Jan 13 2005

Published by at 11:56 am under Uncategorized

I’m almost afraid to tell you how early I had to get up to catch my flight home, which left at 6:30 am. That’s in the morning, you know. So the alarm went off at the unSuzy hour of 3:30 am. That’s hardly even morning. You should only be up at that hour if you’re still up from having fun the night before, and for no other reason. As I groped for the off switch on the hotel’s clock radio, I heard a guy on the street below bellowing, “Fuuuuuck youuuuuu!”

That pretty much summed up my feelings.

I had that feeling again when I was on the plane, sitting beside a guy who demonstrated burping skills which Ashlee Simpson would have envied. It was astounding. And gross.

He also ordered coffee black, with six sugars. Now, as you know, I have no problem with black coffee – I drink it that way myself. I don’t want anything to get between me & the caffeine. But all that sugar? I was irresistibly reminded of the scene in the late great series, My So-Called Life, where Angela’s father asks her if she wants milk in her coffee, and she says, “No, I take it black, with three or four sugars”, because that’s how her dream guy takes his coffee.

My grandmother used to give me a spoonful of sugar to cure hiccups, but I never thought it would cause very loud public burping. Of course, it might not have been the sugar. And this guy ain’t anyone’s dream guy.

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  1. nariduon 13 Jan 2005 at 5:41 pm

    ahhh burping, musicality of the divine. One day it will happen, the perfect flight, perfect passengers and perfect connection. One day, I’m just sure of it. 😉 At least he didn’t hit on you I hope?

  2. Suzyon 14 Jan 2005 at 8:06 am

    Nah, he was fully occupied with the burping and slurping!

  3. Kellyon 16 Jan 2005 at 5:38 pm

    That was a great series 🙂

  4. aimon 17 Jan 2005 at 4:02 pm

    We have a saying down south to describe a guy like that. Scruch up your face, shake your head and say “SHEW!”

    That’s just “Shew!”

  5. aimon 17 Jan 2005 at 4:03 pm

    Oh and Jordan Cantalano . . . I would have been lusty for him too – isn’t it funny that we emulate those we are attracted to, just to feel close to them.