Ah, work! and movies (of course)

Monday morning I got lucky and a couple of Latinos (a man and a woman) asked me if I would like to work part-time weekends doing basic maintenance and cleanup of the area where I usually hold my sign. I guess they saw me for a few days and figured I really want to work. I gave them my cell number for their boss to call me. Hopefully that will work out, 4 hours Sat and Sun, 8 hours at $10 per hour would make me $80 each weekend.

After that I was hired to work with someone as his helper who does tile work (among other things) for the next week or two.

After that I went to the library since I had work lined up for the following day. I saw Another Way, a 1982 Hungarian movie in which the story takes place after a failed 1956 coup. A lesbian with strong political views returns to work and falls in love with a married co-worker (married to an officer) which leads to a stormy relationship that ends in tragedy. Make sure there are no kids around if you see this film, there is nudity. I recommend this movie.

This morning he picked me up at 8:15AM and we finished at 5PM. He pays decent so it should help me build my savings further and if I can't find a room, I may be able to get a mini-van to live in (Plan B) or a scooter (Plan C).

I didn't do too bad for my first day of working with tiles in a long time (I worked for a contractor for 2 years in NY but that was about 10-12 years ago). He will pay me Friday (i hope).

I started watching Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru last night in my tent and finished watching it after work at the library. It's a Japanese film from 1952 about a bureaucrat who finds out he has stomach cancer and discovers that he has wasted decades of his life at a meaningless job. Not all is lost as he goes through changes within; that leads him to find the one thing that could redeem the meaning of his life. It's a great and touching drama, I highly recommend this film, a must-see.

Ok, that's all for today.