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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Attack of the 7" Latte` or Your Christmas Cackle, a Day Early

Picture it: Downtown Brooklyn. a dark, cold and rainy Christmas Eve morning, sometime around 7:15.

a young(ish), handsome(ish) office worker has just come from Starbucks, where he had the nicest chat with the incredibly amiable and flirty little asian girl, behind the counter, and is walking back to his office; Venti-Skim-6 shot-Caramel Latte` in one hand and a Low-Fat Turkey Bacon and cheese breakfast sandwich in the other. He' s looking fierce(ish) in gorgeously ass-hugging jeans and a butch(ish) looking plaid shirt (today is a company approved dress down day) and ski jacket; he's got the Sal Sol Orchestra belting out a disco-christmas medley in his ears and is feeling pretty damn good about life.

Unexpectedy, he hits a patch of black ice and feels himself starting to slip. reflexively, he tightens his grip on his latte, thus causing the inch of foam on top to squirt out of the little sippy hole, all over his face. Suddenly the Sal Soul Orchestra is a bit too loud in his ears, he can't see out of his glasses and the fierce(ish) facade crumbles like a dried out scone. he laments not grabbing his customary handful of napkins and shuffles into the building. the people with whom he shares the elevator pretend not to notice the foam dripping off his ears and chin.

the only upside is that it was only the foam which squirted out and not the actual latte...which would've been a horrible waste of coffee (and seven dollars).

4 comments:

ryan charisma said...

HA! Next time you'll take the damn napkins!

Merry Christmas!

Breenlantern said...

hmmm...i always thought you'd like facials...

Kevin said...

Facials are OK its when it gets in your ears it becomes a bother

Thomas said...

Durn it, BL beat me too it. That's what I get for going into SnowHell NY.

Took me 15 hours to drive back on a normally 9 hour drive. Damn Jersey and out of state drivers.

With the obvious exception of Moi!

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