The following is a work of fiction.

Not Nick Nolte's Diary, Malibu, California
October 13, 2004

Scenery

I had a strange dream last night. Sammy Shepard and a childhood friend and I were driving a U-haul across a desert. We arrived at a movie set. They were making Jaws but it was set in the desert. I'm sure if that doesn't say something about me, it says something about Bobby Shaw. Anyway, I'm playing the Quint role, not Bobby. Sammy Shepard and my friend disappear and next thing you know I'm on the Orca cabin set. We're doing the master shot for the Indianapolis speech and the lights are shining and I can't remember my lines. Then I was suddenly falling and then I woke up. I've been listening to that Neil Young song Scenery a lot today. I should have Neil over before Sam leaves. That doesn't make a lot of sense since I think they live in the same gated community in Marin, but anyway I will call his people.