I still do not know where I\u2019m going to live. I\u2019m 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\u2019m going it alone unless Mr. Machine miraculously comes up with something. Thusly I\u2019m under a lot of stress. <\/p>\n
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\u2026but not in the way T2 was better? It was better in the way that \u201cthis is what the first movie should have been.? I am not happy about the apparent return of the green goblin for number three. I\u2019ve also never been a fan of Kirstin Dunst\u2019s 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\u2019s ex-fianc?was an astronaut making trips to the moon\u2026if 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 \u201cflashback?sequences I\u2019ve seen in a long time. <\/p>\n
So anyway, I\u2019m trying desperately to find a place for September. Amy is doing what she can, but not a lot of good leads so far\u2026I\u2019m running out of sources. I\u2019ve heard from a few people on craigs list\u2026so hopefully those will pan out. I\u2019ve already put down a deposit for the movers?they will pick up my stuff on the 23rd.<\/p>\n
I found out more bad news yesterday. Brian will not be joining me in Los Angeles. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m 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 \u201cdiving into the river?and so on. Even if I\u2019m living out of my car in three weeks\u2026I\u2019ll be out of Ohio…and out of the grasp of the mid-ohio-valley plague.<\/p>\n
Speaking of scary stuff… AVP opens tomorrow (right?). Looking forward to seeing that with Byron in a couple weeks when I’m in Texas.<\/p>\n