WHMS

Question 1

Action

Answer 1

I have it all figured out.
It’s an 18 hour trip which breaks down into 6 shifts of 3 hours each.
Or alternatively we could break it down by mileage.
There’s a….there’s a map on the huh…visor that I’ve marked to show the locations, so we can change shifts.

Question 2

Grapes?

Answer 2

No, I don’t like to eat between meals.

Question 3

Man spits out but the window is shut.

I’ll roll down the window. Why don’t you tell me the story of your life.

Answer 3

Story of my life?

Question 4

We’ve got 18 hours to kill before w hit New York.

Answer 4

The story of my life isn’t even going to get us out of Chicago.
I mean nothing’s happened to me yet.
That’s why I’m going to New York.

Question 5

So something can happen to you?

Answer 5

Yes.

Question 6

Like what?

Answer 6

I can go into journalism school to become a reporter.

Question 7

So you can write about things that happen to other people.

Answer 7

That’s one way to look at it.

Question 8

Suppose nothing happens to you. Suppose you lived out your whole life and nothing happens. You never meet anybody you never become anything and finally you die in one of those New York deaths which nobody notices for two weeks until the smell drifts into the hallway.

Answer 8

Amanda mentioned you had a dark side.

Question 9

That’s what drew her to me.

Answer 9

Your dark side.

Question 10

Sure. Why. Don’t you have a dark side? No you’re probBly one of those cheerful people who dot their I’s with little hearts.

Answer 10

I have just as much of a dark side as the next person.

Question 11

Oh really. When I buy a new book I always read the last page first.
That way in case I die before I finish I know how it ends.
That my friend is a dark side.

Answer 11

That doesn’t mean you’re deep or anything.

I mean…yes, basically I’m a happy person…

Question 12

So am I.

Answer 12

…And I don’t see that there’s anything wrong with that.

Question 13

Of course not you’re too busy to be happy. Do you ever think about death?

Answer 13

Yes.

Question 14

Sure you do, a fleeting thought that jumps in and out of the trNsient of your mind. I spend hours, I spend days…

Answer 14

And you think that makes you a better person.

Question 15

Look. When th shit comes down I’m gonna be prepRe and you’re not. That’s all I’m saying.

Answer 15

And in the meantime you’re gonna ruin your whole life waiting for it.