negotiating with my confusion (the voices in my head won't keep quiet damn it!)

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

In flight entertainment - Live!

So I'm sitting on the PATH at 11:oo pm, half heartedly ruminating over a working business model for one of my classes when the train pulls into Journal Square (quite arguably the arm pit of New Jersey. Wait, Newark is. Ah well, one is the left and the other is the right armpit.) This cohort of sky blue uniformed healthcare workers/nurses hop on guffawing, hooting and generally being hooliganish shaking a railway car full of demure and half sleepy occupants out of their reverie. This is actually an everyday thing. Once the train pulls into jsq we usually get a zoo heading to Newark. The jolt wore off quickly and me and the rest of the car had no choice but to pay attention to this highly animated conversation between this male nurse and this female nurse. It went something like this:

zoo animals rumble in

she: HAHAHAHAHAHAHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
he: SHUT UP! KEEP YO BIG ASS MOUTH SHUT
she: hey everybody! he has herpes!
he: yeah well I got it from you!
she: hey I ain't yo momma
he: hell no you ain't. Your ass is twice the size of my mother.
she:Your ass is the size of this train
he: (sniffs her) woooo, you stink like the train.
she: atleast I don't have hiv like you fool
he: I might have hiv but I still look better than yo stinky ass.

nurse posse laugh, other occupants stare dumbfounded.

she: (turns to spectators) all those who have genital warts say heyyy
he: heyyy
she:you've got some shit alot worse than warts.
he:maybe but you got syphilis from your grandfather

nurse posse and a few spectators laugh

she: (punches him in the arm and laughs)
he: somebody's feeling embarrased!!!
she: NO I'M NOT
he: no, I'm talking about him (pointing to skinny chinese nurse dude standing in corner)

note: I've never seen a chinese male nurse before. ever. doctor yes, but nurse never.

chinese nurse dude: tells him to shut up and laughs at the floor. (nurse posse and more spectators laugh. I smile)
he: (to she) why are you hopping around like that? If you gotta pee, the bathroom is there (points to exit).
she: ha ha, you think I'm dumb right?
he: yes

cute mexican nurse: vanessa you're losing, might as well keep quiet.
she: HELL NO!
he: (gives smug look) loser.
she: you suck penis!
he: so do you!
she: you do it for money!
he: you do it for a bag of chips!!!

everyone starts laughing now. That was really funny

And so it went, and so we occupants and nurses joined forces and laughed, wide awake now, silence obliterated. My stop came, and oddly I was disappointed that I had to get off after that entertaining conversation. A few of the nurses (including the guy and cute mexican nurse) got off at my stop, and "he" kissed "she" goodnight, said he loved her and that he'd call her when he got him (?). Ah yes, love is truly bizarre. I hope they get on tomorrow.