sucked up and vanished like the tale of the world itself

things are considerably different than they were last time i wrote anything here.

i don't live in new hampshire anymore. i ran out of houses to paint and didn't make it to wyoming, so now i'm back home with my parents in upstate new york. this should only last through the holidays, though, at most. if all goes according to plan, i'll be moving to los angeles within the next few months. i finally finally finally have a promising job opportunity and it really does seem to be promising this time. in short, i have a friend who wants to hire me and an interview next week and basically as long i find favor with the eccentric millionaire president i should be on my way.

in the meantime i've been desperately trying to find temporary work, and last week i was finally hired for a part-time job. i've been hired as holiday help at a Banana Republic store. so far i like the job pretty well, though it's not really 'my cup of tea'.

i have a lot of free time and i never really go anywhere, so i watch a lot of movies. i don't mind this though. i'm sure that even if i was living under more desirable circumstances i would still be spending an excessive amount of time sitting in front of movies. and that's just fine with me. a few recent ones i've seen that have really stayed with me have been:

• Days Of Heaven
• The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
• Eastern Promises
• Being There

i was blown away by Eastern Promises. i think it will soon become a classic. Days Of Heaven was gorgeous and positively heartwrenching.

i've been trying to balance my time in front of movies with reading. Cormac McCarthy is my new favorite writer. he is all i've been reading and all i plan to read for the immediate future. right now i am working my way through The Border Trilogy.

and i think that the new Radiohead album could not be a more fitting theme for the fall and winter of 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
(i am your buddy and that is why they named me after you. i pray God rest your soul)