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Alcan Highway (2013)
- Hello.
- Hi. Where are you? ' I'm on the bus. - Are you going somewhere? - No. Where do you live now? Here and there. - How about the garage? - There's some water damage. - Is the Alaska thing still alive? - Of course. Do you think you can raise enough money for it? My idea of a motorhome included a bike repair space, - a studio, living and sleeping quarters. And a luxury bathroom at the heart of it. I tend to make ultra optimistic schedules. Perhaps it's my subconscious way of ignoring reality. I wouldn't start anything, if I made realistic schedules. I have a vague plan, but it changes all the time. It may produce nothing or turn into something else, - but that's what separates the artist from an engineer. Fuck! One, two, three... ...nine... twelve. - I can't drive! 55! - This is a pretty good speed. If I go any faster, it starts shaking. - Is this her cruising speed? - Yeah. - It's quite slow. - Yeah. We're probably doing like 70... 60. - Can you see that on the GPS? - No. It says 6O kilometers an hour. 61 km/h. We've got a long way to go. 64... 73... 74. - 218 degrees. - Hold on, that's not good. Just keep her going. And start listening to the motor. Anything over 220 I worry. What's the boiling point? 100 Celsius? - It's around 227, isn't it? - I don't know either. I used to know. I think it's 330 or 230. Let's hit every garage sale. Let's make our pact right now. As blood brothers we're gonna hit every car sale. Every old truck we're gonna stop, jerk off. That's what I'm gonna do anyway. Put your foot down and let's see how fast this thing can go. We're doing good now. It's not a fucking private car. I just wanna see how fast it can go. Fucker! For fuck's sakes! - There's smoke in. - You've gotta pull over. Fuck! Shut! I wanna write a song about this. It's called "Hese Must Die." - That's not fair. - It's gonna be a catchy tune. Because more people commit suicide in your country. I hope you're gonna make a lot of money with that. I'll make a lot of money and I'll give you royalties. - One percent. - Thank you. How long are you planning to stay in Canada? - Should I know that? - No, but as my job to ask. - Hese, here's a sandwich. - Thanks. How's the ravioli? Is it in there? It's been in there for how long? It's hot. Here... it's hot. They're pretty good. - Sort of warm. - Who could've guessed? That's fine. - Claire wants to get married. - Yeah? Why don't you do it? - We will. - She's a good girl. I've just been through it, working, having nothing. I see all my friends. When they get married, they have nothing. They seem to do alright, but I can't imagine the stress. There's a lot of things I wanna do before marriage. You want to bang a bunch of hot Asians first. I just want to be able to get a piece of property. All the things that happen when you get married. You can do that with her, as a team you can get that. Marry her as long as you'll be able to get kids. - She doesn't wanna have kids. - She will when you're married. You need a wife. Hese. - A rich wife. - Why not? A wolf mother. We haven't really had any major issues with the truck. I'm still pretty worried, though. We have to be wormed all the time. You never know what happens. - I'm not so wormed about the truck. - The schedule? Yeah, more like the schedule. I don't even really care about that. If we won't make it to Vancouver, no big deal. But I have to be able to catch a flight. In Prince George or White Horse. - We're gonna be in White Horse today. - Hopefully. If we make a decision to continue - and I don't catch a flight and we get stopped - in a place where I don't have any cell-phone coverage, - I won't be able to call my boss and tell him that Fm stuck. He'll expect me back to work and I'm not gonna be there. It's the first good job I've had in my life. I actually like it. I go to work every day with a smile. I haven't forgotten for a second the whole time. I'm really sorry it took so long in Wasilla, - but the last day fix-ups were crucial for the trip. We wouldn't be here without that. I think you should try and enjoy what's going on here. Yeah, I'm never gonna be up here again. If shit happens, it's bound to happen. We can't avoid it. Part of my chaotic way of life is a counter reaction. It can be overwhelming to be too rational. My clad was extremely good at rationalizing and planning, - doing things to get them off the agenda. He did the same with saving for a house. He bought one home and started saving for the next one, - a bigger one as the family grew. Three sons, one per year. All according to plan. Dad thought it was practical - for the boys to be in the same stage at the same time. But the rationalization was also destructive. I struggled with the piano for year after year. Dad said we've played the piano so long - that we can't stop - although we sucked and made no progress. We hated it and wanted to stop. Dad said we would understand later why it's worth it. "You've put in so many years you can't stop now." It must be hard for him to understand us. He probably thinks that rock'n'roll is just a phase. "They'll move on to classical music later." "Then they can play Schubert in the evenings, ' in their own, cosy apartments." Fuck! Shit! Bloody hell. Fuck! Fuck! Goddammit. Bloody hell! Shit! Fuck! Dammit! |
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