off once again in search of something new... kind of

So yesterday JJ and i gave Joanne her guitar and she seemed really happy with it. She said that she was actually packing her bags and going travelling too, but that she would be going the opposite way to me ('for kicks, mainly,' she said). I told her that seemed like a grand idea but JJ made sure she took some mace spray along with her, just in case.

Tony and i left in the early afternoon of today. John gave me his daughter's contact details and said that i should look her up should i ever be in her neck of the woods, but then after a moment of thought stressed i should only look (no touching), that we should never neck, and that should i consider wood in any way he would teach me a neat trick with a rake.

I said if he was worried i didn't have to take her contact details at all but John just laughed a very hearty laugh and then looked at me and pointed and said 'Seriously Blake. Seriously.'

So Tony followed behind me while we drove and Turbo was there with him because Tony said he wanted someone to talk to and i figured that would be fine because Turbo is a good listener. Anyway, at some point or another I seem to have lost Tony so i stopped into this truckstop diner and i've been waiting in the hopes that they do the same.

A truck driver came up and spoke to me and he said 'Blake,' and i said 'how do you know my name?' and he said 'i haven't slept in i don't know how long and everytime it happens i see things and i have to tell people about them before i fall asleep because goddamned if they don't feel like important things to say at the time and they also keep me awake for just that bit longer and if i succumb to sleep now i may as well be sleeping with the fishes because that shipment, well, it ain't going to drive itself though i have heard if you train them up and give them certain drugs they are technically capable, but not necessarily trustworthy. You won't see your friend Tony in a while so avoid the suspicious Blake' and i said 'um... what?' but then he shouted 'JACK BURTON! LIGHTS OUT!' and then he fell asleep in front of me.

The waitress said just to leave him because he does that sometimes, so he is still sitting in front of me, sleeping kind of peacefully.

I wonder how he knew my name and Tony's?

Anyway, according to the waitress there is a small forest near here that i think maybe Tony could have gotten lost at so i guess i should check it out and see if i can pick up any clues like a detective might. There was a time when i wanted to be a detective, but then at some point it just vanished, that dream. I guess i just wasn't suited to the job like i might have hoped. Oh well, maybe in the next life.

Blake out.