so to realize that every once in a
while I am actually accepted and wanted but it just makes me feel so
strange right now.

May 23, 1994 - Monday - Kristen's basketball sex

Shari seems to be gone for good this time. I called her up
tonight after getting the answering machine at Ashley's and I left my
name with the guy who answered. It was her brother Chad and he asked if she has called me lately because no one has heard from her for a
week and a half. I was stunned for a few seconds after I hung up and
I could feel my heart pounding in disbelief. I laughed to myself
about how my mother has been telling me to take Shari to small claims court to get my ring back.

I then gave Sarah a call. She got off the other line and started
telling me what has been going on. She just got dumped by this guy
for his real girlfriend whom he had said he was going to dump. They
were then all at Despaparados and she was there and he wouldn't have
anything to do with Sarah. She was about ready to cry and was really
confused about the whole thing. I then told her the story about Shari
and how I felt all along and she was amazed at how similar my
situation was and how I have experienced exactly what she is going
through. She kept saying that over and over while I was telling my
story and was saying that it all seems the same. I told her that guys
can go through that kind of stuff, too, but women don't think we do
and she disagreed that she knows better.

She was asking me how long it took me to get over Shari and I
picked out feelings that were similar to the ones I knew she was
having right then and told her about those. She agreed with a lot of
them. She wa telling me that she needs to find somebody new real
quick and wants it to be someone she can actually talk to and all
that. I wondered to myself if she considers what we're doing
"talking" because most guys aren't nearly as sympathetic as me. I
started telling her things like, if you get desperate enough, make
sure you always remember me! I was also plugging college guys for
being more mature and all that and she agreed that she wants to get
back into that.

I have a way of dragging things out of her that she normally
wouldn't tell a guy. She laughed once and I finally got the story
out. She told me that she will really miss the sex and then she
laughed really hard and wondered why she was telling me this. I just
told her she'll have to find somebody better (me!). She was saying
that she'll miss that part of him a lot. She kept wanting to call him
really bad and then I explained to her why she shouldn't so he won't
get annoyed with her since he obviously wants the other girl. She is
a virgin and has started birth control so I used my magic and without
cutting down the other guy, I explained the facts of life. She kept
saying that she wondered if he was just using her for sex and I told
her that he was probably because this girl wouldn't have sex with him
and now that she will he'll probably stay with her for good. She's
smart and agreed partially with the logic.

She was also saying that it's been a week and a half since she's
had sex and she's used to it weekly so she's going nuts. I told her
how long my hiatus has been, and then said I'll have to start going
over there after work if she needs me. It was funny. I then joked
that she'll have to resort to good old fashioned fingers and she
laughed really hard and said that she's resorted to her fingers on
various occasions but it's just not as good! She then said, at least
she's being honest and we both remarked on how good a trait that is.
I then said that I am picturing her in what she was wearing in
Gainesville using her fingers and she started yelling at me to stop
thinking about her doing that while laughing all the time. It was
great.

We then stated talking about Gainesville and I was telling her
all about how our new dorms will be and she really seemed to like
that and said tat she really wants to go back up there. We were also
reminiscing about her trip up there and she said it was horrible but
I said it was cool because she bought me lunch and we started
laughing about all that. She also said something about olive green
paint and I wondered what the hell she was talking about. I then
realized that she actually remembered how we had been picking through
the paint on the wall and found green and then complimented her on
her good memory. I also told her how I saw Amanda a few weeks ago and
she said that she knows which means they've been talking. I mentioned
Amanda's boyfriend who looks like a little boy and she laughed hard
and agreed perfectly!

I was also telling her about Georgia and the vacation we are
supposed to take up there pretty soon. She pretty much knows about
the area and would love to come along. We were talking about our
schooling as well and I was telling her how there is a doctor in Blue
Ridge who might be looking for a young assistant to take under his
wing. She is starting to be pessimistic about being a dentist and I
told her she can come be a nurse for me and she laughed. I then
changed it to she can be a partner and she liked that.

She had cheered up dramatically and she had said that I make her
laugh which is really good. She had said that she'll probably cry
about it when she goes to bed and has dead time just to think about
it. She then said that she doesn't like to cry in an extremely cute
little voice and I laughed and she said it a few more times. I
started laughing and told her that she could be in a no-tears shampoo
commercial and that was really funny. I ended our call although she
wanted to talk to me some more just because she has a habit of
sometimes cutting off our calls in midstream because of another call
and I didn't want to push my luck.

I did tell her if she needs to talk anymore to feel free to call
and she almost seemed surprised that I said that. She asked if I
meant it and then reminded me that I have volunteered if she does
start crying to me. It was cute. I told her I always play the
psychiatrist and then said it always good to take advantage of a girl
just after a break up and then we both laughed as I said I am just
being honest. That was a really cool talk.

I then tried calling Ashley again and she was home. She laughed
that she was thinking about me today and wondered if the bozo would
call or not and that she was going to wait for me to since my mom
says she calls too much! We laughed. She then told me what had
happened over the weekend. There is this big field out in Brandon
where all of the kids hang out on the weekends and on Friday night a
guy there pulled a gun and shot and killed one guy and injured two
others. The past was of the Martinez family who are extremely close
to Daniel Vargas' family so she was with them all weekend. Daniel is
on his way home as we spoke to attend the wake and the funeral with
her.

She then said that she has to do all of this and then go to
Jana's wedding this weekend. I told her to say hello to Laura for me
and to give my best to Jana and Jamey. She then told me that he mom
and Grandma are on a two week vacation to Hawaii and then her mom and
dad are going to play golf at Saddlebrook when she gets back. Must be
nice. She also told me that it was Daniel's little sister's
eighteenth birthday on Saturday as well which was basically ruined.
She also told me that she has heard of Erin Wilcox, but doesn't know
why, perhaps she also went to her church nativity. We talked a little
while longer before getting off the phone because I was getting tired
and have to go to work in the morning.

I've started having a wild time with Kristen. It started on
Saturday night at Chris' party which wasn't that great. I arrived
before he even did and the thing didn't start until an hour later
than it was supposed to. I helped them set up and met his two
Jamaican roommates, Francis and Ed. Some cool people started showing
up and I actually held a conversation with Debbie from Congo Rides.
I've known her since I worked at Flume and pooled at the bumper cars
once. That was cool. They finally brought a keg of Ice Draft and I
downed four small glasses pretty quickly. Kerri was there in a cool
black lace top and I talked to her for a few minutes. She brought her
sister and I asked for a show of animals which I got. It was quite
amusing. She has a dorky little boyfriend and I was extremely
unimpressed.

I had these two girls that were really cute try to get me to
join in and dance with them but I really wasn't in the mood. I also
kept talking to Karen all night which was cool. I also ran into her
on lunch in the breakroom and she talked to me about her and Ryan's
problems like I was her best friend or something. I am really glad I
brought her that one cup of ice water and get to know her before she
transferred to Congo because we probably would have never met then.

Finally Kristen showed up with her friend Julie form Beatty
Towers [snip]. She doesn't drink much if at all and also is
a people watcher who likes to hang out in a corner. I told her at
work today that I have only had a buzz once in my life and really
don't drink that much, if an effort to similarize myself to her. We
ended up joking around and hanging on each other, constantly
touching, all night long. I had a great time and made some perverted
jokes that she loved. They split at around midnight and I left about
fifteen minutes later after talking with Kevin and Mike for a few
minutes. I saw Dayanara once and she was with a guy but she gave me a
really surprised look when she figured out it was me.

Chris and I had partially been making fun of Kristen while we
were on the platform, although it was mainly him but I was laughing,
too. Fortunately I had an opportunity to make up with her as we were
both unloading for the last two hours. There were no supervisors
around and thus we played the entire time. It was cool because we
were doing so in front of people such as Lisa, Shannon's friend, and
Randy. I was making her laugh and crumple over hysterically quite
often and I liked that.

We were talking about sex quite often and it got extremely
interesting. The highlight of the evening was when we made a joke
about Ronnie and she said something about him joking about sex all of
the time. I asked if I didn't and she told me that I joke a lot
differently than Ronnie does implying that I am more mature and
probably sensuous about the way I do it. I told her that I got over
the phase he is in when I was in junior high and she liked that. I
joke around in a way that spotlights the girl I'm talking to and not
myself, and don't make it obvious that I'm hitting on them like he
does.

It partially started because I kept saying things that could be
taken completely seriously or extremely pervertedly and she learned
quick to do the later, sometimes to my surprise. It was amazing. She
then was trying to make baskets with the guests' basketballs, both
real and plush. She could make the soft ones in, but the hard ones
kept bouncing out. I commented that she's OK with the soft ones but
still needs practice with the hard ones and she loved that. I then
was explaining that sometimes even a hard one doesn't want to just
get tossed in right away, it too needs a little extra encouragement
and so forth. It was great!

At one point she was hugging one of the poles waiting for the
next coaster and looking at me really sensuously. I told her that
she's pretty affectionate with the pole and said it's because she
likes to hold on to things that are big referring to cuddling with a
guy rather than a penis but she took it wrong. We both really seemed
to be having a lot of fun. One of my favorite parts is that all of
this involves a lot of soft yet physical touching of each other and
we both are completely comfortable with doing so. We also will look
at each other extremely sensual and will sometimes have our faces
only inches apart. It's awesome!

She then got serious and was asking how much do I think she
actually knows. I told her that I don't know her that well but she's a
smart person and I know that I know she can figure a lot out on her
own. She then said that she can, but she still has a lot of
questions. I said that she can ask me anything she'd like whenever
she needs to and I'll try to explain them in terms of soft and hard
basketballs as best as possible, but she said not all things can be
explained with them......... I like her.

I also had a lot of fun hitting on Jennifer Sheppard on Sunday.
She just broke up with some guy but likes another who works on the
train. I was trying to convince her over to my side for a long time
and had her hanging all over me, too.

There was also the little girls today. One group of older ones
kept calling my name every time they went by and called me over to
the Bumper Cars' queue when I was walking to lunch. There was another
little group. One of the girls rode a few times before taking off her
shirt revealing her bikini top. I smiled and cheered and said how
happy I was because she was undressing and she laughed and told all
of her friends! Another of the little girls also complimented me on
my eyes!

And today was Cathleen's ninth birthday!!!

May 22, 1994 - Sunday - Does Erin truly like me?

I don't know whether or not to trust Steve or not, but I kind of
liked what he had to say. We have always talked pretty openly with
each other about everything and I don't really think he would lie
about this or why he would even make this up. August and I were
unloading and Steve was filling the boxes used to hold the guests'
valuables. Steve at first was talking to August but I quickly
captured his sole attention and we talked and flirted with the ladies
in line. There was this gorgeous Brazilian girl who was unbelievable
and alone!!! I flirted with her a lot and would take and personally
return her bookbag to her and smile at her a lot. She was a lot of
fun. Jason from Congo rides was up talking to us later on and told us
she is an exchange student in Boca Raton.

I also noticed this attractive blonde who seemed to keep looking
at me even though she had her boyfriend on her side. I was thinking
about that when Steve suddenly told me that there's a blonde who
keeps giving me the eye every time she comes, and she did a few more
times, too. That was kind of funny. Steve was talking on the phone
every once in a while with Erin out at height stick. He came up to me
once and told me that she likes me and I tried to get more out of him
but he just confused me. He did say however that she said she likes
me which was really cool but she hasn't really showed it. I tried to
be exceptionally nice to her for the rest of the evening.

I asked her later and she told me that she, too, is going to the
University of Florida to be a physical therapist!

May 16, 1994 - Monday - Fall into a blue mine!!!

I don't know, maybe it's a certain time of the month that my
eyes are really blue. Or perhaps I just have to be in a pretty good
mood to be able to look sensuously at a girl with enough glisten in
my eyes to make them beautiful. Either way they pierced the attention
of yet another adoring female fan today at work. I was riding on the
Skyride to get lunch when a group of four girls traveling the other
way said hi. One then called back as they were passing and told me I
have really pretty eyes. I said thank you and my ego boosted. I
laughed as I realized it has happened twice in twenty-four hours and
want to ask the guys what a good way to continue the conversation
would be, and maybe turn it into a pick up. Nilsa told me to just say
thank you and immediately ask for her number. Coming from a girl who
would have no reason to lie to me, perhaps it would work.

I then walked up the Crown Colony stairs and a woman with a
bunch of older girls asked me where another restaurant is for they
had gotten pissed off about something in the pizza line. One girl
then added that it should be cheap. I joked that they should go get
their hands stamped and cross the street to Burger King and they
laughed. I then told them about the Zagora Cafe and they thanked me
repeatedly and we parted. Suddenly one of the girls called back and
told me that, by the way, I have beautiful eyes and I said thank you
and laughed in utter disbelief. I'm going to have to start flirting
all of the time. What was even better is that it is a Monday when
hardly any girls are in the park anyway, but I did notice a
tremendous improvement over last week. That was just so awesome for
it to happen twice so quickly and so independently.

Kristen was being a good girl today and grabbed me a few times,
once from behind and I took hold of her hands and could have easily
pulled them forwards to wrap them around me but suddenly realized
that I probably shouldn't. I was in booth later joking around with
Jimmy when she came in with Chris and she started giving me a back
massage that felt awesome by vibrating her clenched fists on my back.
When she stopped, I told her not to and then called her a tease and
she leant forward and laughed that of course she is. She then
massaged me some more which was great.

Somebody lost a wallet a little while later and I headed out to
help look for it. I jumped down an eight or nine foot wall for the
second time but was wearing my glasses and judged the distance wrong.
All I remember was the fraction of a second when the ground didn't
hit my feet when it was supposed to, and then the eternity of not
knowing when it would. There wasn't enough time to look and see but I
felt it and it hit much harder than I was expecting but I fortunately
knew instantly to collapse my knees and hips and saved perhaps a
serious injury. My ankle is a little sore now but I'll live since I'm
doing booth tomorrow where I'll be sitting all day and I'm off on
Wednesday as of now.

At the end of this track run, Kristen and I ran through the cave
together and then back up to the platform. When we got to panel she
was breathing really heavy and then started getting a slight asthma
attack and didn't have her inhaler. Jimmy let her stay with me in the
panel for a few minutes until she felt better. I told her that I was
just curious, and asked if people with asthma have this problem in
bed. A slick way to find out if she has sex or not. Had she said no,
I would have told her that she hasn't been with the right partner
yet, if he didn't excite her enough. She laughed and said that she
wouldn't know and then I saved my ass by saying that I just thought
she might have heard since she has asthma and I was implying anything
about personal experience. She liked that and I realized I am getting
all of my flirtatious confidence and talents back.

When Jimmy came back, she ran down to get water and I told him
what I asked her. He laughed and said I should be careful with all
these new harassment rules and I said that we are friends enough and
then I told him about my disclaimer and he thought that was smart.
Besides we harass her all of the time anyway! She then came back in
and he was talking to her about her asthma and she said she'd start
bringing her smaller inhaler to work and Jimmy suggested that she
could put it in her pants, and then corrected it to her pockets while
trying to seem like he meant to say that. As soon as she left I
busted out laughing and he joked that he was telling ME to be careful
with what I say. That was funny. I also found out that he is married
to Lori from personnel and has been for over a month. They had been
dating for over two years and I never knew.

Shannon and I chatted for a few minutes today about all of the
work she and Dick had done on their house over the weekend. They are
painting, doing wallpaper and borders, and tiling the floor. She
seemed pretty worn out. She and I then were talking about her baby in
front of Jimmy. She wants to take her to Sea World this weekend and
was talking like she is very proud of her. I was asking her questions
such as what her first word was because she was saying about how good
it will be when she can really talk. She can say Heidi, her
boyfriend's mother's dog's name, and da-da. She said that she calls
her da-da since she is essentially the father anyway. I brought up
how I remembered that the father left her pregnant and she was
calling him an asshole and said that she can't wait for the blood
results so she can get money from him including back child support.
She really seemed intent on busting his ass and it was cute.

Nilsa really needed someone to work booth tomorrow and was quite
happy when I immediately volunteered. It added a few hours plus I'll
get to sit down all day and just talk like I love to do. She and I
left after two to go and get trained by Jenni Wooster up front and we
ended up staying and all three talking a lot for quite a long time.
We were gone for over an hour and a half but since she is an
assistant supervisor, it mattered not, and Jimmy wasn't a bit
concerned when we returned.

May 15, 1994 - Sunday - My eyes are blue again!!

Two days at Adventure Island and it seems like I'm as tan again
as I was after all of that time at the pool up in Gainesville. I just
hope the suddenness of it all doesn't lead to a bunch of peeling. it
was pretty packed today with tons of girls because it's the weekend.
I flirted with quite a few of them when I could. I finally got an
empty chaise lounge in front of the wave pool where all the action is
and watched some pretty hot girls laying in the shallow water. After
a while, one rolled over and was wiping a bunch of white stuff off of
her legs that looked like all of her sunscreen had bunched together.
I was soon lying in the water and saw this one woman looking over her
arm right at me. I know the trick because I do the same. She was
exactly what I picture Shar¡ to look like at forty if Shar¡ lives
that long. She had the same stretch marks on her hips and side, sun
dried skin, and kind of looked like her a lot. Her breasts seemed to
be shaped the same until she unhooked her top and showed off a lot of
them from the side. They were far firmer than Shar¡'s.

I then eventually noticed the whiteness on my legs, too. I
suddenly realized the faggots had repainted the pool's floor and
didn't bother to tell anyone that the oil paint wasn't yet dry.
Fuckers. I came every close to complaining to guest relations but the
line was long as I was leaving. I went back to my chair and was
rubbing the paint off as best I could when the big old lady who had
sat down in the chair next to mine started talking with me. She was
amazed by the simulation of a beach in a pool. This was her first
time here and I explained it to her. She lives in Safety Harbor and
was there with her daughter and her ten year old granddaughter. When she
asked and I told her I work over at Busch on the Kumba, she said her
granddaughter will love that because they had gone recently and loved
it, and she was indeed excited when she found out. She told me about
her hip problem and thought it was nice when I let her know that I
understood what she was talking about. That's when I let her know I
go to Gainesville and am trying to be a doctor.

She was saying once that she didn't know where her family went
off to and I joked that they saw she was doing fine on her own
talking to me so they ran away and she laughed about that. It only
goes to show that I can flirt with women of any age. She soon parted
and was quickly replaced by two hot and sexy youngsters. One soon
asked me if I knew what time it was and I laughed inside about the
joke that girls mean that as "I want to fuck you now!" They then ran
away but I stuck around hoping to talk to them and maybe run around
with them. They came back but started getting ready to leave. I
looked up at one with a smile in my eyes so I thought. The cuter girl
then told me that I have really pretty eyes and I laughed and said
thank you. She laughed back and said that she just thought she'd say
that and they took off. I left as well figuring that I should leave
while I was ahead.

I wondered if Chrissy and father had indeed gone to Busch and
thought about driving in and calling home to see if they had. I knew
that even if they had, I would never be able to find them unless I
paged them but that would take too much time especially if they were
on the Kumba. As I drove by the parking lot I swore I saw his car out
in the boonies under a tree and saw the extensions over the rear
tires that I only recently noticed when we packed the car for me to
come home from Gainesville. I decided to give it a try so I went
inside the park. I tried to walk the path they would go on if they
were walking out and I was highly relieved when I noticed the pair
walking towards me. That was awesome!

Father wasn't feeling well so I asked if they wanted something
from the employee line since I was there. After they had eaten, he
felt much better. We then went through the brewery tour and looked at
all of the animals and special exhibits and stores along the way. I
then got us into the exit of the Skyride. I had a pretty good time
and think they did, too.

I worked all day long yesterday and stayed on boardwalk for over
seven hours!!! I didn't get out of there until after eleven and was a
zombie when I got home. I did have some fun flirting early in the
day, though. I remembered from last year that getting water for
people will instantly be taken as a seriously friendly gesture. The
placed was packed so we had all kinds of people working in the sun. I
carried Kristen some water and she told me that she loves me forever
along with some other compliments. There was this seventeen year old
named Karen whom I had yet to meet. She is Ryan's new girlfriend so I
got her some water and she told me I saved her life and didn't shut
up for the rest of the day. That worked beautifully. She told me all
kinds of things which was pretty cool.

She even had to gum scrape later on boardwalk and was showing me
the cup of gum she had collected. I joked that she needs more colors
like purple and sent her on a quest. I suddenly stepped on gum and
complained so she seriously told me she;d scrape it off and actually
bent over to do so. That was fucking awesome!!! It turned out to be
purple and we laughed hard about that. I ran around with Erin some
during the day and also got water for this rather attractive girl in
the souvenir shop and made her very happy. I also ran into Jeanette,
this youngster who will be in Gainesville this fall whom I know from
last summer.

Mike and I ran up to Crown Colony for lunch and were flirting
with the girls in the opposite gondolas. Kelly came in while we were
eating and I talked with her and then started talking to her friend
when she left . I had hoped to impress Mike by meeting someone new.
It turns out that she goes to Gainesville which is cool. I remember
that she came in the same day I did to interview. When she found out
we work at Kumba she asked if we know Chris Saladino and I said yes.
I hadn't talked to him this summer yet but did as soon as I got back
and found out that the girl's name is Jennifer, for that was an
important fact that Mike and I laughed about overlooking.

May 13, 1994 - Friday - New traits, new turn ons

What luck!!! Heh heh...

Playing with Kristen [snip] has turned out to be a rather
profitable venture. She's nice, smart, "attractive", and is a lot of
fun. She's not psychotic, stoned, pregnant, married, Jewish, or any
of that bullshit. I'm starting to think that I want to settle down
with a decent girl for I have gotten through my "rebellious" stage I
think. Of course I still want a sixteen year old, but that's another
disgusting story.

Kristen and I greeted each other very pleasantly upon first
seeing each other. We talked throughout the day at our various
positions. We also went together during the track run again and she
motioned for me to come with her and told me she had been told that
somebody dropped some money. We couldn't find it anywhere,
unfortunately. We joked around a lot out on platform and were
anything from sarcastic to sexual to serious. We were also both being
very physical upon her initiation. We touched, tugged and leant on
each other a lot throughout our conversation and I had quite a bit of
fun.

Today was also very eventful in the female department, although
quite a few were still pretty young. I had one group of three cute
kids all calling my name and saying hello from the line. Kristen
laughed and asked if I know them and I said no. One said I have
really cute legs and her friend came up to me later and told me that
she thinks that again. It was cute. There were also some real
knockouts including one whose little top was almost falling off. Mike
knew she had a camera but let her pull down her harness anyway so I'd
have to relift it and get a good long look up close. Thanks man!!!
They were amazing!

I hung out for about five hours at Adventure Island and it felt
so damn good sucking in all of that sun after my big hiatus for final
exams and everything else.


I think I'm on a roll here in little rock, I'm solid as a stone
baby wait and see. I've got just one small problem here in Little
Rock, without you, baby I'm not me. Without you, baby I'm not me.
- Collin Raye.

Don't you ever doubt this love of mine, your the only one for
me. You give me hope, you give me reason, you give me something to
believe in, forever faithfully, your love amazes me.
- John Barry

She opens her heart to an old memory, she closes her eyes and
smiles, just ask her if she ever still thinks about me and she says
every once in a while, every once in a while. She tries to forget,
but she hasn't yet... that feeling again reminds her of when I held
her tight, it felt so right... when she thinks about us, she'll face
the fact, she wants to go back. - Blackhawk

She'd stayed up all night and cried into her pillow, and fought
off the urge to just break down and call, last night to find the
fault seemed so darn easy, but now who's to blame doesn't matter much
at all. She thinks to just call him would just show weakness so the
hurt goes on with every tear she cries. Don't it hurt to see another
good love fall to pieces, chalk another love lost up to foolish
pride. Turn out the lights the competition's over, the stubborn souls
the losers here tonight, and while the bridge is burned another hard
hard lesson's learned, as in the ashes passion slowly dies, and this
romance goes to foolish pride. He relives every word they spoke in
anger, he walks the floor and punches out the wall, to apologize to
her would be so simple, but instead he cries, "I'll be damned if I'll
crawl." If he loses her he's lost his best friend, and more than just
a lover can provide, so he wrestles with emotions that defeat him,
chalk another love lost up to foolish pride.
- Travis Tritt

Lipstick lettered across the mirror this morning said goodbye
baby, you left without warning. Like a thief in the night, you ran
away with my heart.. that ain't no way to go, girl it just ain't
right, don't you think I deserve to hear you say goodbye, that ain't
no way to go. - Brooks and Dunn

Just some meaningful country lyrics...

May 11, 1994 - Wednesday - Bank of Melissa, Kristen

What!!!??? Good. I swore I heard the phone ring as I started
typing this. There was a good song on the radio and I'm really not in
the mood to listen to anybody blab right now. It could just be a
chord in the song that sounds like the phone. It's always a pain in
Gainesville when I'm playing the stereo really loud and a song comes
on that every few seconds sounds like our faint little phone is
ringing.

Ashley called me back this evening as she had promised. She had
actually called earlier and told Chrissy that she'd call back. They
wanted to know why she keeps calling me and figured that she was
calling me to tell me to leave her alone. Cute. She told me that she
had called the honors department up in Gainesville. They said that
the specific requirements about biology weren't mentioned in our
course guide which is the bible according to the year you entered.
That may turn out to be really cool, I'll have to see. We then
chatted for a little while and she told me how she almost got in an
accident today on the way home from work that scared her into about
twenty minutes of numbness afterwards.

I arrived early to work and waited for Shannon to show up and
she looked at me when I said hello but just walked right on by. I
waited a few minutes to follow her and found her sitting on a bench
on boardwalk. I just realized that perhaps the sun was in her eyes
and she didn't see me because she wouldn't have really been looking
for me. I wish. I sat down with her and commented on how horribly
tired she looks and she said that she actually got too much sleep
last night, for she went to bed at nine and got up at a quarter til
seven. We sat there and the sun felt damn good. I had just closed my
eyes and leant back as she was saying that and I full agreed and wish
I could have been naked on a beach with her somewhere.

Kristen and I got along well all day long today. We chatted
briefly early in the day and eventually Ronnie and I worked across
from her on the platform. Ronnie and I were being very sexist and
were joking that we had better be careful so we don't get charged
with sexual harassment. There was this one GORGEOUS girl with the
perfect tan and the nicest breasts who had an earring loop through
her eyelid. We were also making rather perverted remarks to and about
Kristen. One time Ronnie and I were laughing pretty hard and she
wanted to know what we were saying. He said that it's just guy talk
and that we don't need her so she smiled and pouted and walked back
up to her position. I called for her to come back saying that maybe
Ronnie doesn't need her but I sure as hell do. I then told him she'll
be back and he laughed and said that you have to treat them like shit
to get them to keep coming back. That was funny. He then wondered why
they think they're the smarter sex!

Kristen came back the very next ride and I told her that we knew
that she would. It was cute. Ronnie was wise to put out a disclaimer
that we were teasing her because she works with us and were flirting
with the guests, just so she wouldn't get upset and think we were
genuinely being mean towards her. He was talking about all of the
things she could go and use on her boyfriend this weekend, mainly
strawberry lotion. I found out that he lives in Starke where the
state prison is and I asked her how soon until he gets fried. Ronnie
was mentioning other tasty lubricants and finally said baby oil. I
quickly corrected him and said that one leaves a bad taste on your
tongue and he cracked up and she made a look of disgust. It was
pretty funny.

We also were talking about Busch Gardens dress code because she
only had the top button of her shirt undone. I told her it was
against the dress code to have her shirt buttoned up that high and
she must undo another one. I then said that it is illegal not to look
comfortable in front of the guests. Ronnie thought that was great but
we could never convince her to unbutton her shirt. Kristen threw a
guests's cap one time to Ronnie and the brim made a thunk as it hit
Ronnie in the head and she and I started cracking up. I told her that
rules out playing frisbee with her up in gainesville and she said
that she was aiming for his head so we still can.

Later on I was heading out to break and Kristen waited up for
me. She was relieving Jamey for his break and she laughed and pulled
my sleeve to get me closer and told me that this is payback for what
Ronnie and I were saying. Cute. I then had the upmost fortune of
listening to Jamey blab for fifteen minutes. I later took height
stick and Kristen kept coming up and talking to me for rather long
periods of time which was cool. We then had to do a final track run
for the night and she has never done one so she called out for me to
wait up and said that she was coming with me. We each found a little
bit of money. Part of the trip included hopping off of a four foot
wall and she told me to come back and put her hands on my shoulders
and I put my hands on her sides as I lifted her down. That was cute.
We then walked to our cars together and talked a little bit more
about Gainesville.

Ryan was being rather funny today as well. He came up to those
of us on platform in the morning and told us that there are some VIPs
in the park so if we see anybody in white shirts and ties, then we
need to look like were about ready to have an orgasm! He also came
out and pointed out a woman with huge "titties" to me on boardwalk
and told me to go check her out. I told him we had seen her before
and had been joking to Ronnie that each one was bigger than my head!

Shannon was kind enough to let me park patrol in the morning
even though she had wanted to. I told her I was kind of planning on
it because I forgot my breakfast money. I promised to buy her a drink
if I found enough change and she said not to worry about it because
she raided Dick's wallet this morning. Later on we were all up on
boardwalk talking and she told me to get the earring out of my ear
and I asked her if the park was open yet and Jimmy kind of laughed
and I had gotten my point across. She was then making fun of me and I
asked her what she had said since she has called every other guy with
an earring a faggot. She said she was just making fun of my hoopy
loop and does so because she doesn't really like earrings on guys,
and then said it is nothing personal. She also said that she doesn't
like long hair, she likes her guys plain. That really surprised me
and I suddenly realized that I had been stereotyping her against
Shar¡. But maybe she is like Shar¡, just older. I'll just have to
wait and see how Shar¡ turns out when she grows up.

Shannon made Jamey wait for me so we could all go on break and
she bragged that they had even waited for me and I thanked them
graciously. It was funny. I was in panel later on when Jimmy was
filling out the break schedule. He had Jamey's name under mine and I
asked if Shannon's shouldn't be before him. He laughed and said that
I am definitely right, since Jamey did come in late for work, thus he
scheduled it so Shannon and I could go together, however he thought
he was just fixing it so I wouldn't have to go with Jamey. Shannon
and I were talking earlier and she had hoped that she doesn't have to
eat with fat boy, and after I said I wanted to eat with Melissa, she
looked at me funny and I admitted that I'd much rather eat with her.

Well, Jimmy, not knowing his error, sent me with Melissa, which
worked out because I suddenly realized I had forgotten my wallet so
she drove us to Wendy's and spotted me, and then told me every detail
of her up and coming wedding.

May 10, 1994 - Tuesday - Poetic trip, Tiger needs

from "Meeting" by Marie C. Stopes

At last!

We meet!

Hands touch and cling

Hearts vibrant sing

But silently, for lips are pressed.

I feel your breast

Throb on my beating heart,

I feel your knees

Tremble like aspens in a summer breeze.

by Anon

I find my love fishing

His feet in the shallows

We have breakfast together,

And drink beer.

I offer him the magic of my thighs

He is caught in the spell.

"Love remembered" by Mary-Jo Wilson

I remember love,

how could one quite forget

a twilight walk in misty rain

to laugh and come home wet.

I remember love,

hard we fought the reaper,

you smiled acceptance when he came,

still the cheerful dreamer.

I remember love,

it sits upon my lap

purring contentedly with life,

she knows you won't be back.

I remember love,

was you who taught me how,

make lasting memories, share a dream,

how much I'm grateful now.

"Perpetuum" by Danny Rowden

I dream of you each night:

I don't know why.

You'd think your haunting

Of my every waking moment

Would be sufficient.

by John Laws

I remember most

the times

when love was short

and memories were long.

And thus I have created a poetic compilation representative of
my emotional transgression through Shar¡. Rather interesting I must
say and completely sincere.

Abigail called me again last night at about nine thirty. She was
supposed to pick some guy up at work at eleven thirty because he
doesn't have a car and wanted something to do until then. I had just
finished eating and was ready to go to sleep so that I'd be well
rested for today at work so I declined. We started bullshitting and I
was complimenting her quite a bit and that progressed to some serious
conversation. I even thanked her for calling and she seemed so much
more happy with me when we parted than when she returned my call on
Saturday evening.

I still can't help but think how smart I am when I finally put
my mind to something. My excuse for core biology was that it is a lot
of memorization. Well I just made it through one of the greatest
memorization challenges that exist, art history under Dr. Stanley,
and that has made me realize that I can and will do well this fall in
all of my science classes including those with tremendous
memorization requirements. If I can start proving my worth to other
people now, it is sure to get me far.

Off to work I go... in a far more optimistic mood than
yesterday.

Work went pretty cool, I decided to just be talkative and mess
around all day. Shannon came in about the same time that I did and
got sent to platform despite a request for boardwalk. We didn't
really have a boardwalk position yet but Ryan had asked me to cover
the area once to make sure it was in good shape and then to go and
get Jamey from the wall so we could start on lunches. I went out
there and found the oaf answering the questions of two very tall and
very good looking girls both probably around twenty-two. I figured he
was sending them to Kumba so I hurried over to him and told him to
come with me so that we could walk with these girls and so I could
get in on the action. I figured they'd much rather talk to gorgeous
me than Elvis.

It turns out that the cuter girl was afraid of riding the ride
and so I was doing my best to subtly convince her that it would be
worth her trying the thing at least once. We talked all of the way up
to the entrance before heading up the exit to the platform. I noticed
that she was coming through the line but she ended up walking across
the coaster like I had told her she could. She said that she wanted
to see her friend do it once first. I told her that I could
understand a little kid being afraid to ride, but her? She laughed
and told me to shut up and then told me that she's just an old
married woman who's afraid of such things. Shit!!! But I knew that
she figured I'd probably go away once I found out but I proved that I
was being genuinely nice but continuing to talk with her and she
quickly regained her flirtatious attitude.

She ended up going and told me that it really was great fun but
she was really dizzy as she stumbled off. They reappeared at the end
of the day as I looked into the crowd to see her waving at me with a
big smile on her face. They rode twice, the second time in the front.
I joked that I swore she was once afraid to ride on the ride and we
laughed and she said that she really likes it now. That was their
last ride and they then took off.

I had the uneventful pleasure of working with Shannon on the
platform in the morning. We talked periodically, and I did nice
things like get her water and take the guests' articles to the box
for her, but neither of our attitudes were very exciting. I was
standing with her one time when I saw this gorgeous tan girl who was
tall and had what seemed like a perfect body. She was in tan shorts
and a hot pink tight nylon sport midriff top that showed off a
beautiful stomach. I said that she is cute and started the entire
time. Shannon laughed and said that I was drooling and then told
Melissa across at button what I was doing. I reasoned that I have
full rights to look at someone that good looking when they are so few
and far between. We chatted a little bit more before I got sent on
lunch.

I traveled to Crown Colony and got a couple of cheese pizzas and
headed back to the breakroom because Shannon was supposed to get her
lunch soon, too. She was there so I sat with her and we ate and
talked. I showed her my report card like I had wanted to the day
before and bragged. She's the only one I cared to show. I was on
platform later and was talking with Ronnie who wanted to know who the
women of choice are for me lately. I told him I like Kristen and
Briana because they are UF girls, but he said they both have
boyfriends. Shit... I'll have to work on Kristen a little bit
differently now. Fuck. I then said that if Shannon's circumstance was
only a little bit different referring to her boyfriend and he agreed,
talking about her kid. He also said she is too old which I strongly
protested. He said that she would wear me out because she likes sex
at least once a day. That was funny, so I told him about Leigh Anne
and he pieced that together with what I had already told him about
Shar¡, with her getting pregnant and all.

It was cool to get to talk to Ronnie for a change. Even better,
Paul has gone off to Timbuktu for good!!!!! That fucker sucked. I
joked around with Mike a lot today as well as we looked for potential
in almost every girl that walked by. He looks but quite scarcely
talks to them despite his decent looks. Of course I had to secretly
gloat as he saw me talking to various girls. The one in pink came
back with her friend and I saw them laugh and go out of their way
once to read my nametag. I then heard her friend tell her what my
name was. The friend then talked at me the next time they came around
which was pretty cool.

I got to work across from Melissa after my turn in the panel and
we ended up having a pretty cool time. We were joking around a lot
just like we used to and were touching each other to emphasize things
and were laughing a lot. I was glad. I had sent Shannon on her break
first because she was thirsty without her really asking me. I then
went and came back to be alongside her. We were playing around a lot
then and kept talking the entire time. That was really cool. She told
me how fat boy had slammed her hand with a harness and how she almost
(or did?) start screaming at him. When he got off, he came up into
booth with Mike and I and was getting all worried about how next
Saturday's night function would be staffed and we started making fun
of him and then were saying stuff like we should shut down the ride
because he was leaving and all. I joked so that he would laugh as
well, but we both instantly looked at each other when he left and
said that he is psychotic.

Shannon was telling me how much she wants a stuffed tiger and
how she and her boyfriend spent fifty dollars trying to win one. I
saw an airbrushed tag on the front of her car with her name and
Richard's. I thus dub Shannon's man Dick. So Dick didn't win her a
tiger. Somebody kept coming through and she kept eyeing their medium
tiger a lot. I would have asked them how much they'd sell it for if
they would have only come through one last time. She then told me
that someone had given her a stuffed animal once in the park and her
Dick bitched so she through it out the car window. I asked her if I
went and beat up those little kids and stole her a tiger, if she
would throw it away, too. She said no.

I've also remembered my gleam that I can make my eyes do and the
wonders it works with a little smile. I was flirting a lot and even
got an unexpected number of girls in opposing gondolas on the Skyride
to wave and say hi as I passed. It was cute. I'm getting into the
swing of things far earlier than I did last year.
Ashley just called and told me the horrible news of the
requirement that liberal arts and science majors must have a B or
better in the biology sequence classes. I only had a C+. Shit!!!
Ryan and Shannon were in the booth at closing and I went up
there to get my glasses and hang out in the air conditioning for a
few minutes. At closing Ryan said, "Go home assholes!" referring to
us. I told him about the British guy with an earring in both ears who
was waiting for us to find his hat. Shannon looked down and then at
me and told me to tell the guy to take his earring off and then we'll
get the faggot his hat!!! That was quite funny.

May 9, 1994 - Monday - Smile, Sarah & mom visit

Today sucked. It didn't really suck, I just wasn't really in the
mood to deal with the people I had to deal with, and wasn't on the
break schedule to deal with those that I wanted so badly to talk to.
I was rather upset when Shannon arrived and barely said hi and gave
me a peace sign and then disappeared into nowhere. I was then
replaced on height stick and later saw her talking to the guy out
there. My horrible mind thus thinks she avoided me out there so she
wouldn't have to talk to me. The problem was compounded later when
she unpleasantly talked to me out on boardwalk and so I left. I was
later sitting out at the wall daydreaming about Kristen lying on top
of me naked this fall in Gainesville when suddenly Shannon walked by
with a big smile and waved. I couldn't believe how a simple smile
could cheer me up so much, and also realized how horrible it would
have been had I seen her just walking by. I did get to talk to her up
at booth later on with Ronnie there as well.

So I concentrated a little bit more on Kristen. We joke around
whenever I see her but can still talk seriously which is a problem
Laura and I never solved. Chris and I were unloading and talking
about the women when I told him there's someone I'd do and pointed
into the line. Shannon was in there sweeping and he laughed and said
to get in line. He then pointed at Kristen in the booth and said that
there is someone he'd like to see more of. I agreed and said it'll be
cool together up in Gainesville. He said that if he could reserve
her, he'd be up in Gainesville all of the time and I laughed.

I wandered around boardwalk for a while later on and noticed
some really nice looking chicks in both the photo shop (Angie but I
don't know that yet) who looks like Marcella and in the gift shop.
They kept looking at me every time I walked by so I hope to meet them
soon. I also had the extreme pleasure of finishing up the day at the
river rapids with Kelly and some guy who talked to me the entire
time. That wasn't too bad and was a change of pace.

Continuing yesterday's thoughts: I was working across from
Briana and kept talking to her for a long time. Every once in a while
something funny would happen and we'd have a good laugh. Once she got
sick because this older hispanic was wearing a tight body suit half
way up her ass. It was great! There were this black woman who was
having trouble sitting in the seat correctly, since it designed for
the ease of a two year old, and we were desperately trying to get the
idiot to hold her arms up long enough to get the harness down. Jamey
(Elvis) was on button and he started making dramatic hand gestures to
make us hurry up. Since his is one of the slowest people there, I
looked right at him and yelled all the way across to the back of the
coaster for him not to start getting an attitude. I thought it was
hilarious.

That was right up when I noticed father and Chrissy in line for
they had come and finally bought season passes. I chatted with them
for a little while and Chrissy gave me a big hug right on the
platform.

Later on, as I was returning from the wall, I looked into the
crowd at all of the girls as I usually do and I saw these two eyes
that my mind instantly recognized as Sarah's! The rest of her looked
different until she looked up at me and yelled my name and then we
hugged each other long and hard and she was saying some bullshit
about it being so long since she's seen me. Her hair is a lot shorter
now which is why I didn't notice her right away. She then introduced
me to her mother!, her brother's girlfriend, and her little brother.
That was cool to meet some of her family and all. She told me that he
had gone up to Kumba to look for me and will find out Friday if she
gets to work there. She then said to give her a call sometime this
week and we all parted. That was quite interesting.

Kristen told me today that she'll be living in a triple this
year in Broward. Three people in a box!!! I told her that sucks and
there won't be any privacy whatsoever. She agreed and even said that
she can't stand one of the girls very much. I almost told her that
it'll be cool as everybody finds a boyfriend and starts staying at
their rooms, but I didn't want to imply anything that I could soon
suggest that she do with me.

May 8, 1994 - Sunday - UF girls Briana & Kristen

I tell her to give me a call sometime, she knows where I am. She
tells me to do the same and gives me her beeper number. She asks if
I'd be home today and I say no, I work. Shar¡ called at five. Cute.

I got ready to head up to Kumba this morning just as Chris and
Mike pull up. We all walked together up to Kumba and talked about
Ryan's party last night. A lot of people were there, and a lot went
on, but it was the same old shit. I made up a pretty good excuse
which got me off the hook as to why I didn't ever show up. Chris said
that none of the girls we hit on ever showed up. Ron Jones, although
he was totally whipped by Krissie, seemed to be ready to split when
Kevin and I ate lunch with him on Friday. It turns out that he
screwed (tore up!) Jacqueline's old friend and I instantly remembered
Melissa, the gorgeous one. Chris agreed that she was the one and I'd
congratulate Ron in a heartbeat for nailing someone so awesome. Chris
said not to spread the word, though, and of course I wouldn't.

We went up to Kumba and everybody packed in around Nilsa in the
little room. This pretty good looking girl named Erin was in there
and still had a hangover. I went and sat next to her. Landry was
there and gave me a huge welcome back yell, and then explained to
Erin that he always welcomes Dan that way. I think his acceptance won
her over quickly for me because she was joking around with me a lot
later on while we were on platform. She was telling me everything
interesting that would happen to her as she worked. Somebody left a
medium stuffed white tiger in the box and I told her it is mine now.
She laughed and said go ahead until I told her that I took home quite
a few animals last year. It suddenly disappeared soon thereafter and
I looked all of the way across the platform and asked her why she let
somebody take my tiger. She smiled and said she didn't do it and I
made puppy eyes and frowned and said that it is her fault. She
laughed a lot about that.

I also remembered another thing the wonderful Shannon did as we
were walking to our cars on Friday. Right after she said she doesn't
smoke pot any more, a little bunny went hopping across the sidewalk
and she got very excited and pointed it out to me. It was really cute
the way she did it and I figured that she must love animals since she
is a country girl. I then told her about the bunny nest that got run
over by the lawnmowers last summer.

I had seen this new girl named Briana yesterday morning when
Chris and I rode the Kumba and Nilsa had introduced us to the new
girl Kristen. I had gone on break and bought a drink and Kristen came
in about five minutes alter and sat across from me. I decided to
start asking all kinds of questions when she suddenly asked me if I
went to UF. She's been there a year already and swears that she
remembers me from somewhere. She lived in Broward and is in the
marching band that travels to all of the football games. She wants to
be an elementary school teacher and is pretty smart. I asked her how
her grades went and she got a 3.6, and so did I! We then realized and
she was rather over excited about the fact that we both essentially
got the same grades, a bunch of A's, a B, and a B plus. It was pretty
cool.

We then started naming all of our classes trying to figure out
where she might have recognized me from and finally narrowed it down
to Grigg's psychology class last fall. Chris and I were rating the
girl yesterday and he liked her because she had some back to her. I
just kept thinking for the rest of the day about whether or not she
has a boyfriend and what it would be like to have a normal smart
girlfriend for a change! She is decent enough to show off and is very
friendly and I like that a lot.

I quickly convinced Ronnie to let me have a lunch and break
together since it was my sacrifice of the later break. I told him I
wanted to head up to Crown Colony which I did and had two super fresh
pizzas covered with cheese the only way I love them and they were
delicious! They also had free cake from a banquet which I ate some
of. I even joked with the archipelago group about the cake. [snip]

I then went back to Vivis via the Skyride and found Briana and
Kristen sitting together on break. Kristen said have a seat as I was
sitting down and I thanked her. She then told me that Briana is going
to Gainesville, too. She goes to Armwood high school and was
surprised that we both know where that is. Kristen went to King so
that's not how we know one another. Briana and I then talked across
the coaster track on the platform for a while and I found out quite a
bit about her from both her and Chris. She's wants to major in
Chemistry and I found out that she is seventeen and graduates this
year which is really cool. I just realized what a good and early
start I am getting with all of the girls. I really hope these two
Gainesville chicks will pay off as well as Laura did and would have.

I asked Chris about Briana and he says that he has a boyfriend
for quit a long time but her parents only let her see him once a week
but she sneaks over there although he lives pretty far away. He says
they have sex and although she is quiet, which scares him, he says
she is wild! I suddenly looked at her in an entirely different light
because although she is a a hick, she looked like a Catholic hick
virgin. It makes the fantasy of imagining her have sex when I look at
her so much more real and believable and the goal more seemingly
achievable. Cool!!!

We three walked out together because Chris had called me from
the height stick and told her to wait for me as well. He then was
babbling to her and saying that I wanted her phone number and then
started asking her if she was getting rid of her boyfriend soon. She
actually was flirting as she said yes because he has been a constant
asshole lately and so forth and Chris was joking with her about
sexually starving him. He and I made some pretty truthful remarks
about her needing someone better which I'd be more than happy to
provide!

May 7, 1994 - Saturday - Shari was home!, Ashley

I know now that Shar¡ truly is a thing of the past. Could it be
because I talked to her for the first time since spring break a
little while ago, and had a decent friendly conversation, and the
excitement of meeting Shannon and relaying such a event to my journal
far outshone any thoughts about my old slut. I could have used the
word cunt as well, but both words are used as completely meaningless
in my attitude towards her now. I called her and she was finally
home, or at least she answered the phone because she was on the phone
with her dad. She quickly called me back but we didn't talk for too
long. She has Cord for the weekend and she put him on for a few
minutes and was then bragging about how well he is talking and doing,
despite him living with two deafs. She said that she got a job at the
Firestation as a waitress for a couple of weeks but quit.

I quickly told her I got her message a couple of weeks ago but
knew I was coming home and thus waited so I wouldn't have to pay to
talk to her. She was surprised that I am already working at Busch
Gardens and bitched when she realized I had been home for a week and
was only now calling her. She was glad to find out that Christina was
fired or "laid off" because everybody hates her rather than an
abundance of people existed. Christina got kicked out of her house by
her mom because she found a joint in her room and is now under pretty
strict quarantine by her dad which erases her from the picture.

She remembered that I had exams and seemed happy that I had done
so well. She gave me her beeper number: 226-9477, since I always
bitch that she is never home, and won't leave a message on her
machine. I told her to call me sometime because she knows where I am
and we said see ya.

I called Ashley on Wednesday night like I was supposed to and we
caught up kind of quick. She ended up never going out that Friday
night after her exams because she was entirely exhausted. That after
she had been saying all week how she was going to get trashed. She
said that she ended up just staring at the walls forever before
finally just passing out. She kind of likes her work and all and was
glad to hear that I got Kumba like I so dearly wanted. She was
babysitting five kids because her parents were throwing a dinner
party so she said she'd call me back on Thursday, or if she didn't it
meant she lost my number and to call her on Friday.

Well, she didn't but I decided to wait until Sunday because I
was exhausted. I worked this morning for a couple of hours moving
super heavy tables after a night function last night. I worked with
Chris, and Brian and Ryan took the other half. Puny Ronnie did the
chairs. We worked our asses off but finished pretty quick. Chris and
I then flirted with girls and rode the Kumba once after I shook hands
with Jennifer, met a couple of new girls, and said hi to Nilsa whom I
had talked to for quite a while yesterday about school and all which
was cool. We then headed out.

I had wanted to go trade my shorts in for a smaller pair, and go
to Adventure Island, but I was exhausted and just wanted to come home
and sleep and finish these journals before everything gets lost. What
was cool was when the phone rang, and Ashley was the voice who
answered back. She was surprised because I picked up the phone before
she even heard it ring because I was right there. We talked about
work and she said that Laura loves me for not telling Ronnie she
really was home for a few days. We then talked about grades and she
ended up with a B+ in religion that she was so worried about and I
congratulated her. She called me names because she only made a 3.56
but she has fifteen credits and thus made Dean's List.

I had to eat and I laughed because she always calls when I'm
getting ready to eat, so she concluded that I must eat all of the
time. I soon called her back but we didn't talk too long because she
was going to work out with her mother. she told me that sometime when
I have a weekend off we really have to go to the Dali museum which is
cool. She also said that she got a letter and card from Daniel and he
said some really sweet things in it that made her cry. I'm really
happy for her (but I can't explain why)! She did tell me how she had
gone to Daniel's house on Thursday because his dad had bitched at her
for not visiting them all week since she had been home. she then had
to bring Tisha to her house to work on scholarship applications
because her typewriter had broken. At 10:30 she remembered me and
said shit, she was supposed to call Dan, but didn't want to call so
late. I did tell her that she can call here any time until midnight
if she'd like because the phone's on my end of the house. We soon
said goodbye. She's such a sweetheart!!!

I've seen a lot of people I know at Busch in the past few days.
It's cool when I'm with somebody and everybody keeps saying hi to me.
It happened when I was with Shannon. Dave in food service, Karen from
the gift shops, and so forth. There were a ton of them and I felt
really special. It was a cool way for her to see right off that I am
accepted pretty much and well known which might have influenced her
opening up to me, at least subconsciously. It also happened when I
was walking around with Brian which was cool. I saw Sue Conefry and
her family the other day and said hi and she recognized me even
without hair. It's cool that we finally get along after all of these
years. I also was at control panel and heard someone screaming my
name and it was Amanda, Sarah's friend, but she was with her
boyfriend and another girl, but she looked much better now that she's
"developing."

May 6, 1994 - Friday - Shannon tells all, 3.67!

I told Shannon that I love her today. That was an awesome
feeling. If she knew how much I am truly fascinated by her. I'm also
a genius. Thank God, for I had almost forgotten so.

It's been a while. I finished my rigorous studying routine which
I really didn't feel like talking about because I had no idea how I
did on my exams and when I could only miss a very tiny percent to get
an A, that's kind of stressful. I did call Busch Gardens that Tuesday
and asked if I could verify their receipt of my summer letter. The
fellow explained that they haven't sent out the post cards yet as
they usually do because of an ordering mix up, but he'd be glad to
find out for me and call me back. He then asked for my name and when
I told him, he repeated it with a hint of surprise and saId that he
remembered me from Christmas. It was Conor. I smiled and felt pretty
damn special as he remembered that I go to the University of Florida
and so forth. That was something to brag about later. He said that he
isn't doing the letters this time, but asked me when I would be home
and then asked if I'd like to go ahead and interview on Monday!!!
That was fucking awesome and really made my week. He said that we'd
work something out when I came in for my position.

I suddenly was very eager to come home. Before that I wasn't
quite ready to because I had finally gotten into an awesome routine
after spring break where I was getting all kinds of shit done yet I
wasn't really ever tired that much. I was actually having fun for a
while and had been enjoying the pool and all that. It was like I was
finally free from Leigh Anne and was making up for all of the lost
time. Once I did find out that work would be immediate like I was so
strongly hoping for, but not expecting, my excitement for leaving
took hold. I kind of wore myself out during my exams but not any more
than is to be expected.

I spent the last night packing and joked that father was already
driving up and was ready for a new day when I finally gave in to my
severe fatigue and slept for an hour before he arrived. I had gone
down and visited Ashley for quite a while a couple of times at her
request mainly, but I did pop in unexpected for the first time ever
when Ed had to go down and sign up for a check out time on Nick';s
door. I helped her study and everything for her test Friday morning
and she really seemed to enjoy the company, and of course I did with
her. Father and I then essentially carried everything down the stairs
and that wore out the last of the physical strength I had. I was
shaking once on the way down, it got so bad. I made him buy me a
Pepsi for the caffeine which helped me out, though. We then went and
had a big lunch at Burger King before heading to Granny's for a
little while. Father would probably be pissed at such a short mention
of our visit to Granny's, but it was long ago, and I'm worn out right
now so it can't be helped.

I was ready to travel to Busch on Monday for my appointment at
two. The phone rang at nine and I ran out to get it just in case it
was for me. It was this fellow form Busch named John and he had my
summer letter and told me that I could come in that day if I'd like.
I told him that I was already supposed to for I had talked to Conor.
He said that was great and said that Conor had referred me to him
which is cool. He then said that I would have a position as ride
operator on the Kumba, my first choice as he emphasized!!! that as
awesome and I was extremely happy. I figured I might have to settle
for less because of my early start but no such luck. Cool!!! I then
went through my interview, was recognized by the girls in the
operations department, and even started talking to a lifeguard from
Adventure Island who was hired at the same time as I.

I started Wednesday only to discover that Ronnie was supervising
for the morning. He was excited at my arrival though because a bunch
of people had called in and he didn't know that I was coming. I
immediately got to go and park patrol and later did both the button
and control panel with no additional training whatsoever!!!!! That
amazed me quite a bit but I was glad that it worked out that way.

I had noticed this pretty cute girl on the first day but since I
was new and all, and it didn't seem like she liked the third person
on platform, we didn't at all. I ate lunch with Chris, the big black
guy, and Andre from Flume, and caught up on all of the latest girls.
I found out that there isn't much up for grabs at the Kumba right
now. He said that this one girl Lisa is engaged and Shannon has a
boyfriend and a baby, but she will flirt with you. Of course that
caught my eye right away. I said that she seems like a bitch and he
said that she'll be pretty cool once she gets to know me.

On Thursday I hoped that would happen as my horoscope said that
it would be a good day to interview and be interviewed. I arrived a
little early for work and watched ad Melissa walked by. I could have
hurried and caught up with her, or asked her to wait, but something
told me not to. I then started to get out as I heard a car pull up
behind me. I wasn't sure who it was but I knew not to look as I
finished putting on my shirt and name tag. It was Shannon and she
asked me if I am a Gator fan. She kept walking as I told her I am a
Gator student and she said, "Really!?," with quite a bit of surprise
and she stopped as I grabbed my stuff and caught up with her.
Perfect!!!

We started talking about ourselves. She's going to HCC part time
and wants to eventually go to Florida State to become a paralegal. I
asked her if that as why she seemed to hate my Gator tag and she said
that she likes them because they are a Florida team, but she just
hates Steve Spurrier. She also hates the Hurricanes. She led me into
the service area to take the stairs up to Kumba. By then I was
wondering if she was thinking that I am trying to befriend her, or
hit on her. she of course didn't know how much I already knew, that
she has a boyfriend and a baby, so I was careful not to let myself
look too bad.

When we found Ryan he said that we were it and had to prep along
with this short blonde from Monorail. Her name was Jenn. He sent
Shannon out to help Jenn clean the coasters while I went and park
patrolled. I walked with her out to the maintenance shed and we
chatted along the way. I found $1.20 and a Swiss army knife, and also
had to cut down a bunch of huge bamboo "trees" that had been hitting
people when the wind blew. Ryan was glad that I had accomplished that
and I joked with Jenn later that I'm not used to such physical labor
yet as cutting down trees!

We three went on break together later and I was hoping she'd
come sit with me. I chose the seat but I knew that she has been there
quite a while and might have a different pattern. It felt so
different to be the leader and felt awesome when she came and sat
with me. Jenn then came and sat to my side and we all talked and got
to know each other kind of quickly.

Shannon worked at a Winn Dixie for eight years and had made it
all of the way up to assistant manager and maxed out on pay at
fourteen dollars an hour. She said that she's getting tired of Kumba
and wants to go maybe to this new Publix that's opening in Valrico.
My eyes opened and I took over the conversation. I asked her where in
Valrico is there room for a super Publix as she called it. She told
me and then I said that I am more familiar with the Bloomingdale side
of Valrico. She said that Winn Dixie is the one where she worked
which is awesome because that's where Shar¡ bought my card today and
we ran around in there once during the time when Shannon would have
been working there. What a small world when four of the girls you
know come from what seems like a square mile of land although you
meet them everywhere but there.

She said that she dated this guy for four years before marrying
him and they ended up getting a divorce. She then emphasized that it
was her one and only short little marriage, and that he threw her out
one day. Jenn acted surprised and Shannon said that she just came
home one day to find her shit all thrown out of the house. She's
cute, tan, not refined (says "shit" a lot), is a hick and everything.
I was liking everything so far. I found out on the walk in that
morning that she loves country music because the mechanics were
playing it over the speaker system. I told her how everyone used to
hate it and how I always wanted to freak everybody out by sticking in
a Garth Brooks CD.

We were talking about her living in the boonies and I quickly
told her about Shar¡. She said that she used to be from some Fort
something place near Wimaumau which is really small with one grocery
store and a convenience store with "the coldest beer in town."
However, she didn't know this because she was little but their Cokes
were freezing. She's cute. She also later said that s
he lives on 92? out by 540? on Faukenburg Road which is on the border
of Tampa and Brandon. I laughed and told her not to give me detailed
directions to her house. She also told me that it only takes her
about fifteen minutes for her to get to work.

We then went back and Shannon worked button so I talked to Jenn
a lot. Ryan even told me to train her, freak. I later went on lunch
with Shannon which proved even more exciting. I had mentioned wanting
to take the Skyride up to Crown Colony and getting Pizza sometime
soon and would have gone if she had expressed any interest in doing
so. But she had already brought her own lunch. What sucked was the
employee line in our breakroom wouldn't be opening for twenty
minutes. I sat down catty corner from her and she said that he was
going to wait to eat lunch until the line opened and she could buy a
drink. That was cool that she wasn't going to eat in front of me.

We then started talking about her again and I asked her if she
has a child. I think she quickly blurted out something about her kid
in the morning but I know Jenn didn't catch it. This was my chance to
let her know what I already knew. She said that she does and said
that her baby is a little girl!!! (awesome!!!) who's fourteen months
old. And she's twenty-four!!! That's amazing because I feared she
would say the baby is three or four or maybe even older since she IS
a hick and an older one at that.

I then asked her the ever pressing question of whether or not
the guy she married was the father. She had already mentioned that
she has everything at home now that she wants when she was talking
about why she hadn't done her hair or put on makeup. She said that
there's nobody at Busch Gardens worth a shit anyway and I smiled on
the inside and thanked her to myself. She said that it wasn't his, it
was the guy who was in between him and her current.

She told me the father is a real asshole and left her when she
was two months pregnant. He is Italian which got us talking about our
bloodlines. She said that her daughter is going to have a real
attitude because she is half Italian, part Irish, and part Cherokee
Indian!!! I smiled. So is Shar¡, so am I. She said that her
grandmother was a full blooded indian. That's awesome and I told her
of my Cherokee blood as well. That's a trait that I really love. She
told me that she and this guy were fighting over child support and
how he had signed a paper saying he didn't think the baby was his. He
then wanted to see her on weekends and Shannon said no, because he
claimed she wasn't his. I joked that a simple blood test will tell
and she said that they had just gone through one. She said that it
made her feel weird to see the nurse take the blood out of her baby
because she couldn't find a vein and had to keep jabbing her. Plus it
is a tube that sucks the blood out for little kids but she said her
baby only yelped (not her choice of words, she actually made the
sound) once and was fine the rest of the time.

She told me that she did get pregnant during her marriage to the
first guy and didn't tell him until she was four months pregnant
because she knew he would want her to get an abortion. Somehow he
forced her into getting one anyway and it cost her $2500 because it
was after the first trimester. She said that the guy didn't even go
with her to the hospital, he sent his best friend. She said that it's
one of the most awful feelings in the world to go through an abortion
because she really didn't want to. This is where my superb sympathy
paid off because I was able to use my experiences to let her
understand that I know how she feels. She said that she would have
rather given the baby up for adoption but I told her that she
wouldn't have wanted to because she would have gotten really attached
carrying one for nine months. She said that she was really attached
after only four months and felt so bad when she had it done. She kept
saying what an awful feeling it was.

All I could think to myself was how much this girl had opened up
to me and I assume that I had gained her trust by then because how
often will a girl talk about such emotional subjects with a guy she
has just met?

Mark came in and was surprised to see me and we caught up on
school really quick and I told him about all of my hard classes in
front of her and how well I did and found that a cool way to maybe
impress her without seeming like I was bragging to her. She had
already told me earlier that she had failed and dropped out of her
sociology class because the teacher was really bad. The food line
then opened and we rushed over to get in line. I only got fries and a
Cherry Coke because I hate their chicken. Shannon kept offering me
her food and was telling me how she always eats. She tried to give me
her chips, and then kept offering me pieces of her Philadelphia
pretzel, which was really from Philadelphia because her mom brought
it back from there. She had been telling me about it before we got
our food and had offered me some then. After her asking me
repeatedly, I finally took a little bite just to taste it. She ripped
off a huge piece and I told her so she quickly cut it down to size.
She really seemed intent on making me happy, or she has a hell of a
lot of nice country hospitality.

We soon headed back and were talking about her baby again. She
told me that childbirth is awesome and she loved that experience.
Shannon, as Chris warned me, is truly an awesome girl. She does seem
a little shy however and talks kind of quietly, but that's fine with
me. We went on break again later and she was telling me about where
she lives now. She told me that her boyfriend had an 89 Mustang that
he had just installed a nice stereo system in at Christmas, only to
have the car get stolen. She said that really pissed her off, but I
found it kind of funny. We were talking about cars a little bit and
she has a newer and pretty nice Buick something.

I worked across from her later up on the platform and I couldn't
help but think about how she resembles Shar¡ quite a bit. However,
the physical similarities are much more refined and look so much
better on this girl. I loved it when she let down her hair once and
had this very sensuous appeal to her. She took off and practically
ran as we left for the night although I hoped she would wait up for
me. I think now that was a situation where I should have caught up.

Today she came in looking very nice with her hair all done and
it looked really good. I said hi to her and chatted briefly every
once in a while when I'd see her throughout the day. I even asked
this new guy Brian about her, and he says she's pretty cool.

I worked half of my shift in the booth early in the day right
after lunch. Shannon came in from boardwalk and mentioned the heat
and we talked then for a little while. she ate a lifesaver and then
asked if I wanted the last lemon one. I said no, and then asked if I
could have it because I remembered my pizza breath. She told me that
she has peppermints too and asked if I'd like one of those instead.
She pulled one out and I asked her to sit it on the control panel
because I was dispatching a coaster and then thanked her. How nice
she is!

She bitches a lot about the people she doesn't like there,
especially Melissa who she thinks is two faced as hell. She says that
Melissa likes you if you are a guy, if you're a female, then fuck
you. She also thinks this guy named Jamey, or Elvis, is the rudest
piece of shit to the guests and is slow as hell. She was in the booth
and got tired of him and actually traded places with me early. Lisa
asked me to tell Shannon to bring her a pan and broom at the height
stick. I told Shannon and she immediately lashed out about Elvis and
said that he is the biggest faggot she's ever seen. It was hilarious
and I then sent her on her way.

I worked the button in the morning for three hours and she was
the one to finally relieve me. That's when I told her that I love
her, and went on break. As the day finished up, Melissa and I were on
opposite sides of the coaster waiting to be released and Shannon came
over to my side and we started talking. I then followed her as we
left and started talking to her and she waited and walked with me. We
had a pretty cool conversation then which pretty much sealed things
up as far as I'm concerned. I think she liked me enough, because
she's the kind of person that would completely avoid me if she
didn't.

She was bragging that she has the weekend off and would be
partying to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday and was going to get
wasted. She said that they were going to have a cookout and grill
some food. She then changed her mind and said that they were going to
smoke it, and then said, "not pot, we don't do that anymore!!!" I
though that was hilarious because I almost asked her earlier if she
smoked or not. I should have continued that conversation but I was
surprised she had said it and didn't. She was complaining about her
car and I told her to stop because I have to pray that mine will
crank each time and her problems are minor. She watched me go up to
mine and then laughed and said it is because I have a Ford. Cute. I
was blasting country as I took off and headed right to see if she'd
come up behind me. She did and then sped off North down 34th street
but she didn't fail to give me a little honk goodbye as she passed.

I talked to this guy named Brian who was my break and lunch
partner for the day. I asked Paul if we could take our lunch and
break together and he said yes so I told him I was going to try th e
pizza at Crown Colony. He came along and we caught the Skyride up to
the front. As we walked in, Ron Jones was doing a trash run and we
three talked for a while and he said he'd come down and eat with us
if we stayed so we did. Kelly Bo Peep walked in and soon remembered
me and we hugged and I felt pretty damn special. We then chatted
about who was still there and who had left and all of that good
stuff.

Of course I flirted with the girls in the good old fashion way
of last summer even though they are still kind of young since it is
early May. On Thursday I had a girl who kept coming back and thought
it was funny that I kept seeing her so I started flirting with her
and that was cute. There was a young one whose camera I had to take
and she ended up having to take off her entire belt and fanny pack to
get it off. I told her that she doesn't have to strip just to give me
her camera and she laughed and said but she wants to and asked if she
could! I then begged her to and acted disappointed when she came back
with her clothes still on. It was really funny.

Why am I a genius? Well, I came home to find my report card
sitting on the table already. I wasn't expecting the stupid thing for
a long time but they surprised me. I opened it and covered the grades
so I could hurt my ego one step at a time. I first uncovered art
history and had a tinge of optimism because I swore I saw the point
of an A as I was covering them up. There it was!!! I screamed and
danced for joy through the kitchen. I then looked at my chemistry
grade, another A!!!!!!!!!!!! I ended up making the highest grades I
could make in those classes despite only being able to presumably
miss only four out of thirty in chemistry, and two out of forty-five
in art history. Both were cumulative and seemed extra hard but I
pulled it off because of my newly introduced study habits. Damn I'm
good!!!

I ended up with a 3.67 for the semester which pulled my overall
up to a 3.47. Most important was the A in chemistry since I am a
science major. Cool!!!!!!

So now all of the memories of exam week come flooding back
because I obviously did something right this time. Before now I had
completely blocked that week out of my mind in case things came out
worse enough so that I didn't even write any journals about it all
until now...