7.19.2010

act 1, scene 1

Setting: Miami International Airport. Terminal D, Gate 28. International Departures.


A Lady: Heheheh white people who are Lima-bound have a uniform
Hiking shoes/Tevas
Cargo/ripstop pants
D: North Face jacketsPolo shirts/Greenpeace tshirts
A Lady: Hair that screams "Greenpeace"
D: (Jinx)
A Lady: Backpacks
Indian-print tees
Like, for serious. And they wear this stuff around Lima.
It's a metropole.
There are casinos and (cheap!) five-star restaurants.
Don't be a colonialist fuck.
D: Oooh, I bet there are ankle bracelets made of hemp, too
A Lady: Also: pith helmet. Gah.
I need to take a pic of this dude sitting across from me
D: PITH HELMET?
sweet baby jesus on toast
Sidenote: whyyyy are my lips so chapped?
A Lady: Because you have been making out too much with unsavory characters?
D: Nah, sadly. have not made out in LIKE A WEEK
A Lady: Womp womp
D: Ooh maybe sunburned from this weekend
A Lady: Too many ginsicles?
D: (No such thing as too many ginsicles.)
A Lady:

D: OH GOD THAT PHOTOA Lady: Are you impressed? Am v. undercover
D: Ninja-worthy photo skillz
You KNOW that dude eschews Christmas presents every year and just asks for a donation to the World Wildlife Fund.
A Lady: In Ling-Ling, his panda adoptee's, name.
D: YES. And it's not a Christmas gift, it's a "winter holiday donation"
A Lady: God am being catty D: It is too, too easy to be catty in an airport. All those people lined up, just ASKING for snark.
A Lady: Ugh, weather is awful, wish you were here.

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