My name is Susan Spector. I have one black eye, and one blue eye. I am
colorblind. I experience synesthesia. My blood type is AB negative. I
was born on a leap year. Do I sound like a freak yet? Oh yeah, and I'm
dying of stage four lung cancer. My diagnosis prompted me to review my
life to that point. I had spent the past decades of my life wandering,
not really living. I couldn't die yet. There was so much more I wanted
to do. I'd never been to a nudist resort. I'd never slept with a
stranger. I'd never gone to Vegas. It was the luckiest place on Earth. I
figured I would try my luck there, since I'd run out of it in
California.
On my way to Vegas, I had an accidental hit-and-run, which would follow
me throughout the next two weeks. Once I got to Vegas, I drowned my woes
in alcohol at the nearest bar. I met an exotic dancer named Calliope,
who quickly became my friend. After getting drunk and spending the night
at the house of a guy dressed like George Washington, an idea occurred
to both Calliope and me. We created a bucket list, and decided to go on
a spontaneous road trip. I didn't want to die young and boring. I needed
to live fast first. When we made it to Utah, we encountered a drunk,
out-of-work actor dressed as a knight. Will Hudson was his name. We took
him back to his house at his boss' request, and spent the night there
with him. While I did not appreciate his pompous and sleazy attitude,
Calliope kept an open mind. He decided to join us on our road trip,
since he had nothing left to lose.
What happens next? Maybe I fall in love, like everyone expects. Maybe I
find out I'm actually adopted. Maybe I find out that my father is a
murderer. Maybe a couple of henchmen find me and I die during the second
week of the road trip. You'll just have to find out for yourself,
because I'm quite the storyteller.
