CHILLIN' WHEN I SHOULD BE WORKIN'
JUNE 25, 2002

Howdy people. I have nothing else to do, so I decided to insert yet another little entry here. Actually, I'm lying. I do have something to do, but I postponed the activity. I'm actually at work right now. What am I supposed to be doing? Well, I am in the process of reorganizing a previously unorganized file cabinet by making new folders and placing the files in their respective folders. What am I doing? I'm taking an unofficial break from this mess! Yeah, I know. I'm not right, but here's the thing. I got privileges up here. Also, I know how to stretch the time span of my work assignments. Pretty skillful if I must say so. I just did approximately 30 to 45 seconds more of work before I came back to type this sentence.

So, where do I work? Well, I'll tell you. I am currently a summer intern worker at the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning and Development located in the big ol' City Hall building on the 4th floor. This is my third time being here, and my fellow colleagues could not be more cheerful. They have been expecting me. It was ridiculous. I tell you...The second I stepped into this office, everyone got all happy at the sight of my presence. Faces lit up with glee, many people hugging me and stuff, commenting on my appearance. It was crazy, but expected. I knew they wouldn't know how to act when I returned. I'm known as their baby around here. How affectionate...(Boooooooooo!) Apparently, now I don't know how to act anymore. I mean, sure I do my work, and I am always on my best, well almost best, behavior like in the past. However, I have become very willy nilly up here. I'm constantly laughing at people and things. That is normal for me, but not at this newly heightened level. Well, actually, I surpassed this deranged level at another place I worked which I shall mention later, but back to this. I just laughed at someone, and I'm not even in the same room or conversation. I'm terrible sometimes. Meanwhile, there's this other guy who works here, and he's all quiet. That is supposed to be me. That's how I used to be, and that should have been maintained. Alas, it wasn't. I put the blame on the other individuals around me...like this one other summer intern who is off. She is constantly humming nursery rhymes, she constantly says something nonsensical, and everytimes she messes up at something she is doing with an object (like a typewriter or copy machine), the object is branded as evil. I'm steadily laughing at her. This is what she said. "Derrian sure does like to laugh at folks." I sure do. Keep acting the way you do, and I will continue to.

I was hoping to return to a peaceful environment this summer after leaving the snarled work environment at MTSU and goof-chillin' at home for a month. Wait a minute...did I just use the word "snarled"? LOL...Perfect word! My fellow student workers up there (in the office of Electronic Media Communication and other nearby spaces) have corrupted me so bad it's preposterous. That's half the reason why I'm so off at work now. I just cannot escape office silliness anymore. It comes to me uninvited....but I allow it to stay since I'm a goof-goof. I shall never be the same again as long as there are others like me around me. Well, I'm about to go. The girl that I was just talking about in the previous paragraph wanted this computer. She said "Oh, crap" as soon as she saw me. I tried to offer it to her, but she didn't take it. Oh well. Then, she had the nerve to say that I stole her computer. Fool, please. Oh yeah, I had an exciting moment today at work. There was a supposed fire, so we had to evacuate the building. Looked more like a fire drill to me. Well, well, well, I only have six minutes until I bounce up out of here. So, I'm about to end this. Peace.