Taipei to LA

twelve hours left, proper for one or two, michael connelly or lee child, yet, hesitate to delve into it, the meeting in beijing, going on, endlessly, seriously, disgustingly, damned fucking hostile and deceptive shows, just boarding, now, see no hope, there and here, how interesting, existentially, even camus cannot find his way out, if he is here, keep this, as a record, olafur arnalds' improvisations, as a company, and of course, mr bean, thank you, susan, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CheHpaRkKio

almost half way, through the pacific, bored, well, the late show, after all, Ballard and Jenkins rolled up on the house on El Centro shortly before midnight, “Nobody said anything about anything being fair,” Jenkins said. “It is what it is.” “She say anything else?” “Yeah, she said ‘the upside-down house.’”John Jenkins had twenty-five years in and Ballard knew he had been running on empty for a long time when it came to empathy. He was a good detective—when he wanted to be. But he was like a lot of guys who had been around for so long. He just wanted a place to be left alone to do his job. “About six inches,” Mendez responded. “The late show,” he said. “That’s where they put the jerk-offs.” Ballard made a decision. “Mr. Haddel, I need to ask you some questions,” she said. “It could be important to the case.” “Don’t you ever want to see something through?” Ballard asked. Jenkins didn’t turn around. “Not anymore,” he said.

1000 miles to go, the coast clear, so far

The adrenaline jolt Ballard had felt earlier now turned into a locomotive charging through her veins. To her mind, Trent was no longer just a person of interest. The train had gone by that stop. She believed he was her man, and there was nothing quite like that moment of knowing. It was the Holy Grail of detective work. It had nothing to do with evidence or legal procedure or probable cause. It was just knowing it in your gut. Nothing in her life beat it. It had been a long time coming to her on the late show but now she felt it and she knew deep down it was the reason she would never quit, no matter where they put her or what they said about her.