the mermaid parade

june 24 , 2001

Sometimes people's jobs require that they attend certain events or conferences outside of the 9-5 office day. Usually these events, conferences or meetings are a drag. However, when you work for a sex-magazine, they usually prove to be pretty interesting. Case in point: The Mermaid Parade at Coney Island. Basically every year people get dresssed up in some sort of sea-related costume, get really drunk and parade around Coney in bitching classic cars and the girls all show their boobies. Nerve entered into the parade and came up with a "Grease" theme. The four guys were T-Bird greasers and we had with us a bevy of Mermaid "Pink Ladies." The parade was fun but poorly organized. We spent 4+ hours on hot, black macadam, dressed in dark blue jeans, waiting for our turn to perform our routine for the judges. By the time we got to perform, we were a sorry bunch. After the parade was over, we all headed back to my place for the Indoorvillage Prom. The whole crew repraZentz in the '77 Primered-Flamed, NerveMobile (R.I.P., baby). Mary, Grant's friend and Emma. Underneath our "Greaser Jeans," all the T-Bird boyz were wearing matching, red, 50's-era, Banana-Hammock style bathing suits. We cooked up a boys VS girls sing-a-long routine to "Summer Lovin" and halfway through the routine, we all dropped our pants and wowed the judges with our matching marble sacks (and our manly physiques). Jack Wright helps Tyler get those "hard to reach" areas. Jack and Lo. Check out Jack in the background. What's tougher than this pic?

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