I still do not know where I’m going to live. I’m calling one bedrooms and people that need roommates. Mr. Machine got a temporary job, but nothing viable to pay the rent. Time is getting short at this point, so I’m going it alone unless Mr. Machine miraculously comes up with something. Thusly I’m under a lot of stress.

Amy and I managed to go see Spiderman 2 this past weekend. It was about like I thought it was going to be. It was better than the first one…but not in the way T2 was better? It was better in the way that “this is what the first movie should have been.? I am not happy about the apparent return of the green goblin for number three. I’ve also never been a fan of Kirstin Dunst’s acting abilities, and she reminded me why again with this movie. They should do the Venom/Carnage storyline for the next movie. Maybe they are doing that anyway, since Mary Jane’s ex-fianc?was an astronaut making trips to the moon…if I recall that is where Spidey comes across the Venom suit? There were too many parts in this movie (angles, fades, zooms, cuts, etc.) that reminded me of Army of Darkness (and yes, I know why) and the awful silliness therein. The one saving grace was the opening credits. Instead of some lame Adobe Aftereffects manipulation of text over smoke or something he put in actual hand drawn comic-booky watercolorish artwork depicting scenes from the first movie. One of the best “flashback?sequences I’ve seen in a long time.

So anyway, I’m trying desperately to find a place for September. Amy is doing what she can, but not a lot of good leads so far…I’m running out of sources. I’ve heard from a few people on craigs list…so hopefully those will pan out. I’ve already put down a deposit for the movers?they will pick up my stuff on the 23rd.

I found out more bad news yesterday. Brian will not be joining me in Los Angeles. I don’t know if I’m at liberty to say why at the moment?but think about what happens to young men in small towns with big dreams and why most of them never make it out of the small town. Think Bruce Springsteen songs about “diving into the river?and so on. Even if I’m living out of my car in three weeks…I’ll be out of Ohio…and out of the grasp of the mid-ohio-valley plague.

Speaking of scary stuff… AVP opens tomorrow (right?). Looking forward to seeing that with Byron in a couple weeks when I’m in Texas.

http://www.herald-sun.com/nationworld/14-510306.html ….golly-gee…who saw this one coming?…

and this one…

“I couldn’t get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified.” — PORTER GOSS, President Bush’s nominee for CIA director, to documentary-maker Michael Moore’s production company during the filming of the movie “Fahrenheit 9/11.”