we've seen Unstoppable a few times in the last month
The scene: bb is on the train, K is in his home office. bb is texting.*
bb: There's a lady track manager today. The 7:36 wasn't in yet but there was a train over there.
The 19 hadn't left yet. I asked her about the 36.
It's two minutes late, she said.
Don't worry about it, I told her. Doesn't bother me.
Yeah, she said, but it's four cars short. You'll care about that, she said, all foreboding.
I felt like I was in UNSTOPPABLE.
K: So did u take the 19 or the crowded 36?
bb: 36.
But you miss my point. I was like Denzel.
K: I got it. What's your mile marker?
bb: Don't know but we've got a major coffee spill in the sixth car.
AND WE ARE HURTLING TOWARD MANHATTAN
I don't know if Bayside is safe.
K: It gets better and better. Are the air brakes connected?
bb: Not sure. And, believe it or not, I am listening to Leo Kottke's Train and the Gate.**
K: The de-railer isn't gonna work
bb: Fine. I'll just walk up front and stop the damn thing.
K: You have to do it on the roof.
bb: Fuck that. It's cold out there.
Xoo
K: Xo
*no italics or punctuation was included in the original text messages
** my favorite part starts at 1:52
bb: There's a lady track manager today. The 7:36 wasn't in yet but there was a train over there.
The 19 hadn't left yet. I asked her about the 36.
It's two minutes late, she said.
Don't worry about it, I told her. Doesn't bother me.
Yeah, she said, but it's four cars short. You'll care about that, she said, all foreboding.
I felt like I was in UNSTOPPABLE.
K: So did u take the 19 or the crowded 36?
bb: 36.
But you miss my point. I was like Denzel.
K: I got it. What's your mile marker?
bb: Don't know but we've got a major coffee spill in the sixth car.
AND WE ARE HURTLING TOWARD MANHATTAN
I don't know if Bayside is safe.
K: It gets better and better. Are the air brakes connected?
bb: Not sure. And, believe it or not, I am listening to Leo Kottke's Train and the Gate.**
K: The de-railer isn't gonna work
bb: Fine. I'll just walk up front and stop the damn thing.
K: You have to do it on the roof.
bb: Fuck that. It's cold out there.
Xoo
K: Xo
*no italics or punctuation was included in the original text messages
** my favorite part starts at 1:52
Comments
Good stuff. I love your connection to one another.
jbhat
Minus your wit and fun.