We could combine our resources!

[albadger]

I dreamed my boss (not my real-life boss but some guy in Squigglevision) assigned me to travel the US Interstate Highway system and write articles about oddities along the way. "Take tomorrow off," he said, "and go to Sacramento, I want you to check out the original stretch of I-80 there." Off to Sacramento I went (on a Wednesday by the way), to find the original 2 miles of I-80 still intact, barely -- a 2-lane stretch of decaying blacktop suspended over a reservoir by frayed wires, marred by huge potholes, into one of which I fell. I should have plummetted to my doom, but the pothole was full of discarded machinery and used clothing. There was also the corpse of a youngish man, dressed as a pilot. I took his pilot cap (as identification you see), climbed out of the pothole, and crawled the remaining length into town (this Sacramento was closer to Lodi in size).

Starving and thirsty, I entered the first Nation's I saw. A party of show-biz types at one of the tables got terribly excited. "You got his hat!" they screamed.

"Whose hat?" I naturally asked.

"Leonardo DiCaprio!" replied a vague, watery-eyed youth. "He and I were beginning a project to travel the US Interstate Highway system and do television episodes about it when we were attacked by wolves..."

Then I woke up. It's snowing outside. And I'm glad to be back.

No, I'm not in San Leandro. I'm visiting friends in Cool, California, which explains the I-80 part of the dream, and maybe the wolves, but not poor Leo.

Comments

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

DiCaprio in a pilot cap? Could be "The Aviator" or "Catch Me If You Can"...

[albadger.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming it was from "Catch Me." I think the corpse was wearing sunglasses, too.

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good gig, outside of the falling and discovering a corpse.... My brother did tat, on a canoe trip, a few years ago!

[albadger.livejournal.com]

Wait, your brother stumbled on a corpse? On a canoe trip? Okay, now we need to hear the whole story...

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

I posted it, at the time, and was surprised/disappointed at the lack of response!

Yes, Dana was kayaking down some river in NH, and noticed a sneaker, tangled in some fallen branches.......then he noticed the second sneaker!

He paddled to the nearest dock, and called the police, they took a statement, and he never heard another thing.

Apparently, it was a suicide, and the personal info was never released.

[benpanced.livejournal.com]

You have a Squigglevision boss?!

*iz jelose*

[albadger.livejournal.com]

Only in my dreams... only in my dreams...

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Poor Leonardo! He got ated by wolves!

[albadger.livejournal.com]

As I remember it (and of course it didn't really happen did it), his body was pretty much intact. I didn't notice any missing parts. I think the wolves may have merely induced a heart attack.

[labeartorycub.livejournal.com]

Poor Leo. And what's this about your boss telling you to take tomorrow off but also to check out the old I-80? You're either not working or working! Dreams can be so strange.

[albadger.livejournal.com]

It was almost in the context of my real boss telling me to take a week off and work on my screenplay. Yeah, it's an order, but still...