Still looking, not giving up

I'm still searching for a place to live. I even made a new temporary blog titled Looking for a Place to Live, heh.

After some thought and assessment on my part I decided last night that I can't fully count on Dar and his family. I need to save more money to give my life a restart (yes that is a computer joke, sue me).

So I woke up this morning with a plan. I spent my usual $2.13 for breakfast at BK and then I made a new big cardboard sign which reads "LOOKING FOR WORK". I then stood at the same spot I was months ago where Miri hired me, near the road towards Home Depot.

I was having no luck until 11:30AM when some dude took my phone number and said he had work for me tomorrow morning with fliers. So tomorrow there will be cash to be earned, yeah!

At noon I head to the library and around 5PM Der calls me, he wants me to drive his Cadillac tomorrow evening to pick up someone at the Airport. Perfect! work in the morning, and at night.

This coming Sunday I will be helping Mark (BK Manager) move so there goes another day's work.

I'm going to try and work as much as I can to build up my savings and if I can't find a place to stay, hell I will buy a van and live in it! ok not a great backup plan, but it beats living in a tent right?

Ok, now on to movies. 3 I saw recently and another today. Let's get to it.

The Intruder is a 2005 French film which honestly has a bit too many twist and turns. A hermit leaves his 2 dogs (and a lover) behind to get a new heart for himself in the black market (he is ill). He barely talks to his son who has a wife and child. Throw into the mix a mysterious Russian woman who deals who in the black market and an illegitimate son who he fathered when he was a sailor decades earlier. It's a decent movie to see, just don't expect a lot of action and the drama slowly builds up.

The Great Raid is a 2005 movie about, what else? the greatest rescue in world war 2. It's a good action film based on a true story. Some characters are hard to believe and aren't as solid, like James Franco because he seemed not be "in" the role somehow, it just didn't come across as the military strategist that he portrayed. On the other hand Benjamin Bratt stole the spotlight as the military head honcho (down to the accent... god he nailed it!). Joseph Fiennes also gives a very good performance. I recommend this movie.

Oasis is a 2004 Korean movie which is not for the faint of heart. It's a drama about 2 handicapped people who meet and fall in love with each other under bad circumstances. He just came out of prison for a hit-and-run accident. She is the daughter of the man he killed. Both families oppose any contact, and when he invites her to his mother's birthday party a secret is revealed that will enlighten some of his actions. The ending, may be unexpected. If you can handle this kind of drama, I highly recommend this movie.

Today I saw Tristan and Isolde, a 2006 movie in which James Franco (unlike The Great Raid) gives a magnificent performance. Be warned, this is a chick flick, in other words, it's a very romantic movie even with some of the very good action scenes in it (and there are plenty). Sophia Myles is perfect as Isolde. I believe this story originally was an Opera from Richard Wagner back in the mid 1800's and there has been a few movie versions since the 1970's. He is a valiant knight in the service of the Lord Marke of the english, she is the daughter of ruthless Irish King Donnchadh. Like the DVD cover reads "Before Romeo and Juliet, there was...". I won't give anything else away. I did check reviews from other sites like Rotten Tomatoes which usually is on the money with reviews, but I was surprised they gave it such a low rating. Oh well, I still recommend this movie.

That's all for today!