sounds of silence

"there's no such thing as home. it's all just an idea. i promise."

[dakota-baudelaire]

Pft, I know. I just like to make things dramatic too.

[samuelhumphrey]

Bleh. I'll talk to you soon, Kota.

[faline-a-doe]

Great, yeah..Same for you, Sam..I mean, there should be more men like you in this world and I’m glad I’ve gotten the chance to meet you. Make an adventure and meet more people who have an odd love for animal movies, because those are the right kind of people. 

[samuelhumphrey]

Wow, that's.. that's really sweet of you to say, Faline. Honestly, coming from a person like you -- it just means a lot. I'm glad I got to meet you, too. I don't think I've ever met anyone as earnest and remarkable as you. If I were to write about anyone, I think I'd write about my dear friend Miss Faline. I think you're right about that. And I think we're sure to bump into each other again, at least I hope we are. I'll be seein' ya, darlin'.

[dakota-baudelaire]

Oh shut up, I’m really going to miss you.

[samuelhumphrey]

Pft, I'm going to miss you, too. This is silly, it's not like we're saying goodbye forever. We'll talk all the time, promise.

[faline-a-doe]

Well, I guess this is our last big chat, yea? Oh you have to send post cards and photos back of course so I can live vicariously through your adventures. That whole first bit almost sounded like a poem, you know? Courageous your incredibly dumb..I promise not to lose it though, just for you. I expect your review on this movie as soon as you get a chance!

[samuelhumphrey]

I suppose it is, yeah. Of course, you got it, post cards, photos, and souvenirs. Good, I'm glad. And, hey, you stay safe. And good luck with everything.

[dakota-baudelaire]

I’m always good. But yes, yes, let me hear about you soon.

You’re a great friend, Sam.

[samuelhumphrey]

Now don't you dare start making me want to stay with your little compliments. You're a fantastic friend yourself, Kota. Probably the best person I've met in this city. Good luck with everything, darlin'.

[faline-a-doe]

Mmhm, it’s not very campy though, is it? So you’ve decided to leave us then? That’s quite sad to think about, but the soul wants what the soul wants, you know? Either way it’s got it’s pros and cons, it’s hard for anyone. You trust everyone, they hurt you, you don’t trust everyone and you hurt others..It’s a mess, you just need to have faith sometimes. Oh that one left a hole where my heart should be..It kills me when Copper says we’ll always be best friends, won’t we Todd, then the end..Oh that’s what heart break feels like. 

[samuelhumphrey]

Yep, I think things are better this way, you know. I guess, I dunno, I don't want to see a lot of people, and I don't think they want to see a lot of me. But the world, y'know, all the forests and the grey oceans and the cobblestone villages, I think that's where I fit in best. All over and nowhere. Mm, which is what makes you much more courageous than me, I envy that in you. Don't lose that. Shh, we don't talk about that movie, it still hurts too much! But this Balto movie, I'll check that out on my plane.

[dakota-baudelaire]

I will, I promise. You just come back, yeah?

[samuelhumphrey]

Oh, yeah, you know, maybe some day. But don't you worry, I'm sure you'll be hearing from me soon enough. Be good while I'm gone.

[clementine-boehm-blog]

Well, to be a fair, you’re a man that belongs all over the world, you know. I mean, I’m not fond of you leaving New York, but I am fond of you being happy, and if that’s what it takes… that’s true, I actually spotted Myrtle and Vlad on a date, the sweetest sight. Huck’ll miss you, though, be sure to send him the coolest of treats. And I’ll miss you, too. Very much. 

[samuelhumphrey]

Oh, you still have Huck? Well, that's good, I thought you might have given him away. You got it. And the same to you, Clem. Good luck with everything.

[faline-a-doe]

I once went to a stay away camp? We slept in insulated cabins with pools and didn’t even swim in the lake..it was spoiled, and not at all the same thing, but I could imagine you waking up in the mountains some where overlooking the sunrise. Oh come on, I  mean trust people into given a reason not to. As far as I’m concerned you’re the next Wilde until you prove differently. Oh it’s definitely a great. All dogs go to heaven and Lady and the tramp are classics, but they’re just as great as home ward bound. Animal movies are the best movies. I make my cat watch Beverlyhills chihuahua’s with me..granted that’s like the lamest of all animal related movies, but the cat insist on it. 

[samuelhumphrey]

Did you? Aw, well that must've still been fun, lake or no. Yeah, I think that's what I intend to do. Well, I for one think it's beautiful that you can have so much faith in someone. I hope that I can look at people the same way you do one day, having so much confidence in people is sort of deeply brave, I think. Mm, all of them are great except for the Fox and the Hound, no, we don't talk about that movie.

[dakota-baudelaire]

Good good, be nice and enjoy your trip and come here now.

[samuelhumphrey]

I'll do my very best. You stay safe.

[clementine-boehm-blog]

—- Or not, I, um, I guess. I’m just saying… you always seemed happy when you talked about your time exploring around Peru and such. Even if Myrtle would miss you terribly if you did go. 

[samuelhumphrey]

No, no, you're a hundred percent correct. I belong in all of those places, away from here. You're right, I should go. And I think I will. Mm, no, I'm positive Myrtle won't notice I'm gone at all. But such is life.

[faline-a-doe]

Backpacking through Europe..that’d be fun too, but I also think you’re selling yourself short with your writing..I mean I’ve never read anything you wrote, but still I’m sure it’s all great. You really are, I mean it’s the love story of a real underdog who becomes a hero. They messed up making a Balto two, but the first one really gets me deep. 

[samuelhumphrey]

Backpacking or road tripping through anywhere is a guaranteed great time I think. Well, I very much appreciate your blind, but well-intentioned confidence in me, Ms. Faline. Now how can I pass up a movie like that. I'll definitely check it out. If it's anything like All Dogs Go To Heaven or Air Bud or Lady and the Tramp, I'm sure I'll love it... God, movies about dogs are weirdly the best movies.

[dakota-baudelaire]

I’m definitely not complaining, just let me have my hours of sleep and I’ll answer every and each of your calls. Good god, I know I can, but gosh when are you leaving?

[samuelhumphrey]

Oh, well, yeah. No problem. Umm, I dunno. I think I want to go as soon as possible, actually. I should probably start getting my stuff together.

[clementine-boehm-blog]

But how could you possibly be miserly in any way when it comes to travelling like that? Come on, you’ve got to go through the markets of Morocco, and dance the night away in Spain, go though every single bakery in France and of course, take in the beautiful views of the Grecian seas… and that’s really only just the start for you, Humphrey. 

[samuelhumphrey]

Uh, right, yeah, I guess I do have to do all those things. Should be a nice time.

[faline-a-doe]

Then do it. I mean what’s to stop you but you? That’s really preachy of me, but do it. Find something you like or don’t like and write about it. Trust me it’s fun to write about the things you hate and why and it’s even better when people read it and give you feedback..or write a book about me. I’m mostly kidding about the last bit. The Pyramids are intense, they used to worship cats though, and I just can’t really get on board with that..my cat worships himself enough. Balto the movie about the sled dog who was part wolf and got that medicine to the people and the dying kids? I mean he’s a legend!

[samuelhumphrey]

I guess so, I mean, I do write... it's just that I don't do it for a living and it's fairly dull stuff. I think I'd just be better off doing odd jobs to pay my way through Europe. Pft, I feel like I'm missing out on a lot with this Balto thing!

[dakota-baudelaire]

You’re going to call me every once in a while and be my good friend even from a thousand kilometers away? Because I will miss you.

[samuelhumphrey]

Every once in awhile? Oh, no, I'm gonna call you all the time. You'll be sick of me, you'll only humor me 'cause of the cool things I'll send you. I'll miss you, too. And you know you could always call me, any time.

[faline-a-doe]

Do you want to model? Like is it your dream to be a super model? I’m sorry I sound like an interviewer, and I really haven’t interviewed any one in over four months, I’m jonsing clearly. It was really cool, I mean I got to go to Egypt, and Germany, Finland..I’d really like to go to Alaska, just to see the northern lights, I think that would be the best, but I owe my interest in those lights to that little sled dog movie, Balto. 

[samuelhumphrey]

No, that's.. your good, Faline, no worries. It's not really my dream per se. I mean, I'm grateful to have had the chances I've gotten, but I think my ideal would be writing. Short stories, novels, even journalism pieces maybe. But I guess we all have dreams we can never quite seem to hold onto. Oh, I'd love to go to Egypt, that's definitely on my list of places. Alaska, too, yeah same here! Balto? Never watched it.