Re: hookerville: jack & destiny
January 28. [Jack couldn't remember the last time anyone had asked, for Zodiac predictions of whatever it was she was lining up to say or simply for the fact of the birthday itself. They went largely unmarked in the world that was After Jen. He didn't even bother drinking to excess, that suggested a woeful unhappiness with the passing of time that needed assuaging. He didn't care.]
Why does he want a goat? [He couldn't see the appeal to a small boy, but then Jack hadn't necessarily favored animals as his companions of choice. The pig, too. Jack considered whether he'd take a pig over Bukowski and whether it was adjustment to new reality or it wasn't, he found Bukowski at least obeyed routine. A pig doubtless didn't spend half its life sleeping sourly in a ball on a chair.]